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Speaker 1: nine live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. Here's Brian no,

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Speaker 1: Rich Hornberger and Jared Smith.

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Speaker 2: Oh what is going on?

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Speaker 3: Welcome in, Happy Saturday to you as we're whittling it down.

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Speaker 3: We're at the Elite eight right now, March madness. We'll

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Speaker 3: whittle it down to the final four after this weekend.

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Speaker 3: Fired up about that? Very nice, good morning. Let's see

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Speaker 3: we got Rich cherish, sir. What's going on?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 3: Things going today?

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Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you what it is.

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Speaker 4: Uh, it's it's a good day when you have college

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Speaker 4: basketball paying off the way it did over the past

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Speaker 4: couple of days.

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Speaker 2: That's that was a fun finish to the week.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's been it's been an awesome week. I think

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Speaker 5: we're at that point now where you know, like the

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Speaker 5: first couple of days of the tournament, I know, Friday

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Speaker 5: and we were here, we were you know manually last Saturday,

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Speaker 5: so we had a chance to talk about just how

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Speaker 5: how unbelievable the favorites were. But now we're at that

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Speaker 5: point where these teams are all playing each other and

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Speaker 5: it's it's high, high level basketball. Guys, it's really fun

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Speaker 5: to watch.

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Speaker 3: I'm a little low on drama, guys, I gotta be

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Speaker 3: honest with you, that's true. The Yukon game was pretty

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Speaker 3: good against Michigan State, even though you know it's sixty

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Speaker 3: seven sixty three not not really, you know, the most

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Speaker 3: ecsthetically pleasing of games, you know, Duke against Saint John's

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Speaker 3: that was a fun game. Not I don't I don't

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Speaker 3: have too much trash to talk. But man, the rest

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Speaker 3: of the games yesterday not interesting. Tennessee props to them,

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Speaker 3: Rick Barnes moving on to the Elite eight again, is

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Speaker 3: this a third straight year? They just take it past

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Speaker 3: the elite e that's the fine print right there. But man,

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Speaker 3: then Thursday, the Purdue game got things going in a

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Speaker 3: nice way, a little tip in at the end by

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Speaker 3: Trey Kaufman, wren a drama, close game, and then it

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Speaker 3: was just like, holy cow, the nightcap. Houston got demolished

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Speaker 3: by Illinois and then Arkansas their defense was just like,

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Speaker 3: oh the game. I thought the game tipped off like

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Speaker 3: three hours later. No, it's like Arizona scored at Will.

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Speaker 3: So a little on drama, that's all I'm saying. I

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Speaker 3: need a little bit more dramas we get down here

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Speaker 3: to the final four. I want drama today, I want

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Speaker 3: drama tomorrow. I'm short on drama.

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Speaker 4: Rich I definitely agree with that a little bit. When

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Speaker 4: you see better teams play against each other, you could

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Speaker 4: have one or one of two results.

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Speaker 2: You know, you could have a situation.

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Speaker 4: Where every possession is a nail bite moment where you're like,

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Speaker 4: oh my gosh, you're living and die on on every

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Speaker 4: single turnover, every single offensive board. And then sometimes you

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Speaker 4: really now one of these teams is more dynamic, one

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Speaker 4: of these teams has an edge, and they're winning in

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Speaker 4: the margins, and we know what the result is going

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Speaker 4: to be down the stretch of the game.

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Speaker 2: You know, I guess if we're gonna break down.

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Speaker 4: Each of the Sweet Sixteen games individually, you gotta start

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Speaker 4: with the worst watch first, which was Arizona complete dismantling

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Speaker 4: of Arkansas. Arizona didn't just beat Arkansas, Arizona detonated.

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Speaker 2: I mean it was.

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Speaker 4: One hundred and nine points in a sweet sixteen game.

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Speaker 4: That's absolutely absurd by modern tournament standards.

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Speaker 2: You only get forty minutes to score that many points.

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Speaker 4: So look, I mean, the Wildcat shot roughly sixty four

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Speaker 4: percent from the floor. At that efficiency, it doesn't matter

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Speaker 4: whether it's regional semifinal or it's championship game or it's

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Speaker 4: regular season game, you were going to shoot your opponent

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Speaker 2: And that's exactly what the Wildcats did.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, one point three to six points per possession. I

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Speaker 5: think Arizona is the best team in the field based

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Speaker 5: on what I've seen. So I've been slowly. I've been

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Speaker 5: using so betam GM gives you an odds boost twenty

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Speaker 5: five percent odds boost every day that there are college

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Speaker 5: basketball games in the tournament. I've used three of them

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Speaker 5: so far to get Arizona up to over four to

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Speaker 2: I think.

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Speaker 5: I mean, the Island Debrass game is pretty good on Thursday, Brian, like,

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Speaker 5: I think half of the games each day have been good,

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Speaker 5: like I mean, And at the end of the day, listen,

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Speaker 5: I know I understand why we want madness.

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Speaker 2: I get it.

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Speaker 5: It's called March Madness. The commercials all are own madness,

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Speaker 5: but they're in the regular season. Like, most of these

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Speaker 5: games end in a pretty pretty average way. Like I'd say,

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Speaker 5: if we get half of the games this weekend and

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Speaker 5: and Thursday Friday, that that are you know, quote unquote

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Speaker 5: close tight games one possession, two possessions down to the

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Speaker 5: final second. I think that's pretty good. I understand why

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Speaker 5: we want every game to be like that, but I

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Speaker 5: do think that's asking a bit too much.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it was if you go back to Thursday,

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Speaker 3: it was the night cap that was the problem because

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Speaker 3: the Illinois game was was ending at the exact same

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Speaker 3: time as the area.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, than the madness.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they weren't even staggered. And I was looking at

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Speaker 3: one TV and I'm like unwatchable. I look at the

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Speaker 3: other team and I'm like also unwatchable, Like, man, we

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Speaker 3: gotta get some trauma going on here. I think that's

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Speaker 3: what really did it. Yeah, I'm not saying all these

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Speaker 3: games suck, but yeah, there've been a couple of double

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Speaker 3: digit you know, runaways, and uh, like Alabama they kept

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Speaker 3: it close first half. That was a good first half,

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Speaker 3: and then Michigan just turned it on yesterday. Michigan is

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Speaker 3: just such a long team, you know, they're like the

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Speaker 3: They've got like three Wemby's out there, the college version

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Speaker 3: right where a guy will drive into the lane and

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Speaker 3: he's like, yeah, this shot is gonna get blocked, take

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Speaker 3: again against Michigan and the Dukies surviving against Saint John's.

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Speaker 3: That was a little bit, Harry, a little bit.

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Speaker 5: How of the fun? That really was a fun game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, right, they were down in fifty five forty five.

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Speaker 5: And I think Johnny's went on a thirteen to oh

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Speaker 5: was a good game. Duke's had some interesting moments in

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Speaker 4: They have, Yeah, Duke's busy reminding everybody of what like

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Speaker 4: a championship level team looks like. In those in those

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Speaker 2: They they they had.

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Speaker 4: Saint John's at one point had a ten point second

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Speaker 2: You know, they walked the game back.

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Speaker 4: They got it until it's close, They got themselves in

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Speaker 4: Look in moments like that, maturity is more important than talent,

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Speaker 4: Dookies are Man, that's a good basketball team right there.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it's pretty obvious to me. And we

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Speaker 5: said this before the tournament, right, what the three teams

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Speaker 5: I gave you before the tournament started that were head

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Speaker 5: and shoulders above the rest in terms of their net

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Speaker 5: rating in ken Palm, they had a better net rating

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Speaker 5: in ken Palm. Right, they're positive net rating. How many

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Speaker 5: points they're supposed to beat the average team by. That's

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Speaker 5: what your net rating means in ken Palm's weird formula. Michigan,

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Speaker 5: Arizona and Duke. Those are the three teams that were

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Speaker 5: cut above everyone else, not only in this field, but

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Speaker 5: historically speaking, every national champion since two thousand and one,

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Speaker 5: we have not had a pre tourney net rating of

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Speaker 5: what those three teams had, right, and if one of

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Speaker 5: those three teams won, it would raise the bar for

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Speaker 5: what the best Turney team was in the Ken Palm

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Speaker 5: Arrow over the last twenty five years. And are we

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Speaker 5: shocked that those are the three teams remaining. I said,

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Speaker 5: you take those three and I'll take you. You can have

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Speaker 5: the field. I'll take those three, and those are three

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Speaker 5: of the eight left standing. I think if there's one

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Speaker 5: be honest, iow a great story, not gonna win the

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Speaker 5: national championship. I think Tennessee, if they can overcome the

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Speaker 5: Rick Barnes Elite eight curse, then we tip our cap.

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Speaker 5: Yukon is intriguing because you know, they kind of have

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Speaker 5: some pedigree to them. But I don't think this is

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Speaker 5: the most talented Yukon team we've seen in this recent stretch.

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Speaker 5: I don't think produced defense is good enough to win. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: Illinois is interesting. Guys, Like, if there's one team that

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Speaker 5: one of those three teams away, maybe it's Illinois, who's

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Speaker 5: very long, who plays in the Big Ten, who I

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Speaker 5: think is having the best tournament of any conference, and

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Speaker 5: they're having him one heck of a tournament. Man Like,

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Speaker 5: they're a young team, they kind of have glued themselves

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Speaker 5: lot of improvement. They lost some tough games over the

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Speaker 5: last month of the season. Lost an overtime game to

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Speaker 5: an overtime in the mcden tournament. So maybe Illinois is

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Speaker 5: the team that you know, can can turn away those

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Speaker 5: win the tournament.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it really shows up now that we're down to

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Speaker 3: the elite eight because if you start looking for an

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Speaker 3: Danny Hurley, Caravan's doing his thing. You know they're taking

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Speaker 3: on number one Duke, It's like, oh gosh, I I

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Speaker 3: don't know about that, right. And the big thing with

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Speaker 3: Duke is you had Caleb Foster come back from injury. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: that was a big deal because he contributed, scored all

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Speaker 3: eleven of his points in the second half, scored seven

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Speaker 3: straight points in that run there for Duke, you know,

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Speaker 3: and those are big points, right, And you look at Gungba.

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Speaker 3: I love that he's back, and I love that I've

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Speaker 3: heard his name pronounced twenty seven different ways. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think it's gung but I don't know, like we'll go,

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Speaker 3: but yeah, gung But he didn't do a whole lot,

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Speaker 3: but he gave you seventeen minutes. So those were the

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Speaker 3: two guys that were banged up. It was Gungba and

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Speaker 3: it was Caleb Foster. And Foster played nineteen minutes yesterday

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Speaker 3: and again contributed eleven points. It's a big deal. It's

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Speaker 3: a five point game, right, So then you look at

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Speaker 3: the other matchups. You know, Jared, you're talking about Duke

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Speaker 3: Michigan Arizona. It's like, oh, you know Rick Barnes Tennessee

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Speaker 3: there back, Yeah, he take on Michigan. It's like, yeah,

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Speaker 3: that's gonna be tough man to win out right. I'm

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Speaker 3: not saying it's impossible. It's gonna be tough. And then perdue,

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Speaker 3: like Purdue offensively is executed very well in this tournament.

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Speaker 3: They got hot in the Big Ten tournament. They've obviously

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Speaker 4: Well, what's interesting, like, for example of Purdue, and that's

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Speaker 4: Now, we could blame that on one of two things,

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Speaker 2: Held to fifty five Illinois. That might be a live

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I agree. I think that Really there's there's there's

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Speaker 5: know Rick Barnes is a punchline in this round and

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Speaker 5: But this is the final boss. Can you get to

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Speaker 5: wouldn't be shocked, honestly, I would not be shocked if

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Speaker 5: The other three games, I'm probably leaning towards the favorite there.

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Speaker 3: I'll tell you what. Rick Barnes is the James Franklin

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Speaker 5: Oh well, he's not our guy anymore.

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Speaker 2: You can go after.

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Speaker 3: The only thing that's gonna quiet the negativity if you

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Speaker 3: worst of ways, Tiger's flipping SUVs again? What are we

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Speaker 3: doing here? So arrested and charged with dui drinking, not

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Speaker 3: The whole thing is, this is a thirty mile per

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Speaker 3: And so it's the same old story with tiger men. Like,

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Speaker 3: and I get that, but this is serious. Man, You're

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, this is obviously enormous story because of

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Speaker 4: The conversation can uh move on from can he physically

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Speaker 4: It's associated with Hey, you know, if I cared about

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Speaker 4: that person needs to.

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00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,960
Speaker 2: Get help, and I don't know what that help looks

435
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,679
Speaker 2: like if he is dealing with an addiction, if he

436
00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 2: is dealing with just you.

437
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,080
Speaker 4: Know, reckless behaviors that even at his ripe old age,

438
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,359
Speaker 4: like he still has to deal with. But man, this

439
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:44,000
Speaker 4: is this is becoming so chaotic that eventually we're gonna

440
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,359
Speaker 4: read one of these headlines and it's gonna be rest

441
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,199
Speaker 4: in Peace, Tiger.

442
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:48,400
Speaker 2: And that scares the.

443
00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:50,720
Speaker 4: Heck out of me because Tiger Woods was one of

444
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,199
Speaker 4: those people I watched growing up and you know, was,

445
00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:57,520
Speaker 4: like I mean, kind of shaped my interest in sports.

446
00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,560
Speaker 4: And it's it's really disappointing to see where this story

447
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:01,440
Speaker 4: has turned.

448
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,760
Speaker 5: Shape my interest in golf, for sure. So I grew up.

449
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,160
Speaker 5: I was born in New York, but my family moved

450
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,800
Speaker 5: to Florida when I was five, and I started playing

451
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 5: golf when I was ten years old. My grandfather was

452
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,040
Speaker 5: actually a scratch golfer in his day. He taught me

453
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,359
Speaker 5: how to play and I picked up my first club

454
00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,800
Speaker 5: when I was ten years old. In nineteen ninety six,

455
00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,919
Speaker 5: and you can do the math on where golf was

456
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:26,280
Speaker 5: at that point, and it really was. It was a

457
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,000
Speaker 5: moment in sports time when golf was not really part

458
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,800
Speaker 5: of the national spotlight, like Tiger really elevated it to

459
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,040
Speaker 5: that point where people were frenzied about it. It brought

460
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,440
Speaker 5: a younger audience into the game for the first time

461
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,720
Speaker 5: in a long time, and it really made golf cool.

462
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 5: He made golf cool, and now it's nothing about this

463
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,679
Speaker 5: scenario is cool. So I don't want to speak to

464
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 5: his personal issues. Obviously there are many, but that's really

465
00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,560
Speaker 5: the most important thing here is you continue to make

466
00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:03,640
Speaker 5: the same mistake twice, three times, multiple times, and there's

467
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,680
Speaker 5: there's definitely some there's definitely some soul searching to be done,

468
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,880
Speaker 5: because now we've moved past the point where we view

469
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,840
Speaker 5: him as a golfer. Right now, when we think about Tiger,

470
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,520
Speaker 5: we don't view him as a golfer anymore. We view

471
00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:18,240
Speaker 5: him as a person. And I think that's the part

472
00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,720
Speaker 5: about it that is going to shape the rest of

473
00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:26,320
Speaker 5: his career and his post playing life is what impact

474
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 5: do these things have on his legacy? And I think

475
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,840
Speaker 5: that's going to be the unfortunately the talking point going.

476
00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:36,320
Speaker 3: Forward, brun Well, the thing, man, is like you're saying, Jared,

477
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:40,080
Speaker 3: this is basically the fourth time you go back to nine,

478
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,720
Speaker 3: that's the first time he's involved in a one car

479
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:46,679
Speaker 3: accident near his Florida home at that time. And then

480
00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,720
Speaker 3: there's twenty seventeen charged with Dui later pled guilty to

481
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 3: reckless driving. Then we had February twenty twenty one, that's

482
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,400
Speaker 3: when he was involved in that one car accident near

483
00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,760
Speaker 3: La It fractured as tibia and fibula, you know, so

484
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 3: he didn't walk away unscathed than that one. And now

485
00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:06,240
Speaker 3: we have yesterday Friday, we're arrested on suspicion of Duy

486
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,520
Speaker 3: after a car accident in Florida. And it's like, look, man,

487
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:12,800
Speaker 3: I don't I'm not trying to say, I don't want

488
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,680
Speaker 3: to brush past addiction. Addiction is a real thing, and

489
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,959
Speaker 3: there are many people addicted to a variety of things,

490
00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:22,840
Speaker 3: and it's as difficult as it can be. I'm not

491
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,119
Speaker 3: like acting like addiction is walk in the park. But

492
00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 3: anybody who pushes back on this, like, well, Brian, you

493
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,159
Speaker 3: know the addiction and you know, you know dot dot dot.

494
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:36,719
Speaker 3: It's like there's no pushback for getting a driver, especially

495
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,960
Speaker 3: when we're talking about Tiger freaking woods here, you know,

496
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,440
Speaker 3: Like there's no excuse for the guy working a nine

497
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 3: to five not to get a driver if he isn't

498
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,520
Speaker 3: coherent and can't drive, you know, But for Tiger, who's

499
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,560
Speaker 3: got more money than he could possibly spend, there is

500
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 3: zero excuse. So I don't want to paint this picture like, oh, addiction, Yeah,

501
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,160
Speaker 3: you just kind of shrug your shoulders and say I'm

502
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 3: not gonna be addicted today. Like doesn't work like that.

503
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:00,960
Speaker 3: But you got to be small. You can't be a

504
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,280
Speaker 3: danger to everybody around. You can't be a danger to society.

505
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,920
Speaker 3: That's what he is right now. Like heaven forbid, things

506
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 3: could have gone way worse than this. What will be

507
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,800
Speaker 3: saying about Tiger if this is a head on collision

508
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,919
Speaker 3: and there's a family of four that's no longer with us, Like,

509
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:20,480
Speaker 3: think about that. That was absolutely possible and luckily it

510
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,000
Speaker 3: didn't come to that. But there is no pushback on

511
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,920
Speaker 3: getting a driver. If you aren't fit to be behind

512
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,159
Speaker 3: the wheel, you shouldn't be behind the wheel. It's as

513
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,320
Speaker 3: simple as it gets. It's one plus one equals two

514
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,719
Speaker 3: and He's like one plus one equals seventeen. It's like, no, Tiger,

515
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,120
Speaker 3: get a driver, dude. If you're gonna do this, if

516
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,439
Speaker 3: you're not in control, get a driver, man. That's the

517
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 3: only thing that you can say and gather from this

518
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,639
Speaker 3: whole scenario. Again, it's staring you in the face.

519
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:43,880
Speaker 4: Man.

520
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,120
Speaker 2: It goes from.

521
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,600
Speaker 4: Being a comeback story of Tigers at the Masters and

522
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,480
Speaker 4: again you know, relating it back to what we do,

523
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,800
Speaker 4: to being and you know, please, this isn't a pun,

524
00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,119
Speaker 4: but it really is a collision point now of health

525
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 4: and reputation and legal exposure and competitive uncertainty for one

526
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 4: of the most famous people.

527
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:07,880
Speaker 2: On the planet.

528
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 4: Like this is now an amalgamation and a really ugly

529
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 4: one of past events. Like we just discussed, there have

530
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 4: been many incidents involving Tiger Woods being unfurled and rolled

531
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 4: out for us to re litigate and then his future

532
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:28,960
Speaker 4: which remains uncertain and more so now with depending Dui case.

533
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 4: You know, back in twenty twenty one, there were no

534
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 4: drugs or alcohols referenced in that accident.

535
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 2: It was just.

536
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 4: Tiger purportedly driving at a unsafe speed considering the road

537
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 4: conditions and the curve of the road outside of La

538
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,000
Speaker 4: like you were describing, Brian, this is a very different situation,

539
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 4: you know. This is, you know, more reminiscent of the

540
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 4: Dui stop many years ago that Tiger had near his

541
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:59,360
Speaker 4: Jupiter residence in Florida, and this time he flipped his car.

542
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,880
Speaker 2: So there's a lot to unpack.

543
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:08,040
Speaker 4: Here, and it gets really sticky and dirty, and the

544
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 4: conversations will be bizarre, and they'll be people who will

545
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:16,480
Speaker 4: say things that will probably grab themselves a headline, but

546
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 4: get themselves into a little trouble. And then there will

547
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 4: be people who will offer their sympathy and will be

548
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 4: lumped into a crowd. And I think I'm more on

549
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 4: this side, a crowd of people who are so saddened

550
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 4: by the recent events with Tiger Woods because of where

551
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 4: he sat in the lexicons of greats in my mind,

552
00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 4: but you know, Tiger doesn't have to live up to

553
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 4: anything in my mind or your mind, Jared, or your mind, Brian.

554
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,080
Speaker 4: Tiger's just got to get good, like he's got to

555
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 4: be all right just as a guy. And it feels

556
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 4: and I don't know him personally, you know, I'm sure

557
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 4: I know people who exist within you know, his orbit

558
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 4: and and I'm sure they might even portray it completely

559
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 4: different picture of everything, but perhaps I don't know, But

560
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 4: it feels like this is a guy who just needs

561
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,040
Speaker 4: to get right. And I hope he does, because stories

562
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 4: like this don't end well when when you start stacking

563
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 4: up you know, some some bad like real life changing

564
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 4: bad events in a row and it. And it feels

565
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,800
Speaker 4: like he's lining these things up as he gets further

566
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 4: away from his competitive career and and closer and closer

567
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 4: to what inevitably will be a very comfortable retirement, but

568
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 4: a retirement nonetheless.

569
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,200
Speaker 5: How do they have a driver's license at this point?

570
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 5: Is that question?

571
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 2: Like?

572
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 5: I think after the third one, you know, you would

573
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 5: be like, listen, Tiger, we're.

574
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 3: Gonna make the decision for you, buddy, right. Yeah.

575
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:47,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that's because that that, to me, is

576
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 5: the way that or or if you're serious about changing,

577
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 5: you know, give your driver's license up and say listen,

578
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 5: I don't want to I don't want the temptation anymore.

579
00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 3: Yeah.

