WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.080 It's time for coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:09.919 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:11.080 Holy crap, I. 4 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:13.000 Don't know who the hell we think we are. 5 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:16.480 Get off our show, idiot. The kids are playing or 6 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:19.000 tail off, crying. The countries are screwing it up. Gold 7 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:21.839 Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 8 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.039 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:26.800 Who's the kid here? 10 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:28.679 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:29.559 Are you kidding me? 12 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:30.519 Now? 13 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:35.119 Here's Nick coffee? 14 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:39.520 All right, good afternoon, Welcome in Game day edition. Here 15 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:42.880 Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven 16 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:46.280 ninety Nick Coffee with you. We've got Austin Montgomery once 17 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:48.240 again back in the house as we take you up 18 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:51.200 until six o'clock. And there is a lot to get 19 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:55.600 into here today. And I was going to start by 20 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:58.520 letting you know that I cannot wait till nine o'clock 21 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:03.600 tonight to act like a lunatic and just lose my mind, 22 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:06.879 kind of like I did during those games in the Bahamas. 23 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:09.400 And I hope that that's the case, because I would 24 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:11.280 say that if I'm losing my mind and I'm really 25 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:14.640 you know, in rare form worrying about maybe waking up 26 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:17.200 my kids, who my kid and the kids won't be asleep, 27 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:18.040 they're gonna watch with me. 28 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:19.120 But my point is like. 29 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:24.439 I'm excited about tonight and everything about the Bahamas trip, 30 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:28.000 the battle for Atlantis last week made me feel alive. 31 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:33.239 The excitement and the I mean just the awesome, awesome 32 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:36.239 result in the first game against Indiana where you just 33 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:38.959 bent them over. I mean Mike Woodson, I mean he's 34 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.480 still recovering from the ass whooping that Pat Kelsey gave him. 35 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:44.959 And then the next game it was a heart I 36 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:46.760 mean it was it was I was at a heart attack, 37 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:49.400 almost died. I feel like I'm at Churchill Down's with 38 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:51.799 the family for Thanksgiving because that's what we do, and 39 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:53.840 I'm just off in a corner by myself, watching on 40 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:56.200 my phone, just not even knowing what happened in my family. 41 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:58.239 They could have left, I wouldn't have known. But that's 42 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:00.519 how you know, that's how insane I And then of 43 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:04.239 course the heartbreaker in the championship game against Oklahoma. That 44 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:06.840 was tough to lose, a game that was right there 45 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:08.800 and it would have been awesome to get another real 46 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:12.120 good win. So I forgot what it's like to be 47 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:15.520 crazy about Louisville basketball. You know when your team has life, 48 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:18.159 and Louisville certainly has life. So I am excited about tonight. 49 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:22.759 But about twenty minutes ago, we got some tough news 50 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:26.039 that really isn't that surprising. I think it started to 51 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:27.520 look like this was going to be the case. But 52 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:30.960 Coorin Johnson, the transfer from Washington, only played in two 53 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:32.400 games this year for Louisville. 54 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:34.400 He is out for the rest of the season. 55 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:37.599 He's gonna have shoulder surgery, which means he's out for 56 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:39.639 the year, going a red shirt. No clue what he'll 57 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:44.400 do with the year of eligibility he'll have after red shirting. 58 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:47.039 But you know, this is a guy that was one 59 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:48.520 of the more I mean you now have with Case 60 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:52.080 and Pryor after the year with the torn acl We 61 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:55.400 found that out yesterday Coorin Johnson confirming that he did 62 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:57.879 see a specialist, and I guess he got a second opinion, 63 00:02:57.879 --> 00:02:59.560 and I guess both opinions were that he needs to 64 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:02.560 shut it down on and get and get surgery. You know, 65 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.280 you've lost two of the most talented guys that you 66 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:08.120 brought in the portal. This is not in any way 67 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:12.479 ideal for Louisville basketball. I mean, it's just not. But 68 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:21.360 I'm I'm surprised, kind of irritated, and dare I say motivated, 69 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:24.800 because I mean, I'm not gonna I'm not gonna tell 70 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:29.800 anybody that this doesn't change sort of how we look 71 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:30.840 at the rest of the season. 