WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:07.679 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:09.560 Sports Talk seven nine days. 3 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:11.759 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:12.679 when we are. 5 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:14.960 Get off our show. Idiot. 6 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.879 The kids are playing or trailt. The coaches are screwing 7 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:18.160 it up. 8 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:21.480 Gold play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 9 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:24.600 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:26.320 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:28.239 Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:43.479 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee. 13 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.039 I am happy to get the show started today and 14 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.200 let you guys know that I did survive after four 15 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:55.560 straight days of NonStop basketball. Yesterday was a challenge, but 16 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:59.200 I got through it. And not only am I excited 17 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:01.000 to get this thing started today to take you up 18 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:05.040 until six o'clock, I mean I'm excited for a little 19 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:07.879 fever that's returned. I'm talking about the ni T fever. 20 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:10.400 I've got it. Anybody else have it? 21 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:10.680 Is it? 22 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:13.760 Is it contagious? Will it spread? A kid? 23 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:15.239 We're not gonna talk a lot about the I, but 24 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:16.920 we do have some games tonight that I'm gonna bet on, 25 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:20.400 and just knowing that there's college basketball that I can 26 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:23.920 watch is something I'm really really cherish at this moment, 27 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:26.719 because again, it'll be over before too long, and that 28 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:29.159 makes makes me very sad. But I'm happy to to 29 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:31.560 just mention get the things started today. The thing that 30 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:33.519 I'm referring to is the show. This is a show 31 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:35.840 and it's called Coffee and Company, and we are fueled 32 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:38.439 by Thornton's my name's Nick Coffee, hence the name Coffee 33 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:41.239 and Company. I've got company today as always, the one 34 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:44.400 and only traveled Chief Austin Montgomery alongside running the operation. 35 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:46.879 And we're gonna have some fun. We're gonna mix it up. 36 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:50.599 I did not get into Love is Blind last night, 37 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:52.959 like that we talked about. I'm sure eventually it'll it'll 38 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.680 because this is where we really stove. Yeah, so we 39 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:58.719 started some shows I mean here and there over the 40 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:03.680 last few my wife and I have and when basketball's rolling, 41 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:05.599 like we'll get a couple of episodes in and then 42 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:08.439 like abandon it for maybe a month. So last night 43 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:12.199 we ended up finishing the final three episodes of Severance. 44 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.400 That was that was really good. Seems very popular. I 45 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:17.120 haven't seen that yet. I don't want to. 46 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:21.879 Uh well, I'll just share my thoughts really really enjoy 47 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.159 the show overall, top to bottom. I think season two 48 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:28.759 was good and and some of the episodes were really great. 49 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:32.159 It just got a little too almost. 50 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:33.479 You know, sometimes I. 51 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:37.479 Feel like these shows that are really cinematic and. 52 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:41.360 Deep, right, like you gotta you gotta really. 53 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:45.360 Be playing a Yeah, so like I'm sure more than anything, 54 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:48.719 it's just me not having the capacity upstairs to. 55 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:50.759 To really follow and know what's going on. 56 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:54.520 Yea, as good as some others, but like there's there's 57 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:57.639 like a line where if you get just if you 58 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:00.120 get to a to a certain spot, like and I'm 59 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:02.960 really into it and I'm realizing what's going on that 60 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:05.400 hooks me and I really love shows like that. Many 61 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:07.719 shows that that I consider my all the time favorites 62 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:09.639 were like that. But then there's somewhere they kind of 63 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:12.039 crossed the line and I'm like, all right, kind of 64 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:14.000 think I know what's going on, but I'm not really sure. 65 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:15.479 So it did get a little bit like that was 66 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:19.199 season two, But overall, really enjoy severance. And then after 67 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:22.280 we finished it, wife, kids go to bed, and uh, 68 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:26.039 it just automatically started playing on Apple TV a new 69 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:29.280 show that I'd never heard of. But I'm already hooked 70 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.039 him three episodes in. It's called Dope Thief. It's got 71 