580
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 5: So, I I think that's that's the part about it,

581
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 5: And that's where I think these athletes and I can't

582
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 5: I'm not a professional. I can't speak to this level

583
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 5: and even most professional athletes are to the level of

584
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 5: Tiger in terms of the you know, these guys feel

585
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:17,239
Speaker 5: like they're invincible and they could do no wrong. And

586
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 5: I think that's where we put them on the pedestal,

587
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 5: and that's on us as a society for us to

588
00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 5: make him more than human. And I think a lot

589
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 5: of people view him as more than human, you know, superhuman,

590
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 5: But in reality, he is human, and he has flaws,

591
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,160
Speaker 5: and he makes mistakes, and he has insecurities, and he

592
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 5: has the voice in his head telling him all these things,

593
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 5: just like every end of the day. This is about laws.

594
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,280
Speaker 5: This is about you know, law and order and things

595
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 5: that you know need to be regulated in society, which is,

596
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 5: if you are a problem in a certain area, you

597
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 5: should not have access to that area. And that's right now.

598
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 5: Clearly he has an issue with driving. He is an

599
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 5: issue with the substance abuse, whatever that substance is, and

600
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 5: that's the decision I think at this point has to

601
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 5: be made for him, and maybe that will be the

602
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 5: next step of this. All right, let me bring it

603
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 5: back to March Madness here for just a couple of

604
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 5: quick minutes, because I think the women have figured out

605
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 5: and I would like the men to get up to

606
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 5: speed over here with some of the rules that we

607
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 5: have on the women's side that we don't have on

608
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 5: the men's side.

609
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,120
Speaker 3: I think you guys would probably agree with the first two.

610
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 3: I don't know if you're going to agree with the third. Okay,

611
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,240
Speaker 3: because I was watching, you know, Notre Dame yesterday took

612
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 3: down Vandy. Shout out nic Shill Dollgo, very nice triple

613
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 3: double with rebounds and steals that never happened. Vandy take

614
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 3: care of the ball. But if Doggo was doing or

615
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 3: thing advancing the ball to half court with the timeout,

616
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 3: totally love it. On the women's side, I wish the

617
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 3: men would do that as well. Are you guys in

618
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 3: agreement with that?

619
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 2: Uh?

620
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I am, yeah, because I think it

621
00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 4: would create for better Yes, I mean, in short, I

622
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 4: think I think that would make the game more competitive.

623
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 5: I agree with that, so I agree to an extent.

624
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 5: I think the men should get one advancement per game.

625
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,240
Speaker 5: One get one when do you want to use it?

626
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 1: Like?

627
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 5: Because I think there I think that you know in

628
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 5: the NBA where it's like every time out you can advance,

629
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 5: I think it's every full I think that's the the extreme,

630
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 5: and I think the women don't have as many timeouts,

631
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 5: so there's not as many. But I think a way

632
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 5: to make it fun would be you get one advancement

633
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 5: per game. Yeah, but I do like the advancement rule,

634
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 5: but I think it's moderation interesting. Yeah, I just think

635
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 5: the end of games, for every like legendary shot where

636
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 5: Hills throwing it basically the length of the court, you

637
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 5: get a bunch of dud endings where guys jack it

638
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 5: up a three quarter of the court shot that's nowhere closed.

639
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,160
Speaker 3: I'd rather advance it to half court. We get some

640
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 3: some more drama at the very end. Quarter system quarters

641
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,719
Speaker 3: work so much better. I don't know what it is

642
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 3: with college basketball on the inside. This is the only

643
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 3: time if you're a basketball player, you know, you play

644
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 3: grade school, you play high school, right like you maybe

645
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 3: play AAU. It's all quarters. Get to the NBA, all quarters,

646
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:14,959
Speaker 3: all quarters, quarters quarters everywhere, but it's halves in college

647
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 3: hoops on the men's side, I don't like it. You're

648
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 3: in the penalty, you're in the bonus for half the time.

649
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 3: You know, if a team is a little bit liberal

650
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 3: with their fouling situation there and you get a bunch

651
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Speaker 3: of free throat. I would rather have quarters. It's cleaner.

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Speaker 3: You get some you know, two for one possibilities at

653
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 3: the end of each quarter, right like you get some

654
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Speaker 3: buzzer beaters at the end of each quarter. Quarters is

655
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Speaker 3: much cleaner. I love that on the women's side. Men

656
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 3: should do it as well.

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Speaker 4: One hundred percent agree one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there you go.

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Speaker 2: Good, fix his foul trouble, fix his bonus. Uh. It

660
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Speaker 2: just makes basketball less about bookkeeping.

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Speaker 3: I'm in a inim in okay, nice, very okay, last one,

662
00:33:55,640 --> 00:34:00,040
Speaker 3: real fast home games on the ladies side for the

663
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 3: two rounds of the tournament, I would keep it going

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Speaker 3: until the final four personally. But on the men's side,

665
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Speaker 3: I would love to see that some would push back

666
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 3: because it is gonna be harder. It's harder already for

667
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 3: Cinderella for the little guys to win on a neutral court.

668
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 3: Now you're giving them home games. I just think it

669
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,400
Speaker 3: makes more sense where Look, we're in football season for

670
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 3: half of the college basketball year. You miss all this stuff.

671
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 3: A lot of people are like, yeah, wake me when

672
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 3: football season's over, and I'll you know, study a little

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Speaker 3: bit in February and get ready for march madness. If

674
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Speaker 3: you've got home court advantage on the line and we're

675
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Speaker 3: in conference play here, you're seeding matters, all that matters.

676
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:40,839
Speaker 3: It makes the regular season more important. And I love

677
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 3: these home atmospheres. I hate these neutral site games where

678
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 3: the crowd is dead. Sometimes you see a bunch of

679
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Speaker 3: empty chairs and you're like, what, this is supposed to

680
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Speaker 3: be the big dance. This is march madness. It'd be

681
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 3: a raucous atmosphere in any home arena. I would love

682
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Speaker 3: to see that on the men's side, at least through

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Speaker 3: the first two rounds.

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Speaker 4: I think that would make the first two rounds more compelling,

685
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Speaker 4: I really do.

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Speaker 2: I think also it would make Cinderellas more compelling.

687
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Speaker 4: Like whoa, whoa yeah win Like UNBC went to Virginia, Yeah,

688
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 4: beat him in.

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Speaker 2: Their house, Yes, yeah, like whoa. You know, I think

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00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:16,359
Speaker 2: I think that.

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Speaker 4: I man, I'm almost getting goosebumps thinking about some of

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Speaker 4: the past Cinderella's we've had and where they would have

693
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Speaker 4: had to travel in the first couple rounds in order

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Speaker 4: to advance to a Sweet sixteen one.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I've agreed with all three.

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Speaker 4: I mean this one the most stamp me on the

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Speaker 4: round of sixty four in the round of thirty two.

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Speaker 5: Nice, all right, you sold me. I was a little

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Speaker 5: undecided on that one. But that's a good that's a

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Speaker 5: compelling case about the cinderellas, That is a compelling case.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, sure, why not. I'm like eighty percent on

702
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Speaker 5: that one. I think the one that is the the

703
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Speaker 5: rubber stamp seal the deal is the quarters like that

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Speaker 5: that just doesn't make any sense how they haven't gone

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Speaker 5: to quarters yet and really that that one's the way

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Speaker 5: that gets.

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Speaker 3: Me much cleaner, no doubt. I'd love to see that happen.

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Speaker 1: Check this out ar lay flatterer.

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Speaker 3: start with you, what do you like today?

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Speaker 5: Well, I know in the first segment I told you

736
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 5: how I think Arizona is looking like the best team

737
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 5: in the field, and I do believe that. So what

738
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 5: are we gonna do in the platter, we're gonna fade Arizona.

739
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 5: It's usually out goes right. Well, listen a very different

740
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,280
Speaker 5: conversation between Arizona looks like the best team in the field,

741
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:42,800
Speaker 5: and do they deserve to be a six and a

742
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 5: half point favorite today and against Purdue. Pdue just played

743
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 5: Michigan two weeks ago and big that championship game. They're

744
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 5: only a four and a half point dog in that game.

745
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 5: And I know Arizona again has looked better than I

746
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 5: think anyone else in the field. But are the two

747
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,319
Speaker 5: points better the Michigan right now? I don't know. And

748
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 5: I do think Purdue at least has the size and

749
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 5: the paint that can hang with Arizona. And they're coming

750
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:08,760
Speaker 5: off of an average shooting game where they almost frankly

751
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,399
Speaker 5: should have lost again Texas. So I think Arizona right

752
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 5: where you always want to sell high in the gambling space.

753
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 5: So I think Arizona is being priced like tip the

754
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 5: top of the market right now, and I think.

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00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,399
Speaker 7: They're just a little bit too expensive for me and

756
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 7: the rest of the markets at six and produce at

757
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:26,839
Speaker 7: six and a half right now, betam Yet, so we're

758
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 7: taking plus six and a half Ford first leg of

759
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 7: the party one.

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00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:34,880
Speaker 4: Okay, let me take co a Pete going over his

761
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 4: point total in that game.

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00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:38,720
Speaker 2: Thirteen and a half is the number.

763
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,000
Speaker 4: I really like the way he's played, efficiency and scoring.

764
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 4: They're getting him the ball with good looks, not a

765
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:49,880
Speaker 4: volume shooter, so there has to be efficiency here. But

766
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 4: I like how he's operated throughout the course of this tournament.

767
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:57,799
Speaker 4: And Arizona, I mean, it's just bucket Central. You saw

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00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 4: them against Arkansas. I think this can continues against a

769
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 4: weaker Purdue team. I'm Arkansas might have been a better

770
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 4: matchup than Purdue, you know, if we're talking about a

771
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 4: potential win against I think they dominate again. I think

772
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,400
Speaker 4: Cole Pedes is one of the many reasons why I

773
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 4: think he gets his So, yeah, give me the over

774
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 4: on his thirteen and a half.

775
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 3: All right, I'm gonna go with Arizona here, give me

776
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,920
Speaker 3: a team total, right, give me over seventy nine and

777
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 3: a half?

778
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,319
Speaker 5: Oh wow? All three in the same game.

779
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 3: I don't know. Yeah, how about that our little same

780
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:34,320
Speaker 3: game parlay? Hopefully?

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00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 8: Yeah?

782
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 5: No, I mean it should it should it should play.

783
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, hopefully. Every now and then it's like, Nope, can't

784
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 3: do that.

785
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 5: Right, thy seven and a half?

786
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:43,319
Speaker 2: Is that the.

787
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:44,759
Speaker 3: Seventy nine and a half?

788
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 5: Seventy nine?

789
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 3: Yeah and a half?

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00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 5: Yeah, it plays no, it plays play I plays five?

791
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 2: Oh what is it?

792
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:50,799
Speaker 8: Pay?

793
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:52,399
Speaker 2: What is five?

794
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,359
Speaker 5: Not bad? So we're looking for not bad.

795
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 4: It's really not a nice high scoring game for the

796
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 4: Wildcats to get some and keep it close.

797
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:03,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, which could.

798
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,400
Speaker 5: I like it a lot, and especially because it's correlated

799
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 5: on the on the peak leg with the Arizona team total,

800
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 5: we're still getting all the five to long. So I

801
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 5: don't think it's.

802
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 2: Bad at all.

803
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's uh. I just hope it doesn't sound too

804
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:17,480
Speaker 3: much like a knee cherk from the last game. But

805
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 3: Arkansas's defense sucks. Produce defense sucks too.

806
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 2: Yeah.

807
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 3: The only thing I worry about it's not Arizona and

808
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 3: will they be able to score. They're definitely gonna be

809
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 3: able to score. It's will Matt Painter just slow it

810
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 3: down because you can't get into this run and gun

811
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 3: type game with Arizona. Arizona's just better than Purdue with that.

812
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 3: But I can see Matt Painter slowing it down a

813
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:39,760
Speaker 3: little bit, right, Like, let's let that go at lightning

814
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,239
Speaker 3: fast speed in the first half, and yeah, that could

815
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 3: affect the team total, certainly of Arizona.

816
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:44,880
Speaker 5: I could see that.

817
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, if I have a gun to the head of

818
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:52,320
Speaker 3: the getting to eighty, I'd be like, yes, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 4: I love about these platters is we would never put

820
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Speaker 4: this bet together alone, put together.

821
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Speaker 2: Here we are, you know what we are here? We are?

822
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 3: Maybe all right? Coming up next? Were you more impressed

823
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 3: with this team or less impressed with their opponent?

824
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:07,319
Speaker 2: Oh?

825
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 3: Good morning, what is going on? Welcome in happy Saturday

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Speaker 3: to you as we're live from three different places. Well,

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Speaker 3: Jared's in Vegas. I'm in Vegas Bay. Yeah, Jared has

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Speaker 3: got a cool backdrop at home, very nice. Rich is

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Speaker 3: at home? You're in San Diego, right, Rich?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, back home in San Diego.

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Speaker 4: But it was really nice getting together for our broadcast

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Speaker 4: last weekend. No place in the world buzz is quite

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Speaker 4: like Vegas on any given weekend, but especially when the

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Speaker 4: men's tournament's going only smokes. I mean it was like,

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Speaker 4: I mean, I checked into my hotel room at midnight,

836
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Speaker 4: and I told you guys the whole sort of affair

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Speaker 4: last week. It took an hour and a half to

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Speaker 4: even get in a room. It was unbelievable. That place

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Speaker 4: is alive when March comes around.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I know it. And they had to give

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00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,759
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Speaker 3: we get to Iowa against Illinois. Illinois favored by seven

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Speaker 3: and a half. Low total, alarmingly low total, right, one

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00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:37,840
Speaker 3: thirty seven and a half. It's pretty wild Illinois like

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00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 3: playing no defense, great offense. One thirty seven and a half.

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00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 3: We know that Iowa likes to slow it down and

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00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 3: that's the reason why, but still it's kind of like

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00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 3: Holy cow. One thirty seven and a half. It's pretty low.

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Speaker 3: I gotta ask the question because you guys have given

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Speaker 3: the ALI and I a lot of flowers, and rightfully so,

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Speaker 3: based on in particular what they did their last time

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00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,920
Speaker 3: on the court smashing Houston in their own back right.

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00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,239
Speaker 3: The game was in Houston, and so I got to

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00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 3: ask the question, were you more impressed by Illinois or

863
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:11,920
Speaker 3: more disappointed by Houston? And I'm not trying to be

864
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 3: the hater on the show, I'm not, but I just

865
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Speaker 3: looked at Houston, like, what are you guys? You couldn't

866
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Speaker 3: make a shot against Illinois against I think the three

867
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Speaker 3: of us are good for at least fifteen made shots

868
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:26,919
Speaker 3: against that defense. I mean, come on, like, this is Illinois, man,

869
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 3: and Houston could not buy one.

870
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:29,239
Speaker 5: Man.

871
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:34,359
Speaker 3: I was personally more disappointed with Houston than like taking aback, like,

872
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 3: whoa look at the alliance. I didn't feel like that

873
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:38,799
Speaker 3: in that game at all. How'd you guys feel about it?

874
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:40,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, there was a little bit of that.

875
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 4: I mean I kept catching myself more impressed with Illinois

876
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 4: as the game went went on than I was disappointed

877
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:50,760
Speaker 4: with Houston.

878
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 2: But it definitely started out that way.

879
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:56,160
Speaker 4: And if I'm being perfectly honest with you, I still

880
00:43:56,200 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 4: to this moment believe if Houston plays their best bad basketball,

881
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:04,240
Speaker 4: they beat Illinois one hundred out of one hundred times.

882
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:07,239
Speaker 4: I think they're the better team. I think they did

883
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:11,319
Speaker 4: not play their game. And but again it's always that

884
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,880
Speaker 4: question of well, what came first to chicken or the egg?

885
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 4: Did Houston not play its game because Illinois didn't allow

886
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,319
Speaker 4: them to, or did Houston have an off night?

887
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 2: And you'll never know the answer to that question. You'll

888
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:25,719
Speaker 2: never know if it was the.

889
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 4: Matchup, if it was the way Illinois prepared for them,

890
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 4: or even the adjustments they made at halftime. There's the

891
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 4: game within the game is all we discuss. I mean,

892
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:42,239
Speaker 4: we constantly banter about it. So yeah, I would. I

893
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 4: would give it a solid sixty five to seventy five

894
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 4: percent more disappointed with Houston than impressed with Illinois, if

895
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,520
Speaker 4: that makes sense. That would be my breakdown of where

896
00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,080
Speaker 4: I'm at on a slide and scale.

897
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:01,880
Speaker 5: I would agree with that percentage. I think it's slightly

898
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 5: more disappointment with Houston. They're a really good shooting team

899
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 5: that had a really bad shooting night. They didn't quite

900
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:13,839
Speaker 5: have that same level of tenacity defensively that I think

901
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 5: they typically play with. It was a relatively low scoring game,

902
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 5: but Illinois still won the rebounding battle pretty substantially, so

903
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 5: I think we actually no rebound battle was actually pretty even.

904
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:29,440
Speaker 5: They won the defensive rebounding battle pretty substantially. That was

905
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 5: the part that I think really surprised me was how

906
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 5: good Illinois was on the glass, you know, just the

907
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 5: fact that they were able to finish even in that Actually, no,

908
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,080
Speaker 5: I was not, I was right the first time. Forty

909
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 5: My math is way off this morning. I'm sorry. Forty

910
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 5: three to thirty four. Illinois was a plus nine on

911
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:52,080
Speaker 5: the glass, and they were a plus eight on the

912
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:56,239
Speaker 5: defensive glass. So I think that is to me, the

913
00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 5: biggest part of the game that really flipped it. Turnovers

914
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:05,600
Speaker 5: were an issue too, right, I think Illinois that was

915
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 5: the only reason that Houston was able to stay in

916
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:09,799
Speaker 5: the game was they were able to force some turnovers.

917
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:14,400
Speaker 5: But I think the defensive rebounding and the inability of

918
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:16,560
Speaker 5: Houston to shoot the three, something they had done really

919
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 5: well all season long. But they didn't shoot it well

920
00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 5: against A and M, and they didn't shoot it well

921
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 5: against Illinois, and that was the reason why they were

922
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:27,960
Speaker 5: bounced from this tournament. I think though, when you win,

923
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,720
Speaker 5: you do get a lot of credit. And I know Houston,

924
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,280
Speaker 5: you know, definitely was you know, part of the reason

925
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:35,640
Speaker 5: that they lost was the fact that Houston didn't play well,

926
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 5: but you also have to say that Illinois forced them

927
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,520
Speaker 5: not to play well. Like I always try to flip

928
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:43,960
Speaker 5: it as positive as I possibly can. But now we're

929
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 5: in a different level right now. You know, Illinois was

930
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:49,319
Speaker 5: the plucky underdog in the Sweet sixteen. Now they're the

931
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:52,319
Speaker 5: big favorite, and that's a different role. And how does

932
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 5: Brad Underwood's team handle that role? So I think that's

933
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:55,840
Speaker 5: gonna be the key in this one.

934
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 3: That's the fun thing to me about basketball is I

935
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 3: always say there are six defenders, right the sixth defender

936
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:06,720
Speaker 3: is the hoop. Okay, Like, yeah, you could play shoddy

937
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 3: defense and there's a quality look and that team just

938
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:14,000
Speaker 3: misses right that have There's no twelfth defender in football,

939
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,200
Speaker 3: you know what I mean. There's a crowd and crowd

940
00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 3: noise and twelfth man. There's no like person there. There's

941
00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 3: nothing there on the field that's basically a twelfth defender.

942
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:26,279
Speaker 3: It doesn't exist, but it doesn't basketball, it's the hoop.

943
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:30,839
Speaker 3: The hoop is a defender, and Illinois defensive hoop did

944
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:33,440
Speaker 3: a great job defending Houston in that game. And the

945
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:35,279
Speaker 3: reason we bring that up is because it matters with

946
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 3: this next matchup against Iowa and Jared, you hit on something.

947
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 3: The offensive glass. That's what Illinois dominates. They're third nationally

948
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:47,799
Speaker 3: when it comes to offensive rebounding. They've rebounded thirty eight

949
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:51,960
Speaker 3: point eight percent of misshots this season. Think they're almost

950
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:55,000
Speaker 3: at They're at a thirty nine close to forty percent clip.

951
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:58,320
Speaker 3: Anytime they miss, they get about forty percent of those

952
00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:03,400
Speaker 3: offensive rebounds. That's insane. So third nationally there. Iowa is

953
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:07,880
Speaker 3: one to seventy fifth in that category. So Iowa's gonna

954
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 3: have to do a good job on the defensive glass.

955
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:14,560
Speaker 3: And something else to take to pay attention to is

956
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 3: Illinois got to take care of the basketball. Iowa does

957
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:20,480
Speaker 3: a really good job of forcing turnovers. They're fourteenth in

958
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 3: turnovers per possession forced on defense. Illinois sucks defensively in

959
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 3: terms of forcing turnovers. They're dead last. They're three to

960
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:33,200
Speaker 3: sixty fifth in that same category. So they don't force turnovers.

961
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:36,960
Speaker 3: They don't cause steals Illinois, but Iowa does. They're a

962
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:40,800
Speaker 3: top fifteen team in terms of forcing turnovers. So Illinois

963
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:42,920
Speaker 3: got to take care of the basketball. You know, I

964
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,239
Speaker 3: watch Blazers basketball in the NBA because I've had a

965
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:49,239
Speaker 3: couple of season long bets and I cashed one of

966
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:50,920
Speaker 3: them over thirty four and a half. I need the

967
00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:53,399
Speaker 3: adjusted line over thirty seven and a half. There isn't

968
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,799
Speaker 3: a dumb sorry over thirty eight and a half. There

969
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:58,480
Speaker 3: isn't a dumber team in all of basketball. Then the

970
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:03,440
Speaker 3: Portland trail Blazers left and idiotic turnovers. But that's the thing.

971
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:05,400
Speaker 3: Illinois can't do that. If they take care of the

972
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:09,880
Speaker 3: basketball against Iowa, I think they could roll them, but

973
00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 3: it starts with that. If you're just you know, live

974
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:15,759
Speaker 3: ball turnovers, Iowa gets out in transition easy buckets. You

975
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,080
Speaker 3: gotta take care of the basketball if you're Illinois. If

976
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:20,360
Speaker 3: you do, it's gonna be really hard for Iowa to

977
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:20,960
Speaker 3: win this game.

