WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.879 --> 00:00:06.559 All right, let's get another week started here coffee and 2 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:10.000 company fueled by Thornton's on a Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:13.359 Hopefully you had yourselves a good weekend, and I should 4 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:17.480 also say Happy Veterans Day to everybody out there. Certainly 5 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:19.640 a lot to unpack on a Monday here in November, 6 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:20.800 that's typically the case. 7 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:21.480 We are in. 8 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:24.760 Uh, we're in what I think is really one of 9 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.239 the best times of the year, where you've got college 10 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:30.920 basketball now underway, college football. I mean, I cannot believe 11 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:33.880 it's already Some teams have ten games in like where 12 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:37.759 the I mean, the season went by so fast. Obviously 13 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:40.200 for Louisville they're back in action this week, and they've 14 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:42.200 still got a few games left. But I cannot believe 15 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:47.079 that it's already November the eleventh. But nonetheless, Happy Veterans Day. Everybody. 16 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:51.119 A lot to unpacked, specifically just from Saturday at the 17 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:53.200 m Center, which we will. We will do that, and 18 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:55.439 we're gonna get right to it in just a moment. 19 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:57.520 I want to start though, before we kind of set 20 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:00.359 the table and get you set for these next three hours, 21 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:01.759 which I hope you stick with. Let's stick with us 22 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:04.000 for the next three hours because that, I mean, why 23 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:06.239 would you not taking you up till six o'clock. Take 24 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:07.680 us with you wherever you go. Listen live on the 25 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:10.719 iHeart Radio. Listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com, 26 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:12.200 and I will certainly tell you how you can be 27 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:16.920 a part of the show. But the atmosphere on Saturday 28 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:22.319 was amazing. Uh, fans showed up in a major way 29 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:24.920 and they were really into it. I I mean, I 30 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:29.239 really can't feel I can't remember the last time I 31 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:35.120 was at a Louisville basketball game with with so much 32 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:37.680 juice if you know what I mean. Before the game 33 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:40.319 obviously when it started, you know, it was a little 34 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:43.120 tough to to keep the the the energy, but hey, 35 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:45.640 fans tried. But the atmosphere was great. I mean I 36 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:48.000 went with my with my wife and my son, which 37 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:50.359 I really have never I mean since I've been going 38 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:52.359 to the m Center, I've usually always gone with the 39 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.159 credential and I and I and I and I typically 40 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:57.439 and I'm still going to do that, but just with 41 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:01.200 everything leading up to Saturday in the new era, I mean, 42 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:03.000 I thought, you know what, this will be a great 43 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:05.040 experience to go as a fan. Take my take, my 44 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:07.439 little one, and you know, my wife, she'll be into 45 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:10.159 it and we had a good time. Other than, of course, 46 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:12.840 you know, everything that played out on the court. But 47 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:16.080 I still think there's value in knowing, Hey, there was 48 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:18.759 a really big opponent in town, a really big opportunity 49 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:21.439 for Louisville, and just the second game in this new era, 50 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:25.039 and the fans did their part not only by being there, 51 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:29.759 also probably the best I've ever seen a whiteout coordinated. 52 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:33.960 I mean, you could find the occasional fan that wasn't 53 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:38.840 wearing white, but overall that I mean, that stood out 54 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:41.800 to me. I mean, I'm sure many didn't notice that, 55 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:44.800 or I'm sure you don't care, but that that did 56 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:47.680 that wasn't an observation for me that those that came 57 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:49.960 were also well aware that it that it was a 58 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:51.719 white out. There's been some times where you'll do a 59 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:55.960 white out blackout and you can tell clearly the majority 60 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:58.479 there were well aware of the instructions and they understood 61 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:00.639 the assignment. But then sometimes you'll see, like, how can 62 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.840 thirty percent of these people just not own the right color, 63 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:06.360 not go buy something, or maybe just not know. But anyways, 64 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.800 there's value in knowing that when you have that opportunity. 65 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:12.159 When things set up the way they did going into Saturday. 66 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.080 The fans did their part. They were there, they were loud, 67 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:22.800 and they were trying. They were trying to, you know, utilize. 