72 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:31.960 This changes a lot. 73 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:35.719 Ceiling not as high for this team without Case and 74 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:38.639 Pryor and also with Koran Johnson. But I think people 75 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:40.719 forget Karan Johnson didn't play in the Bahamas. 76 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:42.240 He'd be great to have. 77 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:44.919 I mean, you want him, your your ceiling is not 78 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:49.039 as high without him, But I mean you saw this 79 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:52.319 team play pretty good without him. Now Case and Price 80 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:53.599 is a little bit different. I think you can do 81 00:03:53.680 --> 00:04:01.199 some things to maybe lighten the uh the trying to 82 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:02.560 think of the right way to describe it, because you 83 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:05.560 really can't ask anybody, even collectively to kind of give 84 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:07.199 you what he gave you. And I don't mean just 85 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:09.120 because you know, because of his production, because of his numbers, 86 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:11.439 because his numbers really weren't that crazy. But he's just 87 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:15.919 a very very rare player athletics six foot ten. Don't 88 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:17.360 know if he can shoot it but he does like 89 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:19.600 to shoot it and makes it occasionally, but still a 90 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:22.759 good athlete got a good handle, can really, you know, 91 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:25.879 cause some mismatch problems. And I think you can change 92 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:27.319 some things as far as what you're doing in the 93 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:30.639 half court to maybe he doesn't seem as missed, but 94 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:32.199 I don't know if Pat Kelsey's going to do that. 95 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:35.800 So again, you know, this stinks, But I'm surprised by 96 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:38.959 the amount of Louisville fans that act like we should 97 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:41.040 just cancel the season now. I mean, why would just 98 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:43.519 shut it down and just plan for next year? And 99 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:45.560 it's not like it's the entire fan base. But like 100 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:48.639 I put out that, I still think Louisville has the 101 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:52.959 pieces to put together a season where you could find 102 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.800 yourself appearing in the NCAA Tournament and you would have thought, 103 00:04:56.839 --> 00:04:58.839 I said Louisville was going to go beat the Chicago 104 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:02.240 Bulls in ninety seven. I mean, like, I don't think 105 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:04.120 that that's that crazy to say. You realized they put 106 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:07.120 sixty eight teams in the tournament, guys, right, and there's 107 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:09.000 teams that make it every year that you know aren't 108 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:11.800 very good. Maybe we've just had maybe because we haven't 109 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:15.040 been involved in Selections Sunday in a long time. We 110 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:17.600 have not been relevant enough as a program to even 111 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.839 really need to tune in on Selection Sunday since what 112 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:28.079 two thousand and gosh was it twenty nineteen? I guess 113 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:30.439 it was twenty twenty one whenever they were the first 114 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:33.000 team left out. But there are a lot of teams 115 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:37.920 that you wouldn't claim are good or you know, dangerous 116 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:40.439 or elite by any means that end up getting in 117 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:43.399 the tournament. So you know, if they don't make it, 118 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:46.360 I'm not going to be totally stunned, but like, this 119 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:48.319 is a this is less than ideal. 120 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:50.759 But I. 121 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:54.519 Still think that this team can win some games. I 122 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:56.920 still think they can win tonight. They're still favored in 123 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:01.040 tonight's game, and they were opening line faces whenever Buddy 124 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:04.160 knew that Cason Pryor wasn't gonna play. I'm not saying 125 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:07.639 that that means they're gonna win, because obviously Louisville's been 126 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:09.639 favorite in games they've lost and vice versa, Like it 127 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:13.240 doesn't always work out that way, But in a weird way, 128 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:14.920 I'm kind of like, well, I hope they win tonight 129 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:16.920 so I can go dunk on people who are acting 130 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:19.399 like it's insane to think that this team could still 131 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:20.040 be any good. 132 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:24.759 So anyways, welcome inn. 133 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:27.920 It is Coffee and Company, and again we are fiel 134 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:30.120 Abou Thorton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety Nick Coffee 135 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:33.480 with you, Austin Montgomery alongside. I mean again, you know 136 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:35.680 that it's not it's not good news to have these 137 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:38.319 guys out for the entire season, But like, do you 138 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:41.000 think And again, if you if you totally disagree, then 139 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:43.240 tell me I'm not. I'm not setting you up here 140 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:45.240 to just say, yeah, Nick, you're right, I agree with you. 141 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:46.720 I want you to shoot me straight, like, do you 142 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:50.720 still think this team could be a tournament team with. 143 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:52.160 With what they have? Absolutely? 