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<v Speaker 1>It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day. Now, here's Nick coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I thought it was going to be an

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<v Speaker 2>awkward start today because we only get one hour with you,

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<v Speaker 2>which will make the most of it. It's coffee and

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<v Speaker 3>Appreciate you hanging out with us.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, one hour instead of three, so you are

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<v Speaker 2>short changed today, But that's okay. We'll make the most

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<v Speaker 2>of it. And I mean this to I mean today

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like a part timer. Right. The job is, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>there's not as much to it as it is there

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<v Speaker 2>usually is, because you know, one hour instead of three.

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<v Speaker 3>It's pretty it's pretty obvious.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm ready to roll on a Friday at five,

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<v Speaker 2>usually Friday at five, Like when you get there, it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's all right.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go, like, let's just let loose.

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<v Speaker 2>However, today my work day starts at five o'clock on

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<v Speaker 2>a Friday, which is kind of awkward. But that all

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<v Speaker 2>went out the window when I heard Pat Kelsey there

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<v Speaker 2>in his press conference from earlier today. We played that

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<v Speaker 2>we had a little bit of time left before we

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<v Speaker 2>got to the top of the hour, So I figured,

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<v Speaker 2>why not let you hear the man of the hour,

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<v Speaker 2>the man that has revived this basketball program, the one

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<v Speaker 2>and only Pat Kelsey. And I mean, he's fired up

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<v Speaker 2>about the thought of playing Stanford tomorrow. He's fired up

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<v Speaker 2>about people who I don't even know if this is true,

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<v Speaker 2>but in his mind he thinks that there's people out

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<v Speaker 2>there claiming that mid major coaches from the conference he

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<v Speaker 2>used to coach and can't can't, can't hack it at

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<v Speaker 2>the top level.

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<v Speaker 3>He's fired up about it.

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<v Speaker 4>He's not here for that disrespect.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm fired up too. So we got an hour

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<v Speaker 2>with you. We'll make the most of it again. Coffee

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<v Speaker 2>and company, fuel about Thornton's Nick Coffee. That's me the

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<v Speaker 2>tribal chief, Austin Montgomery alongside. And where do we start.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like this is going to be a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a rapid fire afternoon because again, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot to get to but not as much time as

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<v Speaker 2>we typically have. But I will say this as someone

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<v Speaker 2>who loves college basketball, and I feel like, right now, baby,

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<v Speaker 2>it's March. It's March seventh. It's our time to shine.

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<v Speaker 2>We haven't got to the big conference tournaments just yet.

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<v Speaker 2>The NCAA tournament, of course, hasn't started yet. We've got,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, roughly nine days from We're nine days away

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<v Speaker 2>from selection Sunday. But still the NFL is the season's over.

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<v Speaker 2>They had Combine Super Bowls in the rear view, and

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like it's college basketball's time to shine. And

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<v Speaker 2>this has been a phenomenal season. And I mean, like

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville fans of course, like if you're just in your

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<v Speaker 2>own bubble, I get it. I've been there with you

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<v Speaker 2>for the most part, because man, this is just it's

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<v Speaker 2>been so much fun watching Louisville basketball not only not

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<v Speaker 2>be terrible like we were the last couple of years,

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<v Speaker 2>but like we're good, We're fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 3>We got a coach who I you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, I know, I'm one of many, many, many that

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<v Speaker 2>love this guy, and he is perfect for us. So

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<v Speaker 2>things are great for us, but also college BASKETBA I'm

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<v Speaker 2>telling you, guys, man, like we've got some really good teams.

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<v Speaker 2>I said this the other day, and we'll see when

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<v Speaker 2>we get there. As far as the round of thirty two,

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<v Speaker 2>but if this thing goes chalk meaning the seeds that

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<v Speaker 2>are supposed to win advance past the round of sixty four.

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<v Speaker 2>I think with the landscape currently with college basketball, we

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<v Speaker 2>could absolutely have and they'll be upset, so this won't happen.

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<v Speaker 2>But overall, like the round of thirty two, you've got

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<v Speaker 2>like six seed play and three seed, right, you've got

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<v Speaker 2>one seed play in, an eight seed, you've got two.

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<v Speaker 3>Seed play in. Who would it be? Seven seed? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>So like.

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<v Speaker 2>Those teams may still win, they'll be favorites, but like

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<v Speaker 2>there should be some really really great action in college shops.

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<v Speaker 2>I say all that to say I just need to

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<v Speaker 2>not expect anybody to actually give a damn about college

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<v Speaker 2>basketball at the rate that we do, because right now,

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<v Speaker 2>the two biggest stories in sports are these two things.

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<v Speaker 2>James leaving the huddle in the fourth quarter last night

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<v Speaker 2>the Lakers game to go address Stephen A. Smith, who

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<v Speaker 2>was not working, wasn't on the call, wasn't a part

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<v Speaker 2>of the broadcast, was just sitting courtside because you just

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<v Speaker 2>inked a one hundred million dollar deal with the ESPN.

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<v Speaker 2>And Lebron went up to him and and and and

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to put him in his place, because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Steven A Smith, who is a clown. Although a successful

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<v Speaker 2>clown who I don't have an issue with. I just

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<v Speaker 2>treat steven A. Smith for what it is, Like it's

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<v Speaker 2>not like he's giving me analysis.

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<v Speaker 3>He's not.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's a character and that's okay, Like he's

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<v Speaker 2>he you And I don't say he's an actor, but

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<v Speaker 2>like he's a character.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, he is an actor.

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<v Speaker 2>He did soap operas too, So you know, that's the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest story, is that Lebron was upset about something steven A.

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<v Speaker 2>Smith said about his son, which, by the way, it's

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<v Speaker 2>all Lebron's fault for you know, and nobody would have

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<v Speaker 2>had your son in the NBA if you didn't force

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<v Speaker 2>it when he's clearly not an NBA player. And then

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<v Speaker 2>also Charles Barkley, like the NBA is so bad that

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<v Speaker 2>the games themselves, the actual substance that is National Basketball

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<v Speaker 2>Association action it it's it's a nothing burger. So therefore

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<v Speaker 2>you got Lebron calling out Stephen A courtside in Los Angeles,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you also have Charles Barkley taking a shot

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<v Speaker 2>at Kendrick Perkins like that's though, and I'm not kidding you.

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<v Speaker 3>You can look all across the I mean again, I

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<v Speaker 3>guess everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>Can be in their own bubble absorbing whatever they really

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<v Speaker 2>care about when it comes to sports. But I'm you know,

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<v Speaker 2>where do you Where do people initially go and they

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<v Speaker 2>want to know what's the latest headline or story news

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<v Speaker 2>in sports? They go to the four letter network and

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<v Speaker 2>those two things are dominating the four letter network.

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<v Speaker 3>And look whatever, I get it.

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<v Speaker 2>Drama that that that that matters, right, that that that sells,

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<v Speaker 2>and the NBA has become that. But I just need

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<v Speaker 2>to stop being surprised by this stuff, Austin, because like,

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<v Speaker 2>college hoops is great, man, it's phenomenal. We've had some

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<v Speaker 2>good mid major conference tournaments uh games thus far. Yet

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<v Speaker 2>it just you know, like we're just like that, we're

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<v Speaker 2>we're there. I don't there was I was about to say,

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<v Speaker 2>can I still say this or is this like a

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<v Speaker 2>cancelable thing?

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<v Speaker 3>Like we're the red headed step child? Like is that

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<v Speaker 3>is that a saying?

