1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Let's pretend that we're going to talk about football with 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: Rick Brory. This place we have found Rick. Rick is 3 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: in routes. He's gonna call the game tomorrow NKU versus 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: Central Michigan, the alma mater of Dan Marley, the alma 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: mater of Fox nineteen meteorologist Katherine Bodak. 6 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 2: That game is tomorrow night. 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: Rick obviously also the proprietor of Musketeer report dot Com. 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 2: Where are you now? 9 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 3: That's a good question, though, somewhere in the beautiful state 10 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 3: of Ohio. 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 2: Really, you haven't even made it to Michigan yet. 12 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 4: No, we're like an hour outside of that. 13 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 2: Have you been to Mount Pleasant, Michigan before? 14 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 4: This is the first I hear. 15 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: It's nice. 16 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 4: I hear it's pleasant. 17 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the game last night. You know, I 18 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: went to the game last night. I went saw the 19 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: Musketeers beat Old Dominion. I sat behind you at the game. 20 00:00:58,560 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 4: Are you that a question? 21 00:00:59,640 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 3: Oh? 22 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 2: No, I was. 23 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: I wanted you to acknowledge that I was there, because 24 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: you you barely acknowledged me when I was. I wanted 25 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: to see if you noticed that I even came to 26 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 1: the game last night. What what? 27 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 4: What did you want me? To do. 28 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 3: I'm sorry, I thought you were watching the game. I 29 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 3: didn't want to you want me to turn around, stand 30 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 3: up and stop it for you? 31 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: I was I was hoping for, like, you know, sort 32 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: of continuous rolling insight commentary from you that would sort 33 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: of make the experience unique. But that's okay. You were very, 34 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: very busy. You know, this is the first time I'd 35 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: seen the Musketeers in person. I'm not sure what everybody's 36 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: so angry about. They looked like the greatest team of 37 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: all time. 38 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 3: Yeah about that last night. For last night's performance, I mean, 39 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 3: it was uh. I think a lot of it had 40 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 3: to do with old dominion, the type of team they were, 41 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 3: and the way that matchup set up for Xavior. But 42 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 3: you have to acknowledge that that was a completely different 43 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 3: Xavior offense from what we've been seeing over the first 44 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 3: few games. 45 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 4: It was. It was definitely a revelation for fans and attendance. 46 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: They will play two games against high major opponents Friday 47 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: against Georgia and then either Clemson or West Virginia. What 48 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: do you expect to learn about the Musketeers and do 49 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: they have a prayer of winning either? 50 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 4: I don't think their chances are great. 51 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 3: But pretty much all of the teams that we're talking 52 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 3: about in that grouping are mostly new rosters trying to 53 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 3: figure it out. I don't think any of them are 54 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 3: playing great basketball right now, so I think their games 55 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 3: you'll have a chance in the biggest thing that I'm 56 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 3: interested to find out about this Eager team is, you know, 57 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 3: as good as they looked against Old Dominion, as good 58 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 3: as that smaller starting lineup. Look where they have Yovann 59 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: Malichovich at the five. They can space the floor a 60 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 3: little bit more, shoot the three a little bit better 61 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 3: at all the positions. Can they rebound with that group 62 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 3: against high major competition? Can they defend the post with 63 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 3: that group against high major competition? I think that's what 64 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 3: we're about to find out in Charleston. 65 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 2: Why are they so bad offensively near them? 66 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 3: I think because their big men have not figured it 67 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 3: out at all yet. 68 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 4: I mean, the guys that. 69 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 3: They thought were going to be starting the year. Anthony Robinson, 70 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 3: you know, he was playing twenty seven minutes in the 71 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 3: first game, played twenty four the next few games, and 72 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 3: then all of a sudden, he's not playing at all anymore. 73 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 3: He played seven minutes in last night's game, he didn't 74 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 3: check in until they were fourteen minutes left in the 75 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 3: second half. I think that's where a lot of your 76 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 3: problems start, is you just you're getting no production out 77 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 3: of the guys you thought were. 78 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 4: Going to be your most talented big men. 79 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 3: So now all of a sudden, you're having to kind 80 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 3: of scramble and go to a smaller lineup and really 81 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 3: space the floor and shoot a lot more jump shots. 