1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: ESPN fifteen thirty. 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 2: All right, that's us. Good afternoon on Moeger. This is 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 2: ESPN fifty to thirty. Thank you for listening. Hopefully, hopefully 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 2: you're having an awesome Wednesday afternoon. We are loaded today. 5 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: Show preview is available right now on Twitter at Moegar. 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 2: Thank you as always to a share Fax Credit Union. 7 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 2: You know, I became a member of SHAREFFACX credit Union 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,959 Speaker 2: when Emery Federal Credit Union merged with share Fax, and 9 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: it's one of the best things I've ever done. We 10 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 2: got college hoops. Bearcats win last night, Miami wins a 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 2: MAC title last night, Kentucky lays an egg Xavier. The 12 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 2: story wasn't so much the game. Unfortunately, Trey Carroll in 13 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: the hunt for a Biggie scoring title, suffers a bad 14 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: hip injury. There's lots of college hoops to get to. 15 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 2: Rick brooring on the Muskies and the Norse who played tonight. 16 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 2: Coming up at three lots of college hoops today, We're 17 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 2: gonna talk to James Orpene in the five o'clock hour. 18 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 2: Free agency is almost here. We expect the Bengals to 19 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 2: be busy. They have to be busy, so we'll kind 20 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 2: of get an overview of free agency before it starts 21 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 2: in the five o'clock hour with James. There is a 22 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 2: ton of ground to cover. We are gonna begin, unfortunately, 23 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 2: by talking about Hunter Green. Hunter Green is gonna go 24 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 2: see two different doctors because he's got elbow soreness. So 25 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 2: yet again we are talking about Hunter Green and an injury. 26 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 2: And I don't say that because injury issues are a 27 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 2: character flaw. They're not. But this is unfortunately part of 28 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 2: the Hunter Green story. Now let's start with the baseball 29 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 2: part of this, right, The Reds have a deep starting rotation. 30 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 2: When you have the candidates to be the fifth starter 31 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 2: that include Chase Burns, Rhet Louder, Brandon Williamson, that's a 32 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 2: really good place to be. They are deep. There are 33 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 2: a lot of teams who hope to make the postseason 34 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 2: this year who will use spring training to figure out 35 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 2: who their third, fourth, and fifth starters are going to be. 36 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 2: The Reds, there's only been one question that speaks to 37 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 2: the quality. It speaks to the death, it speaks to 38 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 2: what they have. So yes, they're deep, but I think 39 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 2: we would all prefer to not start testing that depth 40 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 2: in spring training. Like I think we're all good with 41 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 2: all right, Chase Burns or Rhet Louder or Brandon Williamson 42 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 2: in a competition to be the fifth starter. As much 43 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 2: as you could be excited about all three of those dudes, 44 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 2: and we are. I don't think any of us want 45 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: to go into a season that is going to be 46 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 2: defined by do the Reds make the postseason and advance 47 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 2: in the postseason by having a competition for the fourth 48 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 2: and fifth spots in the starting rotation. Yes, the red 49 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 2: starting staff is good, has the potential to be a 50 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 2: top five staff in the sport. A lot of things 51 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: have to go right. They need collectively better health, and 52 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 2: you know, maybe Chase Burns ends up having a Rookie 53 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 2: of the Year type season, and maybe yes, Andrew Abbott 54 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 2: has another All Star season, and maybe yes Nick Lidolo 55 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 2: ends up like leapfrogging a bunch of guys that becomes 56 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,679 Speaker 2: the clear cut staff face. They have a good staff, 57 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 2: it's not as good without Hunter Green. There's also like 58 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: the uncertain part of this. We're gonna talk with one 59 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 2: of the experts from ORTHO since he coming up at 60 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: four twenty about this from a medical perspective. But opening 61 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 2: day is three weeks from tomorrow, and like, I'm just 62 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 2: trying to be realistic here. Opening Day is three weeks 63 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: from tomorrow. Hunter is not gonna throw, right, wasn't gonna throw. 64 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: He was gonna throw today. He's not throwing today. He's 65 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 2: gonna go see a doctor later this week. Then he's 66 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 2: gonna go see another doctor on Monday in Los Angeles, 67 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 2: and then I guess they'll put their heads together and 68 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 2: figure out what the next course of action is going 69 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 2: to be. But this certainly doesn't sound like something that's 70 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 2: going to be resolved by opening Day. This stinks for 71 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 2: the Reds. It stinks for you and I as Reds fans. 72 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: It stinks for Hunter Green. Like I'm a big Hunter 73 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 2: Green fan. Maybe you're a bigger Hunter Green fan than 74 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,119 Speaker 2: I am. Maybe you think it's ridiculous that Hunter Green's 75 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 2: my favorite Red if I'm not too old to have 76 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 2: a favorite Red. Hunter Green is that guy. I think 77 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 2: we all understand how good he can be. I think 78 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: we all understand his significance and importance to the Reds. 79 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 2: We all understand how good and how hard to hit 80 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 2: he can be when he's at his best. But he 81 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 2: can't be at his best if he's not healthy, and 82 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: unfortunately he's often not healthy. We love Hunter Green like 83 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: we love him. We understand his importance and significance, we 84 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 2: understand his talent, but unfortunately we also understand that this 85 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 2: is just a part of the deal with Hunter Green. 