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<v Speaker 4>Still? Yeah, I still say that.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't make it up, right, Like that's a thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know any step child that's redheaded that was abused,

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<v Speaker 2>but like I just know that was a saying whenever

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<v Speaker 2>I was young. Yeah, and like that's what college that's

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<v Speaker 2>how college basketball is treated. Like you just you just

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<v Speaker 2>like us because of our bracket. You don't really value us.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't appreciate what's on the inside. You only like

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<v Speaker 2>it's like, you know, it's like a chit got a

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<v Speaker 4>That's that's that's a really good way to put it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the bracket, right, Like you just like looking at

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<v Speaker 2>a bracket and filling it out and thinking about taking

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<v Speaker 2>off work on that Thursday and Friday.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't appreciate as you don't deserve us.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah you're and you're just you're just gonna act like,

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<v Speaker 5>oh well, I always liked her. She always had a

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<v Speaker 5>good personality. And it's the same thing with the Four

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<v Speaker 5>Letter Network and in the same in the same vein

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<v Speaker 5>when we're talking about Steven A. Smith, we're getting coverage

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<v Speaker 5>of that and other people fighting and people fighting at

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<v Speaker 5>the combine, and then all of a sudden, once March

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<v Speaker 5>madness hits, these people are all of a sudden going

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<v Speaker 5>to become college basketball professionals. They're going to tell us

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<v Speaker 5>about who's going to win the tournament when they haven't

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<v Speaker 5>been given a damn the last few months. Now, all

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<v Speaker 5>of a sudden, it's just going to be at the

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<v Speaker 2>And look, I don't mind if you don't like. If

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<v Speaker 2>it's not your thing, it's not your thing. But here,

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<v Speaker 2>here's what. Here's what will happen if, in fact, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we get a few upsets, if this thing ends up

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<v Speaker 2>to where we get let me just pull up a bracketology.

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<v Speaker 4>Because pull it out.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll pull it out on a Friday. It's out.

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<v Speaker 4>No one's here.

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<v Speaker 3>There is nobody here.

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<v Speaker 4>I know, no five o'clock hits.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it was knew I was going to pull it out.

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<v Speaker 5>It was that's right. Well, well we got to watch

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<v Speaker 5>it out because it is. It is International Women's Day today.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know if you notice that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thank you for letting me know that after I

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<v Speaker 2>just made very uh insensitive uh you know bad man

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<v Speaker 2>jokes about pulling it out.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, if they're not here, they're well, mamma don't know,

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<v Speaker 5>don't exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's just say we get you know, Auburn in

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<v Speaker 2>Illinois in the second round. That should be a really

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<v Speaker 2>good game. How about Missouri Iowa State? How about Arizona,

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<v Speaker 2>Texas A and m Kansas Wisconsin. My desk is raising

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<v Speaker 2>how about Marquette Michigan. How about a little Clemson Texas Tech.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want this matchup because I'm scared of hiszz.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh but Michigan State, Louisville. How about Tennessee Ucla?

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<v Speaker 4>Bring it?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you want Matt Painter, Penny Hardaway, I got it,

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<v Speaker 2>the six and three in Milwaukee. How about how about

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<v Speaker 2>Maryland Kentucky, let's go. How about the Turps? How about

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<v Speaker 2>how about they just put Scott Van Pelt's bald head

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<v Speaker 2>on the sideline for Maryland. We got two bald coaches.

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<v Speaker 2>We got the Mark Pos's bald right, Yeah, Yankees bald.

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<v Speaker 5>Too, bald What seemingly is seven footer's going at it?

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<v Speaker 3>Houston, Yukon.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean we got you know, the big bad booty daddy,

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<v Speaker 2>mister Calvin Sampson who's just been winning every chance he gets.

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<v Speaker 2>And Dan Hurley. Don't let him in as an eight seed.

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<v Speaker 2>That guy's one of the last two tournaments. Folks we

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<v Speaker 2>were talking. We're talking in wichital Kansas. Danny Hurley, Kelvin

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<v Speaker 2>Sampson laying it on the table.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, that's mister jewelry right now.

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<v Speaker 2>How about the hottest team in the country, the Mormons

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<v Speaker 2>and b Yu taking on Alabama the two seed, Oh

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<v Speaker 2>you want you want? Chris Jans the dentist, I'm sweating,

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<v Speaker 2>taking on Saint John's and Ricky p who just by

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<v Speaker 2>the way last night, was it was it?

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<v Speaker 3>What show was he on? Was it was it? I

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<v Speaker 3>don't watch those mainstream shows with a Jimmy fallon.

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<v Speaker 1>Was he?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh guy? Oh yeah right?

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<v Speaker 4>Rick?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Rick Rick, Rick's Rick is big time right now.

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<v Speaker 5>I love how they love him now. And six years

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<v Speaker 5>ago he was a perv cancer to the game.

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<v Speaker 3>They want, They wanted him out of the game, they

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so look now he's a darling.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you these were these would be the matchups

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<v Speaker 2>we would get in the second round. And all these

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<v Speaker 2>people that are worried about Lebron James being a dad

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<v Speaker 2>and not being a professional, and Kendrick Perkins and and

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<v Speaker 2>and Charles Barkley talking tough online only to probably you know,

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<v Speaker 3>If they ever see each other.

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<v Speaker 2>Like like that, those people will will will look down

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<v Speaker 2>upon those matchups I just mentioned because they only care

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<v Speaker 2>about Sister Jean, her attention seeking ass stealing the show

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<v Speaker 2>right like they want? Uh, They want Brad Stevens when

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<v Speaker 2>he looks like he might be the equipment manager. No,

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<v Speaker 2>he's coaching Butler and he's gone to two straight title games.

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<v Speaker 2>Like they they all, they're all for the novelty acts.

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<v Speaker 2>They're they're not in the trenches. They're not watching Mac

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<v Speaker 2>Action on a Sunday night like they're not. They're not

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<v Speaker 2>they're they're not built like us, bro, They're not built

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<v Speaker 2>like us. And I just I'm ready to go all

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<v Speaker 2>more so than than than most.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh you're fired up? Oh you got me ready.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like I took a bump and I didn't, but

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<v Speaker 2>I took a Pat Kelsey a little brief, little press conference,

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<v Speaker 2>like a little well Pat Kelsey press press conference, pep talk.

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<v Speaker 2>You might as well go get me a line prepared

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<v Speaker 2>in the broom, guys. I mean, that's what this is

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<v Speaker 2>right here. I'm fired up.

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<v Speaker 4>It's March.

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<v Speaker 3>I am March. We are March. It's what we do

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<v Speaker 3>all right, real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>For those that did not hear, because a lot of people,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, they start their their commute home around five

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock when they get off work. Pack Kelsey and his

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<v Speaker 2>press conference didn't give us much of an update on

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<v Speaker 2>rain Smith, but it was an update that at least

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<v Speaker 2>made me not more worried than I already was, which

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<v Speaker 2>I really wasn't worried, although you know, if I sit

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<v Speaker 2>and stew and think about something long enough, I'll worry

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<v Speaker 2>myself because that's just how I'm wired.

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<v Speaker 3>I got issues.

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<v Speaker 2>But Rain Smith has an ankle issue, which I feel like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you can play through that, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>if you know it was the tournament, he probably would

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<v Speaker 2>have played through it. So I don't know if he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to go tomorrow. I have a feeling he will

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<v Speaker 2>because I think he's going to be able to go,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think they're going to have a longer break

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<v Speaker 2>than they've had typically, right like Saturdy to Thursday is

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<v Speaker 2>a longer break than they've had in the majority of

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<v Speaker 2>the weeks of the season.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's got so many family here.

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<v Speaker 2>I met my wife for lunch and we were down

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<v Speaker 2>on Main Street, went to o'hay's for lunch, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>sure enough, the people working there were like we ended

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<v Speaker 2>up having like three or four different people here throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the week that were part of the party that came

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<v Speaker 2>to Louisville with the Rain Smith crew. Oh so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't give any information as far as his injury status.

