1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: And it's NKU Basketball on Fox Sports thirteen sixty. The 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: Norse on the road tonight against Kenny Chesney's alma mater, 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: East Tennessee State University, tip off at seven pm. Rick 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: Brooring and Jim Kelch will have the call. Rick Colorman 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: on NKU radio broadcasts and the proprietor of Musketeer Report 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 1: dot Com. 7 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: Hi, Rick, what's up? 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: Mo? How's is it? Johnson City, Tennessee. 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: You're all over it. It's nice. It's like the nation's 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 2: largest collection of chain restaurants. You've ever seen. 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: So, I saw you had lunch of Chilis today, Yeah, 12 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: how was that? 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: I'm a chili guy. It was good. I like it's 14 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 2: kind of like combining my favorite part of the Mexican 15 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: food visit, which is the free chips and soda with burgers. 16 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: So it's solid. 17 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: I went to Chili's in Florence maybe a month and 18 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: a half ago, and I got a burger and the 19 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: server told me that I have pretty blue eyes. So 20 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: as far as I'm concerned, Chilis can do no wrong. 21 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: Now I will talk about your fashion Faull pod Chili's 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: coming up here in just a bit, but let's begin 23 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: with Xavier a very pleasant topic right now, as the 24 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: Musketeers were smoked by Santa Clara. I think a lot 25 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: of us expected the Musketeers this season to not be 26 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: very good. I didn't expect that. I say this not 27 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: from the standpoint of a guy looking through a lens 28 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: of a fan of another team. I don't know that 29 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: I've seen a major, a high major team perform as 30 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: poorly in a quote by game as whole at home 31 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: as I saw Xavier did on Monday. What was that? 32 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 2: I think there are so many questions that come from 33 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 2: that game, even for someone like me. I mean, you 34 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 2: were shocked when I said in your studio that I 35 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: thought they were going to lose twenty games this year, 36 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 2: so I was pretty well aware of the reality that 37 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 2: was to come for this team. I would probably lower 38 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: my prediction now I had them around eleven wins, I'd 39 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 2: probably dropped that to like seven ish wins now at 40 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 2: this point with the way things are going so far. 41 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 2: But I mean, you have your leading score coming into 42 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 2: that game, elite Mesina Moore not even attempt a shot, 43 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 2: just so many different things where you get outscored in 44 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: the paint the way that they did in that game. 45 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 2: I mean, anything that you point to was pretty much 46 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: a really bad look for this team. And here's the 47 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 2: problem though, Yes it was a bad effort. Yes they 48 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 2: probably weren't playing hard enough or tough enough for any 49 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 2: of those things. But at the end of the day, 50 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 2: it didn't look like it was just something where oh, 51 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 2: they didn't show up tonight, and if you played that 52 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: game ten more times, they'd win seven of them. They 53 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 2: were completely outclassed in every way. And in fact, I 54 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 2: think if they played that game ten more times, Santa 55 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 2: Clair would at least win eight of the ten. It's 56 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 2: not all ten. I mean, they just looked like clearly 57 00:02:58,520 --> 00:02:59,119 Speaker 2: the better. 58 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: Team obviously Worlds where Santa Clara won the game. I mean, 59 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: I get that Herb Syndek has been around for a 60 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: long time. Whatever is Xavier is not expected to be 61 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: very good. There's a difference between losing the game and 62 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: putting that on the floor. So you know, in this 63 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: day and age, people go, well, that's that's the best, 64 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: that's the best, that the best roster you could buy. 65 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: Is that the best roster they could buy? 66 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think two things can be true here. One 67 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 2: is that Richard Patino and his staff were an impossible 68 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 2: situation when they came in this spring, like into the portal. 69 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 2: We talked about that last week on the show, where 70 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 2: it's like, hey, all these big football schools with the 71 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 2: new rules that kicked in on July first, they were 72 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 2: emptying their collectives, paying a bunch of money up front, 73 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 2: and then also after July first, the school has been 74 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 2: going to the kick in and start paying the players 75 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: as well, so you're kind of double dipping. We saw, 76 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 2: you know, we're here in Kentucky spent upwards of twenty 77 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 2: plus million, Louisville did something similar, and you know, even 78 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 2: Cincinnati spent well over ten million from according to reports. 79 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 2: So you know, Xavier was somewhere in the neighborhood of 80 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 2: five and a half six million, depending on what you believe. 81 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: And they not only were at that level, but they 82 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: had to replace their entire roster. And it's common to replace, 83 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: you know, sixty seventy percent of your roster nowadays, but 84 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 2: replacing every single minute on your roster is a really 85 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,679 Speaker 2: difficult task. So that's an impossible situation to walk into, 86 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 2: especially in last year's situation in the transfer portal. I 87 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 2: don't think they were likely to have a very good 88 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 2: team this year, regardless of how they did. I think 89 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 2: it's also fair to look at that and say, but 90 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 2: you know, Santa Clara Lemoyne Marist, these teams all probably 91 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 2: aren't spending more than five and a half six million, 92 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: and yes, they don't have to replace an entire roster. 93 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 2: But I think that's the concern that people are seeing. 94 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: It's like, Okay, we're hoping that you spent that money 95 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 2: with the idea of some of these guys are going 96 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 2: to be worthwhile players that you can maybe retain and 97 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 2: build something around, and so far they look like they're 98 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 2: not good enough to beat mid major teams. And yes, 99 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 2: I know there are a lot of moving parts. Yes, 100 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 2: I know they can improve as the season goes on, 101 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 2: but it's hard to imagine what these guys are going 102 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 2: to look like when they faced biggest competition here in 103 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 2: a few weeks. 