978
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:24,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, I do agree, I will. Let's put it this way.

979
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:28,600
Speaker 4: They've done really nice job of dragging teams into deep

980
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:32,040
Speaker 4: water and forcing them to play their style of basketball,

981
00:49:32,239 --> 00:49:34,200
Speaker 4: which has really impressed.

982
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:35,920
Speaker 2: Me because of the path.

983
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:41,000
Speaker 4: Guys like this isn't like some fluky Cinderella team that

984
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 4: has just caught everyone on a bad night. They they're

985
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:50,480
Speaker 4: they're They knocked off the Florida a defending champ. They

986
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:54,919
Speaker 4: came back from double digits against Nebraska. They're one win

987
00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:58,400
Speaker 4: away from the program's first ever Final Four. Like, this

988
00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 4: is a team that when I really evaluate what they've

989
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:05,400
Speaker 4: done over the course of just the tournament, I mean

990
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:10,600
Speaker 4: they were a solid They were a solid regular season

991
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:13,480
Speaker 4: basketball team. I don't think anybody was high on the

992
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:18,240
Speaker 4: Hawkeyes outside of the state of Iowa heading into this tournament.

993
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:20,560
Speaker 4: But here we are in the Elite eight, and they've

994
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,080
Speaker 4: got a real shot. And like you said, I think

995
00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:26,200
Speaker 4: if Illinois, who's the cleaner, sturdier pick, plays their style

996
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:29,360
Speaker 4: basketball and doesn't allow themselves to succumb to the pressure

997
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:34,520
Speaker 4: that Iowa has broken down their other opponents with, then

998
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:38,319
Speaker 4: they'll win. But we haven't seen it yet, So it

999
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:39,600
Speaker 4: doesn't mean it's impossible.

1000
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:41,279
Speaker 5: It just means we haven't seen it yet.

1001
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:45,760
Speaker 4: Iowa has been able to do this throughout this tournament.

1002
00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:48,560
Speaker 4: They've been able to break down their competition. They've been

1003
00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:51,120
Speaker 4: able to force them out of their game, make them

1004
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:54,200
Speaker 4: play a little bit dirtier, grittier style of basketball than

1005
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:56,560
Speaker 4: a lot of these teams are used to or desiring

1006
00:50:56,600 --> 00:50:59,759
Speaker 4: to play, and as a result, you have close finishes

1007
00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:02,320
Speaker 4: and ones that lean Hawkeys.

1008
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:02,359
Speaker 2: At the end.

1009
00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:06,480
Speaker 5: Yeah, So the good news is we actually have a

1010
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:08,680
Speaker 5: box score to go off of because they played in

1011
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:13,799
Speaker 5: January at Carver Hawkeye and to Bryan's point, Illinois turned

1012
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,560
Speaker 5: it over twelve times in that game there, but they

1013
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:18,640
Speaker 5: still won by six on the road. I don't know

1014
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:20,799
Speaker 5: if they covered. I should check that. I'm assuming that

1015
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:23,440
Speaker 5: it was. Probably the number was probably pretty close to

1016
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:26,959
Speaker 5: that because they were that was a true road game.

1017
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:31,160
Speaker 5: Let me pull it up right here, and yeah, actually

1018
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:33,040
Speaker 5: Illinois was actually a very small favorite in that game,

1019
00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:36,120
Speaker 5: one and a half point favorite, so they did cover

1020
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:38,799
Speaker 5: on the road. The game went over. The total it

1021
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 5: was one forty two and a half. So if you

1022
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:43,440
Speaker 5: flash forward two months, I think that shows you just

1023
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:46,239
Speaker 5: how much we've increased despite the fact that I was

1024
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:50,600
Speaker 5: beaten the number one seat and you know, upset city

1025
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:53,879
Speaker 5: against Nebraska. You know, I actually, man, I was were

1026
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:55,680
Speaker 5: like a two point dog in that game, but obviously

1027
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:59,840
Speaker 5: upset city against Florida. So you always increase ratings whenever

1028
00:51:59,880 --> 00:52:03,680
Speaker 5: you have a big upset. But despite that, these teams

1029
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:06,480
Speaker 5: played two months ago, and you could say that on

1030
00:52:06,520 --> 00:52:08,440
Speaker 5: a neutral, right if you give I with three points

1031
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:10,839
Speaker 5: for being at home, So on a neutral the line

1032
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:12,560
Speaker 5: would have been four and a half. Well now it's

1033
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 5: seven even. I saw seven and a half this morning

1034
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:17,040
Speaker 5: at bet MGM and then it flashed back down to

1035
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:19,240
Speaker 5: six and a half. So I think that just shows

1036
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:22,600
Speaker 5: you how much we've increased Illinois's rating over the last

1037
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:25,319
Speaker 5: two months. The fact that they were just a very

1038
00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:27,920
Speaker 5: slight one and a half point favorite back on January

1039
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:31,080
Speaker 5: eleventh at Carver Hawkeye and now they're up to seven.

1040
00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:35,560
Speaker 5: I think the rebounding edge right. Iowa can bang on

1041
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 5: the inside like Da've got some bigs. They're a top

1042
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:41,360
Speaker 5: fifty team in average height, but Illinois number one in

1043
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:44,680
Speaker 5: that category. Illinois per Kenpom is the tallest team in

1044
00:52:44,719 --> 00:52:47,560
Speaker 5: college basketball, So I think that is going to be

1045
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:51,000
Speaker 5: the key in this game. I think Mrkovic, based off

1046
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:53,560
Speaker 5: of the box that I'm looking at from the Iowa

1047
00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:57,200
Speaker 5: game in January, he had the best rebounding game of anyone.

1048
00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:00,200
Speaker 5: He had twelve rebounds in that game, nine on the

1049
00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 5: defensive glass, and five assists. I mean, he was an

1050
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:05,680
Speaker 5: absolute rock star in that game. His rebounding prop and

1051
00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:07,880
Speaker 5: this game is seven and a half. So if you

1052
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:10,319
Speaker 5: want to say Illinois on the glass is gonna be key,

1053
00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:13,080
Speaker 5: you want to say Mrkovich is the best big that

1054
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:16,320
Speaker 5: they have in the rebounding department. You might want to

1055
00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:18,760
Speaker 5: look to over seven and a half rebounds. Maybe that'll

1056
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:20,840
Speaker 5: maybe you'll hear that and prop it up coming.

1057
00:53:20,719 --> 00:53:22,200
Speaker 3: Up in a little bit there, guys, look at you

1058
00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:26,880
Speaker 3: work shopping it on the fly. Nice. Yeah, it's Illinois

1059
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:28,960
Speaker 3: is a tough team, man, It really is. Because there

1060
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:31,280
Speaker 3: are times where it's like I'm gonna lay the points

1061
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:33,360
Speaker 3: and roll with the Ali and I and their offense

1062
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:36,399
Speaker 3: is just stellar that night You're like, great, I look

1063
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:38,479
Speaker 3: like a genius right now. And then there are times

1064
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:41,279
Speaker 3: where you lay it and you're like they can't stop anybody,

1065
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:43,560
Speaker 3: you know what I mean. And so I'm glad that

1066
00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:45,440
Speaker 3: you brought up because it's it's almost like a distant

1067
00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:49,520
Speaker 3: memory right now where Iowa beat Florida. That's important that

1068
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:52,040
Speaker 3: taking down a number one seed in.

1069
00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:54,040
Speaker 5: Florida bending national champs.

1070
00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:57,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I might have had them going slightly far

1071
00:53:57,880 --> 00:53:58,640
Speaker 3: in my bracket.

1072
00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:02,680
Speaker 5: It got destroyed last night with Iowa State losing.

1073
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:04,800
Speaker 3: Oh really yeah, yeah that's right.

1074
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:07,359
Speaker 5: But Jefferson injury killed. I mean they just had half

1075
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:10,359
Speaker 5: thing last night against Yeah, sounds rough man.

1076
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:15,240
Speaker 3: When you get smacked by Tennessee. Yeah, you know, like, yeah,

1077
00:54:15,239 --> 00:54:17,200
Speaker 3: come on, man, like what are we doing here? But

1078
00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:20,560
Speaker 3: that's the same old thing with the Iowa State Cyclones. Man,

1079
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:22,799
Speaker 3: you know what I'm saying, Like Jefferson is a big,

1080
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 3: big deal for them, But there are some of these

1081
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:27,840
Speaker 3: teams where you don't want to say it going into

1082
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,200
Speaker 3: a game, you know, like you're reluctant to be like

1083
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:33,920
Speaker 3: if I just like just pile on Rick Barnes, this

1084
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:36,000
Speaker 3: guy can't get past the elite If he does get

1085
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 3: past the elite eight, you look like a moron. So

1086
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,400
Speaker 3: he kind of heads your bets. But after a game

1087
00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:43,080
Speaker 3: like Iowa State, they disappoint again and it's like here

1088
00:54:43,120 --> 00:54:45,319
Speaker 3: we go again with Iowa State. You know, that's just

1089
00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:48,839
Speaker 3: how it feels there. But yeah, Illinois just going back

1090
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:50,520
Speaker 3: to my point, they're a tough team to back.

1091
00:54:50,560 --> 00:54:50,680
Speaker 2: Man.

1092
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:53,400
Speaker 3: Sometimes you come out smelling like a rose with great offense.

1093
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:57,320
Speaker 3: Sometimes it's just it's nauseating because they can't get stops

1094
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:00,880
Speaker 3: and I don't know that they're gonna get stops consistently

1095
00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:04,080
Speaker 3: against Iowa. You know, they did a great job. You know,

1096
00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:07,319
Speaker 3: partially Houston just couldn't buy a shot. But Illinois had

1097
00:55:07,320 --> 00:55:09,200
Speaker 3: something to do with that as well. So if you're

1098
00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:11,840
Speaker 3: able to slow down Houston, you would have to like

1099
00:55:11,880 --> 00:55:16,359
Speaker 3: their chances defensively to a point against Iowa. So see

1100
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:17,359
Speaker 3: how this one shakes out.

1101
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:22,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, Illinois, they played, They played real big boy basketball.

1102
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:24,960
Speaker 4: You know, they just went toe to toe with one

1103
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:26,480
Speaker 4: of the best teams in this tournament.

1104
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:29,480
Speaker 2: In my opinion, that's Houston. I said it before.

1105
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:32,200
Speaker 4: And I'll say it again, like, just because a result

1106
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:37,080
Speaker 4: comes out that really that that feels really upsetting in

1107
00:55:37,120 --> 00:55:39,920
Speaker 4: a moment, it doesn't change the overall feel of a team.

1108
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:43,439
Speaker 4: Like I think the Houston's a very good basketball team.

1109
00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:45,840
Speaker 4: I think they played very poorly against Illinois, and I

1110
00:55:45,840 --> 00:55:48,600
Speaker 4: think that means that Illinois is a very real team.

1111
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:53,200
Speaker 4: And look, they've got talent, they've got balance that's hard

1112
00:55:53,239 --> 00:55:55,959
Speaker 4: to contend with for over forty minutes, and we saw

1113
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:59,080
Speaker 4: that in the loss they handed Iowa earlier in the season,

1114
00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:02,640
Speaker 4: not playing their best. Jared just laid it out for you.

1115
00:56:03,239 --> 00:56:06,319
Speaker 4: The total goes over, they cover, and they turn the

1116
00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:08,640
Speaker 4: ball over twelve times in that matchup.

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00:56:09,080 --> 00:56:11,959
Speaker 2: That's hard to win on the road. Giving the ball

1118
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:13,759
Speaker 2: away a dozen times. They found a way.

1119
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:19,080
Speaker 4: So yeah, Illinois, that's that's that's the type of team

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00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:21,960
Speaker 4: that I'm not saying it's it's walking the park here.

1121
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:26,840
Speaker 4: The Hawkeys have won close, good matchups against better teams

1122
00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:29,480
Speaker 4: in the very recent past.

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Speaker 2: We'll see if the shoe fits for this Cinderella.

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00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:37,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it's it's bouncing around seven six and

1125
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:39,960
Speaker 5: a half. Like I woke up this morning, it was

1126
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:42,040
Speaker 5: six and a half we did. I was actually thinking

1127
00:56:42,040 --> 00:56:43,600
Speaker 5: about giving it out at six and a half in

1128
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Speaker 5: the platter. And then right when we start doing the platter, right,

1129
00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:48,399
Speaker 5: We've talked about this before, how we're doing the show.

1130
00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:50,560
Speaker 5: We start to show the lines. One thing, we continue

1131
00:56:50,560 --> 00:56:52,280
Speaker 5: to show the lines. Another thing, we got the rapid

1132
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:55,239
Speaker 5: fire at something else. Now it's back to six and

1133
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:59,640
Speaker 5: a half, right, Seven is a key number in basketball, two, three, four, five, seven,

1134
00:56:59,719 --> 00:57:02,840
Speaker 5: those of the key number, especially in college basketball. So

1135
00:57:03,719 --> 00:57:06,040
Speaker 5: at seven and a half, it's probably a no play.

1136
00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:07,719
Speaker 5: At six and a half, where the rest of the

1137
00:57:07,719 --> 00:57:12,239
Speaker 5: market's sit in seven, you probably like Illinois a little bit.

1138
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Speaker 5: We'll see where it is.

1139
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Speaker 2: In rabid fire.

1140
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:17,280
Speaker 5: If it's six and a half. In rabbit fire, I

1141
00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:19,040
Speaker 5: might give out Illinois mine to six and a half.

1142
00:57:19,040 --> 00:57:20,960
Speaker 5: If it jumps back up to seven and a half.

1143
00:57:21,040 --> 00:57:24,360
Speaker 5: I might lay off it seven, of course, being that

1144
00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:27,440
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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 3: We got Seamus McGee, team lead of sports Trading at

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Speaker 3: bet MGM. Good morning to you, Seamus. Hope all is well?

1192
01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:11,800
Speaker 3: All right, we got the Elite eight going on here

1193
01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:15,800
Speaker 3: and uh we got Iowa Illinois today as well as

1194
01:00:16,080 --> 01:00:20,640
Speaker 3: Purdue and Arizona. Certainly Perdue Arizona is the headliner. First

1195
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:23,200
Speaker 3: impressions on that game. Arizona favored by six and a

1196
01:00:23,240 --> 01:00:25,480
Speaker 3: half totals one fifty three and a half. Anything you

1197
01:00:25,640 --> 01:00:26,439
Speaker 3: like in that one off.

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Speaker 8: The top of your head, Hey guys, great to be back.

1199
01:00:29,320 --> 01:00:33,960
Speaker 8: As always, this is a tough one at Perdue Arizona

1200
01:00:34,040 --> 01:00:38,160
Speaker 8: game Purdue. I think it's tough. I think it's anything

1201
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:40,040
Speaker 8: I like them to cover that five and a half.

1202
01:00:40,800 --> 01:00:43,720
Speaker 8: I think they're playing some really good basketball right now.

1203
01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:48,360
Speaker 8: And as I mean, Arizona is so good, it's going

1204
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:50,800
Speaker 8: to be a really good game. But I do think

1205
01:00:50,840 --> 01:00:53,320
Speaker 8: Purdue keeps this one close. That's feeling.

1206
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:56,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's where I was at on it, and I

1207
01:00:56,560 --> 01:00:58,480
Speaker 5: said at the top of the show, you know, it's

1208
01:00:58,520 --> 01:01:01,920
Speaker 5: clear we have three elite team in college basketball, Michigan, Arizona, Duke.

1209
01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:04,080
Speaker 5: That's where we were heading into the tournament. That's where

1210
01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:06,120
Speaker 5: we are now. All three teams are in the Elite eight.

1211
01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:07,600
Speaker 5: I wouldn't be shocked to fall three made it to

1212
01:01:07,640 --> 01:01:11,680
Speaker 5: the final four. But you had the Michigan Purdue game

1213
01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:14,480
Speaker 5: two weeks ago, Seamus, and Michigan was only a four

1214
01:01:14,520 --> 01:01:16,400
Speaker 5: to four and a half point favorite, and now you're

1215
01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:18,640
Speaker 5: getting I mean, I got six and a half this morning.

1216
01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:21,960
Speaker 5: You guys were a little bit heavier on Purdue. I

1217
01:01:22,080 --> 01:01:24,600
Speaker 5: just think at this stage it's hard to move a

1218
01:01:24,680 --> 01:01:27,680
Speaker 5: line a couple of points in one team's favor based

1219
01:01:27,680 --> 01:01:30,120
Speaker 5: off of just a couple of results. And it just

1220
01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:33,720
Speaker 5: seems like Arizona after their blowout win, they score gajillion

1221
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:36,160
Speaker 5: points against Arkansas, like the market's probably just a little

1222
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:39,439
Speaker 5: bit too heavy on the Wildcat for sure.

1223
01:01:39,680 --> 01:01:41,560
Speaker 8: Like the launs kind of bounced around a little bit,

1224
01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:42,880
Speaker 8: like it opened at five and a half, then it

1225
01:01:43,160 --> 01:01:44,760
Speaker 8: went up to six and a half. Now we're back

1226
01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:46,480
Speaker 8: down to five and a half. And it's kind of

1227
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:47,840
Speaker 8: in the case for a few of these games with

1228
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:51,320
Speaker 8: a favorite get moved a point, then market kind of

1229
01:01:51,320 --> 01:01:53,560
Speaker 8: settles down for it comes back to that opening line.

1230
01:01:53,560 --> 01:01:55,560
Speaker 8: The only one where it's the market's really stayed is

1231
01:01:55,640 --> 01:01:58,600
Speaker 8: Duke opened four and a half against Yukon and that's

1232
01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:00,959
Speaker 8: been bet up to five and a half. But yeah,

1233
01:02:01,240 --> 01:02:04,160
Speaker 8: I mean, it's just a really interesting game with Purdue

1234
01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:07,960
Speaker 8: in Arizona because Arizona has been so impressive all year really,

1235
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:11,960
Speaker 8: and Purdue is really starting to hit their stride late

1236
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:13,880
Speaker 8: this season. The best time to get huts.

1237
01:02:14,840 --> 01:02:19,000
Speaker 2: Illinois i WA. We were just discussing this game, Seamus. IWA.

1238
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Speaker 4: They've had nail bite finishes and they've been the Cinderella

1239
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:27,080
Speaker 4: of this tournament and the last remaining one that we

1240
01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:29,520
Speaker 4: have in terms of a low seed with a chance

1241
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:33,720
Speaker 4: here as we move on from the Sweet sixteen. But

1242
01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:40,280
Speaker 4: you look at Illinois, they're just a cleaner sturdier, more

1243
01:02:40,400 --> 01:02:44,080
Speaker 4: talented team that can and they've shown in the past,

1244
01:02:44,120 --> 01:02:47,560
Speaker 4: because they have beaten Iowa this season already. Jared was

1245
01:02:47,600 --> 01:02:49,720
Speaker 4: going back and looking at the box score. They played

1246
01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:52,400
Speaker 4: a sloppy win on the sloppy game on the road

1247
01:02:52,440 --> 01:02:55,360
Speaker 4: and still got to win. Any chance for the Hawkeys

1248
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:56,000
Speaker 4: to advance.

1249
01:02:57,040 --> 01:03:00,640
Speaker 8: I think the Hawkkeys are very live today. If anyone's

1250
01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:03,080
Speaker 8: not familiar with Ben McCollum, you bet our guests familiar.

1251
01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:05,120
Speaker 8: And this guy is one of the best stories in

1252
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:08,960
Speaker 8: college basketball right now. Four time national championship winner of

1253
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:11,880
Speaker 8: the D two level. One year with Drake takes them

1254
01:03:11,880 --> 01:03:13,560
Speaker 8: to the second round, and it brings a bunch of

1255
01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:16,080
Speaker 8: those guys with him to Iowa that's playing in the

1256
01:03:16,080 --> 01:03:19,760
Speaker 8: Elite eight. This team scores, man, they got a lot

1257
01:03:19,800 --> 01:03:23,320
Speaker 8: of guys who can make threes, especially, I think they

1258
01:03:23,320 --> 01:03:25,760
Speaker 8: can keep it within the number. I think, oh, I

1259
01:03:25,920 --> 01:03:26,840
Speaker 8: was very live today.

1260
01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:30,200
Speaker 3: How about I want to give you a blak kanvas

1261
01:03:30,280 --> 01:03:33,760
Speaker 3: because you're an artiste, Seamus, you know, like, I'm just

1262
01:03:33,840 --> 01:03:37,760
Speaker 3: curious what your strongest opinion is now that we're in

1263
01:03:37,800 --> 01:03:40,880
Speaker 3: the Elite eight. Right in the matchups tomorrow Tennessee, Michigan,

1264
01:03:41,360 --> 01:03:46,360
Speaker 3: Yukon Duke, Who are you most opinion opinionated about? Either

1265
01:03:46,800 --> 01:03:49,080
Speaker 3: I love Arizona the most, probably my pick to win

1266
01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:51,040
Speaker 3: the title, or I'm just fain, I don't believe in

1267
01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:53,280
Speaker 3: Michigan or whatever. What is your strongest opinion now that

1268
01:03:53,320 --> 01:03:54,360
Speaker 3: we're down to eight teams?

1269
01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:58,720
Speaker 8: Like Gus Feeling, after the bracket came out that Michigan

1270
01:03:58,880 --> 01:04:01,720
Speaker 8: was going to win the National championship, and I know

1271
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:06,040
Speaker 8: Tennessee's in the Elite eight, but I really haven't been

1272
01:04:06,400 --> 01:04:09,840
Speaker 8: that impressed. Like I know it might sound bitter because

1273
01:04:09,840 --> 01:04:12,440
Speaker 8: they beat my who's in the second round, but that

1274
01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:15,120
Speaker 8: wasn't the best game UD eight played. I thought there

1275
01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:20,320
Speaker 8: was some doobious officiating late in that game. You know,

1276
01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:22,920
Speaker 8: I always state did have Josh Jeffers in the last game.

