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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 nine day. Now here's Nick coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, five o'clock hour, here on a Monday, coffee

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<v Speaker 2>and company, fueled by Thornton's Nick Coffee. Back after a nice,

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<v Speaker 2>a nice week off. Nice to be back, felt like

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<v Speaker 2>it was months since I've been here. And usually if

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<v Speaker 2>I take off for a week, it usually feels like that,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess. But maybe for some reason, maybe just because

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<v Speaker 2>we had so much that took place like we had

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<v Speaker 2>the Sweet sixteen? Was I guess when I last was

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<v Speaker 2>on the air for today. Of course I've been here

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<v Speaker 2>with you for the last two hours, but that was

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<v Speaker 2>the Friday where the second leg essentially of the Sweet

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<v Speaker 2>sixteen games were to be played, and then we found

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<v Speaker 2>in the lead. Eight was Saturday and Sunday, so a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of basketball and here we are now in the

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<v Speaker 2>National Championship game. A great game it should be at

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<v Speaker 2>least tonight between Florida and Houston. Obviously we've talked a

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<v Speaker 2>lot about that today.

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<v Speaker 3>But then Pat.

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<v Speaker 2>Kelsey landing three portal commitments. Last week, we had a

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<v Speaker 2>tornado a touchdown in Jaytown that as of earlier today,

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<v Speaker 2>the National Weather Service did confirm that it's the strongest

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<v Speaker 2>tornado to hit Louisville or to hit Jefferson County since

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen ninety six. Half the city is underwater. Where I'm from,

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<v Speaker 2>where I live. Hope, thankfully we're okay right now, but

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<v Speaker 2>I mean a lot of the area that I'm near

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<v Speaker 2>is not. And Shepherdsville, which is technically my address, i'd

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<v Speaker 2>be a lot well, I don't know. I guess telling

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<v Speaker 2>you that I live in Shepherdsville would be accurate because

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<v Speaker 2>that's what my address is, but I don't really live

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<v Speaker 2>in the area that is Shepherdsville. But the footage that

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<v Speaker 2>you're seeing on the news that is going viral across

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<v Speaker 2>the world is I mean at Salt River in Bullock County.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean there's flood zone there and you can get

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<v Speaker 2>something nowhere near as severe as what we've got in

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<v Speaker 2>the last week or so as far as rain, and

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<v Speaker 2>there's still going to be an impact for that area.

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<v Speaker 3>And man, it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Bad now, So stay safe. I know, despite the rain stopping,

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna get worse because of the crest and gonna

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna continue to rise, and it's happening today. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean I haven't checked since the show started, actually, but

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<v Speaker 2>there were some folks near Zorn Avenue near River Road

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<v Speaker 2>that were being rescued from somewhere they were staying.

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<v Speaker 3>So stay safe.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you're seeing footage pictures of downtown Louisville in

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<v Speaker 2>a way that I don't really ever remember. Seeing like

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<v Speaker 2>this has led to people talking about different floods that

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<v Speaker 2>we've had. And we've had, I mean I remember, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>to be flooding around here doesn't seem like an insane,

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<v Speaker 2>insanely rare thing. But what I've seen today near the

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<v Speaker 2>Ohio River in downtown Louisville, maybe I just don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a good memory, but I feel like it's as bad

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<v Speaker 2>as I've ever seen it, and it may get worse.

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<v Speaker 2>So stay safe, everybody. I I hope, hope you're you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there are people who in our listening audience. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>we have people that listen from you know, all over,

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<v Speaker 2>but I mean, I just can't imagine. I mean, I've

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<v Speaker 2>had my basement flood a couple of times, and it sucks.

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<v Speaker 2>But I also know that despite that happening twice, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>could have been a lot worse. For us, there's some

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<v Speaker 2>people that lose everything and don't have resources to get evacuated,

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<v Speaker 2>don't have resources to get things moved that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't move it, it's gonna be ruined. So

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<v Speaker 2>really really awful stuff. And we ran into some folks

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<v Speaker 2>on our trip to we were at Navarre Beach and

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<v Speaker 2>we ran into some folks that were from I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know where they were from. They weren't from Kentucky. They

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<v Speaker 2>were from maybe maybe Pennsylvania. But we were just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>having small talk referencing the weather that we that we

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<v Speaker 2>had and you know how we had a tornado hit

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<v Speaker 2>one of the nights back home, and flooding is an issue,

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<v Speaker 2>and I guess it makes sense like we've had some

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<v Speaker 2>some weather stuff that you don't even have to be

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<v Speaker 2>keeping up with Kentucky to know that we've had some

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<v Speaker 2>devastating type of weather issues, really tragedies, to be honest

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<v Speaker 2>with you. I mean, we're talking from ice to snow

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<v Speaker 2>to other flooding to tornadoes. I mean, and I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>we're not that rare, right, I'm sure that happened. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one of those things like I can't tell you

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<v Speaker 2>which states across the country in recent years have been

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<v Speaker 2>it harder than others with certain things. Obviously, there's there's

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<v Speaker 2>ones that stand out, like what happened in the Carolina's

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<v Speaker 2>not that long ago, where you know that was a

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<v Speaker 2>real massive devastation as far as just loss of life.

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<v Speaker 2>And obviously, I mean there's interstates that people have driven

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<v Speaker 2>on for thirty forty years that got that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>aren't there anymore. So I don't act like we're getting

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<v Speaker 2>worse than anybody else. But when you do hear people

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<v Speaker 2>that aren't from or familiar with your home state or

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<v Speaker 2>your area, and the first thing they think of is that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you guys got it again. Man, you've had

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<v Speaker 2>some really bad luck. And I'm like, yeah, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>you're right. So stay safe, everybody. We were able to

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<v Speaker 2>avoid any you know, real crazy weather on our trip.

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<v Speaker 2>But we got a text that came in towards the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the four o'clock and it's the Ellen in

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<v Speaker 2>Federal Credit Union text line if you guys would like

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<v Speaker 2>to text in five oh two four three eight ninety

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<v Speaker 2>seventy three again five oh two four three eight ninety

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, you've gotten so batter all I did on vacation.

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<v Speaker 2>Just say it over and over, Ellen in Federal Credit

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<v Speaker 2>Union text line five oh two four three eight ninety

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<v Speaker 3>Baby, it's just it's it's it's routine for me now.

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<v Speaker 2>But somebody made a comment about how they they're surprised

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<v Speaker 2>that I just didn't spend the whole two first two

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<v Speaker 2>hours complaining about the weather down there, because they were

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<v Speaker 2>in Destin, which isn't far from where we were, and

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<v Speaker 2>they were talking about the weather.

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<v Speaker 3>And look, oh, I'm glad you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad you mentioned that you were kind of joking,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, you did have me a little bit insecure,

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<v Speaker 2>because you're right, I do sometimes, you know, complain about

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<v Speaker 2>things that really aren't worth complaining about. But if anything,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm an open book. I'm honest with you. I share

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<v Speaker 2>my thoughts and you know, things that I think are

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<v Speaker 2>an issue that a lot of people would never think

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<v Speaker 2>is an issue. So, yeah, the weather didn't suck, but

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't great, Like I forgot that that time of

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<v Speaker 2>the year in that region of the country, like you

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<v Speaker 2>can get some beautiful weather and that's not a surprise

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<v Speaker 2>because of where you are. But I kind of feel

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<v Speaker 2>like the gloomy season for them is fall. So what

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<v Speaker 2>we had was really no warm weather. Like there wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>a day where I was outside hot, which is actually

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<v Speaker 2>kind of good. And the resort we were at had

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<v Speaker 2>a heated pool, which was clutch, and the ocean was

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<v Speaker 2>insanely cold. I didn't get in it, but a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of my friends did, the kids did.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the ocean, but I just wasn't gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>in it was that cold, right. But and then a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of days we couldn't get in because it was

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<v Speaker 2>a double red flag and you know that's that's a

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<v Speaker 2>dangerous thing. So you know, when it comes to our weather,

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<v Speaker 2>we got I would say we had two and a

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<v Speaker 2>half to three days where you could go to bed

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<v Speaker 2>at night saying, yeah, weather got the best of us today.