144 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:52.439 I do? 145 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:56.160 Okay, and you mean that right, yes, yes, because I'm 146 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:59.079 not just agreeing with you, I actually actually do them. 147 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.560 When we were talking about the Cayson prior injury, I 148 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:03.040 think that there were a lot of people over the 149 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:05.439 weekend that were just I wouldn't say ready to cast 150 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:08.240 him off, but they were a little bit angry about 151 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:10.720 the shot selection and how he's kind of playing outside 152 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:12.600 as means I get it that he can knock a 153 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:14.360 few down from out there, but it seemed like Kayson 154 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:18.759 Prior was always offensively floating around the perimeter mark where 155 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:21.120 he shouldn't have been. I don't think that there's gonna 156 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:23.839 be a lot of lost sleep over him offensively. I mean, 157 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:25.519 of course it helps when he gives you those kind 158 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:28.079 of plays where he's rim running behind like a guard 159 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.000 coming down there. But he is really, really, really a 160 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:32.879 big loss on more of the defensive end. 161 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:33.560 That's what I'd be more. 162 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:36.120 Just a athlete with link. Yeah, and you don't really 163 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.360 have anybody that you can just automatically. Now, I do 164 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:43.959 think when it comes to defense, rebounding athleticism, that's where 165 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:45.759 when you get Trey ore back, he can help you 166 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:47.480 in that role. Now, yes, he's not going to be 167 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:48.920 a guy that can score much for you. And that's 168 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:51.800 but Cason Pryor again for the amount of shots that 169 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:52.480 you know, let me. 170 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:53.279 Pull up his numbers here. 171 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:55.480 And this is where I kind of tried to tiptoe 172 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:58.079 around it yesterday because I don't want to. I don't 173 00:07:58.120 --> 00:07:59.639 want it to I don't I don't want to act 174 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:01.279 like I'm saying this guy's not any good and Louis 175 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:03.000 is going to be fine without him. So I'm trying 176 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:05.519 to find that middle ground, that balance, because you know 177 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:08.240 he'll be missed. Louisville will be a much better team 178 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:10.920 if they had him. Same thing with Caseon, but same 179 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:12.879 thing with with Korn Johnson. But Corn Johnson's only playing 180 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:13.480 two games. Yeh. 181 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:15.680 When he played against Tennessee, he scored two points, so 182 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:17.920 almost out a sight out of mind. And I had 183 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:19.040 to say that for the young man. 184 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:21.199 But yeah, and with Prior it's a little bit different, 185 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:22.600 there's no doubt about it. But when you look at 186 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:26.399 his you know, his numbers, I mean, I think his 187 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:28.879 shooting percentages. I'm waiting for my internet to load here. Yeah, 188 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:31.839 I mean he's shooting on the season. Case in Prior, 189 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:36.879 he's shooting fifteen percent from three thirty six percent from 190 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:41.399 the field. And you know, again, so his production, I 191 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:43.960 feel like it's not crazy at all to think that 192 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:45.559 you could make that up. You may have to do 193 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.200 some different things to get the twelve points the game 194 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:51.240 that he was getting, but were you really again, the 195 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.279 ceiling is not as high, and you've lost a long 196 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:57.120 athlete who is a little bit different than not only 197 00:08:57.240 --> 00:08:58.559 most of the guys on your team, but a lot 198 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:00.799 of the guys you're going to play just because you know. 199 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:03.720 That's what makes case In a very intriguing player. One, 200 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.600 he has some real ability about him. But he's a 201 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:09.039 six ' ten guy that really is not in any 202 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:12.320 way a post player. And you know when he ends 203 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:15.399 up being defended by post players and he can take 204 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:17.639 advantage of that. I mean, what I would say about 205 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:20.200 case and pryor other than just having you know, good 206 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:23.559 size and athleticism that makes him a dangerous player. He's 207 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:25.480 a really good ball handler for a guy that's six ten, 208 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:28.399 so and you're not going to get that without him. 209 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:30.440 I mean, you know, there's nobody fall off the court sometimes. 