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:34.759 Brian Tyree Henry, who has become kind of like a 72 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:39.039 I feel like he's kind of become a star in 73 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:40.479 in the last five years or so. 74 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:42.080 Tye. 75 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:44.280 So you will know him from Atlanta, the show that 76 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:46.159 I've never watched it, but you know what sure I'm 77 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:49.240 talking about though, Yes, he was Paperboy in Atlanta, which, 78 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:51.840 of course that show Donald Glover's show. So yeah, I 79 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:53.439 mean we probably won't do a whole lot of it. 80 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:56.159 Oh yeah, this guy's been a lot of Yea, he's 81 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:58.400 just trained. I've got some buzz right now. Yeah, he's 82 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:01.599 definitely definitely making some moves. But this is you know, 83 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:04.400 sometimes we occasionally talk some TV talk about what we're streaming, 84 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:07.199 and we'll do that during the off season. But anyways, 85 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:09.879 with no basketball last night, that is what I did. 86 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:12.960 So now that we are just a couple of days 87 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:15.879 away from getting back to it right the Sweet sixteen, 88 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:22.040 I'm continuing to reflect on not Louisville necessarily, but just 89 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:25.800 kind of where we are with college basketball, because you know, 90 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:28.240 I go back and forth as far as balancing. Okay, 91 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:31.000 am I looking at it from just my lens as 92 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:34.399 a college basketball fanatic, or am I you know, Am 93 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:37.000 I able to kind of step away from that and 94 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:39.920 realize that I am in the minority, right, I view 95 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:43.920 college basketball in a different way just because it's my 96 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:47.600 go to. But I think you've got some numbers now 97 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:51.639 that will confirm that, regardless of what it's done to 98 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:56.040 your team, your program. The new world of college athletics 99 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.800 with nil on the transfer portal, which basically the players 100 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:00.319 have all. 101 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:00.959 The power now right. 102 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:03.439 They can go wherever they want, and money will be 103 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:06.160 a big factor in why they go where they go 104 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:09.399 in most instances, and being able to make money, of course, 105 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:12.560 keeps them wanting to play college basketball as long as 106 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:15.720 simply possible, which is why you see guys playing for 107 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:18.600 a fifth or sixth year. You got some guys entering 108 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:21.680 the portal that have no eligibility. They're just going to 109 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:23.839 enter a waiver and see if they if they can 110 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:26.040 get away with it, I guess, because why go start 111 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:29.000 a career doing something other than basketball if you could 112 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:31.120 play in college another year and put away some money. 113 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:36.120 So I think college basketball specifically, all this talk about, well, 114 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:38.839 there's no Cinderella and it's just so hard for the 115 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:43.839 lower levels. Well, that's true, but the product of college 116 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:47.839 basketball overall has benefited from this. And it's not just 117 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:50.680 because you know, I'm sitting here telling you that it's better. 118 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:53.519 Because the better players, even though they're not NBA players, 119 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:56.199 they're good players. They stick around, The products better, the 120 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:58.360 games are better. I mean, all that's true, But the numbers, 121 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:01.399 I mean throughout the first two weekends, the first two 122 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:05.000 rounds of the tournament, the viewership through the second round, Yeah, 123 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:09.000 this is this is from Turner, So, STNT Sports and 124 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:13.480 CBS Sports delivered NCAA tournament's best viewership since nineteen ninety three. 125 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:17.240 So viewership did the second round on TBS, CBS, TNT 126 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:20.639 and True TV was averaging nine point four million viewers, 127 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:24.560 the most watched tournament in thirty two years. I mean, 128 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:27.920 I think that's the proof there. 129 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.040 Oh that's how old I am. So this is the 130 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:34.839 most watched tournament since you've been alive. That's crazy, and 131 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:37.240 it's crazy to think. It's nice to know that Louisville 132 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:39.319 was back in the dance. For you being back alive 133 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:41.079 is obviously because of Lowell. 134 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:43.600 Clearly, Yeah, that's what it is. So you know, I 135 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:45.600 I think that's a good thing. 