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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 to nine day. Now here's Nick coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get it started hour number two. Here

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<v Speaker 2>on a beautiful Thursday afternoon. Three straight days, we've had

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful weather, and I don't know how beautiful the basketball's been,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm hopeful that tonight it is a beautiful thing

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<v Speaker 2>we see in Charlotte as Pat Kelsey will coach his

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<v Speaker 2>first postgame, a first postseason game, I should say, of

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<v Speaker 2>his career at Louislle, which I hope is a long career,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm hopeful that tonight is as a big win.

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<v Speaker 2>Louisll currently favored about ten and a half against Stanford.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll be the second consecutive opponent meaning Stanford, because obviously

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<v Speaker 2>that was who you ended the season with on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 2>and that was a good I mean, louisvill won that

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<v Speaker 2>game by twenty points, and I really think all in all, statistically,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you once again got great production from Terrence Edwards,

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<v Speaker 2>who's really turned it on late, and I kind of

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<v Speaker 2>feel like good game. I mean, I wouldn't in no

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<v Speaker 2>way would I even like nitpick Iraq like Saturday was

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<v Speaker 2>anything other than great Louisville one by twenty. What a

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<v Speaker 2>great sendoff for these special seniors. It was awesome. But

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm getting at is like they won by twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't feel like they really did anything overly

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<v Speaker 2>impressive compared to you know, their standard. I mean just

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<v Speaker 2>bob of twenty two from three point range forty four percent. Overall.

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<v Speaker 2>They did out rebound Stanford, which was good. But what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm getting at is, you know, Louisville, I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>Saturday showed that they not only shouldn't have a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of trouble with Stanford tonight. I think there's this scenario

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<v Speaker 2>they may beat them worse than they did, which you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying that that's the bar that they need

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<v Speaker 2>to beat them by more than twenty. I don't really

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<v Speaker 2>because at this point, I mean, a close win against

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<v Speaker 2>Stanford on a neutral court, it doesn't do it. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it does, and it doesn't that hurts you by any means.

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<v Speaker 2>So as much as I would really, really, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like to see Louisville below out everybody they play, We're

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<v Speaker 2>at a point now where that doesn't matter, right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>even if you like even if you win tonight and

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<v Speaker 2>you feel like it wasn't as easy as you thought. Sure,

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<v Speaker 2>that may make you feel a certain way with the

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<v Speaker 2>potential matchup against Clemson tomorrow, but it's just kind of

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<v Speaker 2>this point, like, you know, it's win or go home.

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<v Speaker 2>Technically it's not for Louislle because they're gonna make the tournament,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know, like you're not worried about resumes anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>and even if you were worried about resumes, it'd be

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<v Speaker 2>a waste of your energy mentally, because Louisville, again, I

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<v Speaker 2>think they are just gonna come. It's gonna come down

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<v Speaker 2>to the to the committee and their judgment because their

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<v Speaker 2>net ranking and their Ken Palm and that kind of

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<v Speaker 2>stuff is in line to where they could find themselves

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<v Speaker 2>as a six or a seven, But you're seeing them

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<v Speaker 2>as an eight in a lot of places. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's just because, and I made the analogy earlier,

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<v Speaker 2>they don't have a whole lot to get to work

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<v Speaker 2>with to make themselves look more sexy by selection Sunday,

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<v Speaker 2>whereas these other teams, who let's just say they're entering

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<v Speaker 2>the conference tournament with the same you know, in the

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<v Speaker 2>same neighborhood as Louisville. As far as fighting for a

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<v Speaker 2>seed Louisville to be, I guess you know the bonuses.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think Louisville at any point has a chance

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<v Speaker 2>to really drop very far because I think right now,

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<v Speaker 2>if they're an eight, they lose to Stanford tonight, they

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<v Speaker 2>probably stay at an eight. I think they beat Stanford

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<v Speaker 2>and loose to Clemson tomorrow. It really will come down

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<v Speaker 2>to two things. What the other teams that are fighting

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<v Speaker 2>for us the same sea line as you do. But

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<v Speaker 2>also just how the committee chooses to view you, because

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<v Speaker 2>you can look at Louisville in a couple of different ways,

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<v Speaker 2>and it just comes down to preference, and it comes

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<v Speaker 2>down to, you know, an individual's opinion more so than

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<v Speaker 2>any kind of a number. Now, I guess technically you

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<v Speaker 2>could you could make set opinion and take a certain

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<v Speaker 2>side based off a number. But what I'm getting at

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<v Speaker 2>is Louisville does not have any real big wins. Their

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<v Speaker 2>best win is against Clemson, and that's a good win,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's not like an elite win. They don't have

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<v Speaker 2>any bad loss. Really, their loss at Georgia Tech is

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<v Speaker 2>as I mean, it's comparable to other teams that have

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<v Speaker 2>a lot more losses than you, that are fighting for

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<v Speaker 2>the same seed line. They may have two losses, similar

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<v Speaker 2>to Georgia Tech for being honest. So where it hurts

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<v Speaker 2>you is that you don't have a ton of big wins,

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<v Speaker 2>or even really any big wins as far as you know,

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<v Speaker 2>monumental wins to kind of make up for that one

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<v Speaker 2>loss that was kind of a head scratcher, a loss

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<v Speaker 2>that you shouldn't have, and you now are in conference

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<v Speaker 2>tournament play where you have a chance to potentially get

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<v Speaker 2>your best win that you currently have twice, which hey,

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<v Speaker 2>that's better than going one and one against Clemson certainly,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you've got Duke, so you know, for Louisville,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna still even if I tried my hardest to

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<v Speaker 2>not pay attention to bracketology and what others are saying,

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<v Speaker 2>level is gonna get as far as a seed Even

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<v Speaker 2>if I tried, I wouldn't be able to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>But I wish I could just not even think about it,

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<v Speaker 2>because again, you don't really have a whole lot of

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<v Speaker 2>control here, and you're probably not getting any higher than

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<v Speaker 2>a six. I think right now, seven to eight is

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<v Speaker 2>the most likely scenario, and that just means that you

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<v Speaker 2>know you're gonna you're gonna have a a you know

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have a challenge in your first game, although

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<v Speaker 2>you should win. Although eight nine, man, it's really toss up,

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<v Speaker 2>but I feeling more from the not I see a

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<v Speaker 2>nine seed and I'm like, not that it matters, but

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<v Speaker 2>like they should be the eight. It should be the

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<v Speaker 2>other way around. But I just I would as much

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<v Speaker 2>as it's out of our control and it's not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>keep me from being excited about once again being involved

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<v Speaker 2>in March Madness and having a team involved that you

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<v Speaker 2>care about. I just think to play a two seed

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<v Speaker 2>in the second round rather than one of these one seeds,

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<v Speaker 2>it's still gonna be a tough task for Louisville regardless,

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<v Speaker 2>But I just I don't know. To me, despite it

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<v Speaker 2>only being really one difference as far as the seed line, right,

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<v Speaker 2>you getting a seven instead of an eight, or you

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<v Speaker 2>playing a two instead of a one. I just doted

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<v Speaker 2>for for some reason it feels monumental to me. But again,

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<v Speaker 2>it'll come down to what the committee decides, and nobody knows.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody like nobody has a clue because again the other side, like,

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<v Speaker 2>you could look at Louisville as a team that is, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they have only one real good win, but they're also

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five and six and they did all you can

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<v Speaker 2>do against the teams they played. They didn't just win

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<v Speaker 2>the ACC. They didn't just win a bunch of games

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<v Speaker 2>in the ACC. Going eighteen and two, they finished with

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<v Speaker 2>a huge margin of victory. Only Duke, who of course

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<v Speaker 2>is a one seed, beat teams worse than Louisville did.

