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Speaker 1: The Big Bets on Campus Podcast podcast podcast.

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Speaker 2: All right, here we go spreading the corn ten seconds

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Speaker 2: of anis just go show under the basket, Under the basket,

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Speaker 2: It's the truth for the wind God, the go amarracle.

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Speaker 3: I'm just it's up the water. Hit that one from

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Speaker 3: the parking lot. Shuck it all.

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Speaker 4: At college basketball, it's.

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Speaker 5: Not the size on the dog in the fight, it's

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Speaker 5: the size of the fight in the dog.

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Speaker 6: What's up the general nation? Welcome to the Big Bets

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Speaker 6: on Campus Podcast. This is your weekend college basketball betting preview.

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Speaker 6: I'm stuck in with me as always is BJ Cunningham.

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Speaker 1: We had a lot to get do today. I will

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Speaker 1: talk with a friend of the podcast, BJ Rains covers

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Speaker 1: Boise State at BJA rings on Twitter. Will talk Boise

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Speaker 1: and the very exciting Mountain West, which could get up

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Speaker 1: to five or six teams into the THENSA tournament. Should

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Speaker 1: be a awesome conference tournament. Well, obviously have our Friday

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Speaker 1: Night six pack as always with the guys from the

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Speaker 1: three Man Weave. BJ and myself will talk some Saturday

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Speaker 1: spots we have circled, and we'll talk here with Colin

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Speaker 1: shortly to see if he can get a winner for

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Speaker 1: the third straight week. He's been red hot. What's going on, BJ,

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Speaker 1: how are you? I'm good.

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Speaker 4: It's crazy midwek of college basketball. A ton of big

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Speaker 4: time teams going down, So it's gonna be pretty crazy

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Speaker 4: here going down the stretch, not only the Mountain westernam

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Speaker 4: but a ton of different tournaments throughout college basketball.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of teams have played their way like

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Speaker 1: on the bubblem or you know, kept their tournament hopes

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Speaker 1: alive this week with huge wins against ranked teams. Let's

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Speaker 1: go quickly here. One thing that you've learned this week

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Speaker 1: or takeaway or a ramp anything you want to cover.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the Arkansas I mean, sure, we'll talk about with Colin.

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Speaker 4: But the Auburn Arkansas game was incredibly fascinating, and I

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Speaker 4: think it's one of those games that we don't need

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Speaker 4: to overreact about Auburn. They were obviously kind of trending

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Speaker 4: barely getting by Georgia, but in that game, they had

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Speaker 4: twenty four offensive rebounds against Arkansas, so just crazy, and

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Speaker 4: they just couldn't make a shot. So I would say

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Speaker 4: not to panic about Auburn. But it's again, it's they're

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Speaker 4: probably still the class of the SEC and probably still

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Speaker 4: gonna be a number one seed. But I was actually

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Speaker 4: very encouraged even in a loss a very very difficult

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Speaker 4: environment from from Auburn on Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: Horrible last shot by Auburn. I still think, yeah, I

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Speaker 1: still have cut Kentucky slightly out of them, but yeah,

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Speaker 1: they should be fine, but they hit worrying results on

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Speaker 1: the road away from them. They've been dynamited at home

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Speaker 1: and they're undefeated against the spread at home, so they

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Speaker 1: can They could be a little a bit of radic

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Speaker 1: biggest win of the week, well, Oklahoma saved their season

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Speaker 1: So we'll see if that trend continues with these teams

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Speaker 1: that you know almost need to win towards the end

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Speaker 1: So you got to pick your spots carefully. And an

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Speaker 1: other big takeaway is I've actually picked a couple winners

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Speaker 1: I forgot how to do that awarding the meltdowns. Let's

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Speaker 1: hope that continues, all right. So now we're joined by

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Speaker 1: someone that you all are familiar with, mister Wilson, Mister

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Speaker 1: Colin Wilson. Who's coming in streaking hot Wilson? What are

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Speaker 5: Hi, oh Jim, I'm just testing my moroccas usually.

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Speaker 1: When I mind tested, the doctor makes me turn my

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Speaker 1: head and cough. Hey, he had the sec against the

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Speaker 1: big twelve across the board. They went seven and three.

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Speaker 1: Then he gave us Villanova last week. I'm happy that

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Speaker 1: Although I think you've bet Auburn. I think I had

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Speaker 1: But huge win, eighth win in a row. First, how are.

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Speaker 2: You two sports in the last calendar year where you're

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Speaker 2: But no, I'm great. I'm glad that we got the win.

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Speaker 2: Muscleman with his shirt off mid court, what a fantastic scene.

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Speaker 2: We haven't had anything like this in over twenty years.

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Speaker 2: And I admit I bet Auburn and I didn't think

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Speaker 2: But you know, great for Arkansas, and the same recipe

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Speaker 1: A muscleman man crosses back. I will tell you that

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Speaker 1: they wear my hogs, they will not be my hogs.

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Speaker 1: Most like on Saturday roll tide. So he plays for

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl watching into home. Don't gain anything.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we got the wife and I got a golf

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Speaker 1: We'll get done by noon.

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Speaker 2: And then after that, come back and check all my

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Speaker 2: off to a super Bowl squares party here in Tulsa

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Speaker 2: see football until you know what. August twenty eighth, twenty ninth,

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Speaker 2: But it's gonna be a long time before we see

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Speaker 2: We're done betting against Joe Burrow.

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Speaker 1: Make sure you check out Action of Oork podcast by

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Speaker 1: the way for a Super Bowl betting preview for myself

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Speaker 1: break down the game before the game, a hafter game

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Speaker 1: everything you want to know? All right, Well, the reason

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Speaker 1: a winner, something that you have your eyes on obviously

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Speaker 2: Well, I think it's interesting that we talked about Auburn

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Speaker 2: Something in basketball you just have to like realize what

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Speaker 2: I mean, you were talking over one hundred points against

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Speaker 2: But I think Santa Clara really exposed Saint Mary's when

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Speaker 2: Gonzaga is gonna make a highlight reel in Sports Center

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Speaker 2: They're guaranteed one seed, but there's just a lot of

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Speaker 3: But to me, it's the tempo.

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Speaker 2: I think Santa Clara and the speed that they played

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Speaker 2: very long night. I wouldn't be surprised if Gonzaga won

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Gonzago's tebo numbers will be even faster if they

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Speaker 1: So there you have it, looking I can't question I mean, Gazagga,

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Speaker 1: KYL going out in the limb and taking Gonzaga as

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Speaker 1: a favorite. Looking to move to three and now thanks

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Speaker 1: for joining us, brother, enjoy your weekend. Thanks for peeking

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Speaker 1: over the fence. We'll catch up with you next week.

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Speaker 1: Good look on your Super Bowl bets guys.

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Speaker 3: Season woo pig suy.

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Speaker 1: So let's move on to Saturday's card. As we always do,

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Speaker 1: so many games so little time.

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Speaker 2: Let's look at the Saturday slate.

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Speaker 1: We'll start off with a bye love, what do you

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Speaker 1: got bee Jo?

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna go usc They lost Air Arizona last Saturday

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Speaker 4: by nine, even though they were actually leading late in

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Speaker 4: would have been an absolute disaster. They had a makeup

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Speaker 4: that is because Isaiah Mobley got a broken nose at

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Speaker 4: If he's back, he's obviously, you vitally important to their

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Speaker 1: They're gonna be played on defense.

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Speaker 4: Yeah exactly, yep. Huge game for them at home against

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Speaker 4: Them to roll. Morehead State has Belmont tonight want them

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Speaker 4: Those numbers are not sustainable whatsoever. So Kent Bomb has

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I have this circle too. Like I said, root

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Speaker 4: thirty nine percent from three point range and conference play.

432
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Speaker 4: That's not sustainable. Now they have to take on the

433
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Speaker 4: number one three point field goal defense in the Big East,

434
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Speaker 4: Butler's only one. Butler's actually allowing under thirty percent in

435
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Speaker 4: conference play, So I think this is a decent spot

436
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Speaker 4: for Butler to potentially pick off Marquette and get some

437
00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,640
Speaker 4: of that shooting aggression come to fruition. So again, palm

438
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Speaker 4: As is a Marquette minus six I'd obviously love Butler

439
00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,840
Speaker 4: at that, but I'll play the Bulldogs down to four

440
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:08,560
Speaker 4: and a half or better.

441
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Speaker 1: Yeah. My home dog, well, I went to Statose State,

442
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Speaker 1: but that's mainly a cell of Wyoming and fading the spot.

443
00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,160
Speaker 1: But my home dog you already talked about was Morehead State.

444
00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,120
Speaker 1: It's kind of a cell of Mary, but it's also

445
00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,560
Speaker 1: a play on Warhead State, I think is an excellent

446
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Speaker 1: mid major team. So already covered that one. So let's

447
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Speaker 1: hit a couple others here and go rapid fire run

448
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Speaker 1: down what else you got circle?

