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Speaker 1: Six point thirty seven seven hundred wlw RNL Carrier Sports

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Speaker 1: Talk presented by Kelsey chevroleam Lands Kay Lets. From my

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Speaker 1: reaction at au Ineosuarez coming in a bit, your reaction

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Speaker 1: to au Ando Suarez coming in a bit, Let's talk

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Speaker 1: perfection right now. Saturday, the place to be was Molet

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Speaker 1: a record ten six hundred and forty fans on hand

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Speaker 1: as Miami wins again. They trailed by five with fifteen

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Speaker 1: minutes to go. They proceeded to go on a jaw

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Speaker 1: dropping thirty eight to nine run to close the game.

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Speaker 1: They are twenty two and zero. They are one of

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Speaker 1: two remaining unbeatens in the country. They're up to number

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Speaker 1: twenty three this week. And I thought, from perspective on

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Speaker 1: that who better to welcome in than the legendary longtime

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Speaker 1: voice of Miami basketball, member of the Miami Athletic Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame, the pride of Brookville High School. That would

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Speaker 1: be Steve Baker. Steve, how are you?

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Speaker 2: I am surprised you don't even remember Brooksville High School?

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Speaker 3: Man, it is great to hear your voice.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you're perfect for this because I want to

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Speaker 1: start here, just paint a picture of Saturday scene and

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Speaker 1: give listeners an idea of just how much fun this

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Speaker 1: ride has.

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Speaker 3: Been so far.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, it has been amazing. From the time

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Speaker 2: the twenty fifth ranking was sounded, Mallett Hall was filled,

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Speaker 2: We've had two record crowds in a row. And this team,

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Speaker 2: this team is amazing. Lance. I'll tell you man, I

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Speaker 2: go back through almost forty years of broadcast in Miami

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Speaker 2: Sports and maybe the ninety four ninety five team with

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Speaker 2: Devin Davis and Kevin Beard, Jamie Mahafee, Derek cross landon

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Speaker 2: Hackham was a team. But even then you had multiple

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Speaker 2: first time All Mac player Devin Davis on it, Jamie Mhafee,

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Speaker 2: you had a couple of really guys that you could

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Speaker 2: point to as your heroes. This team has no heroes.

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Speaker 2: And that's what was amazing to me is there are

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Speaker 2: eight nine guys, depending upon the day, that can contribute

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Speaker 2: and get you a win. And you know that's almost

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Speaker 2: unheard of in basketball, especially at the G five level

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Speaker 2: these days. You always have one guy maybe two that

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Speaker 2: you in point two and say those are our guys.

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Speaker 2: But this team doesn't have those guys and they play

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Speaker 2: like that.

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Speaker 1: Steve, you're around obviously Travis Steele all the time. You

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Speaker 1: do the Hawk Talk Coaches show with him, give fans

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Speaker 1: perspective on what's You've been around a lot of coaches.

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Speaker 3: What is it about Travis that jumps out to you?

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Speaker 2: He really cares about this team and building a program.

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Speaker 2: And I think if you talk to him and say you, hey,

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Speaker 2: I'm I'm interested in building a Gonzaga in the Midwest,

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Speaker 2: and you know, and you take a look at Gonzaga

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Speaker 2: over the years. Yeah, they've had some great players, but

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Speaker 2: they've been teams. And I tell you, man, you hang

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Speaker 2: around Travis, You hang around these guys. They just hang

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Speaker 2: aroun all together all the time. I can go on

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Speaker 2: the road and down to the hotel in the evening

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Speaker 2: and see all of these guys hanging together, just having

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Speaker 2: a good time. And to me, that is you know,

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Speaker 2: that's what sports is all about, you know, enjoying what

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Speaker 2: you do, loving what you do, having a passion to

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Speaker 2: with success.

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Speaker 1: Steve, you've seen what Travis has started building from day one.

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Speaker 1: You've seen the trajectory of things. And this is probably

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Speaker 1: a dumb question because nobody would have anticipated twenty two

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Speaker 1: and zero. But did you see something like this season

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Speaker 2: Well, I saw it at the end of last year.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you lose the MAC championship game, what by

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Speaker 2: one versus Akron? You have twenty five wins on the season,

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Speaker 2: and have you know? Then you get shut out by

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Speaker 2: the NIT and those guys took it the heart. They say, hey,

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Speaker 2: let's run this back, excid for maybe a couple of players.

