1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Is Tony Pikes since sixty about Cincinnati from Cincinnati. This 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: is ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. 3 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 2: Welcome back the latest edition since e three to sixty 4 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 2: ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. Let's get to some 5 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 2: reds in hour three, we'll get to more phone calls. 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 2: Let's first start in the world of college basketball, because 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 2: well it's March. It's March Madness time, and we had 8 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 2: a little bit of a glimpse of that in the weekend. 9 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 2: Let's start with what's coming up the most pressing. The 10 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: Horizon League Tournament starts this week. In fact, I believe 11 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 2: the first playing game Cleveland State and IU Indie is 12 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 2: tonight in the Horizon League Tournament. After a disheartening what 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,959 Speaker 2: do you call it? Disheartening loss? Heartbreaking a collapse on 14 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: Saturday Happy against rival Right State where the NKU Norse 15 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 2: blew a substantial lead double digits against Wright State. 16 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 3: And then scored with seven seconds left to take the lead. 17 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, couldn't hold on and then gave up the game 18 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 2: winning basketball. A game in which NKU at one point 19 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 2: led by twenty, they lose to Wright State. To Wright State, 20 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 2: they fall to ten and ten this year in the 21 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 2: Horizon League standings, which means they will start as the 22 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 2: seven seed going into the Horizon League Tournament. That play 23 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 2: starts Wednesday. Their first round game is at seven o'clock 24 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,839 Speaker 2: against fourth seeded Oakland. 25 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 3: I mean tonight, what more could you ask for than 26 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 3: the ten and twenty one Cleveland State. Yeah, hosting seven 27 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 3: and twenty four IU Indie, Well you get that, You 28 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 3: get Duke n C State, Iowa State, Arizona as well 29 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 3: Cleveland State one and a half point favorites. 30 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 2: Friday night number for you if you're betting on Friday Night. 31 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 2: How about what the Red Hawks were able to do? 32 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 2: I mean, what about the performance of Travis Steel, I 33 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 2: mean getting the refs involved? He knocked over a speaker 34 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 2: at one point. 35 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, that was I wasn't a huge fan of that. 36 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:20,839 Speaker 2: I mean Travis Steele lost his mind Friday night. He 37 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: was losing it. And yet as his team is done 38 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 2: at one point, trailing by nine, the resolve of Miami 39 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 2: Suitor fouls out. They were without a backup point guard. 40 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: They still find a way to come from behind and 41 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 2: beat Western Michigan at the guns as time was expiring, 42 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 2: I feel like we're running out of of things to 43 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: say about this Miami team. 44 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 3: Up to number nineteen now in the latest AP poll 45 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 3: are the Red Hawks, And I think, you know, there's 46 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 3: there's just so much press you're mounting. I don't know 47 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 3: if that was maybe part of it with feel deal 48 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 3: where you know, stuff kind of goes haywire in the 49 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 3: first half and you just lose your mind because of 50 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 3: all the pressure and all the talk and all the 51 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 3: conversation about you really can't afford to slip up in 52 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 3: the regular season. And I think maybe it just came 53 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 3: to a head in that moment. And I mean, pushing 54 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 3: over the DJA speaker not the best MOVIEVA, But whatever 55 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 3: he said at halftime work, that's for sure. 56 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 2: It was Trey Perry a layup as they were under 57 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: one second left in the game to give Miami the 58 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 2: sixty nine to sixty seven win. As Austin mentioned, Miami 59 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 2: is now up to number nineteen in the AP pole. 60 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 2: But it's the conversation now that is continuing around Miami basketball. 61 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 2: It started over the weekend with Bruce Pearl. Bruce Pearl 62 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,119 Speaker 2: said that Miami doesn't deserve a spot in the tournament 63 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: if they don't win the MAC tournament. David Saylor, sailor 64 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 2: the ad at Miami, responded back with a tweet at 65 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 2: coach Pearl, you're flat out wrong when you say we 66 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 2: would finish last in the Big East. The disrespect is 67 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 2: awful and you should not be near a TV studio 68 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 2: covering this sport when you show your true colors. Even 69 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 2: slipped in a WII when talking about Auburn. 70 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 3: Pearl, he said, he say he finished it by saying 71 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 3: nice work. Yeah, Pearl did, really, he said, Miami, here's 72 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 3: the deal. Are we selecting these sixty eight most deserving 73 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 3: teams or are we going to select the sixty eight 74 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 3: best teams. If we're gonna select the sixty eight best, 75 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 3: Miami's gonna have to win their tournament to qualify as 76 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 3: a champion as an at large because they're not one 77 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 3: of the best teams in the country. Well, if you're 78 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 3: gonna select the sixty eight best, then you would not 79 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 3: have automatic qualifiers. Correct. It's never been about the best teams. 80 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 3: It never has been about those best teams. It's more 81 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 3: than anything, a money grab and that's why they keep 82 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 3: expanding it and want to keep expanding it. But you 83 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 3: don't ever have the best teams in there, it looks 84 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 3: worse because obviously Bruce Pearl is is pushing for Auburn 85 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 3: to be in the Auburn is squarely on the bubble 86 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 3: right now, and his son it just so happens to 87 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 3: be the coach at Auburn. At least it's obvious. You're 88 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 3: not trying to hide any thing. That's the thing. Like 89 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 3: if Bruce Pearl would say, hey, clearly I'm biased and 90 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 3: I want my son and his team to be in, 91 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 3: that's fine, but you really there's no need for Bruce 92 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 3: Pearl to be on TV if that's the game, which, 93 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 3: by the way, Auburn fifteen and fourteen overall at home, 94 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 3: lost to three and twelve Old Miss over the weekend. 95 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 3: I'm not interested in Bruce Pearl pushing an agenda about 96 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 3: Auburn basketball. I'm interested in Bruce Pearl's analysis of why 97 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 3: teams are good, why teams are bad, and what he 98 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 3: thinks is going to happen, and if it's just going 99 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 3: to be this team should be in because I want 100 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 3: this team to be in and Auburn this and all 101 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 3: burn that. Yeah, I think you can obviously look at 102 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 3: their conference and their schedule and there are things that 103 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 3: make sense when making the argument, But when you are 104 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 3: quite obviously biased about a situation like this, I just 105 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: don't put any stock into that. From Bruce Parker, I 106 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 3: don't care. And now here is the deal. 107 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 2: Miami plays Toledo at home on Tuesday this week, and 108 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 2: then they finished on the road Todohu. I still believe 109 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 2: Austin that it will get dicey if Miami loses one 110 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 2: of their last two and then loses in the MAC Tournament. 