86 00:04:55,560 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 2: It just is injuries all the time, all the time. 87 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 2: And this is no indictment on Hunter's character. I'm never 88 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 2: gonna be one of those people and I never have been, 89 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,559 Speaker 2: who talk about injury through the prism of they're hurt 90 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 2: because they're bad, They're hurt because they're soft. Sometimes it's luck, 91 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: sometimes it's physiological things that you simply cannot control. But 92 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 2: the reality is he's been hurt a lot. He's never 93 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 2: gotten through a full big league season without having to 94 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 2: miss time. Right now it looks like he's gonna have 95 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 2: to miss time. And by the way, I will do 96 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 2: what Tony and Austin were doing last hour. I read 97 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 2: the quotes from Hunter Green, and I see chunk meaning 98 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 2: chunk of the season, and I joke before this is 99 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 2: not unlike with Zach Taylor a couple of years ago, 100 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 2: with Joe Burrow right talking about missing several weeks, and 101 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 2: we all had fun with well, what does several mean, 102 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 2: what does chunk mean? And then Hunter's talking about, well, 103 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 2: if there's a playoff push, playoff push isn't how you 104 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 2: frame baseball in May and June. It's how you frame 105 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 2: baseball in August in September. So, like it stings for 106 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 2: the Reds. As deep as the starting rotation may be, 107 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 2: you don't want to have that depth get tested in March. Yes, 108 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 2: the Reds have a good starting staff, it's not as 109 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 2: good as it can be if Hunter Green isn't healthy. 110 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 2: But like, we're also talking about the possibility and you 111 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 2: can't discount this yet of this guy not pitching for 112 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 2: a while, and like it or not fair or not 113 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 2: for a dude who is one of the faces of 114 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 2: this franchise, you simply cannot talk about him. You simply 115 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 2: cannot think about him without talking about and thinking about 116 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 2: all the time that he's missed. With Hunter Green, there's 117 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 2: also been injury weirdness. Last year it was a groin issue, 118 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 2: and there was weirdness. This was going on all summer. 119 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 2: The insinuation that was written about by people who cover 120 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 2: the team, the insinuation that was coming from the Reds 121 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 2: that maybe Hunter wasn't doing everything they wanted him to 122 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 2: do in his recovery from injuries. So what you're reading 123 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 2: about Hunter today is he was dealing with elbow discomfort 124 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 2: in the final month of the season. Now, in that 125 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 2: final month of the season, hunter Green had some awesome starts. 126 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 2: The Sunday afternoon game against the Mets, the Thursday night 127 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 2: game against the Cubs. The Reds don't make the postseason 128 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 2: if Hunter Green doesn't almost put the team on his 129 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 2: shoulders in those two games. During this time, he admits 130 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 2: he was dealing with elbow discomfort. Was that a factor 131 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 2: in his start against the Dodgers in the postseason? I 132 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 2: don't know. That night he pitch batting practice. Was that 133 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 2: a factor in that Hunter Green versus Paul Skeen start 134 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 2: toward the end of the season, where Paul Skeen's was awesome? 135 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 2: Hunter only Okay, I don't know. But he acknowledged today 136 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 2: that he was dealing with elbow discomfort during the final 137 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 2: month of the season. Nothing else was done beyond an 138 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: injection in his elbow. He had an injection in his elbow, 139 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,559 Speaker 2: right so and then nothing and then right for spring 140 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 2: training starts, the discomfort comes back. Says, you know, I've 141 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 2: been trying to manage it was gonna throw another bullpen 142 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 2: after pitching on Saturday to start on Saturday did not 143 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 2: go well. They scratched that due to the elbow discomfort. 144 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 2: So a couple of good questions here. Number one, should 145 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 2: he have been pushing through the pain last September? Should 146 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 2: he have been pushing through the discomfort last September? And 147 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 2: was he pushing through the discomfort because this narrative built 148 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 2: last season that you know Hunter isn't doing everything he 149 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 2: can to come back, It's a fair question. Also if 150 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,199 Speaker 2: he was dealing with discomfort, this is Hunter Green. This 151 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 2: is one of the faces of the franchise. This is 152 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 2: one of the meal tickets Hunter Green. The season ends. 153 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 2: He's been pushing through the pain in September. Did the 154 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 2: Reds know? If they knew, why wasn't there something done 155 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 2: just to take a look at what might have been 156 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,079 Speaker 2: there when the season ended? Why not do a procedure? 157 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 2: Doesn't mean to have to him, doesn't mean you have 158 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 2: to have surgery. Do something exploratory. Take a simple MRI. 159 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 2: Was Hunter not disclosing the fact that he was dealing 160 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 2: with discomfort? Was he not disclosing the fact that he 161 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 2: was dealing with discomfort because he was pissed off about 162 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 2: some of the insinuations that he wasn't doing everything to 163 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 2: come back, that he could last summer with the groin injury. Like, 164 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,199 Speaker 2: none of us have these answers, Hunter is talking more 165 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 2: than anybody with the Reds is right now, none of 166 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 2: us have any of these answers. But they're good questions. 