1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Good morning everyone, Welcome into a Thursday. That means that 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: eight thirty it's time to talk to the one only 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Thad Model, the head basketball coach of the Butler Bulldogs, 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: and we'll catch up with him coming up in just 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: a few minutes. But Kevin, we've talked about this last 6 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. They got something going on there. I 7 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: know they struggled in their last game out. I ga 8 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: it's a really good basketball team in Yukon, but I 9 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: kind of like what they got rolling right now. 10 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, the Jalen Jackson and Jay I do think is 11 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 2: a big one. It's a lot on the plate of 12 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: Finley Bizjack and Michael Jay right now for Butler and 13 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 2: Stink Robinson. You know, the freshman is now being asked 14 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 2: to start and obviously handle the ball a whole lot here. 15 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 2: So you know, the Big East doesn't have maybe as 16 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 2: much top end I think talent outside of Yukon, so 17 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 2: there is some opportunity I think for Butler to be 18 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 2: up there. A pretty good non conference need to I 19 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 2: think close it out with a neutral court win over 20 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,599 Speaker 2: Northwestern coming up on Saturday, and then you know, get 21 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 2: a couple there in the Big East and if you 22 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 2: do that right now. If you look at the early bracketologies, 23 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 2: they're kind of sniffing right around bubble maybe slightly in 24 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 2: the tournament and some of those projections. 25 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, they had the conference loss seventy nine sixties to Yukon, 26 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: but have done well in the non conference, in the 27 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: conference tournament and Scott not tournament schedules. Coming right up 28 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 1: in a hurry and joining us now is the head 29 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: coach for the Bulldog stat Mata Fad. Good morning, and 30 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: welcome into the Fan Morning Show. We were just talking 31 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: about the fact that I know you've got a couple 32 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: of big injuries over the last week or two, but 33 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: for the most part, you're pretty happy with how things 34 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: have gone this first part of the season. 35 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 3: You know, entries are part of it, and uh, you know, 36 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 3: you you I'm gonna kill And Sampson once told me 37 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 3: back who was Oklahoma was his Xavier. He said, we're 38 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 3: all sprained ankle away from mediocrity and it's it's amazing 39 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 3: what injuries can do. But you know, I like where 40 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 3: we are right now. I think just from the standpoint 41 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 3: of you know, the the Yukon game the other night 42 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 3: was a was a good lesson for us. I mean, 43 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 3: we have to play better, we have to play tougher, 44 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 3: we have to play stronger. Uh, you know you're in 45 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 3: in that environment and you're playing a great basketball team, 46 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 3: and we know we didn't get it done, So got 47 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 3: to come back and get yourselves ready to go again 48 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 3: on Saturday. 49 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: I want to go back to last Saturday, and we 50 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 2: haven't had the chance to chat with you since, but 51 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 2: that was one of the wilder games I've watched in 52 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 2: quite some time. And you've obviously coached over seven hundred 53 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: of them, so you probably have a little bit of 54 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 2: a different perspective on it. But I just thought that 55 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 2: hustle play Michael Jay made there in the second overtime 56 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 2: was just to me. If I were a coach, I'd 57 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 2: just be that's teach tape one oh one of what 58 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: you show your guys in creating a play there. And 59 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 2: Evan Haywood obviously knocked at home after that. But what 60 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 2: did you make of just the back and forth nature 61 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 2: to what you guys had to go through on Saturday? 62 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 3: Well, do you remember I told you guys last week, 63 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 3: I said that that was gonna be one of the 64 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 3: most entertaining games in Hinkle I had no idea that level. 65 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: And now, you know, I thought that that was one 66 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 3: of the most I don't know, like high powered games 67 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 3: have ever coached in just in terms of the back 68 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 3: and forth and some of the plays that were made, 69 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 3: uh throughout the course of the game by both teams. 70 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 3: To be honest with you, and you know, it's funny. 71 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 3: After the Boise State game, uh, where we missed two 72 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 3: dunks in the first half to start the game, I 73 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 3: told the guys, I said, look, you know, next time 74 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 3: you miss the dunk, it's a suicide. Next practice, you 75 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 3: know where you run. I don't know if you say 76 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 3: that nowadays or whatever, but Gasser or whatever. And so 77 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 3: after the game, I told Michael, I said, look at 78 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 3: my discretion because you missed the dunk to play after it, 79 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 3: I'm not going to run you. And uh, you know 80 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 3: that was that was a you know, just a high 81 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 3: level play on his part and and just the awareness 82 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 3: for Jamie to kick it to Evan for a great 83 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 3: wide open shot, you know, and and uh uh was 84 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 3: was please get out there with you know, our first 85 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 3: big East win and and uh, you're always in this league, man, 86 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 3: you got to protect your home court. There's no question 87 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 3: about that. 88 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 4: When you look at the performance again to Yukon, when 89 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 4: you're facing those types of programs and obviously they've been 90 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 4: to where you want to go as far as you know, 91 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 4: being a perennial national contender and things like that, how 92 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 4: much of a measuring stick can that be when you 93 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 4: can show your players, Okay, here is a