68 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:24.879 I mean, I'm trying to think of a moment in 69 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:28.280 the game where it felt like, Okay, here we go, 70 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:31.639 there's about to be a run, and we're going to 71 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:33.599 find out on these next few possessions if this team 72 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:34.919 is going to get back in the game. It had 73 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:37.879 to be when Ziggler hit that shot at the very 74 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:39.719 end of the shot clock early in the second half 75 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:42.439 that I think took the lead right back to double digits, 76 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:44.319 and then they never looked back. So again we can 77 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:47.560 There's gonna be a lot of discussion about basketball today 78 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:49.159 and we'll get to it in just a moment, but 79 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:52.159 shout out to those that came out because I thought 80 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:55.319 the atmosphere was great. All Right, some other things we'll 81 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:58.879 get into, Obviously, a wild weekend of college football. Five 82 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:03.879 team in the top twenty go down, which this happens. 83 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:06.159 I feel like every year we get the playoff rankings 84 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:10.319 and once again you just assume, Okay, upsets are are 85 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:12.719 gonna no longer happen from here on now, because all 86 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:14.840 these teams now they know they just they're in the 87 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:17.439 playoff picture, the committee. You know, they're on the radar 88 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:19.079 of the committee. Now, they just got to take care 89 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:23.720 of business and we forget that. You know, that's easier 90 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:25.480 said than done. In fact, I think some teams probably 91 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:29.560 play tight knowing that, Okay, we've been given the initial 92 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:32.399 look from the committee, here's where we are. Let's just 93 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:34.759 not screw up. We're in pretty good shape. If we 94 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:37.920 take care of business, we'll be okay. And then, you know, 95 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:40.560 you get tight and you don't take care of business, 96 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:44.519 you end up losing. So a lot of shake up. 97 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:47.959 But yet it's also a reminder that because the playoff 98 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:51.439 is now a twelve team format, that there were teams 99 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:55.360 that lost that still are completely in control of the 100 00:04:55.600 --> 00:05:01.079 you know, their fate. As for Miami losing again, does 101 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:06.480 it mean anything for Louisville? No, but kind of. I mean, 102 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:11.800 there is a scenario where Louisville could potentially be in 103 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:15.800 the ACC championship game. But I mean, what you would 104 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.120 need to happen, and it's a lot of things that 105 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:21.240 would need to happen. It's just so unlikely that, like, 106 00:05:21.279 --> 00:05:24.360 I hate even acknowledging it, but technically there is there 107 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:28.879 is there's there's some scenario. There's there's some scenario which 108 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:30.480 we'll explain it later as far as how the tie 109 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:32.519 breaker would work out to where Louisville could potentially be 110 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:35.199 in Charlotte for the ACC championship, but I would not 111 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:38.920 get your hopes up. I think it's ultimately impossible, despite 112 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:41.160 again there being a specific scenario. It's one of those 113 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.560 things where you say, well, you know, crazier things have happened, 114 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:48.040 or the old dumb and dumber line. So you're telling 115 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:51.000 me there's a chance, Like I can't even give you 116 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:55.519 ad because it's just not gonna happen. But I guess 117 00:05:55.560 --> 00:06:01.000 only Tom will tell. All Right, Kentucky, they had a 118 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:04.600 good weekend, right. You got to see Louisville lose, which 119 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:06.720 I know you enjoyed. You didn't have to watch your 120 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:11.120 football team, which probably saved you some sadness, and dominated 121 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:13.560 buck Nell just like you know you were supposed to. 122 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:16.639 And best of all, you got to see Cali Perry 123 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:21.000 lose to Baylor. And I don't know if there were 124 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:23.439 fans trying to lie to themselves on the Kentucky side 125 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:26.000 that thought like they would be able to I don't. 126 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:27.560 I mean, I don't believe most of them, but those 127 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:29.879 that did say things like, well, I hope he does well, 128 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:33.120 we really appreciate cal. No, you don't it. It was 129 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:36.319 a breakup, mutually beneficial breakup, But you tell me there's 130 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:39.199 not mutually beneficial breakups where you still don't have spite, 131 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:42.279 where you still I mean, you clearly want him to lose. 132 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:47.319 It's natural. Don't fight it. So they lose to Arkansas. 133 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:51.079 I'm sorry the Arkansas loses to Baylor, what five days 134 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:55.199 after Baylor got beat by like sixty points against Gonzaga. 