167 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 2: They're good questions. By the way. It's also worth talking 168 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 2: about earlier this spring, Hunter Green was emphatic, emphatic in 169 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 2: talking about, you know the fact that he felt betrayed 170 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: to a degree because of you know how he was 171 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 2: talked about last year and his recovery from injury. Talked 172 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 2: about feeling like his character was being defamed. I thought, 173 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 2: for the most part, pretty fair statements by Hunter Green. 174 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 2: But he's saying all this all the while spring training 175 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 2: has started and his elbow is flaring up again. To 176 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 2: those two things, mesh like, I love Hunter Green. He's 177 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 2: an awesome pitcher when healthy. There aren't that many who 178 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 2: are better. If the Reds are gonna advance in the 179 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 2: postseason this year, it feels like they really need Hunter 180 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 2: Green because whatever they've done offensively, the reality is the 181 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 2: strength of the team is still the starting staff, and 182 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 2: the starting staff's strength has been compromised as long as 183 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 2: Hunter Green is not a part of it. But again, 184 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 2: it just feels like there's weirdness and this is no 185 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 2: direct attack on the Red's medical staff. I don't believe 186 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 2: in doing that. I'm not gonna try to assume things 187 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 2: that I'm not qualified too. I'm not gonna try to 188 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 2: pretend that I have information that I don't have. But 189 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 2: there's again weirdness and uncertainty when it comes to one 190 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 2: of the main guys on the team, and that's deeply frustrating. 191 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 2: I'm sure it's deeply frustrating for Hunter Green. I'm sure 192 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 2: it's deeply frustrating from the perspective of management. And if 193 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 2: you're a fan, how is it not frustrating? And how 194 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 2: are you not asking some of the some of the 195 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 2: same questions that I just add. If there was discomfort 196 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 2: at the end of the season last year, were the 197 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 2: right steps taken to ensure that you know what a 198 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 2: problem was going to be fixed so it didn't crop 199 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 2: up again in spring training? Uh? Did Hunter not disclose 200 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 2: what he was dealing with? We're huntering the Reds again 201 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 2: not on the same page. And if that's the issue, 202 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 2: when Hunter and the Reds were clearly last summer not 203 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 2: on the same page. What has to happen to get 204 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 2: this franchise and this key member of the franchise on 205 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 2: the same page when it comes to his health. I 206 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 2: just threw a lot at you. Five point three seven 207 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 2: four nine fifteen thirty is our phone number eight six 208 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 2: six seven h two three seven seven six. We'll get 209 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 2: you in as well. Uh. We're gonna talk with one 210 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 2: of the experts from Ortho sinciat four twenty. Also, our 211 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 2: guy Jeff Carr, locked on Reds has done an emergency 212 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 2: Hunter Green podcast. He is going to join us at 213 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 2: five oh five. We are loaded today. Lots more on 214 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 2: the Reds. No game yesterday. They're taking on the Queen 215 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 2: Team in the World Baseball Classic today and we'll keep 216 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 2: you up to date on that. How that's going is 217 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 2: the afternoon unfolds. I don't have any more Trey Hendrickson 218 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 2: segments beyond this. What happens next is fascinating, But what 219 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 2: happens next from a Bengals perspective is going to have 220 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 2: a lot more to do with who they have and 221 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 2: who they get that what Trey Hendrickson does wherever he goes. Next. 222 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 2: More on that incredible take coming up in just a bit. 223 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 2: What a difference three and a half weeks makes for 224 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 2: the UC Bearcats. What a celebration last night at Malett Hall, 225 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 2: and what a night tonight if you care about both. 226 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,119 Speaker 2: Next on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports. 227 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 3: Station WCKY, Cincinnati and iHeartRadio Station Guaranteed Human ESPN fifteen 228 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 3: thirty I Hard Radio. 229 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 2: We have some awesome stuff on yesterday's show, including our 230 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 2: hour with our guy Paul Danner Junior. We closed the 231 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 2: book on Trey Hendrickson, We talked Dalton Reisner and a 232 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 2: whole bunch of draft and free agency topics. If you 233 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 2: missed that conversation, go listen to it. It's on the 234 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app. Could also find it on my page at 235 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 2: ESPN fifteen thirty dot com. Scott Sadafield on the show 236 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 2: yesterday as well as the Bearcats get said to begin 237 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 2: springball on Monday, and we also talked with the official 238 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 2: bracketologist of our show, Hunter Sansum, the NKY bracket guy, 239 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 2: and it was a it was a conversation obviously before 240 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 2: last night's action, but I think the conversation is still 241 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 2: very relevant. I'll start with the Radhawks. Congratulations to Travis 242 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 2: Steeles team, and they've got one more game to go 243 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 2: in the regular season, and I think the environment in 244 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 2: Athens is going to be insane. Every OU grad that 245 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 2: I know is making the trek from Miami and OU 246 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 2: on Friday. And the RedHawks beat the Bobcats pretty handily 247 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 2: at Mallett Hall. I think they're gonna have to face 248 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 2: an environment on Friday. But last night was cool, and 249 