449
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Speaker 4: I got Indiana State circled. On Saturday, they're playing Illinois State.

450
00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:41,840
Speaker 4: I think obviously Indiana State's playing Evansville again tonight. I

451
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Speaker 4: think we've reached pretty much the bottom of the market

452
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Speaker 4: on Indiana State. They've dealt with a ton of injuries

453
00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,520
Speaker 4: throughout the season and.

454
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Speaker 1: Going on seventeen from three and losing.

455
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Speaker 4: It's just say that that game against Evansville the funniest.

456
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Speaker 4: Maybe my jaw hit the floor when I saw this,

457
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Speaker 4: but neither team had an offensive rebound in the game,

458
00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:01,119
Speaker 4: and I think that.

459
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Speaker 1: First time, the first time in college basketball history.

460
00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, since they started tracking offensive rebounds. That's insane. Yeah,

461
00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,600
Speaker 4: so shooting rgression has got to come now that they

462
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Speaker 4: have everybody healthy, and for Indiana State, they cannot continue

463
00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:14,520
Speaker 4: to shoot the ball this bat and they're going to

464
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Speaker 4: get some of that regression back. And what's funny about

465
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Speaker 4: them is they're actually fifth in the country in points

466
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Speaker 4: per possession in transition offense, which I was shocked when

467
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Speaker 4: I saw that, while Illinois State is third to last

468
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Speaker 4: in the conference in defensive transition. Indiana State also takes

469
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Speaker 4: the highest percentage of three pointers in the NBC, Illinois

470
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,840
Speaker 4: State allowing the third highest three point percentage in conference. Overall,

471
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Speaker 4: this Indiana State team is way better than two and

472
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Speaker 4: nine in conference play. And Ken Palm has this at

473
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Speaker 4: Indiana State minus one at home against a pretty bad

474
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Speaker 4: Illinois State team. So I like the Sycamores at home.

475
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:50,359
Speaker 4: Let's hope they get some of that aggression back, and

476
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Speaker 4: I'll play it up to anything minus three and a half.

477
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I like this one as well. I think that

478
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Speaker 1: Illinois State, who lost side Chapman, is no good and

479
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Speaker 1: I mean they've had a couple of junk cover and

480
00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,199
Speaker 1: they just beat valpoing overtime. But I think it's a

481
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,840
Speaker 1: good spot for Indiana State unless that, you know, they

482
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Speaker 1: lose again to Evansville to night and it just spirals.

483
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Speaker 1: But yeah, they're much better than they're playing. Finally have

484
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Speaker 1: some roster continuity and some health. So I think it

485
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Speaker 1: might be a good team to back, as long as

486
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Speaker 1: it's not a disaster tonight, let's go. I'm gonna mention

487
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Speaker 1: the luck box of Providence, who's like ten nine and

488
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Speaker 1: zero in games decided by five or less. You're gonna

489
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Speaker 1: get a nice number here with De Paul on the road.

490
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Speaker 1: The ball is actually playing pretty good they I mean

491
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Speaker 1: the one at Xavier, they had a huge run on

492
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Speaker 1: the second had to beat Georgetown and they were down

493
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,800
Speaker 1: Johnson and Freeman Liberty, and so they're starting to play

494
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Speaker 1: better without those guys. I think there's a good chance

495
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Speaker 1: at Freeman Liberty might be back and they'll be huge.

496
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Speaker 1: And if he does get announced and the line will

497
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,159
Speaker 1: come down, he tweeted the other day very soon, and

498
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Speaker 1: he's their best player Providence, who's been off since Sunday.

499
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Speaker 1: They played to Paul and then they're home against Nova

500
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Speaker 1: on Tuesday in an absolutely enormous game in the Big East.

501
00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,600
Speaker 1: I mean, Providence wins that game. I mean, there are

502
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Speaker 1: already two games ahead of Villanova right now in the

503
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Speaker 1: law column. That's just a huge game. So little look

504
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,280
Speaker 1: ahead here for Providence. Providence obviously been one of the

505
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,560
Speaker 1: luckiest teams in the country no matter what metric you

506
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 1: look at. Really tough team, well coached, and I mean

507
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,159
Speaker 1: they're still shooting over their heads compared to if you

508
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 1: look at the quality of their shots, but they find

509
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:17,800
Speaker 1: ways to win. You got to give them credit for that.

510
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,320
Speaker 1: But I'm not worried about that. Here have to cover

511
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,960
Speaker 1: a number, like you know, maybe this opens at like eight, nine, ten,

512
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,040
Speaker 1: depending on how the market assumes health Freeman Liberty comes in,

513
00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,320
Speaker 1: that line'll come down. The market does hate Providence, so

514
00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,240
Speaker 1: we'll see where this opens at. But I did have

515
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Speaker 1: them circled similar spot for Georgia Tech getting maybe a

516
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,600
Speaker 1: similar number. It's hard for Virginia they play so slow.

517
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,240
Speaker 1: It's also not a This is not a great zone

518
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,440
Speaker 1: team because they can't shoot and their spacing is really bad,

519
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,800
Speaker 1: like three hundred and forty fourth per shot quality, which

520
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,359
Speaker 1: is not good against the zone. Coming off a huge

521
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 1: win against Duke. Georgia Tech meanwhile, very inefficient offense. It's

522
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,440
Speaker 1: like devout and a bunch of mid range. That's where

523
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Speaker 1: they live, which is not great, but that's where Virginia

524
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,840
Speaker 1: forces you to live. And the things that Georgia Tech

525
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,240
Speaker 1: doesn't do well, you can't do him against Virginia anyway.

526
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,400
Speaker 1: I just don't think I don't think it's the worst matchup.

527
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 1: It's a pretty good spot to back the Ollo Jackets.

528
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,600
Speaker 1: So you might get an inflated number after Virginia beat Duke.

529
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:13,960
Speaker 1: Anything else on your radar.

530
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I like Texas Tech at home against TCU obviously

531
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,119
Speaker 4: a get right spot for Texas Tech after losing Oklaholm

532
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,120
Speaker 4: on the road on Wednesday. One of the best home

533
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,960
Speaker 4: court advantages in college basketball, and they've just been dominating

534
00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,520
Speaker 4: everybody at home this season. Only one team and it

535
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,320
Speaker 4: was Kansas, has lost by less than ten points in

536
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Speaker 4: Lubbock this year. TCU is the luckiest team in the

537
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 4: Big Twelve per shot quality to have about four yeah,

538
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,399
Speaker 4: about three or four more wins than they probably should.

539
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:43,480
Speaker 4: This game is probably gonna be played in the half court,

540
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,159
Speaker 4: which is gonna greatly favorite Texas Tech. TCU second to

541
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,920
Speaker 4: last in the Big Twelve in points for possession half

542
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 4: court offense. Well, Tech is eleventh in college basketball and

543
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 4: half court defense. The turnover battle is also gonna be

544
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,080
Speaker 4: really key. TCU turns the ball over at the highest

545
00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,200
Speaker 4: rate in the Big Twelve and has one of the

546
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 4: lowest tent iges on defense. Well Tech hardly turns the

547
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,399
Speaker 4: ball over. The only way I can see TCU actually

548
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,080
Speaker 4: staying in this game is if they just completely dominate

549
00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,200
Speaker 4: the offensive. Last, they do have the best offensive rebounding

550
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,159
Speaker 4: percentage in the Big Twelve. Well Tech is pretty average,

551
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,359
Speaker 4: but TCU was also shooting sixty three percent from the

552
00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,879
Speaker 4: free throw line in conference place, so Tech is hardly

553
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:21,639
Speaker 4: you know, they are sending people to the line at

554
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 4: fairly high rate, but it's probably not gonna hurt them.

555
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,400
Speaker 4: Ken Palm has a set Texas Tech minus ten. I'd obviously,

556
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,120
Speaker 4: you know, would love it at that. It's probably gonna

557
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,440
Speaker 4: tick up to about, you know, minus twelve, minus twelve

558
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:32,240
Speaker 4: and a half. So minus twelve and a half would

559
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 4: probably be the peak for me. But I do like

560
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:35,880
Speaker 4: the Red Raiders at home to blow out TCU.

561
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:40,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, the defense should smother a decent fact bounce back

562
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 1: spot Georgia State Regression Tour, Positive Regression Tour. Luck toour

563
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Speaker 1: I think I will be on them again. The line

564
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,920
Speaker 1: will move. They will steam at app State some revenge

565
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,120
Speaker 1: as well. That's another one I'd circled. Kentucky might get

566
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,119
Speaker 1: an inflated number with them at home against a desperate

567
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,720
Speaker 1: Florida team who has Castleton back. So in Kentuck's kind

568
00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,920
Speaker 1: of a sleeping in these like these spots a bit

569
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,919
Speaker 1: at home lately like they did. They'll have like smash

570
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,360
Speaker 1: spots and then you know they come home to sleep

571
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 1: against Vandy, sleep against Mississippi State. Rupp is like not

572
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 1: the craziest home court advantage ivul trust. You live right

573
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,760
Speaker 1: down on the street from it. It's a big arena.

