WEBVTT - Mornings with Thom Brennaman 11/19/2025 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:01.600 Money, money, money. 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:04.320 If you get tingles from the latest money news, go 0:00:04.360 --> 0:00:09.280 ahead and tingle away. This is the Bloomberg Money Minute 0:00:09.400 --> 0:00:11.280 on seven hundred WLWA. 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:13.920 Already, time to say hello once more to Genie Ervetti 0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:16.919 from our Bloomberg newsroom in New York City, Gina. A 0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:20.560 new report looks at AI related layoffs in the year 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:23.239 of twenty twenty five, and many of those cuts, as 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:25.680 we've talked about, have come just recently. 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:29.720 Yeah, that's right. Tom Ai has been cited for over 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.640 forty eight thousand job cuts announced in the US so 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:35.720 far this year, according to a recent estimate from the 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:39.680 outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. Now. Of those, thirty 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:43.879 one thousand AI related job cuts were announced in October alone. 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:49.320 The sudden uptick mirrors a sharp rise in planned layoffs generally. 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:51.760 And once again later on today, we're going to hear 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:55.200 from the big AI chip maker and video with its earnings. 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:59.480 Tom all right, Gina. Target and Low's both reported earnings 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:03.560 this month. Warning all ready, how are investors reacting to those? 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:07.880 Well, we have Target shares moving lower. The latest outlook 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:11.360 signaled the retailer's turnaround push is going to take more time. 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:15.080 Target trimmed its profit forecast for twenty twenty five. It's 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:19.480 dealing with markdowns and soft demand and key merchandise areas. 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:23.440 Its latest results did beat estimates, and new CEO takes 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:26.959 over early next year. Lowe's investors seem to like what 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.840 they heard from the retailer. It's getting a boost from 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:34.679 consumer spending on home renovations, besting its larger rival Home Depot. 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:39.000 In the latest quarter, Low's reported profit that topped expectations 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:42.560 and also had positive sales growth for a second quarter 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:45.679 in a row. Tom Lowe's is also seeing what it 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:50.120 called continued growth in sales to professional contractors. That's a 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:52.080 business it's been looking to expand. 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:54.880 Okay, Gina and the futures this morning. 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.800 Well right now they're a little bit higher across the board. 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:01.320 Dow futures up fifty seven as some futures up fifteen, 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:05.560 Nasdaq futures up seventy points from Bloomberg. Ginas Cervetti on 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.680 news radio seven hundred WLW. 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:11.240 Alrighty eight ten on the Morning Show seven hundred WLW. 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:14.240 We were just talking about the morning show, the television 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:18.880 show with Jen Montanas from here at iHeart Media and 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:23.120 Lanta Urig. Like Curig, I had to make sure I 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:26.320 got it straight here. She is the executive director of 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:30.160 the Cincinnati Cancer Foundation, Lanta, Good morning, Thanks for coming in. 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:32.240 Thanks so much for having me Tom. I appreciate it. 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:34.800 He and you and I both are proud alums of 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:36.400 the Ohio University. 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.639 That's correct. Yes, that's a great place to go to school. 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:41.400 Yes it is, and you grew up not too far 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:45.480 from there in Chilicothee, Ohio. First of all, there are 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:47.440 a lot of people out there that are well aware 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:51.360 of the Cincinnati Cancer Foundation and all the incredible work 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.880 you guys do. But for those that maybe are just 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:55.800 hearing about it for the first time or don't know 0:02:55.919 --> 0:03:00.480 much about it, tell me what is the Cincinnati Cancer Foundation. 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:05.000 Well, Cincinnati Cancer Foundation was formed by doctor Bill Barrett. 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:10.560 He's our founder in twenty sixteen and the goal of 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:15.280 starting the foundation was to have the mission is to 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:20.359 reduce the suffering and mortality associated with cancer. And our 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:29.120 primary pillar or primary recognizable company that most people were 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:31.919 aware of as the Cincinnati Cancer Advisor. So Sinnet Cancer 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:35.440 Foundation supports and powers of Sincini Cancer Advisors and the 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.560 Naples Cancer Advisors. Now and so what we do is 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:42.040 free second opinions for people who have had a cancer diagnosis. 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:47.840 We do regenetic testing and counseling, clinical trial navigation, financial counseling, 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.840 and we do that all free of charge, so we 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:55.160 charge patients nothing. Oftentimes, when you've had a cancer diagnosis, 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:57.800 you get a lot of information. They're not you very quickly, 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:01.800 and it can be hard to decipher and to know 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.280 if you're making the right next step, and sometimes you 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.720 only get one shot at that making the right decision. 