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 2: to me, the fun part of this Miami story has 250 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 2: been just the resurgence of the program relative to what 251 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 2: it's been for most of this century, the campus community 252 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 2: coming alive, the Miami community coming alive, the redemption story 253 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 2: of Travis steel Last night, they survived against a pretty 254 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 2: pesky Toledo team. And I have focused a lot on 255 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 2: the lopside in nature of some of the games Miami 256 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 2: has won, but they've had to take other team's best shot. 257 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 2: Certainly did from Western Michigan on Friday, they did from 258 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 2: Toledo last night. In college basketball, as fans and I 259 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 2: can be guilty of it, I think at times we 260 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 2: don't value enough winning regular season conference championships where it's 261 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 2: not a three week dash to a title. It's not 262 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 2: winning three games in three days or four games in 263 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 2: four days. It's surviving a conference gauntlet. And look, the 264 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 2: MAC is not the Big twelve. It's it's not the SEC. 265 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 2: Although the SEC is down, it's not the BIT. We 266 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 2: all know that, we all know what the MAC is. 267 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 2: But conference play where you have to go on the road, 268 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 2: where you have to survive the dog days, where you 269 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 2: have to deal with the ups and downs that come 270 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 2: within a ten twelve week season, injuries, all the ups 271 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 2: and downs. To win it is an accomplishment to win 272 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 2: it the way Miami has, which not only involves to 273 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 2: this point at least an undefeated record, but having to 274 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 2: fend off an accurant team that has one loss to 275 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 2: Miami is extraordinarily impressive. And so they celebrated at sold 276 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 2: out Malet Hall last night. Obviously, the questions about whether 277 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 2: or not they went on Friday, whether or not they 278 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 2: have done enough to earn a tournament bit as an 279 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 2: at large team, whether or not they win the MAC tournament, 280 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 2: all those very fair questions. Last night was a really 281 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 2: good night of celebration for Miami, for the university, for 282 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 2: Travis Steel, for his players, and that was cool to 283 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 2: watch from a distance. Xavier loses the heartbreaking news involving 284 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 2: Trey Carroll, which just him suffering that hip injury just stinks. 285 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 2: Dude's got a chance to be the leading scorer in 286 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 2: the Big East this season, and obviously, because he left 287 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 2: the game so early last night, his scoring average plummets. 288 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 2: We'll get more on that with Rick Boring talking about 289 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 2: the game itself as well. In just about twenty minutes. 290 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 2: You see last night pummeled BYU, and you could look 291 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 2: at the final score and I think walk away with 292 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 2: the conclusion that the Bearcats A played well and b 293 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 2: beat BYU in a pretty lopsided manner. I'm not sure 294 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 2: the box score does it justice. That was a beatdown 295 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 2: that was dominant. 296 00:16:58,440 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: By the way. 297 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 2: You could look at aj debats and go boy twenty three, 298 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 2: six and six, another night at the office for the 299 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 2: presumptive number one overall pick. He struggled last night, especially 300 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 2: in the first half. Five first half turnovers. Cincinnati inches 301 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 2: closer to the tournament inches. I think now they're very 302 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 2: much a bubble team. They obviously have a lot of 303 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 2: work to do. They need a lot of things to 304 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 2: go their way. Mathematically, the odds are not in their favor. 305 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 2: Call it what it is. Their odds will increase if 306 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 2: they win at TCU to finish ten and eight in 307 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 2: the Big Twelve on Saturday. But from a pure basketball perspective, 308 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 2: just the on the court stuff, the transformation of this 309 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 2: team is unlike pretty much anything I've ever seen in 310 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 2: college basketball. College basketball teams do improve, college basketball teams 311 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 2: do evolve. This team, for much of the season was 312 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 2: a train wreck. Offensively, that might be putting it harsh, 313 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 2: but not very good. One of the frustrating things about 314 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 2: the Bearcats from much of the season has been defensively. 315 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 2: They've been among the best teams in the country from 316 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 2: a metrics perspective, but from a metrics perspective, offensively, one 317 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 2: of the worst teams in the country. Watching them, it 318 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 2: felt like the offense had no identity. They couldn't get 319 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 2: buckets in the half court, they couldn't score off their defense. 