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<v Speaker 3>But party from down Undah exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, I just think I think he's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be okay. If he doesn't play. You can really convince

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<v Speaker 2>yourself whatever you want, that it's serious and we should

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<v Speaker 2>be worried. Or maybe they just they realize that Stanford,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's his I mean, I'll just say this, it's

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<v Speaker 2>the last time Rain Smith's gonna play in the YOUM Center.

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<v Speaker 3>So I know, Pat did what you would expect him.

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<v Speaker 2>To do today and say, look, it's gonna be up

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<v Speaker 2>to our training staff. I'm not a doctor. Kate the Great,

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<v Speaker 2>she's phenomenal. She'll she'll let us know what we can

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<v Speaker 2>do with Rain and that's what that look, that's that's

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<v Speaker 2>what you should do in that situation. But I'm also

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<v Speaker 2>you know, able to filter through the I don't even

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<v Speaker 2>want to call it coach speak because I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if he's ever really given us that. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>think he said some things that fall in line with

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<v Speaker 2>coach speak, but he does it in a different way.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, he could probably say anything and we'll

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<v Speaker 2>just eat it up because that's that's how appreciative we

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<v Speaker 2>are of this thing being turned around so quickly. But

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm getting at is I just can't ignore the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that if he doesn't play and it's his last

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<v Speaker 2>home game and he's got so many people there.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, you could say, well they.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't need him, maybe they're up twenty, they're up thirty

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<v Speaker 2>at Stanford, and you may be right, but I'm also

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<v Speaker 2>going to be at least aware that, like he literally

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<v Speaker 2>could not play, because wouldn't you agree austin his last

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<v Speaker 2>game of the Umcenter, He's actually he's played his highest

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<v Speaker 2>level of basketball, meaning he's in the ACC. And and yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I know people can make their jokes about the ACC.

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<v Speaker 2>Rain's had great games again Kentucky against Duke again, like

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<v Speaker 2>when Louisville played good teams, Rain Smith did. Rain Smith thinks, sure.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's actually averaged more points, made more threes. He's

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<v Speaker 2>been better this year at Louisville than he was in

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<v Speaker 2>four years at a lower level at Charleston. So I

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<v Speaker 2>just I refuse to believe. And again that's not me

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<v Speaker 2>telling you that I know this for a fact. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just being honest with you telling you what I think.

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<v Speaker 2>That's kind of what I'm supposed to do here. If

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<v Speaker 2>he cannot if he does not play tomorrow, that means

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<v Speaker 2>he cannot play. And that makes it to where like

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna not be surprised if he can go against

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<v Speaker 2>whoever they play on Thursday. But I'm also going to

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<v Speaker 2>be thinking to myself, I kind of got to see

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<v Speaker 2>him healthy to believe that, like he's gonna be good

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<v Speaker 2>to go in March or good to go in the postseason.

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<v Speaker 2>I should say we already are in March. Do that

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<v Speaker 2>makes sense? Like, yes, you shouldn't risk it.

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<v Speaker 3>You need him.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a weapon. But also like if he simply cannot

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<v Speaker 2>play at all, I you.

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<v Speaker 4>Know, I'm good.

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<v Speaker 2>And again I'm just saying for my own this is

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<v Speaker 2>just my brain here, because others would be like, Nick,

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<v Speaker 2>you're a lunatic.

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<v Speaker 3>Like it's probably not very big of a deal.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Stanford, and yeah, it's his last game, but like

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<v Speaker 2>we should get him healthy because you know, maybe Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>makes a run to the second weekend and you may

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<v Speaker 2>be right, but I also you know, it's an ankle,

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<v Speaker 2>and I an ankle is something that you know when

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<v Speaker 2>you've got. I guess if it's like a high ankle spring,

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<v Speaker 2>which I don't even think it's that. And I'll just

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<v Speaker 2>tell you this. I think he's gonna play to Momore.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I think he's gonna be fine.

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<v Speaker 4>Just tape that thing up.

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm just telling you.

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<v Speaker 2>If in fact he does not go, the reality is

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<v Speaker 2>we'll just have to wait and see if.

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<v Speaker 3>That means anything substantial.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's just a I mean, because it could play

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<v Speaker 2>out the way that Chucky did, right Chucky, it sounds

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<v Speaker 2>like could have played against Miami after having his issue

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<v Speaker 2>against Boston College where he was told he could not return,

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<v Speaker 2>but and it looked fun. He came out against NC

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<v Speaker 2>State that next game and was phenomenal. So maybe that

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<v Speaker 2>same thing here. But I just know, let's be humans here,

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<v Speaker 2>like this is his He's got countless folks from across

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<v Speaker 2>the pond, from across the planet, really that if come

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<v Speaker 2>to watch him, and if he can't, if he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>play at all, to me, that says he's legitimately dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with something that we just have to hope and pray

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<v Speaker 2>that he's better by the time we get to Thursday,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, at that point I mean, it's win

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<v Speaker 2>or go home when you get to Charlotte, and obviously

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<v Speaker 2>after that it's win or go home in the big Dance.

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<v Speaker 3>So again, just to just.

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<v Speaker 2>To give you a little bit of of a peek

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<v Speaker 2>inside my brain here, when Pat was talking earlier today,

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<v Speaker 2>I did what I do. I overthink it because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just me. If anything, I'm an open book. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what else I am to you guys, but

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<v Speaker 2>I share it all as far as how I feel,

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<v Speaker 2>what I think, and sometimes that may make me look

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<v Speaker 2>like a real idiot, but you know, which just sees

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<v Speaker 2>what you get. When Pat Kelsey made it because when

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<v Speaker 2>Chucky got hurt, there was a specific way in which

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<v Speaker 2>he answered the question after the game about Chucky. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>I was told he could not go, like the training

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<v Speaker 2>staff said he can't play, and that worried me, but

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<v Speaker 2>it was really just because they wanted to get some

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<v Speaker 2>things looked at the growing all that kind of stuff

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<v Speaker 2>with Rain. Rain was, according to Pat, having a tough time,

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<v Speaker 2>but he had to tell him I can't go. So

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that he said he can't go tells me

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<v Speaker 2>he's really hurt. I mean, am I wrong?

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<v Speaker 4>Gear?

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<v Speaker 3>Like again, none of us know.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe maybe hits eleven threes tomorrow and breaks his own record.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, But when I whenever, whenever he knows

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<v Speaker 2>he can't play, a guy that you know knows this

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<v Speaker 2>is the second to last game he's gonna play. And oh,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, a ton of people were there and

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<v Speaker 2>he said I can't go. So again, I'm just giving

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<v Speaker 2>you a little bit of of an insight into, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the way I'm looking at it, Cause again tomorrow will

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<v Speaker 2>be a real big tell to me as far as rain.

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<v Speaker 2>But again I'm just that's basing it off of me,

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<v Speaker 2>assuming and you know, speculating.

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<v Speaker 3>It's all speculation. Iman's technically what this job is, if

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<v Speaker 3>we're being honest.

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<v Speaker 2>But does that make sense Austin, Like he said he

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't go, which tells me he's hurt. Yeah, because a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of guys would go a lot of guys would

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<v Speaker 2>go and they're told, no, you can't, we're not letting

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<v Speaker 2>you play. So in no way I'm acting like he's

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<v Speaker 2>not tough. In fact, I more so realized that like

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<v Speaker 2>he may and I don't know when it happened, Like

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<v Speaker 2>I remember a play where it you know, clearly something

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<v Speaker 2>was up with him, but I don't know if that

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<v Speaker 2>was what. Let you know, it sounds like he was

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<v Speaker 2>dealing with something before and then it you know, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>he reaggravated it or whatever.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe he heard it worse.