1277
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:25,480
Speaker 8: And Michigan they can This is an offense that can

1278
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:27,680
Speaker 8: just name their number and they can hit it whatever

1279
01:04:27,720 --> 01:04:30,880
Speaker 8: they want. I think Michigan has have zero issues with

1280
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:35,240
Speaker 8: Tennessee tomorrow. I think that's probably the game I feel

1281
01:04:35,360 --> 01:04:38,960
Speaker 8: strongest about. Other than that, I mean, these are great games,

1282
01:04:38,960 --> 01:04:41,200
Speaker 8: like predy Arizona, I said Gus Feeling, I think Pridu

1283
01:04:41,360 --> 01:04:43,520
Speaker 8: keeps it close. I think I wouldn't give it in

1284
01:04:43,560 --> 01:04:46,360
Speaker 8: the number, but like, would it shocked me if Illinois

1285
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:50,120
Speaker 8: just rolls them. No, I think Yukon getting five and

1286
01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:52,959
Speaker 8: a half seems a touch too high. I think Yukon

1287
01:04:53,040 --> 01:04:55,280
Speaker 8: can win that game out right. But I think the

1288
01:04:55,640 --> 01:04:58,440
Speaker 8: game I feel strongest about is Michigan covering seven and

1289
01:04:58,480 --> 01:04:59,520
Speaker 8: a half against Tennessee.

1290
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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I mean that's the biggest spread of the weekend now

1292
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:06,360
Speaker 5: pretty substantially, especially now that you know you get that Iowa.

1293
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:08,959
Speaker 5: I wouldn't be shocked if I would takes a little

1294
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:10,680
Speaker 5: bit of money over the next you know, I'm seeing

1295
01:05:10,680 --> 01:05:12,280
Speaker 5: some sevens out there. You guys are at six and

1296
01:05:12,320 --> 01:05:14,440
Speaker 5: a half. I wouldn't be shocked if that one closes

1297
01:05:14,520 --> 01:05:18,880
Speaker 5: underneath that key. All like we've had, right, and that's

1298
01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:21,280
Speaker 5: been the story of the early rounds of the tournament, right,

1299
01:05:21,320 --> 01:05:23,960
Speaker 5: the favorites and the blowouts, and you know, things have

1300
01:05:24,120 --> 01:05:26,720
Speaker 5: tightened up over the last weekend. We had a couple

1301
01:05:26,800 --> 01:05:29,440
Speaker 5: of really tight games, one two possession games over the

1302
01:05:29,480 --> 01:05:32,880
Speaker 5: last couple of nights. Now we're in the nitty gritty, right,

1303
01:05:32,960 --> 01:05:35,280
Speaker 5: like eight teams left. These are clearly the best eight

1304
01:05:35,320 --> 01:05:40,000
Speaker 5: teams in this field. I think the top four all advanced, right,

1305
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:44,040
Speaker 5: especially Illinois, they've really increased their rating. Twoke, Arizona, Michigan

1306
01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:47,000
Speaker 5: like too many points. You don't want to be laying

1307
01:05:47,040 --> 01:05:49,080
Speaker 5: too many points in these games, right, Jameis.

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01:05:50,720 --> 01:05:53,440
Speaker 8: It's really interesting to see in the Elite eight with

1309
01:05:53,560 --> 01:05:56,919
Speaker 8: the l some of these points spreads. But like you said,

1310
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Speaker 8: like this is a new era of college basketball. You

1311
01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:02,200
Speaker 8: saw in the first round where the top four teams

1312
01:06:02,200 --> 01:06:05,840
Speaker 8: in every reason were favored by double digits, and frankly,

1313
01:06:06,200 --> 01:06:10,040
Speaker 8: from a book perspective, this is already a far better

1314
01:06:10,120 --> 01:06:12,840
Speaker 8: March Madness result wise than we saw last year. So

1315
01:06:12,960 --> 01:06:16,000
Speaker 8: it appears perhaps maybe the market's catching up a little

1316
01:06:16,040 --> 01:06:19,200
Speaker 8: bit to the new era of March Madness that we have.

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01:06:20,440 --> 01:06:22,760
Speaker 4: You know, Seamus, earlier we were talking about the Tiger

1318
01:06:22,800 --> 01:06:26,480
Speaker 4: Woods TUI crash ahead of the Masters tournament, and I

1319
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:29,160
Speaker 4: was bringing up how now this is a confluence of

1320
01:06:29,200 --> 01:06:33,280
Speaker 4: so many other things like that has happened in the

1321
01:06:33,320 --> 01:06:35,960
Speaker 4: past with Tiger where you know, instead of just talking

1322
01:06:35,960 --> 01:06:43,280
Speaker 4: about the competitive uncertainty of an older golfer performing in

1323
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:47,360
Speaker 4: a tournament like this, but also his health, his reputation,

1324
01:06:48,160 --> 01:06:53,760
Speaker 4: his legacy, legality, you know, exposure to legal issues that

1325
01:06:53,840 --> 01:06:56,080
Speaker 4: could be you know, coming up here really soon for

1326
01:06:56,160 --> 01:06:56,800
Speaker 4: Tiger Woods.

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Speaker 2: But I didn't look at it through this lens.

1328
01:06:59,320 --> 01:07:03,160
Speaker 4: You know, what does Tiger mean to the market, to

1329
01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:06,160
Speaker 4: the betting market, Like what does Tiger mean to the

1330
01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:10,800
Speaker 4: window at ben MGM. You know, in terms of whether

1331
01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:14,440
Speaker 4: he will or he will he will not perform the Masters?

1332
01:07:15,080 --> 01:07:18,600
Speaker 4: Is maybe unimportant to a lot of people in the

1333
01:07:18,640 --> 01:07:21,280
Speaker 4: grand scheme of their life. But how important is it

1334
01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:22,919
Speaker 4: to a Vegas book?

1335
01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:23,640
Speaker 2: But what is?

1336
01:07:23,800 --> 01:07:26,120
Speaker 4: What is what has been the Tiger Woods effect on

1337
01:07:26,840 --> 01:07:28,480
Speaker 4: Vegas and sports betting.

1338
01:07:29,840 --> 01:07:33,680
Speaker 8: I'll keep it market related for this story here. It

1339
01:07:34,720 --> 01:07:37,680
Speaker 8: really doesn't mean that much anymore. I mean, Tilterwood played

1340
01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:41,040
Speaker 8: in the Gusta this year, what are you pricing that?

1341
01:07:41,480 --> 01:07:41,560
Speaker 1: Like?

1342
01:07:41,600 --> 01:07:43,560
Speaker 8: True odds? Probably one hundred.

1343
01:07:43,320 --> 01:07:44,000
Speaker 2: And fifty to one.

1344
01:07:44,040 --> 01:07:46,200
Speaker 8: Even then, I think I'm being too harsh on the

1345
01:07:46,240 --> 01:07:50,760
Speaker 8: better offer it those odds. Like we have a good

1346
01:07:50,880 --> 01:07:53,360
Speaker 8: brand of golfers out here now, Like you have big

1347
01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:56,760
Speaker 8: names that are getting people to the window. And at

1348
01:07:56,800 --> 01:08:00,640
Speaker 8: bottom line, it's Augusta. It's you're even the most casual

1349
01:08:01,080 --> 01:08:03,680
Speaker 8: ball fan and you have a bet on any tournament,

1350
01:08:03,800 --> 01:08:06,440
Speaker 8: You're going to have a bet on Augusta. So I

1351
01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:08,560
Speaker 8: don't think we're in a day now where it's like, oh,

1352
01:08:08,600 --> 01:08:11,600
Speaker 8: we don't have Tiger and the Masters like Handle's gonna

1353
01:08:11,640 --> 01:08:16,360
Speaker 8: go way down this year. It's really no impact for

1354
01:08:16,520 --> 01:08:19,639
Speaker 8: me if if Tiger Woods isn't playing in Augusta this year.

1355
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Speaker 3: Okay, we do know the shame of special absolutely impacts

1356
01:08:24,160 --> 01:08:29,439
Speaker 3: the betting market. Yes, what do you have for us today?

1357
01:08:29,439 --> 01:08:29,759
Speaker 2: Buddy?

1358
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Speaker 8: Pick me out to the ballgame? Fellows. Opening day was

1359
01:08:33,439 --> 01:08:37,000
Speaker 8: last was this week earlier. We're gonna stick with the diamond.

1360
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Speaker 8: We're gonna go to the Yankees Giants, and as long

1361
01:08:40,200 --> 01:08:43,559
Speaker 8: as Aaron Boone has two working brain cells, he'll start

1362
01:08:43,640 --> 01:08:47,240
Speaker 8: Ryan McMahon against Tyler Melee, and Tyler Melee will cash

1363
01:08:47,360 --> 01:08:50,720
Speaker 8: two plus total bases today around plus one eighty. I

1364
01:08:50,720 --> 01:08:52,360
Speaker 8: think you can still grab a wow.

1365
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Speaker 3: Look at you plus one eighty. You know, don't say

1366
01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:01,519
Speaker 3: I never did anything for that's seamous mcgie from.

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01:09:01,680 --> 01:09:04,800
Speaker 8: Eighteen on at bats, hits three thirteen off him, a

1368
01:09:04,800 --> 01:09:07,040
Speaker 8: few home runs in there, a couple of doubles at

1369
01:09:07,080 --> 01:09:10,759
Speaker 8: triple he hits him well, so hopefully he can continue

1370
01:09:10,800 --> 01:09:11,880
Speaker 8: that for the shame of special.

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Speaker 5: All right, beauty, good question is is are the Giants

1372
01:09:14,720 --> 01:09:16,800
Speaker 5: finally going to score a run because they've gone two

1373
01:09:16,800 --> 01:09:19,040
Speaker 5: straight games without one.

1374
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Speaker 8: It's pretty crazy, man. I'm a huge Yankees fan. I

1375
01:09:23,800 --> 01:09:26,080
Speaker 8: was all disappointed in the offseason with the biggest move

1376
01:09:26,160 --> 01:09:28,880
Speaker 8: was just bringing back Cody Bellinger. But you know, you

1377
01:09:28,960 --> 01:09:30,240
Speaker 8: look at the line it was like, I mean, this

1378
01:09:30,280 --> 01:09:32,519
Speaker 8: is a really good lineup, but it's a really good staff.

1379
01:09:32,600 --> 01:09:36,080
Speaker 8: Especially when Rodon and Cole come back and the Giants

1380
01:09:36,080 --> 01:09:37,920
Speaker 8: went out there. They tried to make some moves, but

1381
01:09:38,800 --> 01:09:40,840
Speaker 8: this is just this is a tough Yankees team. You

1382
01:09:40,880 --> 01:09:44,080
Speaker 8: got Will Warren on the mound, so he's over the

1383
01:09:44,120 --> 01:09:45,880
Speaker 8: past couple of seasons when he's trying to break into

1384
01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:49,920
Speaker 8: the lineup, it hasn't been you know, spectacular by any means.

1385
01:09:49,960 --> 01:09:51,679
Speaker 8: So if they got a shot at score in the run,

1386
01:09:51,720 --> 01:09:53,679
Speaker 8: it's it's definitely looks fine today.

1387
01:09:54,960 --> 01:09:58,559
Speaker 3: All right, Seamus, enjoy all the basketball and baseball and

1388
01:09:58,600 --> 01:10:00,840
Speaker 3: anything else you got bets on too, man, and we

1389
01:10:00,840 --> 01:10:02,240
Speaker 3: appreciate your time. We'll catch you soon.

1390
01:10:03,160 --> 01:10:04,240
Speaker 8: Joy the games today, guys.

1391
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Speaker 2: Thanks are you too? There?

1392
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Speaker 3: He is Seamus McGee, team lead of sports Trading at

1393
01:10:08,320 --> 01:10:11,960
Speaker 3: bet MGM. So I did have to mention this. It's

1394
01:10:11,960 --> 01:10:15,760
Speaker 3: one of your most prolific teammates here. X teammates Rich

1395
01:10:15,960 --> 01:10:19,360
Speaker 3: tom Brady. Tom Brady explored the possibility of coming out

1396
01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:25,760
Speaker 3: of retirement. This guy, yeah forty nine in August, and

1397
01:10:25,800 --> 01:10:29,280
Speaker 3: he kicked around the idea. Said the league quote unquote

1398
01:10:29,560 --> 01:10:33,800
Speaker 3: did not like that idea very much. That's the whole thing.

1399
01:10:33,960 --> 01:10:37,519
Speaker 3: Like he would have to divest his ownership steak in

1400
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:41,200
Speaker 3: the Raiders if he were to pursue a comeback, because

1401
01:10:41,240 --> 01:10:43,840
Speaker 3: there would be salary cap issues if an active player

1402
01:10:43,960 --> 01:10:46,120
Speaker 3: owned a stake in the team, And so the league

1403
01:10:46,120 --> 01:10:50,840
Speaker 3: doesn't want that. But my gosh, tom Brady like to me,

1404
01:10:51,720 --> 01:10:55,880
Speaker 3: it's one of these things elite athletes. They don't understand

1405
01:10:55,920 --> 01:10:58,200
Speaker 3: the oh it could go wrong or they don't think

1406
01:10:58,320 --> 01:10:58,639
Speaker 3: like that.

1407
01:10:59,000 --> 01:10:59,120
Speaker 8: Now.

1408
01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:01,679
Speaker 3: He's like, I'm in great health. I could absolutely sling

1409
01:11:01,680 --> 01:11:03,519
Speaker 3: it around. I could I could do work right now.

1410
01:11:03,800 --> 01:11:07,759
Speaker 3: He doesn't think about anything beyond that. But the league

1411
01:11:07,840 --> 01:11:10,280
Speaker 3: was like, yeah, we're good on that, goat. We're just

1412
01:11:10,400 --> 01:11:12,439
Speaker 3: sitting in the booth, you know, talk about the games

1413
01:11:12,880 --> 01:11:14,800
Speaker 3: up here in the Raiders booth from time to time

1414
01:11:14,840 --> 01:11:17,479
Speaker 3: and call it good. Okay. He's like, all right, you

1415
01:11:17,479 --> 01:11:19,080
Speaker 3: guys are right. What do you think about that?

1416
01:11:19,120 --> 01:11:19,280
Speaker 2: Though?

1417
01:11:19,360 --> 01:11:21,240
Speaker 3: Rich kicking around the idea of coming back.

1418
01:11:21,960 --> 01:11:26,120
Speaker 4: Well, you know, I've I've obviously, after a six year career,

1419
01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:32,840
Speaker 4: dealt with retirement myself. This is a completely different paradigm

1420
01:11:32,920 --> 01:11:36,240
Speaker 4: that we're looking at retirement through when you've won seven

1421
01:11:36,320 --> 01:11:38,679
Speaker 4: Super Bowls and you feel like you have gas left

1422
01:11:38,680 --> 01:11:42,800
Speaker 4: in the tank and you are you know, still I

1423
01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:44,920
Speaker 4: mean you watched them during that flag football game. He

1424
01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:47,800
Speaker 4: can throw darts man, Yeah, I mean he's he's playing

1425
01:11:47,840 --> 01:11:49,720
Speaker 4: a position where he could still go When when I

1426
01:11:49,840 --> 01:11:51,960
Speaker 4: was done, I was done.

1427
01:11:52,160 --> 01:11:53,640
Speaker 2: My body was.

1428
01:11:54,120 --> 01:11:56,800
Speaker 4: I don't want to I don't want to overexaggerate the

1429
01:11:56,920 --> 01:12:01,120
Speaker 4: end of my career, but I pour everything I had

1430
01:12:01,120 --> 01:12:04,160
Speaker 4: into that game and I couldn't do it any longer.

1431
01:12:04,400 --> 01:12:07,600
Speaker 4: And not only could I not really do it, I

1432
01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:09,920
Speaker 4: couldn't even fake it well enough that a team would

1433
01:12:10,000 --> 01:12:12,479
Speaker 4: sign me because I was trying to get back in

1434
01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:15,519
Speaker 4: with all these injuries that piled up to play a

1435
01:12:15,560 --> 01:12:18,400
Speaker 4: seven season, and I went out and got you know,

1436
01:12:18,439 --> 01:12:20,839
Speaker 4: evaluated by a couple of teams, and they were like, yeah.

1437
01:12:20,680 --> 01:12:21,320
Speaker 2: We're all good.

1438
01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:24,599
Speaker 3: You know, so that's great for the old ego, right there.

1439
01:12:24,600 --> 01:12:24,880
Speaker 2: We're good.

1440
01:12:24,960 --> 01:12:27,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, we're good, right stay Yeah, thanks.

1441
01:12:26,960 --> 01:12:30,479
Speaker 4: That twenty eight, you're looking like you're about forty eight.

1442
01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:34,400
Speaker 4: So we're we're all set, pal, yeah, you know. And

1443
01:12:34,400 --> 01:12:37,920
Speaker 4: and that's the harsh reality of sports is some of

1444
01:12:37,960 --> 01:12:40,679
Speaker 4: these decisions are your own, and some of them aren't,

1445
01:12:40,760 --> 01:12:42,840
Speaker 4: you know. Some of them are your body, some of

1446
01:12:42,880 --> 01:12:45,960
Speaker 4: them are the teams that are even interested in, you know,

1447
01:12:46,600 --> 01:12:50,519
Speaker 4: playing this game with you. And so that's that's that's

1448
01:12:50,600 --> 01:12:53,599
Speaker 4: the trouble for some. For Tom, it's a different kind

1449
01:12:53,640 --> 01:12:56,800
Speaker 4: of thing. He still can do it. So if you're

1450
01:12:56,840 --> 01:12:59,320
Speaker 4: sitting on the outside looking in, like, man, all these

1451
01:12:59,320 --> 01:13:02,080
Speaker 4: guys are ruin things up that I know I still

1452
01:13:02,120 --> 01:13:05,240
Speaker 4: can handle. Like you're watching, I'm sure when he's breaking

1453
01:13:05,240 --> 01:13:08,559
Speaker 4: down film getting ready to call a football game, he's

1454
01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:11,759
Speaker 4: watching these quarterbacks and he's going, I'm better than most

1455
01:13:11,800 --> 01:13:14,600
Speaker 4: of these guys still, yeah, And that's got to be

1456
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:18,679
Speaker 4: enormous frustration. And so that's the reason why I think

1457
01:13:18,720 --> 01:13:21,479
Speaker 4: he wants back in is because he's still so close

1458
01:13:21,520 --> 01:13:24,040
Speaker 4: to the game. He's never really taking a step back.

1459
01:13:24,320 --> 01:13:27,840
Speaker 4: He's a part owner, he's a broadcaster, like, he's immersed

1460
01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:30,240
Speaker 4: in football. He just played in a flag football exhibition.

1461
01:13:31,600 --> 01:13:33,320
Speaker 4: He can still do it. And that's the reason why

1462
01:13:33,320 --> 01:13:37,280
Speaker 4: I want back in. And I completely understand. I completely

1463
01:13:37,360 --> 01:13:38,759
Speaker 4: understand that thought process.

1464
01:13:39,720 --> 01:13:41,840
Speaker 5: I think it's everything Rich said. And I also think

1465
01:13:41,880 --> 01:13:43,880
Speaker 5: he saw what Philip Rivers this year and he's like,

1466
01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:45,080
Speaker 5: I could do it.

1467
01:13:45,160 --> 01:13:45,800
Speaker 2: I could do this.

1468
01:13:46,920 --> 01:13:51,400
Speaker 5: I think that's that's a big factor here. But he

1469
01:13:51,479 --> 01:13:56,160
Speaker 5: is he has already shot his gun with the ownership role,

1470
01:13:56,920 --> 01:13:59,120
Speaker 5: and I think that, to me is the biggest Like

1471
01:13:59,479 --> 01:14:01,120
Speaker 5: it's kind of like you can't have your cake and

1472
01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:03,439
Speaker 5: eat it too, Tom. I think that's at the end

1473
01:14:03,439 --> 01:14:06,519
Speaker 5: of the day, like once you get involved in that space,

1474
01:14:06,680 --> 01:14:09,639
Speaker 5: that side of it, where Philip Rivers is coaching high

1475
01:14:09,640 --> 01:14:13,360
Speaker 5: school ball down in Alabama right, Like, it's just a

1476
01:14:13,400 --> 01:14:16,559
Speaker 5: completely different element when you're dealing with someone who is

1477
01:14:17,080 --> 01:14:20,360
Speaker 5: involved in high level leadership decisions and has signed I

1478
01:14:20,360 --> 01:14:22,640
Speaker 5: think he signed a three hundred million dollar deal with

1479
01:14:22,680 --> 01:14:27,200
Speaker 5: Fox to be in the booth. Like he's already crossed

1480
01:14:27,240 --> 01:14:30,400
Speaker 5: the barrier. The point it's like the you know in

1481
01:14:30,720 --> 01:14:32,720
Speaker 5: Back to the Future, once the dolore In goes eighty

1482
01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:35,960
Speaker 5: eight miles an hour, that's it. The time machine has

1483
01:14:36,479 --> 01:14:41,080
Speaker 5: kicked on. You can't go back from that. So unfortunately,

1484
01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:43,840
Speaker 5: as much as I would love to see it because

1485
01:14:43,880 --> 01:14:47,040
Speaker 5: it would be a spectacle, I think we've I think

1486
01:14:47,080 --> 01:14:48,839
Speaker 5: the ship has sailed as they say.

1487
01:14:49,320 --> 01:14:51,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it's funny too. You're totally right about the

1488
01:14:51,920 --> 01:14:54,880
Speaker 3: Philip Rivers thing. That has to impact some of this.

1489
01:14:55,439 --> 01:14:58,840
Speaker 3: And Phil was retired for four years. Brady last played

1490
01:14:58,840 --> 01:15:01,639
Speaker 3: in twenty twenty two, so this would be four years

1491
01:15:01,920 --> 01:15:04,000
Speaker 3: moved if he were to come back this season. So

1492
01:15:04,760 --> 01:15:06,920
Speaker 3: you can't tell me that had nothing to do with it.

1493
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:08,240
Speaker 5: One hundred had to.

1494
01:15:08,680 --> 01:15:11,120
Speaker 3: You know, he was carving up the Niners pretty good

1495
01:15:11,760 --> 01:15:14,880
Speaker 3: in that primetime game. I'm sure Brady was watching, Like,

1496
01:15:14,920 --> 01:15:18,759
Speaker 3: you know, if seventeen could do it, oh twelve twelve,

1497
01:15:18,840 --> 01:15:21,720
Speaker 3: could you know, grace up the old right arm, you know,

1498
01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:22,880
Speaker 3: I can get this done.