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<v Speaker 2>So again, maybe the Committee's like, look, we're not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>fault them. Yeah, maybe there's room for doubt because there's

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<v Speaker 2>not three or four, you know, top ten wins, but

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<v Speaker 2>they're twenty five and six and they did beat up

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<v Speaker 2>on a lot of the teams they played that they

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<v Speaker 2>were supposed to beat. So we're going to reward them

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<v Speaker 2>for winning. And it really comes down to that, is

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<v Speaker 2>the Committee going to be in a mood to where

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<v Speaker 2>they want to view Louisville and decide that they're factoring

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<v Speaker 2>in winning and losing more than they you know, more

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<v Speaker 2>than they typically do. We shall see, all right. This

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<v Speaker 2>text came in earlier and I wanted to read it

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm with you. I can't relate necessarily, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>glad you shared this. This was on the Ellen and

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<v Speaker 2>Federal Credit Union text line five oh two four three

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<v Speaker 2>eight ninety seventy three is the number again five oh

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<v Speaker 2>two four three eight ninety seventy three the Ellen and

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<v Speaker 2>Federal Credit Union text line. This text says Nick, I

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<v Speaker 2>was very happy to hear that you were able to

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy March Madness despite Louisville being so bad the last

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<v Speaker 2>few years. I wish I was you. It made me

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<v Speaker 2>so sad to even see bracketology or see people promoting

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<v Speaker 2>the Instabla tournament, knowing Louisville was so bad. I feel

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<v Speaker 2>alive again for the first time. It's awesome. That's from Karen. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you, Karen. I'm glad you shared that because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure others are the same way. Like maybe when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to, like, you know, diehard Louisville fans, maybe I

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<v Speaker 2>was in the minority as somebody that still was able

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<v Speaker 2>to enjoy March Madness. I mean it felt a little flat,

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<v Speaker 2>but Louisville for how many years, has not been relevant

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<v Speaker 2>in the tournament. They've made it more than you know.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, Louis's made the tournament. Let's see. Gosh, this

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<v Speaker 2>is crazy, but this can't be right. Since twenty fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>has Loivill only made the tournament twice. I think that

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<v Speaker 2>talks about right, because they made it in two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and fifteen when they lost in the elite eight. Ten

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<v Speaker 2>years ago, sixteen they held themselves out, seventeen they made it,

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<v Speaker 2>got upset early as a two seed by Michigan. Eighteen's

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<v Speaker 2>the David Paget year. They didn't make it. Yeah, nineteen's

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<v Speaker 2>Max's first year. Twenty twenty no tournament, twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>first team left out, twenty twenty two mac leaves mid season,

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<v Speaker 2>they don't make it, they're bad. And then twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>three four wins, twenty twenty four eight wins. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they've only made that. So yeah, I mean, like more

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<v Speaker 2>than anything, it wasn't like I was just able to

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<v Speaker 2>block it out like it It never felt like the norm,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's such a special thing around here, more so

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<v Speaker 2>than it is really anywhere else in the world when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to riding with your team in March, when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to the NSTAA tournament. So even though there

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<v Speaker 2>has been a real decade here where the results have

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<v Speaker 2>just been I mean, look, even if you've made it,

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<v Speaker 2>you only made it twice and get made the second

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<v Speaker 2>weekend since twenty fifteen. So like, I don't think it

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<v Speaker 2>was by design. I mean it for me, it just

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<v Speaker 2>came down to realizing, hey, I'm now at least used

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<v Speaker 2>to it. I've at least been able to get some

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<v Speaker 2>experience in having to find ways to enjoy it when

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<v Speaker 2>your team's not there. So, in all honesty, this is

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<v Speaker 2>I don't say this to like you know, this isn't

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<v Speaker 2>even I don't, I don't for me. I don't mean

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<v Speaker 2>for this to be a joke because it wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>a good joke. So I don't want anybody to think

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to make a funy because it would probably fall flat.

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<v Speaker 2>But in all seriousness, what really helped me be all

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<v Speaker 2>in and love the NAI tournament was betting. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's awesome, and I'm not going to be the I don't, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess I am. I'll be the corny guy. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to be the corny guy. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>put like a scenario in front of me where I'm

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<v Speaker 2>like going to create legitimate differences in my life financially

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<v Speaker 2>because of bets in the tournament, Like what I sacrifice

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<v Speaker 2>that if it meant Louisville could go on a deep run,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd probably have to give it some deep thought and

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<v Speaker 2>think about, you know, my family and realize, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the industry that I work in, and also you know, realize, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I've survived with ten years without making the second week,

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<v Speaker 2>and what's another year. Like, you know, I probably would

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<v Speaker 2>But like in the moment and having this excitement because

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, like the joy would be way better

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<v Speaker 2>than you know, putting some money in the bank account.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, it would all come down to you know

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<v Speaker 2>we would be insufferable as a fan base about our seed,

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<v Speaker 2>will we not Austin like we would? You know, you

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<v Speaker 2>as how could little be an eight? They're twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>and six, But like it's been such a milder version

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<v Speaker 2>seem to be real, meaning we went from winning four

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<v Speaker 2>games to eight games to now winning twenty five and

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<v Speaker 2>it again still doesn't seem real. It's but it's awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>So again Louisville tonight in action against the Stanford team,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll talk a little more about them specifically a

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<v Speaker 2>but kind of nerves you're feeling right now for it

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<v Speaker 2>a you're feeling good about it, or if it was

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<v Speaker 2>anybody other than the team I just watched Louisville beat

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<v Speaker 2>Bout twenty five days ago, i'd be a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more nervous. However, I mean, I look, I don't say

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<v Speaker 2>this just to you know, be able to claim, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I told you so, they could lose. I mean I

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<v Speaker 2>say it because I mean it. Louisville could play poorly

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<v Speaker 2>and lose to anybody. I mean, they don't have like

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<v Speaker 2>they're getting I think nearly every bit possible out of

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<v Speaker 2>the majority of the guys that are playing the major minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, if for some reason you had a

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<v Speaker 2>that would be a scenario to where you might lose

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<v Speaker 2>to anybody, including Stanford, who has I believe the third

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<v Speaker 2>best player in this conference. And it's not close. The

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<v Speaker 2>big fella, I mean he's special. In fact, against Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday, and I kind of feel like it was

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<v Speaker 2>one of those games where he, you know, in thirty

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<v Speaker 2>four minutes he had let's see, seventeen, I mean Raynot

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<v Speaker 2>had seventeen and eleven in thirty four minutes, was six

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<v Speaker 2>or thirteen from the field, made three threes. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he was, as the kids say, he was in his bag,

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<v Speaker 2>and yet it didn't matter at Louisville still Blitznemer, so

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of feel like he could go off. And

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<v Speaker 2>if Louisville's able to kind of keep everybody else in check,

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<v Speaker 2>which nobody else had double figures, then I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>that's a pretty good recipe in this team should be

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<v Speaker 2>should be able to get past stand for tonight. And

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<v Speaker 2>one of the reasons, Austin, why I don't necessarily feel

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<v Speaker 2>the nerves is because despite knowing that they could slip

