1
00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:07,320
Speaker 1: This is Tony Pike Cincy three sixty about Cincinnati from Cincinnati,

2
00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,799
Speaker 1: sponsored in hardby Penn Station East Coast Subs. Handcraft it

3
00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:16,279
Speaker 1: hot realed subs, fresh cut fries in lemonade. It's all

4
00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:21,520
Speaker 1: about good taste. Penn Station East Coast Subs orderum Line Today.

5
00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:26,599
Speaker 1: This is ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

6
00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,240
Speaker 2: Welcome back.

7
00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:34,720
Speaker 3: It is Cincy three sixty ESBN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

8
00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,880
Speaker 3: Jim Day will join us in just about four minutes.

9
00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,400
Speaker 3: We've got Jim Day coming up at two ten. He

10
00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,360
Speaker 3: will He'll join us to talk some some Cincinnati Reds.

11
00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:49,280
Speaker 3: Another NBA trade, Austin former Duke Blue Devil Jared McCain

12
00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,080
Speaker 3: is being moved from the Philadelphia seventy six ers. They

13
00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,640
Speaker 3: are sending him to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a

14
00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:02,200
Speaker 3: twenty twenty six Rockets first round pick and three second

15
00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:08,759
Speaker 3: round picks. So there you go. Another trade in the NBA.

16
00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,080
Speaker 3: The other thing for the Dallas Mavericks. I was reading

17
00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,240
Speaker 3: this over the break. You mentioned the Anthony Davis trade.

18
00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:18,559
Speaker 3: The Mavericks now have the resources to build around Cooper Flag.

19
00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,800
Speaker 3: They're likely going to have another lottery pick. They also

20
00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,080
Speaker 3: have a late first round pick. They have a one

21
00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,720
Speaker 3: hundred and fifty and guaranteed one hundred fifty million and

22
00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,000
Speaker 3: guaranteed money next year, which is well below the tax

23
00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,800
Speaker 3: apron and they are below the luxury tack tax this

24
00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,240
Speaker 3: season now, so they have flexibility in the next twenty

25
00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,520
Speaker 3: four hours to kind of build up to the NBA Draft.

26
00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,840
Speaker 3: Don't forget they have Kyrie Irving as well coming back

27
00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:48,400
Speaker 3: off of an injury, so perhaps they have a move

28
00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:50,720
Speaker 3: from Kyrie Irving happening as well in the near future.

29
00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,040
Speaker 3: But something to keep an eye on from the NBA

30
00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,960
Speaker 3: as as the trade deadline approaches.

31
00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,720
Speaker 4: To make sense, like the Bulls got Mike Conley and

32
00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:07,600
Speaker 4: they're like, oh, they're gonna move on from him, huh.

33
00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:09,240
Speaker 2: They just I don't know.

34
00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,240
Speaker 4: I don't and I don't, like I'm not invested enough

35
00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,680
Speaker 4: to really want to fully understand.

36
00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:22,080
Speaker 2: And bizarre to me, Yeah, just crazy. I don't know.

37
00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,280
Speaker 2: It's hard to follow, but.

38
00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,960
Speaker 3: It is interesting here in Cleveland because I'm seeing that

39
00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,080
Speaker 3: there's been a lot of pushback for the hardened deal

40
00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,840
Speaker 3: thirty six year old Harden for a younger Garland and

41
00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,280
Speaker 3: you send draft picks to the seventy to the Clippers.

42
00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,520
Speaker 3: It feels like by a lot of accounts that the

43
00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,480
Speaker 3: Clippers won that deal in moving on from James Harden,

44
00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,000
Speaker 3: which again is fascinating to me, because to me, James

45
00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,040
Speaker 3: Harden is he's an enigma, Like I don't know what

46
00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,520
Speaker 3: to make of him because he's got so much talent,

47
00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,800
Speaker 3: But if you look at his career in the most

48
00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,400
Speaker 3: meaningful games, he has come up short. He's not played

49
00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,680
Speaker 3: his best and they've built and by that I mean

50
00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:11,120
Speaker 3: teams have built good players and championship contenders around him,

51
00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,640
Speaker 3: and they've never really found a way with James Harden

52
00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,200
Speaker 3: to get over the hump. So I think all of

53
00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,000
Speaker 3: that is interesting to follow along with. Obviously not something

54
00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,600
Speaker 3: that we here in Cincinnati follow along with as much,

55
00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,560
Speaker 3: because well, we don't have an NBA team. If there

56
00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,440
Speaker 3: was an NBA team in Cincinnati, where would that go,

57
00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:33,040
Speaker 3: unto your kind of your your following enjoyment, where would

58
00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,600
Speaker 3: they slot in behind the Reds and Bengals.

59
00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,680
Speaker 4: It'd be close for two? Oh, okay, yeah, it'd be close.

60
00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:41,880
Speaker 4: NBA teams are a big deal.

61
00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,240
Speaker 2: NBA games are so much fun.

62
00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,440
Speaker 4: And they you know, they feels like they play every

63
00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:50,600
Speaker 4: single night. It is very similar to baseball in that sense.

64
00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, I do think they're fun to go to, though

65
00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,080
Speaker 3: I enjoy a uh don't I think the last one

66
00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:58,840
Speaker 3: I was. I've been to a couple of Pacers games,

67
00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,160
Speaker 3: went to a couple of games as well. There's a

68
00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,120
Speaker 3: thought that if Lebron plays in year twenty four that

69
00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,400
Speaker 3: he would be playing back in Cleveland. So maybe even

70
00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,960
Speaker 3: a chance. If you're the Cavs, you got Donovan Mitchell,

71
00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,680
Speaker 3: you have now James Harden, maybe you get Lebron in

72
00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,040
Speaker 3: the offseason and try to build another run of a

73
00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,320
Speaker 3: championship together in Cleveland. So a lot to kind of

74
00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,440
Speaker 3: sort itself out. The NBA trade deadline is going to continue,

75
00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,839
Speaker 3: but for us now an awesome opportunity because spring training

76
00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,400
Speaker 3: is now right around the corner for the Cincinnati Reds,

77
00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,479
Speaker 3: and the Reds made a huge splash by Addie Neo

78
00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,880
Speaker 3: Henio Suarez back to this roster. It fills an immediate

79
00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,400
Speaker 3: need forty nine home runs last year to a team

80
00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,360
Speaker 3: that desperately needed a power bat in the middle of

81
00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,760
Speaker 3: the lineup. So who better Austin to talk to about

82
00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,320
Speaker 3: where the Reds are right now than our good friend

83
00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,240
Speaker 3: Jim Day, who's nice enough to join us right now?

84
00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:50,279
Speaker 2: Jim, what's up?

85
00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:52,760
Speaker 5: What's happening? Fellas a long time?

86
00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:54,240
Speaker 2: The talk been too long?

87
00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:54,520
Speaker 6: Jim.

88
00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:55,600
Speaker 2: How's the offseason been?

89
00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,960
Speaker 5: Well, my phone as it rang good.

90
00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,440
Speaker 3: I would imagine it's been a busy couple days for you.