1499
01:15:22,880 --> 01:15:25,599
Speaker 5: So does it ever go away? Does like the desire

1500
01:15:25,640 --> 01:15:27,200
Speaker 5: to come back ever stop? Not?

1501
01:15:27,960 --> 01:15:31,000
Speaker 3: Well, that's the thing. That's the difference between playing quarterback

1502
01:15:31,120 --> 01:15:34,559
Speaker 3: and playing you know guard in the NFL, right like

1503
01:15:34,920 --> 01:15:39,200
Speaker 3: Rich's body is disintegrating where you know Brady the infamous

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Speaker 3: torn acl when Bernard Pollard went low, which was legal

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Speaker 3: at the time. That you can't do that anymore, right like,

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Speaker 3: So there are rules put in place to keep quarterbacks upright.

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01:15:48,640 --> 01:15:51,040
Speaker 3: There are no rules in place to keep guards upright.

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01:15:51,080 --> 01:15:53,320
Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying so, yeah, he just last

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Speaker 3: I'm sure it feels good.

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01:15:54,920 --> 01:15:59,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, No, it's true I should have thrown a football

1511
01:15:59,400 --> 01:16:02,439
Speaker 4: for a living. But I will say mentally, it really

1512
01:16:02,560 --> 01:16:05,240
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1513
01:16:05,280 --> 01:16:08,679
Speaker 4: of your mind. You're like, I remember exactly how that feels,

1514
01:16:08,760 --> 01:16:08,960
Speaker 4: you know.

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01:16:09,120 --> 01:16:12,080
Speaker 2: So I'm tom the fact that he can still do

1516
01:16:12,120 --> 01:16:14,439
Speaker 2: it and he has that itching in his brain. Boy,

1517
01:16:14,760 --> 01:16:15,720
Speaker 2: dangerous combination.

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01:16:16,160 --> 01:16:19,320
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Speaker 5: From huge in there no doubt. And that three hundred

1520
01:16:21,360 --> 01:16:23,800
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Speaker 1: Prop it up player plays.

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01:17:36,880 --> 01:17:40,760
Speaker 3: Ah Yes, the prop betting market shared. We start with

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01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:41,840
Speaker 3: you with something that you like.

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Speaker 5: Well, if you're listening early this hour, I said David

1549
01:17:45,200 --> 01:17:48,200
Speaker 5: Markovic rebounds for Illinois with something I was looking at.

1550
01:17:48,680 --> 01:17:51,160
Speaker 5: I am looking at it, but as something else caught

1551
01:17:51,160 --> 01:17:54,559
Speaker 5: my eye. So Braydon Smith. He has been an elite

1552
01:17:54,600 --> 01:17:57,519
Speaker 5: distributor for the Purdue boiler Makers. I think is a

1553
01:17:57,520 --> 01:17:59,280
Speaker 5: sistprop is something to look at today, but that's not

1554
01:17:59,320 --> 01:18:02,240
Speaker 5: where we're going. Not so fast, my friend. Something he

1555
01:18:02,280 --> 01:18:04,960
Speaker 5: has not done well in this tournament and really all

1556
01:18:05,000 --> 01:18:08,360
Speaker 5: season long is shoot the three at a high volume.

1557
01:18:08,680 --> 01:18:11,439
Speaker 5: In fact, he has not made a three point shot

1558
01:18:11,560 --> 01:18:14,920
Speaker 5: in the last two games. He's zero for seven. Arizona's

1559
01:18:14,920 --> 01:18:18,000
Speaker 5: an elite defensive team. They held Arkansas. In fact, they've

1560
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:21,599
Speaker 5: held both of their last two opponents to sub thirty percent.

1561
01:18:21,640 --> 01:18:23,840
Speaker 5: I think all three, yep, all three opponents in the

1562
01:18:23,840 --> 01:18:27,120
Speaker 5: tourney so far sub thirty percent from three. So we

1563
01:18:27,160 --> 01:18:29,639
Speaker 5: are going to go under one and a half May

1564
01:18:29,760 --> 01:18:33,160
Speaker 5: threes for Bradon Smith. It's juicy minus one sixty. But again,

1565
01:18:33,280 --> 01:18:35,439
Speaker 5: he not only has to make one three to beat me,

1566
01:18:35,520 --> 01:18:38,040
Speaker 5: he's got to make two threes in this game. I

1567
01:18:38,080 --> 01:18:39,680
Speaker 5: think this is going to be a slower tempo game.

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01:18:39,720 --> 01:18:41,960
Speaker 5: I think Purdue is going to try to control the pace,

1569
01:18:42,280 --> 01:18:44,920
Speaker 5: and I think Smith is going to be the distributor,

1570
01:18:45,160 --> 01:18:47,000
Speaker 5: not the shooter. So under one and a half May

1571
01:18:47,080 --> 01:18:49,880
Speaker 5: threes for the Purdue point guard Braden Smith.

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01:18:50,320 --> 01:18:53,479
Speaker 4: Okay, we got a nightcap of this opening series for

1573
01:18:53,560 --> 01:18:58,480
Speaker 4: the Padres Higers taking place in San Diego. Randy Vasquez

1574
01:18:58,520 --> 01:19:01,240
Speaker 4: on the round, Jack on the mount, Jack Flaherty on

1575
01:19:01,280 --> 01:19:02,360
Speaker 4: the mount for the Tigers.

1576
01:19:02,720 --> 01:19:05,080
Speaker 2: I just did this full five minute.

1577
01:19:04,800 --> 01:19:08,120
Speaker 4: Long breakdown of opening frames for both of these pitchers,

1578
01:19:08,439 --> 01:19:11,240
Speaker 4: and I like the nerfy in this one. So give

1579
01:19:11,240 --> 01:19:15,280
Speaker 4: me no runs first inning Padres Tigers tonight in San Diego.

1580
01:19:16,479 --> 01:19:19,600
Speaker 4: Flarity had a good strikeout season last year. Randy Vasquez,

1581
01:19:20,040 --> 01:19:24,920
Speaker 4: especially in early game action, typically holds it together in

1582
01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:27,719
Speaker 4: the early innings better than he does as he hits

1583
01:19:27,720 --> 01:19:30,800
Speaker 4: the middle innings. So I like the nerfy today in

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01:19:30,880 --> 01:19:31,559
Speaker 4: San Diego.

1585
01:19:32,600 --> 01:19:35,040
Speaker 3: All right, I'm gonna go with Bennett Sturtz again. I

1586
01:19:35,120 --> 01:19:40,360
Speaker 3: went under his point total last week against Florida. Networked out, well,

1587
01:19:40,560 --> 01:19:43,400
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go over eighteen and a half today against Illinois.

1588
01:19:43,960 --> 01:19:47,120
Speaker 3: I like the three point volume he's gotten in order

1589
01:19:47,160 --> 01:19:49,920
Speaker 3: from the first game to the most recent ten three

1590
01:19:49,960 --> 01:19:52,680
Speaker 3: point attempts followed by nine and nine. He's getting a

1591
01:19:52,680 --> 01:19:55,160
Speaker 3: lot of three pointers up there. I can't get to

1592
01:19:55,160 --> 01:19:58,559
Speaker 3: the free throw line. Good score, and I think that

1593
01:19:59,040 --> 01:20:00,880
Speaker 3: he's got to be the main guy. It's gotta be

1594
01:20:00,880 --> 01:20:02,840
Speaker 3: the main guy for Iowa. So I think he's gonna

1595
01:20:02,840 --> 01:20:06,080
Speaker 3: get enough shot attempts where you know, if we're around

1596
01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:09,320
Speaker 3: fifty ish percent, you know, I think he's gonna hit

1597
01:20:09,360 --> 01:20:11,760
Speaker 3: this easily if we could get to fifty percent from

1598
01:20:11,760 --> 01:20:15,759
Speaker 3: the field. So give me against a shoddy Illinois defense.

1599
01:20:15,960 --> 01:20:19,960
Speaker 3: Give Bennett starts over eighteen and a half points today, Like.

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01:20:19,920 --> 01:20:22,799
Speaker 5: It, are we buying what Chamus is selling with Iowa

1601
01:20:22,840 --> 01:20:25,320
Speaker 5: being I mean, I'm always buying what Chamus is selling,

1602
01:20:25,360 --> 01:20:29,280
Speaker 5: But are we really buying into Iowa being a live

1603
01:20:29,360 --> 01:20:30,520
Speaker 5: pooch today.

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01:20:30,680 --> 01:20:35,320
Speaker 3: Against I mean, yeah, yeah, they're live. I think they're

1605
01:20:35,320 --> 01:20:40,000
Speaker 3: absolutely live when Illinois plays that that shoddy defense, you know,

1606
01:20:40,120 --> 01:20:42,920
Speaker 3: Like I think that it's it's gonna be in. Iowa

1607
01:20:42,960 --> 01:20:46,280
Speaker 3: plays a slow it down, grind it out style, you know,

1608
01:20:46,479 --> 01:20:49,679
Speaker 3: so yeah, that could affect Illinois defense as well. Yeah,

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01:20:50,040 --> 01:20:52,240
Speaker 3: I think that's gonna be a game. We'll see. It

1610
01:20:52,240 --> 01:20:55,960
Speaker 3: should be fun, all right. Coming up next the team

1611
01:20:56,160 --> 01:21:00,800
Speaker 3: that are on the marquet, we'll get to their game. Oh,

1612
01:21:00,840 --> 01:21:03,960
Speaker 3: good morning, welcome in, Happy Saturday to you, Happy Elite

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01:21:04,000 --> 01:21:07,120
Speaker 3: eight Saturday to you. As we start to whittle it

1614
01:21:07,160 --> 01:21:10,120
Speaker 3: down to the final four. Very excited we'll get to

1615
01:21:10,160 --> 01:21:13,439
Speaker 3: the Marquee matchup in just a couple of seconds. With

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1623
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Speaker 3: pop up the top of your screen. We've got perdue

1624
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:39,559
Speaker 3: against Arizona. That is the marquee matchup of the day

1625
01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:45,120
Speaker 3: for sure, and at current glance, Arizona favored by five

1626
01:21:45,160 --> 01:21:48,920
Speaker 3: and a half. Total is stayed steady at one fifty

1627
01:21:48,920 --> 01:21:50,840
Speaker 3: three and a half, shaded a little bit to the under,

1628
01:21:50,880 --> 01:21:55,439
Speaker 3: actually minus one fifteen to the under. I mean it

1629
01:21:55,520 --> 01:21:58,200
Speaker 3: starts with balance. I think with Arizona that's the big

1630
01:21:58,200 --> 01:22:01,799
Speaker 3: difference between Purdue and Arizona. Purdue's offense is fine, produce

1631
01:22:01,880 --> 01:22:07,120
Speaker 3: defense not fine, Okay, Arizona's offense top ten, Arizona's defense

1632
01:22:07,240 --> 01:22:10,840
Speaker 3: top ten. Balance with the Wildcats. I always say that

1633
01:22:10,880 --> 01:22:12,840
Speaker 3: in football, not to turn this into a football thing,

1634
01:22:12,880 --> 01:22:16,400
Speaker 3: but it's not defense wins championships. It's balance wins championships.

1635
01:22:16,680 --> 01:22:19,880
Speaker 3: Same thing holds true in basketball, and there is not

1636
01:22:20,280 --> 01:22:23,960
Speaker 3: a more balanced team left in college basketball than the

1637
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:27,040
Speaker 3: Arizona Wildcats. And I think that balance is how they

1638
01:22:27,080 --> 01:22:29,960
Speaker 3: get past Perdue today. And I give Purdue credit, right

1639
01:22:29,960 --> 01:22:31,920
Speaker 3: they turn their season around. They had a stretch where

1640
01:22:31,920 --> 01:22:35,600
Speaker 3: they're just five hundred seven and seven over fourteen games,

1641
01:22:35,760 --> 01:22:39,360
Speaker 3: very very average, you know, toward the end of the

1642
01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:41,599
Speaker 3: season for Perdue, and then they kicked it into gear

1643
01:22:41,680 --> 01:22:45,240
Speaker 3: Big Ten Championship and then now in the Big Dance,

1644
01:22:45,439 --> 01:22:47,760
Speaker 3: So they've played a lot better as of late. But

1645
01:22:48,439 --> 01:22:50,040
Speaker 3: I think Arizona's just a cut above.

1646
01:22:50,080 --> 01:22:50,240
Speaker 2: Man.

1647
01:22:50,280 --> 01:22:52,720
Speaker 3: I think they're gonna have a hard time playing You know,

1648
01:22:52,760 --> 01:22:55,519
Speaker 3: you gotta bring defense, man, you can't have Arizona play

1649
01:22:55,640 --> 01:22:59,000
Speaker 3: much better defense and have a great chance to win

1650
01:22:59,040 --> 01:23:00,960
Speaker 3: the game. Sure, they have a puncher's chance, but I

1651
01:23:01,000 --> 01:23:02,479
Speaker 3: don't think they have a great chance in this one.

1652
01:23:02,600 --> 01:23:04,320
Speaker 2: Rich Yeah, I agree.

1653
01:23:04,600 --> 01:23:07,559
Speaker 4: And it's a pretty big style clash when you think

1654
01:23:07,600 --> 01:23:07,960
Speaker 4: about it.

1655
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:09,560
Speaker 2: From this standpoint.

1656
01:23:10,080 --> 01:23:14,559
Speaker 4: Arizona is fueled by three freshmen, and then you look

1657
01:23:14,600 --> 01:23:19,519
Speaker 4: at Purdue and they are very veteran, relying on Braden

1658
01:23:19,600 --> 01:23:22,759
Speaker 4: Smith and Fletcher Lawyer, and then of course Trey Koff

1659
01:23:22,800 --> 01:23:26,040
Speaker 4: and Wren. You know that trio has more than one

1660
01:23:26,160 --> 01:23:30,719
Speaker 4: hundred and forty five games each and a shared history

1661
01:23:30,760 --> 01:23:35,800
Speaker 4: from the twenty twenty four title game run in conference.

1662
01:23:35,880 --> 01:23:38,599
Speaker 4: And so you look at this group, They've been through

1663
01:23:38,640 --> 01:23:41,280
Speaker 4: a lot together. They've been through a lot of basketball

1664
01:23:41,640 --> 01:23:45,520
Speaker 4: ultimately over the course of their careers together. But Arizona

1665
01:23:45,600 --> 01:23:50,760
Speaker 4: represents a more modern style of college basketball team where

1666
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:55,679
Speaker 4: everybody's young, nobody's gonna be at the school for very long.

1667
01:23:56,040 --> 01:23:59,160
Speaker 4: You know, this is what college basketball looks like now,

1668
01:23:59,439 --> 01:24:02,719
Speaker 4: whether it be chasing money for other programs or heading

1669
01:24:02,760 --> 01:24:05,320
Speaker 4: off to the NBA. After a successful season and a

1670
01:24:05,760 --> 01:24:10,800
Speaker 4: successful postseason that the Arizona Wildcats have had, they apply

1671
01:24:10,920 --> 01:24:14,160
Speaker 4: so much pressure. They apply pressure at the foul line,

1672
01:24:14,400 --> 01:24:17,839
Speaker 4: their their you know, their their money, at the charity

1673
01:24:17,880 --> 01:24:21,519
Speaker 4: stripe in the paint, their fishing scorers. I mean the

1674
01:24:21,640 --> 01:24:25,080
Speaker 4: dismantling we saw in this last game where they took

1675
01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:28,960
Speaker 4: on Arkansas. And I was, you know, sort of watching

1676
01:24:29,000 --> 01:24:31,479
Speaker 4: both of their tournaments and leading into the game. I'm

1677
01:24:31,800 --> 01:24:37,799
Speaker 4: friends with a couple of former alums of University of Arizona,

1678
01:24:37,840 --> 01:24:40,680
Speaker 4: and they're all nervous, and I'm like, I honestly think

1679
01:24:40,680 --> 01:24:43,880
Speaker 4: they're gonna destroy Arkansas, and that's exactly what happened.

1680
01:24:43,880 --> 01:24:45,360
Speaker 2: They went out there and dominated.

1681
01:24:45,520 --> 01:24:47,559
Speaker 4: It wasn't a good matchup, but didn't feel like it

1682
01:24:47,600 --> 01:24:52,200
Speaker 4: was a good matchup. Purdue poses a better a better

1683
01:24:52,280 --> 01:24:56,559
Speaker 4: matchup in some ways, but I mean, this feels like

1684
01:24:56,960 --> 01:25:00,240
Speaker 4: everyone's head and toward a sawmill when we When you

1685
01:25:00,240 --> 01:25:03,240
Speaker 4: go in, you face the Wildcats. They haven't trailed for

1686
01:25:03,320 --> 01:25:06,720
Speaker 4: a second in this tournament so far, and it's the

1687
01:25:06,760 --> 01:25:07,360
Speaker 4: Elite eight.

1688
01:25:07,600 --> 01:25:09,799
Speaker 2: So it's gonna be a tough.

1689
01:25:09,680 --> 01:25:11,720
Speaker 4: Day for the boiler Makers unless they can make some

1690
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:14,760
Speaker 4: shots early and put some pressure on Yeah.

1691
01:25:14,800 --> 01:25:17,320
Speaker 5: So there's a trend. And you know, you hear about

1692
01:25:17,320 --> 01:25:19,920
Speaker 5: this in March a lot like guard play matters. You

1693
01:25:19,960 --> 01:25:23,080
Speaker 5: gotta have good guards in March. And I agree with

1694
01:25:23,120 --> 01:25:25,400
Speaker 5: that statement. You absolutely have to have good guards in March.

1695
01:25:25,479 --> 01:25:28,479
Speaker 5: But I think this tournament has kind of flipped that

1696
01:25:28,600 --> 01:25:32,599
Speaker 5: narrative a little bit because the best players in this game,

1697
01:25:32,600 --> 01:25:33,559
Speaker 5: I think are the bigs.

1698
01:25:33,680 --> 01:25:33,800
Speaker 2: Right.

1699
01:25:33,840 --> 01:25:35,880
Speaker 5: You got Copete, the freshman who might be the best

1700
01:25:35,880 --> 01:25:38,519
Speaker 5: player on the floor for anyone. Trey Coppin ran the

1701
01:25:38,520 --> 01:25:43,000
Speaker 5: big for Purdue, is definitely their best player. You've got

1702
01:25:43,040 --> 01:25:47,120
Speaker 5: the big Oscar, the grouch for Purdue, he's been fantastic

1703
01:25:47,200 --> 01:25:50,040
Speaker 5: so far in this tournament. And then for Arizona, I

1704
01:25:50,040 --> 01:25:54,519
Speaker 5: mean they just have bigs for days. Man like at Krevius,

1705
01:25:54,520 --> 01:25:56,960
Speaker 5: I always mispronounce his name, the seven foot two kid.

1706
01:25:57,880 --> 01:26:01,479
Speaker 5: You've got another one car check off. I'm sorry, I'm

1707
01:26:01,520 --> 01:26:04,400
Speaker 5: terrible with the name pronouncings, but you get the point.

1708
01:26:04,840 --> 01:26:08,960
Speaker 5: There are just an incredible amount of big men, and

1709
01:26:09,040 --> 01:26:11,240
Speaker 5: this game seems to be the one that is featuring

1710
01:26:11,680 --> 01:26:13,519
Speaker 5: some of the best and brightest. I think if you

1711
01:26:13,560 --> 01:26:17,120
Speaker 5: go Duke Michigan, like, this is the year of biggs

1712
01:26:17,520 --> 01:26:20,400
Speaker 5: in college basketball, and I think this game is going

1713
01:26:20,400 --> 01:26:23,160
Speaker 5: to feature two of them. So which team has the

1714
01:26:23,240 --> 01:26:25,880
Speaker 5: better chance I think to win the paint? Right, we

1715
01:26:25,920 --> 01:26:28,439
Speaker 5: talk about turnovers, we talk about three point shooting. Obviously

1716
01:26:28,479 --> 01:26:30,840
Speaker 5: that stuff matters to him, not you know, pushing that

1717
01:26:30,920 --> 01:26:34,200
Speaker 5: to the side. But can one of these teams dominate

1718
01:26:34,240 --> 01:26:37,120
Speaker 5: the paint. Purdue has really struggled to defend the paint

1719
01:26:37,200 --> 01:26:39,840
Speaker 5: in this tournament. I think Matt Painter is going to

1720
01:26:39,840 --> 01:26:41,880
Speaker 5: slow things down. I think that's the game plan. I

1721
01:26:41,880 --> 01:26:45,519
Speaker 5: think it's gonna run through Braden Smith. But I also

1722
01:26:45,680 --> 01:26:49,240
Speaker 5: think if Purdue can figure out a way to control

1723
01:26:49,320 --> 01:26:51,880
Speaker 5: the paint in this game and to slow down this

1724
01:26:51,960 --> 01:26:55,240
Speaker 5: Arizona team. I think that is their recipe for winning

1725
01:26:55,240 --> 01:26:58,479
Speaker 5: for Arizona. I don't know if you could play frenzied

1726
01:26:58,920 --> 01:27:02,240
Speaker 5: against Perdue because it was a bad matchup. As Rich mentioned,

1727
01:27:02,600 --> 01:27:05,519
Speaker 5: Arkansas wants to play fast. They like they're like the

1728
01:27:05,560 --> 01:27:08,920
Speaker 5: Harlem Globetrotters of college basketball, Like they just run up

1729
01:27:08,960 --> 01:27:12,400
Speaker 5: and down the floor. So when Arizona kind of pushed

1730
01:27:12,439 --> 01:27:15,439
Speaker 5: the tempo, they were the more talented team and they

1731
01:27:15,439 --> 01:27:17,760
Speaker 5: were better at it. Whereas now Purdue wants to play

1732
01:27:17,800 --> 01:27:20,679
Speaker 5: a bit of a contrasting style here, and I think

1733
01:27:20,720 --> 01:27:22,800
Speaker 5: that's gonna be the interesting part of this game, Like

1734
01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:25,680
Speaker 5: with Braden Smith being the maestro, and if Purdue can

1735
01:27:25,720 --> 01:27:27,800
Speaker 5: figure out a way to control the paint and to

1736
01:27:28,040 --> 01:27:31,240
Speaker 5: slow the pace down and to turn this into a

1737
01:27:31,360 --> 01:27:35,160
Speaker 5: half court game, I don't necessarily think that's the style

1738
01:27:35,240 --> 01:27:38,240
Speaker 5: that Arizona wants to play. So I think that's the

1739
01:27:38,240 --> 01:27:40,920
Speaker 5: more interesting chess match here, Brian. Whereas the last game

1740
01:27:41,040 --> 01:27:44,320
Speaker 5: was very much Arkansas wants to play fast, but Arizona

1741
01:27:44,439 --> 01:27:48,040
Speaker 5: is better at playing fast. Now Purdue is going to

1742
01:27:48,120 --> 01:27:51,040
Speaker 5: slam on the brakes a little bit how does Arizona

1743
01:27:51,120 --> 01:27:54,200
Speaker 5: respond to that? And can Purdue figure out a way

1744
01:27:54,200 --> 01:27:57,160
Speaker 5: to control these bigs, because if they can, I think

1745
01:27:57,160 --> 01:27:58,360
Speaker 5: they are live in this game.

