1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: So dead the Hammery Ntchel Show. Yeah, Final four week 2 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: here in Indy Final four a set, it's going to 3 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: be Yukon against Illinois and then Michigan against Arizona, Arizona 4 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: knocking out Purdue on Saturday nights. In that Elite eight showdown, Jerry, 5 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: my question to you perdue preseason number one brought back 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of experienced dudes, and for all intents and purposes, 7 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: they all sound like they were good kids. I say kids. 8 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: They're in their twenties, but that's how old I am. 9 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: They all seem like they're good kids. But because expectations 10 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: were so high, is this a successful season for Purdue 11 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: or not? 12 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: I mean, only one team can win the whole thing, 13 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:55,959 Speaker 2: and I think a lot of people need to keep 14 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 2: that in mind. Just because your team isn't in the 15 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 2: National Championship or is it going to win, it doesn't 16 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: mean they couldn't have if they got the better draw 17 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 2: or a bounce goes a different way. I think the 18 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: tip end game the game before probably took a lot 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 2: out of them emotionally, and they just ran up against 20 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 2: a better team. I mean, there's nothing to hang. Arizona 21 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 2: is a dang good team. There's nothing wrong with losing 22 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 2: that game. But when you look at Trey Kaufman, Ran 23 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 2: had one or two rebounds the whole game, Like it's 24 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 2: gonna be hard to win. 25 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: Like that it is. Arizona's really really good, and they'll 26 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: take on Michigan, who's also really really good. They steam 27 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: rolled my volunteers. 28 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 2: Oh so let's talk about that one. 29 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: Ooh, but you know what, Hey, we were playing with 30 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: house money. Yeah, like we weren't supposed to be there. 31 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: But Perdue was a preseason number one, and that group 32 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: of seniors, I mean, they ran the gamut. They went 33 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: to a championship game, but they also lost to a 34 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: sixteen seed. They went to the Sweet sixteen, and then 35 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: they won the Big Ten tournament. Like, what a group. 36 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: And again it seems like it was a group of 37 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: good guys. Matt Panner does a great job of recruiting 38 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: the state of Indiana. Appears to be the upcoming mister 39 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: basketball in Indiana from Mount Vernon is going to Purdue 40 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: next year. So yeah, look, Arizona was the better team. 41 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: I still think that was a solid year by Purdue. 42 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: Their fans had higher expectations. But you make it to 43 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: the Elite eight. I think you'll take that. 44 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: Right. You think of this, think of the career that 45 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 2: Braden Smith, Westfield's own Braden Smith has had in those 46 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 2: four years. I mean, what, like you said, you're a 47 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,679 Speaker 2: number one seed, We're gonna do this, and then you 48 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 2: get bounced first round sixteen to one, right, right, That's 49 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 2: that's that's a kick as a freshman immediately. 50 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: And as for the player that we mentioned earlier, Man 51 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: that high school state finals, the kid from Mount Vernon, 52 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: he is a he's a player Mountain Vernon Luke Rdle 53 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: I believe is his name, going to Purdue next year. 54 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: State finals attendance was bad, though, Jerry, I'm looking at 55 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: the numbers here. The one A and two A games 56 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: approximately nine thousand in attendance, and the three A and 57 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: four A session had about eleven thousand in attendance. Keep 58 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: in mind, game Bridgefield House holds about seventeen thousand. There 59 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: was once a time an Indiana lore where the Hoosier 60 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: Dome was packed with forty to fifty thousand people watching 61 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: Damon Bailey take on. Teams were long removed from that 62 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: era its class basketball, but Man only nine thousand for 63 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: those one A and two A games. That's not good. 64 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 2: It's not good. But am I crazy to think? Like, 65 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 2: what did you expect with Purdue playing? What do you 66 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 2: expect with the Sweet sixteen Elite eight Final four type 67 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: games going on? People wanted to watch those, so I 68 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 2: get it. But it is a little wild to see 69 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 2: only about two thousand more people for the way larger schools. 