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<v Speaker 2>coach that it'd be a real, real shocker to not

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<v Speaker 2>only us but certainly him if he put a team

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<v Speaker 2>on the floor, especially in a game like this where

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<v Speaker 2>it's a tournament and like they weren't locked in and

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<v Speaker 2>ready to play, you know what I mean. Like even

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<v Speaker 2>when they nearly lost to Virginia Tech where it was

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<v Speaker 2>a dud of a game, they came out ready, they

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<v Speaker 2>were up eleven nothing, so you know, it doesn't change

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<v Speaker 2>anything about the I guess you know the likelihood of losing,

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<v Speaker 2>But when you end up losing games like this where

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<v Speaker 2>you're the two seed and they're the whatever seed, the

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<v Speaker 2>eight or maybe even I don't even know what they

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<v Speaker 2>are to be honest with the Stanford is. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if you had a history of just kind of coming

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<v Speaker 2>out flat and looking like you didn't respect your opponent,

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<v Speaker 2>then it'd be different. But this team, because of the

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<v Speaker 2>guy leading them, I just don't think that's in their

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<v Speaker 2>DNA at all. Don't mean they're guaranteed to win, but

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<v Speaker 2>that does give me a little bit more confidence to

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<v Speaker 2>where I'm I'm not thinking, Okay, are they Is this

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<v Speaker 2>a trap game? That kind of thing. I think everybody

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<v Speaker 2>that's been a part of this ride, Pat Kelsey in

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<v Speaker 2>his entire group, they've just been so appreciative of this,

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<v Speaker 2>of this season, that they've had the experience they had

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<v Speaker 2>at Louisville and being able to kind of see this

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<v Speaker 2>fan base coming back to life that I think they're

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<v Speaker 2>not taking it for granted. So again, they could lose

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<v Speaker 2>tonight and then lose in the first game in this

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<v Speaker 2>tournament like that could happen, But if so, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think it's going to because they got complacent and they

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<v Speaker 2>were feeling too good about themselves. In fact, somebody said

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<v Speaker 2>this earlier on the text line, and I don't, I won't.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll never know. Oh but if I and it's just me.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know this may surprise some of you guys.

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<v Speaker 2>I was not a high level college basketball player, so

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm not built like these dudes. But as

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<v Speaker 2>a as a human being, as a competitor, I would

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<v Speaker 2>be absolutely fueled by Duke shenanigans. Not saying hey, bring

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<v Speaker 2>me Duke. I wouldn't be going on social media calling

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<v Speaker 2>out Cooper Flag and the Duke in the Duke Twitter

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<v Speaker 2>account saying hey bring it, We'll see on Saturday night.

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<v Speaker 2>You better come ready, better pack a lunch. Like I

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't have that attitude, but I would internally be like,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, all right, like that because it's not something

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<v Speaker 2>that's totally egregious. But make no mistake about it, the

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<v Speaker 2>official Duke basketball Twitter account is disrespecting Louisville, Pat Kelsey

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<v Speaker 2>and CHUCKI Hepburn they used all like in their own way,

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<v Speaker 2>they're doing it. It's again, it's not egregious. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>need to call the cops, but like, you don't need

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<v Speaker 2>to be like there are guys who find motivation on

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<v Speaker 2>the shoulder based off of nothing. This is at least something,

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<v Speaker 2>so part of me kind of feels like these guys

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<v Speaker 2>are gonna are gonna use that because they rarely you

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<v Speaker 2>know they I mean they haven't really the Louisvill's been

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<v Speaker 2>the good story, right, they're coming back from the dead.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you look at what this guy's doing. Pat Kelsey,

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<v Speaker 2>He's got it rolling, He's so likable. Look at his energy.

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<v Speaker 2>Chucky Hepburn, He's having fun. He's he's he's amazing about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Rain Smith, the Ause can light it up like they've been.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not really on the radar of like people looking

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<v Speaker 2>to tear him down. But Duke did some things to

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<v Speaker 2>where we may see this group energized in a way

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<v Speaker 2>that like they they feel disrespected in a way. And

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<v Speaker 2>again I want to be clear, I'm looking at this

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<v Speaker 2>from like a competitor standpoint, like Michael Jordan Kobe Bryant,

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<v Speaker 2>two of the best competitors I've ever seen in sports.

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<v Speaker 2>Like they would find that you could you could you

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<v Speaker 2>could fart in the locker room, in the other locker room,

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<v Speaker 2>the visiting locker room. They find out about it and

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<v Speaker 2>take that as a sign as you're disrespecting my career,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm coming for your neck, like you know what I'm saying,

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<v Speaker 2>Like that's what they would do. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>that's the extreme. But even if you're not an extreme competitor,

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<v Speaker 2>you are out there competing. It's a competitive thing to

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<v Speaker 2>where you'll find whatever to give you that kind of edge.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't think Louisville needed it. But and look,

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<v Speaker 2>they may not even play due because they may not

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<v Speaker 2>win the night. They may I win tomorrow, who knows.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyways, I'm geared up ready for this this postseason

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<v Speaker 2>run to start, and I hope that it is a

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<v Speaker 2>run into Saturday and then more. All Right, we'll talk

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<v Speaker 2>about Cooper Flag's ankle injury. I mean, there's not much

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<v Speaker 2>of an update as far as what's already out there,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think for Duke it makes total sense to

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<v Speaker 2>just sit him. I wish they wouldn't, but I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's probably what's going to happen. Also, we'll get you

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<v Speaker 2>caught up on some other scores from around the country.

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<v Speaker 2>Minnesota they fired their coach last night. Rarely when we

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<v Speaker 2>ever talk about Minnesota basketball, but I think they should

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<v Speaker 2>be thrown in there in that group of teams we

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<v Speaker 2>talked about last week with Call in town. You remember

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<v Speaker 2>we talked about how like one of the most some

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<v Speaker 2>of the more random just like easy to forget, non relevant, irrelevant,

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<v Speaker 2>I should say teams Minnesota's up there, Yeah, they have

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<v Speaker 2>to be. So we got a lot to get to

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<v Speaker 2>stick around Coffee and Company. Feel about Thorton's right here

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<v Speaker 2>on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 2>So we got a close one between North Carolina and

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<v Speaker 2>wake Forest currently Wake Forest up fifty one to fifty

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<v Speaker 2>with seven minutes and forty two seconds left. Carolina looks

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<v Speaker 2>like they are just right there on the bubble. I

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<v Speaker 2>think a win here for Carolina keeps them in the

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<v Speaker 2>same spot where it's it's just you hope that the

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<v Speaker 2>committee favors you more than some other teams in your spot.

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<v Speaker 2>And also you hope that there's no bit stealers out

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<v Speaker 2>there meeting a team winning the conference tournament that wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>get in. And as we get later in the week

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<v Speaker 2>here closer to selection Sunday, the bit stealers out there

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<v Speaker 2>are I mean there's not I mean, I guess I

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<v Speaker 2>mean a lot of the leagues that are not in

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<v Speaker 2>the I mean like George Gonzaga and Saint Mary's played

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<v Speaker 2>the other night. I mean, there wouldn't have been a

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<v Speaker 2>bit still there because both those teams are making it regardless.