135 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:58.560 So here's what it actually does. And I'm I mean, 136 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:04.120 I think I certainly not a legitimate psychologist here, but 137 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:07.079 I feel like I know mentally what's going on with 138 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:11.879 Kentucky basketball fans right now because Cali Perry losing to 139 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:15.319 Baylor after Baylor ended up getting killed earlier in the 140 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:18.839 week by a really good team Gonzaga. What it's done 141 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:22.279 is Kentucky's got Duke tomorrow and I have no clue 142 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:24.199 what what what to expect in that game. By the way, 143 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:26.800 we'll get to it later because I'm kind of thinking 144 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:31.000 Kentucky's gonna win, but I hope not. Anyways, with the 145 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.319 Duke game tomorrow and the Champions Classic, what this does 146 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:36.480 now that Cow lost to Baylor, it sets up to 147 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:39.439 where you won't be quite as bummed to lose to 148 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:41.920 Duke because you're going to compare the two. It's natural, 149 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.040 that's how this works. You're gonna compare what you're doing 150 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:48.079 with Pope and what Cal's doing with Arkansas just because 151 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:50.800 again it'd be it'd be I think, I don't want 152 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:52.519 to say be weird not to but like that's just that, 153 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:58.040 that's that's natural given the situation. So again, Big by 154 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:02.560 the way, Big Night tomorrow, the Champion Classic, and college basketball. 155 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:05.199 I feel like had a pretty you know, rather eventful 156 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:07.480 first week. It didn't get as much attention as it 157 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:11.920 probably should, but because college football is still in front 158 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.000 when it comes to attention and always will be during 159 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.160 this time of the year. But you know, you had 160 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:20.000 some pretty decent matchups in the first week of the season. Also, 161 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:24.120 you have a wild story where Auburn they're they're leaving 162 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:27.680 on Friday via you know, airplane, taking a chartered flight 163 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:31.120 I would assume to to go and play Houston and 164 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:35.600 they had to turn the plane around and change plans 165 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:39.200 because of who knows what. We know there was either 166 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:42.320 a fight that nobody could break up, horse play that 167 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:45.200 just I guess hit a different level. But to know 168 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:47.080 that they had to turn the plane around and go 169 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:50.039 back to Auburn, I mean that makes you feel like 170 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:52.840 there was something really scary going on to where they felt. 171 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:55.240 When I say they, I guess the flight attendant and 172 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:58.759 the pilot felt in danger and felt it was it 173 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:00.960 was a big enough issue to where they had to 174 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:03.720 go back. So then they end up leaving the next 175 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.559 They end up leaving morning of game day without the 176 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:08.639 two that apparently got into a fight that caused the 177 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:11.080 flight to be turned around, and then Auburn goes in 178 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:14.759 and beats Houston, which I will say leaning into things 179 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:18.000 like that can probably offend some, but I did find 180 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:22.159 it funny after Auburn won, the players, you know, it's 181 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:25.000 celebrating on the court after knowing they were, you know, 182 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:27.679 picking up a huge victory, but also involved in a 183 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:30.240 story that embarrasses them in the program. Why not lean 184 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:32.360 into it they're doing like the airplane thing, Like I 185 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:34.679 don't know, if you guys know I'm visually doing it 186 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:36.440 right now. Only Austin can see it, but like they 187 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:38.799 had their arms out, moving side to side as if 188 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:43.039 you know, they were airplanes. Again. It probably irritated some 189 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.159 Auburn fans or you know, anybody who just thought that 190 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:47.919 was classless. But I thought it was kind of funny, 191 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:50.159 you know, leaning into something that clearly you're going to 192 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:52.039 be made fun of, and it's going to be a 193 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:54.320 part of, you know, your story. Like if Auburn ends 194 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:56.399 up being really good this year, people will still remember 195 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:00.240 what happened as their season started, because what happened again 196 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:04.120 was far from far from normal. All right, So look, 197 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:05.679 if you guys want to join us on the show today, 198 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:07.759 you can no guest scheduled, so you guys will have 199 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:10.919 the opportunity to uh to join in on the show. 200 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:13.440 Five O two five seventy nine hundred is the number 201 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:14.960 if you want to give us a call. Text line 202 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:17.559 is five O two sixty five three zero seven ninety 203 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:21.080 the L and N Federal Credit Union text line. We've 204 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:24.080 got Austin in the house today. John is out today. 