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:11.000 And so we're there to provide support consultative services only. 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.760 We don't treat, so we don't compete with anybody, and 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:18.279 so we just help patients. It's really very very patient focus. 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:20.480 We just help them on their journey and make sure 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:21.480 that they're on the right treatment. 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:24.039 I just think that that part of it is so 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:27.960 incredible because look, I don't know any family that hasn't 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:30.760 been touched by cancer in some form or fashion, right, 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:34.320 it's everywhere, seems like all the time. And knowing when 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:36.680 you get that kind of diagnosis or maybe it's your wife, 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:39.960 your husband, your father and mother, whatever the case may be, 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:42.800 is you guys are there to say, okay, look we 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:46.080 can help you navigate through this entire thing. We're not 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:48.320 there to help cure you. We're rooting for that, praying 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:52.119 for that. But whether it's from a financial standpoint, whether 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:54.760 it's from finding a way to get a second opinion, 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.960 because those can be so important. It must be unbelievably 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.680 gratifying knowing you're going out there raising money for this 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:01.400 kind of work. 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:03.839 It is, It really is, especially when you see so 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:07.040 many people that come in with that sense of anxiety 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:11.320 and you know, leave after an appointment with us feeling 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.440 like they're empowered and they know what's going on. 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:14.440 We may not change it. 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:17.040 We don't change the fact that they have cancer, but 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:20.760 I think just empowering them to understand more about their diagnosis, 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:23.479 to make them their own best advocate, and then we 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:26.680 also communicate with their physician. So the whole goal is 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:30.800 to just be synergistic, help all boats rise, and help 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.600 the patient feel like they just have one more excellent 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:34.599 partner on their team. 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:38.080 All right, now, you were talking about heading up the foundation, 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:40.799 which means you're looking to raise money. 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:41.600 That's correct. 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:42.920 Yeah, we've got a big deal. 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.039 You've got a big deal going on right now called 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:50.120 rivalry on the Rocks your a year end donation campaign, 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:54.720 and you're tying this into the rivalry between the Bengals 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:57.799 and the Browns. What is rivalry on the rocks. 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:01.159 Well, we thought this would be really fun actually, because 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.200 we have such a great Ohio fan base here in 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.479 Cincinnati and we love the Bengals and some love the Browns. 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:12.160 So we'll give everybody and we cross between Cincinnati and Florida, 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:14.600 and there's so many people in the Florida area that 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:15.839 are Ohio fan. 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.000 You guys are acted. Just for the record, in Naples 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:18.480 as well. 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:20.600 Down there, you've taken this down there too, and so 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:21.920 many Ohio winds down there. 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:22.719 That's correct. 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:26.000 Yes, And so this package and we're very thankful for 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.800 the support of of iHeart and helping us promote this. 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:32.839 It's two tickets for the Bengals Browns game and the 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:34.360 iHeart studio suites. 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:36.159 God, I can't even get in there. 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:41.400 And then also a two nights stay at Lytle Park Hotel, 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.920 which is just a beautifulul. 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:44.840 Downtown rooftop bar. 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.640 Yes, yes, gorgeous, and we're so grateful to them for 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:52.400 their support. And it also comes with a bottle of 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.880 heaven Hill bourbon which is signed by the Master Distiller, 0:06:56.560 --> 0:07:00.320 a very nice eighteen year bourbon for those know a 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:04.719 lot about bourbon and find that interesting. And also a 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:09.279 five hundred dollars gift card for flights and food, and 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:13.280 then an opportunity to be on air with Pike. 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:17.760 Right exactly Tony Pike Show. I mean, so all right, 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.160 so we've got all that. Just to repeat, you get 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:22.160 two tickets to the game or in the suite I 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:25.560 beg your pardon, the iHeartMedia suite when the Bengals and 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:30.160 Browns playing Cincinnati next season. Fourth, okay, yeah, next year, 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:32.280 I should say, yes, this year still to come. 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.080 It's at the end of this season, all right. 