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Speaker 1: on the Java House Colebrew Coffee guest line Coach, I'll

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Speaker 1: winning percentage of parafinal four trips. Wanted to just get

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Speaker 1: your overall thoughts on the career of fad Mada.

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Speaker 3: Big time Hall of Famer. I've said that since I

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Speaker 3: him coach a few weeks ago when I was up

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Speaker 3: at Marquette to get an honor from Marketnan and then

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Speaker 3: a lot of our former players are back. They honored

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Speaker 3: our first Big East team. I saw what he's doing there,

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Speaker 3: you know, dealing with the injuries. I thought he did

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Speaker 3: an incredible coaching job this year. He had a lot

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Speaker 3: you know, he brought confidence, like to Michael kid Led

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Speaker 3: that the confidence the unleash in him was incredible. Watching

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Speaker 3: Philly Bizjack, the way that he plays, he's he's a

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Speaker 3: huge winner than a winner everywhere that he's been And

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Speaker 3: no question in my mind with what he's done over

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Speaker 3: in the Hall of Fame. That dead model should be

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Speaker 3: in there in due time as well. That he is

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Speaker 3: a tremendous coach. He was always always hard to go

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Speaker 3: against because he's a little like Matt Painter. Like Matt

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Speaker 3: will really adjust what he's doing to the personnel that

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Speaker 3: he has. You know in that always really do a

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Speaker 3: good job of recruiting as personnel. But he would also change.

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Speaker 3: He would also play to the personnel, so you were

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Speaker 3: constantly happened to there was no patterned way you were

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Speaker 3: to continue to adjust it constantly. And I thought he

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Speaker 3: was phenomenal at that He's had a great career.

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Speaker 1: You know that league and you know this state. Would

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Speaker 1: you be interested in the Butler job?

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Speaker 3: Well, I think the way that's come down now, I

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Speaker 3: would answer it like this. I think for the announcement

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Speaker 3: to come out now after saying that he was going

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Speaker 3: to come back, I would think this is all set

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Speaker 3: and they know exactly what they're doing, So it would

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Speaker 3: be I don't mind hypotheticals, but that one doesn't even

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Speaker 3: seem like that would be a reality one to me

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Speaker 3: because I would just think that they have that figured out,

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Speaker 3: or because the timing is just too you know, because

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Speaker 3: they had announced he was coming back.

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Speaker 1: Right correct, three days ago, I believe, And I wondered

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Speaker 1: if maybe that wasn't the university just wanting people to

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Speaker 1: understand that this would was his decision, you know, And

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Speaker 1: I would think at that point they knew, right, he

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Speaker 3: I mean, I got a lot of respect, especially in

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Speaker 3: in the athletic department right, and they did a good

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Speaker 3: for that. However it played out, and I don't have

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Speaker 3: any knowledge other than then just what I've read and seen,

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Speaker 3: but for that to be able to announce it on

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Speaker 2: So obviously you haven't talked to anybody there.

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Speaker 3: Oh no, not at all. No. No, I would think

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Speaker 3: that I would think that is done. I would think

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Speaker 1: But I'm not who would your guest be, because I

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Speaker 1: you know, my first thought was steal from Miami, and

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Speaker 1: then other people told me that that probably now that's

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Speaker 1: probably not so much the case. I think Ronald Nora

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Speaker 3: Well, I would think if it's not a total in

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Speaker 3: of Akron. He's had done a tremendous job, He's got

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Speaker 3: the ties. It would it would. It would surprised me

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Speaker 3: if it wasn't somebody that that was a part of

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Speaker 3: It would surprise me at this point the way it's

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Speaker 3: earmarked for this. And so yeah, Ronald Nora and all

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Speaker 3: those guys, but anybody that fits that bill, that's good.

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Speaker 3: But John Gross has done an incredible job at an

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Speaker 3: incredible job. And I'll actually have their game. I'll be

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Speaker 3: with Westwood one on Friday, so I'll see their game

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Speaker 1: Texas Tech's really well coached too. That'll be a great

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Speaker 1: matchup because Gross, he's one of the best in the

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Speaker 3: But to lose JT. Toppin, who was probably going to

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Speaker 3: be the Big twelve Player of the year after being

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Speaker 3: And then to ring off three wins in a row

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Speaker 3: after they've run, after they beat Iowa State. For Fox,

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Speaker 3: I called there was an analyst for the TCU Texas

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Speaker 3: Tech game. He could he could beat some people. There

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Speaker 3: is no doubt about that. If people are looking at

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Speaker 3: not sleep. Now. The problem is, you don't You don't

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Speaker 3: know if Christian Anderson is going to be one hundred percent,

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Speaker 3: And I'm not sure they could go on without him

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Speaker 3: But if he's healthy and he's cleared and he feels good,

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Speaker 3: that team can beat a lot of people because of

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Speaker 1: Coach and they just they seem to always know where

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Speaker 1: the loose balls are. They just are a very well prepared.

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Speaker 2: Basketball team, no question about that, no doubt coach. I

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Speaker 2: know it'll be a busy time.

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Speaker 1: Man, I don't know how much sleep you'll get over

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Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks, but I love every minute

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Speaker 1: of it, and I certainly enjoy your perspectives your coverage

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Speaker 1: as well. Will be watching and listening throughout March Badness.

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Speaker 3: Appreciate it, Jake, appreciate it.

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