91
00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:09,039
Speaker 3: Obviously everyone's reaction. There's been so much excitement around this

92
00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,920
Speaker 3: move with Suarez coming back, But you can speak on

93
00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,960
Speaker 3: this to a different level because it's not just the

94
00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,919
Speaker 3: on the field stuff that the Reds are getting with

95
00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,080
Speaker 3: Suarez coming back, talk a little bit about off the field,

96
00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,960
Speaker 3: the guy that he is, and everyone is able to

97
00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:25,799
Speaker 3: see how important is that for this ball club.

98
00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:32,320
Speaker 6: Well, they've been able to develop a culture and a

99
00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,760
Speaker 6: quick amount of time one under Terry Francona, a culture

100
00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:40,120
Speaker 6: of accountability, but at the same time a loose accountability,

101
00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,320
Speaker 6: if that makes any sense. They are a tight knit group,

102
00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,680
Speaker 6: not that they weren't in the past, but it's a

103
00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,960
Speaker 6: little different now. They do have a lot of young

104
00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:53,680
Speaker 6: players and Suarez, who's now a veteran player. I mean,

105
00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:58,360
Speaker 6: you don't tell me one person that doesn't talk about

106
00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,400
Speaker 6: the signing of Suarez without a smile. I mean, everywhere

107
00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,560
Speaker 6: I've gone the last few days. It comes with a smile.

108
00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,320
Speaker 6: It's great to have him back. And it's not only

109
00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,599
Speaker 6: because of the power numbers that he brings. It's because

110
00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,640
Speaker 6: he's just a good human being. And when he talked

111
00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,039
Speaker 6: about good vibes only he's just not talking that, but

112
00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:22,240
Speaker 6: he walks it. He just has this aura about him.

113
00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,800
Speaker 6: He just gives off positive energy all the time or

114
00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,440
Speaker 6: whatever room he's in. So you know the fact that

115
00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:34,840
Speaker 6: he's already communicated with Elie de la Cruz and Noelvie

116
00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,320
Speaker 6: Marte who he's sort of had a relationship with prior

117
00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,200
Speaker 6: to him being traded, you know it's gonna go a

118
00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:46,159
Speaker 6: long long way, particularly with the Hispanic players, but really

119
00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:50,280
Speaker 6: across the board. He will bring the leadership a guy

120
00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,960
Speaker 6: that's been there and done that, and it's just, I

121
00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,200
Speaker 6: hate to say it, it's a pun, but pun intended.

122
00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,960
Speaker 6: I mean, it is a home run signing.

123
00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,280
Speaker 3: It's such a good signing in so many areas. And again,

124
00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:04,800
Speaker 3: the dog days are real. You go to those dog

125
00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,680
Speaker 3: days and things just aren't going your way. To have

126
00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:11,680
Speaker 3: that mentality in your clubhouse day to day, it does wonders.

127
00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:15,160
Speaker 3: You mentioned Ellie de la Cruz. From a sheer baseball standpoint,

128
00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,680
Speaker 3: what does slotting Suarez into the lineup do for a

129
00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:19,880
Speaker 3: guy like Ellie day La Cruz.

130
00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:26,640
Speaker 6: Well, it's gonna give Ellie protection. No one gets pitched

131
00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:32,160
Speaker 6: harder to than Ellie does, just because he's the one

132
00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,840
Speaker 6: guy in the Reds lineup that you really fear with

133
00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,120
Speaker 6: one swing of the back, who can really make a difference.

134
00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,720
Speaker 6: And that doesn't even it includes more than just him

135
00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,640
Speaker 6: being able to hit it out of the ballpark, which

136
00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:50,160
Speaker 6: actually was down last year, but just his electricity and

137
00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,720
Speaker 6: being able to change a game around and one at

138
00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,600
Speaker 6: bat you could pitch around him and pitch him tough,

139
00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,480
Speaker 6: you know, make him chase out of the zone, and

140
00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:01,480
Speaker 6: this will.

141
00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:02,679
Speaker 5: Give him some protection.

142
00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,520
Speaker 6: Now, at the same time, you know, Suarez strikes out

143
00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:07,840
Speaker 6: a ton, so does Ellie.

144
00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:09,720
Speaker 5: So you're gonna have to put up with it.

145
00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,840
Speaker 6: I'm assuming they're gonna back three and four in the

146
00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,360
Speaker 6: lineup or two and three, whatever it is that I mean,

147
00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,840
Speaker 6: he's gonna hit behind Ellie I would you know, you're

148
00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,000
Speaker 6: just gonna have to put up with the home runs

149
00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,920
Speaker 6: and hope that those forty nine home runs or even

150
00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:25,600
Speaker 6: if he has an off year let's say he hits

151
00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:30,679
Speaker 6: thirty five home runs. Just adding thirty five home runs

152
00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,960
Speaker 6: to this lineup will mean a huge It'll be huge

153
00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,079
Speaker 6: for this lineup, just because we know scoring runs last

154
00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,400
Speaker 6: year was a problem. They there were tons of games

155
00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,520
Speaker 6: that they scored less less than two runs a game.

156
00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,679
Speaker 6: When they just score four runs a game, I think

157
00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,120
Speaker 6: they were they were like forty games over five hundred

158
00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,880
Speaker 6: their record just scoring four runs, which is not asking

159
00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:58,440
Speaker 6: a great deal with the pitching staff they have. You know,

160
00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,840
Speaker 6: it's it's just makes it difference. It spreads the lineup out.

161
00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,880
Speaker 6: You have guys that are now going to hit sixth

162
00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,720
Speaker 6: and seventh that we're hitting up in the lineup before

163
00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,360
Speaker 6: a guy like south Stewart might hit seventh pretty good bat,

164
00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,160
Speaker 6: and so, uh, it just linkedens it.

165
00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,640
Speaker 5: Out and it just makes a massive difference.

166
00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,320
Speaker 4: Jim, for you personally, you said your phone hasn't rang.

167
00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,160
Speaker 4: I'm sure it's been kind of off the hook for

168
00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,160
Speaker 4: the last couple of days. What's it like for you

169
00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,679
Speaker 4: for a guy like Suarez, who you guys are kind

170
00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,480
Speaker 4: of attached at the hip. What's it been like for

171
00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,920
Speaker 4: you personally? You know, when you found out that Suarez

172
00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:33,560
Speaker 4: was coming back.

173
00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,199
Speaker 5: I mean it's listen is great for me. I mean,

174
00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:39,959
Speaker 5: let's not lie.

175
00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:44,000
Speaker 6: I've been very open in saying on whatever shows I'm on,

176
00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,440
Speaker 6: you know, when they when they have a signing or like,

177
00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:51,240
Speaker 6: I don't know, how does he do good interviews? I

178
00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,520
Speaker 6: mean I understand he can swing the bat, but can

179
00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,239
Speaker 6: does he do get interviews?

180
00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,360
Speaker 5: Is he fun? Is he you know there's human interest

181
00:09:58,360 --> 00:09:59,160
Speaker 5: stories attached.

182
00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,280
Speaker 6: So so selfishly, yeah, I mean he's great.

183
00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,840
Speaker 5: I mean he's he's a guy that will mess around.