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:37.720 You get two nights at the Litl Park Hotel, a 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:42.200 five hundred dollars visa gift card, the Bourbon experience. Now 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:46.840 they're only fifteen hundred total chances. So let's just say 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:48.840 you know you've all done split the pot, right, You 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.920 got fifteen hundred of these tickets in there. If you 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.200 spend what you get, so how many tickets? 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:58.720 So one hundred dollars donation gets you one chance. One 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.840 thousand dollars donation get used to fifteen chances, so you 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:05.760 get more for your money with more donation, but you 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.040 can buy as many one hundred dollars chances as you 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:11.160 would like, or fifteen chances for a thousand. 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:13.040 Well, I tell you what I mean. 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.440 This is just it's so great and look at the 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:17.880 end of the year, this is also something that's someone 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:22.360 By donating, you can make it a donation on your taxes. 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:24.840 That's correct. Yes, yes, so it's a win win. 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:27.760 You get to have a chance to have a great 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:30.440 experience and also support a great cause. 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:32.559 Now are you going to go to the game with them? 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:35.640 Well, we only have two tickets, so well, Jen can 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:40.280 pull some strengths. Yeah, that would be great. We'll talk 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:40.679 about that. 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:44.760 Okay, Well, this is really exciting and the work you 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:48.080 guys do you know, I know I said it a 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:52.920 minute ago, but people just get so overwhelmed when they 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:56.960 hear about this diagnosis of someone, if not themselves, in 0:08:57.040 --> 0:09:00.400 their family. And I don't know if this is this 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:04.360 kind of thing is unique necessarily in the United States, 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:08.280 or is just pretty much a Cincinnati idea sort of 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:11.319 thing that's blossomed into what it is now and continuing 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:11.720 to grow. 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.920 Well, the idea of getting a second opinion itself is 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:18.960 not new. You can get a second opinion at many organizations. However, 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:22.760 what's very unique about the Insane Cancer Advisors and Naples 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:26.440 Cancer Advisors is the fact that you get an honest 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:30.840 broker second opinion where we're not affiliated with any organization. 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:34.560 We're not trying to push anyone to go to this. Oftentimes, 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:36.839 if you go for a second opinion, they will want 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.760 you to stay with them and use their services and 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:41.760 spend your money and your insurance with them. 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:43.360 That's not our goal at all. 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:45.880 Our goal is to just make sure that the patient 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.240 knows that they're on the right treatment plan and that 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.319 they're getting to the right level of care wherever that is. 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.679 We want to make sure that we help facilitate that, 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:58.240 and our physicians speak with their physicians and just really 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:03.439 help coordinate and energize that care. And I think that's 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:06.000 what's truly unique and the only place that we know 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:08.600 of that this exists, especially that the fact that it's 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:11.760 free of charge, that doesn't happen sure, yeah, you're right 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:14.640 about that, And we don't even ask for an insurance card. 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.079 And so that I think is what is truly unique 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:21.439 and what you can only get the experience in Cincinnati, 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:23.559 in Southwest Florida. 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:25.600 All right, Lanna, you're a guy. I have to ask you. 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:29.199 Where can people go if they want to donate and 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.760 buy a chance to win this incredible prize? 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:32.400 Where would they go? 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:35.920 If they go to Cincinnati Cancer Advisors dot Org. At 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.120 the top of the page, there's a little banner that 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:41.600 has the contest, So if they just click that link, 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.480 it'll take them right to that page. We're also on 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:48.199 LinkedIn Instagram. We have promotions going out so they can 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:52.079 click on those links as well. So we hope everyone 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:56.360 takes the opportunity to take a chance and help support 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:57.439 this wonderful cause. 0:10:57.520 --> 0:10:59.360 You'll be sold out by today. 0:10:59.160 --> 0:10:59.520 I hope. 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.240 So thank you for taking the time to come in 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.400 this morning and continue godspeed on all the great work 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:06.240 you guys are doing well. 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:08.240 Thank you so much time. We really appreciate. 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:12.320 Absolutely eight nineteen seven hundred WLW. 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The decision is a 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:55.920 massive loss for the FTC, which has been trying to 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.680 break up the tech giant since twenty twenty, when it 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:02.960 sued Meta during the first Trump administration. An FTC spokesperson 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:05.960 said the agency is reviewing all of its options from 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:11.600 Bloomberg genas Cervetti on NewsRadio seven HUNDREDLW. 