320 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 2: They didn't have anybody who was breaking down opposing defenders. Everything, 321 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 2: even when they scored, it felt like it just everything 322 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 2: came so hard. They scored fifty four points in consecutive games, 323 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 2: including in a game that felt like rock bottom at 324 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 2: home against West Virginia. That's the game that Wes Miller 325 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 2: afterward was bearing his soul to go from that to 326 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 2: what they have done since, winning six out of seven, 327 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 2: winning by an average margin of nineteen points, scoring ninety 328 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 2: two against pretty good UCF team ninety one against k 329 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 2: State eighty four on the road against Kansas one against 330 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 2: Oklahoma ninety last night. Heck for what it's worth, making 331 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 2: their first nine shots and the loss to Texas Tech. 332 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 2: The transformation of that team, not from November to late 333 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 2: February or November to early March, but from early February 334 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 2: to March third is remarkable. I know I'm a Bearcat fan. 335 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 2: I'll be accused of being a homer. It's one of 336 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 2: the more remarkable things I've seen in college basketball here. Locally, 337 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 2: we've seen teams turn around their seasons. Famously. Twenty two 338 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 2: years ago, Xavier was ten and nine, came this close 339 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 2: to making a Final Four. You do improve, you can't 340 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,479 Speaker 2: go on late season runs that totally change how your 341 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 2: team has talked about. But what has happened with the 342 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,959 Speaker 2: Bearcats here over the last three weeks look, man, the 343 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 2: conversations about wes Miller have been fair. The conversations about 344 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 2: Wes Miller, I think he would acknowledge come with the territory. 345 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 2: When your team looks like it's not going to make 346 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 2: a tournament for a fifth can sent a year and 347 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 2: who knows what's gonna happen. It certainly feels like the 348 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 2: prospects of him having the job next year have been amplified. 349 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 2: Like you might argue, and I think pretty successfully, the 350 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 2: likelihood is that Wes Miller is the coach next season. 351 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 2: And maybe you're not okay with that, But if you're 352 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 2: gonna be fair, and we try to here, but if 353 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 2: you're gonna be fair, even if you acknowledge that, to 354 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 2: see the way that this team has responded, because after 355 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 2: that West Virginia game, and I know I've talked about 356 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 2: this a lot, after that West Virginia game, it's completely 357 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 2: reasonable to wonder, like, how may this bottom out? Where 358 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 2: may this go from here? How bad might it get? 359 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 2: Not only have they found a way to win games, 360 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 2: they're dominating opponents. Yes, they had the close call against 361 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 2: Utah which probably would have totally sunk in their NCAA 362 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 2: tournament chances. But tournament teams find out figure out ways 363 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 2: to win games like that, and then in the other 364 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 2: ones that they've won, they've been dominant. So what does 365 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 2: that mean? They probably still at minimum have to win 366 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 2: on Saturday. And I know there hasn't been a Big 367 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 2: twelve team that's missed the tournament with a winning record 368 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 2: in conference in like seventeen years. I would ask how 369 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 2: many of those teams had fourteen losses? How many of 370 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 2: those teams had a loss as bad as Eastern Michigan. 371 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 2: That's all fair. It still feels like they're gonna have 372 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 2: to win two in Kansas City on top of winning 373 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 2: in Fort Worth on Saturday. But from a basketball perspective 374 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 2: on the court, I'll take my chances. I'll take my 375 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 2: chances with the way their bigs are playing, Boba Miller 376 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 2: and Mustapha Chom probably the best big man combo they've 377 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 2: had since Gary Clark and Kyle Washington, different types of players, 378 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 2: with the identity that the offense has carved out, the 379 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 2: role that Jalen Celestine has carved out, with the way 380 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 2: Gisel James has been playing, with the way the half 381 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 2: court offense is now creating looks for people. With the 382 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 2: way they've decided finally to run the offense through the bigs, 383 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:03,479 Speaker 2: through Mustapha chom Like. I'll take my chances. That certainly 384 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 2: doesn't guarantee that they win. Nobody would be stunned if 385 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 2: they lose at TCU. By the way, TCU had a 386 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 2: great road win at Texas Tech last night, but with 387 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 2: the way they're playing, it might not be enough. Who knows. 388 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 2: I think sometimes we overstate the value of conference tournaments 389 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 2: when it comes to what the committee is going to do. 390 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 2: And by the way, there's a ton of games tonight 391 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 2: that if you're a Bearcat fan and quite frankly to 392 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 2: a degree in Miami fan, are worth paying attention to, 393 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 2: you see needs help. But the part that they can 394 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 2: control the way they play, what they put on the floor, 395 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 2: the transformation has been remarkable. I'll take my chances with 396 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 2: whatever games they have left. I think wes Miller would 397 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 2: as well. Credit to Wes Miller for the way his 398 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 2: team has played over the last three and a half weeks, 399 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 2: because nobody except for perhaps wes Miller, saw this coming. 400 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 2: Twenty seven away from four o'clock at Moager on Twitter, 401 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 2: you could sweep me anytime thanks to Delta Dental. Delta 402 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 2: Dental is building healthy, smart, vibrant communities for all. 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All the earlier ones cleared out, 415 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 5: but southbound two seventy five one lane open at the 416 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 5: Indiana Kentucky line that for repairs to the Carrol Cropper Bridge. 417 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 5: Southbound seventy five traffic slow as their Charles drive to 418 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 5: Fort Washington Way on that ezelic with the traffic. 419 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 2: This report is spot. 420 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: Then fifteen thirty, Cincinnati's Sports Station, Cincinnati's Sports Station. 421 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 2: Tonight on ESPN fifteen thirty, we have the Mark Pope 422 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,239 Speaker 2: Radio Show that starts at six o'clock Kentucky with a 423 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 2: sorely disappointing Not so much that they lost, although I 424 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 2: do think that win for Texas A and M puts 425 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 2: them at least for the moment in the Big Dance. 