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<v Speaker 2>We made the most of it, but like this is

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<v Speaker 2>like this is not ideal for a beach trip. And

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<v Speaker 2>then we had two days where I feel like it

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<v Speaker 2>was pretty good where the sun was out for a

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<v Speaker 2>good chunk and you had good temperatures to where that

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<v Speaker 2>breeze coming in from the from the ocean. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>it was almost perfect. Now, occasionally it would get overcast

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<v Speaker 2>and a little there was just there was just a

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<v Speaker 2>level of like wind and fog and like a haze

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<v Speaker 2>in the sky, if that's even a thing that just

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<v Speaker 2>you know, was not something I'm used to when I

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<v Speaker 2>go to the Emerald Coast for a week, because we

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<v Speaker 2>do it every year, but we do it in August

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<v Speaker 2>in July, not in you know, April.

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<v Speaker 3>It's different.

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<v Speaker 2>There was real bad wind, which I wasn't used to,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, we met the most of it, had

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<v Speaker 2>a good time. But then the last day we were

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<v Speaker 2>there was Friday. Everybody got up and left Saturday. On Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>we didn't I don't think we at any point had

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<v Speaker 2>any like real sunshine. We had a mild overcast, so

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<v Speaker 2>like it was bright, but like the sun wasn't beaming down.

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<v Speaker 2>So you have the sun not hitting you and you

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<v Speaker 2>feeling it, and you have cool temperatures to where you're

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<v Speaker 2>not hot, you're not sweating. So what that leads to

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<v Speaker 2>is not realizing you can still get insanely sunburnt in

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<v Speaker 2>an overcast. And there was a lot of us that

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<v Speaker 2>realized we've been out there three to four hours with

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<v Speaker 2>our kids even not thinking about sunscreen because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>out of sight, out of mind, and then all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden, oh, oh, like I remember you. Yeah, Like

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<v Speaker 2>I sneezed at like midday, and you know my face. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think anybody would would like the look of

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<v Speaker 2>their own face when they sneeze, but like, obviously it's

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<v Speaker 2>because your face does a lot of movement, at least

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<v Speaker 2>mine does. And like my forehead clenched up and I

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<v Speaker 2>realized I'm burnt. Uh oh no it didn't, it didn't

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get me too bad, but like we we came

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<v Speaker 2>back with some good sun. But it really, it really

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<v Speaker 2>was just by us making sure we were out there

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<v Speaker 2>soaking up any ounce of sun that we did get

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<v Speaker 2>because it wasn't it wasn't around too often. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>to the Texter that mentioned it, yeah, if you were,

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<v Speaker 2>if you were in Destin, you weren't far at all

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, it wasn't a great week. Wasn't a great week.

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<v Speaker 2>But man, I'd never experienced something quite like the drive

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<v Speaker 2>down there. I have always and I think we talked

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<v Speaker 2>about it briefly before I left. Like I've always heard

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<v Speaker 2>and known that destined Florida, that area even of our beach,

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<v Speaker 2>Santa Rosa Beach, Fort Walton Louivillions. Not to say that

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<v Speaker 2>we've claimed turf there, but like it's like that that's

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<v Speaker 2>a known destination spot for a lot of people around

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<v Speaker 2>here for good reason. It's it's it's you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>love it. It's it's our destination spot. We go to

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<v Speaker 2>Deston every year for our family vacation, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>see that ever changing.

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<v Speaker 3>So I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>But I've always gone in the summer where you've got

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<v Speaker 2>summer break, where you've got like I mean, we've seen

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<v Speaker 2>people that are from the area. In fact, we've run

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<v Speaker 2>into people there before, which is kind of weird. But

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<v Speaker 2>spring break for just about everybody everywhere is the same week.

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<v Speaker 2>And on our drive down on early Saturday morning, I

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<v Speaker 2>could not believe from you know, from the Brooks exit

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<v Speaker 2>on I sixty five all the way down to really

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't it wasn't Navarre.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess it was.

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<v Speaker 2>they're all relatively close to each other. But from i'd

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<v Speaker 2>say for ninety five percent of the drive, the amount

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<v Speaker 2>same direction with us on sixty five out of every five,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're gonna make the trip. You got one week, right,

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<v Speaker 2>you got spring break, And that's why you know everybody

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<v Speaker 3>Like my wife, not.

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<v Speaker 2>To brags, she's in a position now where it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>in now, there's a known thing, like there's people that

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<v Speaker 3>We can't let everybody off.

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<v Speaker 2>And until this person retires or you end up in

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<v Speaker 2>now I know expectations should be that And really here

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<v Speaker 2>they get that kind of weather. So anyways, glad to

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<v Speaker 2>be back again at his Coffee and Company, and we

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<v Speaker 2>are feeled by Thornton's if you forgot about us, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>let me reintroduce ourselves. I'm Nick Coffee, hence the name

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<v Speaker 2>Coffee and Company. The tribal chief Austin Montgomery, that's the

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<v Speaker 2>other voice that you hear. And we are excited, at

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<v Speaker 2>least I am. I won't speak for him. We got

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<v Speaker 2>a national championship game tonight, But isn't it bittersweet?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, because we're gonna get a.

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<v Speaker 2>Great game, I think. But man, it's gonna be over

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm gonna be sad. I'm gonna try to convince myself.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, Nick, you can watch the NBA. Yeah you'll

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<v Speaker 2>you'll enjoy the NBA.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>Nope, won't do it. I'll try, but I'll just check out.

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<v Speaker 3>Just not the same. It's about that time where you

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<v Speaker 3>just got to start watching highlights until college basketball, at

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<v Speaker 3>least until football season. Yep, no doubt about it. Start

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<v Speaker 3>looking up those McKenny highlights.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, I think if you've listened to this show

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<v Speaker 2>throughout today, We've talked a lot about the portal. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>Pat Kelsey got a lot of work done when I

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<v Speaker 2>was gone, adding three players. That's why they currently as

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<v Speaker 2>we speak, have the number one class in the portal,

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<v Speaker 2>and that may change. But you know, so far, so good.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, college basketball for all the other for all

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<v Speaker 2>the things I've said throughout the show today, As far

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<v Speaker 2>as why I think it is better where it is

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<v Speaker 2>now with portal in the NIL, I think another factor

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<v Speaker 2>is that if you love college basketball, like a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of us do, we now have a lot to chew

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<v Speaker 2>on for. You know, many weeks after the season actually

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<v Speaker 2>ends because of free agency, which of course is the

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<v Speaker 2>transfer portal.

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<v Speaker 3>The way we used to do it was, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, we'll see who decides to come back and not

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<v Speaker 2>go to the NBA, And you didn't have any flexibility,

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<v Speaker 2>like if your team stunk last year and you're bringing

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<v Speaker 2>everybody back and adding to freshmen, they might be a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit better or they might stink again. And there

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<v Speaker 2>was just this process of you know, everybody being stagnant.