136 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:46.240 It's a good sign. 137 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:48.079 It makes me feel a little bit better about you know, 138 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:50.879 I'm not worried about like the future of college basketball, 139 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:53.000 but I do think points that were made by the 140 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:56.519 casuals as far as well, it's gonna lose its intrigue 141 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:59.800 if in fact, you don't get any more Cinderella's out there, 142 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:04.279 well maybe, but people are still watching. I mean, they 143 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.439 tuned in to see something that didn't end up happening. 144 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:08.800 So like maybe if we get a few years into 145 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:12.600 this where there's no big there's no real Cinderella in 146 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.360 the second weekend, then maybe you see a drop off. 147 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:17.639 But I think if the product, if the product is 148 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:20.800 continuing to be the level that it's at right now, 149 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.519 it can maintain. I mean, I think that's I mean, 150 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:25.040 I think college basketball is going to. 151 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:25.720 Be in good shape. 152 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.600 So again, I'm we're always gonna love it. But as 153 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:32.959 far as how the rest of the world perceives it, 154 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:35.120 we can't really control that, right, We're just I mean, 155 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:38.279 we can do about it. However, it is good for 156 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:42.839 the overall health of college basketball. If you get more 157 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:45.279 and more people that aren't gonna maybe be obsessed with 158 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:47.279 it like we are, but just it's it's part of 159 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:49.879 the rotation. It's something they follow, they have interest in. 160 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:54.639 I mean, that's better for everybody. And I know that 161 00:07:54.920 --> 00:08:01.720 the Portal and NIL has really put lower level programs. 162 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:03.319 And I'm not just talking about like the Bellerman's I'm 163 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:06.399 talking about, like, let me give you an example, because 164 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:08.839 I think this is really an example of where we are. 165 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:14.319 You've got a team that played in the National Championship 166 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:17.600 Game two years ago, San Diego State. They lost in 167 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:20.639 the National Championship Game to Yukon. I mean, that's not 168 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:23.399 a Cinderella, But I gotta be honest with you, that 169 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:27.839 year San Diego State and FAU being in the final four, 170 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:29.920 I kind of forget that happened, you know, the Kenny 171 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:31.480 Payne air. For me as a Louisville fan, it's kind 172 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:34.399 of a blur. But I mean, you know, I remember 173 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:36.200 that those two teams both made that kind of a run, 174 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.080 but it's not something that really stands out, and it 175 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:40.519 actually seems like it was a long time ago. But 176 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:43.559 San Diego State's a team that I mean, they're not 177 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:47.039 I mean, they're Mountain West, right. I mean, if the 178 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:51.440 Pac twelve survived and they added a team San Diego State, 179 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:53.320 maybe the first team they would add. I mean they're 180 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:56.120 not like a nobody, but they also just don't have 181 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:58.519 like I mean, it's really a culture thing in the 182 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:02.080 West Coast, especially in a city like San Diego. Like 183 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:05.480 think about how think about where San Diego State thet 184 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:08.399 think about where the San Diego State Aztec's rank as 185 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:11.960 far as like importance, priority interest, because we're talking about 186 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:15.200 San Diego, California maybe the most beautiful place in the 187 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:19.919 world according to some, So there's not as much passion. 188 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:24.360 Therefore there's not there's not as much history with you know, 189 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:26.240 rich people that are willing to put up a lot 190 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:28.200 of money to make sure you have a good roster. 191 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.519 So San Diego State like this, this has to suck. 192 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:35.679 As a San Diego State fan. The starters for that team, 193 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:41.320 Lamont Butler, he's now Kentucky. Kashaw Johnson transferred last year 194 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:46.000 played at Arizona. I mean, Nick Boyd, I'm pretty sure 195 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:47.840 he transferred. 196 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:51.360 If that's who I think it is, let me see. 197 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:52.559 If that's who I think it is, I think he 198 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:54.679 transferred fau which is kind of odd, but nonetheless, like 199 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.919 you've got. Let me give you another example of this 200 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:00.120 is probably the best example to use of FAU. Like 201 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:03.759 FAU made a Final four, right, and that was insane, 202 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:06.360 And they actually brought those guys back the next year, 203 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:09.360 and money was a factor. But like they're in Boca Raton, 204 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:11.279 they had a bunch of people throwing money saying, hey. 205 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:13.480 It's cool, we got a good basketball. 