205 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:26.399 He has the day off, and John's going to be 206 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:29.120 sort of in a hybrid role moving forward, which we can. 207 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:30.679 We can get to that down the line, but he's 208 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:32.879 just off today. So therefore we always go to the 209 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:36.120 bullpen and bring in miss Drawston Montgomery soup. How you 210 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:38.960 doing me, I'm good. It's good to plan to everyone listening. 211 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:40.720 It's good to be back on here. Yeah, it's always 212 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:43.159 good to have you, my man. Always good to congratulations 213 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:45.639 a John too Big announcement on social media today. Oh 214 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.320 did he make it published? Yes, yeah, he sure did well. 215 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:50.919 I was gonna wait. Thank you man, thank you for 216 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:55.559 jumping the gun my bad. It's fine. I mean, we 217 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:56.960 will get to it later, but I don't want I 218 00:10:57.440 --> 00:10:59.519 want to utilize what's left here in this first segment, 219 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:01.279 just to get right into the basketball side of stuff, 220 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:04.360 because you know that sucked on Saturday. I mean that 221 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:09.600 that was a humbling experience for everybody involved. Seventy seven 222 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:11.879 to fifty five. I mean, I'll just say some obvious 223 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:14.200 things that I know everybody's well aware of. Tennessee was 224 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:17.720 just better. They came out and they were better in 225 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:21.559 every aspect. Rick Barnes hell of a coach. Tennessee is 226 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:24.559 a team that I looked at on paper and did 227 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:27.279 not think there was a whole lot to be worried about. 228 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:29.480 Not to say that I didn't see a scenario Louisville 229 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:32.240 would lose, but clearly, I mean I was way off, 230 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:34.840 and others were as well. Louisville was a favorite when 231 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:39.279 this thing tipped off, and clearly they didn't look like 232 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:41.720 they belonged on the same Floorward Tennessee at times, which 233 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:47.200 again a very humbling experience all the way around. And 234 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:51.720 I'm sure for many it impacted sort of how you 235 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:56.399 viewed this season going. Maybe it impacted what you know, 236 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.960 what you think this team can be. And I mean 237 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:01.399 I would hope that there hasn't been much of a 238 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:03.440 change for anybody when it comes to sort of what 239 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:05.240 you think about Pat Kelsey and what he can do here. 240 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:07.039 But I wouldn't be shocked if there are some that are, 241 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.679 you know, panicking, because that's what we do around here. 242 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:12.000 But I'll just say this right out of the gate, 243 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:18.000 I said, as soon as this team was assembled on paper, right, 244 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:20.639 we knew the pieces Pat Kelsey was going to have 245 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:24.279 to work with. We knew enough about what he wanted 246 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:26.279 to do as a coach as far as what type 247 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:29.600 of style he wanted to play, the identity his previous 248 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:32.480 teams have had so at that moment, I guess what 249 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:35.559 roughly midway through the early summer I suppose is whenever 250 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:37.120 it was all kind of all the pieces were in 251 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:39.440 place and you knew this was the roster, this is 252 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:42.000 a team that can be in the tournament. The pieces 253 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:43.519 are there where you are good enough to be a 254 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:46.320 tournament team. So therefore, if that is the bar, if 255 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.960 that's the expectation in year one that hey, get to 256 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:51.440 the tournament, you know, I don't think Pat Kelsey or 257 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.279 anybody would would say, hey, let's slow down, let's not 258 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:57.840 embrace that, because you know that's too much. This is 259 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:00.639 a rebuild like none of that. So I still believe 260 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:04.200 that the game on Saturday did not make me feel like, Okay, 261 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:06.240 we need to back off of thinking this can be 262 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:08.559 a team that makes the field of sixty eight. We 263 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:10.639 need to, you know, hope they can get to double 264 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:12.399 digit wins. I'm not doing that at all. Now. The 265 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:15.159 reality of the reality of this is none of us know, 266 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:19.759 none of us have a clue. So I mean, I'm 267 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:25.200 bummed just like everybody else, but I'm not I mean, 268 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:26.679 it didn't even enter my mind that we need to 269 