574
00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,119
Speaker 1: You might get an inflate a number of Kentucky huge

575
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,639
Speaker 1: game Tennessee on Tuesday. So desperate Florida team, maybe you're

576
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 1: getting Can you get like thirteen to fourteen here? That's

577
00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,639
Speaker 1: where Ken Pom projects it. Man love to get that

578
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 1: anything else.

579
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Speaker 4: For you, Yeah, real quick. Tulsa at home against Cincinnati

580
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 4: one in ten and AAC play, but they've only in

581
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 4: those ten losses, they've only lost by more than ten

582
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,800
Speaker 4: once or twice, and in their five home losses they've

583
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,000
Speaker 4: lost by a combined sixteen points. So the team that's

584
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,800
Speaker 4: due for a ton of positive aggression playing a Cincinnati

585
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 4: team that is punching a little above its weight, not

586
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:52,439
Speaker 4: a very good offense. Surprisingly, Tulsa very good in transition defense,

587
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,040
Speaker 4: which that's where Cincinnati basically lives and is most efficient.

588
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,199
Speaker 4: Cincinnati very bad in terms of half court offense. So

589
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,080
Speaker 4: ken As I said, Cincinnati minus four, I think this

590
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 4: is a good spot for Tolsa. Saw. I mean, honestly,

591
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,240
Speaker 4: we've probably just reached the bottom of the market for

592
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 4: Tolsa since they're one and ten in conference place. So

593
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 4: would love toll set plus four. But you know, I've

594
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 4: obviously played them down to you know, plus three plus

595
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 4: two and a half somewhere in there.

596
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Speaker 1: All Right, you have a good stuff far. Let's move

597
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,199
Speaker 1: on to Friday night. We'll bringing the guys from the

598
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,600
Speaker 1: three man weave for a Friday six pack. We've been

599
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,200
Speaker 1: middling so farward nine to nine through three weeks. Let's

600
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 1: get right to it.

601
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Speaker 3: Six guys, six picks.

602
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Speaker 7: It's a college Hoop's a weekend six packs, right, get.

603
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:43,199
Speaker 8: Right from my bet this Friday, Fellas, I'm going with

604
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,600
Speaker 8: the under in Yukon and Xavier.

605
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 3: That's right.

606
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 8: These two teams have not played yet this year. I

607
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,119
Speaker 8: was actually initially thought this was a rematch and I

608
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,119
Speaker 8: had to do my research found that nope, they have not.

609
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,960
Speaker 8: They're going to play twice in the next week. Both

610
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,399
Speaker 8: these teams have excellent interior defense. I think that's the

611
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,880
Speaker 8: big story here, especially on the Xavier side. Getting Jack

612
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 8: Nunji in the lineup has been massive, and with Yukon's authense,

613
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 8: if you can sort of prevent Sonogo from scoring one

614
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 8: on one, it really short circuits. Then because they want

615
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 8: to go to him, they want to get easy buckets,

616
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 8: then they force you to double, they force rotations. That's

617
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 8: how Yukon scores. Once that ball is zipping around following

618
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,000
Speaker 8: some Sonoga early efficiency.

619
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Speaker 3: That's it.

620
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Speaker 8: I think Nunji is going to be a big part

621
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Speaker 8: of neutralizing this. I wish Deontay Miles was playing two,

622
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,640
Speaker 8: but unfortunately he has not been in the lineup recently.

623
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,720
Speaker 8: On the other side, though, Yukon's interior defense rocks too,

624
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,440
Speaker 8: fifth nationally in two point percentage, third in block rate.

625
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 8: They're going to take away the interior from Xavier. I

626
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 8: think that's that's a very positive indicator and Yukon's playing

627
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,400
Speaker 8: a lot slower this year. At least in conference play

628
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 8: there almost a full second longer average possession length than

629
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Speaker 8: they were in non conference, So I think that is

630
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 8: a key indicator for some slower games. Their last two

631
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,239
Speaker 8: were scoring bonanzas just because of efficiency. But I think

632
00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 8: we see a little bit regression downwards towards the mean

633
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 8: in terms of that efficiency. These two biggest new biggest

634
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 8: rivals I only played twice. Ever, there's a fun little

635
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 8: historical nugget, but I think these new rivals are going

636
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,360
Speaker 8: to have a low scoring game. I'm seeing it at

637
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 8: one forty on the early opener.

638
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:13,720
Speaker 3: I would take this down.

639
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 8: To one thirty six bou points.

640
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 3: Let's go under love it, Jim, Well, in this case,

641
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 3: I like points.

642
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 7: I'm going to need all the points that Vegas and

643
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 7: the odds makers are offering me. I'm looking at Nevada

644
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 7: plus twelve and a half. I take this down to

645
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 7: plus eleven and so, yes, you're hearing a Nevada plus eleven.

646
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 7: Who the hell are they playing? Well, they're playing you

647
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Speaker 7: toss state kind Jim, who's been nothing short of magnificent lately. Nevada,

648
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Speaker 7: on the other hand, has been terrible. This is a

649
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,320
Speaker 7: vintage Matt trying to catch a falling knife. But I

650
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,160
Speaker 7: think I have a catcher in the rye in Grand

651
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,680
Speaker 7: Sherfield Kai with his second game back return last Gamel,

652
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 7: had a full thirty five minute struggled a little bit,

653
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,960
Speaker 7: but looked mostly healthy out there. The defense was a

654
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 7: pretty big question mark as they are without war Washington

655
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 7: up front, but Utah States in a tough schedule spot

656
00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 7: coming off the Wyoming game, and they could be without

657
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 7: Sean Barstow, who's been their third leading scorer this last

658
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 7: game with a non COVID illness. So I like fading

659
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Speaker 7: a team even though they're at altitude with only six

660
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 7: and a half guys in their rotation. Again, catching in

661
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,719
Speaker 7: avata team that I think is grossly under priced right

662
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 7: now because Sherfield's been out during this horrible stretch. I mean,

663
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 7: for goodness sake, they played eleven days ago and the

664
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Speaker 7: spread was minus one and a half. Now it's a

665
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Speaker 7: twelve point thirteen point swing in the other direction. Just

666
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Speaker 7: from a pure handicapping lens. That can't be possible. So

667
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 7: famous last words, taking Nevada plus twelve and a half

668
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 7: down to plus eleven yeah, guys, my best bet is

669
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Speaker 7: going to be Sienna plus eight plus nine plus ten.

670
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,840
Speaker 7: Whatever you see out there, it's a good bet. It's

671
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 7: a major rivalry here. Cienna is hosting Iona, so you

672
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,200
Speaker 7: know Cenna is going to be a motivated home dog

673
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,720
Speaker 7: in this game. There's no love loss between these two schools.

674
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Speaker 1: They hate each other.

675
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 7: But the Saints have also been playing pretty good basketball

676
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 7: lately four and one against the spread their last five games.

677
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 7: It's true Iona dominated Game one in this matchup. Is

678
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 7: it repeatable maybe, but both teams had advantages on the

679
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,560
Speaker 7: offensive end. Sienna was good at getting on the glass

680
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 7: as well as Iona. The key for the Saints in

681
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 7: this game is handling the ball. Eighteen turnovers in game one.

682
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:13,080
Speaker 7: Cannot repeat that performance. Also banking on Siena slowing things down.

683
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 7: They've been playing a lot slower recently, limiting possessions. That's

684
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 7: always good and going against Siona. I like the Saints

685
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 7: here plus eight plus nine plus ten whatever you can

686
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Speaker 7: find it at.

687
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Speaker 1: Good stuff there from Jim, Matt and Kai. Jim going

688
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 1: with you, kab Zader under Matt going with Nevada, and

689
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: Kai going with Sienna. BJ where you going? Friday?

690
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 4: I want to go Saint Bonavicher plus six and a

691
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 4: half on the road at Saint Louis. The Bonnies have

692
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,719
Speaker 4: had a really disappointing season, and you know, based on

693
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 4: this current line, I think it's a little tattoo high,

694
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 4: and I think we really just hit the peak for

695
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Speaker 4: the market on Saint Louis. Saint Bonavitcher heavy ball screen offense.