82 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 4: And I think we're you know this. 83 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 3: This Charleston event is going to show us how much 84 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 3: they're going to pay. 85 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 4: For that against big East like competition. 86 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: You know you mentioned, and Xavier is one of them, right, 87 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: coaches trying to figure out what they have on the 88 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: fly and in some cases against really good competition. Xavier 89 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: had play a game on the road against Iowa. Coaches 90 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: have jumped on the bandwagon that we need like four 91 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: preseason games. I may have asked you this, and pardon 92 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: me if I have. If you were college basketball zar, 93 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: what would the preseason look like? And given the fact 94 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: that we are in a day and age where so 95 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: many teams are trying to figure out what they have 96 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: and in many cases brand new rosters entirely. 97 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 4: And I here's what I want to know. 98 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 3: Can I get access to whatever the coaches meeting was 99 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 3: where they all decided they were going to use that 100 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 3: as the new buzz term every interview. I've heard it 101 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 3: from every coach this year. I think that we need 102 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,679 Speaker 3: to have more preseason games. Now, I'm not necessarily against 103 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 3: the idea. I'm just fascinated by how they all had 104 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 3: the exact same talking point going into the season. But yeah, 105 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 3: I love We talked about this when we did the 106 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 3: preview show in Studio MO that I love exhibition season now, 107 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 3: where you know, granted, it'd be better if these games 108 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 3: were regular season games that meant something, but since most 109 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 3: of these teams aren't going to play many of those 110 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 3: types of matchups against each other, I love the idea 111 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 3: of getting these high major meetings like a Kentucky Purdue 112 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 3: game in the preseason as an exhibition. 113 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 4: So yeah, I say the more the better. With those, 114 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 4: I would take three or four of them. 115 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 2: Can NKU beat Central Michigan. 116 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 3: Well, I think it's going to be a really good 117 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 3: test for them. You know that all of their results 118 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 3: so far have been kind of OUTWHI A results, except 119 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 3: for maybe the East Tennessee State game. East Tennessee State 120 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 3: was ranked about one hundred and twenty spots higher than 121 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 3: them and ken Pom, so it was a good matchup 122 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 3: on the road. They got off to a terrible start 123 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 3: and they end up losing by double digits. That's what 124 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 3: I think you're trying to avoid. In the Central Michigan game, 125 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 3: it's another team that's ranked ahead of you in ken Pom, 126 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 3: but it's a closer matchup, and you just got to 127 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 3: get off to a better start off the road to 128 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 3: give yourself a chance. The Tennessee game, obviously there were 129 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 3: some limitations in that one physically going to get up 130 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 3: against their big men that were always going to make 131 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 3: that a very difficult matchup. And then the two non 132 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 3: DIVI in one games don't really tell us a lot 133 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,799 Speaker 3: other than NK. You can score a lot of points 134 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 3: against lower level competition, So this is going to be 135 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 3: a really good measuring stick for the Norse. 136 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: That'll be an orrow night on ESPN fifteen thirty. You 137 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: don't know where in Ohio you are. 138 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 4: A Bluffton, Arlingtons, next. 139 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: Mouth Good and then how far how far into how 140 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: long until you get to Mount Pleasant. 141 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 3: We'll arrive there. 142 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 4: We're probably more like nine ish. 143 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 3: After we stop to eat, we're on pace for about 144 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 3: an eight o'clock arrival. 145 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 4: As it currently stands very good. 146 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: We'll have a good time, be safe, and we'll be 147 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: listening tomorrow. Rick, thank you so much. 148 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 4: Hey Mo, it was a pleasure seeing at the Zaber 149 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 4: game last night. 150 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 1: It was nice to be seen at the Zavor game. 151 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: Only two people asked me what I was doing there, 152 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: and you weren't one of them, so that was nice. 153 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 4: That's not true. I actually questioned whether things were all 154 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 4: right at your house. 155 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 3: I'm worried about you when I saw you there. 156 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: No's everything's great, though, A fair question pretty much any 157 00:06:59,160 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: day of the year. 158 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 2: Rick, thank you. 159 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 4: Thanks Bo.