111 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 3: I agree that will get dicey. 112 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 2: It could get dicey if they if they win the 113 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 2: next two and don't make the finals of the MAC Tournament. 114 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 3: I get that. 115 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 2: But Auburn, you just lost to a three win SEC 116 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 2: team on your home floor, and now you're gonna try 117 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 2: to push the agenda in this sense, that is Miami's 118 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 2: upcoming schedule Toledo at home and then owe you on 119 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 2: the road. Other local teams that have been in action 120 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 2: we've mentioned before. Ohio State got a huge win at 121 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 2: home over Purdue over the weekend. Yes, make no mistake 122 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 2: about it, Ohio State needed to win. They got to win. 123 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 2: They go to abysmal Penn State on Wednesday this week 124 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 2: and then they finished their regular season against Arizona or 125 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 2: against Indiana at home on March seventh. So that's what 126 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,559 Speaker 2: Ohio State, who is squarely on the bubble right now, 127 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: has remaining. 128 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 3: We're at the. 129 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 2: Point where we know that the Dayton Flyers they essentially 130 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 2: need to win the A ten Tournament. Their record is 131 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 2: not good enough. But Dayton is also a team that 132 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 2: is playing better basketball. Winners now of five straight Dayton 133 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 2: has at Richmond and home versus VCU before the A 134 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,679 Speaker 2: ten Tournament. The Louisville Cardinals under head coach Pat Kelsey, 135 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 2: lose another one over the weekend, this time on the 136 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 2: road at Clemson. Louisville all of a sudden is nine 137 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,559 Speaker 2: and seven in a down acc this year. They're twenty 138 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 2: and nine overall. Louisville is still an NCUBA Tournament team 139 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 2: home versus Eyracusan on the road at number twenty two 140 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: Miami of Florida to finish out their regular season. And 141 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 2: then the Kentucky Wildcats, who you take your hat off 142 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 2: because they to me, they're one of the most interesting 143 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 2: teams this year in the tournament, because I don't know 144 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 2: what Kentucky is. Some days it looks like they can 145 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 2: beat anyone in the country. Other times they lose just 146 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 2: head scratching games. They beat top twenty five ranked Vanderbilt 147 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,599 Speaker 2: ninety one seventy seven. Not easy for Kentucky on the 148 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 2: way out at Texas A and M and then home 149 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 2: versus Florida. But as today comes, I think Kentucky is 150 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 2: a team that is in the nc DOUBLEA Tournament. Locally, 151 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 2: the Xavier Musketeers are not a tournament team. The Xavier 152 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 2: would have to go on a run and win the 153 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 2: Big East Championship for them to be in the NCAA tournament. 154 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 2: But a good win over Georgetown at home on Saturday 155 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 2: ninety one to eighty four for the Xavier Musketeers, led 156 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 2: again as they've been for much of the year by 157 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 2: Trey Carroll. Roddy Anderson off the bench added twenty one points. 158 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 2: Xavier gets their sixth Big East win of the season 159 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 2: that has won more than Georgetown and Marquette. Xavier, by 160 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 2: the way, finishes up their regular season against Seaton Hall 161 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 2: tomorrow at the Centas Center, and then a trip on 162 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 2: Saturday to Villanova will finish up the regular season for 163 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 2: the Xavier Musketeers. And then there is the Cincinnati Bearcats 164 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 2: another win over the weekend. They have now won five 165 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 2: of their last six. That lone loss was on the 166 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 2: road at a good Texas Tech squad. They beat Oklahoma 167 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 2: State and really they left no doubt about it in 168 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 2: that win, ninety one. 169 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 3: To sixty eight. 170 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 2: The Bearcats put up fifty one in the first half 171 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 2: forty in the second half, and it was an offensive onslaught, 172 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 2: which we've not seen as much this year. 173 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 3: Bob A. 174 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 2: Miller flirted with a triple double eleven points, eight rebounds, 175 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 2: eight assist. Mustapha cham has been awesome twenty four points, 176 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 2: fifteen boards. Gisel James added eleven points, Celestine headed eight, 177 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 2: and they got twenty six from Dayde Thomas, including seven 178 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: of eleven from the three point line for the guard 179 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 2: for the Cincinnati Bearcats again, now sixteen and thirteen overall 180 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 2: and eight and eight in the Big twelve. UC's slim 181 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 2: tournament hopes now turned to tomorrow night. It's a nine 182 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 2: o'clock ESBN two matchup against BYU, who is going through 183 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 2: a slide of their own. BYU is still a tournament team, 184 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 2: but BYU is playing themselves into that eight to nine range. 185 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 2: They obviously lost Richie Saunders, their second leading scorer, still 186 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 2: led by aj Debonsta who is a phenomenal player and 187 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 2: a player who will be worse. It's the price of 188 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 2: admission just to see him tomorrow night. But I'm looking 189 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 2: forward to this one tomorrow night. It should be a 190 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 2: fantastic crowd, a great environment. 191 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 3: You see. 192 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 2: Will then turn around and on Saturday they got a 193 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 2: road trip to TCU, who's another team that's kind of 194 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 2: squarely on the bubble right now. But if if you 195 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 2: want to give yourself a chance and you're the Bearcats, 196 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 2: you got to win the next two. It starts with 197 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 2: winning at least one in the Big twelve tournament, and 198 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 2: you probably need some help around you. But I'll say this, Austin, 199 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 2: as bad as you see was early on in the 200 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 2: year an the Eastern Michigan loss, there's no rhyme or 201 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 2: reason about that. I don't care if Bobby Miller played 202 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 2: or not. I don't care if Gigsel James won on 203 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 2: the team or not. It was an awful loss and 204 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 2: it's one you can't outrun based on the resume this year. 205 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 2: Outside of that, yeah, you want one of the West 206 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 2: Virginia games back. You'd like the Arizona State game back 207 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 2: on the road. But this team has of late again, 208 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 2: say whatever you want about how this season is unfolded. 