184
00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,240
Speaker 6: If I'm on the field before the game and he's

185
00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,880
Speaker 6: coming by, he's probably messing with me, or he's maybe

186
00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,640
Speaker 6: grabbing the mic and talking to the fans and saying

187
00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:18,959
Speaker 6: good vibes only days or something, you know, just something

188
00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,400
Speaker 6: that will bring a smile on people's faces. He's entertaining

189
00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,240
Speaker 6: in that way. So personally it's great. I mean he's

190
00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:28,600
Speaker 6: a he's a great guy to be around and just

191
00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:33,160
Speaker 6: just a joy. So I mean, selfishly, it's fantastic for me.

192
00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,839
Speaker 2: So you mentioned good interviews.

193
00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,120
Speaker 4: We saw the news that Joey Vado is going to

194
00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:42,600
Speaker 4: be working with NBC on their coverage of Major League Baseball.

195
00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:45,440
Speaker 4: Have you you know, has Joey sought out your advice

196
00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,959
Speaker 4: and do you think he'll be how do you think

197
00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,280
Speaker 4: he'll do? Uh?

198
00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:49,640
Speaker 2: With that?

199
00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,960
Speaker 5: I think I think he'll be great. Like Joey, doesn't

200
00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,040
Speaker 5: do anything unless he's really thought it out.

201
00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:02,680
Speaker 6: And I think there'll be some growing pains with him

202
00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,679
Speaker 6: as far as just because he hasn't done it consistently.

203
00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:08,400
Speaker 6: And I don't know if he's going to be in

204
00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,199
Speaker 6: the studio or he's going to be calling games. I

205
00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:14,840
Speaker 6: have no idea, So there's going to be an adjustment

206
00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:16,119
Speaker 6: period for him.

207
00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:17,800
Speaker 5: But he has that.

208
00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,760
Speaker 6: Ability to turn it on and off, and he's such

209
00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:27,040
Speaker 6: a unique human being where he mixes humor and really

210
00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:34,439
Speaker 6: smart responses in together and obviously been there, done that,

211
00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,840
Speaker 6: great player, so they're getting the full package there. I

212
00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,320
Speaker 6: do think there's going to be an adjustment period, but

213
00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,720
Speaker 6: he will be as prepared as anyone because he literally

214
00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,480
Speaker 6: doesn't want he doesn't need the money, and two, he

215
00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:52,880
Speaker 6: doesn't do anything that he is not prepared for or

216
00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,720
Speaker 6: he is going to fear that he's going to embarrass himself,

217
00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,520
Speaker 6: So you can better believe that he will once he

218
00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,720
Speaker 6: gets over those growing pains, he'll be excellent.

219
00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,480
Speaker 3: How how much Jim do you look forward to spring training.

220
00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,240
Speaker 3: To me, it's fun to get out there, but there

221
00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,080
Speaker 3: are times it just feels like it goes on so

222
00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,080
Speaker 3: long and you're ready for the season to get here.

223
00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:16,560
Speaker 3: But this year's spring training adding in Suarez, who gonna

224
00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:18,840
Speaker 3: be getting a lot of d H days obviously for

225
00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,160
Speaker 3: this Red's lineup. He's gonna take reps as we learn

226
00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:24,760
Speaker 3: from Nick Crawl at first and third, South Stewart's gonna

227
00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,840
Speaker 3: get reps at first, second, third, Spencer Steer left field,

228
00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,920
Speaker 3: right field, first base, second base. The years in which

229
00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,800
Speaker 3: you've been covering this team and going out to spring training,

230
00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,080
Speaker 3: do you sense that there's a lot that this team

231
00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,280
Speaker 3: is going to sift through and figure out and utilize

232
00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,240
Speaker 3: spring training to figure out how they're gonna make up

233
00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:43,160
Speaker 3: this lineup every day?

234
00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:45,160
Speaker 5: Yes and no.

235
00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,040
Speaker 6: I mean there have been years where I've gone out

236
00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,240
Speaker 6: there or I mean, maybe you know the first or

237
00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,040
Speaker 6: second starting in rotation, But like I have no idea

238
00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,040
Speaker 6: who's going to be three, four and five, and I

239
00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,640
Speaker 6: have zero idea who's going to be in the bullpen.

240
00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:04,880
Speaker 6: So there's not going to be many spots up for grabs,

241
00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,800
Speaker 6: and there's going to be fierce competition for those spots,

242
00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,600
Speaker 6: but they are pretty much set with their roster, with

243
00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,880
Speaker 6: the exception of the battle for the fifth starting spot

244
00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,760
Speaker 6: is crazy off the charts and the talent that they

245
00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,560
Speaker 6: have available for that spot probably two spots in the

246
00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:28,280
Speaker 6: bullpen and maybe one bench spot. So it's kind of

247
00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,960
Speaker 6: it hasn't always been that way. There's been a ton

248
00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,800
Speaker 6: of competition where spring just means everything.

249
00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:37,320
Speaker 5: I mean, I'll give you an example.

250
00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:44,119
Speaker 6: Just a couple of years ago, Tony Santion was struggling

251
00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:45,320
Speaker 6: his butt off just to.

252
00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,079
Speaker 5: Make the team, just to be.

253
00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,280
Speaker 6: Not be sent down like heck, you got DF eight.

254
00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:55,800
Speaker 6: I think now he is such an integral part of

255
00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,720
Speaker 6: the plan. He doesn't have to go to spring training

256
00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,840
Speaker 6: and pitch his and be tired coming out of spring training.

257
00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:04,280
Speaker 5: They could ease him in.

258
00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,880
Speaker 6: I would not be surprised if you don't see him

259
00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,840
Speaker 6: pitch until March, just to kind of ease him in

260
00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,800
Speaker 6: and get him ready. And they've got several guys in

261
00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,800
Speaker 6: that category that we know are going to be in

262
00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,720
Speaker 6: the bullpen, So I think that makes a world of

263
00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,480
Speaker 6: a world of difference, where guys are not just going

264
00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:25,640
Speaker 6: to be completely competing their butt off and almost expending

265
00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,200
Speaker 6: too much energy just to make the team.

266
00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,000
Speaker 5: So I actually think it's a positive in that regard.

267
00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,320
Speaker 3: Lastly, you mentioned the rotation, and I think they've done

268
00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,320
Speaker 3: a great job to give themselves more depth and high

269
00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,920
Speaker 3: end depth in the bullpen. But when you think about

270
00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,240
Speaker 3: this rotation and you've laid it out, and we've talked

271
00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,640
Speaker 3: about on the show the names that you can throw

272
00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:46,800
Speaker 3: out there for the fifth spot in the rotation, and

273
00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,160
Speaker 3: we see each year guys are going to misstarts for

274
00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,320
Speaker 3: whatever reason. It's great to have that build in depth,

275
00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,880
Speaker 3: but at their best, at their ceiling, where can this

276
00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,440
Speaker 3: rotation land in all of baseball?

277
00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:57,040
Speaker 2: In your opinion?

278
00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,640
Speaker 6: Oh, it can be a top five rotation BA if

279
00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:05,080
Speaker 6: they're healthy and guys take the next step. We saw

280
00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:10,080
Speaker 6: Ladolo last year who finally made it through a season healthy.

281
00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:14,120
Speaker 6: If Hunter Green can somehow make twenty five to thirty

282
00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:19,400
Speaker 6: starts and not get hurt. We saw what Andrew Abbott

283
00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,080
Speaker 6: can do. He's faced that second half wall a few times.

