WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.960 --> 00:00:04.120 It's time for coffee and company. 2 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:08.880 Fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety Holy crap, 3 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:09.599 I don't know who. 4 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:10.599 The hell we think when we. 5 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:14.279 Are get off our show, idiot, the kids are crying 6 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:15.199 or turning off, crying. 7 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:15.960 The countries are. 8 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:16.480 Screwing it up. 9 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:19.679 Gold Play Intermurals, Brother, gold Play Intermurals. 10 00:00:20.199 --> 00:00:22.960 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 11 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:26.839 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 12 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:40.679 kidding me? Now? Here's nick coffee? 13 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:45.799 All right? Ready or not? Here we go. Let's get 14 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:48.039 this thing started. When I say ready or not, I 15 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:50.000 mean ready or not. We're here. We are in your 16 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:53.280 ears right now, I guess we are. I mean we're 17 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:56.000 in your ears regardless if how you're listening, if you 18 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.039 can listen and you hear this right now, we're here. 19 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:01.520 We're with you. Maybe we violated you, I hope not, 20 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:04.599 but keep us out of enery where you want, but 21 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:07.000 not your ears. I mean, if you've got headphones on, 22 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:12.719 like you're like AirPods, earbuds, whatever, then I feel like 23 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:15.799 we're more directly like we're there, but literally if you're 24 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:18.640 just if you're just picking us up in your vehicle, 25 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:20.760 or maybe I don't know, maybe you're in a store 26 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:22.680 right now and they've got us playing. Maybe you're on 27 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:27.120 the assembly line somewhere and they've got Coffee and Company cranked. 28 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:30.719 We're we're here like it or not, it's happening, and 29 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:32.319 I hope you stick around because we're with you for 30 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:34.400 the next three hours. Again it is Coffee and Company 31 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.239 fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 32 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:39.719 Thought of somebody putting a brand new car door on 33 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.519 a Toyota Tundra while we're just going on throughout the warehouse. 34 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:45.159 Is that that excites me? 35 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:45.560 Yeah? 36 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:47.799 Oh, I remember the first time, I think it was 37 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:51.680 the GE assembly line back in like twenty seventeen, when 38 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:54.359 I was on Middays noon to three, and I remember 39 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:58.400 somebody mentioning that they were listening and they've it was 40 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:01.280 a it was a group of folks that work together, 41 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:03.480 and it was a mixed family essentially. I mean, I 42 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:05.879 call them family because they work together. But Louisville fans 43 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:09.080 in Kentucky fans so but but they but but they 44 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:11.560 you know, the Kentucky fans at one point stopped complaining 45 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:13.479 about what we were listening to. What they were listening 46 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:15.680 to and and they just kind of let it, let 47 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:19.159 it happen. And I always, you know, I always appreciate 48 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:21.960 people sharing how and when they listen, you know, never 49 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:23.759 gets sold. It's one of those things where we just 50 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.319 assume you're listening. We don't actually know. There's no way 51 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:28.840 to do a real time. I mean, we can, we 52 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:31.960 can determine how many people are streaming, which of course 53 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.000 that grows really every every week, it seems every day, honestly, 54 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:39.159 just because you know, there are people who listen sometimes 55 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:41.120 in their vehicle when they're on their way home, and 56 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:43.879 then when they get home, maybe they start fixing dinner 57 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:46.520 or whatever it is, and they listen. So however you're listening, 58 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:49.680 wherever you're listening, we appreciated. But yeah, we're here and 59 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.919 we're ready to rock and roll. The revival continues and 60 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:57.879 it feels absolutely amazing. And I know you guys have 61 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:00.759 been asking the question to yourself. I've been asking the 62 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:05.240 same question to myself, and I've got my answer for you, 63 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:09.800 and it's this, Yes, this team really is that good. 64 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:12.599 I'm not predicting a final four right now. I'm not 65 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:16.439 predicting a national championship, but you know, wake Forest had 66 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:19.319 won eight of nine games. They just competed really well 67 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:24.159 against Duke and sure enough Louisville last night. The way 68 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:26.039 it played out, and I'll lay it out for you 69 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:28.439 as far as my explanation