426 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 2: I just think a sorely disappointing performance. That is a 427 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 2: team that all season, as long as lack consistency, they're 428 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 2: wholly unreliable. I'm sure Mark Pope will double down on 429 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 2: all those things tonight at six NKU Basketball tonight on 430 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 2: Fox Sports thirteen sixty. The Norse are in Horizon League 431 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 2: play tonight with a road game against Oakland. That game 432 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 2: is gonna tip off at seven pm. Pre game on 433 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 2: Fox Sports thirteen sixty will be at six thirty. 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It's bad enough that, like 443 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 2: most of us have no idea how we can watch 444 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 2: Reds games this year, but at the very least, when 445 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 2: I go to MLB dot com and I see all 446 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 2: the scores, Yankees and Red Sox are playing Cubs, and 447 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:45,439 Speaker 2: Brewers are playing Chinese, Taipei is playing Australia in wbcpool play. 448 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 2: So I wanted to get a sense of what's going 449 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 2: on in the Reds game against Cuba, and I click 450 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 2: on Game Day, which typically brings up the box score, 451 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 2: and when I click on it, oof, we did not 452 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 2: find the page you were looking for. Did you type 453 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 2: the link correctly? Like I clicked on it? Off your site? Man, 454 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,159 Speaker 2: Just imagine what all of this is gonna be like 455 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 2: once we have a lockout and the owners pass the 456 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 2: savings along to their employees that they fire. It's two nothing. 457 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 2: Reds are leading Cuba third inning, no remote idea. I mean, 458 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 2: I've been in here doing the show and busy focusing 459 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 2: on stuff, but they're winning the game to nothing. While 460 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 2: Hunter Green tries to figure out what's up with his elbow. 461 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 2: Speaking of injuries. Tough one last night for Trey Carrol. 462 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 2: Xavier loses to a Seaton Hall. By the way, that 463 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 2: outcome did not help the Bearcats last night, x you 464 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 2: losing on a senior night. Meanwhile, NKU getting set to play. 465 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 2: Rick Boring will talk about both with US next on 466 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 2: ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports. 467 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 3: Station Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty. 468 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 5: Traffic from the UC Health Traffic Center at the UC 469 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 5: Gardner Neuroscience Institute. The Multiple Sclerosis Experts deliver personalized treatments, 470 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:14,880 Speaker 5: groundbreaking research, and integrated support services. Learn more at UCHealth 471 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 5: dot com. Southbound two seventy five, only one lane is 472 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 5: open at the Indiana Kentucky line. That is for some 473 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 5: ongoing repairs through the Carrol Cropper Bridge. Plus found seventy 474 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 5: four a three minute delay from seventy five to Montana Avenue. 475 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 5: I'm at ezelic with traffic. 476 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 3: This report is sponsored by fourteen From four o'clock. 477 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 2: This is ESPN fifteen thirty on oeger Rick Browing joins 478 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 2: us on Wednesday to talk Xavier and NKU basketball. The 479 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:47,680 Speaker 2: Norris are getting said for Horizon League play against Oakland. 480 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 2: That game is going to be on Fox Sports thirteen sixty. 481 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 2: Rick's website is Musketeer Report dot com all things Xavier basketball, 482 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,640 Speaker 2: the Muskies losing at home last night to Seaton Hall 483 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 2: on Senior Night, night mare by the Trey Carroll injury. 484 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 2: It's Ricket's good to have you. What's going on? 485 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 4: Oh? Not a lot? Just sitting up here at the 486 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,199 Speaker 4: Marriotta of Troy, Michigan, though, How are you? 487 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 2: How's Troy Michigan? 488 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 4: I was just telling Tarry normally I only see it 489 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 4: when it's like negative ten degrees and horrible. 490 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,120 Speaker 1: So forty and Sonny isn't bad? 491 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 2: Very good. Well, it'll give you a lot of time 492 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 2: up there in Michigan to look at the Horizon League 493 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 2: bracket and figure out how this tournament works. And we'll 494 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 2: get to that a little bit later on. Is there 495 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 2: any sort of update on Trey Carroll after last night? 496 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,119 Speaker 1: I have not heard any update yet on Trey. 497 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 4: But you know, obviously that's that's a situation where it 498 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 4: didn't look good what we saw after the game, the 499 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 4: way he was moving and the way he was sort 500 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 4: of motioning to people and talking about it. So I'm 501 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 4: not sure if he's going to be able to play 502 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 4: in that last game or not. 503 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 2: That's a bummer man. Because he has a season where 504 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 2: he goes into it leading the Big easton score. He's 505 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 2: etched his name into Musketeer lore with how he played 506 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 2: against UC. He has been a bright spot during what 507 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 2: has been at times a dismal season for the Musketeers. 508 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 2: And in year one of Richard Patino, it's his last 509 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 2: game at home in his Xavier uniform. For it to 510 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 2: go down the way it did, I don't care who 511 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 2: you root for. That's that's a tough bill to swallow, 512 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 2: and I'm sure it is for him and his teammates. 513 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: No question. 514 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,719 Speaker 4: I mean, I think for a guy who seems to 515 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 4: really buy into that type of stuff. 516 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 1: And when I say that type of stuff. 