696
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 4: They do it very successfully, top twenty percent of college

697
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 4: basketball and points per possession, while Saint Louis not that

698
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 4: great in ball screen defense, actually their tenth in the

699
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,440
Speaker 4: A ten in that category. Bonnie's also get to the

700
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 4: free throw line at the third highest rate in the conference,

701
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 4: while Saint Lewis allows the second highest free throw rate

702
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,840
Speaker 4: in the A ten. The problem that Saint Bonavitcher has

703
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 4: ran into is they face teams that shoot three pointers

704
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 4: at a high rate, and they've just been hitting them

705
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 4: against them at a crazy percentage. They're allowing close to

706
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 4: thirty five percent from behind the arc in conference play,

707
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 4: and if you look back through all of their losses,

708
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 4: five of their seven losses have come when teams shoot

709
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,719
Speaker 4: over thirty five percent from behind the arc against them. Well,

710
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 4: Saint Louis is not really that type of team. In fact,

711
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 4: forty four percent of their field will attempts come at

712
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Speaker 4: the rim and they have the lowest three point rate

713
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 4: in the A ten. So I think it's a pretty

714
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 4: good spot for the Bonnie's is a good cell high

715
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 4: type situation for Saint Louis, so Saint Bonovitcher plus six

716
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 4: and a half for.

717
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: Me Ballsy my friend Dave Barney, I earned me a

718
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 1: lot this year. I'm going to go with Kent State.

719
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Speaker 1: I think plus three and a half plus four at

720
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Speaker 1: Akron Akron here, this is a big game in the

721
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,480
Speaker 1: max standing. It's like if an Acart sitting at nine

722
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: and three, first place leader is at eleven and two,

723
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: Accord sitting at nine and three, Kent State sitting at

724
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:58,000
Speaker 1: nine and four, and Kent State has Toledo in Ohio

725
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: on deck. Akron has revenge if they are at home.

726
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: This game's gonna be a grind. After one of the

727
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 1: slowest teams in the country three hundred and forty fourth

728
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 1: in a justin Teppo. So any points you can get,

729
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: I think our premium and I think Akrons house of cards.

730
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 1: They've won seven of eight. I'm gonna go through their results.

731
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: They beat Western Michigan at home. Westn Michigan's one of the

732
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: worst teams in the country. They won by one. They

733
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: were down by twelve with six to go. Next up,

734
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: they smashed Bowling Green when Trimble made like eleven threes.

735
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: If that happens, they're gonna win tomorrow. Their next game

736
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 1: at home, they played Eastern Michigan without Monty Scott. No Aferica.

737
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 1: Eastern Michigan is bad without them too, they are nothing.

738
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Speaker 1: Akron won forty six to forty four. Was at home

739
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: one by two. The next game at Central Michigan, horrible team.

740
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 1: They won sixty to fifty six. Then they lost to Toledo.

741
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 1: It's okay. Next game at home they played Miyama, Ohio.

742
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 1: They won sixty six fifty five. My Ohia's playing without

743
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,720
Speaker 1: Delante Brown. Minohio without Dante Brown is in free fall.

744
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: What they did. The next game they beat my Ohio

745
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: again without Tolante Brown. And then last game they played

746
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: in Northern Illinois, who's again one of the worst teams

747
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 1: in the country, and they won by six. So this

748
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: team is skating by and by, and they're playing teams

749
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 1: that are missing key players. I think they're overinflated in

750
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,799
Speaker 1: some of the advanced metrics, and Kent State is a

751
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 1: team that I loved this year. I thought that they

752
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 1: were gonna come together by the end of the year's

753
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 1: team I wanted to back. I thought last year with

754
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,200
Speaker 1: Danny Pippen, who was excellent, there was just locker room issues.

755
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,840
Speaker 1: This team's finally coming together. They can't really shoot but

756
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: which is problem at times, but they match up well here.

757
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:35,320
Speaker 1: They can battle inside. They know are gonna get on

758
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,799
Speaker 1: the offensive glass. It's a team I like. I think

759
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 1: it's gonna battle here, low scoring game. I kind of

760
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,200
Speaker 1: like the under as well. They might have some pot

761
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: I don't think they're this bad of a shooting team.

762
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 1: Not a great shooting team. But yeah, I think Akrons

763
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,320
Speaker 1: the House of cards and Kent State is going to

764
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 1: start to make a move here. So give me the

765
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 1: Golden Flashes, all right. So that means it's time for

766
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 1: us to pick the double. And the first double we

767
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,720
Speaker 1: had of this podcast this year was on Nevada against

768
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 1: Fresno and they actually came through. I'm leaning that way.

769
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,800
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it is a huge overreaction, not

770
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 1: a great spot for Utah State. It also has San

771
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 1: Diego State on deck about of revenge here, like they've

772
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: lost by thirty to Utah State when they met at home.

773
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 1: You have sure feel back easy backdoor chance here could

774
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 1: have shorthanded Utah State. I'm leading Nevada. I don't know

775
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: if I trust Sienna Yukon Xavier under I can see

776
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 1: that too with the with the and Man Xavier they fade.

777
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 1: They're another late season fade here. I can see that

778
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: because the interior defense on both ends. I'm leading Nevada,

779
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,399
Speaker 1: but I'm not one hundred percent sold on it. Where

780
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts?

781
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll go with Nevada as well. My old good

782
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 4: friend Steve Alford. Again, if Barrisia doesn't play then obviously

783
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 4: that hurts Utah State a ton. Yeah, we've we've obviously

784
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,240
Speaker 4: hit on them once. But yeah, this is a line

785
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 4: I think I agree with you.

786
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: All Right, We're back to Nevada. Hopefully they can bring

787
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:55,640
Speaker 1: it home for us. Before we get out of here,

788
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: let's talk with BJ Rerains. We talked earlier today about

789
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: bois in the Mountain West. From the southern to the

790
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:05,839
Speaker 1: Summit League, the Miak and the Missouri Valley, there are

791
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,920
Speaker 1: over three hundred and fifty Division one programs.

792
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,719
Speaker 3: So let's get acquainted.

793
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,880
Speaker 7: This is conference confidential.

794
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 1: Friend of mine, friend of the pod. If you listened

795
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,439
Speaker 1: in recent years, you can find them on Twitter at

796
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: bj rains. Right now, I think on bracket Matrix they

797
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 1: have four teams from the Mountain West projected in and

798
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,120
Speaker 1: then you got Utah State and Fresno, you know, right

799
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 1: outside the bubble. So I can't wait to talk Mountain West.

800
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: It's really exciting night in a night out. What's going on? BJ,

801
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us.

802
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 5: Always a pleasure, man appreciated. And yeah, it's great with

803
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 5: this new TV deal they got, it seems like every

804
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 5: night there's a fun Mountain West game to stay up

805
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 5: late four and watch. It's it's a crazy year for

806
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 5: the conference my nine years. It's by far the most

807
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,360
Speaker 5: competitive top to bottom that I've seen in my nine years.

808
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,400
Speaker 5: And yeah, man, always listen to the POD's cool to

809
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:58,879
Speaker 5: be a guest. Man, appreciate you having me on.

810
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's talk some these teams, kind of like the

811
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 1: top the top five. I mean, maybe we'll focus on

812
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 1: the top four. I mean, Fresno's a really interesting team

813
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 1: with a you know, maybe the best player in the conference.

814
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: And you know, Utah State's been banged up, but they're

815
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 1: never an easy out. But let's start with Boise projected

816
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 1: as an eight seed right now, this team is low.

817
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 1: I love how they play defense, They're along everywhere, they

818
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 1: can switch everything, which is one of the things that

819
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,399
Speaker 1: I really like about them. So they're a very versatile team.

820
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: So let's, you know, let's talk ceiling of Bois and

821
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 1: then you know, you can talk about anything you like

822
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: and and don't like about this team. But say they

823
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 1: end up in that eight slot, do they have the

824
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,759
Speaker 1: potential to knock off A one? Is that the you know,

825
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,279
Speaker 1: on their best night, can they knock off A one?

826
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 1: What is the ceiling for this team? What do you

827
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,839
Speaker 1: really like about them? And what do you think could

828
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:46,400
Speaker 1: trouble them in the tournament?

829
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,080
Speaker 5: Well, the first thing they would have to do is

830
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 5: beat the nine, which they've never won a game in

831
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,240
Speaker 5: the tournament before. They're zero and seven all times.

832
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 1: So that would get ahead of myself here.

833
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 5: That would be history in itself if they could win it.

834
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,319
Speaker 5: They just want to win, first of all. They just

835
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 5: want to get in them benin fifteen, and so that's

836
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 5: been a bugaboo with some late season collapses and things,

837
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 5: and so you don't get don't think the fans are

838
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 5: sitting pretty with this. They're happy about it, and Boise

839
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 5: what they know. They've seen this story before where they

840
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 5: get off to a hot start and then kind of fade.

841
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:12,799
Speaker 3: Down the stretch a little bit.

