WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:07.240 It's time for coffee and company, Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:08.839 Sports Talk seven. 3 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:10.960 Nine day, Holy crap, I don't know who the hell 4 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:13.800 we think when we are get off our show. 5 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:14.519 Idiot. 6 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:17.120 The kids are playing a trail off. The countries are. 7 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:17.719 Screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:21.079 Goldplay Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 9 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:24.160 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:28.039 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 11 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:28.719 kidding me? 12 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:29.679 Now? 13 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:36.280 Here's nick coffee? 14 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:38.880 All right, let's get to it. 15 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:42.759 Let's get it started as day one of the college 16 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:44.000 basketball offseason. 17 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:46.320 And I'm not sad. 18 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:48.600 I mean it's I'm bummed that it's over, but I 19 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:50.920 think we got a great final four. I don't know 20 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:53.200 how great last night's game was, but I'm willing to 21 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:57.280 admit that it could have been much worse if it 22 00:00:57.399 --> 00:01:00.240 is considered to be a game that wasn't of high quality, 23 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:02.159 and I still would have loved every minute of it. 24 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:03.920 But we got a close finish. But man, what a 25 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:08.920 weird way for that thing to close out. And we'll 26 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:10.840 get to it. We'll talk about it, no doubt. Obviously, 27 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:14.840 there's a lot of reaction from last night but man, 28 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:19.319 with free agency now existing in college basketball. As I 29 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:22.519 was trying to get to sleep last night, I was 30 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:25.400 checking to see the reaction from, of course, the National 31 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:29.439 Championship game, and I'm on Twitter way more than I 32 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:32.280 need to be, which I do have some thoughts on 33 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:34.439 that later as far as just like I need to, 34 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:38.280 I need to find a comfort zone, as far as 35 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:41.280 how to utilize the platform, because it's really valuable for 36 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:45.280 what we do here. It's just, you know, the engagement 37 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:48.719 of it is dead, Like I just can't even I 38 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:50.799 can't even go there when it comes to just you know, 39 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:54.480 going back and forth with trolls and anyways, that's a 40 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:57.879 conversation for down the line. But before I went to 41 00:01:57.879 --> 00:01:59.959 sleep last night, there were at least five or six 42 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:04.159 like notable outlets that already had their early rankings for 43 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:09.080 next season prepped for publish. And I mean, I'm I'm 44 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:11.919 willing to admit I was really surprised to see just 45 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.680 how how much everyone seems to think Louisville is going 46 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:18.039 to be really, really, really good. And I do too, 47 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.759 I mean, trust me, I'm I'm as excited as can 48 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:23.960 be about next year Year two for Pat Kelsey knowing 49 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.039 that we still don't know exactly what the roster's going 50 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:26.439 to look like. 51 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:27.479 And that's that can mean. 52 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:31.879 Is there a team out there right now that knows 53 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:34.639 exactly like what their team is going to be? I 54 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.080 would I would say no, right, Like, how could you 55 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:42.120 so to have rankings this early? Let's just be real, 56 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:47.039 it's stupid. But I don't know what it is about rankings, lists, 57 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:50.479 those kind of things. I think drafts have become really 58 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:54.879 really popular when it comes to just content. If somebody 59 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:57.439 sees we're going to do a draft of like movies 60 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:01.280 or restaurants, you know, it's it. Even though people realize 61 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:03.479 it's it's not it's not the end all be all right, 62 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:07.240 Like if Austin and I did a fast food restaurant draft. 63 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:10.759 I mean, it's just our opinions, doesn't change anything, but 64 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:13.280 people would have strong thoughts because you know, it's something 65 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:16.240 people can relate to. So we'll talk about it. But 66 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:18.879 I just I don't know. Maybe it's maybe it's me 67 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:22.080 getting older. I just I can't fake that. I've you 68 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:25.840 know that I've got a strong reaction to these college 69 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:27.759 basketball I mean, to be fair. 70 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:29.560 Like it it's. 71 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:31.319 Stupid or well, I guess I guess they're they're both 72 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:38.120 really stupid. But like bracketology in in you know, June, 73 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:41.960 like that's really stupid. But I think to give Joey 74 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.639 Bracketts some credit here, he probably is not as his 75 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:50.360 his brackets in the summer later in the summer although worthless. 