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<v Speaker 2>But there was a They do a lot of handoffs

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<v Speaker 2>with Rain, and he can just you know, if if

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<v Speaker 2>you go under and they're doing a handoff, that's that's

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<v Speaker 2>the danger zone. Well, somebody on they play cal looked

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<v Speaker 2>like they were gonna do they were gonna go under,

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<v Speaker 2>and they didn't. They jumped ahead and bumped Rain, and

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<v Speaker 2>Rain got knocked off his spot and the ball just

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<v Speaker 2>went out of bounds. It was a turnover and he

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<v Speaker 2>stopped in his tracks, and I thought he was just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like giving you some body language to the

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<v Speaker 2>ref like how could you not call a fouther I got,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, got bumped. But actually it looked as if

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<v Speaker 2>like he couldn't move very well because he might have

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<v Speaker 2>done something, but it didn't seem like an ankle. So again,

424
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<v Speaker 2>maybe this is another injury that we talk about way

425
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<v Speaker 2>more than we need to. Like Chucky and Rain is

426
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<v Speaker 2>not as valuable as Chucky. But let's be real, Ray Smith,

427
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<v Speaker 2>is I mean you can you could probably in your

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<v Speaker 2>own way, determine how you view each guy as far

429
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<v Speaker 2>as the level of importance, like the guy you could

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<v Speaker 2>least afford to lose.

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<v Speaker 3>But I and this goes back to what we talked

432
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<v Speaker 3>about yesterday.

433
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<v Speaker 2>I think all four of these guys are deserving of

434
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<v Speaker 2>all ACC honors, first and second team.

435
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<v Speaker 3>They won't get it, and I'll understand it. I won't.

436
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<v Speaker 2>It won't be as some it won't be some conspiracy,

437
00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:48.359
<v Speaker 2>but like Louisville has four really good players that have

438
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<v Speaker 2>all been very much instrumental in Louisville being able to

439
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<v Speaker 2>be currently seventeen and two in the ACC. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>say what you want about the league. Let's just say

441
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<v Speaker 2>the league is terrible, which we kind of all though

442
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<v Speaker 2>it is. That doesn't mean that the teams that are

443
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<v Speaker 2>good are terrible. Those are the teams that you're going

444
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<v Speaker 2>to really find out, you know. I mean, you'll never

445
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<v Speaker 2>really be able to know if the league hurt them,

446
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<v Speaker 2>because you could see a team lose early and say,

447
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<v Speaker 2>well they were good, but man, they'd get test they

448
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<v Speaker 2>didn't get challenged for two months. Or you could see

449
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<v Speaker 2>a team you know, roll through and say, yeah, the

450
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<v Speaker 2>ACC stunk but man, that team didn't so you just

451
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<v Speaker 2>never know. But all four of these guys chucky Hepburn,

452
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<v Speaker 2>Terrence Edwards, Jamon Hadley and Rain Smith. And look not

453
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<v Speaker 2>to say that the other guys haven't been valuable. I mean,

454
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<v Speaker 2>Troiory's given you some great minutes off the bench. I

455
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<v Speaker 2>love Kenai Ruth in his upside. James Scott, I mean

456
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<v Speaker 2>defense and dunking, like that those are two things, and

457
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<v Speaker 2>he does those two things pretty well, especially dunking.

458
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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we love the double.

459
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so you know, like I don't want to act

460
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<v Speaker 2>like it's just those four guys, but like, go look

461
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<v Speaker 2>at their numbers. They weren't just like hey, playing a

462
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<v Speaker 2>small minor role. They were consistently good enough to where

463
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<v Speaker 2>they put up numbers that I feel like any other team,

464
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<v Speaker 2>those guys are getting the nut.

465
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<v Speaker 3>Even if they're on a back team.

466
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<v Speaker 2>Like if Rain Smith has his numbers on a bad team,

467
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<v Speaker 2>there's a level of like, well, we got to get

468
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<v Speaker 2>this guy at least on the third team, because I mean, yeah,

469
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<v Speaker 2>it's team stunk.

470
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<v Speaker 3>But look at him.

471
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<v Speaker 2>He's got thirteen more threes than anybody in the league.

472
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<v Speaker 2>And oh, by the way, he had made one in

473
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<v Speaker 2>two games. So again, Rain is valuable and I hope

474
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<v Speaker 2>he's good to go. I still believe deep down that

475
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<v Speaker 2>like if it was like real concerning we wouldn't know,

476
00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:27.000
<v Speaker 2>like as far as a press release, but not even

477
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<v Speaker 2>to say like it would be out, like there'd be

478
00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:30.720
<v Speaker 2>a league. But I didn't get the sense that Pat

479
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<v Speaker 2>was overly worried about it today and that makes me happy.

480
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<v Speaker 2>But also again Rain being the guy that says I

481
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<v Speaker 2>can't go in that situation, I'm not just gonna act

482
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<v Speaker 2>like that's I mean, players don't act that way unless

483
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<v Speaker 2>they can't play. So maybe Rain is the veteran, the

484
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<v Speaker 2>old man essentially, where he's like, yeah, I could be

485
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<v Speaker 2>selfish and just want to play and not be at

486
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<v Speaker 2>one hundred percent for my team.

487
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<v Speaker 3>However, I could also rest up a little bit.

488
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<v Speaker 2>And come out on Saturday and have the old ultimate

489
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<v Speaker 2>curtain call essentially.

490
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<v Speaker 3>In my last game.

491
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<v Speaker 2>We're in the Louisville uniform in the UM Center, which

492
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<v Speaker 2>just saying that makes me sad, but it's here, and

493
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<v Speaker 2>you know, the end of the regular season is exciting

494
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<v Speaker 2>usually when you're in this position where you're in the

495
00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:17.920
<v Speaker 2>tournament safely. And I still believe this group can can

496
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<v Speaker 2>make a run. You know, we'll see when the matchup

497
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<v Speaker 2>is and all that. But I'm this is the saddest

498
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<v Speaker 2>I've ever been for a regular season that's super successful

499
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<v Speaker 2>to come to an end.

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<v Speaker 3>Because yes, I love March. I am March. You guys

501
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<v Speaker 3>know that. I mean, I feel pretty good about my

502
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<v Speaker 3>opening monologue.

503
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<v Speaker 1>If I die.

504
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<v Speaker 2>Today, let college basketball hear that and they'll know how

505
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<v Speaker 2>much I love it.

506
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<v Speaker 3>Am I wrong? Am I wrong?

507
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<v Speaker 1>No?

508
00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:44.559
<v Speaker 3>It's so you know, kidding me.

509
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<v Speaker 2>So you know, I'm excited about the postseason. But man,

510
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<v Speaker 2>this has been such a fun ride. And I you know,

511
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<v Speaker 2>give me Mark Pope wants forty games, give me sixty

512
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<v Speaker 2>games with these guys, man, I love them, love them all?

513
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<v Speaker 3>Right, quick break, We'll come back.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep this thing wronging, ang, It's Cofee and Company, just

515
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<v Speaker 2>one hour version of us today, but we'll make the

516
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<v Speaker 2>most of it right here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, don't forget folks.

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<v Speaker 2>We got a new text line five O two four

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<v Speaker 2>three eight ninety seventy three. It's still the LNENT Federal

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<v Speaker 2>Credit Union text line but a new number five oh

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<v Speaker 2>two four three eight ninety seventy three again five O

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<v Speaker 2>two four three eight nine zero seven three. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>uh to this recent text didn't leave the name. That's

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<v Speaker 2>okay because you complimented me. I mean, I'd like you

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<v Speaker 2>to leave a name so I can save it. That way,

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<v Speaker 2>whenever our read a text, I can say, you know

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<v Speaker 2>your name, or even if it's not your real name,

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<v Speaker 2>just give me something. But they say college but they

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<v Speaker 2>this person on the text line said college basketball doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>deserve you.

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<v Speaker 3>Nick what a passionate rant? I don't know if it was.

534
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<v Speaker 3>Was it I rant?