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<v Speaker 2>So like the Mountain West, they could have a team

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<v Speaker 2>win it that's not sniffing it, Like that's the league

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<v Speaker 2>you get to worry about when it comes to the

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<v Speaker 2>bid Steelers. And I guess technically it could happen from

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<v Speaker 2>the bigger leagues, but you got to keep in mind,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean a bid Steeler from the SEC would be

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<v Speaker 2>in fact, it's not even possible. It would be a

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<v Speaker 2>team that you know is already eliminated, like a South

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<v Speaker 2>Carolina who lost yesterday. I mean the Big Ten, I

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<v Speaker 2>guess could have a bid Steeler if I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not even sure who's left in the Big ten. Northwestern

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<v Speaker 2>like they could be a bid Steeler. So and I've

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<v Speaker 2>always liked I remember like knowing that that was the thing,

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<v Speaker 2>but not really paying attention to it, not really having

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<v Speaker 2>any examples or any real memory of it until it

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<v Speaker 2>happened to Louisville, and it, I mean, that is absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>what kept Louisville out of the tournament because they were

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<v Speaker 2>bubble ish, but they weren't even I think looked at

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<v Speaker 2>as a team that was, you know, in real danger

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<v Speaker 2>of not making it until the weekend went on, and

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<v Speaker 2>then you saw Georgetown win the Big East with Patrick

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<v Speaker 2>Ewings bomb ass somehow winning that was such a weird year, man, nobody,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's a very forgettable year of college basketball.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing made sense. Mick Cronin made a Final Four. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it was some fluky stuff going on. Who

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<v Speaker 2>else Colorado maybe was it Colorado or Oregon State won

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<v Speaker 2>the Big Twelve or the I think Colorado won the

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<v Speaker 2>Big Twelve or maybe they were in the Pact over

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<v Speaker 2>the time. Either way, there were big stealers in that

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<v Speaker 2>that I think like three or four of them, and

416
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<v Speaker 2>that led to Louisville being left out. So it is

417
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<v Speaker 2>something if you're on the bubble you got to worry about,

418
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<v Speaker 2>all right. Some other scores from around the country. Earlier today,

419
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<v Speaker 2>Duke they won seventy eight to seventy over Georgia Tech

420
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<v Speaker 2>got down big, in fact, they were down twenty six

421
00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:02.480
<v Speaker 2>to twelve in the first half, but and then Cooper

422
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<v Speaker 2>Flag goes down with the ankle injury, and obviously they

423
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<v Speaker 2>were not the same team without him. But you're able

424
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<v Speaker 2>to see that Kan Kaneple has twenty eight points and

425
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<v Speaker 2>eight assists. I mean, I know the kid from Texas,

426
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<v Speaker 2>Trey Johnson, I think is his name, and there's other

427
00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:20.039
<v Speaker 2>really good freshmen out there, but it's not a crazy

428
00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:21.839
<v Speaker 2>thing to think that the two best freshmen in the

429
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<v Speaker 2>country are both on duke Like Kankanniple's really really good

430
00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:27.160
<v Speaker 2>and he's had a really good year. And I know

431
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<v Speaker 2>George Tech's not great, but I mean when needed to

432
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<v Speaker 2>kind of, you know, step up and take on a

433
00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:36.839
<v Speaker 2>little bit more responsibility than he's already taking on, he's

434
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<v Speaker 2>had no issue because he's that talented of a player.

435
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<v Speaker 2>So the other matchups going on in the Power Conferences,

436
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<v Speaker 2>You've got Houston up nine early in the second half

437
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<v Speaker 2>against Colorado, BYU held on to beat Iowa State. So

438
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<v Speaker 2>BYU quietly one of the hottest teams in the country.

439
00:21:57.200 --> 00:22:00.279
<v Speaker 2>I think they are safely in at this point, and

440
00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:03.920
<v Speaker 2>that was not the case like two weeks ago, so

441
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<v Speaker 2>Iowa's date. They were on fire earlier this year, and

442
00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:11.720
<v Speaker 2>now they've kind of crumbled. I mean, they were looking

443
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<v Speaker 2>like a lock for a two for a while, just

444
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<v Speaker 2>because they were in a great spot with the Big twelve,

445
00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:20.599
<v Speaker 2>but they ended up losing. Looks like they lost four

446
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<v Speaker 2>of their last seven games, some of those two teams

447
00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:27.240
<v Speaker 2>that aren't very good, including a loss a loss to

448
00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:30.400
<v Speaker 2>Oklahoma State, who's not good. So they ended up finishing

449
00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:32.079
<v Speaker 2>thirteen and seven in the league and then lost today.

450
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<v Speaker 2>So they still get in the tournament. But you know,

451
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<v Speaker 2>I wonder if Alzolberger's name coming up for jobs maybe

452
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<v Speaker 2>distracted them a little bit, because they've definitely fallen off

453
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<v Speaker 2>a little bit, and they're a team that when you

454
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<v Speaker 2>start to lose, even though you're not stacking up countless losses,

455
00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:51.480
<v Speaker 2>they are a program. And I'm nerved out here because

456
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<v Speaker 2>I know a lot of people don't care, especially about

457
00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:55.160
<v Speaker 2>Iowa State, but they're the example when it comes to

458
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<v Speaker 2>different ways you can go about manipulating the net rankings

459
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<v Speaker 2>in the Quad system. They strategically schedule the worst of

460
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<v Speaker 2>the worst and they play their starters thirty eight minutes

461
00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:05.920
<v Speaker 2>and win by fifty and that way when you get

462
00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:07.640
<v Speaker 2>to conference play and you get and you get, you

463
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<v Speaker 2>get to the early stages of the net rankings coming out.

464
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<v Speaker 2>They they won by such a big margin that it's

465
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<v Speaker 2>you know, if you don't be if you beat a

466
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<v Speaker 2>team by seventeen and they're in the three hundreds. That's

467
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<v Speaker 2>going to hurt you in the net. You beat a

468
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<v Speaker 2>team by forty five that's in the three hundreds, it'll

469
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<v Speaker 2>boost you big, even though the reality is this, there's

470
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<v Speaker 2>probably not a whole lot you can take one way

471
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<v Speaker 2>or the other in those games that everybody involved, fans, coaches,

472
00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:37.000
<v Speaker 2>referees and players on the court know that it's a

473
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<v Speaker 2>waste of time because you know, you really mean, it's

474
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<v Speaker 2>different conversation for a different day. But like, you shouldn't

475
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<v Speaker 2>have three hundred and sixty something Division one teams. I mean,

476
00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:48.400
<v Speaker 2>you just shouldn't. That's too many. Like there's way too

477
00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:52.319
<v Speaker 2>many levels within the Division one level to where it's

478
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<v Speaker 2>impossible to really know. Like when it comes to a

479
00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:58.200
<v Speaker 2>team a tournament that we put sixty eight teams in

480
00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:01.240
<v Speaker 2>and it comes down to assessings where teams have played

481
00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:05.440
<v Speaker 2>thirty games. There's so many different types of teams that

482
00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:08.079
<v Speaker 2>can have similar records, right, and that's why you have

483
00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:11.160
<v Speaker 2>the net, the Ken palm, the quad system and all that.

484
00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:14.359
<v Speaker 2>But those things can be easily manipulated or they could

485
00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:18.640
<v Speaker 2>work against you, and you know it won't. It doesn't

486
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<v Speaker 2>make a whole lot of sense why they work against you.