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Speaker 2: These guys eighty five percent of the roster from last

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Speaker 2: year team back to this team. You add some pieces,

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Speaker 2: you go to the portal. I think we had one

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Speaker 2: portal player in Almar Atlinson. And then you're freshman, and

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Speaker 2: let's talk about the freshmen that have had kicked into

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Speaker 2: this game. You know, they step up. You lose your

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Speaker 2: it's been a great ride. But no, those guys step up,

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Speaker 2: and you know, they make it happen. And that's the

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Speaker 2: difference in what Travis is building. He's building a belief,

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Speaker 2: he's building a program not only in basketball, but in

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Speaker 2: the university itself. And you know, you take a look

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Speaker 2: at Miami University and the success they've had in all sports,

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Speaker 2: this year. That's the foundation that each sport is building here.

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Speaker 2: And I tell you what it's working right now.

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Speaker 1: Man, Ron is Miami Royalty a legend. How cool was

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Speaker 2: Oh man, I can't even begin to tell you. My

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Speaker 2: first year of even being associated with Miami Broadcast. I

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Speaker 2: board and that sort of stuff. Was eighty four eighty

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Speaker 2: five and Omar couldn't make it back to the game.

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Speaker 2: Omar Williams, the Great Omar Williams couldn't make it to

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Speaker 2: a game because of a snowstorm. I did play by

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Speaker 2: the NCAA game that year where he just posterized Len

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Speaker 2: Bias and I was hooked. And tell you what, this Saturday,

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Speaker 2: in front of a sellout craft for him to receive

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Speaker 2: his much, much deserved doctorate degree and then be able

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Speaker 2: to talk to him at halftime of our men's game,

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Speaker 2: it was a full circle moment for me in forty

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Speaker 2: eight years of broadcasting to be able to talk to

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Speaker 2: that man and respect that man and just you know,

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Speaker 2: be a part of what legacy he brought to Miami universe.

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Speaker 1: I got chills here and you say that, we're talking

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Speaker 1: with the legendary longtime voice of Miami RedHawks basketball. Now,

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Speaker 1: for those who haven't glanced at the schedule, they got

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Speaker 1: a tough one on the road tomorrow night, don't they.

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Speaker 2: Oh, this is a big week. This is absolutely a

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Speaker 2: big week. Buffalo, we took to overtime at home, got

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Speaker 2: the victory. You go to Buffalo, and then later on

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Speaker 2: in the week the Max Sunbelt Challenge, you face Marshall

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Speaker 2: on the road. These are two huge road games for Miami.

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Speaker 2: I can't understate that. Now. You know, Marshall's a non

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Speaker 2: conference game, but it still means so much to this team.

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Speaker 2: And I like where we are, Lance, I mean, this

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Speaker 2: team is, you know, put together so well that different

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Speaker 2: guys step up. Atlasson hasn't had a great game at

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Speaker 2: And you know, I like where we are. I think

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Speaker 2: we're going to survive the week. If we survive the week,

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Speaker 2: then we move on and just keep things rolling.

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Speaker 1: I know you've heard all the talking points surrounding this team.

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Speaker 1: Do you allow yourself to worry about the wiggle room

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Speaker 1: if they weren't to win the Mac tournament. In terms

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Speaker 2: Know what, I respect all of the folks who you know,

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Speaker 2: look Ken Palm and all the computer rankings and everything else.

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Speaker 2: I understand it. You know. The fact of the matter

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Speaker 2: is calls were placed and trying to get schedules, and

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Speaker 2: nobody responded. It's not a matter of even going on

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Speaker 2: the road. I think this team would go on the road.

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Speaker 2: But the only way that this team could get games

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Speaker 2: And in addition to maybe taking the loss, you don't

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Speaker 2: get any cash for those and so you're you're hurting

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Speaker 2: your program. And I understand that, But those rankings don't

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Speaker 2: take into consideration the fact that we're a team, we

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Speaker 2: don't have a superstar. They don't take into consideration hearts, tenacity,

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Speaker 2: you know, determination to win, you know. And I understand that.

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Speaker 2: But I think even right now at twenty two wins,

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Speaker 2: going undefeated, I think this team deserves at least in

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Speaker 2: that large bit.

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Speaker 3: I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this.

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad we could hook up tonight and get

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Speaker 1: your perspective I hope I can bug you again later

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Speaker 1: in the season.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for making time tonight.

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Speaker 2: Hey, Lance, Absolutely give me a call anytime. I appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate time on the Big One.

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Speaker 1: Sounds good. Thanks Steve. There you go, Steve Baker, voice

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Speaker 1: of the Miami Redax. The things he has seen, the

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Speaker 1: games he has called, and the things he's now experiencing

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Speaker 1: on this run unbelievable. Up next, my thoughts on au

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Speaker 1: Henio Suarez as we continue with our RNL Carrier Sports

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