on this, but the way 70 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:31.479 things played out from start to finish, I guess maybe not. 71 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:33.840 I mean, the finish wasn't great. They didn't score a 72 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:36.280 bucket in the last five six minutes, and I mean 73 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:40.280 I kind of had to resist just mowing people down 74 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:42.800 who were complaining about that, because I just think anybody 75 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:45.680 complaining about Louisvill basketball right now needs to go lay 76 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:48.960 down or maybe go play in traffic. And you know, 77 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:53.960 the urge to do that is strong, just because of 78 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:55.599 how much I love this team. But I get it. 79 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:59.879 You know, maybe because I lived through it every day 80 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.280 talking about it for three hours during the previous regime, 81 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:06.599 that maybe I have a better ability to really just 82 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:10.560 appreciate where we are. But I'm sure everybody's different. So 83 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:13.520 you are thinking, hey, we don't need to just be 84 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:16.279 you know, we don't need to just be beating teams. 85 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:17.879 We need to pummel them till the end. And I 86 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:20.120 guess you're not crazy for thinking that because you have 87 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:23.240 high expectations for Louisville basketball, and you should, but just really, 88 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:26.199 any negativity right now, I'm having a tough time with 89 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:28.040 I talked about it last week. I feel like this 90 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.360 will be the sign that sticks with me for years 91 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:34.399 to come. If Pat Kelsey is here long term, he 92 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.720 wins at a really high level. I think I'll remember 93 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.519 sitting in the gym parking lot before I went in, 94 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:41.800 and yes, I know you could tell I do lift weights, 95 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:44.439 not as much as I used to, but but I 96 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.680 do try to stay in shape. So I'm sitting in 97 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:48.319 the parking lot about to walk in, and I just 98 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:52.839 couldn't walk in until I wrote a long comment on 99 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:57.319 a Facebook group about face. Yeah no, this was yesterday. 100 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:00.279 This was last week. I'm resetting that story. Yeah yeah, 101 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.800 paying attention. So last week, you know, I just I 102 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.279 remember walking out of the gym afterwards, thinking that I 103 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:07.800 just do that, like what has gotten over me? And 104 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:11.160 it's because the Revival's happening and I'm so excited about 105 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.000 where we are that when I see people complaining about 106 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:16.519 I mean it was a fan who again I don't 107 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:19.360 know this person, but complaining that Louisville fans were excited 108 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:21.800 that Louisville was ranked, and it just triggered me in 109 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:23.920 a way that I'm like, the hell's wrong with you? 110 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.279 We should be happy that we're ranked. It's crazy that 111 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:28.879 we're ranked for the first time in a long time, 112 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:30.800 and it took Pat less than twenty games to get 113 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:32.800 us there, considering that he had to kind of start 114 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:35.480 from scratch. So you know, those are little things that 115 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:39.240 stick with me. But again, I think we are I 116 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:41.160 think this team is really really good. And what I 117 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:45.040 mean by how it all played out at the end 118 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:47.639 of the game, yeah, I mean they they took their 119 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.199 foot off the gas. I think it reminded me a 120 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:53.000 little bit of the Indiana game where Indiana was down 121 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:56.199 like thirty plus and they ended up going on a 122 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:59.560 crazy like thirteen to one run and like the last 123 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:01.759 two menus or something like that. I'm sure that's not 124 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:04.639 the right number, but they did that just to only 125 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:07.319 lose by twenty five to Louisville. And it's not a 126 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:10.600 good visual, but like, you still, you still kicked ass. 127 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:14.519 And I just think it'd be foolish in my opinion 128 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:17.120 to think that, like we need to worry because at 129 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:19.279 the very end of the game when Wake Forest was 130 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:23.120 already done, Steve Forbes, his best player, gets ejected. He 131 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:25.480 played a guy. And by the way, nobody called Steve 132 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:29.560 Forbes out for this him sending one of his starters 133 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:32.800 to the locker room. It was one of the most 134 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:35.879 sore loser things you'll see that, like some for some reason, 135 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:39.399 nobody even acknowledged, like, yes, he did play after dealing 136 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:41.959 with some sickness. Hildreth is his name. He had the flu. 137 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:44.160 