284
00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,200
Speaker 6: These guys now know what it takes to get through

285
00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:32,800
Speaker 6: an entire season. So if those guys can continue to

286
00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:34,880
Speaker 6: make that next step, and you've got guys, I mean,

287
00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,560
Speaker 6: Chase Burns might be the most talented pitcher on the roster,

288
00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:39,920
Speaker 6: and he's going to be competing for the fifth spot.

289
00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:45,760
Speaker 6: I mean, he's crazy talented. Rhet Louder. I loved watching

290
00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,360
Speaker 6: Rhet Louder play. We'll see how he comes back from injury.

291
00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,600
Speaker 6: And even a guy like Brandon Williamson, it was really

292
00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,560
Speaker 6: before he got hurt, was just showing signs of being really,

293
00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:58,520
Speaker 6: really good. So just the competition for the fifth spot

294
00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,880
Speaker 6: just shows you how far they have calm as far

295
00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,800
Speaker 6: as developing pitching. And if they're on I see no

296
00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,840
Speaker 6: reason why they couldn't be certainly top ten, they could

297
00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,520
Speaker 6: be top five in all baseball.

298
00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,560
Speaker 3: The rotation certainly a lot to be excited about about

299
00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:15,480
Speaker 3: the Cincinnati Reds pitchers and catchers reporting now in just

300
00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:17,480
Speaker 3: a couple of days. I know it's a busy time.

301
00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,320
Speaker 3: I know it's an exciting time. Jim can't thank you

302
00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,120
Speaker 3: enough for giving us some of your time today, and

303
00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,000
Speaker 3: we look forward to talking again soon.

304
00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:25,600
Speaker 5: Anytime. Fellas.

305
00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:29,640
Speaker 6: I leave Tuesday and my phone will always be on

306
00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,000
Speaker 6: so NAE updates.

307
00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,760
Speaker 2: How long will you be out there? We'll just start

308
00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:34,760
Speaker 2: calling you up randomly.

309
00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,280
Speaker 6: You can call me up randomly, although just remember that well, no,

310
00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:40,120
Speaker 6: you guys are on.

311
00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,960
Speaker 5: It that they used to have someone.

312
00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,840
Speaker 6: I'm not going to mention names that would call me

313
00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:48,840
Speaker 6: at like they hosted a show from six am ten am, no,

314
00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:53,360
Speaker 6: and would ring me up. You know there's two and

315
00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,200
Speaker 6: then three hours difference, and would ring me up in

316
00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,440
Speaker 6: the middle of the night and live on the radio.

317
00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,520
Speaker 6: We won't mess any names. Yeah, but my phone, you

318
00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:06,080
Speaker 6: just call me randomly. Fine, I'll probably be standing there

319
00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:08,680
Speaker 6: and watching have a tough job. You know, I'm sting

320
00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,000
Speaker 6: there watching Battie practice.

321
00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,560
Speaker 2: Will you be out there? The duration? How long is

322
00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,240
Speaker 2: the duration?

323
00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:20,800
Speaker 3: That's awesome? Yep, it's got to be terrible. It's gotta

324
00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,960
Speaker 3: be terrible. Jim, thanks a lot, man. All right, I'll

325
00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:25,000
Speaker 3: tough it out for you, guys.

326
00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,159
Speaker 2: Please do please think about us.

327
00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,400
Speaker 5: It's all for you.

328
00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:35,040
Speaker 3: That is the great Jim day. That's awesome. I guarantee.

329
00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,879
Speaker 3: It's been such a whirlwind couple of days. I know

330
00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,960
Speaker 3: it's been fun for him to be getting back and

331
00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,520
Speaker 3: I'm sure getting ready to head out of this weather

332
00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:46,400
Speaker 3: on Tuesday and head to Arizona. Isn't the worst thing

333
00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:47,479
Speaker 3: that can follow up news like that.

334
00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,440
Speaker 4: We're gonna work on that Jim day Au Haineo Surez

335
00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:52,800
Speaker 4: dual Bobblehead.

336
00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,000
Speaker 3: Yes, we gotta make it happen. Gotta make it happen.

337
00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,440
Speaker 3: Let's talk some college hoops next. What happened last night?

338
00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,800
Speaker 3: Look ahead to tonight as well on ESPN fifteen thirty

339
00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:03,880
Speaker 3: Cincinnati Sports Station.

340
00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,719
Speaker 4: Now, here's your chance to win one thousand dollars.

341
00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,800
Speaker 7: Just answer this nationwide keyword on our website.

342
00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,600
Speaker 2: Bank that's Bank. Answer it now.

343
00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,840
Speaker 3: Super Bowl sixty deserves a sports book built for the moment.

344
00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,679
Speaker 3: Draftking sports Book and official sports betting partner of Super

345
00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,960
Speaker 3: Bowl sixty puts you right in the center of the

346
00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,080
Speaker 3: biggest game of the year this Sunday and when anything

347
00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,040
Speaker 3: can happen during the Super Bowl. DraftKings has your back

348
00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,480
Speaker 3: with their early exits. If a player goes down in

349
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,359
Speaker 3: the first half, you still get paid out in cash

350
00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:40,439
Speaker 3: immediately once your bet settles, no bonus bets, no waiting.

351
00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,280
Speaker 3: If you're new to DraftKings, new customers can bet just

352
00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,879
Speaker 3: five dollars and now get three hundred in bonus bets

353
00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,160
Speaker 3: if that bet wins. All you need to do download

354
00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,080
Speaker 3: the DraftKings sports Book app now use code Sincy fifteen

355
00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,080
Speaker 3: thirty that's code SINCY fifteen thirty to turn five bucks

356
00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,080
Speaker 3: into three hundred and bonus bets if your bet wins

357
00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,080
Speaker 3: in partnership with DraftKings gambling problem called one eight hundred

358
00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,200
Speaker 3: Gambler twenty one plus Ohio only. Eligibility and restrictions apply.

359
00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,040
Speaker 3: Bet must win to receive bonus bets, which expire in

360
00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,720
Speaker 3: seven days. Minimum mods required. For additional terms and responsible

361
00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:16,040
Speaker 3: gaming resources see DKNG dot co slash audio Limited time

362
00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:17,600
Speaker 3: offer only station.

363
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,399
Speaker 1: You're listening to Tony Pike Sincy three sixty on ESPN

364
00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,960
Speaker 1: fifteen thirty.

365
00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,480
Speaker 3: Welcome on back since E three to sixty ESPN fifteen thirty,

366
00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:39,439
Speaker 3: Cincinnati Sports Station. Awesome stuff there from Jim Day. We

367
00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,760
Speaker 3: got an opportunity here. Let's talk some college hoops. It

368
00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:47,200
Speaker 3: went well last night for the Miami RedHawks. They advance

369
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:52,120
Speaker 3: to twenty three and zero with their win last night

370
00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,240
Speaker 3: on the road at Buffalo. Not only that, Austin, but

371
00:19:56,359 --> 00:20:00,480
Speaker 3: I see now looking ahead, they play Marshall on I

372
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:06,080
Speaker 3: believe Saturday. After that they don't play again until next Friday.