76 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:52.479 I mean, I guess his brackets all the time are 77 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:54.319 worthless because he doesn't have anything to do with seating 78 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:57.039 the NAA tournament at all in the grand scheme of things. 79 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:01.039 But putting out rankings for teams and there's not a 80 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:04.479 single team in your preseason top twenty five or top 81 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:09.520 forty five, whatever you did that is fully set in stone. 82 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:11.319 I maybe I'm off there, Like maybe there are teams 83 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:15.639 that know exactly who's coming back and they have this 84 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:18.360 many freshmen coming in and they've already filled the three 85 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:21.439 spots they need in the portal. Like like, maybe I'm 86 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.759 way off, And it's just me kind of getting caught 87 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:26.519 up in what Louisville and Kentucky both did last year, 88 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.079 because I mean, you had to build a roster from 89 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:33.759 scratch to where it was a long process, much longer 90 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:37.839 than most programs, because you know, you had to build 91 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:41.519 really twelve thirteen pieces, and you know you. 92 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:42.600 Started with Louisville. 93 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:44.560 It was Terrence Edwards who was your first commitment, and 94 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:48.879 I think the last one might have been Big Frank 95 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:52.040 Frank anselom Ivy, who was you know, a late ad 96 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:54.639 that you know didn't get a ton of attention. But anyways, 97 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:59.120 Louisville believed to be very, very good next year according 98 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:02.160 to those that have a platform to talk college basketball, 99 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:04.000 a platform that of course is bigger than this one 100 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:07.519 that I have here. John Fanta has Louisville at number 101 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:12.639 three ESPNS, Jeff Borzello has Louisville at number three, and 102 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:15.040 there's others out there that are really high on the cards. 103 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:18.120 And I don't want to say that as if like 104 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:22.480 it's some big surprise, because again, Louisville finished the season 105 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:26.480 is a top twenty five team and they've landed three 106 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:30.160 top fifteen proven players in the portal. I guess you 107 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.600 could say maybe the Kinnesau State transfer Warley isn't as 108 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:35.920 proven because he's only played one season of college ball 109 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:37.920 and it was at Kinnesau State. But still, you know, 110 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:40.879 he had a lot of suitors coming after him. And 111 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:43.800 what I have noticed, and maybe this is something I 112 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:46.639 shouldn't pay much attention to. But everyone that is putting 113 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:51.240 Louisville in the top five, top ten wherever they're including 114 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.839 that Caseon Pryor and Javon Hadley are coming back, which 115 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:58.000 I hope they do. As I talked about yesterday, I 116 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:00.439 have no reason to think that like they're for sure 117 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:03.360 not or they're strongly like none of us know, and 118 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:05.879 I guess until they say something, we should assume that 119 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:09.680 they're going to be back. I just also am of 120 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:11.959 the mindset that if they do decide to hit the 121 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:15.519 portal and really just reset their value right like, check 122 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:18.160 the market, see what's out there, see who'd be interested, 123 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:20.639 see what kind of money they could get one, you 124 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:23.160 can't blame them for doing that, and it just wouldn't. 125 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:23.360 Be a big shock. 126 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:25.160 So that that's the one thing that has kept me 127 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:27.360 from just assuming that those guys are back. But look, 128 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:30.639 if they're back and your roster is is is set 129 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:32.720 with those guys included, I'm not even really sure how 130 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:35.120 many pieces you have left to add when it comes 131 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:37.600 to scholarships, and that I think would be a team 132 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:41.240 that's worthy of this preseason praise. Now for Kentucky, obviously 133 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:43.920 a lot of praise for them as well, but you know, 134 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:47.959 not quite as much as Louisvill's getting in again. 