206 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:16.480 Team now, I mean, to be fair, they did throw 207 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.600 some money at Dusty May for that year following his 208 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:21.840 Final four run, and they threw some money at these 209 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.240 players to keep that team together that made a Final four. 210 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:26.720 And then of course, you know after that one year 211 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:29.600 after their you know, their what do you call it 212 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:32.519 when when a band comes back out after the show 213 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:35.399 ends to do one more song? What is that called? Austin, 214 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:37.759 you're supposed to know this? What was that when a 215 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:40.559 band comes back out after doing a song after finishing 216 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:42.799 the show to do one more OnCore? Yeah, so they 217 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:44.679 brought it back for an encore. Dusty May back for 218 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:46.879 another year. This whole team's back, and then of course, 219 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:50.600 you know, Dusty magos to Michigan and the main players 220 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:51.799 from that team go. 221 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:52.240 To the portal. 222 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:54.759 So just think about this if you're FAU you had 223 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:58.639 the Final four team in twenty twenty three. Here we 224 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:02.759 are in twenty twenty and your three best players from 225 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:05.879 that team are now playing elsewhere and they're in the 226 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:08.919 Sweet sixteen. I mean, Vlad Golden is at Michigan with 227 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:10.399 Dusty May. 228 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:12.919 You've got John L. 229 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:19.360 Davis with Caliperiot Arkansas, and then who was it? 230 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:19.600 Is it? 231 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:21.840 Who was the guy he was at Asian Martin who's 232 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:26.759 now at Florida. Yeah, I mean, I'm sorry Elijah Martin. 233 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:28.480 I mean he's now one of Florida's best players. 234 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:30.240 So just to like have it, I. 235 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:33.320 Mean it put yourself in the shoes of an FAU fan. 236 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:36.960 If you know an FAU fan, right, I mean, I 237 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:39.240 don't know anybody that's like, yeah, I'm a big fan 238 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:41.120 of the Owls, Like I just don't you know, I 239 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.919 don't know anybody that's an FAU fan. But just imagine 240 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:45.759 you were an FAU fan and that's how it played 241 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:48.879 out for you, right where you have this miraculous run 242 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:51.360 and then now you've got to watch those guys playing 243 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:54.679 in the you know, in the second weekend, maybe in 244 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:57.720 the Final four for a different program. Like I don't 245 00:11:57.720 --> 00:11:59.240 think that kind of stuff will ever happen to us 246 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:02.600 around here, because you're gonna lose players. You're gonna lose 247 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:05.519 players that you want to keep. But the notion of 248 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:09.559 like you making final fours and then those guys moving 249 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:12.279 on because they want to go higher, I mean, yeah, 250 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:15.559 there's always gonna be programs that maybe in any given 251 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:18.600 year you could say is a higher, is a step up, 252 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:21.240 because maybe they're better. But if here's the thing, if anybody, 253 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:24.080 if Louisville, Kentucky, Indiana, if they're going to final fours 254 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:25.960 around here, there's gonna be money. 255 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:28.519 Out there to keep these guys where they are. 256 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:30.840 In fact, even if you're not going to final fours, 257 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.559 I still think the programs around here will will have 258 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:36.639 a better ability to round up funds to keep good 259 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:40.360 players that everybody knows you want to keep around. So 260 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.519 I know we've said it many times, and hell, we 261 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:45.960 talked about it a lot yesterday. But now that we 262 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:50.120 get to the second weekend, I mean, the way in 263 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:54.200 which this whole sport works is way different. And I 264 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.480 don't need to remind you guys Louisville benefited from this. 265 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:59.919 We in no way can claim that, you know, we're 266 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.639 not we don't like the new world here. I mean 267 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:04.159 you can and. 268 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:07.840 If the overall you know, if your overall. 