But like Forest was getting his ass kicked down by 138 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:47.600 twenty nine points, and instead of just you know, taking 139 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:50.160 his player out and sitting him, he sends him to 140 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:52.839 the locker room. That's sore loser type of stuff. And 141 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:55.639 Wake did a lot of sore loser, weak mentally type 142 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:57.879 of stuff last night. And it's just nice to be 143 00:06:57.920 --> 00:06:59.399 on the right end of that kind of stuff. But 144 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.360 I mean, I just think it's human, Nate. I mean, 145 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.399 these guys, the game was over, and you don't really 146 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:07.360 have a team where you can, I mean, you don't 147 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:09.040 really have a you don't really have a team that 148 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:12.120 you can just all right, let's play our freshman who's 149 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:14.439 really trying to earn minutes. There's one freshman on this team, 150 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:16.720 and he has to play major minutes. So you're either 151 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:18.800 going to put the walk Ons in or keep your 152 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:20.480 guys out there and just kind of let them ride 153 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:22.680 out the clock. And that's what happened, because had you 154 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:24.480 put the walk Ons in, no offense to these guys. 155 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:27.160 Wake Forest knows, hey, we actually maybe they don't know, 156 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:30.600 because what I predicted would happened happened. Louisville beat a 157 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:32.839 good team. I believe Wake's got good talent. I'm not 158 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:34.600 kidding you. Of all the teams from the ACC that 159 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:36.639 have come in to the UMP Center, as much as 160 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:38.959 Louisville made them look bad at times, They've got good players. 161 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:42.040 I mean they do, and yet they seem to not 162 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:44.480 I mean, wait, should not be a team that you 163 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:49.000 beat by double digits at home that's fifteen and five 164 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:52.399 with no bad losses still to this day, and a 165 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:55.079 better win than Louisville has. They're winning against Michigan is 166 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:57.920 better than any win Louisville has. And Louisville fell in 167 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:02.639 the net rankings all because of wake Forest's incompetence, Steve 168 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:05.439 Forbes in competence to schedule the way that they schedule. 169 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:07.639 So had you put I was gonna say, had you 170 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:10.040 put the walk Ons in, you wouldn't have lost the game, 171 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:11.959 but it would have been even probably closer, because they 172 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:14.920 were still gonna try to trim that deficit as best 173 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:16.959 they can. And I'm thinking, if you know how this works, right, 174 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:18.920 if you know to keep your guys locked in until 175 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:21.160 the very end because you want to, because you understand 176 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:23.279 that a thirty point loss is much different than a 177 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:25.120 ten point loss when it comes to the metrics, then 178 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:27.079 why did you schedule five of the worst teams in 179 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:31.480 the country. So I probably shouldn't have given as much 180 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:33.399 attention as I just did to the end of the game, 181 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:36.519 But I'm triggered. I'm defending this team at all costs 182 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:38.279 because I love them that much. It's just been that 183 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:41.919 much fun watching things come together. They've now got their 184 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:44.519 tenth straight win. They're sitting at nine and one in 185 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:48.639 the ACC and last night, I'll start with this, and 186 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:50.120 I know you were a part of this, Austin, you 187 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:55.440 and Kirk and the crew. Yeah, the Young Sinner looked 188 00:08:56.159 --> 00:09:00.440 better on television than it has in a really, really 189 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:03.519 long time. The atmosphere was something that you just couldn't 190 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:06.879 ignore if you're watching it or you know, the broadcasters, 191 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:09.519 and they did a good job of really plugging it 192 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:11.639 and mentioning, man, this place, this is what, this is 193 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:13.919 what Louisville basketball is all about. And we'll get to 194 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:17.039 that trio. Last night because I actually found myself pretty 195 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:21.200 entertained by Jim Beaheim in a weird way, and because 196 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:24.120 Louisville got up twenty nine early in the second half, 197 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:27.320 I mean, it seemed like Corey, Alexander and Bayheim kind 198 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:29.840 of turned it into their own boring talk show, and 199 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:33.039 then West Durham had to kind of remind them, like, hey, fellas, 200 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:35.840 we got some action going on here. That's a very 201 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:39.720 bad West Durham impression. But I was spot on. Yeah. Nonetheless, 202 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.639 last night was great and at the beginning of the game, 203 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:46.000 shots were falling right wake Forest came ready to play. 204 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:48.120 Like wake Forest I thought did a pretty good job 205 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:51.639 of coming out. They didn't leave rain Smith. Nothing was 206 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:57.240 easy for Louisville, and yet Louisville just stuck with all. Right. 