535
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<v Speaker 2>I guess it was a rant because I was complaining

536
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<v Speaker 2>about people who you know, aren't in the trenches with us.

537
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<v Speaker 2>Sure they're they're not up late when the you know,

538
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<v Speaker 2>the Missouri Valley has got the got the tournament going

539
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<v Speaker 2>at noon, actually it starts at noon in the art

540
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<v Speaker 2>many times?

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<v Speaker 4>How many times that they watch lamar?

542
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<v Speaker 3>I mean the Mountain West? I mean how many?

543
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, were you with me whenever the Mountain West

544
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<v Speaker 2>got four teams, five teams in three straight years, And

545
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<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking, man, they're sleeping on this league only for

546
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<v Speaker 2>to just crumble and be terrible, like you.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't you know, not a rant, a filibuster about that.

548
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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, there we go. But it's passion.

549
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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, but it's passion. Baby.

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<v Speaker 2>I love college basketball, passion, love every love, everything that

551
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<v Speaker 2>comes with you. When you want to you mean to

552
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<v Speaker 2>tell you a funny story about the word passion.

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<v Speaker 4>Of course.

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<v Speaker 2>My mother she's been sick this week. So I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>sure if you went to she went to work today

556
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<v Speaker 2>or not, but if she did, she's probably listening and

557
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<v Speaker 2>she'll she'll well, she's she's she's a Donna Hue now.

558
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<v Speaker 4>But that's right. But you told me that.

559
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<v Speaker 3>But hey, but the respect was there, and that's all

560
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<v Speaker 3>the matters.

561
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<v Speaker 2>So she my mom, my mom has worked for and

562
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<v Speaker 2>by the way, congratulations to her. She's uh, she's worked

563
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<v Speaker 2>for the same she'll be retiring before too long, but

564
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<v Speaker 2>she's worked for the same law firm for forty plus years.

565
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<v Speaker 3>Oh yes, and she's she's uh, she's the best obviously.

566
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<v Speaker 2>But she used to work for an attorney who his

567
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<v Speaker 2>last name was.

568
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<v Speaker 3>Was Cashion Cash.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and and all you know it was it was

570
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<v Speaker 2>like her direct boss when I was a young kid,

571
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<v Speaker 2>and she would talk about she would talk about mister

572
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<v Speaker 2>cashon the the attorney that she worked for, who you know,

573
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<v Speaker 2>was good to her and yeah, a good good man

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<v Speaker 2>somebody that she worked with and worked for for a

575
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<v Speaker 2>long time. And as a young kid, I just never

576
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<v Speaker 2>really knew that the that it was a C and

577
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<v Speaker 2>not a P. So I would just call him mister

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<v Speaker 2>passion and h I later met him. I later met

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<v Speaker 2>him as an adult and he remembered that I used

580
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<v Speaker 2>to call him mister passion. And you know it, had

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<v Speaker 2>it been a different situation, you know, not an older

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<v Speaker 2>person who is you know, someone who's who's been great

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<v Speaker 2>to my mother over the years, I might have made

584
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<v Speaker 2>a joke that you know, would be fit for this show,

585
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<v Speaker 2>like if your name's mister passion, like you know, you

586
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<v Speaker 2>can do a lot of things other than just you know,

587
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<v Speaker 2>practice laws, right right, But anyways, I got passionate about

588
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<v Speaker 2>college basketball just a law exactly, absolutely absolutely all right.

589
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<v Speaker 2>Uh it just hit me and you know how it

590
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<v Speaker 2>hit me because I I need to be better at

591
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<v Speaker 2>LinkedIn like you are, Austin. You are good at LinkedIn

592
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<v Speaker 2>because you are.

593
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<v Speaker 4>I just post on there.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not good, no, but like you, but you post

595
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<v Speaker 2>good content for what that platform is sure. So like,

596
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<v Speaker 2>so like I could, like for for what we do

597
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<v Speaker 2>sports media, like I could post like clips of the

598
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<v Speaker 2>show of me given hot takes, but like, I don't

599
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<v Speaker 2>really know if that fits there or not. So sure,

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<v Speaker 2>like you can give an example when I did our

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<v Speaker 2>when I did my my own little personal commercial for

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<v Speaker 2>the new and improved iHeart Radio.

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<v Speaker 3>Appright, if that made sense to go to LinkedIn?

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<v Speaker 2>Right, yeah, yeah, but like my mother content, like, I

605
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<v Speaker 2>just don't really know if it fits there. So I

606
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<v Speaker 2>rarely ever check LinkedIn. But the new text line is

607
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<v Speaker 2>now connected to my personal email.

608
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<v Speaker 3>That way I never lose it.

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<v Speaker 2>So I saw that I had a bunch of notifications

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<v Speaker 2>from LinkedIn, and it's a bunch of people congratulating me

611
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<v Speaker 2>for something I didn't realize until I checked it out.

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<v Speaker 3>Nine years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Today, March seventh, twenty sixteen, I did my first ever

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<v Speaker 2>show for Sports Talk seven ninety nine years.

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<v Speaker 4>Look at that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm won away from ten. Hopefully I get

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<v Speaker 2>to ten. But like, thank you appreciate that. But like

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<v Speaker 2>you know, nine years is kind of up, but nine

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<v Speaker 2>years that's the I mean, I'm thirty seven, I'll be

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<v Speaker 2>thirty seven this year. I'm thirty six currently, But that's

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<v Speaker 2>the I mean, it really did kind of trip me

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<v Speaker 2>up a little bit during the break Because I've now

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<v Speaker 2>worked for iHeartMedia for nine years. I've had three different

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<v Speaker 2>day parts. I had Middays, mornings, now afternoon Drive on

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<v Speaker 2>Sports Talk seven ninety, a station that I grew up

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<v Speaker 2>listening to. Well, I grew up as a sports radio

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I didn't listened to sports radio as a

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<v Speaker 2>little kid. But like, you know, like I and this

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<v Speaker 2>is gonna sound really corny, and I don't mean to

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just being honest. Like I used to think, like

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<v Speaker 2>if I ever get to meet Tony Vannetti, that'd be

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<v Speaker 2>so cool.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't even know.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't even know Tony did rock radio, Like I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know. Oh yeah, I didn't know Vannetti at the

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<v Speaker 2>Toy Tiger. Yeah, I just knew that Vannetti was funny

637
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<v Speaker 2>and he would he would he would, you know, make

638
00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:35.160
<v Speaker 2>nerd jokes about Adam Neft on the afternoon Underdogs. So like,

639
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<v Speaker 2>I'm you know, not only is it still a dream

640
00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:39.640
<v Speaker 2>come true to be able to do this, but this,

641
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<v Speaker 2>this is the longest I've done anything in my life.

642
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<v Speaker 4>That's awesome.

643
00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:47.440
<v Speaker 2>Nine years here, nine years on this station. What an

644
00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:50.640
<v Speaker 2>honor for me. But I mean, like I've I mean,

645
00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:52.640
<v Speaker 2>I've had other jobs. I had another career before I

646
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<v Speaker 2>did this, but like I've now, I've now done this

647
00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:59.920
<v Speaker 2>way longer than I've ever done anything as far as

648
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<v Speaker 2>you know.

649
00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:05.119
<v Speaker 3>Like a job, a hustle, a passion.

650
00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:06.359
<v Speaker 4>You know, and a dad.

651
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, I mean, and again we have very

652
00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.039
<v Speaker 2>little time, so I'm sure people don't want to hear

653
00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:13.279
<v Speaker 2>my life story as far as how I got able,

654
00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:15.640
<v Speaker 2>I got myself in this position. But I mean, I

655
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<v Speaker 2>interviewed to be the morning host in twenty fifteen, and.

656
00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:25.480
<v Speaker 3>I can't believe they called me back, like to interview.