209 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 2: Seeing this team win five or six down the stretch, 210 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 2: they have played better basketball. Not saying that they are 211 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 2: a team that should be in the tournament, but if 212 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 2: they went out, you finish. If you're the Bearcats at 213 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,079 Speaker 2: ten and eight in the Big Twelve, that would put 214 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 2: them to eighteen and thirteen on the regular season with 215 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 2: the chance to maybe go do something in the Big 216 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 2: Twelve tournament. You would at least be on the conversation. 217 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 2: They already are. They're on the next four out line 218 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 2: according to Joe Lonardi, and you need a lot of 219 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 2: other help. But there is an outside chance that you 220 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 2: could talk about the Bearcats and a path forward. That conversation, 221 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 2: though wouldn't happen until after tomorrow night, if they were 222 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 2: able to get past BYU. Other Top twenty five action 223 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:49,319 Speaker 2: over the weekend, Michigan on the road at number ten, 224 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 2: Illinois dismantled Illinois. The eighty four to seventy score wasn't 225 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 2: really indicative of how much of a blowout that was 226 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 2: throughout the game. Speaking of blowouts, I don't know who's 227 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 2: catching number one duke right now? Seventy seven to fifty one, 228 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 2: winners over number eleven, Virginia, Arizona all over Kansas eighty 229 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 2: four to sixty one. I mentioned to Mike earlier in 230 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 2: the show, I thought the Texas Tech win over Iowa 231 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 2: State was extremely impressive. Houston had lost three in a row. 232 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 2: They come back and win by forty against Colorado. Yukon 233 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 2: held on against Seaton Hall, a top twenty matchup, Florida 234 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 2: one eleven to seventy seven all over. Coach cal shout 235 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 2: out to Saint Mary's as well. Unranked sixteen and two 236 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 2: in their conference, knocks off Gonzaga seventy to fifty nine. 237 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 2: Are you a big Fred Hoiberg guy, Austin, Well, he's 238 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 2: doing at Nebraska. No, you're not a Hoyburg guy. No, 239 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 2: well he knocked off USC and USA US season shambles. 240 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 2: Chance Baker Mazara, their leading score has been kicked off 241 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 2: the team. Gilbert Arenaz, his son's on the team. He 242 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:59,719 Speaker 2: wasn't happy about it. Alabama beat Tennessee on the roads. 243 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 2: Virginia knocked off BYU. That's a bubble game for sure. 244 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 2: If you're the UC Bearcats and watching along with that, 245 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 2: and then yesterday Michigan State beat Indiana on the road 246 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:14,839 Speaker 2: and Purdue falls at Ohio State. That is where things 247 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 2: are at as it relates to college basketball and some 248 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 2: of the March madness outlooks. We had a call. Uh, 249 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 2: we were getting ready to get to talking about Miami, 250 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 2: but we'd lost that call. So we'll get a break in, 251 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 2: we'll come back, we'll switch. 252 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 3: It is gonna tell us that, you know, Lamar went 253 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 3: twenty eight and six a long time ago and lost 254 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 3: in their conference tournament and did not make the tournament. Okay, 255 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 3: all right, Well, now that we got that sort it out, 256 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 3: we'll take a break. When we come back, let's go 257 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 3: to some red spring training baseball. We'll talk more Reds 258 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 3: next and your phone calls five, one, three, seven, nine, 259 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 3: fifteen thirty. It all happens on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati 260 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 3: Sports Station. 261 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 4: From the Court to the Cage, the Diamond to the Dome. 262 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 4: He brings the heat Moegar today at three pm on 263 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 4: ESPN fifteen thirty Man. 264 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 2: Welcome back since e three sixty ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati 265 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 2: Sports Station. Finishing off just a little bit of the 266 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 2: conversation from College Basketball did mention in passing there is 267 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 2: some top twenty five action tonight, along with the start 268 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 2: of the Horizon League Tournament. Duke at NC State and 269 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 2: Arizona number two in the country, will host Iowa State. 270 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 2: The AP pole, which does see Miami up to number nineteen. 271 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 2: In the AP pole has Duke at one, followed by Arizona, Michigan, 272 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 2: Yukon Florida. You get Iowa State, Houston, Michigan State, Nebraska, 273 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 2: Texas Tech round out the rest of the top ten. Miami, 274 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 2: Florida is also in at number twenty two, So Miami 275 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 2: of Ohio Miami Florida nineteen and twenty two, respectively. As 276 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 2: the new college basketball AP rankings are now out, let's 277 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 2: go to the baseball field and what happened over the 278 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 2: weekend for the Cincinnati Reds. 279 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 3: Let's start. 280 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 2: With the win against the Brewers, although I don't know 281 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 2: if we call it a win based on one Hunter 282 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 2: Greens outing, and again, everything we do with spring training 283 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 2: baseball Austin goes back to what it's spring training, So 284 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 2: we're trying not to overreact, but you also don't want 285 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: to not react to what's going on. For instance, mentioned earlier. 286 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 2: Matt McClain hit a first inning home run to right 287 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 2: center field that went three hundred and ninety four feet 288 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 2: gave the Reds a one nothing lead. The issue for 289 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 2: the Reds is in the bottom half of that inning, 290 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 2: their starting pitch, an ace Hunter Green walked about her 291 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 2: allowed five other hits and four on runs to cross 292 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 2: the plate in just one inning of work in his 293 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 2: start over the weekend. 294 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 3: I thought he had a really strange answer about his 295 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 3: performance in the post game, and I'm making sure I 296 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 3: have it correctly here. Quote. Results weren't great going in 297 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 3: the plan, especially adjusting to the ABS was I wanted 298 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 3: to fill the zone up. I was probably too middle 299 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 3: Today it's a good hitting team trying to find more 300 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 3: of those corners. I can taper and work from there. 301 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 3: Fill the zone up, and then as I adjust, I'll 302 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:53,199 Speaker 3: start getting those corners balled to strike and strike the balls. 