Speaker 1: The following takes place between eight pm and nine pm.
Speaker 2: All right, let's keep it moving. Eight o'clock hour underway,
Speaker 2: eight oh six to be precise. Abliance MacAllister, thanks for
Speaker 2: hanging out. Check it in tonight with talks of breads,
Speaker 2: Let's talk some Xavier Musketeers. Xavier takes a five game
Speaker 2: winning streak into their big East opener tomorrow night, Senta
Speaker 2: Center the place to be for hoops. They take on
Speaker 2: Creighton six point thirty with the tip from around that,
Speaker 2: let's go straight to the sourus. Welcome in the head
Speaker 2: coach of the Xavier Musketeers. That would be Richard Patino, coach.
Speaker 2: How are we doing tonight?
Speaker 3: Doing great? Thanks driving me last.
Speaker 2: You gotta good catch it up. Uh so you guys
Speaker 2: finish the non conference eight and three. I know you're
Speaker 2: still a work in progress, but man, that pivot and
Speaker 2: change that you guys you made with this group on
Speaker 2: the fly in the Charleston Classic, it's got to be
Speaker 2: pretty satisfying and encouraging.
Speaker 3: I think it kind of, you know, obviously, a kind
Speaker 3: of a soberinging loss for Santa Clara at home. Didn't
Speaker 3: play well. They're a good team, but we played very
Speaker 3: poorly and we had to kind of recalibrate everything, and
Speaker 3: we came back played really really well versus I think
Speaker 3: it was Old Dominion at home, and then we went
Speaker 3: to Iowa and actually played well. Those four we lost.
Speaker 3: There was some moments there was like, Okay, we may
Speaker 3: have something here, came back, played really well versu. Old Dominion.
Speaker 3: But I thought Charleston really really kind of energized us.
Speaker 3: George is a very talented team. We really had the
Speaker 3: game one. They made a tough shot right at the end,
Speaker 3: and then played great for West Virginia. And it's just
Speaker 3: been the momentum has been really good, and it's just
Speaker 3: it's really attitude and effort. You know, we've got high
Speaker 3: character guys in the locker room. They're working really hard
Speaker 3: in practice, and it's it's cool to see just kind
Speaker 3: of the confidence building.
Speaker 2: I've noticed that I've heard your guys talk about being
Speaker 2: connected on the core off the court. When you're dealing
Speaker 2: with all new guys from all parts of the country.
Speaker 2: That's not easy. That's not always the case.
Speaker 3: No, And you know, it really starts with just the
Speaker 3: type of people that you you know, it's hard to
Speaker 3: even call it recruiting anymore, right, But I mean the
Speaker 3: people that you bring in. And a really cool moment
Speaker 3: last night, I had my radio show, but one of
Speaker 3: our walk ons, Henry had as Jersey, retired and we
Speaker 3: brought it up and just said, hey, if you can
Speaker 3: make it, that would be great. And we had two
Speaker 3: guys that had the previous engagement that everybody else went
Speaker 3: to it, and it just shows you like they're a
Speaker 3: very very tight knit group. You know, it's not always
Speaker 3: the most important thing off the court. Sometimes that can
Speaker 3: be a little bit overrated, but you certainly can feel
Speaker 3: it with these guys. There's a respect level. You know,
Speaker 3: the UC game, it's a lot for both teams. But
Speaker 3: what it does do is it kind of brings you together.
Speaker 3: Because that was kind of like the first moment where
Speaker 3: you're you're fighting for xavior. So it was cool to
Speaker 3: see your team.
Speaker 2: A couple of numbers that pop off the page that
Speaker 2: have to make you very happy. Your your team share
Speaker 2: rate and protect rate is off the charts. I mean,
Speaker 2: you guys share the ball, and man, they value the
Speaker 2: possession of the ball, don't they.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I don't know if it changed, but this morning we
Speaker 3: were number one in the country and assist a turnable
Speaker 3: percentage on ken pum. So you're we're either one or
Speaker 3: two in all those categories, which is great. I Mean
Speaker 3: people kind of ask me about some coaches reach out
Speaker 3: like what are you doing, and I'm like, honestly, I'm
Speaker 3: playing guys who are fundamentally sound like I mean, we
Speaker 3: do some passing drills, we do some you know, footwork
Speaker 3: drill and everything like that, but it really is it's
Speaker 3: contagious right now. You know our practices. Sometimes we overpass,
Speaker 3: but they're all kind of trying to one up each
Speaker 3: other with sharing the ball. The assist now some of it,
Speaker 3: as you shoot a lot of jump shots, you're going
Speaker 3: to get assisted baskets. But I just think when you're
Speaker 3: playing like you play a team like you see a
Speaker 3: four turnover. We come back to the next game versus
Speaker 3: Missouri State, who's really really physical defensely you only have
Speaker 3: six I mean for us, I mean, we're not necessarily
Speaker 3: the most athletic team, but if we can just value
Speaker 3: the ball like this, it's going to give us a chance.
Speaker 2: You open Big East play tomorrow night at home against Creighton.
Speaker 2: What are your impressions of the Blue Jays?
Speaker 3: You know, it's interesting. I mean, they've always been kind
Speaker 3: of a consistent player in this league, and they've got
Speaker 3: to believe five returners from last year's team. Coach McDermott
Speaker 3: does a terrific job. They just haven't really made shots.
