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Speaker 2: You want answers.

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Speaker 1: I think I'm entitled.

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Speaker 2: You want answer the truth.

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Speaker 3: You can't handle the truth, truth, the truth. All right,

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Speaker 3: let's get to it. No time to waste. We are

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Speaker 3: a sprint to the bottom of the ear. We've got

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Speaker 3: basketball on the way. Welcome into the RNL Carrier Sports

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Speaker 3: Talk presented by Kelsey Chevrolet. It's UC in West Virginia tonight,

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Speaker 3: Fifth third Arena the site seven o'clock. The tip, Dan

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Speaker 3: and Terry set it up at six point thirty. Let's

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Speaker 3: get an advanced preview a scene setter from the man

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Speaker 3: from Bearcatch journal dot Com. That would be Keegan Nicholson. Kegan,

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Speaker 3: how are we?

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Speaker 2: We're doing excellent.

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Speaker 1: I am in a single use bathroom at fifth third Arena.

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Speaker 2: I trying to find some place quiet, So I'm ready

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Speaker 2: for this.

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Speaker 3: Is that is beautiful. That might be too much information,

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Speaker 3: but that is beautiful. You're you're to deliver this, all right?

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Speaker 3: Play doctor for us, give us the latest on medicals.

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Speaker 3: Who will we not see tonight?

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Speaker 1: No Shaunabia, no Mustafa chom And no Jalen Haynes. Jlehn

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Speaker 1: Haynes has been out for most the entire season.

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Speaker 2: Shauna Bias has a high.

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Speaker 1: Ankle sprain that has led him to miss I think

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Speaker 1: the last two games. We the last three games and

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Speaker 1: Mustafa Chom kind of rolled his ankle and against Houston

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Speaker 1: he's going to be out.

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Speaker 2: West told us season.

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Speaker 1: He was day to day, which I was actually pretty

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Speaker 1: surprised by because when I went back and watched the video,

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Speaker 1: the injury looked worse. So to know that this same

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Speaker 1: day and he might be able to come back at

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Speaker 1: some point in the next week, maybe the next game.

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Speaker 1: I think that's a promising sign. But two guys who

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Speaker 1: have played a lot of basketball is here for UC

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Speaker 1: won't play against West Virginia and having this off of

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Speaker 1: Tom is definitely a big storyline.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no job more on the plate of somebody like

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Speaker 3: Boba Miller, who struggled against Houston. But if you look,

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Speaker 3: I mean he's reached thirteen points, ten boards, three assists.

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Speaker 3: There's only two players in the country at all three

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Speaker 3: of those levels. I mean, where would this team be

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Speaker 3: without Boba Miller this year?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they would not be in a good spot.

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Speaker 1: And I think it's interesting because he was one of

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Speaker 1: the last players to be added out of the portal,

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Speaker 1: and you were kind of thinking, oh, well, their rosters.

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Speaker 2: Kind of set.

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Speaker 1: They might add a piece or two, but kind of

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Speaker 1: like depth pieces. And then all of a sudden, I

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Speaker 1: think it was what I heard, and it was in

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Speaker 1: the span of the day that the coach and staff has.

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Speaker 2: Heard that Baba Miller was going to be available, and

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Speaker 2: they were.

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Speaker 1: Able to get them, had some connections and we're able

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Speaker 1: to get him on campus and sign them. And I mean,

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Speaker 1: this kid, he might go down as the best player

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Speaker 1: Wes Miller has had as the coach at You see.

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Speaker 2: How he can impact offense.

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Speaker 1: And he's even doing that with shooting really really bad

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Speaker 1: since three, which is not usually what he's.

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Speaker 2: Done throughout his career.

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Speaker 1: But he's driving to the hoop, he's making his teammates better,

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Speaker 1: and then he's rebounding with some of the best in

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Speaker 2: And you just don't see those numbers very often.

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Speaker 1: I kind of thought he was going to be this

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Speaker 1: kind of savvy, tall, lanky offensive wing who's going to

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Speaker 1: sort of make some plays, but you shouldn't expect much

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Speaker 1: from him. From a physicality standpoint, but he's maybe been

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Speaker 1: one of the more physical players, sometimes bad when he

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Speaker 1: of fans like to see that this season.

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Speaker 3: Keegan nichoson check it in Bearkat Journal, Bearcat Journal dot

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Speaker 3: Com at advance that you see in West Virginia tonight,

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Speaker 3: Dade Thomas has been dealing with recent struggles. How much

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Speaker 3: of that is him being beat up physically worn down

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Speaker 2: This stage of the season.