303 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 3: I stuck to my plan and definitely wanted to fill 304 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 3: the zone up, probably a little too much. Okay, Hunter 305 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 3: is very anti ABS openly said he did not want ABS. 306 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 3: I think it's weird that he brought up ABS in 307 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 3: the post game. In the post game, I do too. 308 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 3: I don't quite understand that whether or not ABS exists, 309 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 3: you're you're doing the same things. And here's the issue. 310 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 3: It is going to exist this year. Yeah, so it 311 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 3: is what it is. Just because Abs is around doesn't 312 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 3: mean you have to throw the ball in the middle 313 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 3: of his own correct. You can still hit the corners 314 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 3: and you will adjust to it as time goes on. 315 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 3: I just didn't love that answer from Hunter. 316 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 2: He clearly wasn't full and any It wasn't like he 317 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 2: got caught and gave up a long shot. 318 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 3: And as I mentioned earlier, Jeff Brantley on the radio 319 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 3: broadcast had basically said that, you know, I wonder if 320 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 3: there is a tell that the Brewers have on Hunter Green. 321 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 3: And again it's spring training first outing, who knows, and 322 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 3: they've all most of those guys have seen before and 323 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 3: that gives an advantage for sure, But like the amount 324 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 3: of they weren't even swinging hard. They use kind of 325 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 3: his velocity against him to just have controlled swings in 326 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 3: the zone and they hammer him. And it's happened more 327 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 3: than once against Milwaukee. It's very strange. 328 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, Like I guess my thought when hearing that, like 329 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 2: if you if I'm if I'm Hunter. What I would 330 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 2: rather hear is, you know, first start in the spring. 331 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 2: I'm just trying to work on some new stuff. I'll 332 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 2: be all right. 333 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 3: Other than it, it sounded like an excuse. And if 334 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 3: I'm not mistaken, I don't think he threw the two 335 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 3: seamer at allah. I don't need to hear that. I'm 336 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,360 Speaker 3: good with the excuses. The last two times we've seen 337 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 3: Hunter Green pitch, he's gotten destroyed. M H without a doubt. 338 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 3: I'm not saying I'm not saying I'm worried. I'm just 339 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 3: what do they say on Twitter these days, hashtag noticing. 340 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 2: Yep okay, which I think is what we do in 341 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 2: spring training. Sure, it's not overreacting or ignoring. It's just 342 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 2: kind of noticing what's going on again, noticing good start 343 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 2: to the spring from Matt McClain. Ellie added another hit 344 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 2: in the game. Reds were beneficiaries, I believe. I don't 345 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 2: remember the end, maybe the sixth inning where the ABS 346 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 2: actually helped them on what would have been a strike three. 347 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 3: To Dan Myers. 348 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 2: Next thing you know, Dane Myers doubles and two runs 349 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 2: score and the Reds ended up taking the lead and 350 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 2: ultimately winning the game. But as Charlie Goldsmith said on 351 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 2: Friday Austin, there are going to be segments this year 352 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 2: where we're going to talk about how ABS impacts not 353 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 2: just an inning, not just to play, but wins and 354 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:43,239 Speaker 2: losses this year. Sure, and you saw that firsthand in 355 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:47,639 Speaker 2: the game against the Milwaukee Brewers that was started again 356 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 2: by Hunter Green. The next start for the Cincinnati Reds 357 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 2: came against the Athletics. That was a game in which 358 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 2: Andrew Abbott went to and two thirds, three hits, one walk, 359 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 2: and four un runs. So if you look at that 360 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 2: top end of the Reds rotation and last year's All 361 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 2: Star Andrew Abbot and Hunter Green, not great back to 362 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 2: back days. And again not overreacting, not just noticing. I 363 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 2: guess you could say what Andrew Abbott was able to 364 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 2: do or not do in that game against the Athletics. 365 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 3: He said, quote, I gave up some hard contact. Not ideal. Overall, 366 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 3: I felt good. I was executing in the zone early, 367 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 3: doing a lot of the little things right. Staying healthy 368 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 3: is the biggest thing. Okay, the execution isn't there yet, 369 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 3: but it's still early. They got some good swings off 370 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 3: tip your cap. I can't get Langoliers out to save 371 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 3: my life. The thing is getting off The thing is 372 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,360 Speaker 3: getting my off speed pitches in the zone. Yeah, there 373 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 3: you go, Langaliers curly owns Andrew abboit Shay Langaliers. Uh. 374 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 2: You know it's not had a great spring training on 375 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 2: the mound. Who's that Luis May? Yeah, yeah, right north 376 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 2: of forty right now. 377 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 3: Can't throw strikes yep. And you know there was an 378 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 3: outing he had I think might have been his first 379 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 3: or second outing of the spring, in which he struck 380 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 3: the first two guys out and then immediately starts throwing 381 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 3: balls and he rebounded to strike them out, strike the 382 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 3: last guy out. But listening to Jeff Brantley talk about that, 383 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 3: there seems to be a lack of focus for Luis 384 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 3: May and has not made the adjustments to clean up 385 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 3: the strike zone. Just can't throw strikes, yeah, And Brantley 386 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 3: kind of sounded disgusted by Washington Louis May, and I 387 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 3: feel the same way about like Graham Ashcraft, like you 388 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 3: got to come in and throw strikes. Yep. You're a 389 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 3: big league release and you're doing the same stuff you've 390 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 3: done the last couple of years. Figure it out, yep. 391 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 2: Red's did get a Nathaniel Lowe home run and a 392 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 2: Dane Myers home run four to sixty from. 393 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 3: Low Yeah, the sound off that one yep. 394 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 2: Three run home run Myers was a solo job four 395 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 2: hundred and nineteen feet as well, any other any other 396 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 2: thing from red spring training weekend that stood out to you. 397 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 3: I'm just really excited about this position battle with these outfielders. Okay, 398 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:27,120 Speaker 3: I mean Blake dun Will Benson, Dane Myers, and JJ Bledet. 399 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 3: I mean they all look really good at the plate. 400 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 3: They all look I mean obviously are good enough defenders, 401 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 3: Dane Myers especially. Yeah, just I'm excited to see how 402 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 3: this plays out over the next couple weeks. Yeah, let's 403 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 3: take a break. 