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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Action Network podcast, the number one show

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Speaker 1: for the invested sports fan.

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Speaker 2: All right, here we go.

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Speaker 3: Spreading in the corner.

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Speaker 2: Ten seconds of mating.

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Speaker 4: They just go show under the basket. Under the basket,

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Speaker 4: it's not a.

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Speaker 3: Seven seconds the dog worries.

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Speaker 4: It's the crew for the wind.

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Speaker 2: God pick go a miracle.

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Speaker 5: I'm just waterer hit that one from the parking lot

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Speaker 5: for the championship.

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Speaker 3: Shut it off at college basketball.

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Speaker 4: It's not the size on the dog in the fight,

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Speaker 4: it's the size of the fight in the dog.

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Speaker 5: What's up, Degenerate Nation? Welcome to the Action Network podcast.

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Speaker 5: This is the Colledge Basketball adding preview. I'm Stucky and

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Speaker 5: with me as always as Colin Wilson and mister Mike Randall.

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Speaker 5: It's March, baby. What's going on, gentlemen?

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Speaker 4: I am licking my wounds from trying to ride the

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Speaker 4: North Florida Osprey all the way to the end of

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Speaker 4: the A Sun Finals. It just didn't work out for him.

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Speaker 3: Illinois Chicago, keep it going, guys, get to the window.

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Speaker 3: Back to back nights, Okay.

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Speaker 5: North Florid. I had a future on them, devastating. They

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Speaker 5: had a bad turnover up three Lipskim hits a three.

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Speaker 5: They have the ball like forty seconds. If they get

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Speaker 5: a rebound with twenty seconds left and shoot a three,

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Speaker 5: it was wide open, but they could have held for

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Speaker 5: the last shot. A Ty games with a chance to

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Speaker 5: go to the conversation. They miss and Lipscom hits a

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Speaker 5: floater as pretty much as time expires, and they will

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Speaker 5: face I think Liberty hold on like twenty to eighteen

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Speaker 5: or something. Liberty in the Atlantic Sun Championship. As I said,

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Speaker 5: it is March, the most beautiful time of the year.

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Speaker 5: We have conference tournament action all weekend, another important conference

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Speaker 5: torment action, and that'll lead us into the major conference

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Speaker 5: tournaments next weekend. We'll have podcast episodes for those next week,

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Speaker 5: so more to come on that front. We'll talk about

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Speaker 5: some of the conference rooms to start this weekend. But

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Speaker 5: let's cover the week that was and rant a little

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Speaker 5: bit and just cover the things that happened. I'll mention

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Speaker 5: a few of the marquee takeaways. Kansas continues to be

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Speaker 5: the best team in the country to me. They've pulled

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Speaker 5: out a couple of close wins lately, but they're still

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Speaker 5: winning and these are games that others are losing. Right,

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Speaker 5: you see, Kentucky, who just had an inexplicable home lost

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Speaker 5: to Tennessee and it wasn't any shooting variants or anything.

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Speaker 5: So that then you know, the SEC in general, it's

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Speaker 5: turning into a big clusterfuck. Battle loses at home to Vandy.

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Speaker 5: You have LSU dropping more games. Auburn loses at home

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Speaker 5: to Texas A and M. You know, Florida finally gets

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Speaker 5: it done on the road. And I had this great

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Speaker 5: spot all set up for Florida at home, and I

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Speaker 5: still might go to them against Kentucky, but the Kentucky

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Speaker 5: lose to Tennessee. You know, Florida then wins on the road,

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Speaker 5: and and yeah, it's so I don't know if we're

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Speaker 5: But as of right now, I have Florida ranks as

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Speaker 5: behind Kentucky, and you know behind them is Auburn and LSU.