Speaker 3: I mean, I hope to god they don't make shots tomorrow.
Speaker 3: But it's always scary because they're continuing to move. The
Speaker 3: ball they're facing is great. They play with pace offensively
Speaker 3: on a make or a miss, So the shots are there,
Speaker 3: they just haven't been falling. You know, they've played a
Speaker 3: tough schedule in Nebraska's really difficult Kansas State. The first
Speaker 3: half they didn't play well, but certainly played great in
Speaker 3: this I can have. So we we know with our team,
Speaker 3: like every game that we play, we're going to have
Speaker 3: our hands full, especially in this twenty game Big East.
Speaker 3: So you've got to guard the three point line. You've
Speaker 3: got to get back in transition and communicate because they're
Speaker 3: going to fly to ball the court.
Speaker 2: You get them at sentastamor and I what have you
Speaker 2: learned about this fan base and how important is it
Speaker 2: for that shootout vibe not to be a one off?
Speaker 3: Yeah, the shootout is interesting because you know as an outsider,
Speaker 3: you know, I'm a non Xavier guy, and you know,
Speaker 3: I'm still trying to earn my stripes with all the fans.
Speaker 3: And you know, they kind of the media and the
Speaker 3: fans kind of trick you a little bit because they're like,
Speaker 3: do you take this game seriously or not? And I'm like, listen,
Speaker 3: as a coach, we're one game at a time, this
Speaker 3: and that. But you know, really what it is is
Speaker 3: the fans and the media really really take it seriously
Speaker 3: because of the bragging rights and all that. It's really
Speaker 3: really cool and fun to be a part of. But
Speaker 3: I've gotten asked that question and I just said, you know,
Speaker 3: you know, I understand at a bye game in December
Speaker 3: it is not always going to be like that. But
Speaker 3: you know, I was very lucky for the last four
Speaker 3: years to coach in an iconic building in front of
Speaker 3: a terrific fan base in New Mexico with fifteen thousand fans.
Speaker 3: And I tell you what, if we bring it like
Speaker 3: we did in the Crosstown shootout for these ten home
Speaker 3: games in the league, like we're going to be a
Speaker 3: tough out, you know, it's a really cool fan base
Speaker 3: because I've never worked at a small kind of Catholic
Speaker 3: school like this with no football. I went to a
Speaker 3: school like this, but I've never professionally done that. And
Speaker 3: they're not necessarily a large number, but there's strength kind
Speaker 3: of in the numbers that they have, and they're really
Speaker 3: really passionate, and they've been very welcome to me and
Speaker 3: my family.
Speaker 2: All Right, my most important question to you, can you
Speaker 2: confirm a family sledding activity that may have led to injury?
Speaker 2: If not at least general sortus on your part.
Speaker 3: General sortus would be accurate for sure. I was standing
Speaker 3: in my office today because my back was hurty. You know.
Speaker 3: We we've got a pretty cool hill in front of
Speaker 3: our house. And my cute nine year old daughter put
Speaker 3: like her snow pants on, her boots on, and my
Speaker 3: other two kids were not there, and she was like, well,
Speaker 3: I guess I'm gonna go slaving by myself. And I'm like,
Speaker 3: all right, I got to go with you. You know,
Speaker 3: when you live in Minnesota. It was so cold, like
Speaker 3: like the Bengals game the other day. That was like
Speaker 3: every day in Minnesota for like three months, so it
Speaker 3: was like thirty degrees out. We had a blast, but
Speaker 3: I took a little spill. My wife didn't catch it,
Speaker 3: but I did actually run into a tree as well.
Speaker 3: But I think I'm a game time decision tomorrow. But
Speaker 3: I feel good that I'm going to be able to coach.
Speaker 2: Oh man, that is good news. Well take care of
Speaker 2: yourself and I always appreciate your time and best of
Speaker 2: luck tomorrow night.
Speaker 3: All right, thank you, Lance, appreciate it, all right, all.
Speaker 2: Right, take care coach. There you go, Richard Patina check
Speaker 2: it in tonight. He hit a tree. What I can
Speaker 2: see his nine year old like, who's going to say
Speaker 2: no to there? I guess all goes sledding by myself.
Speaker 2: I mean I remember that whether it was Peyton or
Speaker 2: Casey is like oh, but I thought general sortness might
Speaker 2: be the way he would go with the description. Standing
Speaker 2: in the office this morning, he said, feeling it. Musketeers
Speaker 2: tomorrow night, five game winning streak heading into Big East
Speaker 2: play with the opener against Creighton six point thirty from
Speaker 2: Senta center. All right, let's do this, Let's keep the
Speaker 2: lines open. I want to welcome your conversation. I've got
Speaker 2: oh when we'll come back. I came across a story
Speaker 2: over the weekend of a finish in a high school
Speaker 2: football state championship game that you will absolutely not believe.
Speaker 2: And I think it might lead into maybe a little
Speaker 2: bit of a conversation about the wild and wacky finishes
Speaker 2: in sports history over the years that you could maybe
Speaker 2: add to as well. Let's try that out a little bit,
Speaker 2: plus some more Red's Hall of Fame conversation as we continue.
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Speaker 2: by me Lance Pacallister, and we thank you for listening
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