404 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 2: When we come back, let's dive into what I think 405 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 2: is a little bit of a peek ahead, maybe to 406 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,919 Speaker 2: twenty four days. A lot of today's Red's line up 407 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 2: against the Cubs is something I think they can take 408 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,479 Speaker 2: advantage of when they take the field on opening Day 409 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 2: against the Boston Red Sox. Let's dive into that and 410 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 2: more are around the Cincinnati Reds. When we were turned 411 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 2: on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. 412 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:15,199 Speaker 3: You know this time of year, if you're getting we 413 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 3: got some news on Travis Steele. Oh what do we got? 414 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 3: The Mid American Conference has fined Travis Steele twenty five 415 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 3: dollars okay for knocking over the speaker at Western Michigan. 416 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 3: He will also have to pay for any damage that 417 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 3: was incurred to the equipment. So he has violated the 418 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 3: conduct or his conduct violated the Max Sportsmanship policy. According 419 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 3: to the statement, a guy was big mad going into 420 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 3: the locker room at halftime. I bet if we asked Travis, 421 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 3: he'd say it's the best twenty five hundred he's ever spent. 422 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 3: I think so as well. 423 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 2: My goodness, that was an angry, angry man walking off 424 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,919 Speaker 2: the court at halftime. If it wasn't the speaker was 425 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 2: gonna be something else just had to be. What was 426 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,680 Speaker 2: there when he turned around Austin. How will the Reds 427 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,919 Speaker 2: play it today when they take the field against the 428 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,959 Speaker 2: Chicago Cubs. Can we get a Red lineup? 429 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 3: We sure can. I just got to make sure that 430 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 3: the sounder is where it's supposed to be and just 431 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 3: right there where I left there it is. Here's how 432 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 3: the Reds line them up back in Goodyear to take 433 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 3: on the Bababo Bubbs. Today it'll be leading off center 434 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 3: fielder TJ. Friedol Check batting second. The second baseman Matt McClain, okay. 435 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 3: The third batter is shortstop Elie de la Cruz hitting 436 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 3: clean up today is the d H Sal Stewart. The 437 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,880 Speaker 3: fifth batter is first baseman Spencer Steer. Will Benson will 438 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,120 Speaker 3: bat sixth, then play left field. Noel vi Marte will 439 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 3: bat seventh and play right field. The eighth batter is 440 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 3: catcher Jose Travino batting ninth. The third baseman Key Brian 441 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:04,120 Speaker 3: Hayes with Brady Singer on the mound once more. For Cincinnati, 442 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 3: that's friedol McClain, De la Cruz, Stuart Steer, Benson, Marte, Travino, 443 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 3: Hayes with Singer on the mound. First pitch at three 444 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,120 Speaker 3: oh five from Goodyear Ballpark. 445 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 2: So obviously, opening Day, I don't think they're gonna see 446 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 2: Will Benson against a lefty for the Boston Red Sox. 447 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 2: You'll see I'm sure Tyler Stevenson over Jose Travino, and 448 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,120 Speaker 2: you'll get a Eohanni Osuarez back in the lineup as 449 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 2: that DH. Other than that, I feel like that's a 450 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 2: good sample size of the players that are going to 451 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 2: be playing for this team on opening day in the lineup. 452 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, we still haven't seen Spencer Steer in the outfield yet. Yeah. 453 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 3: At what point the game does that become a concern 454 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 3: at all? Or is that just more of a curiosity. 455 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 3: I mean no, I don't think so. I mean you're 456 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 3: more concerned about his one for nine start. I don't 457 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 3: care about that. I just think it's weird that he 458 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 3: hasn't played it in a game yet. 459 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, And there's I just doesn't feel like there's a 460 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 2: spot for him in the infield if you're going to 461 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 2: have Steward at first and Suarez is the ah. 462 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 3: And especially thinking at Great American Ballpark, left field is 463 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 3: a very tricky place to play because of the sun. 464 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 3: You know, those late you know, those night games at 465 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,479 Speaker 3: six forty. I mean you're out there cook and staring 466 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 3: straight into the sun, and the Arizona sky they called 467 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 3: a high sky, is a little bit difficult to deal 468 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 3: with as well. So I don't know why he wouldn't 469 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:36,679 Speaker 3: get more game reps there. Yeah, but okay, I it 470 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 3: is it. I wonder a little bit about that. 471 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 2: And also we have spent so much time talking about 472 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 2: Hunter and Andrew Abbott, and we talk about Lodolo and 473 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 2: getting those guys to thirty starts each and what that 474 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 2: would mean. And we've talked a lot about Chase Burns 475 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 2: and I think read Louder in his last out. Louder 476 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:57,160 Speaker 2: had a good out in his wealth I'm not mistaken. Yeah, 477 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 2: pitched really well in his last spring training outing looks filthy. 478 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 2: The one guy we haven't really talked about is the 479 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 2: guy that I think a lot of people saw it 480 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 2: is okay if they're going to move on from someone 481 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 2: that's going to be Brady Singer. They didn't Brady Singer 482 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:12,640 Speaker 2: is here. How pivotal is his role on this team 483 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 2: this year? 484 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 3: Huge? Need him to be consistent, need him to be 485 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 3: exactly who he was a year. 486 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 2: I was gonna say, if you get last year's Brady 487 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 2: Singer this year, are you happy with that? 488 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, you'd be thrilled with that. Without a doubt. 489 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 2: He's a key piece to what this team is looking 490 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 2: to do next year or this year. And he is 491 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 2: again making his first start of the spring for the 492 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 2: Reds today. 493 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 3: I believe we'll also see Brandon Williamson at some point. 494 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 3: Sam Maull maybe as well. Sam Mall has been okay, 495 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 3: not great so far to start the spring. But Brandon 496 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 3: Williamson's been pretty good as well. Okay. Brady Singer songwriter. 497 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 2: Brady Singer songwriter? What was Brady? What was his era 498 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 2: last year and the year ended? I don't have any 499 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 2: front of me. Great question. I don't know either. I'm 500 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 2: just trying to think if you get in that production 501 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 2: from Brady Singer this year, the Reds are. 502 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 3: What Brady Singer last year started thirty two games and 503 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 3: had a four point zero three earned run average. Okay, 504 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 3: if I remember correctly, there was a couple games late 505 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 3: he got banged up. Yeah, his last two starts he 506 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 3: gave up four earned runs to the Pirates and three 507 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 3: earned runs to the Brewers. 