373
00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,800
Speaker 3: It's against Ohio at Mallett Hall. That game is going

374
00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:14,400
Speaker 3: to be broadcast now on ESPN. So I believe that

375
00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,600
Speaker 3: that is now an ESPN game for the Miami RedHawks.

376
00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:24,000
Speaker 3: Taking on Oh you you mentioned that rivalry, You mentioned

377
00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,480
Speaker 3: what that can be and what it means obviously for Miami,

378
00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:35,040
Speaker 3: who's trying to complete now a perfect regular season nine

379
00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:41,439
Speaker 3: o'clock ESPN National game for the Miami RedHawks, who in

380
00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,280
Speaker 3: the latest bracketology you are up to like an eight

381
00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:44,520
Speaker 3: or nine seed right now.

382
00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,280
Speaker 2: Come on, and I think.

383
00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:51,320
Speaker 3: At this point you'd be hard pressed to have a

384
00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,240
Speaker 3: Coach of the Year conversation and not put Travis Steele's

385
00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:54,639
Speaker 3: name in it.

386
00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,280
Speaker 4: Of course, I think I had Paul Fritchner on my

387
00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:03,000
Speaker 4: show Sunday and he was saying that he thinks they

388
00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,320
Speaker 4: even could afford a loss and they would still be

389
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,919
Speaker 4: in just based off of the way that they've number one,

390
00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:12,240
Speaker 4: the way their offense performs and number two, I mean

391
00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,080
Speaker 4: the way that they've been able to find ways to

392
00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:15,640
Speaker 4: win throughout this entire season.

393
00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,080
Speaker 2: On how you would keep them out.

394
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,040
Speaker 3: I think of Shirts at Saint Louis. I think of

395
00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,520
Speaker 3: Travis Steele, and obviously at the top, Dusty May and

396
00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,160
Speaker 3: what he's done for Michigan, Fred Hoiberg at Nebraska, Tommy

397
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,919
Speaker 3: Lloyd at Arizona to Hoiberg. But I think that's a

398
00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,480
Speaker 3: bulls led. I think you got a short list there

399
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,639
Speaker 3: of Coach of the Year candidates and Travis Steele is

400
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,760
Speaker 3: firmly cemented right in the middle of that conversation.

401
00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:38,600
Speaker 2: Miami.

402
00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,680
Speaker 3: It was a close one last night, led by three

403
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,800
Speaker 3: at the break, end up winning it seventy three to

404
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:49,040
Speaker 3: seventy one and give themselves another opportunity again their next

405
00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,840
Speaker 3: test at Marshall on Saturday, as they look to go

406
00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,960
Speaker 3: to twenty four and zero. Also winners last night, the

407
00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:01,480
Speaker 3: Dayton Flyers they beat the Bonnies. Is that what Saint

408
00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 3: Bonaventure is that where WOJ is not like the GM.

409
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:06,560
Speaker 2: I believe that's true. Yeah, okay.

410
00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,439
Speaker 3: Flyers use a big first half and then held on

411
00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,680
Speaker 3: in the second half to get their sixth Atlantic Ten

412
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,840
Speaker 3: win andsap a four game losing streak in the A.

413
00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:17,400
Speaker 2: Ten seventy seven.

414
00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,679
Speaker 4: What do you think this time of year is like

415
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,440
Speaker 4: for Wog because it's gonna be I'm sure he's still

416
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:24,360
Speaker 4: talking to people.

417
00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,000
Speaker 2: Especially after a loss last night. He's like, what am

418
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,680
Speaker 2: I doing? Yeah? Why did I do that? I was

419
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,679
Speaker 2: at the top of the game. Break something for me

420
00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,960
Speaker 2: and He's like, no, just give it to this clipboard.

421
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:34,919
Speaker 2: Break this clipboard.

422
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:41,880
Speaker 3: Last night, the Yukon Huskies, they flexed as the number

423
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,520
Speaker 3: three team in the country, and I walked away from

424
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,879
Speaker 3: that as I watch a lot of college basketball that

425
00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,400
Speaker 3: was as impressive as a team performance as I've seen

426
00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:55,359
Speaker 3: this year. Yukon is a legitimate national championship contender, and

427
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,400
Speaker 3: all of that was on display last night. They put

428
00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,480
Speaker 3: a fifty burger on the board at halftime, They fifty

429
00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,320
Speaker 3: to twenty two at the half. They end up winning

430
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 3: ninety two to sixty. They're only lost this season came

431
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,359
Speaker 3: to the number one team in the country, the Arizona Wildcats,

432
00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:14,720
Speaker 3: in a seventy one sixty seven game. Back to back

433
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 3: games Austin. For the Xavier Musketeers against Yukon this year,

434
00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:23,360
Speaker 3: where Trey Carroll was held under double digits, I don't

435
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,040
Speaker 3: I'll have to look at how many times it's been

436
00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:29,200
Speaker 3: this year, but both times against Yukon, Trey Carroll has

437
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,120
Speaker 3: been held to nine points. That is obviously huge. When

438
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,879
Speaker 3: you talk about how to stop Xavier only getting sixty points,

439
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 3: you're not gonna have a chance for many players in

440
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,160
Speaker 3: double figures, all right. Led the way for Xavier last

441
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,679
Speaker 3: night with fourteen. Malik Messina Moore had ten and Roddy

442
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:50,240
Speaker 3: Anderson the third pitched in ten for the Xavier Musketeers

443
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,200
Speaker 3: as well. Yukon last night fifty seven percent from the floor,

444
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,720
Speaker 3: thirty seven percent from the three point line, seventy eight

445
00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,160
Speaker 3: percent fourteen of eighteen from the foul line. They out

446
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 3: rebounded the Muskies forty one to twenty four. How about

447
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:11,360
Speaker 3: this at halftime it was Yukon seventeen assist Xavier one.

448
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,240
Speaker 3: They finished the game twenty six to six in that category,

449
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,359
Speaker 3: just unbelievable, and they dominated it, paid forty six to

450
00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,680
Speaker 3: twenty as well as fast breakpoints. So a tough loss

451
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,880
Speaker 3: for the Xavier Musketeers. They fall to four and eight

452
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,680
Speaker 3: now in the Big East Conference. That is tied with

453
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,000
Speaker 3: DePaul who's also at four and eight Georgetown and Butler

454
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,920
Speaker 3: four and seven Marquetton Providence. Right now below the Xavier Musketeers,

455
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,440
Speaker 3: here is head coach Richard Patino after last night's loss

456
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:40,960
Speaker 3: to Yukon.

457
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,240
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, obviously, they're a terrific, terrific team, and

458
00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 8: you know, we've got a lot of work to do

459
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,960
Speaker 8: to catch up to that level. Really proud of the

460
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:57,440
Speaker 8: second half, the fight, you know, but we just didn't

461
00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:03,120
Speaker 8: match their their physicality disrupt enough indicative of twenty six

462
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:07,159
Speaker 8: assists for them, you know. So not a lot to

463
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,720
Speaker 8: really really take from a positive standpoint from that game,

464
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,120
Speaker 8: except that, you know, we'll get a little rest here

465
00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:14,960
Speaker 8: and we'll just get.