842
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 5: This team does seem different because of the defense, and

843
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:16,800
Speaker 5: you mentioned that, but yeah, I think I mean, with

844
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 5: the right matchup, who knows, and everybody out here is

845
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 5: talking about the potential leon Rice mark Few matchup. You know,

846
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,240
Speaker 5: leon Rice was a long time assistant that probably wouldn't

847
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 5: be the best number one for them to have to

848
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,879
Speaker 5: face in the second round. But yeah, I mean they guard, man,

849
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,280
Speaker 5: they really do guard. And you've seen some of the scorers.

850
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 5: You know they have trouble scoring at times. But I

851
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,760
Speaker 5: mean they can win a game forty two to thirty

852
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 5: seven against San Diego State. Mean, they can grind it out,

853
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,799
Speaker 5: and they the defense, in particular the rebounding. I mean

854
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 5: they rank number four in the country. I think in

855
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 5: defensive rebounding. They don't give up many second chance points

856
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 5: at all, They clean up the glass, they limit teams

857
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,760
Speaker 5: in their top twenty five, and like percentage of shots

858
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:51,840
Speaker 5: from three point range.

859
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 3: They're pretty good.

860
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:54,840
Speaker 5: I still think top twenty five are close to it

861
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 5: in terms of a two point defense. So they don't

862
00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 5: give up a lot of easy buckets, you know, around

863
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,279
Speaker 5: the basket. They just play really good defense. And they're

864
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,799
Speaker 5: okay grinding out low scoring games and winning games in

865
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,240
Speaker 5: different ways. And so you know, leon Rice's previous teams

866
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 5: would score in the seventies and eighties. But they're perfectly fine,

867
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:14,399
Speaker 5: you know, like they beat Wyoming the first time, sixty five,

868
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 5: sixty two, they beat Utah State sixty two, fifty nine.

869
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 5: They're totally fine winning some of these lower scoring games

870
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 5: and scoring in the mid sixties. And that would be

871
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:24,720
Speaker 5: why I think they are a little dangerous, just because

872
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 5: they have a lot of veterans too. I mean, you've

873
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 5: got to talking about four four seniors in the starting lineup.

874
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 5: I think they're ken pom has in like top twenty

875
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 5: in experience or something. And their size too, like you said,

876
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:36,280
Speaker 5: I mean, when you've got a six to eight point guard,

877
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:38,799
Speaker 5: I think they're four Their five starters or six seven

878
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 5: are taller. I mean, they can match up on the

879
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 5: wing with with anybody, and and they've got you know,

880
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,120
Speaker 5: the high end talent like an eight cop and they've

881
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 5: got the freshman and Deganheart that's played really well. And

882
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 5: so yeah, I think it's an exciting time here in Boise.

883
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 5: But I think these next you know, three, four or

884
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,879
Speaker 5: five games are going to say a lot about their

885
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 5: potential this year.

886
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,839
Speaker 1: The defense can really match up with anyone, Like they

887
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 1: are very versatile on that end, are athletic, like, it's

888
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:02,840
Speaker 1: like a high major defense. I think there's seventh in

889
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: ken palm and adjusted defensive efficiency. The offense is where

890
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:07,880
Speaker 1: the problems are shooting, like if they ran into like

891
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 1: a zone and their free throws would scare me too.

892
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:12,880
Speaker 1: But yeah, just are really off shooting, like but they're

893
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 1: i think almost dead last in the nation and free

894
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 1: throw shooting. So keep that in mind if like you're

895
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: wanting the beat Boise, they're not going to be. And

896
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: then they have a conference is tough. But they got

897
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,320
Speaker 1: let's see air force.

898
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,800
Speaker 5: You know which on the road. On the road, I

899
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,280
Speaker 5: mean you tossed the road lost the air force.

900
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:30,280
Speaker 3: Uh yeah, they got.

901
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: Free throws late. It could the swing a couple.

902
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 3: Oh yes, keep that.

903
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 5: I mean they lost to Saint Louis, who's now top

904
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 5: fifty a n pound. They lost to them in overtime

905
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 5: about two months ago because they went twelve of twenty

906
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 5: six from the foul line. Mean they missed fourteen free

907
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 5: throws and lost in overtime. So their fourteen game winning

908
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 5: streak would have been at least fifteen if they hadn't

909
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,400
Speaker 5: done that. So yeah, the free throw shooting is a huge,

910
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,279
Speaker 5: huge concern. Depth also a concern. They only play about

911
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:55,280
Speaker 5: seven guys, and you get a guy in foul trouble

912
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 5: or injured. You know, they're one, you know, bad ankle

913
00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 5: sprain away from being in a lot of trouble here.

914
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 5: But they got the clutch factor. Marcos Shaver junior, the

915
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 5: Portland transfers come over and hit three, you know, game

916
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,320
Speaker 5: winning shots in the last second, the final seconds. And

917
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 5: as I mentioned, Acotts in Arizona transfer, who's you know,

918
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 5: a five star guy coming out of high school. And

919
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,319
Speaker 5: you know Abu Ki jab the Oregon transfer. I mean,

920
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,719
Speaker 5: they just put together a very veteran talented lineup of

921
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:22,319
Speaker 5: guys that maybe didn't get the opportunity elsewhere. Even our Moosh,

922
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,440
Speaker 5: the big guy was East Tennessee State transfer. So they've

923
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 5: put this roster together with veteran guys and guys that

924
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 5: are finally getting bigger roles and they had at their

925
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 5: previous places. And yeah, it's been impressive to watch. And

926
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:35,920
Speaker 5: like I said, fans and boys are a little nervous

927
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:37,480
Speaker 5: just about how it's going to finish up here. But

928
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 5: I do think because of the defense, because five of

929
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,400
Speaker 5: their final eight games are at home, you know, the

930
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 5: schedule sets up nicely. They've already had to go play

931
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 5: all the tough places in the league. For the most part,

932
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,800
Speaker 5: I think that they are sitting pretty and like I said,

933
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,919
Speaker 5: the one seed, I mean that Boise State fans would

934
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,279
Speaker 5: love to have to have that scenario pop up. They

935
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:55,919
Speaker 5: just want to get in and win that first game.

936
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:57,880
Speaker 5: And maybe if they could get to the seven to

937
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 5: ten range in one of those seeds have much better

938
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 5: chance against the two in the second round. Maybe it

939
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,239
Speaker 5: would be a path for them that looks a little better.

940
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 5: But you know, very good Mountain West this year, maybe

941
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:07,840
Speaker 5: one of the best ever. And they're sitting there at

942
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 5: nine and one, so that certainly says something about what

943
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:10,319
Speaker 5: they've been able to do.

944
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,760
Speaker 1: We measured Ken Palm a couple of times. Six Mountain

945
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,799
Speaker 1: West teams in the top fifty, including Utah State, who

946
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 1: somehow thirty first ten. Yeah don't I don't understand that one,

947
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 1: but maybe. I mean, Kevo doesn't even take like injuries

948
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,239
Speaker 1: and they thought had brock Miller heard a couple of

949
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:29,320
Speaker 1: their guards are. But yeah, they're thirty first. Boise's twenty

950
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: ninth in the league. I mean, you start your Friensno's

951
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 1: forty fifth of San Diego State. The problem with Diego

952
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: State is their offense. Yeah, they're number one and adjust

953
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,240
Speaker 1: the defense in the nation per Kempom. They're two hundred

954
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 1: and thirty seven on offense. And if Bradley's not making shots,

955
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 1: it's dude jumpers.

956
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,319
Speaker 5: And so I had a buddy last night, A had

957
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 5: an eighteen parlay, a little twenty five dollars to win,

958
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,160
Speaker 5: like twenty three hundred. Noly needed was San Jose State

959
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:57,319
Speaker 5: plus sixteen and a half. And we were sweating that

960
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 5: thing out of like midnight out side, and they they

961
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:03,200
Speaker 5: they cover. He won the bet, the dumbest eighteen parlay

962
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:03,880
Speaker 5: of all time.

963
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 3: But it paid off for him.

964
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:06,719
Speaker 5: So I watched that San Diego State game and yeah,

965
00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:08,759
Speaker 5: they were even struggling with San Jose at times, and

966
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,279
Speaker 5: so Yeah, you're right. Bradley's a great offensive player, but

967
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:13,359
Speaker 5: they just don't have much there and that's always kind

968
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 5: of been their story with San Diego State, but I

969
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 5: think it's even more it's even worse this year, where

970
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 5: they're just so defensive oriented and they just have trouble,

971
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 5: you know, scoring at times. I was down there at

972
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,439
Speaker 5: Viejas when they played Boise State and they literally didn't

973
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 5: score a point in the second half for like ten minutes,

974
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:28,920
Speaker 5: and they had like three droughts of five minutes where

975
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 5: they didn't score. I mean, it'scored thirty seven points. It

976
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 5: just seems crazy to think about, and that's just who

977
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 5: they are this year. But yeah, I'm not sold on them,

978
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,239
Speaker 5: to be honest, I'm not a huge San Diego State fan.

