Speaker 1: And Louisville.
Speaker 2: They've met on the basketball court the hardwood one hundred times. Well,
Speaker 2: buckle up for number one oh one. One week from
Speaker 2: tonight they square off of the Hoops Classic at Heritage
Speaker 2: Banks Center. Six point thirty tip BDG Sports put it
Speaker 2: all together, that's what they do premier matchups. Let's find
Speaker 2: out more and welcome at our guy from bd BDG Sports.
Speaker 2: That would be Brooks, Downing Brooks. How are we doing
Speaker 2: doing great, Lance, how are you doing? I'm fantastic, man,
Speaker 2: oh man. I mean these teams they've matched up and
Speaker 2: squared off over the years in the Missouri Valley and
Speaker 2: the Metro and Conference USA and the Big East and
Speaker 2: the American Man, how exciting it must have been to
Speaker 2: get these two back together this.
Speaker 3: Time, Like, like, why were we been having to do this? Right?
Speaker 3: I mean, that's play one hundred times? Why would they stop?
Speaker 3: So this was really a no brainer and a tip
Speaker 3: of the hats of the coaches. West has been up
Speaker 3: for anything, and that's awesome if he rebuilds that aircat program,
Speaker 3: and then Pat Kelsey, you know, hey, this is a
Speaker 3: coming home party for him. So this was about the
Speaker 3: easiest thing we had to convince him of ever.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, that's a great point because in this
Speaker 2: day and age, you got it. You can have the idea,
Speaker 2: but you got to have coaches who are interested in willing.
Speaker 2: And I've heard Pat talk to me. Pat grew up
Speaker 2: going to then Riverfront Coliseum. He knows that place like
Speaker 2: the back of his hand.
Speaker 3: Oh. Absolutely, I mean, you're right. It's so hard to
Speaker 3: schedule these days, and there's so many different factors and
Speaker 3: the conferences and the transitions and then the net rankings,
Speaker 3: and you're looking at all this data and trying to
Speaker 3: figure out. But at some point you go, hey, it's
Speaker 3: Louisville and Cincinnati, you're an hour apart. You don't have
Speaker 3: to charter a plane. You know, this is easy to do,
Speaker 3: and you make it a two year deal and next
Speaker 3: thing you know, it all falls into place. But it
Speaker 3: is a hassle. Our group we schedule probably someone in
Speaker 3: the neighborhood of seventy five to one hundred and twenty
Speaker 3: five games a year, all in November December, and this
Speaker 3: was one of the easier ones we had, and we're
Speaker 3: able to get done this past year. Myself, Glynn Fisters,
Speaker 3: some of our friends there in Cincinnati all pitching in
Speaker 3: and jumping in because it's a natural rivalry that needs
Speaker 3: to stay relevant and needs to stay current. And I'm
Speaker 3: so excited about next Friday Night because not only are
Speaker 3: they probably both going to be ranked now both undefeated,
Speaker 3: Louisville's gonna be top ten, and then you've got just
Speaker 3: that Friday night excitement that goes into the weekend right
Speaker 3: before the holiday. This thing's gonna pack out. I can't
Speaker 3: wait to see here at His Bank Center.
Speaker 2: Well, and here's what I really love. You know, there's
Speaker 2: a lot going on this time of year, holidays are
Speaker 2: coming up, but you can't beat an attention grabbing matchup
Speaker 2: in November that's gonna feel like a March match up.
Speaker 3: That's exactly right, because a lot of times it's one
Speaker 3: thing to go out. And I applaud Cincinnati for keeping
Speaker 3: the Dayton Series going that we got those two teams
Speaker 3: together a couple of years ago right there at HBC
Speaker 3: if you remember, yep, and they kept it going. Obviously
Speaker 3: they played just the other day. But it's to have
Speaker 3: an environment that's a neutral site that's going to have
Speaker 3: a pretty split crowd because Louisville's you know, their fan
Speaker 3: base is rejuvenated now with Pat Kelsey, they're coming up.
Speaker 3: Cincinnati is going to show up because you also have
Speaker 3: two marquee players in this deal that everybody wants to watch.
Speaker 3: This mckel brown junior that went for twenty nine against
Speaker 3: Kentucky the other night in that big win, and then
Speaker 3: obviously Sean Baiev for Cincinnati the other five star. I mean,
Speaker 3: these are two pros that you're going to be entertained
Speaker 3: by two top ranked teams, coaches that you know, like,
Speaker 3: what's not to like about this?
Speaker 1: And Brooks? This is a two year series, correct?
Speaker 3: Correct? It goes back to Louisville next year. The plan
Speaker 3: is to play it at Freedom Hall, where the Cards
Speaker 3: used to play before they open the Young Center. Be
Speaker 3: the first time back in that historic building. And of
Speaker 3: course Cincinnati fans know that well because in all those
Speaker 3: one hundred games they played at a ton of them
Speaker 3: there at Freedom Haul.
Speaker 2: For those listening who want tickets, want to be there
Speaker 2: one week from tonight for the hoops class and get
Speaker 2: Heritage Bank Center six thirty tip. How do they go
Speaker 2: about getting tickets?
Speaker 3: Log on? Simple to do either Heritage Bankcenter dot com
Speaker 3: or even easier Ticketmaster dot com and you can take
Speaker 3: out your seats. We still have plenty of good seats.
Speaker 3: What happens this time of year, Lance, is people a
Speaker 3: little bit slow to transition to basketball, and then all
Speaker 3: of a sudden you have a big game that pops
Speaker 3: up and ticket sales late will come in hard and strong.
Speaker 3: But there's a lot of really good seats left right now.
Speaker 3: If you go on again, ticketmaster dot com games at
Speaker 3: six thirty pm next Friday night, November twenty first, at
Speaker 3: the Heritage Bank Center.
Speaker 2: Oh I love the six thirty start time. You can
Speaker 2: hang out downtown at the banks, you can go to
Speaker 2: the game. After the game, you get the rest of
Speaker 2: the evening and hang out at the Banks and have fun.
Speaker 2: A full night of basketball and find you can't beat.
Speaker 3: That checks every Lance Council box.
Speaker 1: No doubt about it. Hey, Brooke City is great.
Speaker 2: Here in your voice, congrats on all the success and
Speaker 2: reeling in this big one to present to the city
Speaker 2: on a week from tonight.
Speaker 1: We're fired up about it. In great catching up with.
Speaker 3: You, well, thanks for having me on. I'll hope see
Speaker 3: you down.
Speaker 2: There all right, take care, all right, there you go,
Speaker 2: Brooks Downing b d G Sports one week from tonight
Speaker 2: Hoops Classic Classic Heritage Bank Center, six thirty tip between
Speaker 2: now and then, Let's see Louisville number twelve in the
Speaker 2: country right now is home to Ohio tomorrow and West
Speaker 2: and the Bearcats are home on Sunday against Mount Saint Mary's.
Speaker 2: That is a six o'clock tip if I remember correctly,
Speaker 2: all right, week from tonight, number one one, and think
Speaker 2: of that Missouri Valley Metro Conference, USA Big East, the
Speaker 2: American I mean, heck is a kid. I was there
Speaker 2: at Heritage Bank Center then the Riverfront Coliseum watching Pat
Speaker 2: Cummings and the Bearcats, and and you see in Louisville
Speaker 2: back at that time, and they're getting together again. One
Speaker 2: week from tonight, we'll get together with Scott Springer. Let's
Speaker 2: talk a little UC basketball and football. He's also checking
Speaker 2: in from a high school game he's covering, and I'll
Speaker 2: ask him for a preview of that as we continue.
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