466
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,439
Speaker 9: Back to work and coach, what was your message to

467
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 9: the team at halftime? You were down like twenty eight

468
00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,800
Speaker 9: at half, but you came out. It seems like your

469
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,120
Speaker 9: team came out different in the second half than the first.

470
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,240
Speaker 9: At a really hard time obviously scoring some points and

471
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,200
Speaker 9: stopping them in the first half, but the second half,

472
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,640
Speaker 9: it seems like your team came out with they were

473
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,280
Speaker 9: just more confident and assertive, especially on the offensive end.

474
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 5: What was discussed at halftime.

475
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 8: Well, we weren't rebounding the ball, and then we were

476
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,120
Speaker 8: turning it over and giving them pick sixes. So I'm

477
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,120
Speaker 8: not sure how many turnovers we had in the first half,

478
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,240
Speaker 8: but you know, when you're giving them kind of live

479
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:56,120
Speaker 8: ball turnovers, not being able to get back obviously no good.

480
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,120
Speaker 8: So you just had to, you know, told the team

481
00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:59,879
Speaker 8: you just had to flush it, you know, and you

482
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:01,639
Speaker 8: to hit reset and see if you can play a

483
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,200
Speaker 8: better half, and certainly they did in the second half.

484
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,320
Speaker 10: Coach, all Right, has been playing well for you all season.

485
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 10: His offense maybe not as productive in the last five

486
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:12,959
Speaker 10: six seven games as it was earlier in the year.

487
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,879
Speaker 10: It was good to see him score fourteen points and

488
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,720
Speaker 10: go three for six, eight and nine from the free

489
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,040
Speaker 10: throw line. Maybe that'll jump start his offense a little

490
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 10: bit as we move forward in the latter part of.

491
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 5: The season here.

492
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,320
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, I mean, he's a good offensive player.

493
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,080
Speaker 8: I think the best thing that he does when he's

494
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 8: running the point is he's very efficient. You know, Roddy

495
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,879
Speaker 8: gives us a different dimension where he can go buy it.

496
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,600
Speaker 8: He's got a quick burst and speed, but he's not

497
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 8: the most efficient shooting the basketball.

498
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 5: But I just thought he did a lot of good

499
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:41,479
Speaker 5: things today.

500
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,080
Speaker 8: We're all is a little bit more solid all around

501
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 8: the board. But he did a very good job of

502
00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,720
Speaker 8: getting to the free throw line knocking down those free.

503
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,199
Speaker 9: Throws, Coach, and also the free throws. He got to

504
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 9: the free throw line twenty eight times. That's more than

505
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 9: you typically do in a typical ball games. That's something

506
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,719
Speaker 9: that you can kind of build it on as we

507
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 9: move forward.

508
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 5: So it's got to be a part of it.

509
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,280
Speaker 8: You know, you've got to be able to you know,

510
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,440
Speaker 8: we could certainly shoot at times, but you've got to

511
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 8: be able to get to the basket and you got

512
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:11,439
Speaker 8: to be able to.

513
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,880
Speaker 5: Put pressure on them. And all did a great job.

514
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 8: I know Anthony missed a bunch of them, but I

515
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 8: actually was very very happy with his effort. I thought

516
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,600
Speaker 8: he was really really physical, did a lot of good things.

517
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 10: Yeah, it was going to be my last question, but

518
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 10: Anthony Robinson, he played thirteen minutes for you tonight, and

519
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,040
Speaker 10: I thought he battled and he brought a physical presence

520
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:32,320
Speaker 10: to the ballgame that you're looking for.

521
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,400
Speaker 8: We needed it, you know, I mean with Terris Reid,

522
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 8: you know, one of the best bigs in the country,

523
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,480
Speaker 8: and then even rival, I mean a lot of guys

524
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 8: would take him on their roster. Just the two of

525
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,879
Speaker 8: them are such a load, and we just thought with Anthony,

526
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 8: maybe to be a little bit more physicality. And so,

527
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 8: you know, he hasn't played a lot, He's had a

528
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 8: great attitude, so there's not a lot of positives, but

529
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 8: being able to get him thirteen minutes and certainly the bright.

530
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 3: Spot, all right, that is Richard Patino after last night's loss.

531
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,280
Speaker 3: That is on the phone with Byron and Joe. Xavier

532
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,199
Speaker 3: coming off the loss. Now they'll turn their attention to

533
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 3: Monday night on the road does not get much easier.

534
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,160
Speaker 3: They got to take on Saint John's. Xavier still has

535
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 3: games in the Big East against Villanova. They play Villanova twice.

536
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 3: They're seven and three. They're sitting in third right now

537
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,399
Speaker 3: in the Big East. They still got to go to

538
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 3: Seaton Hall, who is in fourth in the Big East.

539
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,880
Speaker 3: So it's not like it's going to get much easier

540
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 3: for the Xavier Musketeers. A lot still to improve upon.

541
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 3: And you kind of, like Richard Petina said, that's one

542
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 3: of the games you just kind of throw the tape

543
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 3: away and move on and see what you can come

544
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 3: up with next. So what can Xavier do to bounce

545
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,479
Speaker 3: back on Monday. We'll see once we get into that.

546
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 3: As of tonight, three games locally here for Kentucky teams,

547
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 3: all hosting their opponents, NKU host Green Bay. If you

548
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 3: want to laugh at some of Austin Gottlieb won on

549
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,520
Speaker 3: a four minute ran about how much he hates ken Palm.

550
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 4: He also posted a video of a like Chevy suburban

551
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 4: driving out on a frozen green bay, like the actual bay,

552
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,400
Speaker 4: the Green Bay. Oh boy, that was kind of entertaining.

553
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 4: Oh boy, more entertaining than his basketball team and credit

554
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 4: radio show incredible.

555
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 3: Louisville is gonna host Notre Dame tonight and the Kentucky Wildcats,

556
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 3: who might be one of the teams I just can't

557
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 3: figure out in college basketball this year. They go from

558
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,360
Speaker 3: looking like a team that can't win a game in

559
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 3: the SEC tournament, let alone the the NCAA Tournament to

560
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 3: a team that pulled out another impressive win against Arkansas

561
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 3: on the road and has impressive wins against Tennessee and

562
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 3: and so many others. So I don't know what to

563
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 3: make of Mark Pope squad. I know they've been banged up,

564
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,320
Speaker 3: I know they're playing through injuries, but they get a

565
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 3: chance to come back home to Upp Arena tonight and

566
00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 3: take on Oklahoma.

567
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 2: Right now, Tucky is.

568
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 3: Part of a four team tie in second place in

569
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,960
Speaker 3: the SEC, alongside Tennessee, Arkansas, and Vanderbilt. Those teams looking

570
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 3: up at Florida and Texas A and M, who right

571
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 3: now is the top ranked team in all of the SEC.

572
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 3: That leads us to a break. Moager stands by for

573
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,480
Speaker 3: quick hits that happens next on This the Home of

574
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 3: the Bengals ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

575
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 7: WCKY, Cincinnati and iHeartRadio Station Guaranteed Human ESPN fifteen thirty.

576
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 4: iHeartRadio from the Stacey Heating temp Star will It's.

577
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 1: Time for quick hits on Tony Tykes Sincy three sixteen.