70 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: Right right, only eleven thousand for that three A and 71 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: four A session. But again, congrats to Cathedral and Mount Vernon. 72 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: Where are we at with booze coming from the stands? 73 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: In the four A game, Crown Point they were taking 74 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,119 Speaker 1: on Mount Vernon, and Crown Point thought, Okay, that other 75 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: team's got mister basketball, We don't have that. So what 76 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna do is just hang on to the ball. 77 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: And they held on to the ball for a minute 78 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: plus at a time, and then they'd pass it to 79 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: somebody who would hang on to it for a minute plus. 80 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: There's no shot clock in high school basketball, so is 81 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: that smart? Is that chicken bleep? Because people were booing 82 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:26,559 Speaker 1: at the games? 83 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, well they lost, so maybe you should have gotten 84 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: more into your offense that you maybe would have actually 85 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 2: won the game. I did. They lost by two though 86 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 2: it wasn't okay, how many shots could you have gotten up? 87 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 2: You could? You know? So, But one of the points 88 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 2: that I saw and I didn't really I mean I 89 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 2: I'm like, that sucks. Who wants to watch that game? 90 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: That's chicken crap to me. But if you do have 91 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 2: a shot clock, that means when these really bad teams 92 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 2: are playing, it's gonna be even worse because now you 93 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:52,559 Speaker 2: got to make a bad team take a back shot, 94 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 2: and it's just gonna be even more routes. 95 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: So when you get to the state finals, like it's 96 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: easy to say we need to have a shot, but 97 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: when you get into some of these games in the 98 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: Marion County donut area where. 99 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 2: It's Ben Davis versus somebody that they're just running out 100 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 2: of the building right right, it's gonna be eighty seven 101 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 2: to sixteen because you're making that team that sucks take 102 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 2: shots every thirty five seconds. 103 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: And look, man, I'm sorry, but if the rules are 104 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: set that way, I have no problem with. Then you 105 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: can do things defensively to pressure them to try to 106 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: get a steal, to get all over them. 107 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 2: It's like college, right, if I d you up, you 108 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 2: got to get rid of the ball. We can make 109 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 2: you start moving in yeah, one hundred percent. So they're 110 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 2: kind of responsible if I'm gonna let you sit there 111 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 2: with the ball for a minute and a half, it's 112 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: kind of on me too. 113 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: But the biggest story of the weekend came from mister 114 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: basketball of a year ago, Brayln Mullins from Greenfield Central. 115 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: He plays on Yukon And then the closing seconds, got 116 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: the steal and hit the logo three to knock out Duke, 117 00:05:53,240 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: get it into bosos ahead whooser that Batch steals seconds 118 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: us tosses it up. 119 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 2: Greatest shot ever. It's up there, man, I mean it's 120 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 2: better than Layner. 121 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: I think it's up there. It's gotta be. I mean, 122 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: there was a kid from Villanova that hit a walk 123 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: off national championship three. That's tough. Keith Smart hit a 124 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: baseline in essence, you know, championship winning shot. 125 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 2: That's a big one. 126 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: Off the steel, off the steel which he had a hand. 127 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, and from the logo and. 128 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: A logo three to cut the head off the snake 129 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: that is Duke. 130 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 2: If you want an idea of how far this shot was, 131 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 2: picture shots Kitlin Clark takes. That's what it looked like, 132 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 2: give me the ball, I'm putting it up and it 133 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: was nothing but bottoms. 134 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: And like, I don't know the Mullins family, but everybody 135 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,679 Speaker 1: says dad's a real good dude, and his high school 136 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: coach is a real good dude, and the kid is 137 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: really nice. So couldn't have happened to a nicer family. 138 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: And let's be honest, anytime Duke gets beaten, angel gets 139 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: their wings. So congratulations to Braven Mullins, who's coming home 140 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: for the final four. It's the Hammer and Nigel Show.