657
00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:28.240
<v Speaker 2>Like, I mean, I applied and I was working at

658
00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:32.720
<v Speaker 2>a different station at the time. And I'm forever, forever

659
00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:35.279
<v Speaker 2>grateful for Dugan Ryan, who you know, gave me a

660
00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:37.880
<v Speaker 2>chance to kind of cut kind of cut my teeth

661
00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:41.400
<v Speaker 2>in radio and you know, figure out kind of find yourself.

662
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<v Speaker 2>And anybody who's worked with me, I say that and

663
00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:45.079
<v Speaker 2>they kind of look at me like I'm crazy.

664
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<v Speaker 3>You'll find your role, You'll find.

665
00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:49.759
<v Speaker 2>Your I don't want to say character because that always

666
00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:52.799
<v Speaker 2>sounds like you're being somebody that's not genuine. But it's

667
00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:54.799
<v Speaker 2>kind of like wrestling. You'll appreciate this, Austin the best

668
00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:58.119
<v Speaker 2>people in wrestling. Ever, it's not even about like their

669
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<v Speaker 2>talent and the ring. It's that if they can just

670
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<v Speaker 2>be an extended version of themselves. Yeah again where theyre yeah,

671
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<v Speaker 2>where they're turned up to ten. But there's still there's

672
00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:08.319
<v Speaker 2>still an element of them being really who they are.

673
00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:11.359
<v Speaker 5>You believe that that's there who they are outside in

674
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<v Speaker 5>real life.

675
00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.039
<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

676
00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:14.839
<v Speaker 2>So, you know, so when it comes to like, you know,

677
00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:19.480
<v Speaker 2>my whole you know, my whole story, you know what,

678
00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:22.880
<v Speaker 2>And here we are, it's already five thirty eight. I

679
00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:24.359
<v Speaker 2>don't have much time, and I wanted to actually get

680
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<v Speaker 2>some other stuff. But what I was going to say

681
00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:28.960
<v Speaker 2>is that, you know, like I I got the interview

682
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<v Speaker 2>thinking that they were just doing it, like they had

683
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<v Speaker 2>to check off a certain amount of people, like they

684
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<v Speaker 2>had to interview certain of people. And I was somebody

685
00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:37.039
<v Speaker 2>that worked at a station. But you know, I found

686
00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:39.759
<v Speaker 2>myself and I felt confident and I interviewed for that job.

687
00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:41.240
<v Speaker 3>And I remember interviewing.

688
00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:45.640
<v Speaker 2>It was Kelly Carls, who was the program director of

689
00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.720
<v Speaker 2>Spoken Word here at the time.

690
00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:50.240
<v Speaker 3>Fort Louisville. Bill Gentry had just retired to Earl Jones.

691
00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:53.079
<v Speaker 2>I interviewed with with Kelly once and then I interviewed

692
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<v Speaker 2>with Earl and Kelly a second time. And this was

693
00:30:56.559 --> 00:31:00.000
<v Speaker 2>in like I want to say, like October maybe September,

694
00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:02.720
<v Speaker 2>and I didn't feel like it was an interview because

695
00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:04.519
<v Speaker 2>it just it was something I was passionate about, it,

696
00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:08.000
<v Speaker 2>something I loved. So I wasn't feeling like I was auditioning.

697
00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.480
<v Speaker 2>I was just talking like I was just like I

698
00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:12.480
<v Speaker 2>was very at that point, I'd had enough confidence in

699
00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.920
<v Speaker 2>myself to like, if you just give me an opportunity,

700
00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.799
<v Speaker 2>I'll show you what I can do.

701
00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:18.680
<v Speaker 3>And I think that's kind of how I played into it.

702
00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:21.759
<v Speaker 2>Well then sure enough, you know, many many many months

703
00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:23.799
<v Speaker 2>ago by I didn't get a call and I'm like, well, okay, yeah,

704
00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:26.680
<v Speaker 2>it makes sense they didn't hire me. Well, then it

705
00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:29.279
<v Speaker 2>turns out that it leaks that they've hired Howie Lindsay.

706
00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:32.319
<v Speaker 2>Great guy, and he was he was in a better

707
00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:34.319
<v Speaker 2>position for that job at the time than I was.

708
00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:37.440
<v Speaker 2>I have no issue with that, right especially given where

709
00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:40.240
<v Speaker 2>you know, iHeart was at the time trying to kind of,

710
00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:42.079
<v Speaker 2>you know, salvage things with U of L. How we

711
00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:44.359
<v Speaker 2>it was with somebody who could certainly help that more

712
00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:47.559
<v Speaker 2>so than I could. So this was in you know,

713
00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:50.319
<v Speaker 2>pre Thanksgiving. Whenever I'd realize, yeah, it wasn't me, like,

714
00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:50.839
<v Speaker 2>you know.

715
00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.960
<v Speaker 3>Not my time.

716
00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.960
<v Speaker 2>But at least, I mean I was even I was

717
00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.599
<v Speaker 2>even still like thinking, well, at least I got an

718
00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:56.039
<v Speaker 2>interview like.

719
00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.160
<v Speaker 3>That was I felt like a big deal.

720
00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:59.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I got to walk in the door, a clear

721
00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:01.200
<v Speaker 2>channel and they want to to iHeart, they wanted to

722
00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:03.839
<v Speaker 2>talk to me. So a lot of time goes by.

723
00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:08.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm you know, while we're going through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and

724
00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:13.200
<v Speaker 2>starting twenty twenty sixteen, my wife's about to give birth

725
00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:15.720
<v Speaker 2>to our first child, my daughter Maya, so you know,

726
00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:18.240
<v Speaker 2>about to become a dad. I was still doing radio

727
00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:21.039
<v Speaker 2>part time, and I was loving it. But I couldn't.

728
00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:24.559
<v Speaker 2>I couldn't justify spending two or three hours away after

729
00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:27.559
<v Speaker 2>my full time job, my nine to five, just to

730
00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.880
<v Speaker 2>do it for fun and you know, maybe make it,

731
00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:32.759
<v Speaker 2>make make it worth my time as far as money.

732
00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:34.799
<v Speaker 2>But like I wasn't, you know, I couldn't leave my

733
00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:37.039
<v Speaker 2>wife at home, you know, I couldn't. I couldn't be

734
00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:40.519
<v Speaker 2>away from six thirty to eight pm, six thirty the

735
00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.160
<v Speaker 2>morning to eight pm every night. Like it wasn't going

736
00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:44.480
<v Speaker 2>to be a thing, right, So like I was telling myself, like, yeah,

737
00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:46.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna have to walk away. Like I'll still do

738
00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:48.680
<v Speaker 2>you know, I'll still you know, do some things as

739
00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:50.720
<v Speaker 2>a hobby, but like I gotta, I gotta, I gotta

740
00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:53.519
<v Speaker 2>dive all the way into my software job where I

741
00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:56.119
<v Speaker 2>worked as a QA analyst for a software company, and

742
00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:57.960
<v Speaker 2>like I'll still cover Louisville and I'll do the blog

743
00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:59.960
<v Speaker 2>and it'll be fun, but like I got priorities. I gotta,

744
00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.359
<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm about to I'm about to be responsible

745
00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:04.599
<v Speaker 2>for human being. So we're at the hospital. We're there

746
00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:10.160
<v Speaker 2>a couple of days and you get non stop text me.

747
00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:12.240
<v Speaker 2>You'll know this one day, Austin, And I'm sure you're

748
00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:14.519
<v Speaker 2>not surprised. But when you when that happens, when you

749
00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:17.079
<v Speaker 2>have your first child, you'll get phone calls, text You'll

750
00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.599
<v Speaker 2>there'll be people that show up at the hospital that

751
00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:20.119
<v Speaker 2>you're like, Okay, I think I know you, but why

752
00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:22.200
<v Speaker 2>are you here because everybody's so happy for you.