508 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, wash, rinse Reisner. Maybe I don't think I'm going 509 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 2: with that as it pertains to women's college basketball. Did 510 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 2: just want to make to mention another year of Geno Oriema, 511 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 2: another undefeated regular season thirty one and oh Yukon has 512 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 2: won forty seven straight games. They finished this regular season 513 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 2: at thirty one and oh and the unanimous number one 514 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 2: in the AP pole for women's college basketball as well, 515 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:03,239 Speaker 2: Gino just never stops. Yukon is an absolute powerhouse. Do 516 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 2: we have anything else that we're gonna get to before 517 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 2: we got a minute or two before we get to Moaga? 518 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 3: Well, you know what, let me just check my sheet 519 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 3: here to see if did you have anything else on 520 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 3: your sheet? We talked about that we missed. 521 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 2: The Browns made a move, the Texans made a move, 522 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 2: The Chiefs released their attacker. I got a colored twenty 523 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 2: million and Tyler Reddick one again. 524 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 3: Two things. Congratulations to former Bengal von Bell. Von Bell, 525 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 3: it was announced over the weekend, is the new safeties 526 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 3: coach at Colorado alongside Dion Sanders. Now. He was, apparently 527 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 3: I didn't know this, an analyst on the defensive side 528 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 3: of the ball with them last year. Now has been 529 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 3: upgraded to safeties coach. Former defensive backs coach Robert Livingston 530 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 3: is the defensive coordinator there. He was the DB's coach 531 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 3: in Cincinnati with Von Bell with the Bengals, so there's 532 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 3: a connection there obviously with Dion Sanders as well. Von 533 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 3: Bell I think will end up being a great coach. 534 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 3: And the second thing I was going to ask you 535 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 3: if you had gotten in the mail yet, you're saved 536 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 3: the date for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey's wedding, because 537 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 3: apparently a date has been selected. I saw this, what 538 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 3: was this late June June thirteen to receive nothing yet. 539 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 3: If you're a Taylor Swift fan, if you're at all 540 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 3: in the Swift universe, you know that the number thirteen 541 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 3: is like her number, It's like her thing. So you 542 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 3: haven't You guys haven't gotten to saved the date yet. 543 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 3: I have not gotten any type of save the date yet. 544 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 3: Interesting you think those have already been sent out? Maybe 545 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 3: not relate to the party. Maybe it's on its way. Man, 546 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 3: if they just decided, you think this is a done deal. 547 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 3: I saw that Tom Hollinins and Dya got married, really 548 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 3: and nobody knew about it. I didn't know that. Yeah, 549 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 3: I'm gonna talk about some NDA's being signed. Even TMZ 550 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:53,239 Speaker 3: couldn't get a picture at that wedding. Anyways, I know 551 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 3: everyone's really excited. Taylor and Travis set the date June thirteenth, 552 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 3: twenty twenty six. All right, where's the wedding going to 553 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 3: be at? I don't know. Here in Cincinnati, man, I'm 554 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 3: not that deep into the lore to know maybe here 555 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 3: in Cincinnati. I doubt it. 556 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 2: Travis's brother Jason was a part of the wild Man's 557 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 2: Weekend because he got some ww Universe cards that came 558 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 2: out from tops over the weekend. 559 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 3: All Right, I got something to say about Jason Kelsey. 560 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 3: I got something to say. Really, this goes to all 561 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 3: of life. One of the best piece of advice I 562 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 3: ever got came from Dan Hord. Dan Horde said, when 563 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 3: you are an up and coming aspiring Dan journalist, whatever 564 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 3: it might be, never say no. Say yes to everything, 565 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 3: learn figure out what you like. Blah blah blah blah blah. 566 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 3: I would say, once you are an established celebrity and 567 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 3: analyst and athlete and talking head media member, you should 568 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 3: probably say no more often. Jason Kelsey is going to 569 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 3: be a guest analyst at the TGL. Really, the Golf League. 570 00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 3: I was going to say, maybe just say yes to 571 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 3: any I really like. I really like Jason Kelce, I 572 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:08,720 Speaker 3: really do. Maybe you don't need to be on everything 573 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,720 Speaker 3: all the time, because that's how people get sick and 574 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 3: tired of you real quick. I have no interest in 575 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 3: what Jason Kelsey thinks about the TGL, just like Steven A. 576 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:22,640 Speaker 3: Smith that dude's everywhere who cares like I do not 577 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 3: need to know what steven A. Smith thinks about what's 578 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 3: going on in Iran. I don't need to know what 579 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 3: he thinks about what's going on in golf. I really 580 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 3: care about Steven A. Smith's opinions when it comes to 581 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,360 Speaker 3: the NBA because he came up as an NBA reporter 582 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 3: and I think is still very well entrenched in that league. 583 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 3: Everything else, I don't need to see him on every 584 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 3: freaking show, that's fair. I kind of feel the same 585 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 3: way about Jason Kelcey. Yeah, for exposure is an issue. 586 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 3: He pulled a Jason Kelsey card in a WW tops pack. 587 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 3: That's kind of cool. See there's another example. What's he 588 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 3: doing on w W wondering is he there is everywhere? 589 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 3: I can't get it, nough, I was just say no. 590 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 2: Joyde is next on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station, what's. 591 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,840 Speaker 1: Time for a quick hits on Tony Pikes since he 592 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 1: three sixteen. 593 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,359 Speaker 3: Was looking for mo got him us. 594 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 2: It's a big Monday literally right here on ESPN fifteen 595 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,760 Speaker 2: thirty and college Basketball because well it's March. 596 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:23,760 Speaker 5: Yes, this is March. 597 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 3: This is March. The Horizon League tournament starts tonight, it does, mo. 598 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 3: Do you have any memories of when the Turtleman visited 599 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 3: the studios because Tony talked about it today like it 600 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,200 Speaker 3: was the best day of his life. I don't remember this, 601 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,680 Speaker 3: Oh man, when did this happen? This was the old studio. 602 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 3: This was Jimmy Sandy days. Yeh, Turtleman in squirrel or 603 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,319 Speaker 3: in studio. Yeah, I have no recollection of this. 604 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,880 Speaker 2: Jimmy tracked him down for me to get a picture 605 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,320 Speaker 2: in the hallway. Yeah, it was him and squirrel. Squirrel 606 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,480 Speaker 2: since past, right, But Turtleman's still kicking. He's not on 607 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 2: TV anymore because he did like he caught deers illegally 608 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,720 Speaker 2: and oh I see, did some like baby raccoons. 