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Speaker 1: Eight thirty six, seven hundred wl W It's RNL Carrier

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Speaker 1: Sports Talk presented by Kelsey Chevrolet. I'm Lance Pacatist the

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Speaker 1: thirty one and one Miami RedHawks n CNAA tournament bound

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Speaker 1: for the first time since two thousand and seven. They'll

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Speaker 1: take on eleven ced SMU Wednesday night at ud Arena

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Speaker 1: tip around nine to fifteen. My next guest is the

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Speaker 1: Mac Player of the Year. He also, like me, is

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Speaker 1: a proud Carmel Greyhound. He was a starter on two

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Speaker 1: state championship teams for those Greyhounds. When I was there,

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Speaker 1: I was just calling the Carmel basketball games on WHGAE

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Speaker 1: radio back in the day, and I'm pretty sure I've

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Speaker 1: never had a fellow Greyhound on sports talk. So I'm

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Speaker 1: glad that streak will end tonight. What a treat to

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Speaker 1: welcome in. Peter Souiter, Peter Lance Pacallister, How are you.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing good? How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm well? Congratulations. I mean, this has got to be

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Speaker 1: stuff of like backyard dreams for you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's obviously a cereal family being the

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Speaker 2: MCAA tournament. Like you said, it's been an it's been

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Speaker 2: dreams since I've been growing up and I'm sure other

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Speaker 2: people as well.

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Speaker 1: And as a kid, you were probably filling out brackets.

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Speaker 1: What was it like sitting in the room and watching

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Speaker 1: Miami's name go up on the screen.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it was a surreal feeling. Like I said before,

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Speaker 2: I mean, especially with the group of guys we have.

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Speaker 2: I'm honored to be a part of this group, and

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Speaker 2: we're excited that we're here in Dayton.

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Speaker 1: There was so much outside noise and debate. You guys

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Speaker 1: should be in, you guys shouldn't be in. How were

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Speaker 1: you feeling going into the room yesterday for what was

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Speaker 1: about to be determined?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it was a little I was a

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Speaker 2: little anxious. I'm not gonna lie. You never know what

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Speaker 2: the committee was thinking, especially with all the media noise.

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Speaker 2: Like you said, whether we're in or whether or not.

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Speaker 2: But like I said before, I'm just super fortunate and

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Speaker 2: super excited that they decided that we're in.

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Speaker 1: And how cool you're you're only in. Miami's only an

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Speaker 1: hour away. I mean you got a chance for fans

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Speaker 1: to be there and own that place on Wednesday night.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's definitely an advantage for us to

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Speaker 2: be only like fifty minutes to an hour away from campus.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully it's gonna be like a home game and a

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Speaker 2: lot of Miami fans are going to show out. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: we're super excited to see the turnout on Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: When you win your first thirty one, you're playing with

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Speaker 1: a great sense of confidence. Is there any sense that

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Speaker 1: that confidence takes any bit of a hit because you

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Speaker 1: lost now or not.

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Speaker 2: No, I mean it's the same thing every single day.

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Speaker 2: We're just gonna stay consistent with what we do with

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Speaker 2: practice outside of practice, whether it's extra shots, you know,

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Speaker 2: getting good good meals in good food, We're gonna stay

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Speaker 2: consistent and keep getting better every single day. Peter.

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Speaker 1: One thing that stood out about you guys all season.

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Speaker 1: I talked with Travis about this when he's on the show.

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Speaker 1: The willingness to pass and share the ball. You guys

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Speaker 1: are so good at going from a good shot passing

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Speaker 1: to a better shot.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, it's obviously our superpowers, our connectivity in

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Speaker 2: our culture on and off the court. I think it

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Speaker 2: shows when we play, like you said, with me, we

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Speaker 2: usually always make the extra pass, and that's why we

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Speaker 2: have so much fun playing with each other.

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Speaker 1: Peter, Why are you guys so good in close one

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Speaker 1: possession games.