269 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:10.600 Thought is that you preferred it better when players couldn't transfer, 270 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:13.080 and that for whatever reason, I don't know that you 271 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:15.840 like to watch them play knowing they're not getting paid. 272 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:18.440 I mean, you can have that opinion, and it's your opinion. 273 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:21.559 Nobody's right or wrong. But Louisville without question was able 274 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:24.320 to benefit from this because you have when you were 275 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.080 able to get rid of Kenny Payne after two years 276 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:28.720 and start all over, and in the first year you 277 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:30.879 had a brand new team, all new pieces from top 278 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:35.399 to bottom, staff, personnel, players, and we got to see 279 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:37.320 that you can quickly turn it around with a good 280 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:40.200 coach that's you know, knows what he's doing and it's 281 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:42.600 going to work at it, which, by the way, real quick, 282 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:44.320 I don't want to get too sidetracked here, but I 283 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:48.440 did just see one of will Wade's comments at his 284 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:52.759 introductory press conference yesterday. Quote, this is going to be 285 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:55.279 this is not going to be a rebuild. Next year, 286 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:57.240 We're going to be in the top half of the ACC. 287 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:00.200 We're going to be in the NAA Tournament. We're going 288 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:03.080 to win. I mean, just think about I mean think 289 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:07.399 about I mean, that's that really doesn't even stand out 290 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:10.000 to me is some type of wild thing to say, 291 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:13.919 But just to know that we had a bum here 292 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:16.600 for a couple of years that absolutely like made every 293 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.440 excuse whenever he didn't even have like the he didn't 294 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:23.240 even have the the real I mean, he didn't have 295 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:25.480 any self awareness or I guess maybe the brain to 296 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:30.240 realize that you're saying things that like even nobody believes that, 297 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:31.120 like it's nonsense. 298 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:33.840 So anyways, not to get too side tracked on. 299 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:38.679 That, but what's got me kind of you know, I 300 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:41.200 guess feeling a little guilty is you know, I watch 301 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:44.360 a lot of lower level basketball, not like it consumes 302 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:45.960 my life, but I'll probably watch a lot more than 303 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:47.440 the average college basketball fan. 304 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.679 One because I love it. 305 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:50.320 Also because I like to bet on it, you know, 306 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:52.360 and I do like to get there's something kind of 307 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:55.960 like I don't know when it comes to let me 308 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:57.919 give you an example. I'm sure a lot of you 309 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:03.720 have like music. Maybe it's bands, artists, groups, I don't know, rappers, 310 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:09.000 whatever that you know you're in early right, you are 311 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:12.279 there before they blow up. You kind of hope maybe 312 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:13.559 they don't blow up because you want to kind of 313 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:15.080 keep it your thing. You want to be a gatekeeper 314 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:16.559 a little bit. That's kind of how I am with 315 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.879 like mid major college basketball. Like it's not something you know, 316 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:22.840 I can throw out to brag about. It certainly doesn't 317 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:25.120 make me cool in any way, but like I follow 318 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:27.840 the Missouri Valley Conference, I follow the MAC probably more 319 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:30.679 than the average, and it's just something I enjoy but begaining. Again, 320 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:32.679 I don't say that to brag. It's not anything worth 321 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:36.039 bragging about, but like those programs in this new world, 322 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:40.120 like it's a different thing for them now. Meaning if 323 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:42.840 you're a coach that's going to get a job at 324 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:48.799 one of those places, you probably need to sell recruits, 325 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:51.840 especially talented freshmen, because I feel like it's gonna be 326 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:54.679 hard for true freshmen to get on the floor. I 327 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:57.159 mean you occasionally you're gonna have somebody that you realize 328 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.960 was like way better than you thought and they're going 329 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:01.559 to have a great season. And then you're gonna have 330 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:05.960 guys like Cooper Flag the kid at Texas. I mean, 331 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:07.759 there's some really good freshmen out there that were top 332 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:10.600 ten players VJ. Edgecomb was phenomenal at Baylor this year, 333 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:12.600 So you're gonna have those guys. But like if you're 334 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:16.159 if you're like outside the top twenty, you're probably still 335 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:17.440 gonna have a lot of offers and be able to 336 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:20.759 