210 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:32.759 Yeah, So again I'm trying to find the middle ground 211 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:34.559 to where I can acknowledge that, yes, this is less 212 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:38.080 than ideal, this changes things, But like you still have 213 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:42.799 your two leading scorers, and I don't think that the 214 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:44.960 leading scorers right now are going to be much different 215 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:45.759 towards the end of the year. 216 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:48.440 Like maybe just maybe rain. 217 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:52.519 Smith kind of falls off slightly, but you know, he's 218 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:55.279 scoring thirteen a game. Chucky heapburns up to about fifteen 219 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:58.200 a game. So you know, if you lost Chucky Hepburn, 220 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:01.000 that'd be a totally different scenario. Look, Chuck, he's gonna 221 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:02.519 play a lot more minutes now, there's no doubt about it, 222 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:05.360 especially with Korn not coming back at all. But you know, 223 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:08.240 he was already playing a lot of minutes. And for 224 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:10.639 those saying, well did you see how ghast he was, well, yeah, 225 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:12.519 you played three games in three days, one that went 226 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:13.159 into overtime. 227 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:14.399 Like that's not normal. 228 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:18.159 So, you know, rarely am I the guy providing optimism 229 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:21.159 for people because everybody acts like I'm some gloom and doom, 230 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:23.960 miserable human being. And I guess maybe it can appear 231 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:26.879 like that at times. But look, we've been dead as 232 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.639 a program for years, I mean lifeless, so much so 233 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:32.559 that I know all of you listening that are, you know, 234 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:35.159 like me, obsessed with Wolves of Basketball. You care about 235 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:37.080 it more than you probably should. You just can't shake it. 236 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:40.279 It's just part of us. You were experiencing things last 237 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:41.960 week that you haven't experienced in a long time, and 238 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:42.840 you forgot what it felt like. 239 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:43.679 Yeah, so. 240 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:47.600 I know they could lose a couple more players, and 241 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:51.120 I'm gonna be enjoying watching a competitive team that is 242 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:53.919 that you know, isn't what we had the last few years. 243 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:57.399 So you know, if you disagree, you think I'm pumping 244 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:59.759 sunshine and you know, leading the pep rally trying to 245 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:01.720 you know, be a cheerleader, then that's fine. I'm just 246 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:04.759 you know, nobody would ever act like, oh, no big deal, 247 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:07.600 who cares, but just this, oh my god, we might 248 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:10.559 as well just like Pat Kelsey should just let his 249 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:12.519 assistance coach the rest of the season, and he's going 250 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.960 to go out recruiting players, Like, why don't we sack 251 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:17.600 up and have some life about it? I mean, it's 252 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:20.559 almost like people don't even watch the Bahamas. Yeah, I mean, 253 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.320 you played three good teams and you beat two of them. 254 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:25.559 I agree, and you and you came away from the 255 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:28.360 Bahamas unfortunately down a player with Case and Pryor, and 256 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:30.879 I know you couldn't capitalize off of that last win. 257 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:33.879 But it feels like ever since going up to the Bahamas, 258 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:36.559 after getting spanked by Tennessee and after kind of a 259 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.159 couple home games or we're really trying to find our. 260 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:41.240 Identity, those were such a waste, weren't they. 261 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:44.759 I'm telling you, it's anything, and they seem like forever ago, 262 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:45.600 it was like you and c. 263 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:47.200 Wilmington or something like that. 264 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:50.360 It was went through up Inwenllerman, Yes, and he took 265 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:51.840 care of business. But it just felt like they were 266 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:53.399 ready to get those games over so they could go 267 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:55.480 see where they stand whenever they play real teams again. 