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<v Speaker 2>Now again the rich would get richer and stay great.

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<v Speaker 2>But now you can just you know, in any moment

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<v Speaker 2>any I guess you know, maybe not any moment, but

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<v Speaker 2>you could have a team that I mean Louisville was

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<v Speaker 2>an example of that.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I mean, I wouldn't want. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 3>act like they were elite this year.

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<v Speaker 2>But for what it's worth, what I'm telling you is

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<v Speaker 2>a fact, not a lie. When the tournament started, the

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<v Speaker 2>Ape Pole, they were topped in team that may have

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<v Speaker 2>been misleading, whatever, but that's not something I'm making up.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not like, you know, doctoring stats to tell you

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<v Speaker 2>that it's the truth. So to go from being awful

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<v Speaker 2>for two straight years with no momentum to then being

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<v Speaker 2>a top ten team when you played your tournament game,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that's because of where we are. And there

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<v Speaker 2>was a lot of excitement last year leading up to it,

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<v Speaker 2>just because Pat Kelsey from The jump Man. He injected

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<v Speaker 2>some life into this fan base and started building this

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<v Speaker 2>roster with players you could get excited about. But none

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<v Speaker 2>of us really knew what to expect it. And then we

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<v Speaker 2>saw it. And now we're getting set for year two.

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<v Speaker 2>And I tell you what you now can mix in one,

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<v Speaker 2>you've seen what this guy can do as a coach,

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<v Speaker 2>and the way his guys play for him, and now

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<v Speaker 2>you're seeing high level players entering this program from the

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<v Speaker 2>freshman class with Michael Brown and Sunny Frew as well

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<v Speaker 2>as these three transfers that he's added that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of big schools wanted in Louisville got So

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<v Speaker 2>I think the excitement the off season here for Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be the only complaint I think is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be that, you know, why don't we got

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<v Speaker 2>to wait so long to get this thing started for

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<v Speaker 2>round two?

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<v Speaker 3>Now on the.

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<v Speaker 2>Kentucky side, we did talk about at the beginning of

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<v Speaker 2>the show, and I didn't get to it really since then. Disclaimer,

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<v Speaker 2>And I think it's an important thing to put out

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<v Speaker 2>there because I don't like running with you know, because again,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm all for taking shots at the rival, enjoying you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I love seeing him get beat by Tennessee, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just because they're the rival. So I'm all for it

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to, you know, make jokes about Mark

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<v Speaker 2>Pope Wiffin, knock yourself out. I don't blame you at all,

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<v Speaker 2>I get it, but I also, you know, want to

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<v Speaker 2>always be clear that, like, I'm not expecting Kentucky to

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<v Speaker 2>be bad this season. So my disclaimers that it's just

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<v Speaker 2>too early to know if he's going to have a

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<v Speaker 2>better roster than he had in year one, if it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be worse, if it's going to be the same,

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<v Speaker 2>Like you just don't know, and even when you have

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<v Speaker 2>all your pieces in order, you still don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>You just don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>So him going after three guys and not being able

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<v Speaker 2>to land those three guys, I think what it did

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<v Speaker 2>for Kentucky fans it was just an experience they're not

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<v Speaker 2>used to because in this world of not just the

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<v Speaker 2>portal in Nil, but this world of everybody. Not everybody,

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<v Speaker 2>but a lot of people constantly on their devices checking

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<v Speaker 2>updates on Twitter message boards, Trilly Donovan's discord because they

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<v Speaker 2>want to see who their team's adding, like, we have

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<v Speaker 2>access to this information NonStop right now. And Kentucky fans,

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<v Speaker 2>of course one of the biggest fan bases you'll find

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<v Speaker 2>in college basketball. They're just not used to seeing their program,

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<v Speaker 2>especially when cow was there, going after players of a

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<v Speaker 2>high caliber and losing them at this rate. Right, first

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<v Speaker 2>it was jaq Cell Lindenborg the I'm sorry, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>first it was Donovan Den they transferred from New Mexico,

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<v Speaker 2>who everybody acted like it was a done deal. He's

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<v Speaker 2>going to Kentucky and it's over. Nobody even needs to

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<v Speaker 2>waste any time contacting. Well, then he commits a UCLA,

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<v Speaker 2>decides he wants to play for besides, he wants to

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<v Speaker 2>play for McK crohnen instead of Mark Pope. And then

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<v Speaker 2>it was jaq Cell Lindenborg the transfer from UAB the

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<v Speaker 2>number one player in the portal, super skilled guy who

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that's who Mark Pope met with that got

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<v Speaker 2>a face to face. In the end, he decided to

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<v Speaker 2>go through the NBA draft process, but he does come

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<v Speaker 2>back to college. He's going to go to Michigan instead.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I don't I got to be honest with

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<v Speaker 2>you that I'm not really sure who the other one was.

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<v Speaker 2>But apparently there's been apparently there have been three that

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<v Speaker 2>he wanted that have committed elsewhere, so they did land

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<v Speaker 2>a commitment. What's we're talking about in just a second,

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<v Speaker 2>But both things can be true, Like you're probably not

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<v Speaker 2>panicking as if uh oh, are we going to fall

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<v Speaker 2>off as a program.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's never.

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<v Speaker 2>Good to see your coach at a place like Kentucky

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<v Speaker 2>where you're not used to missing out on players really ever,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you do, it's typically two programs. You know

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<v Speaker 2>that you would understand why they chose that school. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're picking Duke or Kansas or Carolina over Kentucky,

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<v Speaker 2>you still don't like it, but like you get it. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>now you got Michigan Ucla really good programs too, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, but like money matters, So it's just a

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<v Speaker 2>different element. And I could just tell from Afar as

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<v Speaker 2>an outsider, like Kentucky fans are kind of I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to say they're going through like some insane level

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<v Speaker 2>of like depression about where they stand. It's not that,

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<v Speaker 2>but like they're just not used to this. They're just

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<v Speaker 2>not And you know, doesn't mean Pope still can't put

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<v Speaker 2>together a really good team. They are bringing back otega Oway,

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<v Speaker 2>it seems like, I mean, I assume he's coming back, and.

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<v Speaker 3>Like that's a really good player to get back.

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<v Speaker 2>I guessed him up all year, Like I think he

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<v Speaker 2>still was one of the most productive and consistent players

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<v Speaker 2>in college basketball for a really good team that like

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<v Speaker 2>people just didn't talk about a whole lot. So having

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<v Speaker 2>him back is huge. It makes it to where you

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<v Speaker 2>don't really have to go out there and get great

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<v Speaker 2>players from the portal. I mean you want to, but

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<v Speaker 2>like he's a really good player himself. If he hit

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<v Speaker 2>the portal this year, he'd be wanted by everybody, and

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<v Speaker 2>you already have him, so you have to keep that

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<v Speaker 2>in mind. But also they've got really good freshmen coming

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<v Speaker 2>in moreno Jasper Johnson. I can't think of the other

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<v Speaker 2>young man's name, another five star that they brought in

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<v Speaker 2>or four star.

421
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<v Speaker 3>And you know, those guys.