207 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:00.519 Last night was a reminder, and I've said this, I'm 208 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:02.840 pretty sure every day we've talked about louis of basketball 209 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.399 in the last three months, which you know, has been 210 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:08.480 pretty frequent. The defense is what's really changed for them, 211 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:10.440 and last night they got off to a slower start 212 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:13.039 than you would expect, just you know, not really blitzing 213 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:14.639 them right out of the gate. I think if you'd 214 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:16.759 have tuned in early second half, you probably would have 215 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:19.720 just expected this thing got ugly early, and it really didn't, 216 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:22.240 you know, Louisville. Again, I feel like I'm not even 217 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:23.799 giving them enough credit when I say that it was 218 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:25.879 like a slow start, but I mean it was. It 219 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:30.000 was low scoring early, back and forth early, and Louisville 220 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:33.799 just stayed with their game plan as far as defense. 221 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:37.080 Shots weren't falling, but they never stopped taking good shots. 222 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:40.120 They never lose confidence when shots don't fall. I thought 223 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:42.879 Terrence Edwards, the way things played out for him last 224 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:47.120 night is a real testament to his maturity and the 225 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:49.919 trust that he has in himself and that Pat Kelcey 226 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:53.279 and his teammates have in him, because him staying aggressive 227 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:56.120 offensively is always going to be a good recipe. And 228 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:58.879 he's had games where he ends up getting you twelve points, 229 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.519 but it came from you know, three of thirteen from 230 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:03.799 the field, which you know isn't great. And last night 231 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:05.559 he got off to a pretty poor start. I don't 232 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:09.159 know what his percentage was towards the back half of 233 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:12.759 the fifteen shots he took, but he legend scoring with 234 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:15.600 eighteen because he stayed aggressive, he stayed taking good shots. 235 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:19.120 And you know it just these guys, they don't think. 236 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:21.879 They just play. And that sounds like I'm insulting them 237 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:23.720 saying they don't think. I mean, I think they're pretty savvy, 238 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.440 they're pretty smart, but man, they are so even keeled, 239 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:29.960 never too high, never too low. And they win last 240 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:32.759 night seventy two to fifty nine. And the numbers, the 241 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:38.240 box score itself, and you know, turnovers, rebounds, second chance points, 242 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:41.559 all the numbers that do have value. I think they're 243 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:44.840 absolutely skewed because of the way the game ended last night. 244 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:48.919 But also even if I'm thinking that, because it's wishful 245 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:53.279 thinking on my end, I don't care, because they're so 246 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:57.960 consistent now defensively and as far as just coming ready 247 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:02.879 to play, being the physical aggressor and never again getting 248 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.960 too high or too low. That that that that alone, 249 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:07.759 I feel like, puts them in a pretty good spot. 250 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:11.000 So the question again that I know many of you 251 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:14.080 listening have been asking, are they like really good, Like 252 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:16.039 are we are we a team that, like I should 253 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:20.960 expect to have real you know, late tournament run, Like 254 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:23.639 should I expect this team to be a second weekend team? 255 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:25.519 And look, you could expect whatever you want, because I 256 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:27.440 know there's a lot of folks out there that really 257 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:32.159 kind of they have a premeditated expectation on certain things 258 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:34.759 because they know how to better deal with it. And 259 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:36.399 what I mean by that is a lot of folks, 260 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:39.240 myself included. I don't do it as much in sports, 261 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:41.399 but a lot of things in life. Hey, I hope 262 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:43.960 I expect the worst, hope of the best, and that 263 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:46.360 that that's been a pretty good mindset for me to have, 264 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:49.799 and it's it's worked for me. And again, everybody's different. 