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:31.399 reset and start thinking about, you know, adjusting expectations. Now, 270 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:35.159 everybody's expectations different, right. That's why I reiterate as much 271 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:37.240 as I can for me specifically, because I can always 272 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:40.600 speak for myself. If this team makes the tournament, you know, 273 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:44.200 and again how they got there, that'll certainly factor in 274 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:48.120 what expectations are if they're there. I'm just saying I 275 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:50.919 never once thought, Okay, we should, probably, we should probably, 276 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:54.960 you know, back off of thinking this team could potentially 277 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.919 hear their name called on selection Sunday. But if you're 278 00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:00.759 somebody that now says, no, i've seen enough, they won't 279 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:03.120 be in the tournament, then hey, we'll see. Maybe you're 280 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:05.960 maybe you're right, now I'm wrong, Maybe I'm wrong, you're right, 281 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:11.679 vice versa. Whatever. So I still think they can be. 282 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:18.080 But I think what happened on Saturday it was a 283 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:20.120 reminder that Rick Barnes has won a really good coach 284 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:23.080 and I did. Look, I don't want to act like 285 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:28.720 I was in any way feeling that beat down coming, 286 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:30.879 because I talked about it really throughout the week that 287 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:32.919 I felt good about this game. I thought was gonna win, 288 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:34.840 and I didn't think I was really doing any kind 289 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:38.919 of Homer type mental gymnastics upstairs in my brain to 290 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:42.879 to to envision the scenario. But I did mention a 291 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:46.360 few times man style of play, right like Rick Barnes. 292 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:50.159 His team's you know, they've played various different styles over 293 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.559 the years, but his identity has always been, Hey, we're 294 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:55.399 gonna be really physical, we're gonna play really good defense. 295 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:58.879 We're going to limit our mistakes as best we can 296 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:02.559 and really try to make you pay for yours. And 297 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:06.120 I knew that, but I never really thought that maybe 298 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:09.039 Rick Barnes might be the exact guy that could take 299 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:11.279 you out of what you want to do. And he 300 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:14.240 did exactly that. It was a masterclass on how to. 301 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:16.320 And I really talked about this a lot on the 302 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:20.039 postgame show. You know, Rick Barnes, you know, he knew 303 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:22.720 what Pat Kelsey's teams are known for. It's quite clear 304 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:25.360 what Louisville and Pat Kelsey are going to try to do. 305 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:27.240 They want to play a game that's going to have 306 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:30.679 a lot of possessions. They want a lot of a 307 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:33.399 lot of spacing, a lot of movement. They want an 308 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.480 uptempo game. And I don't mean just like a tract me, 309 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:40.559 but I mean just from a tempo standpoint, just think 310 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:43.600 a lot of possessions. Think the ball moving a whole lot, 311 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:47.360 guys catching it in rhythm with enough daylight to fire 312 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:50.919 up an uncontested shot. And we've seen what it looks 313 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:53.879 like when that works. But what we saw on Saturday 314 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:58.159 was what it looks like when somebody has better talent 315 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:04.519 than you overall, and he was able to dictate the 316 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:07.559 pace of that game, in the style of that game, 317 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:11.159 and it and it exposed really what happens when you 318 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:12.840 aren't able to get in what you want to do. 319 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:20.480 So here's the thing we knew that was going to 320 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:22.440 happen at some point, right, Like we knew this team 321 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:26.000 was going to hit some level of adversity because they 322 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:28.879 hadn't hit any adversity really at all. And that's somebody's fault. 323 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:31.240 That doesn't mean somebody did something wrong, but like, at 324 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:33.879 some point all of these guys collectively were going to 325 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:36.519 hit that wall of like, uh oh, this isn't good. 326 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:42.360 We underperformed. What we want to do isn't working. And 327 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:46.000 you know, let's hope that we look back and ended 328 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:49.320 up being really happy that this happened in game two. Now, 329 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:51.519 no matter when it happens. It's never a good thing. 