487
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<v Speaker 2>But that's why I have no sympathy at this point

488
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<v Speaker 2>in the game play for programs like wake Forest who

489
00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:26.680
<v Speaker 2>strategically scaled and out. They strategically did it, but they

490
00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:28.960
<v Speaker 2>didn't avoid scheduling the worst or the worst, and they

491
00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:31.480
<v Speaker 2>barely won in some of those games. And that's why

492
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<v Speaker 2>you can have the record that you have, meaning Wake

493
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<v Speaker 2>I mean Wake Forest is sitting here with a I mean,

494
00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:41.640
<v Speaker 2>in any other year, if you see an ACC team

495
00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:44.200
<v Speaker 2>that's twenty one and ten in the regular season thirteen

496
00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:47.079
<v Speaker 2>and seven, you wouldn't say that they're guaranteed to have

497
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<v Speaker 2>a great seed, but you would not say they're a

498
00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:52.599
<v Speaker 2>bubble team. And part of it is the ACC as

499
00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:55.880
<v Speaker 2>a whole, and they're struggling with it like every other

500
00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:57.839
<v Speaker 2>team in the league, trying to make the tournament. But

501
00:24:57.880 --> 00:25:01.160
<v Speaker 2>they are also partial to blame because they could have

502
00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:04.160
<v Speaker 2>saved themselves and they didn't. And they also, I mean,

503
00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:06.440
<v Speaker 2>you don't you don't have any obligation to your conference.

504
00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:08.119
<v Speaker 2>You can do whatever you want as far as a schedule,

505
00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:10.559
<v Speaker 2>but they put themselves in a spot to where they

506
00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:15.559
<v Speaker 2>need to win probably today and tomorrow in order to

507
00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:17.119
<v Speaker 2>feel like they've even got a chance to make the

508
00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:21.319
<v Speaker 2>tournament and that could have been avoided. And I go

509
00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.720
<v Speaker 2>back to this, and I know I've said it many

510
00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:25.039
<v Speaker 2>times and I just can't they can't get over it

511
00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:29.160
<v Speaker 2>because everybody, like the ACC really has itself to blame

512
00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:34.240
<v Speaker 2>for the way the tournament shaping up this year. Now overall,

513
00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:38.000
<v Speaker 2>I guess technically they still have themselves to blame, but like,

514
00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.640
<v Speaker 2>you got to get the bump coaches out and go

515
00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:41.519
<v Speaker 2>hire good ones, like that's that's a big factor in

516
00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:44.200
<v Speaker 2>what you gotta do. And they're doing that. I don't

517
00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.920
<v Speaker 2>know if they're getting good coaches, but there's gonna be

518
00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:49.240
<v Speaker 2>a big turnover in the ACC this year, and there's

519
00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:51.039
<v Speaker 2>gonna be more even next year, I would imagine, because

520
00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:52.720
<v Speaker 2>I think the guys that are getting the extra year.

521
00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:55.400
<v Speaker 2>Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like it's foolish, right, Like,

522
00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:57.640
<v Speaker 2>what do you need to I mean, what makes you

523
00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:02.960
<v Speaker 2>think Mike Young at virgin Tech, Jeff Capele at Pittsburgh.

524
00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:06.279
<v Speaker 2>I already forgot what's the guy's name who's at Boston

525
00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:10.920
<v Speaker 2>College who came from Charleston, Earl Grant. You don't you

526
00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.839
<v Speaker 2>don't know if you're gonna go get anybody that's better.

527
00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:15.079
<v Speaker 2>You could get somebody worse, right, because you don't have

528
00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.920
<v Speaker 2>the option to just go get any coach you want.

529
00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:20.400
<v Speaker 2>Look at who you are, but you really believe that

530
00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:22.720
<v Speaker 2>haven't you seen enough to know that, like the ceiling's

531
00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:25.440
<v Speaker 2>not very high at all for those guys, like coming

532
00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:28.759
<v Speaker 2>back next year and winning five more games would be

533
00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:32.920
<v Speaker 2>an improvement, But what are you really in a different situation?

534
00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:36.000
<v Speaker 2>And with there being so much turnover, so much change

535
00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:40.599
<v Speaker 2>every year in college basketball. Unfortunately for coaches, they're gonna

536
00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:42.960
<v Speaker 2>be part of that too, right, why not start completely over?

537
00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:45.480
<v Speaker 2>The fear of starting completely over is no should no

538
00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:47.920
<v Speaker 2>longer be there for programs it used to be, right, Well,

539
00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:49.880
<v Speaker 2>I mean, we could get rid of this coach and

540
00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:53.599
<v Speaker 2>yeah he's not great, but man, we're decent. We could

541
00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:56.680
<v Speaker 2>get a guy that's awful and that would be terrible. Yeah,

542
00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:58.880
<v Speaker 2>but then you could also, you know, start over again

543
00:26:58.920 --> 00:27:00.039
<v Speaker 2>if you need to. You don't want to do that,

544
00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:02.880
<v Speaker 2>but I just when you've got coaches that have been

545
00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:07.519
<v Speaker 2>there at least three years and the results haven't been

546
00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:09.319
<v Speaker 2>good enough to where you feel like it's ever gonna

547
00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:13.000
<v Speaker 2>work out long term, what's other than maybe just not

548
00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:15.279
<v Speaker 2>having the money to buy them out. Why would you

549
00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:17.920
<v Speaker 2>not just shake it up and make a change, because yeah,

550
00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:21.759
<v Speaker 2>you could technically get worse, I suppose, but you're already

551
00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:26.400
<v Speaker 2>not good. In fact, you're already bad. So anyways, the

552
00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:30.759
<v Speaker 2>acc last time, I'll say it, and we'll move on. Carolina.

553
00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:35.599
<v Speaker 2>They should they they would safely be in the tournament

554
00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:39.359
<v Speaker 2>had they not lost to Stanford at home. Have they

555
00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:46.039
<v Speaker 2>not lost at Pittsburgh? I mean they did. I'll make

556
00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:48.799
<v Speaker 2>the case for Carolina. A lot of people are claiming that,

557
00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:51.359
<v Speaker 2>you know, you are one and eleven in quad one,

558
00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:55.200
<v Speaker 2>that you've had plenty of opportunity, you didn't cash in.

559
00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:59.119
<v Speaker 2>You you prove you're not good enough. But yeah, but

560
00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:02.079
<v Speaker 2>they're only like the only loss that Carolina has to

561
00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:05.440
<v Speaker 2>like a team that everybody would tell you is lousy

562
00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:10.279
<v Speaker 2>is is Stanford. I mean pitt technically, I guess, but

563
00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:18.920
<v Speaker 2>pitt isn't terrible like Wakes on the bubble. Louisville's safely

564
00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:23.920
<v Speaker 2>in the tournament. Florida's a top five team, Alabama's a

565
00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:26.880
<v Speaker 2>top ten team, Michigan State is a top ten team,

566
00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:29.119
<v Speaker 2>Auburn is a top five team. I was a number

567
00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:31.400
<v Speaker 2>one team in the country. Kansas fell apart, but there's

568
00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:35.279
<v Speaker 2>still Kansas. Like I know, I'm gonna sound like the

569
00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:37.720
<v Speaker 2>acc Homer here, But like Carolina at twenty one and twelve,

570
00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:40.720
<v Speaker 2>thirteen and seven, if they win today, they should be

571
00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:43.440
<v Speaker 2>in over the teams that have god awful records even

572
00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:46.000
<v Speaker 2>though they played in a better league. It'd be different

573
00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:48.799
<v Speaker 2>if the losses for Carolina were two disastrous teams, then

574
00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:51.920
<v Speaker 2>they're not. But anyways, like Carolina should just they should,

575
00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:55.200
<v Speaker 2>they should be better. Wake Forest they're their own they're

576
00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:58.920
<v Speaker 2>the biggest they're their own worst enemy. SMU. I mean,

577
00:28:58.960 --> 00:29:01.759
<v Speaker 2>I don't really know enough about them. You know, they

578
00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:04.000
<v Speaker 2>have some losses in non conference play that hurt them,

579
00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:07.880
<v Speaker 2>Like they lost to Butler, who's terrible in the Big East.