753
00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.079
<v Speaker 3>When I become a parent.

754
00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:25.200
<v Speaker 2>So I got a phone call and it was a

755
00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:27.480
<v Speaker 2>number I didn't recognize, and I never answered numbers I

756
00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:29.880
<v Speaker 2>don't recognize, but I did because I thought it might

757
00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:32.359
<v Speaker 2>be if somebody has my number and here I am,

758
00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:35.640
<v Speaker 2>you know, roughly thirty two hours into being a parent,

759
00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:38.599
<v Speaker 2>they're probably calling to tell me congratulations, and I want

760
00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:40.839
<v Speaker 2>to answer it. So I answer it thinking it's somebody

761
00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:42.319
<v Speaker 2>that I just didn't have their numbers, save that I

762
00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.920
<v Speaker 2>was expecting.

763
00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:44.680
<v Speaker 3>It wasn't. It was Kelly.

764
00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:48.000
<v Speaker 2>Carl's who told me, hey, remember me, and I was

765
00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:51.000
<v Speaker 2>like yeah, and he said, well, we were so impressed

766
00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.000
<v Speaker 2>with you, and we really like what you bring to

767
00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:57.079
<v Speaker 2>the table. We want to offer you a job that

768
00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:59.519
<v Speaker 2>doesn't exist yet. And I said okay. He said, we're

769
00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:02.519
<v Speaker 2>going to create a midday position, a midday show, noon

770
00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:04.400
<v Speaker 2>to three. We've never done this, but we've never had

771
00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:06.920
<v Speaker 2>a live noon to three programming on seven ninety.

772
00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.559
<v Speaker 3>You don't even have to interview.

773
00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.679
<v Speaker 2>All you got to do is log online and click

774
00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:12.880
<v Speaker 2>apply and then we're gonna send you the contract and

775
00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:17.159
<v Speaker 2>you gotta you gotta sign it. So I'm like it.

776
00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:20.039
<v Speaker 2>I'm balancing things, like man, why I just I just

777
00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:23.400
<v Speaker 2>gave my I just became a dad. Yeah, Like I've

778
00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:26.639
<v Speaker 2>held my my daughter three times, and why am I

779
00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:29.920
<v Speaker 2>thinking more so about this opportunity for me as a

780
00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:32.400
<v Speaker 2>professional than being like it So I was. I didn't

781
00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:34.639
<v Speaker 2>say a word to my wife. We get home, like

782
00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:38.079
<v Speaker 2>two days go by, they've sent me the contract.

783
00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:38.840
<v Speaker 3>They again.

784
00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:42.679
<v Speaker 2>My daughter was born on February the sixteenth. I started

785
00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:45.079
<v Speaker 2>on March the seventh. They announced it on March first

786
00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:47.440
<v Speaker 2>that we were the new lineup, So I go home.

787
00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:50.039
<v Speaker 2>I kind of ghosted him, and then they finally called

788
00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:51.559
<v Speaker 2>me and was like, hey, like you said, you know,

789
00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:53.719
<v Speaker 2>you seemed like it was it was you know, it

790
00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:55.280
<v Speaker 2>was we were good to go, but you haven't signed

791
00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:57.599
<v Speaker 2>the contract. And I was like, all right, give me

792
00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.079
<v Speaker 2>an hour, I'll call you. So finally I told my

793
00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:01.519
<v Speaker 2>wife and I was like I hate doing this because,

794
00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:03.440
<v Speaker 2>like it is a risk. We're about to become me

795
00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:05.119
<v Speaker 2>we're parents now, like got to we got to take

796
00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:07.000
<v Speaker 2>care of another human being, and this would be a

797
00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.280
<v Speaker 2>risk to where like I could leave my job, my

798
00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:11.440
<v Speaker 2>full time career, and if this doesn't work out, like

799
00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:13.360
<v Speaker 2>I got to start over, and like it's just it's

800
00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:15.639
<v Speaker 2>the terrible time to take that kind of a risk.

801
00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:18.360
<v Speaker 2>And my wife, before I could even like explain like,

802
00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:21.599
<v Speaker 2>what we should do. She said, no, You're going to

803
00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:23.760
<v Speaker 2>do it because if you don't, you'll never forgive yourself,

804
00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:25.480
<v Speaker 2>you never forgive me. And if it doesn't work out,

805
00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:28.360
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't work out. But imagine not knowing if and

806
00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:29.960
<v Speaker 2>I and I was and I was like, all right,

807
00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.440
<v Speaker 2>here we go.

808
00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.519
<v Speaker 4>What a partner.

809
00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:33.960
<v Speaker 2>So I jumped in in This industry clearly has changed

810
00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:35.679
<v Speaker 2>a lot since I've been able to call it my

811
00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:38.400
<v Speaker 2>full time job. So like it's still a privilege and

812
00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:40.360
<v Speaker 2>a blessing to be able to do this every single day.

813
00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:42.079
<v Speaker 2>And I don't have like the you know, I don't

814
00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:45.440
<v Speaker 2>have the craziest story out there. But I mean, I

815
00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:48.559
<v Speaker 2>left the hospital knowing I had an opportunity to do this,

816
00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:52.000
<v Speaker 2>And I gotta be honest with you.

817
00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:54.320
<v Speaker 3>I'm I'm not. I don't.

818
00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:56.320
<v Speaker 2>I don't usually take a lot of big risks in life.

819
00:35:56.320 --> 00:36:00.159
<v Speaker 2>I'm a very paranoid and safe person just to it

820
00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:02.400
<v Speaker 2>just it's my nature. It's I wish I was a

821
00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:05.000
<v Speaker 2>little bit more adventurous, But had my wife not been

822
00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:08.880
<v Speaker 2>the way she was in that moment, I probably wouldn't

823
00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:10.599
<v Speaker 2>have done it. And I would have told myself, well, Nick,

824
00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:12.960
<v Speaker 2>you're just being risk Like I would have been a chicken,

825
00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:15.880
<v Speaker 2>but I would have I would have dealt with it

826
00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:17.440
<v Speaker 2>on my own way of being like, well, no, you're

827
00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:19.559
<v Speaker 2>just being mature, You're just you know, but if I

828
00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.840
<v Speaker 2>really I would have been scared.

829
00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.639
<v Speaker 3>I would have been scared, and I would you know.

830
00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:26.119
<v Speaker 2>So anyways, nine years, which is a random thing, like

831
00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:28.480
<v Speaker 2>you know, what's one away from ten. But the reason

832
00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:30.760
<v Speaker 2>I bring it up is because it just hit me

833
00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:32.840
<v Speaker 2>one that it's been nine years. But also, this is

834
00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:35.000
<v Speaker 2>the longest I've done anything in my life. Yeah, I mean,

835
00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:36.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm thirty seven, So this is, you know, I don't

836
00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:38.440
<v Speaker 2>know how. I don't know what the percentage of I

837
00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:40.159
<v Speaker 2>don't know what the percentage of of not you know,

838
00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:43.519
<v Speaker 2>nine years out of thirty seven, what that percentage is.

839
00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:45.400
<v Speaker 2>But like this is, you know, not only has it

840
00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.960
<v Speaker 2>been something I've been doing a long time, but like

841
00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:48.880
<v Speaker 2>how I've been so lucky for so long.

842
00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.519
<v Speaker 3>So thank you to everybody.

843
00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:53.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if anybody listening is you know, it

844
00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:57.679
<v Speaker 2>feels as if they are responsible for me still being

845
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<v Speaker 2>able to do it. But I'm a lucky absolutely, Look

846
00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:02.840
<v Speaker 2>you guy, all right, quick break, we'll come back on

847
00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:04.320
<v Speaker 2>the other side and we wrap it up. I want

848
00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:06.320
<v Speaker 2>to talk a little more about this matchup of Stanford tomorrow,

849
00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:09.039
<v Speaker 2>as well as the two new coaches that have already

850
00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.599
<v Speaker 2>been hired.