1746
01:27:58,840 --> 01:28:01,559
Speaker 3: Yeah, I just don't think Purdue wants to play run

1747
01:28:01,560 --> 01:28:03,599
Speaker 3: and gun because they're not as good as it as

1748
01:28:03,720 --> 01:28:07,160
Speaker 3: Arizona is. But the interesting thing to me is I

1749
01:28:07,160 --> 01:28:09,639
Speaker 3: would expect Matt Painter to try to slow it down.

1750
01:28:10,200 --> 01:28:12,479
Speaker 3: For everything that we're just explaining right there, you don't

1751
01:28:12,479 --> 01:28:14,840
Speaker 3: want to get in this uptempo like back and forth

1752
01:28:14,880 --> 01:28:17,519
Speaker 3: game with Arizona. They're just better at it than Purdue is.

1753
01:28:18,200 --> 01:28:20,599
Speaker 3: But the interesting thing to me is you don't want

1754
01:28:20,640 --> 01:28:23,840
Speaker 3: it to be completely a half court game either, because

1755
01:28:23,880 --> 01:28:27,080
Speaker 3: Arizona's half court defense is so good. They're top ten

1756
01:28:27,160 --> 01:28:30,360
Speaker 3: defensively as well. So it's like you got to pick

1757
01:28:30,400 --> 01:28:34,280
Speaker 3: and choose these times where you're getting out in transition,

1758
01:28:34,320 --> 01:28:36,639
Speaker 3: you're looking to run, maybe there's a live ball turnover,

1759
01:28:36,720 --> 01:28:39,320
Speaker 3: you know, where Purdue can get out and score some

1760
01:28:39,400 --> 01:28:42,519
Speaker 3: easy buckets because you don't want to bogg it down

1761
01:28:42,640 --> 01:28:45,519
Speaker 3: so much where it's nothing but a half court game.

1762
01:28:45,560 --> 01:28:49,479
Speaker 3: Because Arizona's defense is really good and they don't get

1763
01:28:49,479 --> 01:28:51,840
Speaker 3: as much credit for it as they should. You go

1764
01:28:51,920 --> 01:28:54,840
Speaker 3: back to that regular season game against Houston. They out

1765
01:28:54,880 --> 01:28:59,519
Speaker 3: Houston Houston. They produced more turnovers, more steals in that game.

1766
01:28:59,560 --> 01:29:01,840
Speaker 3: That's what you is known for. That's their calling card.

1767
01:29:02,520 --> 01:29:06,160
Speaker 3: And Arizona did a better job on the road at

1768
01:29:06,320 --> 01:29:09,680
Speaker 3: exactly that. So that's the interesting thing to me with

1769
01:29:09,800 --> 01:29:12,400
Speaker 3: Purdue is, yeah, I expect them to slow it down,

1770
01:29:13,080 --> 01:29:16,040
Speaker 3: but not always, you know what I mean, Like, it's

1771
01:29:16,040 --> 01:29:18,400
Speaker 3: a weird how do you sell that as a coach? Like, guys,

1772
01:29:18,479 --> 01:29:20,720
Speaker 3: let's let's set it down, let's settle down. Let's be

1773
01:29:20,760 --> 01:29:23,760
Speaker 3: a little methodical, like let's not let Arizona out and

1774
01:29:24,280 --> 01:29:26,439
Speaker 3: run and gun. Let's not get into that type of game.

1775
01:29:26,800 --> 01:29:29,519
Speaker 3: But let's also look for our opportunities and transition as well.

1776
01:29:29,760 --> 01:29:32,320
Speaker 3: Like it's not the easiest thing to get both of

1777
01:29:32,360 --> 01:29:35,320
Speaker 3: those things accomplished. But although I expect Purdue to slow

1778
01:29:35,320 --> 01:29:37,640
Speaker 3: it down, you gotta look out. You gotta look to

1779
01:29:37,840 --> 01:29:40,080
Speaker 3: get out there and transition, get some easy buckets too,

1780
01:29:40,120 --> 01:29:41,800
Speaker 3: because that would help your offense a lot against a

1781
01:29:41,840 --> 01:29:44,000
Speaker 3: really good top ten Arizona defense.

1782
01:29:44,520 --> 01:29:47,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, if you're if you're looking at this from the

1783
01:29:47,960 --> 01:29:51,240
Speaker 4: sideline onto the court, you kind of gotta let your

1784
01:29:51,320 --> 01:29:55,519
Speaker 4: veterans play if you're perdue, your best chance is saying

1785
01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:59,679
Speaker 4: to your your three veteran players, the backbone of this team,

1786
01:29:59,800 --> 01:30:02,240
Speaker 4: to and say, hey, listen, I'm not going to give

1787
01:30:02,280 --> 01:30:04,880
Speaker 4: you a ton of direction from side court. I want

1788
01:30:04,920 --> 01:30:07,960
Speaker 4: you to feel it. You know, we're going to try

1789
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:09,880
Speaker 4: to execute in the half court. We're going to try

1790
01:30:09,880 --> 01:30:13,720
Speaker 4: to slow this game down, make it feel older, more mature.

1791
01:30:13,880 --> 01:30:17,360
Speaker 4: For a younger wildcat group that wants to run. I mean,

1792
01:30:17,400 --> 01:30:21,000
Speaker 4: they can throw bodies at you, they're deeper than you,

1793
01:30:21,520 --> 01:30:25,599
Speaker 4: and they can play downhill all game long. Well, in

1794
01:30:25,640 --> 01:30:27,640
Speaker 4: that situation, you do want to slow it down. You

1795
01:30:27,680 --> 01:30:30,479
Speaker 4: kind of want to play a possession game. But if

1796
01:30:30,479 --> 01:30:34,479
Speaker 4: you're out in transition and you got two v one score,

1797
01:30:34,800 --> 01:30:37,160
Speaker 4: you know what I mean, don't you know? Don't get

1798
01:30:37,200 --> 01:30:40,880
Speaker 4: to the foul line and then start retreating and wait

1799
01:30:40,960 --> 01:30:44,960
Speaker 4: for your half court setup. No, like make the pass

1800
01:30:45,560 --> 01:30:48,519
Speaker 4: or finish strong to the bucket and get to the

1801
01:30:48,560 --> 01:30:52,240
Speaker 4: foul line like that. That's what you ought to do

1802
01:30:52,560 --> 01:30:56,760
Speaker 4: if you're Purdue is allow your players to play. It's

1803
01:30:56,800 --> 01:30:58,840
Speaker 4: sort of lived by the sword, die by the sword.

1804
01:30:59,120 --> 01:31:05,800
Speaker 4: If you value value veteran players and the maturity they

1805
01:31:05,800 --> 01:31:08,840
Speaker 4: bring to the game, allow them to make or break

1806
01:31:08,880 --> 01:31:11,599
Speaker 4: the season for you when the seasons are on the line,

1807
01:31:12,120 --> 01:31:15,240
Speaker 4: and now can they do it? Yeah, you know, what

1808
01:31:15,320 --> 01:31:16,080
Speaker 4: are the odds?

1809
01:31:16,320 --> 01:31:17,160
Speaker 2: Not great?

1810
01:31:17,240 --> 01:31:20,639
Speaker 4: But also, I mean, this isn't a situation where we're

1811
01:31:20,640 --> 01:31:23,520
Speaker 4: in the double digits in terms of how much Arizona's

1812
01:31:23,560 --> 01:31:26,640
Speaker 4: favored here. I mean, produce good squad and there's a

1813
01:31:26,680 --> 01:31:29,360
Speaker 4: lot of good reasons to like Purdue very much. Like

1814
01:31:29,400 --> 01:31:32,479
Speaker 4: you said Brian earlier, you're talking about the half year

1815
01:31:32,560 --> 01:31:36,519
Speaker 4: mark for this group. I think with a more veteran squad,

1816
01:31:37,160 --> 01:31:39,800
Speaker 4: you can see why they were able to pull the

1817
01:31:39,840 --> 01:31:43,599
Speaker 4: season back together and get themselves into the tournament and

1818
01:31:43,680 --> 01:31:48,240
Speaker 4: have themselves operating at the capabilities they're operating at. They're

1819
01:31:48,240 --> 01:31:50,640
Speaker 4: going against a much better team, There's no question about it.

1820
01:31:50,640 --> 01:31:53,759
Speaker 4: They're going to gainst a deeper squad, a more talented squad.

1821
01:31:54,040 --> 01:31:57,360
Speaker 4: But they've got a lot to love and I think

1822
01:31:57,520 --> 01:31:59,639
Speaker 4: this is going to be one of those games where

1823
01:32:00,360 --> 01:32:04,320
Speaker 4: you know, if you're shy right now to take a

1824
01:32:04,479 --> 01:32:07,240
Speaker 4: hard stance. I mean, game flow I think is going

1825
01:32:07,280 --> 01:32:10,000
Speaker 4: to dictate a lot of what the end results are

1826
01:32:10,000 --> 01:32:12,639
Speaker 4: going to look like. You know, if they do find

1827
01:32:12,640 --> 01:32:16,680
Speaker 4: a way to slow Arizona down, you know, Purdue maybe

1828
01:32:17,280 --> 01:32:20,560
Speaker 4: a fun live dog to live bet. You know, this

1829
01:32:21,240 --> 01:32:23,759
Speaker 4: could be one of those things where you might catch

1830
01:32:24,240 --> 01:32:27,080
Speaker 4: yourself watching them within the first five minutes and say,

1831
01:32:27,320 --> 01:32:30,559
Speaker 4: oh wow, the cats are kind of falling into the trap,

1832
01:32:31,040 --> 01:32:32,880
Speaker 4: and that's when you lob your bet.

1833
01:32:33,160 --> 01:32:35,240
Speaker 2: Whereas you know, if you do it right.

1834
01:32:35,240 --> 01:32:38,200
Speaker 4: Now, it sort of feels a little cold, right, there's

1835
01:32:38,280 --> 01:32:40,240
Speaker 4: not as good of a read on how this game

1836
01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:43,280
Speaker 4: is actually going to flow. So, I mean, I know

1837
01:32:43,520 --> 01:32:46,160
Speaker 4: I'm feeling a little shy about this one, but you know,

1838
01:32:46,200 --> 01:32:49,920
Speaker 4: we we built our parlay platter around this game, so

1839
01:32:50,200 --> 01:32:52,240
Speaker 4: I'm definitely gonna be watching either way, I'll tell you

1840
01:32:52,320 --> 01:32:52,760
Speaker 4: that much.

1841
01:32:53,360 --> 01:32:56,760
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think this is I agree with Rich on

1842
01:32:57,000 --> 01:32:59,240
Speaker 5: the live betting. I mean, guys, we've talked about this

1843
01:32:59,280 --> 01:33:03,080
Speaker 5: for we've been doing this show now. The bet Like,

1844
01:33:04,160 --> 01:33:06,920
Speaker 5: there's a big difference between giving out a bet pregame

1845
01:33:07,240 --> 01:33:09,799
Speaker 5: and then giving out a bet while the game's happening.

1846
01:33:09,800 --> 01:33:12,360
Speaker 5: We don't have the luxury of being on the air

1847
01:33:12,760 --> 01:33:16,160
Speaker 5: during every game live betting with you. I wish we could,

1848
01:33:16,720 --> 01:33:19,759
Speaker 5: but we have to stake our you know, plant our flag,

1849
01:33:19,880 --> 01:33:22,320
Speaker 5: you know, we and I always tell people that the

1850
01:33:22,560 --> 01:33:24,400
Speaker 5: hardest thing to do is to give out picks. And

1851
01:33:24,400 --> 01:33:28,280
Speaker 5: we've discussed this as well in the small window where

1852
01:33:28,320 --> 01:33:30,479
Speaker 5: the lines are what they are, you know, for you know,

1853
01:33:30,520 --> 01:33:33,799
Speaker 5: we give out our picks, three picks every week at

1854
01:33:34,040 --> 01:33:37,880
Speaker 5: eight fifty five am Pacific time, and and that's the

1855
01:33:37,960 --> 01:33:39,920
Speaker 5: time that we give them out and that's it. Whatever

1856
01:33:39,920 --> 01:33:41,680
Speaker 5: the lines are at that time, that that's what we

1857
01:33:41,760 --> 01:33:45,439
Speaker 5: are beholden to. Whereas the best way to bet these games,

1858
01:33:45,520 --> 01:33:49,479
Speaker 5: especially college basketball, any basketball, there's so much flow because

1859
01:33:49,479 --> 01:33:52,639
Speaker 5: of the volume of scoring. The best time, the best

1860
01:33:52,840 --> 01:33:56,080
Speaker 5: opportunities to bet these games is during the games as

1861
01:33:56,120 --> 01:33:58,880
Speaker 5: you're watching and you kind of play like, you know,

1862
01:33:58,960 --> 01:34:01,200
Speaker 5: double dutch with the jump rope. You jump in at

1863
01:34:01,200 --> 01:34:03,920
Speaker 5: the right time, and that's usually the best opportunity to

1864
01:34:03,920 --> 01:34:05,719
Speaker 5: get to get a number. We don't have that luxury,

1865
01:34:05,760 --> 01:34:08,479
Speaker 5: like we gotta tell you what we're betting on before

1866
01:34:08,520 --> 01:34:11,160
Speaker 5: the game starts, sometimes hours days before, and we have

1867
01:34:11,200 --> 01:34:12,639
Speaker 5: to hope that we're on the right side of it.

1868
01:34:12,840 --> 01:34:16,519
Speaker 5: That being said, this does feel like a spot where

1869
01:34:16,840 --> 01:34:20,160
Speaker 5: the market is just overreacting a touch to what Arizona

1870
01:34:20,200 --> 01:34:23,759
Speaker 5: did to Arkansas. You watch that game and you say, wow,

1871
01:34:23,920 --> 01:34:28,200
Speaker 5: Arizona is on freaking real. Who is stopping Arizona. I'll

1872
01:34:28,200 --> 01:34:30,559
Speaker 5: tell you who's stopping Arizona. A team that plays the

1873
01:34:30,680 --> 01:34:34,760
Speaker 5: exact opposite style to Arkansas, which is what Purdue is.

1874
01:34:35,160 --> 01:34:37,640
Speaker 5: So you have to styles, make fights like you you

1875
01:34:37,760 --> 01:34:39,880
Speaker 5: have to treat each game like it's a its own

1876
01:34:39,960 --> 01:34:43,240
Speaker 5: separate entity. These teams have had forty eight hours to

1877
01:34:43,400 --> 01:34:46,160
Speaker 5: rest and regroup, and I think this game is going

1878
01:34:46,200 --> 01:34:50,200
Speaker 5: to look drastically different than what Arizona did to Arkansas

1879
01:34:50,240 --> 01:34:52,080
Speaker 5: a couple of nights ago. That is not the style

1880
01:34:52,120 --> 01:34:54,960
Speaker 5: Purdue wants to play. And if they watch the Arkansas tape,

1881
01:34:55,000 --> 01:34:57,200
Speaker 5: they definitely don't want to play that style. So if

1882
01:34:57,200 --> 01:34:59,160
Speaker 5: you're watching, if you're listening to our show today, and

1883
01:34:59,200 --> 01:35:01,080
Speaker 5: then you're wondering why I were, you know, kind of

1884
01:35:01,720 --> 01:35:04,000
Speaker 5: leaning a little bit towards the Purdue side, even though

1885
01:35:04,000 --> 01:35:06,519
Speaker 5: we do think Arizona's a really good team, it's because

1886
01:35:06,560 --> 01:35:09,560
Speaker 5: it's a very different game than what we're going to

1887
01:35:09,600 --> 01:35:11,960
Speaker 5: see two nights ago. So I think at five and

1888
01:35:12,000 --> 01:35:13,280
Speaker 5: a half now, it's down a five and a half

1889
01:35:13,280 --> 01:35:16,120
Speaker 5: at BETEMGM and I'm seeing some a little bit of

1890
01:35:16,160 --> 01:35:19,360
Speaker 5: action come in on Purdue, still above that key number

1891
01:35:19,360 --> 01:35:21,720
Speaker 5: of five. So I think Purdue right now is still

1892
01:35:21,760 --> 01:35:24,040
Speaker 5: the play and that's why I'd be at at five

1893
01:35:24,080 --> 01:35:24,439
Speaker 5: and a half.

1894
01:35:25,560 --> 01:35:27,840
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1904
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Speaker 3: five hundred thousand dollars in bonus bets awarded throughout the tournament.

1922
01:36:57,160 --> 01:36:59,920
Speaker 3: Players with the most correct picks each round will win

1923
01:37:00,120 --> 01:37:04,960
Speaker 3: share of that rounds prize pool. Okay, so I got

1924
01:37:04,960 --> 01:37:07,960
Speaker 3: a couple of Elite eight games tomorrow, Right, we'll circle

1925
01:37:07,960 --> 01:37:11,759
Speaker 3: back to today. But if we, you know, dip our beaks

1926
01:37:12,200 --> 01:37:15,200
Speaker 3: in the waters of tomorrow's action. We got Tennessee at

1927
01:37:15,240 --> 01:37:20,599
Speaker 3: Michigan Well versus Michigan Yukon taking on Duke. And I'm

1928
01:37:20,600 --> 01:37:23,160
Speaker 3: just curious what you guys think, who which dog has

1929
01:37:23,160 --> 01:37:26,400
Speaker 3: a better chance of barking either? Plus the points you

1930
01:37:26,439 --> 01:37:28,400
Speaker 3: look at Tennessee they're a seven and a half point

1931
01:37:28,479 --> 01:37:32,920
Speaker 3: underdog against Michigan Yukon is a five and a half

1932
01:37:32,920 --> 01:37:36,439
Speaker 3: point underdog against Duke. So which dog do you like

1933
01:37:36,479 --> 01:37:40,479
Speaker 3: to bark louder in terms of the point spread? And

1934
01:37:40,520 --> 01:37:42,040
Speaker 3: which dog do you think has a better chance to

1935
01:37:42,080 --> 01:37:42,719
Speaker 3: win outright?

1936
01:37:43,000 --> 01:37:43,160
Speaker 2: Rich?

1937
01:37:43,200 --> 01:37:45,160
Speaker 3: What do we think about that you go with Rick

1938
01:37:45,200 --> 01:37:47,639
Speaker 3: Barnes and Tennessee or Danny Hurley in Yukon.

1939
01:37:48,160 --> 01:37:49,839
Speaker 2: I think Danny Hurley and Yukon.

1940
01:37:51,360 --> 01:37:57,639
Speaker 4: Look, you know, the Huskies jumped Michigan State twenty five six,

1941
01:37:57,760 --> 01:38:01,559
Speaker 4: then blew a nineteen point lead, got out rebounded, and

1942
01:38:01,600 --> 01:38:04,080
Speaker 4: still found a way, you know what I mean. Like,

1943
01:38:04,760 --> 01:38:11,679
Speaker 4: the Huskies have an undeniable edge in this tournament overall.

1944
01:38:11,720 --> 01:38:14,720
Speaker 4: And that's coaching. When you have a coach who's been there,

1945
01:38:14,760 --> 01:38:17,400
Speaker 4: who's done it, who understands the path. Even if some

1946
01:38:17,439 --> 01:38:20,080
Speaker 4: of the players haven't been there and seen it all

1947
01:38:20,160 --> 01:38:23,360
Speaker 4: and done it all, you know you have a staff

1948
01:38:23,360 --> 01:38:28,720
Speaker 4: that has and has done it recently. So if I'm

1949
01:38:28,720 --> 01:38:31,599
Speaker 4: gonna pick a dog, I like better to win outright

1950
01:38:31,760 --> 01:38:35,920
Speaker 4: or even one to keep it close regardless of the circumstances,

1951
01:38:35,960 --> 01:38:39,639
Speaker 4: because they can get up, they can get down. But

1952
01:38:39,880 --> 01:38:42,200
Speaker 4: the Huskies just kind of know how to hang around

1953
01:38:42,200 --> 01:38:44,960
Speaker 4: a game and make a menace of themselves.

1954
01:38:45,080 --> 01:38:48,920
Speaker 2: Regardless of circumstances. I don't think. I mean, let's put

1955
01:38:48,960 --> 01:38:49,400
Speaker 2: it this way.

1956
01:38:50,120 --> 01:38:52,679
Speaker 4: If you close your eyes and you think, like which team,

1957
01:38:52,800 --> 01:38:56,559
Speaker 4: which coach, do you feel like there's a better chance

1958
01:38:56,600 --> 01:38:59,320
Speaker 4: of them getting blown out the gym?

1959
01:38:59,720 --> 01:38:59,920
Speaker 2: You know?

1960
01:39:00,760 --> 01:39:04,519
Speaker 4: I I'm siding here with Yukon to be the lesser

1961
01:39:04,560 --> 01:39:05,479
Speaker 4: of the two evils?

1962
01:39:06,439 --> 01:39:07,280
Speaker 5: Can I say neither?

1963
01:39:08,120 --> 01:39:09,839
Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah? Right, yeah?

1964
01:39:09,840 --> 01:39:13,759
Speaker 5: Well, I mean Duke just took Saint John's best punch.

1965
01:39:14,320 --> 01:39:17,080
Speaker 5: I mean the Johnny's they they had a thirteen oh

1966
01:39:17,200 --> 01:39:20,559
Speaker 5: run in the second half. They shot forty percent from three.