135 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:48.319 Like that. 136 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:50.639 We can rivalry about that if you guys wont but like, 137 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:53.199 I just can't go there with you if like you know, 138 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:57.639 we're dunking on each other about preseason rankings and portal 139 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:01.160 rankings in early in early April. I mean, I don't 140 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:03.920 have fatigue when it comes to the rivalry and you know, 141 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:06.279 really getting deep into the weeds and just going back 142 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:10.720 and forth battling anonymous you know, losers on the internet. 143 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:14.120 But I just I can't. I can't. I can't do 144 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.519 it and fake that. I really haven't had the energy 145 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:16.800 for it. 146 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:20.279 Speaking of that, Kentucky did add a player today that 147 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:23.040 is a highly regarded player in the transfer portal, a 148 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:25.240 player that both programs around here familiar with. 149 00:07:25.319 --> 00:07:27.079 Jaden Quaintance of. 150 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:32.160 Arizona State, previously committed to Kentucky, decommitted when Kyle left, 151 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:35.160 and he was shopped around. Arizona State became the biggest 152 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:38.160 bidder and he ended up there and had a fine 153 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:40.600 freshman season. I mean he wasn't I mean, he wasn't 154 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:43.480 a freshman All American by any means. But you know, 155 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:46.279 he played for a team that wasn't very good and 156 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:50.040 then he got hurt towards ACL in March. So when 157 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:52.279 he plays, I don't know, but that's going to boost 158 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:55.600 Kentucky's expectations just because he is still living off of 159 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:58.000 his five star billing that he had out a high school. 160 00:07:58.040 --> 00:07:59.360 And there's no reason to say that he won't turn 161 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:01.439 into real good play here. But you know, I mean, 162 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.519 he's someone that I would have assumed didn't have the 163 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:09.800 same you know, ranking slash value after a year at 164 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:12.279 Arizona State, because I won't lie and act like I 165 00:08:12.279 --> 00:08:15.160 watched a lot of Arizona State basketball because I didn't. 166 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:16.399 They weren't relevant, they weren't good. 167 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:20.040 But you know, he played the Big twelve, which of 168 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.279 course is a good league, power five league. 169 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:23.360 And he was he was. 170 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:27.160 I but you know, maybe now that he's you know, 171 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:29.560 there's a big jump that guys make from freshman a sophomore, 172 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:31.439 So maybe that happens. But I've got some thoughts that 173 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:34.399 I've already shared on Twitter that got uh Big the 174 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:38.000 big Blue Bozos all riled up, which I mean, I 175 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:39.840 don't want to do it, but I gotta do it. 176 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:42.240 I gotta cook. I didn't come here with the apron. 177 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:43.039 You know, I didn't. 178 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:45.960 I didn't bring uh, I didn't bring my George Foreman grill, 179 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.919 my air frar. But I got I gotta cook. I mean, 180 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:51.039 I got, I got to and I'll certainly have to 181 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:55.759 do it because you know, you can't say anything about 182 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:58.559 the other side of this rivalry, regardless of what you say, 183 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:01.600 if even if you were to compliment them like it 184 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:02.759 just turns into. 185 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:03.919 Just just. 186 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:07.399 I can't think of the right way to describe it 187 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:09.639 where I'd be allowed to say it on the airways 188 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:12.279 airwaves without you know, getting in trouble. But anyways, we'll 189 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:14.320 get to that later. A lot to get to throughout 190 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:17.639 our next two hours and fifty one minutes, So stick 191 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:19.480 with us. 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That's me Austin Montgomery, the 202 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:45.399 travel chief alongside and I guess just last night's game. 203 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:49.080 I mean, first of all, congratulations to you, Austin. I 204 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:51.320 mean you you won your bracket pool right. 205 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:55.320 Yes, yes, the fiance's family bracket. Nice. I had the 206 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.279 championship Houston and Florida. 207 00:09:57.320 --> 00:10:00.679 I did not think that that it was going to 208 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:03.320 be Florida after watching the first really thirty. 