517 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 4: I mean being a part of the place you're at 518 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 4: and just being present where your feet are at the moment. 519 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: You know, he loved his time at Florida Atlantic. 520 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 4: He talked a lot about that that he didn't even 521 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 4: want to leave Florida Atlantic. I think the opportunity what 522 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 4: he was getting paid to come to Xavier for one 523 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 4: year was too good for him to pass up. And 524 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 4: in his one year at Xavier, he made this place home, 525 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 4: and he made all the fans and the people around 526 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 4: the program love him here, and he really appreciated his 527 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 4: time here. 528 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: And obviously he performed at a. 529 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 4: Level that I don't think anyone knew he was capable 530 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 4: of when Xavier first signed him in the transfer portal 531 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 4: last year, because that's what this team needed out of 532 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 4: him this year. And obviously they didn't have the season 533 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,479 Speaker 4: they wanted or the record they wanted, but there's no 534 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 4: doubt that his his season, his performance on the offensive 535 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 4: end was a bright spot and he definitely made his 536 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 4: impact in his short time here. And so it's a 537 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 4: bummer that he didn't get to go out and kind 538 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 4: of the proper way with the fan base. 539 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 2: You know, obviously the question become as well, how do 540 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 2: you beat Villanova on the road without him? I'm a 541 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 2: little bit more focused on that first game in the 542 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 2: Big East Tournament. I don't know that anybody is going 543 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 2: to talk themselves into Xavier making a deep run of 544 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 2: Medison Square Garden, but it would be cool to win 545 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 2: that first game. How much does that compromise without Trey Carroll, 546 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 2: assuming if we do for a second that he won't 547 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 2: be available. 548 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, if he's not available, it becomes really difficult. 549 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 4: I think Xavier too to find enough offense given that 550 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 4: they're they're pretty poor defense, and they've really dropped off 551 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 4: defensively in the latter part of the season here. They've 552 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 4: dropped like fifty spots and Ken Palm's defensive efficiency rankings 553 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 4: over the last month and a half two months of 554 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 4: the season here, So they're really struggling on that end. 555 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 1: And if you lose your top. 556 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 4: Score and really your only real playmaker, I mean, I 557 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 4: guess we can say Roddy Anderson does some playmaking for 558 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 4: them as well, but they don't have much to rely on. 559 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 4: So it's gonna really come down to slinging the ball 560 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 4: around the perimeter and firing threes from guys like Giovan 561 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,960 Speaker 4: Malisovich and Malik Messina more. 562 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 2: I think has Richard Patino done enough to quiet down 563 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 2: sufficiently the rumors of him going to Providence? 564 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I think he did a good job 565 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 4: of handling it publicly as best he could on his 566 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,840 Speaker 4: radio show and everything like that. But I think you 567 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 4: and I talked about it last weekend. At the end 568 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 4: of the day, I think it was really always a 569 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 4: non starter. Because Xavier has him signed to a big buyout, 570 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 4: so you know, it's pretty easy for the hard part 571 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 4: of it for him is to address the rumors when 572 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 4: Kim hasn't been fired yet. 573 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: That's an awkward position to be in as a head coach. 574 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 4: But from Richard Patino's perspective, I think it's pretty easy 575 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 4: for him to say, yes, I'm going to be back 576 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,360 Speaker 4: at Xavier for the next few years at least because 577 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 4: he is coming off a huge buy or he has 578 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 4: a huge buyout right now after his first season, and 579 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 4: so I just don't think there was really any chance 580 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 4: of him leaving, whether he wanted to or not. And again, 581 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 4: he's said multiple times that he's not interested in leaving. 582 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 4: And I think fans are skeptical whenever from coaching at 583 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 4: this point because they've seen it happen before, so it 584 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 4: could be hard to trust when it comes to that stuff. 585 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 4: But I'm not sure it really mattered in this case 586 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 4: because I don't think there's really an option for him. 587 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 4: I don't think another school could afford to pay that 588 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 4: buyout right now. 589 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 2: Follow Rick at Rick Brooring Musketeer Report dot Com is 590 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,479 Speaker 2: the website you'll hear him tonight on Fox Sports thirteen 591 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 2: sixty NKU and Oakland Road game for the Norse in 592 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 2: the Horizon League Tournament. What do they have to do 593 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 2: to pull off the victory and advance to that dump 594 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 2: in Indy that the rest of the Horizon League tournament 595 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 2: has played. 596 00:32:59,760 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 5: Well. 597 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 4: The biggest thing with this Oakland game is their point 598 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 4: guard Brody Robinson, who's under six foot He's like five ten, 599 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 4: one hundred and fifty pounds mo. He has scored sixteen 600 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 4: points and twenty one points in the two games against 601 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 4: NKU this season without really doing a great job against their. 