979
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 5: I don't I wouldn't rank them, you know, in terms

980
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 5: of like teams that have a chance moving forward. I

981
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,239
Speaker 5: would have them at least third and maybe fourth in

982
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 5: terms of the Mountain West. So I'll be curious to

983
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:48,160
Speaker 5: see how they finish up here because I just I

984
00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,879
Speaker 5: don't love their roster. I think the defense is great, yes,

985
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,239
Speaker 5: but I think other than Bradley, they just don't have

986
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 5: a lot of that you know, Trey Pollium, I guess

987
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:56,759
Speaker 5: is okay, But they just don't have a lot that

988
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:57,360
Speaker 5: scares me.

989
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,160
Speaker 1: Offensively, Yeah, they need it, They just need enough are

990
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:02,919
Speaker 1: like Bradley would be great. It's like your your main

991
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:06,759
Speaker 1: scoring option on the wing, and that if they had

992
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,399
Speaker 1: like a guard who could like a true point guard

993
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 1: who could create and score, like that's really what they're missing.

994
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:14,319
Speaker 3: Well, think about all those previous teams.

995
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 5: They had Matt Mitchell and all these other guys coming

996
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:19,400
Speaker 5: to the Jordan Shackle Jordan Shackles of the world. They

997
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,840
Speaker 5: had all these just huge key guys, and it just

998
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:25,600
Speaker 5: doesn't seem like they have that second, third, fourth scoring

999
00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:26,799
Speaker 5: option that really scares you.

1000
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:30,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the two more interesting teams Colorado State.

1001
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 1: Their defense is a little worrisome at times, but they're

1002
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:36,319
Speaker 1: very well coached. They're offenses electric. You know, they have

1003
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,880
Speaker 1: guys who can shoot all over the court. David Roddy's

1004
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,680
Speaker 1: turning into a true NBA prospect. That kid could do

1005
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:44,439
Speaker 1: it all past shoot. He was a big hype high

1006
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:48,279
Speaker 1: football recruit at quarterback. Roddy the body they call them.

1007
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:50,160
Speaker 1: So their offense is really intriguing, but I think the

1008
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:52,280
Speaker 1: most feel free to comment on that, But the most

1009
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: intriguing team in the Mountain West outside of Boise is Wyoming,

1010
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:59,400
Speaker 1: and they're also well coached a lot of great coaches

1011
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 1: in the Mountain West with Jeff Linder. But they have

1012
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: a true, like high major post in Graham Ika who

1013
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 1: can go for thirty and fifteen every night. Hunter Maldonado

1014
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:10,600
Speaker 1: is just you can't stop him with the Mark Jackson

1015
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:13,400
Speaker 1: back downs and they have shooters all around him. And

1016
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 1: then this team, there's just something about this team. I mean,

1017
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,000
Speaker 1: they're pulling out the close game for eight day stretch.

1018
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: They just beat coll out of State in overtime, Boise

1019
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 1: State in a game that went down to the wire,

1020
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:28,240
Speaker 1: Fresno by two, Utah State and overtime all in eight days.

1021
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:32,279
Speaker 1: So there seems to be something cooking up. They They

1022
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 1: have a Boisse he went down to the wire, and

1023
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 1: a game Boise pulled out in Boise. But this team

1024
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: seems to have something cooking that feels like they're gonna

1025
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:42,840
Speaker 1: get in and then get a win or two and

1026
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:44,880
Speaker 1: they're they're gonna be a tough matchup forever gets them.

1027
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:46,760
Speaker 1: Any thoughts on the Pokes, Oh.

1028
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, isn't Maldonado, and you can't think the

1029
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:52,080
Speaker 5: highest scoring duo in the country when you put them together,

1030
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,920
Speaker 5: they're over forty points a game combined. And Heka is

1031
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,359
Speaker 5: just I've seen him play twice in person now he's

1032
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,600
Speaker 5: just impossible to guard. And he just lowers that shoulder

1033
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:03,359
Speaker 5: and he's just impossible to guard. He gets so many

1034
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,120
Speaker 5: free throws, and think he leads the nation and files

1035
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:08,040
Speaker 5: drawn and especially at home. Uh, he just gets so

1036
00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:10,120
Speaker 5: many free throws. Them as a team, for whatever reason,

1037
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 5: are just shooting so many free throws at home. So

1038
00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:14,040
Speaker 5: I do worry a little bit about Wyoming when they

1039
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 5: get in the tournament, when the games are officiated differently.

1040
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,160
Speaker 5: If he's a guy that, if you know, k gets

1041
00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 5: into foul trouble, they're they're a totally different team. And

1042
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:25,000
Speaker 5: so yeah, I do wonder about that, you know. And

1043
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:26,960
Speaker 5: he had the two quick files against Utah State and

1044
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:28,120
Speaker 5: didn't play for much of the half.

1045
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:28,759
Speaker 3: I know they were.

1046
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 5: Able to survive that, but uh, he he just is

1047
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 5: such a physical guy where he just when he's posting

1048
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 5: those guys up, you get a team that just takes

1049
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 5: three or four charges on him, and and they're a

1050
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,320
Speaker 5: totally different team, So that would be my one concern

1051
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,799
Speaker 5: with Wyhoming. I totally agree Jeff Linder is doing an

1052
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 5: amazing job. I mean, probably at the end of this

1053
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 5: year he's gonna you're gonna hear his name out there

1054
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 5: for some other jobs. I wonder how long he'll stay

1055
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,239
Speaker 5: at Wyoming, But yeah, Aldonado is a great player, and

1056
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:52,360
Speaker 5: what he can do in the paint posting up and

1057
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:54,560
Speaker 5: then you throw Jeffreys and some of the other shooters

1058
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 5: they have out there. Yeah, they're very, very impressive and

1059
00:46:56,840 --> 00:47:00,239
Speaker 5: they're they're legit. But they play really well at home too.

1060
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:02,560
Speaker 5: So yeah, Wyoming is you know, tied there at nine

1061
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:04,200
Speaker 5: and one with Boise, and I don't see a lot

1062
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:06,640
Speaker 5: of potential losses left on their schedule. I mean, they

1063
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:09,600
Speaker 5: do go to Colorado State and they have San Diego

1064
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,160
Speaker 5: State at home, but other than that, I mean that

1065
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:14,759
Speaker 5: they've still got San Jose and New Mexico and Air

1066
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:17,359
Speaker 5: Force and UNLV and I mean there's a lot of

1067
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:20,759
Speaker 5: games win wins left on you know, Wyoming schedules. So

1068
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 5: if you're looking at Wyoming and Boise going down to

1069
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:24,880
Speaker 5: the wire here, I would maybe give just because of

1070
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:27,440
Speaker 5: the schedule. The slight edge to to Wyoming. But I

1071
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:28,400
Speaker 5: like Colorado State too.

1072
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:28,879
Speaker 3: What do Roddy?

1073
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 5: You have twenty nine the other night against Nevada, and

1074
00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:33,080
Speaker 5: I was just so impressive what he can do on

1075
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:35,359
Speaker 5: the outside. I'm looking forward Sunday here in a couple

1076
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 5: days Super Bowl Sunday, Colorado State will be here in Boise,

1077
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:39,960
Speaker 5: So that'll be really exciting to see his.

1078
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:40,799
Speaker 3: Progression in person.

1079
00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:42,719
Speaker 5: I've seen him play obviously the last couple of years,

1080
00:47:42,719 --> 00:47:45,480
Speaker 5: and yeah, they're they're an interesting team because you you

1081
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,800
Speaker 5: look at Colorado State and you look at those guards

1082
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 5: with Stevens and more, and I think Moore had twenty

1083
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:51,960
Speaker 5: something points in their last game. He's finally getting it

1084
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:54,880
Speaker 5: going a little bit more offensively. And you know, they

1085
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:57,400
Speaker 5: obviously got blown out by San Diego State the first

1086
00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 5: time and then had that little blip. I don't know

1087
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:01,400
Speaker 5: what happened. And in that game where I do know

1088
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 5: what happened. Uh, Well, I was gonna say that Bryce

1089
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:11,560
Speaker 5: Hamilton had forty five points when UNLV went in there.

1090
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:14,000
Speaker 3: And crush that game. Uh, And so I know that's

1091
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:14,560
Speaker 3: a little.

1092
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:16,440
Speaker 5: Scary for Boise fans tomorrow and I thinking about him

1093
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:18,920
Speaker 5: dropping forty five, But uh, other than that, and then

1094
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,600
Speaker 5: the Wyoming game where if he makes the other free throw, yeah,

1095
00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:24,759
Speaker 5: they win that one up in Wyoming. So yeah, they're

1096
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:26,719
Speaker 5: a great team there. They're certainly one of the top

1097
00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:30,000
Speaker 5: teams in the league. You know, held on against San

1098
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,839
Speaker 5: Diego State. But no, I'm very impressed with Colorado State

1099
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:35,160
Speaker 5: what they're doing, getting all, you know, bringing all five

1100
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 5: guys back like they have. I think, uh, you know,

1101
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,319
Speaker 5: obviously coach Medved's done a heck of a job there too.