268 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:57.039 And I don't know about you guys, I feel like 269 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:57.840 they did pretty well. 270 00:11:58.000 --> 00:11:58.240 Yeah. 271 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:00.080 I think they did too, and I feel like they 272 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:03.480 found their identity on offense. They walked away with understanding, 273 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:05.840 we don't need to just kind of like search the 274 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:08.000 perimeter for these shots, because that's what we did in 275 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:11.679 the first shot at the Bahamas and over the summer, 276 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:13.679 even you came out and said it, this team might 277 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:15.360 you know, it's not gonna be every game they might 278 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:17.759 break this single game record because they could have had 279 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:20.039 the single game record that they called those actual games 280 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:21.600 when they played the Baja Mar team. 281 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:24.440 Same thing in their first exhibition game as well. Yeah, 282 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:26.879 when they played who was it that team that was 283 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:28.279 Young Harris or something. 284 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:30.279 Yeah, young Harris. Yeah. 285 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:34.559 So you know, like I think against West Virginia and 286 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:37.080 maybe that'll end up not looking like some big win. 287 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:40.200 I don't know, it's early, but I was impressed because 288 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:42.759 they won a game that was not in any way 289 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:44.840 played the way they want to play. They were able 290 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:46.519 to win a different way, and they were able to 291 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:48.679 rely on Chucky. Hepburn to go create some magic in 292 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:50.360 the half court, and you know, he had a game 293 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:52.360 where it's gonna be tough for him to maybe ever 294 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:53.919 reproduce that. But I don't think he needs to be 295 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:57.720 that guy every night. So you know, what I really 296 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:01.039 want to see, and I don't don't have a clue 297 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:05.480 what to expect, is will we see some adjustments to 298 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:08.720 the identity now that you don't have a case in prior? 299 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:11.360 And I would say the same thing about Corn Johnson, 300 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:13.840 but they've been doing the same thing without him, meaning 301 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:16.360 same style. And I'm not asking Pat Kelsey to change 302 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:19.679 his philosophy and change what he does. But I do 303 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:23.159 think that you're not as good in the half You're 304 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:25.559 not as good at running without prior. 305 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:27.440 I mean, you're just not. That's where he. 306 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:29.240 Could really like he could get the ball up the 307 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:31.759 court and beat other guys at his size and go 308 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:34.440 dunk on somebody Like that's just where you're you're gonna 309 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:35.960 miss that. So I don't want you to pound the 310 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:37.559 air out of the ball and play in the half court. 311 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:40.519 But I do think more sets in the half court 312 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:43.360 to one get Chucky in space to where he can 313 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:46.000 either make a play on his own or create for somebody. 314 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:47.399 I think you can need to run some action to 315 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:51.320 get nowhere Waterman some clean looks. So you know, I 316 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:52.960 don't know if we'll see that tonight, because you know, 317 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:55.879 they found out yesterday about casein, so they had a 318 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:57.960 day to prepare. So my guess is they're gonna they're 319 00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:00.679 going about this thing is, hey, next man up. We're 320 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:02.519 gonna continue to do what we do and we're gonna 321 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:05.039 be who we are and somebody goes down, we got 322 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:06.720 a guy on the bench that's gonna have to step 323 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:09.519 up and play. And you know, maybe that works out. 324 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:12.080 We'll have we'll have to see. But tonight they've got 325 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:14.360 a big opportunity. And I think despite the bad news 326 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:17.279 that you got yesterday and today, this team can still 327 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:18.720 go win and it would be a big time win. 328 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:21.240 I mean, I don't know if there's gonna be many 329 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:23.879 wins for the ACC and this ACC SEC challenge, but 330 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:26.799 Louisville is favored tonight and I'm hoping that there's a good, 331 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:29.720 lively crowd there and uh, you know, they're drunk. It's 332 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:33.559 gonna be late nine o'clock tip, and uh be nice, 333 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:35.799 be nice to get a win here because you know 334 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:39.000 there's value, right. These are games that if you lose, 335 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:40.279 you know, it's not it's not the end of the world. 