578
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,959
Speaker 3: Welcome Back It is since E three sixty ESPN fifteen

579
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,720
Speaker 3: thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. Mo's in the building mode, getting

580
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 3: ready for the Mowagar Show. It happened next on ESPN

581
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 3: fifteen thirty, Cincinnati's sports station. A lot still to get

582
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 3: through here, winding down another edition of since He three

583
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 3: to sixty. Awesome to have Jim Day on with us

584
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 3: today as he unfortunately gets ready to head to Arizona

585
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 3: on Tuesday. For How long is spring training? Six months?

586
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 5: Too long?

587
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 2: Wait? Too long?

588
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 5: I don't think it's too long.

589
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 3: You think you don't think spring training is too long?

590
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 3: Why Why would I think I'm ready for the season

591
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,840
Speaker 3: to be here? Yeah, I'm ready to go right now. Well,

592
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 3: pencil it in. Opening day in the snow doesn't mean.

593
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 2: You can't start practicing in early February.

594
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 4: I think they should make the game six innings. The

595
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 4: spring training games, yeah, have you ever been to a

596
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:39,440
Speaker 4: spring training game?

597
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 2: Yes? You want those bad boys to last fifteen innings.

598
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 2: It's a good time. At least four weeks from today.

599
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,160
Speaker 2: Those games can't go long enough.

600
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 8: Yeah.

601
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 2: I don't necessarily need nineteen innings. I need like a

602
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 2: nine hour, nine inning game. There should be no pitch

603
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 2: clock during the spring.

604
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 3: Now, get a work on stuff. Yeah, exactly what are

605
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 3: you coming up this afternoon?

606
00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 2: Very excited?

607
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 4: Oh, very excited. I figured i'd tell you guys please.

608
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,959
Speaker 4: I just got done with a team's call and an award.

609
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 4: I've been named iHeartMedia Man of the Year.

610
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 2: Wow, congratulations believe magazine cover. I don't know how this works.

611
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 2: I get to go to New York.

612
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 6: Wow.

613
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know the particulars, but I've been Is

614
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 2: that what the whole thing yesterday was? For the big

615
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 2: meeting yesterday? Yeah, I'm iHeartMedia Man of the Year.

616
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 4: I believe there's also a patch you get on your

617
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 4: uniform for the yeah on of your career.

618
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:29,720
Speaker 2: I think there's like a special mic.

619
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 4: Now you'll have to use golden microphone.

620
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 2: Make sure you make sure you take that with you

621
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 2: each day. I get a little trophy. It's nice. So

622
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 2: I'm very very honored, very humbled.

623
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 4: Look forward to your LinkedIn update. I might have to

624
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 4: post on LinkedIn.

625
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 2: Can somebody explain to me what the purpose of I've

626
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 2: tried to be a big LinkedIn guy.

627
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, I see nothing. All I do is I get

628
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 4: these messages.

629
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,560
Speaker 2: I'll see like, hey, got a message, and it's like, hey,

630
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 2: you can get an m B A like man, I

631
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 2: don't really want one. I have time to get and thanks.

632
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,760
Speaker 2: Though nothing good happens. I feel like it's more like

633
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 2: linked out.

634
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's nothing but people anything else? Had anything good

635
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 3: come from LinkedIn strategic initiatives? No, since you've started posting, nobody.

636
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 2: Has offered me anything. And isn't that why you go

637
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 2: on LinkedIn to get offered opportunities? Yes?

638
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 4: Right in a way, yes, okay, well none of that

639
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 4: has happened to me since I decided to become a

640
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 4: big LinkedIn guy. I do have to write Party three,

641
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 4: my story, which is Jason and the matches. Well, I know,

642
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 4: actually I've been waiting about I'm miting for that. Maybe

643
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 4: maybe like in the next week, I'll write part three

644
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 4: of my LinkedIn.

645
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 2: Opus, Jason and the Matches. I don't know if opus

646
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,200
Speaker 2: is the right word. Opus is a song. It's you

647
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 2: ever play the Drinking Game with Opus? I? Yeah, that's

648
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 2: a good song. Uh, what's on the show today? Joe

649
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 2: Burrow says he's happy. Nothing to see here? Joe Burrow

650
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 2: at the Pro Bowl flag football game event thing. Yeah,

651
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 2: said he's happy. Nothing to see here. Did you enjoy

652
00:33:58,160 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 2: the Pro Bowl? I didn't watch the second of it.

653
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 2: I went to a Dayton basketball game. Oh that's right, Yeah,

654
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 2: Flyers got to win. Flyers. Did you see WAJ get

655
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 2: a win? I was looking for him. I was looking

656
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,280
Speaker 2: for him on Saint Bonaventure's bench. Yeah, like a thousand

657
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 2: assistant coaches. I assume he travels. I used to imagine, So, no, Woj,

658
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 2: if you could get away from only in New York

659
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 2: for a night to go to Dayton, Ohio, I would

660
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 2: choose Dayton, Ohio.

661
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 10: Sure.

662
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 2: So I did not see any of the Pro Bowl games.

663
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,320
Speaker 2: I've seen the highlights, Okay, I read all the tweets

664
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 2: about how you know, typical Joe Burrow game. He scores

665
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 2: fifty two in the gas right, So, but Joe Burrow

666
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,359
Speaker 2: says he's happy. We will discuss I have a new

667
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 2: favorite now. Former football coach Mick Cronin says there should

668
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 2: be a salary cap in college basketball? Does he really

669
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:49,880
Speaker 2: want that? Does he really really want that? Complain about that?

670
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 2: Does he really really really want that? Are you sure?

671
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 2: Miami wins again? Last night? They survived not making a

672
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 2: bunch of free throws. Hawk RedHawks are getting some attention

673
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 2: ESPN National game against you. So now like this is

674
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 2: becoming like the biggest storyline of the college basketball season.

675
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 2: Will they go undefeated? And if they do and then

676
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 2: lose in the MAC Tournament title game, will they be

677
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 2: excluded from the NCAA Tournament? And I fear the answer

678
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 2: is going to be yes. Rick Boring is going to

679
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:25,800
Speaker 2: join us to talk about the Musketeers and the Norse

680
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 2: NKU plays tonight about the House of Dank.

681
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,920
Speaker 4: Last night, we'll talk about the House of Dank. And

682
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 4: Evan Cohen from ESPN Radio's morning show Very Nice.

683
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 2: He's gonna be on the show from San Francisco.

684
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 3: I saw Evan last week had to leave the show

685
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 3: for a few moments at a toe cramp.

686
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,280
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna ask him this. I I was dropping

687
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 2: my kid off this morning because they chose to have

688
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 2: school today. Couch is nice, good. Yeah, it wasn't too

689
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 2: cold to have school, you know, No atmospheric conditions kept

690
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 2: everybody from having a normal school day. And as I'm

691
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,720
Speaker 2: dropping my daughter off at school, I hear Evan Cohen

692
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:04,240
Speaker 2: say when my kid comes home from school. My kids

693
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 2: come home, I make them empty their backpacks. And my

694
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 2: daughter's like, Daddy, you're gonna do that to me? Like,

695
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 2: I don't think so. So I'm gonna ask Evan what

696
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 2: that's all about at five thirty and we'll talk some

697
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 2: football too.