1102
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:41,360
Speaker 3: And you know, you look at their schedule. They got it.

1103
00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:43,400
Speaker 5: They got Fresno tomorrow night, and then they got Boise

1104
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:46,240
Speaker 5: State twice, and they've still got again what you know, Wyoming,

1105
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:47,839
Speaker 5: and they have to go to Utah State as well.

1106
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:50,800
Speaker 5: So yeah, I like Colorado State a lot. I certainly

1107
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,800
Speaker 5: think they're again a veteran team, uh, team that returns

1108
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,319
Speaker 5: all their starters. They're not going to get spooked by

1109
00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 5: any atmosphere or you know, clutch spots. So as you

1110
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:02,000
Speaker 5: saw wild so I think that they're a very dangerous team.

1111
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:05,360
Speaker 5: I would still probably rank them Wyoming slightly ahead of

1112
00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:08,440
Speaker 5: Boise and then Colorado State third and then San Diego

1113
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 5: State fourth. But as you said, I mean Utah State,

1114
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:12,640
Speaker 5: they've been coming on strong. What they had won five

1115
00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 5: in a row. I think before they lost at Wyoming.

1116
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:18,160
Speaker 5: They don't have that Sam Merrill Nimish Cada type player.

1117
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 3: Justin Beans.

1118
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:21,759
Speaker 5: Justin Bean's kind of a good Robin, but I don't

1119
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:23,680
Speaker 5: know if he's the batman you won on your team.

1120
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 5: You know, he's a better secondary guy. But they're still

1121
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:29,320
Speaker 5: a quality team. And even Fresno, I mean, Orlando Robinson,

1122
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:32,239
Speaker 5: a potential first round draft pick, is scary. And their

1123
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:34,320
Speaker 5: top fifty, like you said as well, So I think.

1124
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:34,640
Speaker 1: That they play.

1125
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:38,520
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, those guards, you know, I saw them in person.

1126
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:40,680
Speaker 5: Those they would have beat Boise if not for Marcus

1127
00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:42,759
Speaker 5: Shaver hitting that shot with you know, two seconds left

1128
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:44,920
Speaker 5: to send it to overtime. So they they were, you know,

1129
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,799
Speaker 5: basically had Boise State beaten. And so yeah, those those

1130
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:50,839
Speaker 5: guards are impressive too with what they're doing. And and

1131
00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:53,200
Speaker 5: so Holland coming back healthy the last couple of games.

1132
00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:54,040
Speaker 3: So yeah, I think that.

1133
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,320
Speaker 5: You know, when you have teams like UNLV and Nevada,

1134
00:49:57,560 --> 00:49:59,480
Speaker 5: I mean Nevada is eighth place right now in the

1135
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:01,680
Speaker 5: Mountain wet and you they've had some injuries, but you

1136
00:50:01,719 --> 00:50:03,759
Speaker 5: think about Cambridge and what do you have thirty six

1137
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:06,440
Speaker 5: the other nights, and then you have Sherfield and some

1138
00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:08,800
Speaker 5: of the other pieces that they have. I mean Nevada's even.

1139
00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:11,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, would have said they could had a chance to

1140
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:12,799
Speaker 1: win the conference before.

1141
00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:13,120
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1142
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:15,600
Speaker 5: Yeah, they've definitely underachieved, but they've had some injuries and stuff.

1143
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:17,440
Speaker 5: They had some bad losses win the season. Yeah, Will

1144
00:50:17,440 --> 00:50:20,799
Speaker 5: Baker the Texas transfer, and then Warren Washington and some

1145
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:23,239
Speaker 5: of the other guys there. Uh, black Shears come in

1146
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:25,319
Speaker 5: and played well lately for them the transfer as well.

1147
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:27,399
Speaker 5: So even a team like Nevada is a scary team.

1148
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,319
Speaker 5: I don't think teams would would love to see matched

1149
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:31,160
Speaker 5: up against in the Mountain West Tournament. So yeah, you're

1150
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,960
Speaker 5: talking eight deep in terms of quality teams. And you know,

1151
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:36,080
Speaker 5: leon Rice told me today he said, you know, he's

1152
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:38,040
Speaker 5: been in the league twelve years or eleven years, I

1153
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:39,759
Speaker 5: guess in the league twelve at Boise, but he said

1154
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:42,040
Speaker 5: it's the best top to bottom he's ever seen the league.

1155
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:43,879
Speaker 5: I mean, you don't have the the three or four

1156
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:46,000
Speaker 5: teams and the three hundreds at Ken Palm. Just weighing

1157
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:48,960
Speaker 5: down your schedule, everybody's playing everybody and it's a quad

1158
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,040
Speaker 5: one or Quad two game every night, and it's it's

1159
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 5: been fun to see. And I you know, I'm trying

1160
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:55,479
Speaker 5: to think about the other conference tournaments, but I can't

1161
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:58,640
Speaker 5: imagine too many conference tournaments that are going to have

1162
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 5: the potential to be as excited in every game being

1163
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:03,880
Speaker 5: so competitive as you'll see in that Mountain West tournament

1164
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:04,960
Speaker 5: down in Vegas next month.

1165
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:07,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm really excited for it. It's got to be

1166
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:10,080
Speaker 1: the most excited I've ever been for a Mountain West

1167
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:12,319
Speaker 1: tournament since, like I think the last time I went

1168
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:14,040
Speaker 1: to one when I was in Vegas out there, but

1169
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:18,360
Speaker 1: I think for debt drop dropped like fifty on UNLVA.

1170
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:20,280
Speaker 1: It was like a really good UNLVA team.

1171
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:21,239
Speaker 3: Isn't that the best? Though?

1172
00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:23,640
Speaker 5: You have the Pac twelve tournament, you have the WCC,

1173
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,600
Speaker 5: the Mountain West. I think the Big West is even

1174
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:28,400
Speaker 5: back there now. I mean there's four or five conference

1175
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:30,400
Speaker 5: tournaments going on at the same time. You can bounce

1176
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:33,200
Speaker 5: back and forth, and that conference tournament week in Vegas

1177
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:34,480
Speaker 5: might be as good as it gets.

1178
00:51:34,719 --> 00:51:39,279
Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, we'll close with this Boise Colorado State. I

1179
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:43,279
Speaker 1: mean Bois does have unlv first, but Sunday be on

1180
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:46,640
Speaker 1: national TV. If you're tired of Super Bowl coverage by Sunday,

1181
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 1: as I know I will be, make sure you check

1182
00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: out that game. These are two what I think are

1183
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:54,600
Speaker 1: going to be tournament teams. I think the simplified what's

1184
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:56,640
Speaker 1: gonna happen is Boys. He's gonna win at home, and

1185
00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:58,960
Speaker 1: I think Boys actually matches up pretty well with Colorado

1186
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 1: State because they can switch on defense, and that's one

1187
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:04,560
Speaker 1: of the things that Colorado State really gives problems to

1188
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:06,879
Speaker 1: other teams. They have these guys and everyone could shoot,

1189
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:09,080
Speaker 1: that could play five out, and I think Boise can

1190
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:12,480
Speaker 1: have some success getting to the rim against them. I

1191
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:14,160
Speaker 1: think the way that it'll play out is Bois he

1192
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:18,000
Speaker 1: probably wins at home on Sunday, probably be around like

1193
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:20,239
Speaker 1: a five six point favorite, and then Colorida State will

1194
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:22,720
Speaker 1: probably get him back end of the year at home,

1195
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:25,560
Speaker 1: probably needing that game more than Boise to get into

1196
00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:28,160
Speaker 1: the tournament or proof the resume, I should say. I

1197
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:30,640
Speaker 1: think that's how it plays out. But just for anyone

1198
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:34,160
Speaker 1: watching Boise, what is the one key when you're watching

1199
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:38,759
Speaker 1: them that Okay, if this is going well, then I

1200
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,440
Speaker 1: know that we're in good shape. Is it Shaver hitting shots.

1201
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:43,640
Speaker 1: Is it because you know the defense is going to

1202
00:52:43,640 --> 00:52:44,880
Speaker 1: be there, But what is it the one thing that

1203
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:47,600
Speaker 1: you say, Okay, if this is going well, then I

1204
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 1: know we're in good shape.

1205
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:50,279
Speaker 5: Well, I would say one thing, just in general, they

1206
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:51,600
Speaker 5: got to keep the big guy or Moose out of

1207
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:52,080
Speaker 5: fal trouble.