209 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:04.080 Minutes of that game. 210 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:07.440 I mean, it's the biggest come from behind victory in 211 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:10.440 a national championship game. It never felt like it was 212 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:13.639 out of reach in Florida. To their credit, they are 213 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:16.960 a team that is absolutely built to quickly erase deficits. 214 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:19.879 I mean they did it against Texas Tech. And they 215 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:21.960 did it then also in kind of more of a 216 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:26.639 of a last you know, last run kind of thing, 217 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:29.039 like they tied it up and we had a close 218 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:32.080 game last night for the last you know, few minutes 219 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:34.360 and some change. But against Texas Tech, I mean they 220 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:36.519 were kind of in desperation mode clawing back and they 221 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:39.320 got it done. So clearly they've proven they can they 222 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.360 can do what was what was needed last night to 223 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:44.879 claw back in it. But I just, more than anything, 224 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.879 I am, I am blown away by the last two 225 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:55.960 possessions for Houston, like it just it seems so off 226 00:10:56.120 --> 00:11:02.639 and uncharacteristic for for for this team coached by Kelvin Sampson. 227 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:06.080 I mean, to not get a shot at the end there, 228 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:09.720 I mean, that was just I'm still kind of in disbelief. 229 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:13.879 And look, whenever Florida had a late lead, I didn't 230 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:16.320 have a whole lot of confidence that, you know, not 231 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:19.200 that I if Texas Tech would have made a three 232 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:23.720 late and won it or went to overtime and found 233 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:25.240 a way to win, that wouldn't have shocked me at all. 234 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:26.799 I mean, they were in control of that game for 235 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:30.799 a lot longer than they weren't. But to see them 236 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:33.200 just kind of unravel in those last two possessions, it 237 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:37.279 was very shocking because it was very very uncharacteristic of 238 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:40.519 Kelvin Sampson type teams. And you could tell at the 239 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:45.080 end of that one. I mean, Kelvin Samson, I think 240 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:47.600 he's pretty transparent like, I think what you see is 241 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:49.279 what you get. I don't believe there's a whole lot 242 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:51.960 of just you know, coach speak, and I think he 243 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:55.759 was in disbelief more than anybody. And I give him credit. 244 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:57.399 I think he did a good job of I guess 245 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:01.639 channeling anger add this and disappointment to where he was 246 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:05.440 still professional. But here are his comments after after last night. 247 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:14.320 Just what's going through your mind right now? Yeah, yeah, 248 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:18.240 I'm just going through those last two possessions more than 249 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:26.200 anything else. Yeah, it's incomprehensible in that situation. We couldn't 250 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:32.360 get a shot, get a shot. We're down two, and 251 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:37.600 obviously we didn't need a three, but you know, with 252 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:42.440 the manual, we were struggling to score the entire second half. 253 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:46.159 We got you know, good looks. 254 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:49.759 So there's more to that, but I mean, it's just 255 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:52.279 it is insane that they didn't They didn't end up 256 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:56.240 getting a shot. I mean, and before the turnover that 257 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:59.480 ended the game, you had the play where they have 258 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:02.200 the I don't remember who it was that was driving 259 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:05.240 for them that just lost the ball. I mean, just 260 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:09.000 just lost the ball. And I feel like Houston and 261 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:11.639 They'll get Florida a lot of credit for good defense 262 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:12.600 in both instances. 263 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:14.279 I mean, they. 264 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:17.720 Deserve credit, but I just never thought we'd see Houston 265 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:19.279 and Kelvin Sampson. 266 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:21.639 Beat themselves like that. 267 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:23.600 And I know times when you say you beat yourself, 268 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:27.360 it's an insinuation that you know the opponent didn't have 269 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:28.879 anything to do with that, and I'm not saying that 270 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:33.240 at all, But those were avoidable mistakes as well, right, Like, well, 271 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:37.080 they were well defended, but those are avoidable mistakes that I. 272 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:39.919 Just did not expect to see Houston make. 273 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:44.440 And I feel bad for the young man who and 274 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:47.759 I'm terror and this is just another sign of like Houston. 