go wherever you want if you're low five star and 337 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:22.840 then a four star. But like you may be better 338 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:25.120 off to go play at a mid major and put 339 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:27.240 up big numbers and then hit the portal, and like 340 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:29.240 that's when you walking into a big role. Like I 341 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:33.679 just think the path to get to the high level 342 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:36.039 playing deep in the tournament for a good team, a 343 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:39.879 good brand. I just think, you know, it wasn't the 344 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:42.559 ideal when these guys the guys. And this is another 345 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:44.399 thing that I just think is wild. This there's a 346 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:49.600 map that somebody put out there on Twitter. The Yeah, 347 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:54.200 the Twitter account is NCAA Buzzer Beaters, So I'll just 348 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:56.279 retweet it. If you're following me at the card Connect, 349 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:58.679 you'll see it. But I mean it is wild because 350 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:01.639 it gives you the star. It gives you the starting 351 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:06.119 lineup of every team that's in the Sweet sixteen, and 352 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:09.680 it doesn't give you which team it is. But there's 353 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:13.079 five spots. So it gives you the we're each starter 354 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:19.119 for each Sweet sixteen team started playing their college basketball career, 355 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:21.680 and they don't even tell you which team it is. 356 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:24.960 I can decipher which which team, which which certain teams 357 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:27.839 are because it's it's relatively easy. But like Purdue is 358 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:32.960 the only school that has five starters in the Sweet 359 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:35.240 sixteen that all started their career there. And again that's 360 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:40.359 because they're rare, right, Like they're they're different. Matt Painter's 361 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:42.640 just got a way of going about it and it works. 362 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:48.480 Tom Izzo's got four of five starters, same thing, old school. 363 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:52.599 He's had to make some adjustments, but he's he's kind 364 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:54.559 of you know, he's somebody that really hasn't done a 365 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:57.160 whole lot different now than he. 366 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:58.519 Did before all this stuff started. 367 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:03.440 Do Duke's rare as well, because they've got i mean, 368 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:07.079 they're Duke, they don't lose many players often to transfer, 369 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:09.039 so they've got four out of five. Other than that, 370 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:13.920 you got a mixed bag. I mean, I'm pretty sure 371 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:16.799 this is I mean, look at look at look at 372 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:23.640 our Arkansas. Here's their starters Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, fau in Kentucky. 373 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:27.839 That that's where the starting five to four Arkansas started 374 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:31.039 their career. And then you look and then you can 375 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:34.799 look at I'm pretty sure this is is this Kentucky's. Yeah, 376 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:43.200 Kentucky has Drexel, Delaware, Dayton, Oklahoma, and San Diego State. 377 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:47.559 So what I'm getting at is that wasn't the plan 378 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:50.160 when those guys started college, because when those guys started college, 379 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:52.480 it was a different world. Right, we didn't have this 380 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:57.519 what it is now. In fact, I mean I'm trying 381 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:00.279 to for some reason, I always lose. I I don't 382 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:03.680 know exactly when it was that everything just changed because 383 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:06.079 it was kind of a slow build. Right first, first 384 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:08.759 you had I mean I remember when NIL happened. But 385 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:11.279 as far as like the transfer portal, it became a 386 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:13.359 thing where you could get like a waiver if you 387 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:15.680 graduated and had a year left, and then you could 388 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:17.759 do like the one time transfer, or you could transfer 389 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:20.000 because your coach left. And then slowly, over time it 390 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:21.759 just became an absolute free for all, which is where 391 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:26.519 it is right now. So I just think if you 392 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:28.839 are a young high school if you're a kid coming 393 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:31.400 out of high school, you know you may have a 394 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:35.160 decent entry level NIL deal at a power five school 395 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:38.799 that is too tough to pass up, and you may 396 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:41.039 just believe that you're good enough to wear Hey, regardless 397 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:43.119 of who they're bringing in the portal, I'm gonna be 398 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.599 good enough to where I'm gonna get real minutes and 399 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:46.279 it's going to be you know, and and it'll all 400 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:46.720 work out. 401 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:48.960