580
00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:12.119
<v Speaker 2>But their other losses have come against Wake Clemson. I

581
00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:14.039
<v Speaker 2>guess losing to Stanford in Florida State will put you

582
00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:15.599
<v Speaker 2>in your in the spot you're in. But again you

583
00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:19.440
<v Speaker 2>also if you're I mean, like SMU, borderline bubble. But

584
00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:22.720
<v Speaker 2>like with Wake Forest, their schedule in the non conference

585
00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:25.559
<v Speaker 2>was so dreadful as far as bad teams they played

586
00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:29.160
<v Speaker 2>that they barely beat that they're not even getting any bit.

587
00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:31.759
<v Speaker 2>They're not even getting any bump for beating Michigan in

588
00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:34.799
<v Speaker 2>the non conference, like that's a good win for them,

589
00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:38.880
<v Speaker 2>but the numbers don't work out for them to where

590
00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:41.079
<v Speaker 2>they get any value because of something they could have avoided.

591
00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:44.880
<v Speaker 2>So anyways, currently Texas up thirty three to twenty five

592
00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:47.359
<v Speaker 2>with fifty seconds left in the first half. They're taken

593
00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:50.640
<v Speaker 2>on Texas A and M. Obviously a win for Texas

594
00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:55.000
<v Speaker 2>would would help their situation. And Kentucky. I feel like

595
00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:59.519
<v Speaker 2>Kentucky's fighting for seed lines with teams in their own conference,

596
00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:01.079
<v Speaker 2>and I think A and M is one of them,

597
00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:03.920
<v Speaker 2>so that that could be a good day for Kentucky

598
00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:06.759
<v Speaker 2>if A and M ends up losing, and of course

599
00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:08.039
<v Speaker 2>it would make you know, the path a little bit

600
00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:12.519
<v Speaker 2>easier for him. All right, real quick, Minnesota they fired

601
00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:16.599
<v Speaker 2>their coach last night, Ben Johnson. Three years I think

602
00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:19.920
<v Speaker 2>three years might have been, yeah, three years, and he

603
00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:22.079
<v Speaker 2>didn't make the tournament in any of those years. And

604
00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:29.440
<v Speaker 2>you know, Minnesota, they are quite literally one of the

605
00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:32.440
<v Speaker 2>more they let me look it up because I was

606
00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:35.240
<v Speaker 2>gonna say they never made like any deep tournament run,

607
00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:37.640
<v Speaker 2>and they have made one, but it got vacated. And

608
00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:39.039
<v Speaker 2>this is one of the things that like you hear

609
00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:41.519
<v Speaker 2>coaches say within college basketball, and I'm sure others have

610
00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:43.039
<v Speaker 2>said it to not just people that are you know,

611
00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:46.680
<v Speaker 2>on the inside of the sport, but like it's when

612
00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.799
<v Speaker 2>you talk about that job opening up, is it a

613
00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:51.160
<v Speaker 2>job that a mid major coach could you know, should

614
00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:53.799
<v Speaker 2>go take this day and age? You should because you

615
00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:55.440
<v Speaker 2>just don't have any opportunities you're gonna get and it

616
00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:57.359
<v Speaker 2>is in the Big ten. And financially, if you're in

617
00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:59.680
<v Speaker 2>like the SoCon, you take a Big ten job, even

618
00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:02.720
<v Speaker 2>if you and you're out after three years, you're financially

619
00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:04.519
<v Speaker 2>going to change your life because that's just such a

620
00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:08.119
<v Speaker 2>big paybump. But Ben Johnson was there for four years,

621
00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:11.559
<v Speaker 2>never made the tournament. The only term I mean, look

622
00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:14.759
<v Speaker 2>at this the tur they made the round of thirty

623
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<v Speaker 2>two twice since the mid nineties, and that was when

624
00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:20.759
<v Speaker 2>they beat Louisville in twenty nineteen with Richard Patino and

625
00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.920
<v Speaker 2>then in twenty thirteen. I think that was also when

626
00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:26.240
<v Speaker 2>Richard was there. Maybe I'm wrong, but anyways, the only

627
00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:28.599
<v Speaker 2>time they've ever been like successful where they made a

628
00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:30.799
<v Speaker 2>run was in nineteen ninety seven. And I remember this

629
00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:33.440
<v Speaker 2>team because they were really really good. They had Bobby Jackson,

630
00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:38.240
<v Speaker 2>who I remember had like the silkiest baseline reverse layup

631
00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:41.839
<v Speaker 2>that he would always I mean, he was really good,

632
00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.759
<v Speaker 2>and that's the only time they were ever good in

633
00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:47.200
<v Speaker 2>my lifetime. But they got caught cheating. I'm pretty sure

634
00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:50.759
<v Speaker 2>at that point they were coached by former WKU head coach,

635
00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:56.599
<v Speaker 2>Yeah Haskins. So what people say about Minnesota, don't take

636
00:31:56.640 --> 00:32:00.839
<v Speaker 2>that job because the only way you can win there

637
00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:04.880
<v Speaker 2>is if you cheat. So nowadays it's different because you know,

638
00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:06.759
<v Speaker 2>what used to be considered cheating is now something you

639
00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:08.519
<v Speaker 2>have to do, and it's not cheating if you you know,

640
00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:11.480
<v Speaker 2>you got to go buy players. But the reason I

641
00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:13.480
<v Speaker 2>want to talk about this is because one, I think

642
00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:16.079
<v Speaker 2>Minnesota is a proven job that like good luck, right,

643
00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:18.319
<v Speaker 2>I mean good luck being able to win there because

644
00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:21.000
<v Speaker 2>the last time, the only time anybody's ever won there

645
00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:25.079
<v Speaker 2>in the last thirty five years is when they cheated.

646
00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:29.119
<v Speaker 2>So last night, this is this is what happened. And

647
00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:32.759
<v Speaker 2>I probably didn't save myself enough time here, but I'll

648
00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:35.519
<v Speaker 2>try to be as quick as I can. So after

649
00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:37.680
<v Speaker 2>they lost last night in the Big Ten Tournament, Minnesota

650
00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:43.680
<v Speaker 2>obviously flew back to UH to Minneapolis and their seasons

651
00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:47.559
<v Speaker 2>over and whenever they got back into town, the athletic

652
00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:52.599
<v Speaker 2>director had left Indianapolis because apparently the AD for Minnesota

653
00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:55.200
<v Speaker 2>is on the selection committee, so he's been in Indianapolis

654
00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:57.720
<v Speaker 2>getting prep for selection. Sunday. Well, he left the selection

655
00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:59.839
<v Speaker 2>process to go back to his campus to fire his

656
00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:02.000
<v Speaker 2>co coach. And it was in the middle of the night.