275 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:49.720 I mean, here, I am the guy saying we should 276 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.039 give it more credit than they get. Nobody's saying they're 277 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:53.799 not good. But man, like, is anybody paying attention what 278 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:56.200 Kelvin Samson's doing here at Houston? And yet I don't 279 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:58.799 know any of the players' names. I mean I do, 280 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:01.559 I know LJ. But I wouldn't know him if it 281 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:03.279 wasn't for his time at Baylor and him being a 282 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:05.399 guy that last night. Had they won, he'd be the 283 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.039 first player in college basketball history to ever win two 284 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:12.159 championships with two different schools, but I think it was 285 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:17.639 it was Sharp who elevated had to put the ball down. 286 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:23.879 None of his teammates knew it. I mean, there's a 287 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:26.320 lot of different ways to make mistakes that can really 288 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:30.320 really impact your team's ability or inability to win a game, 289 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:34.440 and I just think that one was, as you know, 290 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:37.039 a walk, which I guess technically that's what it was, right, 291 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:39.159 which I had. Maybe they didn'tven call it because he 292 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:40.639 didn't grab the ball. He couldn't grab the ball because 293 00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:42.440 it would have been travel because he left his feet 294 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:43.120 left the ground. 295 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:45.000 So again, like you could. 296 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.240 Have a double dribble, you could kick it off your foot, 297 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:49.360 you could have an offensive foul. I mean, at the 298 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.159 end of the day, if the end result is a 299 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:54.919 turnover there, that's a disastrous But I think as a 300 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:58.639 player in that position, a veteran in a national championship 301 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:02.679 game on a thirty five and five team to leave 302 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:03.879 the ground. 303 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:05.279 And and and. 304 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:07.480 Then mid air realize he can't get a shot off 305 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:10.559 and just drop the ball. That's that's a level of 306 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:13.960 bone headed mistake that you just don't see for many 307 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:17.639 people in that moment. So again, I don't want to 308 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:20.039 mean it's it's it's not the only mistake they made 309 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:22.360 just to play prior there was a you know, a 310 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:25.519 similar another mistake that again was a turnover, same result. 311 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:29.360 But that's just like mentally not being ready in that 312 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:32.360 moment and you can look, you can throw up a 313 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:35.120 desperation three or get a drive and miss the shot, 314 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:38.759 like for example, Cooper Flag he missed that shot against Houston. 315 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:41.240 Didn't mean what ready, he just missed the shot. I 316 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.559 mean he was a little bit short, he was well defended, 317 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:45.480 and it's a shot he makes a lot and you 318 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:47.360 didn't make it. Then sometimes you miss shots, but to 319 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:51.480 have that happen leave the ground and then just crap 320 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:56.879 your pants mid air, I mean that was bad, really 321 00:15:56.919 --> 00:16:00.399 really bad, and you just you just don't see Kelvin 322 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:03.279 Samson type teams make those mistakes, and I think that's 323 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:06.480 why he was in such disbelief. But I think both 324 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:12.039 sides were very uncharacteristic last night, because I mean, Florida 325 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:14.879 to me, they've looked like a cool customer throughout the 326 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.240 entire season. Now, I mean they rolled through the SEC tournament, 327 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:20.600 which was a very impressive thing to do this year, right, 328 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:24.360 I mean they were dominant in that tournament, and they 329 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:27.639 had a couple of tests in the tournament to get 330 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:30.200 to the championship game that really showed that, hey, they 331 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:34.360 were able to keep their cool and remain composed against Yukon, 332 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:38.480 right they I mean they were up against it when 333 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:40.799 they were going against Yukon because that game was played 334 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.279 the exact way Yukon wanted it to be played. And 335 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:46.720 sure enough, Florida hung tough, made tough shots, found a 336 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:48.799 way to win. Same thing, go back to the Texas 337 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:53.000 Tech game. But then early on, I mean Walter Clayton Junior, 338 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:55.240 who was phenomenal in the second half as far as 339 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:57.440 just scoring and making plays and not letting the first 340 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:59.240 half impact his second half, because the. 341 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:00.919 First half was was a disaster. 