698
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 3: Xavier last night, I thought last night was more watching

699
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 3: that game of man. Yukon is legit one of the

700
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 3: few teams that could could bring the nets down.

701
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 2: Xavier is Arizona to use it. It was it's what you

702
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:30,880
Speaker 2: want to be.

703
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 3: I've been in the situation watching UC games this year

704
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 3: where it felt like a different sport on each end

705
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,359
Speaker 3: of the court. That's what last night felt like. And again,

706
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 3: that's a Xavier team that's pieced it together a lot

707
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 3: this year. They've had bright spots. They continue to play hard,

708
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,399
Speaker 3: but just completely out matched last night against Yukon.

709
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 2: But like, if you're watching that, you're not thinking about Yukon.

710
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 2: You're thinking about Creighton on the road, there for the taking,

711
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 2: You're thinking about Saint John's here there for the taking.

712
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 2: You're thinking about Seaton Hall. The game they led by

713
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 2: eleven and then got outscored I think by twenty nine

714
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,800
Speaker 2: in the second half. Like I think, going into the

715
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 2: big E season, you go, Okay, we're gonna take some beatings.

716
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 2: Yukon's probably gonna be two of them. Okay, no big deal. Sure,

717
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 2: but you gotta win the fifty to fifty games.

718
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 4: You gotta win against Creighton, and they got a tough

719
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 4: whistle in that game, but you gotta block out on

720
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 4: a miss free throw, and you've got to close the

721
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,320
Speaker 4: game against Saint John's, and you've got to take advantage

722
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:27,239
Speaker 4: of Seaton Hall not knowing what they're doing in the

723
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 4: first half and have more than any eleven point lead.

724
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,960
Speaker 4: Maybe not that it matters, but yeah, I view Yukon

725
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 4: to Xavier the same way I do Arizona to Houston.

726
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 4: But unfortunately, like in both instances, you watch each team

727
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 4: and you're like they're still so far away from that,

728
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:45,359
Speaker 4: Like we all we talk now about is can they

729
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 4: just squeeze into the NCAA tournament. Yeah, it wasn't that

730
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:52,800
Speaker 4: long ago with both programs. Xavier was a one seed

731
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 4: playing in the Big East.

732
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 2: By the way, UC was a two seed, and it

733
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 2: wasn't enough, especially from a bear cap perspective, just to

734
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 2: get in, just to get in.

735
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 4: And now we've we've come back to like, well, if

736
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 4: they could just get in, and I go, Yeah, what

737
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,960
Speaker 4: I really want to know is when can we talk

738
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:13,399
Speaker 4: about either program in legitimate conference championship terms.

739
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, And it feels like it's going to be a.

740
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 3: While watching what's going on in the NBA right now.

741
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 3: NBA trade deadline, we were talking about this. Yeah, it's

742
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 3: one of the craziest things like that. People just throw

743
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,360
Speaker 3: picks at whatever. Uh huh, Like what are the MAVs

744
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 3: and the Wizards?

745
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 5: Uh huh?

746
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 3: I mean you look at how many games Ad has

747
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 3: played for the MAVs. Yeah, and you look at that

748
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 3: trade with Luca. Great deal, but you have Cooper Flag,

749
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,240
Speaker 3: you got a lot to build around. You got pieces

750
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 3: that maybe you can move on from, like Kyrie. It

751
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 3: feels like Dallas is completely hitting the reset.

752
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 2: Button and then you have what's happening with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Yes,

753
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 2: we're you know James Harden thirty six. You know, he

754
00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:49,240
Speaker 2: and Donovan Mitchell have decided they're going to be happy

755
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:51,360
Speaker 2: with each other. This is like the guy who's like

756
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 2: on a six marriage. He drives me. Harden drives me nuts.

757
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 2: And it's like, this is the one. Okay, it's probably not,

758
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 2: but pig, good luck man, And how many organizations we

759
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 2: all gonna watch it from far and go this is

760
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 2: gonna be interesting.

761
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 3: The organizations have built around Harden, but superstars around him.

762
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:07,719
Speaker 2: Given him whatever he wants, and like it's the most

763
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 2: James Harden thing ever that the Clippers are playing really well.

764
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 2: They played the Cavs tonight, playing really well, and he decides,

765
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 2: apparently I don't want to be there anymore. Look, James Harden,

766
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 2: three consecutive scoring titles, marvelously talented player. I think, one

767
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 2: of the emptiest careers ever. When folks talk about stars

768
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 2: of this era, they should talk about James Harden. I

769
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 2: don't think anybody will. And like, player movements more of

770
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 2: a thing than it was thirty years ago. You know,

771
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 2: Kevin Durant has bounced around, but Kevin Durant's been an

772
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 2: NBA Finals MVP. James Harden, No, you associate him with

773
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 2: a lot of great individual moments and then it ending

774
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 2: weirdly or poorly everywhere. He and Donovan Mitchell have a

775
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,800
Speaker 2: blast watching each other dribble. But it also wouldn't stun

776
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 2: me if they won the East, because I think the

777
00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,080
Speaker 2: East thinks, what is the Knick's going to do anything?

778
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,880
Speaker 2: Don't I think they're gonna do much. They're gonna uh

779
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 2: by three o'clock tomorrow, it feels like Milwaukee and then

780
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 2: this offseason maybe New York next, don't think. I don't

781
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 2: think they have the assets. But they gotta beat the

782
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 2: Denver Nuggets tonight for an eighth consecutive. We don't need

783
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 2: them one seventh straight. Back on top paste of the Wizards,

784
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:22,240
Speaker 2: Tray Young, back on top of the basket, WI playing.

785
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 2: Tournament's not going to be the same without Trey Young. Well,

786
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 2: look at the Wizards, Anthony Davis. Wizards are building something

787
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:33,800
Speaker 2: now with Anthony Davis. Yep, Trey Young. Okay, there you go,

788
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,760
Speaker 2: good Lucky. By the way, did you know Anthony Davis

789
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,320
Speaker 2: who's always hurt.

790
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,200
Speaker 3: You know which countries favored to take home the most

791
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 3: gold medals. Uh no, Norway, okay, minus one eighty all

792
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 3: the Nordic events. I understand you can get USA at

793
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,640
Speaker 3: plus three eighty. So here's my hot. Take volumes to

794
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:54,960
Speaker 3: metal count.

795
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,799
Speaker 2: So if you win, like a speed stating gold gold medal,

796
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 2: speed skating gold medal, you win one gold medal. I

797
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 2: believe if a hockey team wins the gold medal with

798
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 2: twenty five guys on a hockey team, twenty five gold,

799
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 2: twenty five gold medal.

800
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:07,640
Speaker 5: I like that.

801
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,319
Speaker 3: You just got me excited. I dump the rest of

802
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 3: my water, so we're just start to go to break now

803
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 3: so I can clean this up. Thanks Mowagger's Next. The

804
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 3: SPF fifteen thirty was a Cincinnati sports station.

805
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 7: Ucky Cincinnati, make us the number one preset on your

806
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 7: car radio and on the free, new and improved iHeartRadio app.

807
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 7: Free never sounded so good. ESPN fifteen thirty