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.960 Fight eight forty and welcome back to the morning show 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:16.120 here on seven hundred wl W. 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:17.280 Great to have you with us. 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.840 Thanks for making us a part of your start to 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:24.800 this Wednesday. Very busy these days. Man, when hoop starts up, 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:27.800 he is living it, breathing it, eating it twenty four 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:29.680 to seven, if not all year round. That's a head 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:32.280 basketball coach at the University of Cincinnati kind enough to 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.600 join us today, Coach Wes Miller, how are you, sir. 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:37.400 I'm doing good. 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:38.720 Thanks for having me on this morning. 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:41.559 Of course, Hey, you got the big game Friday night. 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:45.079 We'll get to that in a minute. Your thoughts on 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:49.240 your team and the season unbeaten start so far. Rallied 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:51.720 late the other night to win. What are your thoughts 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:53.040 about this group so far? 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:59.560 So far, I think we're doing fine. We have a 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:03.640 really ice group of guys. We have a group that 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:04.360 fits together. 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:05.600 But we're new. 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.240 I mean, we have so many new faces, so it's 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:11.360 going to be a process. It's been a good process 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.439 the summer of the fall, the preseason, but getting out 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:18.000 there under the lights, playing against other teams for the 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.840 first time, it's been good for us, and I think 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:23.800 we're improving week to week. This team will play its 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:27.840 best basketball in January and February. Confident in that. So 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.960 a lot to improve on, but a lot of things 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:32.800 that give us give us a lot of confidence. 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:36.920 Here early I broadcast Atlantic Coast Conference basketball. Of course, 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:39.520 you played in the ACC at the University of North Carolina, 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:43.200 but I broadcast games there every weekend starting in January. 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.000 In fact, I'm going back to your alma mater for 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.720 a game of December. And the one thing I've noticed 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:51.960 coach in this day and age of the portal and 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:56.880 so many players changing teams and so forth, talk about 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:01.040 how hard it is because you have so many new guys. 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:03.680 Seems like a lot of schools have so many new guys, 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:05.520 but I hear it from coaches all the time that 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.160 you know, maybe they've had to change the way they 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.480 coach in recent years. When you're bringing in that many 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.680 new guys, well, it's just different. 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.360 There's always challenges. It's a different kind of challenge. I 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:23.680 think early in the year, you know, it's figuring out 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:29.120 your rotations, your combinations on the floor, getting the ball 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:33.560 to the right guys offensively, you know, finding some of 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:37.200 the defensive schemes that work the best. I mean, when 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:40.200 you've coached the team, or at least the nuts and 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:42.320 bolts of the same team for two or three or 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.080 four years, you have a lot of the answers to 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.840 those questions before you ever play a game. When you 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:50.640 have a ton of new faces, you're figuring some of 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:52.880 that stuff out early in the year. And this is 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.800 normal and professional basketball, which is why you're going to 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:59.560 have five or six preseason games. I think in college 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:03.120 basketball right now, you're going to see eighty percent of 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:07.000 our game trying to figure a lot of these things out, 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:09.120 you know, over the first month of the season, which 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:11.000 is which is normal, and I think like you said, 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:13.760 a lot of people are going through that. What's been 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:18.880 good for us is there's been stretches that are just 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:21.840 so promising. Yeah, and there's been enough of them that 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:25.440 you can see that our offense can be dynamic, that 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:27.600 we're going to be able to be able to score 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:31.560 this year. There's been stretches defensively where you know, we 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:35.160 can take things away or we can really have rem protection. 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:40.000 We've been good in transition and stretches. So for us, 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:43.160 it's about figuring out how to do those things more consistently. 