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Speaker 1: I think worn down is the perfect phrase for it.

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Speaker 1: I don't I can't tell you for sure, but when

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Speaker 1: Games to kind of bounce back at least offensively, if

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Speaker 1: not defensively tonight. When you look at their trends you're

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Speaker 1: not seeing a lot of that to that struggle games

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Speaker 1: for them day. They did have the tough stretch in Arizona,

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Speaker 1: but especially at home. Both of their splits favor playing

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Speaker 1: expecting them to be good on offense tonight. I would

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Speaker 1: have said they were gonna win if Musafa chan was playing.

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Speaker 2: I still think they have shot depending on how long

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Speaker 2: they'd known that they wouldn't.

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Speaker 1: Have Musafa, But I would expect both of them to

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Speaker 3: Keik and I thought the freshman keyschan Tillery rewarded Wes

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Speaker 3: with nineteen pretty good minutes. There were some turnovers, but

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Speaker 3: I thought it was nineteen fairly productive minutes. Is he

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Speaker 3: and I guess the word future in the game today

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Speaker 3: is takes on an entirely different meeting.

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Speaker 2: But is he.

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Speaker 3: Something that you could see being a part of this

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Speaker 3: going forward if he chose to stay. That's a very

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Speaker 3: awkwardly worded question. Figure, if you can figure it out,

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So, I mean, if you play this full thing out

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Speaker 1: and if they finished the season kind of how anyone

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Speaker 1: would predict it. In all likelihood, there's going to be

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Speaker 1: a new head coach next year, and if I was

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Speaker 1: that head coach, Keishan Tillery would be one of the

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Speaker 1: first people I'm talking to as a guy that I

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Speaker 1: want to say. I love how physical and how hard

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Speaker 2: He's kind of a pass first guard.

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Speaker 1: He's not afraid to drive to the h's not afraid

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Speaker 1: to score, and he he has the mindset that eat

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Speaker 2: He was not supposed to play as much.

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Speaker 2: He was supposed to be a deaf guy.

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Speaker 1: Kind of play that true freshman role is spat of

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Speaker 1: how he's played against Houston, against one of the better

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Speaker 1: of promise about the kind of player he can be.

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Speaker 1: And wes Miller even said it after the Houston game

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Speaker 1: when he was asked about Keithan Tillery. Wes Miller said,

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Speaker 1: you know, Tan Chury is going to play in final

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Speaker 1: fours one day in his career. I can I can

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Speaker 1: guess he's going to the portal because it's not gonna

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Speaker 2: In and if there is a new coach wants him

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Speaker 1: But I think keith On Tillery is a really, really

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Speaker 1: good player. He's got a great background, got a great personality,

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Speaker 1: and you starting to see the scoring aspect of his

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Speaker 3: KEI can watch something listeners, Bearcat fans need to know

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Speaker 3: about West Virginia for tonight's matchup.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's all about Honor Huff. I gotta be honest.

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Speaker 1: He had seven threes against UC in Morgantown. I think

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Speaker 1: at twenty four points he's coming off maybe. I think

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Speaker 1: it was the worst game of his season. He went

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Speaker 1: one for thirteen from the field and one for thirteen

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Speaker 1: is super, super aggressive from beyond the arc. I think

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Speaker 1: if Cincinnati can take him away, they'll have a good

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Speaker 1: chance to win. They took away Kingston Flemings against Houston,

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Speaker 1: but then Houston had four other guys going to double figures.

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Speaker 1: I think, and West Virginias doesn't have the horses like that.

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Speaker 2: So if you can take away the best scorer.

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Speaker 1: You'll have a chance and then maybe there won't be

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Speaker 1: any crazy fadeaway bank shots in the final minute like

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Speaker 3: All right, tell listeners what you have to offer and

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Speaker 3: how they can follow and read.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, follow, Hey Nicholson, free to one x and then

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Speaker 1: stuff coming up, especially spring football will be starting soon,

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Speaker 1: and looking forward to diving into the football team and

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Speaker 1: the players that they've gotten from the transfer portal.

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Speaker 3: Hey, I really appreciate you making this happen tonight. Always

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Speaker 3: good catching up. Thank you, Yeah, thanks, thanks, there you go.

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Speaker 3: Keegan Nicholson from the restroom at fifth Third Arena