422
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<v Speaker 2>Surely like they're highly regarded, Like if you're banking on

423
00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.559
<v Speaker 2>them to be really good right out of the gate,

424
00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:05.599
<v Speaker 2>it's been proven like that's not a good recipe because

425
00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:07.279
<v Speaker 2>those guys are good, but not to the level of

426
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<v Speaker 2>the guys that made major impacts at a high level

427
00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:14.200
<v Speaker 2>for high level programs this year. And yes, Trent, Noah Chandler,

428
00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:16.359
<v Speaker 2>Travis Perry, those guys are coming back, it sounds like,

429
00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:19.640
<v Speaker 2>and they can certainly help you, but like those are

430
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<v Speaker 2>guys understandably so that like as a sophomore, you don't

431
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<v Speaker 2>have you don't want to have to rely on those

432
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<v Speaker 2>guys to be the thirty two to thirty three minutes

433
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<v Speaker 2>per game your backcourt, especially when you know there's players

434
00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:31.039
<v Speaker 2>out out there in the portal that would be better

435
00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:34.400
<v Speaker 2>options and you're going after them and you're not getting them.

436
00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:39.400
<v Speaker 2>So the one player that they did land is Jalen Lowe,

437
00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.799
<v Speaker 2>who was really good at pitt as far as you

438
00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:44.000
<v Speaker 2>know production. In fact, he was a really highly regarded

439
00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:47.000
<v Speaker 2>high school kid that committed to Jeff Cable. He's from Texas.

440
00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:50.319
<v Speaker 2>Like I can tell you watching him in person, he's good.

441
00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:52.519
<v Speaker 2>Like that, they got a good player. But to me,

442
00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:55.799
<v Speaker 2>that commitment screamed desperation from Pope a little bit, because

443
00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:58.680
<v Speaker 2>there's nothing about his game that fits with what mark

444
00:19:58.720 --> 00:20:01.440
<v Speaker 2>Pope's once out of guard at all. To be honest

445
00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:03.480
<v Speaker 2>with you, I mean, he's not a shooter at all.

446
00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:08.519
<v Speaker 2>He's a high volume shot taker, meaning his percentage. I mean,

447
00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't have to look it up and double check,

448
00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:11.480
<v Speaker 2>but I wouldn't mean to me, he's a guy that

449
00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:14.920
<v Speaker 2>if he's gonna get you twenty four, he's gonna take

450
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<v Speaker 2>a lot of shots to get it. And I guess

451
00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:20.440
<v Speaker 2>that's not that uncommon with with players. But you know,

452
00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:24.200
<v Speaker 2>he shot twenty Let's see, he shot twenty six percent

453
00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:29.559
<v Speaker 2>from three this past year. Thirty seven percent overall. To

454
00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:34.000
<v Speaker 2>be honest, that's terrible, Like that's really bad. But he's talented, right,

455
00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:35.799
<v Speaker 2>He also averaged five and a half assists. He can

456
00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:38.799
<v Speaker 2>make plays, so he's athletic. He's a talented player, and

457
00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:40.559
<v Speaker 2>they may figure out a way for it to work.

458
00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:44.519
<v Speaker 2>But there's nothing about his game, his style that says,

459
00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:47.039
<v Speaker 2>oh yeah, it's a perfect fit between him and Mark Poe.

460
00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:49.720
<v Speaker 2>And it'd be hard for me to believe that this

461
00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:53.359
<v Speaker 2>guy would have been a take in a real you know,

462
00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:56.519
<v Speaker 2>priority had you not missed out elsewhere, which again that

463
00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.920
<v Speaker 2>makes sense read if you get done, if you don't

464
00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:01.279
<v Speaker 2>need sche Aleen low quite as much. But Louisville fans,

465
00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:05.160
<v Speaker 2>of course understandably. So we're having fun with his stat

466
00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:07.680
<v Speaker 2>line against Louisville because obviously they lost both those games.

467
00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:12.720
<v Speaker 2>And you know, against Louisville when they played on March first,

468
00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:14.160
<v Speaker 2>Why do I remember that game?

469
00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:17.359
<v Speaker 3>Was that when Chucky went on for thirty seven? I

470
00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:21.559
<v Speaker 3>think it was because the first one was there in Pittsburgh.

471
00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:23.119
<v Speaker 2>Yep, And I was there for that one, and here

472
00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:27.039
<v Speaker 2>I remember a fan yelling and screaming about him, like

473
00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:32.599
<v Speaker 2>past the ball, he's a good but yeah, against Louisville

474
00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:37.359
<v Speaker 2>the last time they played. He was six of eighteen overall,

475
00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:41.079
<v Speaker 2>one of eight from three, and had sixteen points. So again,

476
00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:43.559
<v Speaker 2>like he's the kind of guy that looks sixteen a

477
00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:46.519
<v Speaker 2>knight's a good night. Oh for most Well, he took

478
00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:50.799
<v Speaker 2>eighteen shots to get sixteen points. Like that's insanely inefficient,

479
00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:53.279
<v Speaker 2>which again, I mean, he's a bad player. It just

480
00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:55.400
<v Speaker 2>isn't at all what Mark Pope would want out of

481
00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:58.079
<v Speaker 2>a guard that I've ever seen. Yes, that was the

482
00:21:58.079 --> 00:22:02.160
<v Speaker 2>game Chucky roasted him for thirty seven points and made

483
00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:05.039
<v Speaker 2>six straight threes, and you know, Louisville one, and then

484
00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:07.119
<v Speaker 2>the first game. I feel like he might have had

485
00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:09.079
<v Speaker 2>a better game against Louisville then, but I could be

486
00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:12.599
<v Speaker 2>I could be wrong. I was, I was, I was,

487
00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:14.759
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I was. I was more so focused on Louisville.

488
00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:16.440
<v Speaker 2>That was a close game that they were really lucky

489
00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:18.680
<v Speaker 2>to hold on and win. Rain is the one who

490
00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.079
<v Speaker 2>kind of went off in that one. But yeah, in

491
00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:25.440
<v Speaker 2>that game, Jalen Lowe five of fifteen, one of five

492
00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:28.319
<v Speaker 2>from three, and he got you twenty four points, but

493
00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:29.759
<v Speaker 2>thirteen of those came at the line.

494
00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:33.200
<v Speaker 3>So you know, that's just two games.

495
00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:35.880
<v Speaker 2>That I reference, But those are the two games Lois

496
00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:38.839
<v Speaker 2>of fans would remember because they played, he played their team.

497
00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:40.920
<v Speaker 2>But when you look at his numbers, I mean again,

498
00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:44.119
<v Speaker 2>when you average sixteen points a game.

499
00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:46.319
<v Speaker 3>That's that's that's production.

500
00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:51.119
<v Speaker 2>But it's damn sure not efficient when you're shooting twenty

501
00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:54.839
<v Speaker 2>you know what was it twenty? Yeah, he shot twenty

502
00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:58.240
<v Speaker 2>six percent from three thirty seven percent overall. And again

503
00:22:58.559 --> 00:23:00.359
<v Speaker 2>he's had some games where he didn't do that, but

504
00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:03.599
<v Speaker 2>like he had twenty against n C State, he had

505
00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:05.079
<v Speaker 2>to take sixteen shots to get it.

506
00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.160
<v Speaker 3>You know, he.

507
00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:11.920
<v Speaker 2>Had's see here get twenty two against Syracuse and a win,

508
00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.720
<v Speaker 2>had to take twenty shots to get it.

509
00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:16.480
<v Speaker 3>Like that's that's just a high volume guy, right, So.

510
00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:19.839
<v Speaker 2>Maybe maybe Pope saves his game, But to me, that

511
00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:23.400
<v Speaker 2>scream desperation, which again doesn't mean that Kentucky's in trouble.

512
00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:25.640
<v Speaker 2>They're not going to be good, But I think it's

513
00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:27.759
<v Speaker 2>kind of hard to ignore that. I think it's pretty evident.