104 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 1: NK, you played a really good SEC team on Saturday 105 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: and got smoked. 106 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 2: What happened? You know, shockingly, I think I was kind 107 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 2: of encouraged from an NKU perspective. The big issue they 108 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 2: faced against Tennessee was that Tennessee had six guys in 109 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 2: their main rotation. Six to eight or bigger, and a 110 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 2: couple of those guys are like in the six to 111 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 2: eleven range. They dominated points in the pain outscored a 112 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 2: NKU by like thirty. 113 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: There. 114 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 2: They were rebounding constantly on the offensive end, and I 115 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 2: think that's a legitimate concern for this year for MKU. 116 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: They're not a very big team. When LJ. Wells is 117 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 2: off the floor, I'm concerned about how they'll rebound on 118 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 2: the defensive end. But they don't face teams with those 119 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 2: types of front courts in the Horizon League, and they 120 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 2: got off to a good start physically on the perimeter. 121 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 2: They didn't look overmatched. I thought Donovan O'Day and Cal Robinson, 122 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 2: the two guys that we talked about after the opener 123 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 2: against Juice Claremont, who who scored very well, they still 124 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 2: looked the part. They were scoring early and often in 125 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: this game for MKU looked like go two pieces on 126 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 2: the offensive end. I think overall this team has more offensively. 127 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 2: The key will be how quickly can they put it 128 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 2: together defensively and can they rebound enough to beat the 129 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 2: better teams on their schedule. 130 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: Tonight, NKU was taking on East Tennessee State Tony Bobbitt 131 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: hit a three point shot against East Tennessee State with 132 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: about fifteen seconds to go to beat that team in 133 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: Columbus in the NCAA Tournament in two thousand and four. 134 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: Should we expect a game that tonight is equally as dramatic? 135 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 2: I hope. So I'd love to call something like that. 136 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 2: I think, you know, East Tennessee State's been pretty good 137 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 2: in recent year. Steve Forbes had them going and now 138 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 2: Brook Savage had a pretty good season with them last year, 139 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 2: and they expect to be decent again this season. They 140 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 2: ranked right around round one fifty in ken Pom. Right now, 141 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 2: NK You's sitting around two eighty six. So if NK 142 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 2: you could could pull off a dramatic wind like that 143 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 2: on the road, that'd be something I. 144 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: Noticed on Instagram and took a picture of your feet 145 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: at the Chili's restaurant. You there in Tennessee wearing two 146 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: different shoes, a different shoe on your left foot than 147 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: you're right Number one? Is this how you've been walking 148 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: around Tennessee all day? And will that be the attire tonight? Yeah? 149 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 2: So correction, that was back at the hotel. This issue 150 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 2: was I went to shoot around, went to Chili's, came 151 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 2: all the way back to the hotel, and then as 152 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: I was like, you know, settling into the hotel again 153 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 2: and taking off my shoes, I said, what happened here? 154 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 2: I have two different shoes on. And it's startling to 155 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 2: know I'm at that age mill where something like that 156 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 2: can happen. But I did do that all day long. 157 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 2: I didn't intend to do it, and no one called 158 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 2: me out on it, which is a little unsettling too, 159 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 2: because it's like, for people just being really nice, hopefully 160 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 2: they just don't even care what I'm doing. They're not 161 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 2: noticing me. But like what if they were just sitting 162 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 2: there noticing it and being like, yeah, that's that guy's 163 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: a mess, that's how he is. 164 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: I think what you have learned is an important lesson 165 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: about people's self absorption. Years ago, I went out and 166 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: for circumstances, for reasons that are wholly unimportant, I only 167 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: shaved half my face. And as I was out, I 168 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: realize I've only shaved half my face. And I was 169 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: self conscious about this all night long, and then about 170 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: midway through the evening, I thought, you know, people are 171 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: wrapped up in their own stuff, that me having half 172 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: my face shaved is going to escape everybody's notice because 173 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: they don't care. And I think something similar happened with you. 174 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's right. I don't think anyone really 175 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 2: cares what's on my feet, so I think that's probably 176 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 2: exactly what happened. Then that's good. But overall I'm a 177 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 2: little concerned about my own mental state that I can 178 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 2: walk out of a hotel room with two different shops. 179 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: Let me tell you something. If the biggest issue reflective 180 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: of your mental state is the fact that you have 181 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: two different shoes on, you're in really really good shake. 182 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 2: Well there are probably plenty of other concerning signs, then 183 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 2: I guess, but that's that's one of them. In my opinion, 184 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 2: I understand. Rick. 185 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Thanks Moll. You'll hear Rick tonight 186 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports thirteen sixty NKU and East Tennessee State. 187 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: He will be on the call with Jim Kelch. Yes, 188 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: twenty one years ago in Columbus, Tony Bobbitt like fifteen fourteen, 189 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: fifteen seconds to go, hits A three Bearcats trailed most 190 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: of the day, beat East Tennessee State, and then two 191 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,719 Speaker 1: days later got absolutely annihilated by Illinois. 192 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:31,719 Speaker 2: So there you go. 193 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: Twenty one years ago. Feels like Jess yesterday in Columbus, 194 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: Hunter Green's not going to be traded. That's not me 195 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: saying and it's basically Nick Krawl saying it. We'll talk 196 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: about it next on ESPN fifteen thirty