330 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:54.440 But you know, now they got ten days off. Selfishly, 331 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:56.519 as a fan, I hate that there's ten days without 332 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:59.399 a game, but maybe it's the best thing for these 333 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:03.360 guys because use you know what happened Saturday, And I 334 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:05.839 don't mean like they should be demoralized in crying themselves 335 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:08.119 to sleep every night, but it was nothing but a 336 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:10.960 honeymoon party. I think the way Pat described that after 337 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:13.680 the game was nothing but Ada boys, and that's like, 338 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:17.599 that's that's true. That was just really the product of 339 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:20.839 the whole process of hiring a new hiring a new coach, 340 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:24.720 and him really trying to get everybody excited about the 341 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:26.880 future with him as the coach, and he brought in 342 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:29.359 a bunch of players who I still think, you know, 343 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:32.799 you're lucky to have, you're fortunate to have. But you know, 344 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.279 the ceiling for this group, I never really knew what 345 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:39.920 it was, and I still don't, but Saturday's result is 346 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:43.000 a is certainly a reminder that the ceiling may not 347 00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:45.279 be that high. As far as you know. When you 348 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:48.920 play teams that have a roster full of guys that 349 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:51.640 have played a lot of college basketball, maybe their numbers 350 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:53.720 don't wow you, but you know what, they were five star, 351 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:55.839 four star recruits coming out of high school and they 352 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:57.839 played an as system with Brick Barnes for a long time. 353 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:01.559 Like you're gonna be outmatched when it comes to those 354 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:06.279 type of matchups. So you can grow from this and 355 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:10.839 you can improve to where the next time you're playing 356 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:14.000 this kind of an opponent that you know is a 357 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:16.920 legitimate top fifteen team and they have better players than 358 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:21.240 you overall, and they were able to keep you from 359 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:23.880 getting into what you wanted to do, keeping you from 360 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:27.640 dictating style, pace, all that kind of stuff, Like you're 361 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:30.799 gonna have opportunities to see, Okay, did we get better? 362 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:35.519 Did we learn? And you know, I would hope that 363 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:38.000 the next time they're presented with this type of situation, 364 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:39.680 which they're gonna play some really good teams from now 365 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:42.440 until I mean, heck, the schedule is so loaded up front. 366 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:44.359 I mean when they take off to go to the 367 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:46.200 Bahamas and play Indiana, they're going to be playing a 368 00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:48.319 team that is very talented, that has the edge in 369 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:50.640 that department. So at that point I hope to see 370 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:54.039 that they've learned from the Tennessee loss to where, you know, 371 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:57.759 it's not a twenty two point loss again, so and 372 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:00.279 I believe that they will get better from it to 373 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:02.440 where they're not going to have that be a routine 374 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:04.839 kind of outing when you play good teams. But what 375 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:07.160 I don't know is is there enough to work with 376 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:08.839 for Pat Kelsey and this team to where you can 377 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:12.680 see yourself not just competing, but like maybe winning these games. 378 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:16.720 And look, teams get upset all the time, but I 379 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:19.400 don't want to have to rely on a good team 380 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:22.480 to really just have such a bad night for you 381 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.759 to feel like you have a chance of beating it. 382 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:25.559 But maybe that's where we are, Like maybe we learn 383 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:31.400 that throughout this season. So a humbling experience, no doubt. 384 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:35.160 And now they got to sit ten days and we 385 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:38.119 wait to see them play Bellerman, who I believe is 386 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:42.039 the next opponent. So you know, I'm sure there's gonna 387 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:45.559 be many that have issues with the all the three 388 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:47.759 point shots, what were they doing offensively? This and that? 389 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:49.519 And I don't want to beat a dead horse. And 390 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:51.119 I also don't want to nerd out too much on 391 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:55.359 like basketball, you know, I don't want to get into 392 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:57.640 the weeds on stuff that people one don't know what 393 00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:59.279 I'm talking about when it comes to basketball, or don't 394 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:01.599 care because they don't think it's interesting, they think it's boring. 395 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:04.839 But this is if there's ever a time to reiterate 396 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:07.319 it again, I'll do it like. That's what he like. 397 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:10.720 The guy that Louisville hired a lot of three point shots, 398 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:12.960 even if it's early in the shot clock, even if 399 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:15.799 it's not like a wide open look like that. That's 400 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:18.400 that's what he's gonna do. Now, what I hope they 401 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:21.240