851
00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:12.239
<v Speaker 3>By the ACC. It may work out, or it may be.

852
00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:16.760
<v Speaker 2>Something that in a year or maybe even less than that,

853
00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:18.239
<v Speaker 2>we look back and say.

854
00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:20.679
<v Speaker 3>What were you doing Miami? What were you doing Florida State?

855
00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:48.639
<v Speaker 1>Now back to coffee and company, Fueled by Thornton's on

856
00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:55.840
<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day.

857
00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:58.199
<v Speaker 2>How about a little Billie Idol on a Friday? That's right, huh,

858
00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:00.280
<v Speaker 2>may not tell you what This is not a probably

859
00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.519
<v Speaker 2>a good thing to say about me, But there's a

860
00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:03.519
<v Speaker 2>lot of things in life that I just chalk up to,

861
00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:06.719
<v Speaker 2>Like I think of a lot of things, a lot

862
00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:11.400
<v Speaker 2>of things that appear music, movies, stories, liners. They take

863
00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:13.320
<v Speaker 2>me to an Adam Sandler movie. And when I think

864
00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.960
<v Speaker 2>of Billy Idol, I think of him being on the

865
00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:21.639
<v Speaker 2>plane with Adam Sandler on wedding Yeah, wedding singer. He's like,

866
00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.880
<v Speaker 2>you got to get you got to get the girl,

867
00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:24.800
<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, oh, yeah, I didn't even I didn't

868
00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:26.239
<v Speaker 2>even know who Billy Idol was at the time.

869
00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:28.320
<v Speaker 3>Kidding, but I'm like, this guy's bad ass.

870
00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.920
<v Speaker 4>And he's exactly.

871
00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:30.000
<v Speaker 3>He's in the movie for a reason.

872
00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:32.920
<v Speaker 2>So good stuff. Billy Idol is the best, all right.

873
00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:37.360
<v Speaker 2>So Louisville tomorrow against Stanford. You know, Stanford, to be fair,

874
00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:41.320
<v Speaker 2>they're not. I mean, like a lot of the ACC

875
00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:45.039
<v Speaker 2>has really, really really bad teams at the bottom bottom,

876
00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:47.239
<v Speaker 2>like the teams that didn't qualify for the tournament. We're

877
00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:51.880
<v Speaker 2>talking about Miami, Boston College, n C State. I guess

878
00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:54.599
<v Speaker 2>this weekend actually will determine who ends up actually getting

879
00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:57.079
<v Speaker 2>the last spot in the tournament. But nonetheless, you know,

880
00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:59.199
<v Speaker 2>Stanford is eleven and eight. They have a winning record

881
00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:02.480
<v Speaker 2>in the league, and there aren't many that can claim

882
00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:05.039
<v Speaker 2>that that's not something that means that like they're good.

883
00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:08.639
<v Speaker 2>They're not, but they're you know, I will admit I've

884
00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:10.480
<v Speaker 2>looked at Stanford in a way kind of like, well,

885
00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:15.039
<v Speaker 2>you know, might as well be playing Boston College, and

886
00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:17.639
<v Speaker 2>that's not the case, because they're nineteen and eleven overall,

887
00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:19.880
<v Speaker 2>and again, they have a winning record in the league,

888
00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:22.800
<v Speaker 2>and they did beat Carolina at Carolina. And that's not

889
00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:25.559
<v Speaker 2>to say that we should be you know, nervous as hell,

890
00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:29.760
<v Speaker 2>but they're not one of the bums of the league.

891
00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:33.679
<v Speaker 2>Doesn't mean they're good, but you know they are projected

892
00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:35.960
<v Speaker 2>to lose this one a boy thirteen according to Ken Palm.

893
00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:38.360
<v Speaker 2>And I'm trying to see if we've got an updated.

894
00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:41.440
<v Speaker 2>Usually by now we have spreads for the games on Saturday,

895
00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:44.519
<v Speaker 2>and yeah, we do Louisville. You've got any guesses, Austin

896
00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.920
<v Speaker 2>as far as the number or do you have you

897
00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.559
<v Speaker 2>already seen it?

898
00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:49.400
<v Speaker 5>I haven't seen it yet. I'm gonna guess probably what

899
00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:51.800
<v Speaker 5>you just said about. I'm gonna guess fifteen.

900
00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:54.760
<v Speaker 3>Fifteen and a half, I'm sorry, twelve and a half. Oh, okay,

901
00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:57.679
<v Speaker 3>so I'm taking it lower. Yes, sure, I'm believing.

902
00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:01.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And you know, I just think there's not that

903
00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:04.280
<v Speaker 2>these guys ever come out and don't play with high

904
00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:07.760
<v Speaker 2>energy effort that kind of stuff. But I just you know,

905
00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:12.000
<v Speaker 2>these guys are mature in a way that I feel like,

906
00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:15.400
<v Speaker 2>even throughout the entire year, I think these guys have

907
00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:17.480
<v Speaker 2>have kind of operated on a day by day thing

908
00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:19.760
<v Speaker 2>to where they realize most of them are only here

909
00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:22.360
<v Speaker 2>one year and they feel fortunate to be here, to

910
00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:25.119
<v Speaker 2>where I just think, again, when I say this, it's

911
00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:26.599
<v Speaker 2>gonna sound like they're going to give you more than

912
00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:28.599
<v Speaker 2>they typically have. I don't mean it that way, but

913
00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:32.280
<v Speaker 2>there's gonna be some urgencies, some real, some real energy

914
00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:34.480
<v Speaker 2>from these guys to really go out with a bang.

915
00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:37.639
<v Speaker 2>And I will say this, I never get into the

916
00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:39.639
<v Speaker 2>weeds when it comes to the amount of fans that

917
00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:42.440
<v Speaker 2>go as far as announced attendance. You know, we leave

918
00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:44.320
<v Speaker 2>that to the Kentucky fans. They audit us when it

919
00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:46.360
<v Speaker 2>comes to attendance. They are the ones who can tell

920
00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:50.039
<v Speaker 2>us if there's empty seats or not. That's what they watch, Yes, exactly, exactly,

921
00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:54.440
<v Speaker 2>that's what they do. But I have not in a

922
00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:58.199
<v Speaker 2>long time seen as many people that either I know

923
00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:03.400
<v Speaker 2>in group texts or people on social media Facebook, Twitter, whatever,

924
00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:07.559
<v Speaker 2>everybody's asking for tickets. People want to people, people who've

925
00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:09.400
<v Speaker 2>maybe gone to a game or two, maybe they haven't

926
00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:12.079
<v Speaker 2>gone at all. Like people want to be there tomorrow

927
00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:13.760
<v Speaker 2>for this team. And it makes total sense. I think

928
00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:16.000
<v Speaker 2>they're gonna have a great crowd and hopefully they can

929
00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:17.840
<v Speaker 2>they can end on a on a high note before

930
00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:20.039
<v Speaker 2>we get to the postseason. All right, we're out of time.

931
00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:24.400
<v Speaker 2>Short showed today. You know at times that this is

932
00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:26.639
<v Speaker 2>this is this is me right, I give you a lot,

933
00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:29.519
<v Speaker 2>but it didn't last a long time. My wife's been

934
00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:31.719
<v Speaker 2>dealing with that a long time, so, you know, it's

935
00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:33.639
<v Speaker 2>just what we gotta do. But we'll we'll be back

936
00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:35.599
<v Speaker 2>at it on Monday and we'll have a lot of fun.

937
00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:38.199
<v Speaker 2>It'll be you know, it'll be postseason play for the

938
00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:40.199
<v Speaker 2>teams around here. So happy good Week and everybody, talk

939
00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:47.760
<v Speaker 2>to you on Monday.