265 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:51.840 But I'm just telling you, I don't think that if 266 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:54.600 you are somebody that that says, hey, I happen to 267 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:58.720 think this team is good enough. Defensively, they're smart enough 268 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:02.600 as a team, They clearly have a defined identity and 269 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:07.000 they have established roles within their personnel that you know, 270 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:10.039 maybe we do get to the second game, second round, 271 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:13.039 round of thirty two, and maybe at that point we 272 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:17.159 get humbled and we realize, man, the acc really didn't 273 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:19.840 prepare us. But I mean, again, what do I know. 274 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:21.600 None of us know. We'll find out when we get there. 275 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:23.840 But I just think i'd be lying to myself if 276 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:27.279 I acted like this team wasn't just playing really good basketball. 277 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:29.799 And I mean there's all kinds of different stats you 278 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:34.679 can throw out there that I think, Yes, some can say, well, hey, 279 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:37.360 it's because you're playing in the ACC, and I never 280 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:40.440 want to ignore that, but I'm I mean, Jackie Hepburn's 281 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:43.039 been a really good player in college basketball for three 282 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:45.080 years before he got here. In the Big Ten, which 283 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:46.879 is last I checked, has been viewed as a better 284 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:50.039 league than the ACC for for a little while now, right, 285 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:55.320 like Javon Hadley, there's a reason we're seeing him and 286 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:56.840 he didn't even have a good game last night, but 287 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:59.840 clearly he's been great, really in the last six weeks. 288 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:02.039 So he's been good all year. But once Case and 289 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:04.080 Pryor went down, obviously they were going to start leaning 290 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:06.320 on him a little bit more and expecting more out 291 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:09.000 of him. And you realize, yeah, Colorado for two seasons 292 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:10.799 he was a good player for them, And you know what, 293 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:12.480 maybe the reason you didn't hear a whole lot about 294 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:14.639 him last year is because he played with three guys 295 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:17.919 that got drafted. I don't know, that doesn't necessarily make 296 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:20.080 Javon a great player. That doesn't really have anything to 297 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:23.559 do with his ability, but you know, these guys are 298 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:27.240 good players, and Pat Kelsey's done a phenomenal job at 299 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:32.480 really working with what he has. And you know, when 300 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:35.200 I go back to where I feel like the flip switch. 301 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:37.080 You guys have heard me talk about it for a while. 302 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:41.679 The North Carolina game, something was different defensively and in 303 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:46.159 the half court. Maybe one day he'll really elaborate. Maybe 304 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:49.840 he doesn't need to. Maybe it wasn't some real formulated 305 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:52.840 plan that they had to to, you know, really invest 306 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:55.360 in and make it a priority. But they are different 307 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:57.200 now in the half court. I noticed it last night 308 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:59.120 and it hit me this morning when I when I 309 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:01.639 woke up in bed before I got the day started, 310 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:04.360 I'm checking social media, which I do every morning, and 311 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:07.559 there's a couple of really nerdy Twitter accounts that that 312 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:11.960 that put up thirty forty second clips showing a half 313 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:16.000 court set that college basketball teams will run. And I'm 314 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:18.120 a nerd for that stuff, Like I just you know, 315 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:19.919 I know it's not interesting. Certainly wouldn't be a good 316 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:21.600 radio topic, so I'm not going to break it down. 317 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:25.679 But this account that I follow, you know, they're doing 318 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.759 half court sets that are phenomenal that that you know, 319 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:31.919 with your versatility, you can do a lot of creative 320 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:34.440 things right like you can you can do something to 321 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:37.759 where your your opponent is worried that you're going to 322 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:40.600 run some kind of action that's got four options for 323 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:43.320 rain Smith to pop out and bury one on you. 324 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:45.480 But you know what they weren't doing that, They were 325 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:47.600 making you think that. Then they throw it to the 326 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:50.720 rim for a guy named James Scott who's pretty effective 327 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:53.320 around the rim. Like they're they're really good in the 328 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:56.559 half court offensively, and it's not just because the design sets. 329 00:15:56.559 --> 00:16:01.960 It's because of their spacing, their understanding ending of movement, 330 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:04.279 and really their versatility. I mean, they've got they've got 331 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:07.039 a lot of guys who are mismatched problems, not because 332 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:09.679 they just have ability and talent that other teams can't 333 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:12.600 account for. But like, who do you put on Javon Hadley? Again, 334 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:14.039 I'm not saying who do you put on him? Because 335 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:16.240 he's Lebron James, but do you want to go