342 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:03.279 I know he here, I was gassing him up for 343 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:05.559 being able to take so many tough shots and make them. 344 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:08.400 I mean, he looked like last night. There were a 345 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:10.559 few times in the first half it looked like he 346 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:15.400 was playing two K and he accidentally hit the wrong button, just. 347 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.039 Just jacked up a shot, because what was that like. 348 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:20.079 It wasn't even it was no way like it was 349 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:21.480 just like he just like hot potato. 350 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:23.279 So he looked a little nervous. 351 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:26.640 And then Alex Condon, who has been really good for 352 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:29.000 them all year, and his numbers were good last night, 353 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:31.480 I mean twelve point seven boards, five of nine. I mean, 354 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:33.279 he didn't have a bad game at all, but. 355 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:34.480 He looked scared to death. 356 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:37.440 He looked like he I mean he looked and I've 357 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:39.880 never seen someone look so visibly just shaken. 358 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:42.400 And it is the National Championship game. 359 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:44.519 And I loved the interview from Kelvin Samson where he 360 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:46.960 was saying, look, it's a National championship game, you're not playing. 361 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:48.720 What did he say anything of what. 362 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:53.039 He made up a team in his halftime interview when 363 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:57.519 talking to I remember who it was for CBS. But anyways, 364 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:00.799 you know, like both teams were like a little bit nervous, 365 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:03.160 but Florida seemed more nervous than I would have expected. 366 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:05.640 And I really don't think that that Houston seemed jittery. 367 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:08.119 They just had a tough time making some shots fall 368 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:12.559 and but Florida looked uncomfortable even so much in the 369 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:14.559 beginning of the second half, right, they tried to get 370 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:16.599 more physical and they just kept getting called for fouls. 371 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:20.960 So Florida was uncharacteristic as far as just you know, 372 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:25.400 rolling through this whole season in the most difficult conference 373 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:27.480 in the country and then just kind of not you know, 374 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:29.599 just not really being in the moment like they were, 375 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:31.319 just like the moment was kind of too big for him, 376 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:33.960 it seemed, especially Walter Clayton, which I was surprised by. 377 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:35.680 Now again he played well in the second half in Florida, 378 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:38.039 did everything you need to do late to win a game, 379 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:40.279 and that kind of proved that, you know, they can 380 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:42.920 withstand struggles and all that stuff. 381 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:44.599 But they two technical fouls. 382 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:47.759 That's just I mean, you rarely ever see technicals inter 383 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:51.079 national champions of game, but this is one that this 384 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:54.359 is this is another staff that will really I guess 385 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:57.359 it'll really confirm just how uncharacteristic they were in a 386 00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:59.440 lot of ways last night until they turned it on 387 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:02.720 and won the game. Florida had one technical all year 388 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:06.079 as a team at two last night, and I think 389 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:08.599 both came in the second half. So again, both teams 390 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:10.880 were a little uncharacteristic. Maybe it's the moment. Again, you 391 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:13.759 are playing for a national championship. I mean that's a 392 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:16.279 big deal. I mean, I think any tournament game there's 393 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:18.240 a lot of pressure because it's winneror go home. These 394 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:20.880 were teams that knew, hey, we're expected to win this 395 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:23.000 thing now because look at where we are we've been. 396 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:24.880 I mean, you get four number one seeds make the 397 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:27.200 final four, so when you're there, it's not like you're 398 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:29.680 surprised to be there, but there is that expectation that, hey, 399 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:31.640 we're not just going to be satisfied to be here. 400 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:32.359 We need to win it. 401 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:35.039