514
00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:29.440
<v Speaker 2>But quick break will come back talk a little more

515
00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:32.119
<v Speaker 2>about Duke's collapse because we all enjoyed it as well

516
00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:35.319
<v Speaker 2>as tonight's National championship game. Keep it locked right here

517
00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:37.880
<v Speaker 2>on Sports talk seven ninety Tonight, It'll be the last

518
00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:41.400
<v Speaker 2>college basketball game you get to watch for a very very,

519
00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:44.839
<v Speaker 2>very long time. And you know, I never want to

520
00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:47.279
<v Speaker 2>speed up life, because you know, you only get one

521
00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:51.960
<v Speaker 2>life to live, and I spend time often hoping life

522
00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:56.119
<v Speaker 2>would slow down. But when we get to this point

523
00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:58.680
<v Speaker 2>and it's all over, I just kind of want to

524
00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:01.039
<v Speaker 2>hit fast forward. I mean not really. If I was

525
00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:04.400
<v Speaker 2>given the option, I wouldn't do it. But I'm gonna

526
00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:06.960
<v Speaker 2>be sad when college basketball's over tonight and I no

527
00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:10.559
<v Speaker 2>longer watch one shining moment with really any joy. It's

528
00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:13.440
<v Speaker 2>just sadness, right because you know it should be a

529
00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:15.359
<v Speaker 2>year round sport. I mean, I know that's not realistic,

530
00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:18.480
<v Speaker 2>but and I'm being dramatic clearly, but it's gonna be

531
00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:22.079
<v Speaker 2>all over tonight. But hey, this year, I think if

532
00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:25.440
<v Speaker 2>anybody would just take a step back and realize, if

533
00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:29.000
<v Speaker 2>you consider what the product is of the NAA Tournament. Yeah,

534
00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:32.599
<v Speaker 2>I was chalky as hell for one seeds, but the

535
00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:35.599
<v Speaker 2>final four games were great, and I think we get

536
00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:39.200
<v Speaker 2>a great game tonight, and Florida has been really the

537
00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:42.200
<v Speaker 2>trendy favorite. I don't know what the odds were as

538
00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:44.559
<v Speaker 2>far as you know, betting before the tournament started. But

539
00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.720
<v Speaker 2>I know a lot of folks out there would watch

540
00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:48.519
<v Speaker 2>this Florida team and think, Okay, yeah, they're gonna be

541
00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:51.160
<v Speaker 2>tough to be. I mean, they're just they're so balanced,

542
00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:54.640
<v Speaker 2>they're good in every area, and they've got a great

543
00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:59.680
<v Speaker 2>player who can make shots consistently when he is defended perfectly.

544
00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:02.319
<v Speaker 2>That that may sound weird, but that's the best way

545
00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:05.920
<v Speaker 2>I can describe Walter Clayton Junior. I mean, he he's

546
00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:09.960
<v Speaker 2>he's taken shots that you would be fine with anybody

547
00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.519
<v Speaker 2>else taking, and he's making them. And I know they're

548
00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:14.880
<v Speaker 2>comeback against Texas Tech. Got a lot of attention and

549
00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:18.559
<v Speaker 2>I don't remember. I mean I watched it, and clearly

550
00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:20.680
<v Speaker 2>Texas Tech made some mistakes, missed some front ends that

551
00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:24.400
<v Speaker 2>really let let Florida live, right. But those shots that

552
00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:27.160
<v Speaker 2>he made, I mean he made them like it was routine.

553
00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:29.000
<v Speaker 2>And there's shots that like when he there was one

554
00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:31.319
<v Speaker 2>offensive rebound that he's like, you're playing in the backyard,

555
00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:33.160
<v Speaker 2>got to make it like take it back, you know,

556
00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:35.640
<v Speaker 2>before you score, after you get a rebound, like he

557
00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:38.359
<v Speaker 2>just went back, put it between his legs, pull up three,

558
00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:41.400
<v Speaker 2>buried it. I mean, he is special and he has

559
00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:43.279
<v Speaker 2>appointment viewing. In my opinion, I think he's gonna be

560
00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:45.000
<v Speaker 2>an NBA player and a good one. I don't know

561
00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:47.200
<v Speaker 2>about a star or anything like that, but I mean

562
00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:49.880
<v Speaker 2>he's he's really really good, and I think that's why,

563
00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:52.599
<v Speaker 2>in my opinion, they've got the they've got the edge

564
00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:54.599
<v Speaker 2>tonight because of him. But I don't think it'll be

565
00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:57.319
<v Speaker 2>a blowout. I think it'll be close. My gut says

566
00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:59.400
<v Speaker 2>Florida's gonna win it. But I'm not counting out Houston

567
00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:02.440
<v Speaker 2>because how could you after what happened against Duke? And

568
00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:04.599
<v Speaker 2>that was a big part of the conversation earlier in

569
00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:07.160
<v Speaker 2>the show, because if you want to make fun of

570
00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:09.880
<v Speaker 2>Duke for collapsing and somehow losing that game and it

571
00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:11.559
<v Speaker 2>still doesn't seem real, knock yourself out.

572
00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.920
<v Speaker 3>I get it, Duke losing.

573
00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:16.680
<v Speaker 2>That means we all win, right, Like there are certain

574
00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:22.960
<v Speaker 2>college programs, some college programs in one sport, it wouldn't

575
00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:25.319
<v Speaker 2>be the same in the other sport. Like nobody nobody's

576
00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:28.720
<v Speaker 2>happy whenever Alabama.

577
00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.920
<v Speaker 3>And basketball los. It's like you just don't really care.

578
00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:32.720
<v Speaker 2>Football though, like they're Goliath. They have been at least

579
00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:35.680
<v Speaker 2>under saban to where when you see them fall and

580
00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:37.799
<v Speaker 2>you see them, you know, get beat by Vandy in

581
00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:40.880
<v Speaker 2>an upset, like we all love to see it. But

582
00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:45.200
<v Speaker 2>you know, pro teams, college teams, different, you know, different sports,

583
00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:48.279
<v Speaker 2>different levels. There are a handful of programs that if

584
00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:51.880
<v Speaker 2>you're not a fan of them, you probably enjoy seeing

585
00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:54.039
<v Speaker 2>them lose, or if anything, you just prefer them lose

586
00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:56.119
<v Speaker 2>then win, if you had to say so. Duke is

587
00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.920
<v Speaker 2>clearly one of those. And it was very evident on

588
00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:01.359
<v Speaker 2>Saturday night, or maybe I should say Sunday morning, when

589
00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.880
<v Speaker 2>a lot of people woke up to see that Duke

590
00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.519
<v Speaker 2>somehow lost.

591
00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:03.880
<v Speaker 3>That was me.

592
00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.200
<v Speaker 2>I did not stay up to see it live, and

593
00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:07.359
<v Speaker 2>I went back and watched it obviously because I'm thinking

594
00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:10.319
<v Speaker 2>how the hell that happened. And by the way, I

595
00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:14.519
<v Speaker 2>never was more intrigued to find it as quickly as

596
00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:17.119
<v Speaker 2>I could, because there's some games where you're like, wait

597
00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:20.000
<v Speaker 2>a second, they won, Wow, must have missed something late,

598
00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:22.640
<v Speaker 2>Like there was no thought in my mind Houston could

599
00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:24.880
<v Speaker 2>win when I rolled over and went to bed, and

600
00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:26.200
<v Speaker 2>I had to see how it happened and how it

601
00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.680
<v Speaker 2>played out.