big 336 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.320 where he'll go around you and get fouled, or do 337 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:20.159 you want to go small where he'll he'll he'll back 338 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:23.440 you in and score on you. So I mean, Pat 339 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:26.919 Kelsey's staff, everybody involved deserves a lot of credit. But 340 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:30.399 last night and really this morning, more so than anything, 341 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:32.720 I was just thinking, you know what they are different now, 342 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.799 Like when they played some of these teams and they lost. 343 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:37.080 Who knows, maybe if they played them tomorrow this weekend, 344 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:39.159 maybe they lose again. I don't know, We'll never know. 345 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:42.960 And it's really not important right now, because again, why 346 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:46.120 waste your energy and your time about with hypothetical that 347 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.919 will never have the answer to. It'd be a waste 348 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:52.080 of time. But they did in fact when things weren't 349 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:53.960 going great. And I do want to share some quotes 350 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:57.799 from a Matt Norlander piece at CBS Sports that really 351 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:00.519 just highlights the run that louisvill was is on right now. 352 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:04.160 An eleventh consecutive win that could come on Saturday, should 353 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:07.400 come on Saturday, will be the longest, will tie the 354 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:10.279 longest winning streak the program's ever had in the regular season. 355 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:15.079 So you know, that's pretty special. So they they did 356 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:20.039 something and I'm just maybe I'm I'm I'm prying into 357 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:22.799 things that aren't my business, but they they at some 358 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.319 point I wouldn't even call it that, but maybe maybe 359 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:28.519 that is the right way to describe it, because it's 360 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:30.200 not like, I mean, they're still shooting a lot of threes. 361 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:32.799 We know that, Like I think they maintained their identity, 362 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:36.480 but they kind of found this new version of themselves 363 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:39.960 with the personnel that they have in every single game, 364 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:45.519 they are getting more and more confident in their established 365 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:47.960 roles and they know that, hey, I don't need it 366 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:50.359 to every night come out here and score twenty five, 367 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:54.559 because if I don't have it going, somebody else probably 368 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:57.960 will within within our rotation. And you know the maturity 369 00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:59.519 of this group to never get too high and never 370 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:02.359 gets too loh, there's no jealousy, it seems. I mean, 371 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:05.240 it's really been a great mix of guys as far 372 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:07.480 as their skill set, what they bring to the table, 373 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:10.319 and really just they're buying right. I mean, I think 374 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:12.960 Pat Kelsey's gonna bring in some really talented players, including 375 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:15.400 McDonald's all American that's on his way next year, Mickael 376 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:18.920 Brown Junior, who is one of those guys that you 377 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:21.559 should only expect to have for a season, and you should. 378 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:23.839 I mean, he's going to be given the keys to 379 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.640 the program essentially as far as running the show as 380 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:28.559 your point guard, and that's the way it should be 381 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:31.200 when you get a guy like that. I'm sure with 382 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:34.160 Kelsey having a year that who knows it might win 383 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:37.079 him National Coach of the Year. He's given us some 384 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:41.160 good proof of concept here so far, meaning recruits transfers 385 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:43.160 really more than anything they now see, Okay, this guy, 386 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:45.559 he's got a rolling especially if I can shoot the ball, 387 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:50.279 if my calling card is being a good offensive player, 388 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:52.200 I'd love to play for that guy. So now that 389 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:54.160 he's actually winning at Louisville, that's going to make it 390 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:56.279 more attractive. So my point is this, they're going to 391 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:00.079 bring in probably guys with more individual talent than some 392 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:02.400 of the guys that are playing right now. And that's great. 393 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:05.119 But I think there's something about these guys as far 394 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:08.279 as like their maturity in their buy in and really 395 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:10.319 their hunger. Like I think a lot of guys on 396 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:15.400 this team that we're seeing have big nights consistently. Chucky 397 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:18.799 Hepburn is the best example. Chuckie Hepburn came here hungry. 398 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:20.839 He's one of the best point guards in the country. 399 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:23.400 I don't think it's close. We're talking about a guy 400 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:28.519 that's averaging sixteen points, just under seven assists per game, 401 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:32.759