1967
01:39:21,040 --> 01:39:26,120
Speaker 5: You've got Patino the Godfather, and Duke said, eh, we're good,

1968
01:39:26,520 --> 01:39:28,160
Speaker 5: We're gonna, We're gonna figure out a way to win

1969
01:39:28,200 --> 01:39:31,599
Speaker 5: this game. And this is a Saint John's team that

1970
01:39:31,800 --> 01:39:34,160
Speaker 5: just absolutely blew the doors off a Yukon in the

1971
01:39:34,200 --> 01:39:38,439
Speaker 5: Big East Turney like two weeks ago. So I don't

1972
01:39:38,479 --> 01:39:42,160
Speaker 5: know if Duke is I think, and I've I had him.

1973
01:39:42,160 --> 01:39:44,120
Speaker 5: No one cares with my bracket. I haven't winning it all.

1974
01:39:44,720 --> 01:39:47,479
Speaker 5: I think Michigan is the one team that I was

1975
01:39:47,600 --> 01:39:50,799
Speaker 5: a little bit of the three big boys that we've mentioned,

1976
01:39:50,880 --> 01:39:54,160
Speaker 5: Duke Michigan in Arizona, Like like Michigan was the one

1977
01:39:54,160 --> 01:39:56,720
Speaker 5: that I was a little bit undecided on because they

1978
01:39:57,000 --> 01:40:00,800
Speaker 5: lost one of their best guards, Caeson before the tournament started,

1979
01:40:00,800 --> 01:40:03,080
Speaker 5: about a month before. And he's a really good shooter,

1980
01:40:03,160 --> 01:40:05,519
Speaker 5: and I think he kind of ties you know, to

1981
01:40:05,640 --> 01:40:08,000
Speaker 5: quote something from Big Lebowski, that rug really tied the

1982
01:40:08,080 --> 01:40:10,960
Speaker 5: room together, and he was a He was a guy

1983
01:40:10,960 --> 01:40:14,560
Speaker 5: that really tied that Michigan team together. But what I

1984
01:40:14,600 --> 01:40:19,360
Speaker 5: didn't expect from Michigan was this freshman McKinney who has

1985
01:40:19,400 --> 01:40:22,800
Speaker 5: been unbelievable so far in the tournament, and he has

1986
01:40:22,880 --> 01:40:27,080
Speaker 5: filled that role that Cason has left. I mean, McKinney's

1987
01:40:27,080 --> 01:40:29,760
Speaker 5: been unbelievable, three for five from three against Bama, hit

1988
01:40:29,800 --> 01:40:32,920
Speaker 5: a couple of threes against Saint Louis. So if you

1989
01:40:33,200 --> 01:40:34,880
Speaker 5: if you were going to tell me that McKinny, the

1990
01:40:34,880 --> 01:40:38,439
Speaker 5: freshman flint stone love a good flint stone, was going

1991
01:40:38,520 --> 01:40:41,840
Speaker 5: to fill that Casson roll and be that shooter and

1992
01:40:42,200 --> 01:40:44,880
Speaker 5: Michigan's not going to skip a beat, well, then I'm

1993
01:40:44,920 --> 01:40:47,720
Speaker 5: putting all three of these teams, Michigan, Arizona, Duke in

1994
01:40:47,760 --> 01:40:49,320
Speaker 5: the final four, and I think those are the three

1995
01:40:49,320 --> 01:40:52,040
Speaker 5: best teams in the field. So as much as I

1996
01:40:52,080 --> 01:40:55,360
Speaker 5: want to get behind the Rick Barnes redemption narrative. It'd

1997
01:40:55,400 --> 01:40:58,640
Speaker 5: be awesome if he finally got over this hump. I

1998
01:40:58,640 --> 01:41:01,320
Speaker 5: think that's the widest spread of the weekend for good reason.

1999
01:41:02,400 --> 01:41:05,000
Speaker 5: And I love this Yukon team, Like they had a

2000
01:41:05,040 --> 01:41:08,720
Speaker 5: really tough shooting stretch so far in the tournament, and

2001
01:41:08,760 --> 01:41:10,639
Speaker 5: then in the Big East Tournament, right it really struggled

2002
01:41:10,640 --> 01:41:14,639
Speaker 5: against Saint John's. They had two tough shooting games against

2003
01:41:14,760 --> 01:41:16,280
Speaker 5: Verman and UCLA. They were able to get over the

2004
01:41:16,360 --> 01:41:19,599
Speaker 5: hump against UCLA, who was really, you know, dealing with injuries.

2005
01:41:20,200 --> 01:41:20,479
Speaker 2: Furman.

2006
01:41:20,520 --> 01:41:23,519
Speaker 5: They didn't cover against Verman, and they shot it really

2007
01:41:23,520 --> 01:41:26,679
Speaker 5: well against Michigan State but still barely held on. And

2008
01:41:26,960 --> 01:41:29,839
Speaker 5: Duke has just been this team that has been super resilient.

2009
01:41:29,880 --> 01:41:32,639
Speaker 5: Guys down double digits to Sienna Is a sixteen seed

2010
01:41:32,680 --> 01:41:34,559
Speaker 5: in the first game, figured out a way to get

2011
01:41:34,600 --> 01:41:37,200
Speaker 5: over the hump there. TCU was kind of pushing them

2012
01:41:37,200 --> 01:41:39,800
Speaker 5: early in that first half, but they shoved them to

2013
01:41:39,840 --> 01:41:42,280
Speaker 5: the side. And Saint John's. If you were gonna tell

2014
01:41:42,280 --> 01:41:46,040
Speaker 5: me Saint John's gonnahoo forty PC from three, I'm gonna

2015
01:41:46,040 --> 01:41:48,760
Speaker 5: say they're pretty live in that game didn't matter, So

2016
01:41:48,960 --> 01:41:51,479
Speaker 5: I think neither of the one seeds are gonna lose.

2017
01:41:51,520 --> 01:41:53,960
Speaker 5: Maybe one of them, you know, doesn't cover, but I

2018
01:41:54,040 --> 01:41:56,280
Speaker 5: think both one seeds are going to the final four. Guys.

2019
01:41:56,840 --> 01:42:00,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, man, Tennessee is just up against it. The length

2020
01:42:00,320 --> 01:42:05,240
Speaker 3: of Michigan is just so bothersome. And listen, the Tennessee

2021
01:42:05,240 --> 01:42:08,040
Speaker 3: has good guard play the guys that can you know,

2022
01:42:08,120 --> 01:42:10,360
Speaker 3: score from the perimeter. I think that's what they're gonna

2023
01:42:10,360 --> 01:42:12,800
Speaker 3: have to do. I just don't see a ton of

2024
01:42:12,840 --> 01:42:17,120
Speaker 3: success for Tennessee down low in this matchup against Michigan.

2025
01:42:17,200 --> 01:42:20,519
Speaker 3: Is just they're trees down there, you know, and they

2026
01:42:20,520 --> 01:42:23,120
Speaker 3: affect so many shots. So I think if Tennessee's gonna

2027
01:42:23,120 --> 01:42:24,400
Speaker 3: win this game, I think they're gonna have to do

2028
01:42:24,439 --> 01:42:26,519
Speaker 3: most of their damage from the perimeter. I just don't

2029
01:42:26,520 --> 01:42:29,600
Speaker 3: think they're gonna do much down low against Michigan. And

2030
01:42:30,240 --> 01:42:32,160
Speaker 3: at least you have Caravan, you know, at least you

2031
01:42:32,160 --> 01:42:34,400
Speaker 3: have Read, You have got a couple of dudes that

2032
01:42:34,680 --> 01:42:37,639
Speaker 3: give you options. Caraban has been a big game player

2033
01:42:37,720 --> 01:42:41,000
Speaker 3: for a long time now, and at least Duke, they

2034
01:42:41,040 --> 01:42:44,120
Speaker 3: haven't looked dominant right like they've won. Give them credit

2035
01:42:44,120 --> 01:42:46,360
Speaker 3: for winning, but you know, when you have to say

2036
01:42:46,520 --> 01:42:49,160
Speaker 3: you know, they weathered the storm and survived against Siena,

2037
01:42:49,240 --> 01:42:51,760
Speaker 3: who's a sixteen seed. It's like, oh gosh, you know,

2038
01:42:51,840 --> 01:42:54,679
Speaker 3: like they're just getting a couple of their rotation guys back,

2039
01:42:54,720 --> 01:42:57,639
Speaker 3: which is making a big difference. But they haven't been

2040
01:42:57,800 --> 01:43:00,439
Speaker 3: dusting teams, and so you think of the pa degree

2041
01:43:00,560 --> 01:43:03,800
Speaker 3: in the credentials of Dan Hurley and Yukon, and I

2042
01:43:03,840 --> 01:43:05,360
Speaker 3: think they could keep it close. I give them a

2043
01:43:05,400 --> 01:43:08,479
Speaker 3: better chance against Duke that I give Tennessee against Michigan.

2044
01:43:08,479 --> 01:43:09,240
Speaker 3: I'll put it that way.

2045
01:43:10,040 --> 01:43:13,160
Speaker 4: You know, there are times where and look, I'm trying

2046
01:43:13,160 --> 01:43:17,040
Speaker 4: to steal men Tennessee's case here a little bit being

2047
01:43:17,120 --> 01:43:20,160
Speaker 4: a dog against Michigan and a Michigan team who I

2048
01:43:20,160 --> 01:43:23,880
Speaker 4: think does a lot really well. But one of the

2049
01:43:23,920 --> 01:43:26,960
Speaker 4: things that is a benefit to Michigan that can be

2050
01:43:27,439 --> 01:43:30,160
Speaker 4: sort of flipped and maybe looked through the lens of

2051
01:43:30,160 --> 01:43:34,960
Speaker 4: a potential weakness is a potential lack of urgency. Rick

2052
01:43:35,040 --> 01:43:37,920
Speaker 4: Barnes has been to the Elite eight three straight times,

2053
01:43:37,920 --> 01:43:40,960
Speaker 4: has failed to advance to a Final four, and that

2054
01:43:41,560 --> 01:43:43,240
Speaker 4: creates program urgency.

2055
01:43:43,760 --> 01:43:44,759
Speaker 2: You know this.

2056
01:43:46,479 --> 01:43:50,559
Speaker 4: As a player, especially with a good coach, a player's coach,

2057
01:43:50,600 --> 01:43:52,840
Speaker 4: and I don't mean a player's coach in the terms

2058
01:43:52,840 --> 01:43:56,280
Speaker 4: of like, A lot of people misconstrue that a player's

2059
01:43:56,320 --> 01:43:58,920
Speaker 4: coach as a coach that players love and want to

2060
01:43:58,960 --> 01:44:01,960
Speaker 4: play for and want to I for like I literally

2061
01:44:02,000 --> 01:44:04,400
Speaker 4: mean leave it all on the field or the court

2062
01:44:04,479 --> 01:44:09,040
Speaker 4: or the ice. For those are players, coaches, guys and

2063
01:44:09,120 --> 01:44:13,040
Speaker 4: gals at the front of the class who somehow encouraged

2064
01:44:13,040 --> 01:44:16,639
Speaker 4: this group of people to become a family, to look

2065
01:44:16,680 --> 01:44:21,880
Speaker 4: after each other and to care for the head man

2066
01:44:22,080 --> 01:44:24,679
Speaker 4: like he's almost like a father figure. And Rick Barnes

2067
01:44:24,680 --> 01:44:27,720
Speaker 4: has done that with VAALS teams in the past. And

2068
01:44:27,760 --> 01:44:30,559
Speaker 4: if these guys care about the program and care about

2069
01:44:30,640 --> 01:44:34,080
Speaker 4: him as a coach, they're aware that, Look, you only

2070
01:44:34,120 --> 01:44:37,360
Speaker 4: get so many chances to go to the dance and

2071
01:44:37,840 --> 01:44:42,799
Speaker 4: not make a deep run before alumni boosters start getting

2072
01:44:43,680 --> 01:44:46,360
Speaker 4: a little antsy. You know, James Franklin, we were talking

2073
01:44:46,360 --> 01:44:48,719
Speaker 4: about him earlier in the show at Penn State. He's

2074
01:44:48,720 --> 01:44:51,720
Speaker 4: no longer the coach at Penn State because when the

2075
01:44:52,240 --> 01:44:55,880
Speaker 4: big lights turned on, it seemed like James Franklin didn't

2076
01:44:55,880 --> 01:44:58,479
Speaker 4: have the answers, and so even though the program had

2077
01:44:58,800 --> 01:45:01,880
Speaker 4: dramatic success, after some of the darkest times they'd ever

2078
01:45:01,960 --> 01:45:05,599
Speaker 4: experienced Penn State football moved on from a very talented,

2079
01:45:06,000 --> 01:45:09,120
Speaker 4: arguably great head coach because he just couldn't get it

2080
01:45:09,160 --> 01:45:11,960
Speaker 4: done in those moments. So if Barnes has the ear

2081
01:45:12,080 --> 01:45:16,280
Speaker 4: of this group, Michigan's experience in the tournament and success

2082
01:45:16,360 --> 01:45:19,280
Speaker 4: and deep runs that they've had in their recent past

2083
01:45:20,000 --> 01:45:25,400
Speaker 4: may create complacency where with the Tennessee volunteers there will

2084
01:45:25,439 --> 01:45:25,880
Speaker 4: be none.

2085
01:45:25,920 --> 01:45:27,240
Speaker 2: There will be nothing.

2086
01:45:26,960 --> 01:45:33,559
Speaker 4: But urgency and so emotionally give the edge to Tennessee.

2087
01:45:34,360 --> 01:45:37,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think there's something to Dusty May, to guys

2088
01:45:37,000 --> 01:45:40,080
Speaker 5: that I really like. This is a guy that took

2089
01:45:40,200 --> 01:45:44,280
Speaker 5: Florida Atlantic to the Final four three years ago. I mean,

2090
01:45:44,800 --> 01:45:46,920
Speaker 5: just just let that sink in for a minute. And

2091
01:45:46,960 --> 01:45:50,240
Speaker 5: this is you're listening to someone right now who worked

2092
01:45:50,280 --> 01:45:53,960
Speaker 5: at Florida Atlantic for several years in their basketball program

2093
01:45:54,000 --> 01:45:56,880
Speaker 5: as a broadcaster. This was a team that if you

2094
01:45:56,920 --> 01:45:59,200
Speaker 5: were going to tell me when I was working there,

2095
01:45:59,200 --> 01:46:01,280
Speaker 5: to be fair, it was twenty eleven. It was a

2096
01:46:01,280 --> 01:46:04,040
Speaker 5: long time ago. I'm an old man now, But if

2097
01:46:04,040 --> 01:46:05,960
Speaker 5: you were gonna tell me fifteen years ago that this

2098
01:46:06,080 --> 01:46:08,920
Speaker 5: was an FAU team playing at the Borough in Boca

2099
01:46:09,000 --> 01:46:12,760
Speaker 5: Ratone was gonna make a Final four, in this millennium,

2100
01:46:13,240 --> 01:46:16,120
Speaker 5: I would have said your nuts, and Dusty May took

2101
01:46:16,200 --> 01:46:21,639
Speaker 5: him there. Now he's got big ten money, big ten

2102
01:46:21,800 --> 01:46:25,719
Speaker 5: you know size, He's got a team that I think

2103
01:46:25,800 --> 01:46:30,560
Speaker 5: has every box checked. I mean, this is an unbelievably

2104
01:46:30,600 --> 01:46:34,679
Speaker 5: talented Michigan team. Jaxel Lendeborg is a top five player

2105
01:46:34,680 --> 01:46:38,080
Speaker 5: in the country. Elliott Cadou is a fantastic point guard

2106
01:46:38,120 --> 01:46:40,439
Speaker 5: who can kind of do everything. He has experienced in

2107
01:46:40,479 --> 01:46:43,599
Speaker 5: the tournament. He went to the Sweet sixteen with North

2108
01:46:43,600 --> 01:46:48,040
Speaker 5: Carolina two years ago. And now you've got I think

2109
01:46:48,320 --> 01:46:53,759
Speaker 5: depth with McKenny and Gail and experience with those guys.

2110
01:46:53,880 --> 01:46:55,679
Speaker 5: You know, they have guard depth, they have forward depth,

2111
01:46:55,760 --> 01:46:58,719
Speaker 5: like they have no holes, they have absolutely no holes.

2112
01:46:59,160 --> 01:47:01,800
Speaker 5: And I think May might be the best coach in

2113
01:47:01,840 --> 01:47:05,120
Speaker 5: the country. He might honestly be. He's certainly up in

2114
01:47:05,160 --> 01:47:07,519
Speaker 5: that upper echelon right now after what he did at FAU.

2115
01:47:07,640 --> 01:47:12,920
Speaker 5: So we talk about the turnaround between the first round

2116
01:47:12,960 --> 01:47:16,000
Speaker 5: and the Round of thirty two and then the Sweet sixteen,

2117
01:47:16,040 --> 01:47:19,440
Speaker 5: the Elite eight. You get forty eight hours coaching matters

2118
01:47:19,520 --> 01:47:25,000
Speaker 5: in this turnaround. And I know that the positive Rick

2119
01:47:25,040 --> 01:47:27,320
Speaker 5: Barnes stories are starting to filter out. I think the

2120
01:47:27,880 --> 01:47:32,960
Speaker 5: early round struggles have been overcome. But Brian, if you

2121
01:47:32,960 --> 01:47:35,200
Speaker 5: were gonna ask me who the better coaches in this game,

2122
01:47:35,920 --> 01:47:37,519
Speaker 5: I think I would probably say Dusty Man.

2123
01:47:38,080 --> 01:47:40,679
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I would have to say that as well.

2124
01:47:41,479 --> 01:47:43,719
Speaker 3: And it's you know, we've thrown it out three straight

2125
01:47:43,800 --> 01:47:46,680
Speaker 3: years for Tennessee making it to the Elite eight. How

2126
01:47:46,720 --> 01:47:49,400
Speaker 3: about Duke. They've made it to the Elite eight in

2127
01:47:49,520 --> 01:47:52,719
Speaker 3: six of the past eight seasons. Wow, that's that's pretty

2128
01:47:52,720 --> 01:47:56,400
Speaker 3: good too, That's really good. The interesting thing is, you know,

2129
01:47:56,560 --> 01:47:59,840
Speaker 3: Duke has gone further than just the Elite eight, right.

2130
01:48:00,120 --> 01:48:03,120
Speaker 3: That's so that's the sticking point with Rick Barnes and Tennessee.

2131
01:48:03,200 --> 01:48:06,519
Speaker 3: Until they do it, it's like you you become a

2132
01:48:06,600 --> 01:48:09,400
Speaker 3: victim of your own success. You know, the more success

2133
01:48:09,439 --> 01:48:11,960
Speaker 3: you have, the more we want and the more we

2134
01:48:12,000 --> 01:48:14,080
Speaker 3: crave and the more we expect. And then if you

2135
01:48:14,120 --> 01:48:16,559
Speaker 3: don't go any further, well that's when we crush you.

2136
01:48:16,680 --> 01:48:18,880
Speaker 3: That's just the way it goes in sports. So he's

2137
01:48:18,880 --> 01:48:21,040
Speaker 3: got to get beyond the Elite eight. Props to him

2138
01:48:21,080 --> 01:48:23,479
Speaker 3: forgetting here again third straight season. That's great. You just

2139
01:48:23,520 --> 01:48:25,600
Speaker 3: got to get beyond that. And man, they got a

2140
01:48:25,640 --> 01:48:28,800
Speaker 3: tough test against Dusty Mace Michigan Squad, no doubt. A

2141
01:48:28,800 --> 01:48:32,160
Speaker 3: couple of betting things. They're kind of interesting. There's a

2142
01:48:32,160 --> 01:48:37,599
Speaker 3: bet before the tournament over under one point five one

2143
01:48:37,720 --> 01:48:40,800
Speaker 3: seeds to make it to the final four, and you're

2144
01:48:40,840 --> 01:48:43,519
Speaker 3: sitting pretty if you took the over, right, yeah, you are, right, Like,

2145
01:48:44,000 --> 01:48:47,639
Speaker 3: the chances of two of these three one seeds making

2146
01:48:47,640 --> 01:48:50,639
Speaker 3: it to the final four pretty good, pretty good. All

2147
01:48:50,640 --> 01:48:52,600
Speaker 3: are favored, you know, by at least five and a

2148
01:48:52,680 --> 01:48:55,680
Speaker 3: half upwards of seven and a half. So you'd have

2149
01:48:55,720 --> 01:48:59,599
Speaker 3: to have two money line upsets to hit the under

2150
01:48:59,640 --> 01:49:02,280
Speaker 3: one another half one seeds making making it to the

2151
01:49:02,320 --> 01:49:05,000
Speaker 3: final four, we're probably gonna have two better chance we

2152
01:49:05,040 --> 01:49:05,759
Speaker 3: have all three.

2153
01:49:05,960 --> 01:49:08,200
Speaker 5: Really, I would say over two and a half should

2154
01:49:08,200 --> 01:49:10,120
Speaker 5: be favored, right, yeah, or at least, you know, maybe

2155
01:49:10,120 --> 01:49:11,320
Speaker 5: it's like a pick them.

2156
01:49:11,200 --> 01:49:14,360
Speaker 3: Probably, Yeah, there's a better chance of that than only

2157
01:49:14,439 --> 01:49:15,599
Speaker 3: one one seed.

2158
01:49:15,680 --> 01:49:15,920
Speaker 2: Right.

2159
01:49:16,400 --> 01:49:19,519
Speaker 3: And there was another bet the total number of seeds

2160
01:49:20,040 --> 01:49:22,280
Speaker 3: in the final four. I thought that was pretty interesting, right,

2161
01:49:22,360 --> 01:49:24,320
Speaker 3: oh wow, yeah, yeah, there was a number of nine

2162
01:49:24,360 --> 01:49:26,599
Speaker 3: and a half. So you add up all the team

2163
01:49:26,800 --> 01:49:29,760
Speaker 3: seed wise that make it to the final four, will

2164
01:49:29,760 --> 01:49:31,720
Speaker 3: it be over or under nine and a half? I

2165
01:49:31,720 --> 01:49:34,280
Speaker 3: think it ticked down to eight and a half. Saw

2166
01:49:34,320 --> 01:49:36,160
Speaker 3: some of that. So if you're on if you're on

2167
01:49:36,200 --> 01:49:37,920
Speaker 3: the under, if you thought it was gonna be a

2168
01:49:38,000 --> 01:49:41,559
Speaker 3: very top heavy, chalky tournament, right, you really.