602 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 1: Defense in terms of like making shots or beating them. 603 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 4: What he does do a great job of is flailing 604 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 4: his arms, jerking his head back, flopping all over the court, 605 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 4: and manipulating the officials into making calls and sending him 606 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 4: to the free throw line. The last time the two 607 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 4: teams played, he shot eleven free throws, and in the 608 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,239 Speaker 4: first meeting he was a perfect eight for eight at 609 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 4: the free throw line. So that's what's really led to 610 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 4: his big offensive performances. 611 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: I think there's two things NK. 612 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,640 Speaker 4: You need to do a great job of not putting 613 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 4: themselves in position to send them to the free throw line, 614 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 4: don't foul him as much as they can. And I 615 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 4: think you need some help from the officials too in 616 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 4: this game. Like the thriving League, officials can't be manipulated, 617 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 4: and the way they have been by Brody Robinson a 618 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,720 Speaker 4: lot of times this year when they're not, Oakland isn't 619 00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 4: nearly as good. And we saw that down the stretch 620 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 4: as they lost a bunch of games, a lot of 621 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 4: them where he wasn't shooting a lot of free throws. 622 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: So I think that's a huge key in the game. 623 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 4: But from an NKU perspective, on their end, when they're 624 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 4: playing offense, I think you're gonna have to make some 625 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,319 Speaker 4: outside shots. Oakland plays that laid back zone where they 626 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 4: keep it tight and they kind of just dare you 627 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 4: to shoot from the perimeter. And in that last game, NK, 628 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 4: you did not shoot it well up there at Oakland, 629 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,440 Speaker 4: So they're going to try their best to do it 630 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,879 Speaker 4: again here tonight. I think if they're able to knock 631 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,239 Speaker 4: in a few threes early, that'll not only call them 632 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,719 Speaker 4: some nerves, but also soften up that Oakland defense a 633 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 4: little bit. 634 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 2: Right State, obviously, the top seed beat the Norse by 635 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 2: a point in the regular season finale, so they're considered 636 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,880 Speaker 2: the favorite. How wide open, if at all, is the 637 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 2: Horizon League Tournament. 638 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,240 Speaker 4: I think, you know, don't get me wrong, right, State's 639 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 4: been really good this year. They deserve to be viewed 640 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,319 Speaker 4: as the favorite to win it, and I think they'd 641 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 4: be a worthy champion. I'm not at all saying that 642 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 4: they can't win it, but I do think when you 643 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,680 Speaker 4: look at their team, they have a lot of young 644 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 4: guys that they're relying on, so this is their first 645 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,240 Speaker 4: opportunity to play in this type of environment, and conference 646 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:10,080 Speaker 4: tournaments are always wonky and difficult, and it's you talked 647 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 4: about the interesting bracket format, but you have interesting turnarounds. 648 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,760 Speaker 4: You're playing in that weird environment out of the Indiana 649 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 4: State Fairgrounds, and there are a bunch of other teams 650 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 4: that have played them tough this year and even beaten them. 651 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: So they're by no. 652 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 4: Means heads and shoulders above the rest of the conference. 653 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 4: And I think, especially when you look at like the 654 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 4: Ken Palm rankings, how close some of these teams are. 655 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 1: I think there's. 656 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 4: Still at least you know, four teams, five teams that 657 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,879 Speaker 4: are all dangerous enough to win it, and I think, 658 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 4: you know, NKU probably has a tough claim for that 659 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 4: right now, just because they haven't been as consistent throughout 660 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 4: the course of the season as those other teams have 661 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:44,880 Speaker 4: in the top of the conference, and they had to 662 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,919 Speaker 4: go on the road here to play their first round game. 663 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 4: But when they've played their best, I think we even 664 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 4: saw that in the first half against Right State in 665 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 4: the final regular season game. They had them down by 666 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,479 Speaker 4: twenty points. You know, like they're such a dangerous team 667 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:00,839 Speaker 4: with the way they score in transition that I don't 668 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,640 Speaker 4: think they're going into go into any game lacking confidence 669 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:04,400 Speaker 4: here in the postseason. 670 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,560 Speaker 2: Have a great call tonight. I hope we're talking to 671 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,480 Speaker 2: you next week from Indianapolis, and thank you as always, 672 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:14,520 Speaker 2: enjoy we'll talk to you soon. 673 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: Me to him out. Thank you. 674 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,319 Speaker 2: That's our man, Rick Boring Musketeer Report dot Com at 675 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,640 Speaker 2: Rick Browing, and tonight, sitting next to the great Jim 676 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:28,840 Speaker 2: Kelch NKU at Oakland Horizon League Tournament first round tip 677 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:32,080 Speaker 2: off at seven on Fox Sports thirteen sixty. We'll talk 678 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,959 Speaker 2: a little FC Cincinnati with Jake Zivin from Apple TV 679 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,160 Speaker 2: and doctor Jonathan Slaughter is gonna tell us what we 680 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,920 Speaker 2: should fear. What we should know about Hunter Green's elbow issue. 681 00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,359 Speaker 2: Plus we're gonna chat with the author of the best 682 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,319 Speaker 2: sports book I have read so far this year in 683 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,360 Speaker 2: the four o'clock hour on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports 684 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 2: Station