609 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:03,520 Speaker 5: I have no recollection whatsoever. I'm not saying it didn't happen. 610 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 3: The most obscure visitor you ever remember at the at 611 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 3: the station. 612 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 5: Remember the Miller Highlife guy, the dude who was like, yeah, 613 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:15,800 Speaker 5: he's since passed as well. 614 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 3: But what was his name? 615 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 5: I forget the whole gimmick, Like, I forget what the 616 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,400 Speaker 5: bit was. Uh, but he was like a truck, like 617 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 5: the Miller High Life truck driver. Yeah, Wendell MIDDLEBROOKSNDA Middlebrooks 618 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:34,440 Speaker 5: happened to be in studio for some reason. And I 619 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 5: don't know which show he was on, but we were 620 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 5: in the I was in the kitchen, like getting a 621 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,920 Speaker 5: diet coke out of the vending machine, and I just 622 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 5: like turned the corner and I'm like, oh, yeah, the 623 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 5: Miller Highlife guy. He's like, yeah, what's up. So I 624 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:50,280 Speaker 5: got to meet him. Uh Like he was just always 625 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,200 Speaker 5: lugging around Miller Highlight. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, and he 626 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,640 Speaker 5: is since passed. Back in the day, Kiss one oh 627 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 5: seven used to have these in studio performances. Yeah, and 628 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 5: they had Rihanna before Rihanna got famous. But they came 629 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,800 Speaker 5: to us They're like, hey, Rihanna is going to be here. 630 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:06,480 Speaker 5: You're not allowed to look at her. 631 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:07,239 Speaker 3: Ohm like. 632 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,800 Speaker 5: And tell me who to look at. So the parade 633 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:15,040 Speaker 5: aer down the hall and she was stunningly beautiful. He 634 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,480 Speaker 5: looked no remote idea who she was. There went on 635 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:19,319 Speaker 5: to achieve something. 636 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 3: There was a time, I think, early on in these 637 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,319 Speaker 3: new studios that Jelly Roll was in. Yeah, I met 638 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:24,839 Speaker 3: jelly Roll. 639 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:30,319 Speaker 2: He's since blown up as well. Yes, that's true. Since 640 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:31,600 Speaker 2: that's true. 641 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 5: They also years ago, Taylor Hicks was here, okay, and 642 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:39,120 Speaker 5: they're like, hey, Taylor Hicks is here, and I'm standing 643 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:42,400 Speaker 5: there and I go, don't know who that is? And 644 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 5: literally I was standing as far from Taylor Hicks as 645 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:45,200 Speaker 5: I am from you. 646 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,440 Speaker 2: I'm Taylor Hicks, our guy Tern. Just send me the 647 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 2: photo of me and him with Turtle Man and Squirrel. Okay, 648 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,759 Speaker 2: Old STUDIOSO fantastic. I don't remember this. 649 00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:58,840 Speaker 3: You got coming up on the show today. Bengals have 650 00:36:58,920 --> 00:36:59,479 Speaker 3: made a lamp. 651 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,719 Speaker 5: The off season is going to be good, happiest of 652 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,520 Speaker 5: layups ever. Yeah, because they've made a layup. It is 653 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,960 Speaker 5: hard for a guard to become a fan favorite. I 654 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:12,439 Speaker 5: think Dalton Reisner did today. So we're gonna obviously spend 655 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,279 Speaker 5: a lot of time on the Bengals starting the off 656 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,480 Speaker 5: season by making a layup and then kind of go 657 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:20,239 Speaker 5: into what it might mean for here. There's room in 658 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 5: life for multiple truths, and I think there's room for 659 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:28,320 Speaker 5: life when it comes to multiple truths and Miami University basketball. 660 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:32,400 Speaker 5: So Bruce Pearl is the ad of Miami is like 661 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:35,000 Speaker 5: throwing shade at Bruce Pearl, because Bruce Pearl threw shade 662 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,640 Speaker 5: at Miami and we're gonna we're gonna try to talk 663 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,239 Speaker 5: about this from a common sense perspective. The weekend that 664 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:44,040 Speaker 5: was in college basketball, which included another n CAAA tournament 665 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,160 Speaker 5: worthy performance by the Bearcats. We've got Reds and Cubs 666 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:48,640 Speaker 5: happening right now and so much more. 667 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:53,040 Speaker 2: The Bearcats was the classic no stress game. It was 668 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,239 Speaker 2: which are few and far between. Enjoin it in the 669 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:58,120 Speaker 2: Big East and or Big Twelve. And I said this today, 670 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 2: and I know it falls on a lot deaf airs 671 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,560 Speaker 2: because people already have their mind made up about the 672 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:04,040 Speaker 2: program and the direction it's going. 673 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,399 Speaker 3: Say what you want. They have been over the last 674 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 3: month or so of the season and NCAA tournament team. 675 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,040 Speaker 5: I put that on social media on Saturday. The last 676 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,720 Speaker 5: three weeks, they've played like a tournament team. That doesn't 677 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:15,480 Speaker 5: mean they're perfect. 678 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 2: And the loss of Texas Tech, that's that's a Texas 679 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,600 Speaker 2: Tech team. I thought that was the most impressive one 680 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,520 Speaker 2: of the weekend, what they did against Iowa State, because 681 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,080 Speaker 2: they were left for dead and rightfully so. When Topping 682 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,120 Speaker 2: gets injured. Yeah, the way they play right now is dangerous. 683 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,560 Speaker 5: From a UC perspective, it stinks because they have played 684 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:36,239 Speaker 5: like a tournament team in all likelihood, they're not going 685 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:36,680 Speaker 5: to be one. 686 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,120 Speaker 3: Just call it what it is, and if I'm wrong 687 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,120 Speaker 3: on the wall, let's suppls we discuss this, you know, 688 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,279 Speaker 3: tomorrow night at eleven o'clock. The odds are not in 689 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,120 Speaker 3: their favor. Call it what it is. 690 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,480 Speaker 5: The odds are not in their favor. You and I 691 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,200 Speaker 5: were just talking off air. You just you constantly ask 692 00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:53,200 Speaker 5: what if? What if they beat Eastern Michigan and Xavier, 693 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,920 Speaker 5: and just those two. That Xavier game is one that 694 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:59,640 Speaker 5: I believe talent versus talent Cincinnati should have won. Give 695 00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:03,839 Speaker 5: credit to the Musketeers for winning. But you cannot help 696 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,359 Speaker 5: but watch this team through that lens. What if they 697 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:10,359 Speaker 5: just would have avoided those two losses? You can't undo them. 698 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,480 Speaker 5: They have a very uphill battle. But Wes Miller bared 699 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,399 Speaker 5: his soul a little bit more than three weeks ago 700 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,879 Speaker 5: after a home loss to West Virginia in which they 701 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,879 Speaker 5: scored fifty four points, and the takeaway that a lot 702 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,759 Speaker 5: of people had about this team was it's about to 703 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,920 Speaker 5: get really bad. Instead, they have won five out of six. 704 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:31,280 Speaker 5: They've played legitimately really well in three of those games. 