1208
00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:53,920
Speaker 3: I mean, the last five games, he has more files

1209
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:54,520
Speaker 3: than points.

1210
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:56,680
Speaker 5: And this is a guy that against Utah State had

1211
00:52:56,719 --> 00:52:59,160
Speaker 5: twenty two to nineteen a couple weeks ago.

1212
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 3: So I mean he can be a i'm ana big man.

1213
00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:01,880
Speaker 3: You know, he's got.

1214
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,440
Speaker 5: Nineteen files and I think seventeen points the last five games.

1215
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:08,000
Speaker 5: So some have been dumb files, some have been TACKI files,

1216
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:10,960
Speaker 5: you know, questionable files, whatever, but files or files. So

1217
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:12,920
Speaker 5: he's only playing like twenty minutes a game, and so

1218
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:16,080
Speaker 5: in these games moving forward, you know, he's got to

1219
00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:17,880
Speaker 5: be the rim protector. He's got to be that the

1220
00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:19,600
Speaker 5: you know, he's an amazing rebound or some of the

1221
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:21,880
Speaker 5: rebounds he's He's got two games this year already with

1222
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:24,960
Speaker 5: at least ten offensive rebounds himself, and so I mean

1223
00:53:24,960 --> 00:53:27,160
Speaker 5: he's got to be on the floor for them. If

1224
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 5: when Altar Moos is on the floor, everybody talks about

1225
00:53:30,080 --> 00:53:32,920
Speaker 5: a Cott and Shaver and Deagenheart and all these guards.

1226
00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:34,960
Speaker 5: But I mean, they really really do rely on the

1227
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:37,200
Speaker 5: big man in the middle a lot in our motions.

1228
00:53:37,239 --> 00:53:39,480
Speaker 5: So he's not the best score. He's he doesn't have

1229
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:41,160
Speaker 5: a lot of touch around the basket, but he gets

1230
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:43,080
Speaker 5: a lot of his you know, dunks in layups or

1231
00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:45,120
Speaker 5: a lot of his points. But he's just such so

1232
00:53:45,239 --> 00:53:48,359
Speaker 5: important in terms of rebounding, both on the offensive end

1233
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:51,920
Speaker 5: defensive end, as well as just his defensive presence in

1234
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:53,600
Speaker 5: the middle of the paint. And so if he can

1235
00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:55,279
Speaker 5: stay out of file trouble and stay on the floor,

1236
00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:57,600
Speaker 5: I think that's a huge key moving forward for Boise State.

1237
00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:00,359
Speaker 1: And then one last question, because every fan base looks

1238
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:04,640
Speaker 1: at things differently, and so you have that perspective. I don't,

1239
00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:06,480
Speaker 1: so you can speak for yourself or boise E fans

1240
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:09,760
Speaker 1: in general. Would you give up a potential Mountain West

1241
00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:14,000
Speaker 1: Conference championship this year for just one win in the

1242
00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:15,480
Speaker 1: NCAA Tournament, No.

1243
00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:16,960
Speaker 3: No doubt about it. Cut you off right there.

1244
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:18,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, they're owe and seven all time, they've never won

1245
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:21,120
Speaker 5: a game in the tournament. If they lose out and

1246
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:22,920
Speaker 5: get second place in the Mountain West but go on

1247
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,120
Speaker 5: and be a ten seed and get a win in

1248
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:26,920
Speaker 5: the first round. It would be you know, the greatest

1249
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:29,439
Speaker 5: win in school history because it's never happened. So, yeah,

1250
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:31,360
Speaker 5: the Mountain West title would be great. They'd love to

1251
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:34,040
Speaker 5: cut down the nets at home and you know, do

1252
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:35,520
Speaker 5: that whole thing and have the trophy.

1253
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:36,160
Speaker 3: That'd be great.

1254
00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:39,760
Speaker 5: But this team has never advanced and as I said

1255
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:41,680
Speaker 5: in leon Rice is twelve years there, they've only been

1256
00:54:41,719 --> 00:54:43,279
Speaker 5: there twice and it was both first They had to

1257
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:46,320
Speaker 5: play in the first four both times. Remember that crime

1258
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:48,600
Speaker 5: in twenty fifteen, they had to play Dayton in Dayton

1259
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:52,080
Speaker 5: and lost on a one point when no foul was

1260
00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:54,200
Speaker 5: called at the end of the game. And so they

1261
00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:55,959
Speaker 5: just they just want to get back. This fan base

1262
00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:57,880
Speaker 5: just wants this team to get back to the tournament.

1263
00:54:57,960 --> 00:54:59,920
Speaker 5: So I think getting to the tournament would be the

1264
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:01,799
Speaker 5: first step. But if they were able to win a game,

1265
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:04,719
Speaker 5: it would be the biggest moment in the history of

1266
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:06,480
Speaker 5: this program, no matter who they've beat. And so I

1267
00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:08,920
Speaker 5: think that would certainly be the choice if those were

1268
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:09,200
Speaker 5: the two.

1269
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:11,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, I was, I was referring to conference tournament and

1270
00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:14,560
Speaker 1: but that that was gonna be the answer, And I assume,

1271
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:15,040
Speaker 1: and I.

1272
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:16,759
Speaker 5: Would probably stay the same way. I would probably stay

1273
00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:19,080
Speaker 5: the same way because conference tournament. They've actually played very

1274
00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:21,200
Speaker 5: poorly in that tournament as well. They've only made the

1275
00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:23,319
Speaker 5: semi finals twice. I think they've never played in the

1276
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:26,799
Speaker 5: title game, so they've they've they've performed very poorly. Their

1277
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:29,359
Speaker 5: record in the quarterfinals down there is not very good.

1278
00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:31,080
Speaker 5: They end up they're the two or three seed a lot,

1279
00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:32,759
Speaker 5: and they play a hot six or seven seed, and

1280
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:36,080
Speaker 5: they've gotten upset in the quarterfinals numerous times in the tournament.

1281
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:38,040
Speaker 5: So yeah, that that has not gone well, and so

1282
00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:40,160
Speaker 5: certainly they would like to make some damage there. But

1283
00:55:40,719 --> 00:55:43,600
Speaker 5: as I said, any scenario, whatever it is, from now

1284
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Speaker 5: till the bracket comes out, I think they would take

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Speaker 5: winning a game in the in the field of sixty

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Speaker 5: eight over anything else.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I was.

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Speaker 1: Gonna say too, I think that the team that wins

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Speaker 1: the Mountain West Conference tournament might decrease their chances in

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Speaker 1: the first round. You're playing on Thursday, it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a go You're gonna have to go through some good

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Speaker 1: teams on back to back to back day still win

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Speaker 1: that conference tournament. It's gonna be a grind to get there,

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Speaker 1: so maybe you're you know, if you're locked in, you're

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Speaker 1: better off. Hey, I'll duck out on Saturday and get

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Speaker 1: ready for the first round. A lot to come in

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Speaker 1: the Mountain West. You can follow all things Boise Mountain

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Speaker 1: West on Twitter at BJA Rains. You might have them

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Speaker 1: on before the Mountain West Tournament. Again. I'm just so

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Speaker 1: excited about this conference and I hope that they get

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Speaker 1: as many teams in as possible over some of these

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Speaker 1: these acc frauds that are just middling. So we'll see

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Speaker 1: how it plays out. I hope there's not I hope

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Speaker 1: that just like the top four, at least don't get

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Speaker 1: you like I want Colorado State, Wyoming, Boise State, and

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Speaker 1: you know you can put stand to State in there.

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Speaker 1: I won't miss them not watching them play if they

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Speaker 1: don't get in, but at least get me those three

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Speaker 1: in the tournament. I think they're really exciting teams too

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Speaker 1: to watch. So thanks for thanks for joining us. With

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Speaker 1: any final last.

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Speaker 3: Words, No, I just I would agree with you.

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Speaker 5: Those are fun teams to watch, and I think they

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Speaker 5: all three of those teams be like darlings of the

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Speaker 5: country if all of them got in and could win

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Speaker 5: a game or two with the way they play and

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Speaker 5: the way that they're not you know, name programs so

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Speaker 5: to speak, or blue Bloods or whatever. I think any

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Speaker 5: three of those could be sleepers. It would be fun

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Speaker 5: to root for and and uh yeah, it should be

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Speaker 5: a lot of fun.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 5: I'd be happy to come on before the tournament if

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Speaker 5: you want to do it again.

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Speaker 1: All right, sounds good. Enjoy your weekend and we'll talk soon.

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Speaker 3: Thanks again, No problem, man, Thanks all right, Thanks.

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Speaker 1: As always to BJ for joining me, Thanks to Colin

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Speaker 1: for checking in. Hopefully gives us another winner. Thanks to

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Speaker 1: and thanks to BJ Rains for talking to Mountain West.

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