602
00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:32.200
<v Speaker 3>And yes, Duke is guilty of not closing it out right.

603
00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.000
<v Speaker 3>They didn't. They didn't.

604
00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:35.000
<v Speaker 2>They didn't score a field goal in the last ten

605
00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:37.519
<v Speaker 2>minutes other than one one field goal in the last

606
00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.000
<v Speaker 2>ten minutes.

607
00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:41.559
<v Speaker 3>And Houston they do that to you.

608
00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:45.000
<v Speaker 2>And what Houston did by being who they are, they

609
00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:47.440
<v Speaker 2>gave themselves a fighting chance because they're tough.

610
00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:49.720
<v Speaker 3>They never waivered. They stick with who they are.

611
00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:53.200
<v Speaker 2>They played tough defense, they got stops, and even when

612
00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:55.960
<v Speaker 2>shots weren't falling, they were still aggressive. So for it

613
00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.480
<v Speaker 2>to get I mean when the when the technical happened,

614
00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.920
<v Speaker 2>you had to think, okay, well, if there was any

615
00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:02.759
<v Speaker 2>shot of him coming back, it's over now. Well then

616
00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:05.799
<v Speaker 2>Duke gets the ball after the technical, free throws comes down,

617
00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:08.759
<v Speaker 2>misses a shot. At this point, you're really in desperation mode,

618
00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:11.000
<v Speaker 2>like you you could have taken a quick two and

619
00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:13.000
<v Speaker 2>called a time out, but nah, I mean, like, let's

620
00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.559
<v Speaker 2>be real, look at the clock, Look at how much

621
00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:17.559
<v Speaker 2>you're down. So they hit a three, a quick three,

622
00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.960
<v Speaker 2>and you know that gives you a little bit of

623
00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:22.200
<v Speaker 2>a little glimmer of hope. Well then there's the there's

624
00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:25.599
<v Speaker 2>the turnover, and you get another quick three. Obviously that

625
00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:29.079
<v Speaker 2>that doesn't fall, and uh, you had the dunk tip there,

626
00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:32.240
<v Speaker 2>which was huge, and then from then you you know,

627
00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:35.920
<v Speaker 2>from then on, you you foul Proctor? Was it? And

628
00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:38.319
<v Speaker 2>Proctor misses the front end of the one in one

629
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<v Speaker 2>or maybe did he miss both free throws or one

630
00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:41.279
<v Speaker 2>and one, I don't know what it was, but either way,

631
00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:45.480
<v Speaker 2>he miss free throw, and uh that led to Houston

632
00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:49.359
<v Speaker 2>getting the ball, and uh, actually no, that was yeah,

633
00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:51.240
<v Speaker 2>it was the Houston. It was the miss free throw

634
00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:53.480
<v Speaker 2>I think where they called the uh the foul on

635
00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:58.960
<v Speaker 2>flag so obviously questionable call, no doubt, But refs miscalls.

636
00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:01.200
<v Speaker 2>Best refs in the game are are gonna miss calls,

637
00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:03.519
<v Speaker 2>just like the best players that ever played are gonna

638
00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:07.279
<v Speaker 2>miss shots. So you know, it happens. If you're upset

639
00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:09.440
<v Speaker 2>about it, I get it, But like I think it's

640
00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:12.079
<v Speaker 2>a call that if he doesn't make it, nobody really

641
00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:15.160
<v Speaker 2>nobody really makes a big deal about it. But if

642
00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:16.640
<v Speaker 2>he does make it, and you're honest with yourself, you

643
00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:18.240
<v Speaker 2>can still question if it should have been made at

644
00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.839
<v Speaker 2>that time. You have every right to do that. But

645
00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:22.880
<v Speaker 2>I also think, like it's not it's not as nearly,

646
00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:25.359
<v Speaker 2>it's not as egregious to other people if it wasn't

647
00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:28.079
<v Speaker 2>in that situation, and I know some people say, well

648
00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:30.599
<v Speaker 2>you got to swallow the whistle late, Well, what do

649
00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:33.240
<v Speaker 2>you want that? Or do you want consistency? Like what

650
00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.880
<v Speaker 2>you want is the reps to do whatever gives your

651
00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:37.160
<v Speaker 2>team the best chance to win, because that's just how

652
00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:41.039
<v Speaker 2>fanatics are. So you've got the made free throws and

653
00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:43.680
<v Speaker 2>then of course the Cooper flag. I mean they got

654
00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:46.119
<v Speaker 2>they got him the ball, he got where he wanted

655
00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:48.160
<v Speaker 2>and that's a shot that he makes a lot, and

656
00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:51.400
<v Speaker 2>he just was defended well enough, left it short and

657
00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:55.079
<v Speaker 2>Houston holds on to win. So do collapsing, Sure they did.

658
00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:58.160
<v Speaker 2>They couldn't handle the press very well. But I just

659
00:29:58.240 --> 00:30:02.799
<v Speaker 2>really wish there was more, there was more set about Houston.

660
00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:05.359
<v Speaker 2>Just I mean, like that if I don't really care,

661
00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:07.920
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm sure it's a silly hypothetical because we'll

662
00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:11.200
<v Speaker 2>never know, But I do believe that Kelvin Sampson is

663
00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:13.039
<v Speaker 2>the kind of guy with his with with the kind

664
00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:16.680
<v Speaker 2>of coach I should say with like, if somebody could

665
00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:19.359
<v Speaker 2>grind out a win in that fashion in that situation,

666
00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:22.799
<v Speaker 2>it's Kelvin Samson's team. So with that said, like I'm

667
00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:25.119
<v Speaker 2>certainly not going to doubt them tonight. They're really good defensively,

668
00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:26.799
<v Speaker 2>but they're also good on offense as well. It's not

669
00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:29.039
<v Speaker 2>like they're just out there to win a game scored

670
00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:31.839
<v Speaker 2>in the forties. They can score as well. So tonight,

671
00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:34.000
<v Speaker 2>you know, we should get a really really competitive game.

672
00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:37.480
<v Speaker 3>And I think that's great for college basketball. I really do.

673
00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:41.039
<v Speaker 2>I know it would be better if, you know, for me,

674
00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:43.119
<v Speaker 2>Louisville was there. For Kentucky fans, I'm sure they'd want

675
00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:46.319
<v Speaker 2>to see their team there. But I know I've said

676
00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:48.440
<v Speaker 2>this many times, why not say it once more? When

677
00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:53.440
<v Speaker 2>it comes to the lifeless Louisville basketball era that was

678
00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:57.519
<v Speaker 2>the Kenny Payne experience. I did learn to love college

679
00:30:57.559 --> 00:31:02.160
<v Speaker 2>basketball without, you know, without without having a team that

680
00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:03.039
<v Speaker 2>you know was a part of it.

681
00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:04.359
<v Speaker 3>I mean, we didn't just like miss the tournament.

682
00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:06.240
<v Speaker 2>We were awful, like we we were not even like

683
00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:08.400
<v Speaker 2>it didn't feel like when I would watch Louisville play

684
00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:11.880
<v Speaker 2>that I was watching college basketball like you know, in

685
00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.839
<v Speaker 2>a power league.

686
00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:15.720
<v Speaker 3>It was just it was it was that bad, all right.

687
00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:20.880
<v Speaker 2>So real quick, Yukon's women they won the national championship yesterday.

688
00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:23.720
<v Speaker 2>Gino Arima, I mean, I think you could argue, maybe

689
00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.400
<v Speaker 2>it's a hot take.