657
00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:05.000
<v Speaker 2>They announced it at like two am, and a lot

658
00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:07.640
<v Speaker 2>of people are claiming this was ruthless, this was heartless,

659
00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:13.039
<v Speaker 2>what a classless move, And I'm thinking, how what like

660
00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:16.319
<v Speaker 2>what else? I mean? In fact, I actually think what

661
00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:19.000
<v Speaker 2>would have been more ruthless would have been to wait

662
00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:24.200
<v Speaker 2>till like eight thirty this morning and you know, do

663
00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:27.480
<v Speaker 2>it via phone or something like. I think this ad

664
00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:29.400
<v Speaker 2>wanted to do it face to face, so he, you know,

665
00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.200
<v Speaker 2>in the middle of the night, made his way back

666
00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:33.279
<v Speaker 2>to Minneapolis so he could meet Ben Johnson face to

667
00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.720
<v Speaker 2>face and let him know that the movie, I think,

668
00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:37.440
<v Speaker 2>there's just no good way to fire somebody, is there,

669
00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:40.079
<v Speaker 2>Like there's better ways to do it than others, But like,

670
00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:43.799
<v Speaker 2>just imagine a scenario. Well, wow, I want to give

671
00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:45.359
<v Speaker 2>I want to give the ad a lot of credit.

672
00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:47.839
<v Speaker 2>He really fired that guy. He canned his ass with

673
00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:49.680
<v Speaker 2>a lot of class, you know what I'm saying, Like,

674
00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:52.119
<v Speaker 2>it's just like you can't like anybody claiming it was

675
00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:54.240
<v Speaker 2>really like, again, there are bad ways to go about it,

676
00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:57.640
<v Speaker 2>but I think even the most politically correct, classy way

677
00:33:57.680 --> 00:34:00.759
<v Speaker 2>to fire somebody, you're still firing him. Like it's still

678
00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:02.920
<v Speaker 2>a thing that's going to be a bitter situation for

679
00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:07.640
<v Speaker 2>the person getting fired. But the ad I'll defend when

680
00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:10.760
<v Speaker 2>it comes to like people attacking him for the way

681
00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:13.840
<v Speaker 2>he went about it, I think, honestly I would have

682
00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:15.480
<v Speaker 2>said that's the best way to do it. And it's

683
00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:17.840
<v Speaker 2>a sign of respect that you are like you me,

684
00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:20.320
<v Speaker 2>give an example, Charlie Strong. Say what you want about him.

685
00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:22.440
<v Speaker 2>Everybody knew wh's taking the Texas job. He wasn't going

686
00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:25.119
<v Speaker 2>to tell anybody who's taking the Texas job publicly until

687
00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:27.159
<v Speaker 2>he met face to face with Tom Jersey to tell

688
00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:29.800
<v Speaker 2>him everybody knew. And that's respect, Like that's I think

689
00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:32.360
<v Speaker 2>that matters. Sure, So you know, there's right. So again

690
00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:35.440
<v Speaker 2>respect to Mark Coyle the ad for firing Ben Johnson

691
00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:37.639
<v Speaker 2>the way he did, but he's also a big liar

692
00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:41.480
<v Speaker 2>in his press release about this job now opening. I'm

693
00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:44.039
<v Speaker 2>gonna give you three things that he said that are

694
00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:48.639
<v Speaker 2>just blatant lies that not even he believes. He says,

695
00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:51.440
<v Speaker 2>these decisions are difficult and are made after careful consideration

696
00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:55.679
<v Speaker 2>and evaluation. Here's the lie quote, the expectation for our

697
00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:59.360
<v Speaker 2>program is to compete for championships. How how is it

698
00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:02.639
<v Speaker 2>an expectation when you've never done it? Ever? And then

699
00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:06.159
<v Speaker 2>he goes on to talk about the job itself. First

700
00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:10.599
<v Speaker 2>five sorry, first six words in this quote lie here

701
00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:13.599
<v Speaker 2>it is quote, this is an extremely desirable job. No

702
00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:18.000
<v Speaker 2>it's not. Also, we offer everything that is needed to

703
00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:21.119
<v Speaker 2>be successful. No, you don't I mean sure, like I

704
00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:23.760
<v Speaker 2>mean you can. You don't want to talk about Yeah,

705
00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:25.519
<v Speaker 2>we'd hope to get a great coach, but like we know.

706
00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.960
<v Speaker 1>Who we are.

707
00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:28.280
<v Speaker 2>We look in the mirror every day. You don't want

708
00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:31.000
<v Speaker 2>to say that, but like, don't just don't just be delusional.

709
00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:32.639
<v Speaker 2>Like that would turn me off if I was an

710
00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:35.000
<v Speaker 2>ad or if I was a coach looking for an opportunity,

711
00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:37.039
<v Speaker 2>because don't lie to me what the job is. Right.

712
00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:38.639
<v Speaker 2>I know, I know you're gonna give me a pay

713
00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:41.880
<v Speaker 2>pay bump. I know we're in a better conference, but like,

714
00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:44.440
<v Speaker 2>don't lie to my face because we're starting off on

715
00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:46.400
<v Speaker 2>the wrong foot if you tell me these lies, because

716
00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:48.800
<v Speaker 2>that's what those are lies. All right, quick break will

717
00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:50.320
<v Speaker 2>come back on the other side, wrap up the four

718
00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:52.599
<v Speaker 2>o'clock hour, keep it rolling. It's coffee and company. Feel

719
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<v Speaker 2>about Thorn's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's on

721
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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven ninety.

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<v Speaker 2>So Indiana lost today and I assume they're still in again.

723
00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:10.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm basing it off of just the bracketology that's out there.

724
00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:15.960
<v Speaker 2>But you know, in Indiana making the tournament would give

725
00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:19.199
<v Speaker 2>Louisville another opponent that they can claim, you know, they

726
00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:21.639
<v Speaker 2>beat that's in the field. But like, why would India.

727
00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:23.320
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't know how Indiana is any more

728
00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:26.840
<v Speaker 2>deserving than other Like the bubble is is very bad

729
00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:31.199
<v Speaker 2>this year. So there's gonna be teams that I just

730
00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:34.920
<v Speaker 2>don't understand how they're in. But also I can't really

731
00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:37.239
<v Speaker 2>give you somebody that I can with certainty say is

732
00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:41.159
<v Speaker 2>more deserving. And they put sixty eight teams in. But Indiana,

733
00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:45.280
<v Speaker 2>I mean, they have the win against Purdue, but that

734
00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:48.360
<v Speaker 2>doesn't really have the value that it that it you

735
00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:51.920
<v Speaker 2>know that it did in previous years. And really outside

736
00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:55.440
<v Speaker 2>of that, I mean, they beat Ohio State twice, but

737
00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:57.360
<v Speaker 2>Ohio State fell a pardon now is not gonna make

738
00:36:57.360 --> 00:37:05.039
<v Speaker 2>the tournament. So I mean, here, I am my acc loyalty.