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:46.280 To this point, the work ethic in the mindset of 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:48.440 the players has been there, so it gives me a 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:50.160 great faith that we'll get there. Now we've got to 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:53.200 continue to do those things. But again, I don't think 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:56.880 we're very different than eighty percent. Certainly there's some programs 0:16:56.880 --> 0:16:59.280 that have a lot of turnover that are probably hitting 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:03.720 their strides or But I think in today's game, if 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:05.760 you can stay about the right things every day, and 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.760 you do have some promising personnel and you have a 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:12.640 good culture, which I believe we have, then I think 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:14.880 you can be where you need to be in league play, 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:15.840 which is what it's all about. 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.359 You know, I was over working out yesterday afternoon and 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:20.800 a hardcore you see fan guy who went to school 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:23.240 at the University of Cincinnati. Older guy, he's been going 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:27.359 to every single UC basketball game for thirty years and 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:29.160 he's been to all the games so far you've played 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:32.200 at home this year. And he said to me, he said, 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:35.120 I think, when all of a sudden done, that this 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:38.560 might be the most talented group that Coach Miller has had, 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:39.600 just pure talent. 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:41.160 Would you agree with that? 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:46.479 You know, the talent word is an interesting word and 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:50.800 how it's perceived you used. What I would say is 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:56.439 the pieces fit together in a way on this roster 0:17:57.000 --> 0:18:00.639 that I think could let the talent show case itself 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.320 better by the end of the year. I really believe that. 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:06.840 I think we have linked in the front court. We 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:11.280 have skill in the front court. We have enough skill 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:16.640 on the perimeter. Again, I think we have some toughness. 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:19.439 We lost a lot when we lost Jalen Haynes, but 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:22.840 guys like Sincere Harris and Dayde Thomas and others, we 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:26.199 have the bearcat toughness that I think you have to 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:28.440 have to put that jersey on. So and I could 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:30.560 keep going on and on. I think when you look 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:35.560 at the collection of the roster, I do think it's 0:18:35.640 --> 0:18:40.159 not just a good roster with some experience and you know, 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:43.199 some talent, as you may say, but it works together 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:45.959 and then it's got to play that way. And I 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:47.800 think that's what we're working for right now every day 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:50.119 in practice and through these early season games. 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:51.840 Before I ask you about the game coming up on 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:55.840 Friday night at Heritage Bank Center against Louisville top ten 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:58.760 team in a program that's on the rise again after 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:00.000 being down for a long. 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:02.800 Long, long time, dade A Thomas. 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:04.919 You know, because I watch all your games, I just 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:08.680 find him to be such an interesting player for your 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:12.879 program because you know, two years ago he was you know, 0:19:12.920 --> 0:19:14.960 I mean, he was right there in the middle of 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:16.639 all of it the first year you brought him in. 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.960 And I'm not saying last year he took a step backwards. 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:22.080 I'm not saying that at all. It just seemed like 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:26.600 there were other focal points of the team besides him 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:29.800 or maybe in front of him. Now, all of a sudden, 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:32.400 it looks like, you know, he decided to stay here. 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:34.840 He had an opportunity, I'm sure to leave. He likes 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:37.359 it here, he likes playing for you, and he looks 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:41.040 like he's capable of really being a big time player 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:41.800 for you this year. 0:19:41.840 --> 0:19:42.840 Is that a fair assessment? 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:47.639 Yeah, I think it is fair. Here's a young man 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:53.240 that was a junior college transfer. I think he's somebody 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:57.440 that people in Cincinnati can relate to. He is grateful 0:19:57.560 --> 0:20:01.359 to be here from the days walk on campus. He 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:05.879 works for everything that he's gotten. You know, he plays 0:20:05.960 --> 0:20:09.119 that way. He plays with an edge that I relate to. 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:11.240 And again I think people can relate to the follow 0:20:11.280 --> 0:20:14.240 our program. In terms of last year, I mean he's 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:17.439 coming off of a foot injury and missed an entire offseason, 0:20:17.520 --> 0:20:21.400 had a six week setback, and he missed a lot 0:20:21.400 --> 0:20:23.760 of time early in the year, so he wasn't quite 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:26.280 himself early in the year last year. And then I 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:29.199 thought he found this dride late in the year and 0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:31.960 he was able to have a real off season this year. So, 0:20:32.480 --> 0:20:35.199 you know, we don't have many returners. You mentioned that 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:39.000 earlier on the broadcast here, he's worth more than one, 0:20:39.359 --> 0:20:42.040 right because of all the experience he has and the 0:20:42.160 --> 0:20:46.160 leadership he has within our roster. So I'm excited about 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:48.600 the start, But I do believe that what he's doing 0:20:48.680 --> 0:20:50.880 is sustainable because we've been able to see that all 0:20:50.920 --> 0:20:53.880 summer and all fall, and he's extremely confident right now. 0:20:54.040 --> 0:20:57.920 All right, let's zero in on Louisville. Very talented team, 0:20:58.000 --> 0:21:00.480