690
00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:24.920
<v Speaker 3>He is.

691
00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:28.799
<v Speaker 2>I mean he to me, he has been more innovative

692
00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:33.000
<v Speaker 2>to his sport and as successful, if not more successful

693
00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:35.680
<v Speaker 2>in an era in eras that were harder to do

694
00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:39.160
<v Speaker 2>it than John Wooden at UCLA. I mean that, I mean,

695
00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:42.039
<v Speaker 2>I think Geno Arima is one of the best coaches

696
00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:44.920
<v Speaker 2>of all time of any sport at any level. And I'm

697
00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:47.359
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure I'm presenting that as if I'm giving you

698
00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:49.680
<v Speaker 2>like the hottest take in the world. But I mean,

699
00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:54.119
<v Speaker 2>I think for Geno to still you know, again, they

700
00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:56.480
<v Speaker 2>never fell off, but obviously there's some new powers in

701
00:31:56.519 --> 00:32:00.440
<v Speaker 2>women's basketball, and over the years, I mean plenty of them.

702
00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:04.599
<v Speaker 2>Yukon never went away. But here they are winning a

703
00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:08.160
<v Speaker 2>national championship in this new world. And Yukon, man, I

704
00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:11.240
<v Speaker 2>don't I can't put my finger on what it is

705
00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:14.160
<v Speaker 2>because to me, they still do not come up when

706
00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:18.960
<v Speaker 2>I just think of power college basketball program schools that

707
00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:23.559
<v Speaker 2>dominate the sport of college basketball. Yukon is on a

708
00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:26.319
<v Speaker 2>planet by themselves. And I feel like you've got to

709
00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:28.240
<v Speaker 2>say it out loud for people to even like, oh, yeah,

710
00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.880
<v Speaker 2>I guess you're right.

711
00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.720
<v Speaker 3>Like I'm thirty six years old.

712
00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:33.279
<v Speaker 2>Yukon has won more national championships in my life to

713
00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:37.839
<v Speaker 2>than any program, and Yukon's women how many they won

714
00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:40.640
<v Speaker 2>in my lifetime double maybe of what the men have won.

715
00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:43.680
<v Speaker 2>I'm just throwing out numbers here, but like there's no

716
00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:46.880
<v Speaker 2>question about with you know, modern era, whatever you want

717
00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:49.559
<v Speaker 2>to call it, for the last forty years, there's no

718
00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:55.039
<v Speaker 2>program that has been better in women's basketball than Yukon.

719
00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:57.480
<v Speaker 2>And if we're talking about what really matters, right, like

720
00:32:57.559 --> 00:33:00.480
<v Speaker 2>what we really value as far as where you're hierarchy

721
00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:05.279
<v Speaker 2>is in the sport, it's championships titles, Right, Yukon men

722
00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:09.759
<v Speaker 2>have more than anybody, so that the same two schools, sorry,

723
00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:15.880
<v Speaker 2>the same school dominates everybody else. And that's just like

724
00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:18.440
<v Speaker 2>I do again, I'm saying it like, well, I think

725
00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:20.240
<v Speaker 2>there's there's a tone here, Like is anybody listening to

726
00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.920
<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying? And I'm sure you're well aware of

727
00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:23.599
<v Speaker 2>it if you think about it, But like, I just

728
00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:25.839
<v Speaker 2>think that would get more attention, right, Like all this

729
00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:30.480
<v Speaker 2>talk about basketball, it's always about the Carolinas, the Dukes,

730
00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:32.480
<v Speaker 2>the Kentucky's, the KANSASA And look for good reason, those

731
00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:35.720
<v Speaker 2>programs are great, They've got great tradition, they've big ass

732
00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:39.119
<v Speaker 2>fan bases like not a knock on them, but there's

733
00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:41.880
<v Speaker 2>not a close second as far as like who dominates

734
00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:45.640
<v Speaker 2>basketball respectively in both men's and women's. But if you

735
00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:49.839
<v Speaker 2>combine them, I mean, Yukon, they're on a planet on

736
00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:53.839
<v Speaker 2>their own. So and I like Geno or Email a lot,

737
00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:58.839
<v Speaker 2>really really do always have, and you know he probably

738
00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:00.480
<v Speaker 2>won't be doing this forever. So he's one of those

739
00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:03.599
<v Speaker 2>guys that I just now try to consider. I consider

740
00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:05.960
<v Speaker 2>myself grateful to be able to say I watched Kim

741
00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:08.840
<v Speaker 2>turn that program into what it's turned into. And one

742
00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:10.960
<v Speaker 2>more thing I'll have before we get to our last break.

743
00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:15.079
<v Speaker 2>Don Staley. She's a great coach. Clearly, I don't have

744
00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.880
<v Speaker 2>anything against her. I don't really have any feeling on

745
00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:18.800
<v Speaker 2>her in one way or the other other than that

746
00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:20.880
<v Speaker 2>I know she's a really good coach, and she recruits well,

747
00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:24.360
<v Speaker 2>and she's built South Carolina's program up to be insanely impressive.

748
00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:29.039
<v Speaker 2>But man, she needs to read the room because she's

749
00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:34.519
<v Speaker 2>very much about growing the game women's basketball until it's

750
00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.239
<v Speaker 2>not about her.

751
00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.920
<v Speaker 3>That's very obvious.

752
00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.559
<v Speaker 2>And again I hate even getting into the weeds here

753
00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:41.840
<v Speaker 2>on this whole thing, because there's jealousy clearly from Paige

754
00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:45.000
<v Speaker 2>Bucker's being the star this year of the sport. Obviously,

755
00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:47.199
<v Speaker 2>Caitlyn Clark was on a different level than anything we'll

756
00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:54.559
<v Speaker 2>ever see again, and you know, it's just petty, childish

757
00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:57.599
<v Speaker 2>stuff to be there and be a part of it

758
00:34:57.880 --> 00:35:00.599
<v Speaker 2>and just not realize and be so insecure that like, yeah,

759
00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:03.519
<v Speaker 2>like you're great and that's the story, but like the

760
00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:05.960
<v Speaker 2>storylines are are not always going to be about you,

761
00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:09.199
<v Speaker 2>And like her complaints during the Final four about we

762
00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:12.320
<v Speaker 2>gotta be mindful of what's on TikTok and Sports Center

763
00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:14.960
<v Speaker 2>at all times, Well, like, I'm sorry that you are great,

764
00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:17.519
<v Speaker 2>but you just haven't had like a player that has

765
00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.679
<v Speaker 2>captivated the world.

766
00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.280
<v Speaker 3>Like others have.

767
00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:22.320
<v Speaker 2>And then of course, you know she wants to I'm

768
00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:25.079
<v Speaker 2>sure there's there's hints that it's about race, but like

769
00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:29.079
<v Speaker 2>you know, Angel, I mean Angel Reese was a phenomenal

770
00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:31.679
<v Speaker 2>player at LSU, and she didn't get maybe the same

771
00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:34.360
<v Speaker 2>attention that Clark did, but nobody ever will. Like, I

772
00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:36.360
<v Speaker 2>don't know, I just she's a great coach, but I

773
00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.960
<v Speaker 2>was just kind of turned off by like the way

774
00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:41.840
<v Speaker 2>she handled everything in the Final four, including getting completely

775
00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:44.280
<v Speaker 2>killed in the championship game. All right, aled, we gotta

776
00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:45.800
<v Speaker 2>we got to run. Actually, should we just double it

777
00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.760
<v Speaker 2>up here? Do we even have time?