real, live, 94 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 4: in your face example of the level of play that 95 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 4: we have to try to get to. 96 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 3: You know, it's funny to asset because it's part of 97 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 3: the teaching we want to do coming out of that game. 98 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 3: Because you know, when when you play a team like Yukon, 99 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 3: when you make a mistake, they automatically make you pay. 100 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 3: And that's something that you know, you hope to take 101 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 3: a page out of that book, because you know, we're 102 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 3: we we took a bad shot. They hit it three 103 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 3: at the other end. We turned it over. They got 104 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 3: to lay up at the other end. You know, just 105 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 3: those those little things we miss a blockout and they 106 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 3: get the rebound and hit a three or get an 107 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 3: in one. You know, those are the things that we've 108 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 3: got to get ourselves to doing. Where you know, we 109 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 3: turned to we had to score at the other end. 110 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,919 Speaker 3: Are really be a great shot and you know that 111 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 3: is a very talented basketball team. There's no question about that. 112 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 1: Coach, from your perspective, you know, basketball is a weird 113 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: game because of shooting percentages sometimes, so you come out 114 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: red hot and you make five of your first date 115 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: and then just can't hit anything for like twenty minutes 116 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: a game time after that. Like, as a coach, what 117 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: can you try and do when your team is just 118 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: going through a cold spell like that? 119 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 3: Well, you have some times sometimes you have a long 120 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 3: talk with the man upstairs and for yourself. But now 121 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 3: you know, it's funny we had that we had that 122 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 3: segment where we missed, we drove in, mister layup, got 123 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 3: to read behind mister layup, missed the tip end and 124 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 3: it's like, ooh, I'm not sure this is our night tonight. 125 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 3: And but you know we we we rely on our 126 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 3: shooting and our three points shooting, and you know, hey, 127 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 3: being one for a and a halftime, and we had 128 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 3: some very good looks and and you know those are 129 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 3: the shots. And and you know you have nights where 130 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 3: you you don't make shots, but you know that's something 131 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 3: that that if you do that, man, it's putting a 132 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 3: lot of pressure on your defense every single possession, and 133 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 3: and uh, you know, hopefully we don't have any more 134 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 3: shooting nights. Like we head up there. 135 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 2: Again four o'clock on Saturday. Over there at Gamebridge, tild 136 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 2: that it's Butler Northwestern and the Indie Classic. Obviously, the 137 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 2: Old Crossroads Classic has kind of turned into Butler and 138 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 2: Purdue at least carrying the Indie flag if you will 139 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 2: over at the NBA arena here, Coach, is this something 140 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 2: you think will continue for you guys playing uh, you know, 141 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 2: and continuing the Indie Classic here over at Gamebridge. 142 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so. I mean, you know, that's year 143 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 3: we played Wisconsin down there this year in Northwestern. You know, 144 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 3: I think it's a it's a good neutral site game 145 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 3: for us, obviously being here in town, and you know, 146 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 3: it gives our fans an opportunity to come out and 147 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 3: and see us in a different environment in Indy. So yeah, 148 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 3: I like this game for us because it's, like I said, 149 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 3: it's a high level neutral site game. 150 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: I like it. Coach, Thanks as always for stopping by. 151 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: We appreciate these chats. On Thursday mornings. Have fun on 152 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: Saturday at the Fieldhouse and we'll talk to us in 153 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: all right, guys. 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We 161 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: appreciate them helping us out to talk to Thad Mada 162 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: every Thursday morning here at ninety through five and one 163 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: oh seven five the Fan and you talk about one 164 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: of those nights. You know, Yukon is the fifth ring 165 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: team in the country, and when you're just not hitting 166 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: anything inside or outside for up to sixteen eighteen minutes 167 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: of game time for the most part, capitat, I don't 168 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: know how you recover from. 169 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 3: That on it. 170 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, there was a moment in the second half. I 171 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 2: remember Bizjack was wide open for three at the top 172 00:07:58,480 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 2: of the key. I think it would have got it 173 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 2: to I don't know, seven or eight. And maybe it's 174 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 2: one of those where Dan, certainly Dan Hurley at least 175 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 2: would have blown a gasket knowing him, and then biz 176 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 2: Jack misses it and Yukon comes down and who knows 177 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 2: Ball or Mullins or somebody hits a three, and it's 178 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 2: just one of those like, Okay, you know, probably time 179 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 2: to get back on the plane and make sure you 180 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 2: get the class on time on Wednesday. So would not 181 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 2: shock me at all if we're talking about the Huskies 182 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 2: calling Indie home in that first weekend of April there, 183 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 2: so they look very very good. And again Indie Classic 184 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 2: four o'clock Butler Northwestern and then six thirty purdueing Auburn 185 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 2: over there. It's top twenty five matchup. Auburn has a 186 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 2: team that certainly ran Perdue out of the gym last 187 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 2: year in their way to making all the way to 188 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 2: the Final four. A much different Auburn team, but you know, 189 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 2: can stress you in some ways. So we'll see if 190 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 2: Purdue can finish off their non conference with another ranked win, 191 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:50,439 Speaker 2: another went away from home