2169
01:49:41,439 --> 01:49:42,439
Speaker 5: Need Iowa to lose.

2170
01:49:42,680 --> 01:49:46,040
Speaker 3: You need Iowa the nine seed to lose to Illinois

2171
01:49:46,640 --> 01:49:48,559
Speaker 3: or else. If you're on the under that you could

2172
01:49:48,600 --> 01:49:50,639
Speaker 3: just rip that ticket up right away. You're not gonna

2173
01:49:50,680 --> 01:49:52,920
Speaker 3: catch that thing. So it's really down to the hawkeyess

2174
01:49:52,920 --> 01:49:53,640
Speaker 3: a big part of that.

2175
01:49:54,800 --> 01:49:58,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, no doubt that that is Uh, that's such a

2176
01:49:58,040 --> 01:50:01,200
Speaker 4: fascinating I never thought of a futures bet like that,

2177
01:50:01,520 --> 01:50:03,840
Speaker 4: and they got everything and I love that so much.

2178
01:50:03,920 --> 01:50:07,400
Speaker 4: But yeah, if you need IWO to cash, I mean, again,

2179
01:50:07,439 --> 01:50:12,280
Speaker 4: their upset path it's real, but it's all predicated around

2180
01:50:12,960 --> 01:50:17,559
Speaker 4: late game nerves. You know, starts able to score twenty

2181
01:50:17,800 --> 01:50:22,360
Speaker 4: and the go ahead against Nebraska. You know Tate Sage

2182
01:50:22,439 --> 01:50:25,920
Speaker 4: he added nineteen in that game. I mean, there there's

2183
01:50:26,320 --> 01:50:30,320
Speaker 4: so many moments you can trace to I was sticking

2184
01:50:30,400 --> 01:50:34,080
Speaker 4: around in this tournament. But it really does come down to,

2185
01:50:35,120 --> 01:50:39,760
Speaker 4: you know, them dragging teams into the game or the

2186
01:50:39,800 --> 01:50:43,160
Speaker 4: style of game that they want to play, and will

2187
01:50:43,200 --> 01:50:45,320
Speaker 4: they be able to do that against Illinois. We were

2188
01:50:45,360 --> 01:50:48,439
Speaker 4: talking about this and volleying the ball back and forth

2189
01:50:48,479 --> 01:50:50,280
Speaker 4: over the net, and I kind of feel like we're

2190
01:50:50,320 --> 01:50:52,960
Speaker 4: all on the same side of it'll be tough because

2191
01:50:53,040 --> 01:50:56,519
Speaker 4: Illinois plays clean basketball, and that's a team even when

2192
01:50:56,560 --> 01:50:59,960
Speaker 4: they're making mistakes, can make up for those mistakes in game.

2193
01:51:00,040 --> 01:51:04,760
Speaker 4: And uh and so yeah, for a future's bet on

2194
01:51:05,240 --> 01:51:07,840
Speaker 4: how many seeds are going to be left in the

2195
01:51:07,880 --> 01:51:13,200
Speaker 4: final four. Yea, you are the anti Hawkeye whatever whatever

2196
01:51:13,280 --> 01:51:15,920
Speaker 4: that is. Yeah, yeah, you're you're wearing you were in

2197
01:51:16,560 --> 01:51:19,160
Speaker 4: what are the opposite colors of black and yellow? You're

2198
01:51:19,200 --> 01:51:20,920
Speaker 4: wearing white, white and blue.

2199
01:51:21,160 --> 01:51:25,599
Speaker 2: You know what I mean? Your your your Yeah, there

2200
01:51:25,640 --> 01:51:26,360
Speaker 2: you go. Yeah.

2201
01:51:27,680 --> 01:51:30,160
Speaker 5: So we did this last week, guys, right, we did

2202
01:51:30,160 --> 01:51:32,760
Speaker 5: the one seed parlay and and we're like, man, it's

2203
01:51:32,760 --> 01:51:33,479
Speaker 5: a little square.

2204
01:51:34,360 --> 01:51:35,200
Speaker 3: And it didn't get there.

2205
01:51:35,240 --> 01:51:39,200
Speaker 5: Florida didn't get there. However, the two seed parlay. Did

2206
01:51:39,800 --> 01:51:41,920
Speaker 5: the two seed parlay? Did I think that was somewhere

2207
01:51:41,920 --> 01:51:43,599
Speaker 5: around a plus two hundred, somewhere in.

2208
01:51:43,520 --> 01:51:46,080
Speaker 3: That range sixty.

2209
01:51:46,600 --> 01:51:48,800
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was north that it was north the two

2210
01:51:48,840 --> 01:51:52,799
Speaker 5: to one. It was You're right, Brian, So let's let's let's.

2211
01:51:52,640 --> 01:51:53,160
Speaker 2: Run it back.

2212
01:51:54,520 --> 01:51:59,960
Speaker 5: If all the favorites win this week So you got Illinois,

2213
01:52:00,479 --> 01:52:03,839
Speaker 5: you got Arizona, you got Duke, and you got Michigan.

2214
01:52:04,240 --> 01:52:07,560
Speaker 5: If you parlay all three favorite or all four favorites

2215
01:52:07,640 --> 01:52:10,479
Speaker 5: to win this weekend, it would go down to plus

2216
01:52:10,680 --> 01:52:16,000
Speaker 5: two fifty nine, which I mean, it's not terrible, but

2217
01:52:16,120 --> 01:52:18,080
Speaker 5: the question is right, And Brian you kind of alluded

2218
01:52:18,120 --> 01:52:20,400
Speaker 5: to this with your question of the one seeds that

2219
01:52:20,439 --> 01:52:22,120
Speaker 5: maybe could go down, And I'll open it up now

2220
01:52:22,160 --> 01:52:26,120
Speaker 5: to all all four underdogs, like, is this a bet

2221
01:52:26,120 --> 01:52:29,120
Speaker 5: we should be making where it's a very chalky elite

2222
01:52:29,160 --> 01:52:32,040
Speaker 5: eight and we get Michigan, Duke, Arizona, Illinois as your

2223
01:52:32,080 --> 01:52:33,559
Speaker 5: final four? Is that kind of set in stone?

2224
01:52:33,600 --> 01:52:34,080
Speaker 2: What do we think?

2225
01:52:34,600 --> 01:52:36,680
Speaker 3: I wouldn't say it's set in stone. It's a good

2226
01:52:36,760 --> 01:52:37,960
Speaker 3: chance it happens, but.

2227
01:52:38,760 --> 01:52:40,320
Speaker 5: Better than plus two fifty nine chance.

2228
01:52:41,000 --> 01:52:43,320
Speaker 3: Well, at least you're getting plus money, remember what, you're

2229
01:52:43,360 --> 01:52:44,400
Speaker 3: getting pretty good plus money.

2230
01:52:44,400 --> 01:52:45,439
Speaker 5: You're getting almost three to one.

2231
01:52:45,600 --> 01:52:49,080
Speaker 3: What was it the four to one seeds last Saturday? Yeah,

2232
01:52:49,080 --> 01:52:52,880
Speaker 3: it was like dollar sixty yeah, yeah, right, yeah, it's like,

2233
01:52:52,920 --> 01:52:54,920
Speaker 3: oh gosh, if you don't get there, you're like and

2234
01:52:55,000 --> 01:52:57,880
Speaker 3: it was only minus one sixty four. You know, your

2235
01:52:57,920 --> 01:53:01,160
Speaker 3: head is just shrugging and shit, you know you're looking

2236
01:53:01,200 --> 01:53:04,360
Speaker 3: at the floor at that stage. At least it's you know, plus.

2237
01:53:04,520 --> 01:53:07,240
Speaker 5: Two, almost three to one, yeah, yeah, almost three to one.

2238
01:53:07,600 --> 01:53:10,080
Speaker 3: I wouldn't play it. I just hate having to jump

2239
01:53:10,120 --> 01:53:13,880
Speaker 3: over four hurdles. Yeah, but at least it's you know,

2240
01:53:14,240 --> 01:53:14,759
Speaker 3: it's plus.

2241
01:53:14,800 --> 01:53:17,440
Speaker 5: If I was gonna do it, I would do it tomorrow,

2242
01:53:17,560 --> 01:53:19,960
Speaker 5: and I would do the one seats tomorrow, which is

2243
01:53:20,160 --> 01:53:26,960
Speaker 5: Arizona No Duke, Duke Duke and Michigan tomorrow that is

2244
01:53:27,040 --> 01:53:30,360
Speaker 5: minus one ten. I actually kind of like that because

2245
01:53:30,360 --> 01:53:33,200
Speaker 5: it's basically like a flat bet on on the two

2246
01:53:33,800 --> 01:53:35,920
Speaker 5: you know, top seats to win tomorrow, and those have

2247
01:53:36,000 --> 01:53:38,840
Speaker 5: been other than Arizona, the two best teams in the

2248
01:53:38,840 --> 01:53:41,080
Speaker 5: tournament Duke in Michigan. I think that's the one. I'd

2249
01:53:41,080 --> 01:53:46,040
Speaker 5: play Michigan Duke moneyline parlay for Sunday at minus one

2250
01:53:46,040 --> 01:53:49,599
Speaker 5: oh nine actually so a penny cheaper than a flat,

2251
01:53:49,720 --> 01:53:51,519
Speaker 5: you know, flat standard minus one ten bet.

2252
01:53:51,840 --> 01:53:54,920
Speaker 4: Hey put, it doesn't feel so square if you lose,

2253
01:53:55,000 --> 01:53:55,599
Speaker 4: you know what I mean?

2254
01:53:55,640 --> 01:53:55,920
Speaker 2: Like that.

2255
01:53:56,040 --> 01:53:59,160
Speaker 4: No, that's one where if you lose that bet, you

2256
01:53:59,200 --> 01:54:02,599
Speaker 4: almost feel good about the bet, whereas if you take

2257
01:54:02,640 --> 01:54:04,080
Speaker 4: all four you're like, my.

2258
01:54:04,160 --> 01:54:06,599
Speaker 5: God, Yeah, if you take four, it's a lot of hurdles.

2259
01:54:07,000 --> 01:54:11,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, So what would be the biggest of curve balls?

2260
01:54:11,880 --> 01:54:12,360
Speaker 2: You know, right?

2261
01:54:12,400 --> 01:54:17,520
Speaker 3: Would it be Iowa that's the biggest on de Lilois?

2262
01:54:18,400 --> 01:54:20,880
Speaker 3: But or is it Rick Barnes and Tennessee take it

2263
01:54:20,880 --> 01:54:22,960
Speaker 3: down Michigan would be Well, if you.

2264
01:54:22,960 --> 01:54:24,960
Speaker 5: Want to talk about preflop. If you want to talk

2265
01:54:24,960 --> 01:54:26,920
Speaker 5: about pre flop, how about this. Iowa, I think was

2266
01:54:27,000 --> 01:54:29,880
Speaker 5: sixteen to one to make the Elite eight before the

2267
01:54:29,960 --> 01:54:34,000
Speaker 5: tournament started. Yeah, so that was the biggest long shot

2268
01:54:34,320 --> 01:54:36,320
Speaker 5: obviously the longest seeds, so that shouldn't come as a

2269
01:54:36,320 --> 01:54:39,360
Speaker 5: surprise for them to make it this far. Whereas Tennessee,

2270
01:54:39,520 --> 01:54:41,440
Speaker 5: you know, as a sixth seed, they had a little

2271
01:54:41,440 --> 01:54:43,280
Speaker 5: bit more. You know, you stay away from the one

2272
01:54:43,320 --> 01:54:46,640
Speaker 5: seed in that round of thirty two. So Iowa getting

2273
01:54:46,680 --> 01:54:50,400
Speaker 5: to this point was pretty pretty substantially, you know.

2274
01:54:50,480 --> 01:54:50,760
Speaker 2: Big.

2275
01:54:51,440 --> 01:54:53,800
Speaker 3: By the way, can I complain just for a very

2276
01:54:53,840 --> 01:54:57,680
Speaker 3: quick horse amount of time horse, I'm not a big planner,

2277
01:54:58,040 --> 01:55:00,360
Speaker 3: you know, but I was just looking at the times

2278
01:55:00,400 --> 01:55:02,280
Speaker 3: of the games today and they're goofy times. We'll just

2279
01:55:02,320 --> 01:55:05,480
Speaker 3: call it three ten and five fifty to make it simple, right,

2280
01:55:06,080 --> 01:55:09,160
Speaker 3: so I didn't. I wasn't looking at the Sunday slate.

2281
01:55:09,200 --> 01:55:11,480
Speaker 3: It hadn't come out yet, and so I just thought

2282
01:55:11,480 --> 01:55:13,720
Speaker 3: it would be similar, you know. So I'm not a

2283
01:55:13,720 --> 01:55:17,600
Speaker 3: big planner, but I'm like, Okay, show ends West Coast time,

2284
01:55:17,720 --> 01:55:20,040
Speaker 3: nine am. I could do this, I could do that.

2285
01:55:20,120 --> 01:55:22,280
Speaker 3: I could go here. Yeah, I got time until three ten.

2286
01:55:22,600 --> 01:55:26,360
Speaker 3: You got no time starts at eleven fifteen am, baby,

2287
01:55:26,440 --> 01:55:29,240
Speaker 3: West Coast time, so it's like two hours and fifteen

2288
01:55:29,280 --> 01:55:32,760
Speaker 3: minutes after the show ends. So I'm like, I could

2289
01:55:32,760 --> 01:55:35,480
Speaker 3: maybe comb my hair maybe.

2290
01:55:35,120 --> 01:55:36,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, and then we got oops.

2291
01:55:36,480 --> 01:55:36,680
Speaker 2: You know.

2292
01:55:36,800 --> 01:55:39,560
Speaker 3: So, I don't know. It's weird how they do these times. Man,

2293
01:55:39,680 --> 01:55:41,800
Speaker 3: I don't I don't get I know you want it

2294
01:55:41,800 --> 01:55:45,400
Speaker 3: in primetime on Saturday. I get that, but it's kind

2295
01:55:45,400 --> 01:55:47,920
Speaker 3: of weird how they stagger these times, and you know,

2296
01:55:48,000 --> 01:55:51,080
Speaker 3: I don't get it. But whatever, small complaint, small complaint.

2297
01:55:51,480 --> 01:55:54,160
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Speaker 2: Rapid fire.

2332
01:57:43,920 --> 01:57:45,400
Speaker 3: All right, Jared, we start with you.

2333
01:57:45,440 --> 01:57:45,960
Speaker 2: What do you like?

2334
01:57:46,520 --> 01:57:49,600
Speaker 5: Well, produce down to five and a half now bet MGM,

2335
01:57:49,680 --> 01:57:51,840
Speaker 5: it's still above that key number of five. I still

2336
01:57:51,840 --> 01:57:54,160
Speaker 5: would would betted at five and a half. Full disclosure,

2337
01:57:54,160 --> 01:57:55,520
Speaker 5: I did bet plus six and a half earlier. I

2338
01:57:55,560 --> 01:57:58,440
Speaker 5: gave it out in the parley flatter earlier. If they

2339
01:57:58,560 --> 01:58:01,320
Speaker 5: lose by six, I'm sorry it would suck for me

2340
01:58:01,400 --> 01:58:03,720
Speaker 5: more than you because there are some six is available.

2341
01:58:03,840 --> 01:58:06,520
Speaker 5: But I'll take perdue plus five and a half again

2342
01:58:06,760 --> 01:58:09,080
Speaker 5: this They were a four point dog to Michigan two

2343
01:58:09,120 --> 01:58:11,320
Speaker 5: weeks ago. Arizona, I think we're overacting a little bit

2344
01:58:11,320 --> 01:58:14,000
Speaker 5: to what happened with Arkansas. Game starts in thirty minutes.

2345
01:58:14,160 --> 01:58:18,280
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2346
01:58:18,560 --> 01:58:20,960
Speaker 5: under one forty two and a half. I haven't watched

2347
01:58:20,960 --> 01:58:23,520
Speaker 5: these teams obviously much this year. However, when you look

2348
01:58:23,560 --> 01:58:26,840
Speaker 5: at the statistics, they're both really good defensively. Louisville sixty

2349
01:58:26,840 --> 01:58:28,920
Speaker 5: points allot per game, Michigan sixty two and a half.

2350
01:58:29,160 --> 01:58:30,840
Speaker 5: If they play to their averages, we should be kind

2351
01:58:30,840 --> 01:58:32,640
Speaker 5: of in the one twenties, maybe one thirty here, but

2352
01:58:32,680 --> 01:58:34,680
Speaker 5: one forty two and a half feels a little heavy.

2353
01:58:34,840 --> 01:58:36,920
Speaker 5: We we'll go under Louisville, Michigan and the Women's Sweet

2354
01:58:36,920 --> 01:58:40,200
Speaker 5: sixteen and Iowa Illinois the first game of the Leit

2355
01:58:40,280 --> 01:58:42,840
Speaker 5: eight tonight. I'll go under sixty four and a half

2356
01:58:42,880 --> 01:58:44,800
Speaker 5: in the first half. These teams have played each other

2357
01:58:44,840 --> 01:58:47,880
Speaker 5: already this year. I think based off of where the

2358
01:58:47,920 --> 01:58:50,240
Speaker 5: rebounding numbers are, where the pace numbers are, I think

2359
01:58:50,240 --> 01:58:52,320
Speaker 5: we're gonna be a little bit of a tight start

2360
01:58:52,480 --> 01:58:54,560
Speaker 5: between these two teams, these two Big ten rivals. So

2361
01:58:54,640 --> 01:58:57,000
Speaker 5: under sixty four and a half first half Iowa and Illinois.

2362
01:58:57,760 --> 01:58:59,720
Speaker 2: Okay, here's the deal.

2363
01:59:00,200 --> 01:59:03,720
Speaker 4: I love Jared, but I gotta go against him on

2364
01:59:03,760 --> 01:59:08,080
Speaker 4: this Purdue Arizona game. I'm taking Arizona minus the five

2365
01:59:08,120 --> 01:59:11,080
Speaker 4: and a half. And the reason why is because the

2366
01:59:11,160 --> 01:59:14,880
Speaker 4: Cats look unstoppable. I think they're the national champion this year,

2367
01:59:15,440 --> 01:59:17,840
Speaker 4: and I think they keep the good times rolling. Michigan

2368
01:59:18,400 --> 01:59:21,200
Speaker 4: against Tennessee. I think Barnes is left out in the

2369
01:59:21,200 --> 01:59:25,880
Speaker 4: cold again. It's another stop at the Elite eight and

2370
01:59:25,920 --> 01:59:30,280
Speaker 4: he fails to advance a balls team to the final four,

2371
01:59:30,320 --> 01:59:33,320
Speaker 4: and he does so in a big loss to Michigan again.

2372
01:59:33,360 --> 01:59:36,480
Speaker 4: Wolverine's another one of those teams who I just feel

2373
01:59:36,760 --> 01:59:40,360
Speaker 4: strongly about. I mean, they're big, they're well versed, there's

2374
01:59:40,360 --> 01:59:41,800
Speaker 4: not too many holes in their game.

2375
01:59:42,000 --> 01:59:43,440
Speaker 2: And then I'm going to go back to something I

2376
01:59:43,480 --> 01:59:44,160
Speaker 2: handed out.

2377
01:59:44,000 --> 01:59:47,840
Speaker 4: Earlier, no runs first inning. Padres Tigers really like this one.

2378
01:59:47,880 --> 01:59:49,920
Speaker 4: When you take a look at Flarerty and Basquez, who

2379
01:59:49,920 --> 01:59:52,560
Speaker 4: are on the mount today, it does make sense when

2380
01:59:52,560 --> 01:59:54,760
Speaker 4: you look at their early ending splits. So you got

2381
01:59:54,840 --> 01:59:57,760
Speaker 4: nerfy on that Padres Tigers matchup.

2382
01:59:58,120 --> 01:59:58,440
Speaker 2: All right?

2383
01:59:58,440 --> 02:00:02,120
Speaker 3: I got my eyes fixing on Go Blue tomorrow.

2384
02:00:02,440 --> 02:00:02,720
Speaker 2: All right.

2385
02:00:02,720 --> 02:00:05,480
Speaker 3: Give me Michigan, give me a minus seven and a half.

2386
02:00:06,960 --> 02:00:10,080
Speaker 3: I think that they're gonna they're gonna smack around Tennessee

2387
02:00:10,120 --> 02:00:12,680
Speaker 3: pretty good, so I'll lay the points there. I'm gonna

2388
02:00:12,680 --> 02:00:15,160
Speaker 3: take a prop give me under ten and a half

2389
02:00:15,200 --> 02:00:19,040
Speaker 3: points for JP Estrella. If he's a big for Tennessee.

2390
02:00:19,800 --> 02:00:22,520
Speaker 3: I don't see him doing much against the trees of Michigan.

2391
02:00:22,600 --> 02:00:27,000
Speaker 3: The lake down low in the paint. Their front court

2392
02:00:27,040 --> 02:00:29,600
Speaker 3: is just so long problematic. So I'm gonna take under

2393
02:00:29,600 --> 02:00:32,480
Speaker 3: ten and a half points for JP Ostrella tomorrow, and

2394
02:00:32,480 --> 02:00:35,400
Speaker 3: then let's go parlay. Shout, let's go money line parlay.

2395
02:00:35,480 --> 02:00:39,160
Speaker 3: Let's get credit right here. Give me Michigan money line

2396
02:00:39,160 --> 02:00:42,320
Speaker 3: against Tennessee. Give me the alion I to take down

2397
02:00:42,400 --> 02:00:46,240
Speaker 3: Iowa today. That's minus one thirty five, So that's not

2398
02:00:46,360 --> 02:00:49,600
Speaker 3: bad right there. I like that parlay. Hopefully everything cashes.

2399
02:00:49,680 --> 02:00:50,320
Speaker 3: Enjoy the oops.