778
00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:48.199
<v Speaker 3>We ken? If you want?

779
00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:50.119
<v Speaker 2>Will let's be easier to that, because if I take

780
00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:52.119
<v Speaker 2>a break now, then I wouldn't even be able to

781
00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.559
<v Speaker 2>come back and say advice. So what we'll do is

782
00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:57.039
<v Speaker 2>we'll use the last remaining amount of time we have

783
00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:59.159
<v Speaker 2>here to go to the phone lines and we'll welcome in.

784
00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:01.079
<v Speaker 2>Lets see if I'm how to work these phones. Let's

785
00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:03.400
<v Speaker 2>go to Captain Kirk. What's happening, brother?

786
00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.920
<v Speaker 4>Hey, what's going on? Mister Nick?

787
00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.440
<v Speaker 3>How are we doing?

788
00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.159
<v Speaker 4>Pretty good?

789
00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.400
<v Speaker 3>Man?

790
00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.719
<v Speaker 2>Uh?

791
00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:10.719
<v Speaker 4>I just wanted to touch on what you was talking

792
00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:13.280
<v Speaker 4>about a minute ago about Duke, about where we are

793
00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:16.239
<v Speaker 4>all winners when Duke loses, with ye, I would I would.

794
00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:19.440
<v Speaker 4>I would never advocate for Duke ever, But on an

795
00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:22.920
<v Speaker 4>acc perspective, I was kind of hoping they would win

796
00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:25.400
<v Speaker 4>because we were so down this year. I was hoping

797
00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:28.000
<v Speaker 4>we would get that win so we could look good,

798
00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:31.079
<v Speaker 4>you know. But but you know, it is what it is,

799
00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:34.679
<v Speaker 4>and uh, they're they're beating now. So all right, Duke's

800
00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:37.159
<v Speaker 4>done and I'm looking forward to next year. My man?

801
00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:40.400
<v Speaker 3>Who you who you're pulling for tonight, Houston or Florida.

802
00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:45.480
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Houston for it was great, man. What was the

803
00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:48.119
<v Speaker 4>deal with not letting a kilt on out there to

804
00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.960
<v Speaker 4>celebrate with them?

805
00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.320
<v Speaker 3>I'm not sure. Yeah, I don't know.

806
00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:53.119
<v Speaker 2>It could be and this sounds petty because he's he's

807
00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:56.440
<v Speaker 2>a chem to dream. But if you aren't credentialed, even

808
00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:59.199
<v Speaker 2>if you've got like close seats, they'll I mean, they

809
00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:02.480
<v Speaker 2>are insanely strict about credential you could be I mean,

810
00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:04.079
<v Speaker 2>there could be Trump out there. They may try to

811
00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:05.880
<v Speaker 2>stop him if he doesn't have the right credential showing,

812
00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:08.079
<v Speaker 2>just because they're insanely strict about that. So that would

813
00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:10.559
<v Speaker 2>be my guess. But you'd think people would know it's

814
00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.639
<v Speaker 2>it's a chem olotuan.

815
00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:15.519
<v Speaker 4>Yeah. Yeah, Well, thank you so much, Jack. I hope

816
00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:18.679
<v Speaker 4>you have a great day and go car go cards.

817
00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:20.280
<v Speaker 3>Thanks, Kirk, appreciate it. Yeah.

818
00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:22.800
<v Speaker 2>With Duke, I mean, I didn't find myself pulling for

819
00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:24.320
<v Speaker 2>Duke at any point. And I'll be honest with you,

820
00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:27.760
<v Speaker 2>Like I when Duke loses and everybody you know enjoys that,

821
00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:29.760
<v Speaker 2>I enjoy it too, But I really don't, like I'm

822
00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:33.119
<v Speaker 2>not oftentimes rooting against them unless there's like a certain

823
00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:35.559
<v Speaker 2>instance where I bet or maybe like I like a

824
00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:38.159
<v Speaker 2>team that they're playing, or it could like I never

825
00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:42.599
<v Speaker 2>understood the hatred of Duke because to me, like who

826
00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:46.519
<v Speaker 2>we mad at, Like the reason that like Dukie players,

827
00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:49.599
<v Speaker 2>you know, the Dukie brand or whatever, like you know,

828
00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:52.000
<v Speaker 2>all the dorky white guys that everybody finds so easy

829
00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:54.480
<v Speaker 2>to like you know why that's a thing at Duke

830
00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:57.039
<v Speaker 2>and it's not really anywhere else because you don't have

831
00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:58.599
<v Speaker 2>like there's no stereotypical Duke fan.

832
00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.599
<v Speaker 3>Who are Duke fans.

833
00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:01.920
<v Speaker 2>It's like people who went there they end up moving

834
00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:04.000
<v Speaker 2>to like the Northeast, like they're probably I mean they

835
00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:05.960
<v Speaker 2>are clearly Duke fans in the area, but I've been

836
00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:09.519
<v Speaker 2>to Raleigh, Like Duke, the only people that fit in

837
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<v Speaker 2>their tiny ass arena are students, Like they don't.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just so different.

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<v Speaker 2>So like you just you know, Coach k crying all

840
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<v Speaker 2>the time and having bitter beer face, and the Dukie

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00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:23.159
<v Speaker 2>you know, cocky white guys who slapped the floor in

842
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<v Speaker 2>and cried of the refs like that became it. They

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<v Speaker 2>had they created a world of its own because you

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<v Speaker 2>know when you when you when.

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<v Speaker 3>You're stereotyping programs.

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<v Speaker 2>You're usually thinking of their fans, right because they come

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<v Speaker 2>and go, and there's way more of them than there

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<v Speaker 2>are players.

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<v Speaker 3>With Duke, you just have the you know.

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<v Speaker 2>So I've never really understood I've never interacted with Duke

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<v Speaker 2>to where I feel like, man, I hate them, but

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<v Speaker 2>I know everybody else does, and it just, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess I'm following the crowd. But when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to the ACC, I don't think Duke losing.

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<v Speaker 3>Mit, they weren't good.

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<v Speaker 2>They just I mean, Houston found a way to win.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think Duke also fell victim to something that

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<v Speaker 2>other teams would also fall victim to in same situation,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is that nobody presses in college basketball anymore.

860
00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:07.360
<v Speaker 2>So when you have limited time to work with your

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<v Speaker 2>team in practice because there are limited hours, you're not

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<v Speaker 2>spending a whole lot of time working on press breaks

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<v Speaker 2>because you're often not.

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<v Speaker 3>Gonna see it.

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<v Speaker 2>So like they got hit with it and didn't really

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<v Speaker 2>have a plan. Houston's great at it and it bit

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<v Speaker 2>them in a big way. And if Duke would have

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<v Speaker 2>won the title this year, I don't really know what

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<v Speaker 2>that would have meant for the ACC.

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<v Speaker 3>Like it would have been, you'd better have it than not.

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<v Speaker 2>But like for that lead to get better respect and

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to hoops, they got to.

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<v Speaker 3>Get everybody else better to be you know, close to Duke, and.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you know, it's a chance they're better next year.

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<v Speaker 2>How much better, I don't know, but I do know

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<v Speaker 2>we're out of time. Thank you all for joining us,

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<v Speaker 2>and uh, let's hope we get a good game tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>You pulling for Houston or Florida to night Austin, Florida

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<v Speaker 2>because I haven't winning in okayacket.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go.

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<v Speaker 2>It makes sense, but it makes sense, makes sense. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no bigger win for the bracket than the championship. So

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<v Speaker 2>help me get out everybody.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, you have to