705 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:35,319 Speaker 5: Escaped against Utah, didn't beat Texas Tech. No shame in 706 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:40,120 Speaker 5: that they look like a tournament team right now. Unfortunately, 707 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,440 Speaker 5: it's gonna take a lot for them to actually be 708 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,320 Speaker 5: a tournament team, and that's deeply frustrated. 709 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,120 Speaker 2: The first chance they get us tomorrow night, Quad one opportunity, 710 00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:53,640 Speaker 2: huge opportunity if they do win the next two. Again, 711 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,080 Speaker 2: I get what the early season was, and I think 712 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,600 Speaker 2: it's hard to judge his team pre Jizsel, but you 713 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,600 Speaker 2: get a ten and eight Big Twelve slate and you'd 714 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 2: be eighteen and thirteen overall with an opportunity to maybe 715 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:06,919 Speaker 2: go steal two in the Big twelve tournament and see 716 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:07,719 Speaker 2: what happens. 717 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:11,440 Speaker 3: I think that's minimum. But I agree losing one of 718 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:12,200 Speaker 3: the next two Engines. 719 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,759 Speaker 5: Yeah, I agree with something that Chad and I talked 720 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:19,240 Speaker 5: about last week, which is that it feels at times, 721 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,920 Speaker 5: like when Selection Sunday gets here and you look at 722 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,160 Speaker 5: the bracket, it kind of feels like they didn't put 723 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:29,600 Speaker 5: as much weight in the stufference tournament as we do, 724 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:34,640 Speaker 5: so like who do they beat in those games? But 725 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,520 Speaker 5: it feels like the conversation only happens if they win 726 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:42,919 Speaker 5: the next four, which is gonna be tough. They're gonna 727 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:44,520 Speaker 5: be dogs tomorrow against BYU. 728 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,760 Speaker 3: You think there'll be a home dog to mind, I do, slight, yeah, 729 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:48,200 Speaker 3: but I do. 730 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,480 Speaker 5: And if they're favorite, it ain't gonna be by a 731 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:55,160 Speaker 5: lot and then probably rode dogs against against TCU. But 732 00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:57,839 Speaker 5: you also need some stuff to happen, like Ohio State 733 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,080 Speaker 5: winning yesterday did not help Indiana lose yesterday did, but 734 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,080 Speaker 5: they're not gonna get dinged for losing at home to 735 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:06,680 Speaker 5: Michigan State. Like that's the thing. Like the teams in 736 00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,240 Speaker 5: front of them, whoever they are, and however many teams 737 00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:12,239 Speaker 5: there are, Like you need their help too, So like 738 00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,239 Speaker 5: Ohio State fans now feel like our team's in and 739 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,439 Speaker 5: I think if the bracket were being drawn up today, 740 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,080 Speaker 5: they would be in. But like it's it's what makes 741 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,520 Speaker 5: it so much fun, But it's so much more broad 742 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,799 Speaker 5: than what you see just needs to win the next 743 00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,239 Speaker 5: four you've you need some help from the teams that 744 00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:31,719 Speaker 5: you're trying to leave frog. So how many of those 745 00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,520 Speaker 5: teams keep winning? How many of those teams fall apart? 746 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,400 Speaker 5: Like that's the part that makes it fun, but it 747 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,239 Speaker 5: makes it frustrating because you don't know, do you. 748 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,040 Speaker 2: Uh, do you put any stock in Hunter Green's concerns 749 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:48,480 Speaker 2: clearly with the ABS system. I mean, it's it's spring training, 750 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,560 Speaker 2: just talking be like, hey, I'm working on stuff, will 751 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:53,080 Speaker 2: be all right. It seems like he's not happy with 752 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,320 Speaker 2: something that's gonna stick around this year and. 753 00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:57,520 Speaker 5: It ain't going anywhere. It ain't going anywhere. He was 754 00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:01,879 Speaker 5: like throwing pitches down the middle of Well, no, it's 755 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,200 Speaker 5: just got news for you, Hunter. No, no, no, no, no, 756 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:07,759 Speaker 5: that that doesn't know. I was not aware that there's 757 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,920 Speaker 5: a rule that you can come out of the game 758 00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:14,640 Speaker 5: in the spring and then be reinserted. So I was 759 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:17,520 Speaker 5: at the UC game and I'm interested in how Hunter 760 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,200 Speaker 5: Green is doing. And I look at the box score 761 00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:21,839 Speaker 5: and I go, not good. And then I look and 762 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,520 Speaker 5: he's back on the mound after not getting the last 763 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,759 Speaker 5: three outs of the first inning. He's back out for 764 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,279 Speaker 5: the second inning. Should this be something we have during 765 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:32,480 Speaker 5: baseball games in the regular season, You know, hey, go inside, 766 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 5: get a drink. 767 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,720 Speaker 3: It's something you get a snack, prevent guys from cracking 768 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,000 Speaker 3: beers like casting on us. 769 00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:40,680 Speaker 5: I wasn't aware. Not a good actually might encourage that 770 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,960 Speaker 5: not a good spring start for Hunter Green. Ben He's 771 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:45,960 Speaker 5: gonna have to get used to the ABS system because 772 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,720 Speaker 5: it's it's not going anywhere. The Reds are what's second 773 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:52,920 Speaker 5: worst in ABS challenges? They're the best, they're the best, 774 00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:56,400 Speaker 5: but the best in ABS challenges? Yeah, plus seven differential? 775 00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:00,840 Speaker 2: How much of a difference does do you think ABS, 776 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,239 Speaker 2: Like Charlie Goldsmith said Friday, like you can genuinely have 777 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,320 Speaker 2: a segment he thinks every day in the in the 778 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:09,040 Speaker 2: baseball season of how ABS affected the games the previous day. 779 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,880 Speaker 2: Probably Yeah, good, I mean that much of an impact? 780 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:12,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think. 781 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:14,799 Speaker 5: I mean, I don't think it's going to impact every game, 782 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:18,280 Speaker 5: but I I guess for me, it's like the replay 783 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:21,600 Speaker 5: system is not very intrusive, so I'm here for it, yeah, 784 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:23,879 Speaker 5: you know, and I'm just sort of disrupt the flow 785 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,879 Speaker 5: of the game. I'm kind of the anti replay guy, 786 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:30,040 Speaker 5: but because most replay is intrusive, this doesn't feel intrusive. 787 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,719 Speaker 5: I if anything that forces the umpires to be better, 788 00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:37,160 Speaker 5: I'm here for Yeah. And I think that's been the 789 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,239 Speaker 5: issue in that sport. It's it's not that we need 790 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,680 Speaker 5: more replay, it's we need better umpiring. We need those 791 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:43,040 Speaker 5: guys to be held more accountable. 792 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:43,480 Speaker 3: That's it. 793 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:47,640 Speaker 2: That's what's coming up next, Mollager, have a great rest 794 00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:49,879 Speaker 2: of your Monday. Thanks for listening in. 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