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Speaker 2: I'll just say, like I said before, connectivity and culture.

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Speaker 2: We never get too high or too low in those moments.

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Speaker 2: And then we also just have winners. Whether it's your

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Speaker 2: previous college, previous high school, AAU team, We've guys that

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Speaker 2: have won and been in those situations.

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Speaker 1: Before last season, you were all mac, You led the

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Speaker 1: team in scoring, you dropped forty two on air force.

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Speaker 1: You could have transferred, you could have chased the NIO money.

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Speaker 1: I remember talking with Travis. I think he talked with

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Speaker 1: you the day after the season last year and you said,

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Speaker 1: I'm coming back. Tell me about that decision and why

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, obviously I met with my family on

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Speaker 2: to the side of what's best for me. But it's

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Speaker 2: it's a tough once you come visit Miami, it's a

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Speaker 2: tough place to leave, especially when you have a lot

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Speaker 2: of good guys around, your good support system. And that

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Speaker 2: was that was the main thing when we started returning

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Speaker 2: four to five, some even six guys. The grass isn't

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Speaker 2: always green or somewhere else. And that's that's what I've

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Speaker 2: definitely learned this year after a historic season.

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Speaker 1: Why was it when you made the choice to transfer

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Speaker 1: to Miami? What what was it about Miami at the start?

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Speaker 1: Why were you drawn there?

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Speaker 2: Obviously it's a great camp, it's great academics. But then

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Speaker 2: obviously the sports, the program that we have here, not

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Speaker 2: even just men's basketball, women's basketball on the MAC champions,

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Speaker 2: you'd say football. You can go down the line. It's

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Speaker 2: just a it's a high level of university. But also

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Speaker 2: coach to you on the coaching staff do a great

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Speaker 2: job of recruiting. When I went in there, they did

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Speaker 2: a great job of showing what I can get better

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Speaker 2: at and how they can see me improving. I was

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Speaker 2: instantly sold.

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Speaker 1: What's it like playing for Travis Steel?

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's one of the best coach I ever

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Speaker 2: played for. For sure. He's just an ultimate confidence grower.

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Speaker 2: And that's that's the biggest part. Is when you just

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Speaker 2: go out there and you have confidence in yourself and

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Speaker 2: you know that the head coach has confidence in you,

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Speaker 2: it's super fun to play with for him.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned you're in in Dayton. Now, tell me what

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Speaker 1: was the day like, what's the itinerary been like?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, today we have practice and we've lived around like

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Speaker 2: two thirty practice falling right after and then right after

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Speaker 2: practice we got on the road on the bus, traveled

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Speaker 2: like an hour down to Dayton. And now we're at

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Speaker 2: the hotel. We're about to study up some personnel and SMO.

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Speaker 1: I mentioned off the top. I am akerml High School,

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Speaker 1: class of eighty four. I lived off of one hundred

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Speaker 1: and six Street, and I get back every once in

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Speaker 1: a while. The one place I'll ask you about, which

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Speaker 1: I'm guessing I bet you have. Have you ever had

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Speaker 1: a burger at bubbs Burgers?

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Speaker 2: I've definitely.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the place, isn't it? It is? It is man,

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Speaker 1: that is That is cool. Hey, I'm so happy for you.

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Speaker 1: I what what a cool story this year, not just

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Speaker 1: for you, but obviously the team. Keep this thing running.

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Speaker 1: I know it's been nuts for you schedule wise. I

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Speaker 1: really appreciate you making a few minutes tonight in best

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Speaker 1: of luck.

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Speaker 2: All right, yes, sir, I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, all right, take care. There you go, Peter Soonter,

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Speaker 1: the pride of Carmel High School and the Mimi right out. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: bubbs Burgers. If you're a caramel person, you know bubbs Burgers.

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Speaker 1: My mom lived just block away from uh bubbs Burgers

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Speaker 1: after I long after I had moved away as well

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Speaker 1: up