336 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:42.559 You're losing to a ranked team, but you are at home, 337 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:44.919 and a win here by the end of the season 338 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:47.600 will probably end up looking like a really valuable win 339 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:49.360 for you, because I would imagine Ole Miss will end 340 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:52.320 up being a pretty good team and they'll probably end 341 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:55.000 up being, you know, a decent seed in the tournament. Now, 342 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:56.960 beating them at home won't give you as much value, 343 00:14:57.000 --> 00:15:00.000 but still there's there's some value there. So we'll continue 344 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:02.320 you to talk hoops as we get set for tonight's 345 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:04.799 matchup Louisville and Ole Miss. Some other things we need 346 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:07.279 to get into today. When it comes to the ACC 347 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:10.639 SEC Challenge, people are in denial about the league and 348 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:12.639 I don't know what it is. I'm gonna talk about 349 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:14.879 coming up here in about ten minutes when we get 350 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:18.200 back from our first break, But the evidence is right 351 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:19.600 in front of you. I don't even have to pull 352 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:22.159 the numbers, but I did. The ACC is a basketball 353 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:24.000 league in the last ten years has become a shell 354 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:27.039 of itself. And there are people that like, I know 355 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:29.000 that like cover and I don't mean like I know 356 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:31.559 the minute's a big deal, but like people whose opinion 357 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:33.840 I respect when it comes to basketball, that will look 358 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:35.279 at what is right in front of our face and 359 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:38.159 act like it's not the case. Like they'll tell you 360 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.279 that the ACC is just fine. And I don't mean 361 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:44.480 part of me says, you know, hey, Louisvill can take 362 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:45.879 advantage of it and win a bunch of games and 363 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:50.200 maybe win the league moving forward and great. But I, 364 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:52.399 as someone who is a Louisville fan my whole life, 365 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:55.320 I'm thirty six, I never really felt like Louisville. 366 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.639 I never I could never get. 367 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:58.679 Into the conference pride. Louisville was in a bunch of 368 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:00.720 different leagues growing up. They were into in a football 369 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:03.799 for a chunk of my childhood. But when Louisvill got 370 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:06.000 in the Big Eastern Basketball, I felt like, Okay, this 371 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:08.399 is awesome. We are a part of an elite league 372 00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:11.759 that nobody can claim is not the best college basketball 373 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:13.600 conference and it's not close. Well, then you go to 374 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:15.399 the ACC and it gets you, know, you feel like 375 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:19.120 it's getting even better. And now I don't know if 376 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:22.240 you play in a league that is the I mean 377 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:25.440 of the Power four, is it the fourth best league 378 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:27.559 or the Power five? I should say it's it's probably 379 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:31.000 fourth at best. And you know that makes me sad. 380 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:32.559 I mean, I can't do anything about it. I can't 381 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:36.080 change it. But anytime I bring up the fact that, like, man, 382 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:38.399 what happened to the ACC? Why is nobody talking about it? 383 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:40.519 I get? I get you know those that are in denial, 384 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:42.360 telling me what are you talking about? NC State went 385 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:45.639 did the Final four? Okay, pull whatever singular data point 386 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:48.879 you want to convince yourself whatever you want, but the 387 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:52.000 ACC is nowhere near what it once was in hoops 388 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:54.600 and the numbers that I have to back that up 389 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:57.240 will probably floor you unless you're somebody that you know 390 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:01.480 is living on planet Earth and realizing what we're watching here. Also, 391 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:03.639 we'll get into some louisvill football stuff, but I will 392 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:04.839 go ahead and share the news for those of you 393 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:08.160 that might have missed it earlier today, Colin Lacy confirming 394 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.960 he will be back for Louisville. 395 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:13.359 Not only is that huge, I mean. 396 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.759 That's a guy that you know, I kind of feel 397 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:17.440 like you already won in the portal here because he's 398 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:19.000 a guy that if he does hit the portal, everybody's 399 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:19.559 gonna want him. 400 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:22.039 And he was already here. But him, I mean, I 401 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.839