739
00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:07.000
<v Speaker 2>I suppose if I have any. I don't think I do,

740
00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:11.679
<v Speaker 2>but maybe I do, because I mean Wake Forest in

741
00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:17.320
<v Speaker 2>North Carolina to me, are I mean, I think more

742
00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:25.760
<v Speaker 2>deserving than teams like Texas and Indiana because winning and

743
00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:30.079
<v Speaker 2>losing should still matter. It shouldn't just be about what

744
00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:34.400
<v Speaker 2>league you're in. I mean, and again, I'll go back

745
00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:36.519
<v Speaker 2>to what I said thirty seconds ago. I'm not claiming

746
00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:38.440
<v Speaker 2>those teams have great resumes, but they put sixty eight

747
00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:42.599
<v Speaker 2>teams in and you getting in with a terrible record

748
00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:45.679
<v Speaker 2>and a bunch of losses significantly below five hundred in

749
00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:49.519
<v Speaker 2>your league. But hey, you're in consideration because your league's

750
00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:52.480
<v Speaker 2>good and your formula, your net ranking is so good

751
00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:55.199
<v Speaker 2>because of your league. Like that, that really is just

752
00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:57.800
<v Speaker 2>saying that we know they're not good, but they play

753
00:37:57.800 --> 00:38:00.119
<v Speaker 2>in a good league and our formula's flaweds, so we're

754
00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:01.760
<v Speaker 2>going to put him in. Because I mean, it's just

755
00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:04.880
<v Speaker 2>it makes no sense. I mean tournament doesn't need to

756
00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:08.199
<v Speaker 2>be expanded. It does not. I mean, I think putting

757
00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:10.760
<v Speaker 2>thirty two teams in would actually make it a better event,

758
00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:12.239
<v Speaker 2>but that'll never happen, and I don't want to. I

759
00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:15.239
<v Speaker 2>don't want to change anything about the tournament, adding or

760
00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:18.559
<v Speaker 2>removing anybody. I'm just stating the whole the whole push

761
00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:20.920
<v Speaker 2>for more teams is just I mean, it's it's about money.

762
00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:23.000
<v Speaker 2>We know that, all right. You know what else I know?

763
00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:27.760
<v Speaker 2>I know a lot of things I think maybe things

764
00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:29.639
<v Speaker 2>I know aren't what I think they are. But one

765
00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:31.800
<v Speaker 2>thing I feel certain about is that the Louisville Men's

766
00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:33.519
<v Speaker 2>Clinic can help you, fellas. They can help you become

767
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<v Speaker 2>a happier and healthier man. A lot of different services

768
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<v Speaker 2>they provide to again make your life better. Your life

769
00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:42.760
<v Speaker 2>may not be bad at all, and maybe great, but

770
00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:45.679
<v Speaker 2>it could be better than great. That was me. I

771
00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:47.360
<v Speaker 2>didn't feel like I had any real issue. I just

772
00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:49.679
<v Speaker 2>knew that at some point, hey, I got to a

773
00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:52.039
<v Speaker 2>certain age and despite still trying to take care of

774
00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:54.559
<v Speaker 2>myself as best I can and monitor what I put

775
00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:56.719
<v Speaker 2>in my body without going on like a crazy diet

776
00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:59.880
<v Speaker 2>and you know, working out, exercising mostly because it's good

777
00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:01.639
<v Speaker 2>for my mental health, but also, you know, I wanted

778
00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:03.960
<v Speaker 2>to take care of myself, but I wouldn't get in

779
00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:05.639
<v Speaker 2>the same results, and there was really no change other

780
00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:08.800
<v Speaker 2>than you know, getting older, thirty four, thirty five. And

781
00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:12.639
<v Speaker 2>then I thought to myself, Okay, maybe low testosterone is

782
00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:16.679
<v Speaker 2>something I could be dealing with. Thought, you know, maybe

783
00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:19.280
<v Speaker 2>they're onto something you're telling me. People in their thirties

784
00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:20.880
<v Speaker 2>deal with that too. So sure enough I went and

785
00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:23.400
<v Speaker 2>saw doctor Wood. He explained how it works, and it's

786
00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:27.239
<v Speaker 2>changed everything for me. That's not an exaggeration. I'm not

787
00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:29.840
<v Speaker 2>gassing them up just because they're partners. I'm telling you

788
00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:31.920
<v Speaker 2>the truth. It changed my life. I now have more

789
00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:35.159
<v Speaker 2>energy throughout my day. I'm not lethargic at six o'clock

790
00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:36.599
<v Speaker 2>at night and wanting to sit in the recliner and

791
00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:39.880
<v Speaker 2>go to bed. I get better results from the workout,

792
00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:43.119
<v Speaker 2>like I've had a transformation when it comes to just

793
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<v Speaker 2>not my overall like weight, but just like my build.

794
00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:49.280
<v Speaker 2>Not that I'm anything to brag about, but you used

795
00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:51.079
<v Speaker 2>to have a lot more pudds, used to have man boobs.

796
00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:54.840
<v Speaker 2>And again I'm not anxious to take off my shirt

797
00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:57.440
<v Speaker 2>and flex in front of anybody, But I feel better

798
00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:58.760
<v Speaker 2>about it now. If I had to do it then

799
00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:00.760
<v Speaker 2>I did a few years ago. And it's all because

800
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<v Speaker 2>I've got low testosterone treated by the friends of mine

801
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<v Speaker 2>at Louisville Men's Clinic. Doctor Wood as a pro. He's

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<v Speaker 2>the best. So go give him a call FABO two

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<v Speaker 2>Loivelmen's Clinic dot com. And if you're just hearing this

805
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<v Speaker 2>and you're like, all right, Nick, enough, I get it. Finally,

806
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<v Speaker 2>I'll just call them and see what they can do

807
00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:21.920
<v Speaker 2>for me. They'll be happy to tell you that because again,

808
00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:25.000
<v Speaker 2>we as men, at least a lot of us, we

809
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<v Speaker 2>just we just we just deal with it, right. We

810
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<v Speaker 2>don't want to admit that we're potentially, you know, dealing

811
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<v Speaker 2>with something that might need to be fixed or need

812
00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:35.559
<v Speaker 2>to be treated, because we're strong. We you know, we're tough,

813
00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:38.920
<v Speaker 2>and any sign you know, there's this awful stigma about

814
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<v Speaker 2>going to get this stuff treated, as if you're not

815
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<v Speaker 2>manly enough, you're weak, you have to go. But it's

816
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<v Speaker 2>life like, it's not about anything like that. It's I

817
00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:49.639
<v Speaker 2>mean more than in fact, not just testosterone, but direct

818
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<v Speaker 2>tell us function more than fifty percent of men over

819
00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:54.840
<v Speaker 2>fifty deal with that, meaning if you're somebody that doesn't,

820
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<v Speaker 2>you're lucky. So it's not about acknowledging that you are flawed.

821
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<v Speaker 2>It's just dealing with things that happen in your life

822
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<v Speaker 2>and being able to live a better life because you've

823
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<v Speaker 2>you've you've addressed it. So again, Loulivan's clink dot com

824
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825
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<v Speaker 2>o'clock hours coming up next to a lot more to

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<v Speaker 2>get into. It's big night around here. I mean Pat

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<v Speaker 2>Kelcey first postseason game for him tonight. I'm fired up

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<v Speaker 2>just knowing that it's a game where there's something on

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<v Speaker 2>the line, an opportunity to advance to the semi finals,

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<v Speaker 2>something Louisvell's never done before in the ACC Tournament. Kentucky

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<v Speaker 2>in action tonight as well. It's gonna be a late night,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of drunk Kentucky fans in Nashville, which I

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<v Speaker 2>say that as a sign of respect. They'll probably have

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<v Speaker 2>that place rocking, and it'll be a big home court

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<v Speaker 2>advantage for me against Oklahoma. I would imagine, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>don't go anywhere, keep it lock right here. In sports,

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<v Speaker 2>Talk seven ninety