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Speaker 5: Also you continues to not defend, and then you know

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Speaker 5: you have Arkansas who's surging a little bit. Connell, get

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Speaker 5: your thoughts in Arkansas on a second. The other couple

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Speaker 5: things I wanted to mention Marquette fading as we've talked

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Speaker 5: just an awful loss at a Paul without Reid, you

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Speaker 5: people that offense with the best two point offense in

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Speaker 5: and they you know, they looks like they were sleeping

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Speaker 5: then I think one of the biggest storylines in the

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Speaker 5: last two weeks is Michigan State. They've figured it out,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Rocket Watts and Aaron Henry have gone from who

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Speaker 3: to where they should be. They should have been buried

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Speaker 3: for making two free throws with five seconds left. Definitely

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Speaker 3: So they won that Virginia Folks five to zero and

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Speaker 3: won their last six games seven wins in a row.

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Speaker 3: Also worthy of note, they're back to the under Virginia

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Speaker 3: over under DIFFERENTI of negative fifty four point five total points.

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Speaker 3: Davonte Green did a nice job with a free throw

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Speaker 3: one that frustrates me. How did I not take a

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Speaker 3: Gonzaga at home? Versus Saint Mary's. After the loss of

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Speaker 2: Doesn't have a great offense?

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Speaker 3: Does it have a great offense? Guys? That's a forty

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Speaker 5: Well, one thing I'll say about Virginia. Look, I'm not

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Speaker 5: total of twenty six points. That is the lowest combined

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Speaker 5: modern era of college basketball. I just don't buy this offense, don't.

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Speaker 5: I don't buy relying on Jay Huff hitting threes. Virginia

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Speaker 5: They continue to catch for me, they get a triple

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Speaker 2: I'll be riding them in the Belt. Don't let the

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Speaker 5: figure it out away from Mackie, that team is dangerous

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Speaker 5: as well. Colin, I'll throw it to you. But starting

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well it's a huge game anyways, because Arkansas needs

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Speaker 4: You could argue that Arkansas needs more wins, although they

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Speaker 4: is it impressive to beat LSU? It's impressive for us

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Speaker 4: So you know, we've got everybody back at full strength.

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Speaker 4: Jones is shooting volume from anywhere he wants, Isaiah Joe's back.

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Speaker 4: looking to beat Texas A and M. I think they'll

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Speaker 5: You know, the Texas A and M defense, they allow

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Speaker 5: But it's against the team that's playing really well. Right,

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Speaker 5: So it's kind of an unfortunate situation for Arts. Already,

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Speaker 4: Of lose in this game, right Yeah, And the other

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Speaker 4: getting more quad run wins is going to be limited,

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Speaker 4: I think if they run into Kentucky. So it's interesting

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Speaker 4: to see if Bama is going to take a loss

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Speaker 4: fall into a ten. I'm not saying they would purposely

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Speaker 4: our eyes are definitely on Alabama and what they're going

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Speaker 2: It's pretty important for SEC tournament. Randall, anything you want

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Speaker 3: I think Arkansas is dangerous. I think they're very dangerous

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Speaker 2: He complains so much.

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Speaker 4: Every every shot goes up, if there's anybody within three

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Speaker 2: Let's just make some shots. You know.

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Speaker 4: You see him shoot a three there at the end

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Speaker 1: All right, let it out.

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Speaker 3: This is your rant of the week.

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Speaker 4: I've lost a lot of money on Brady Mannick this year,

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Speaker 4: and Christian Doolittle and Brady Mannic miss free throws down

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Speaker 2: To get upset.

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Speaker 4: But that was just embarrassing that bank three by Texas

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Speaker 4: You want a team that can hit its free throws.

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Speaker 4: Oklahoma's twenty sixth in the nation. They hit seventy six

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Speaker 4: Complete breakdown by ou down to Texas. I should ran

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Speaker 5: Then all their players get hurt, and now they cannot

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Speaker 2: It's unbelievable.

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Speaker 3: It's that Shaka for some reason refused to go to

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Speaker 2: Like they're better without sim somehow, right. It's wild. I

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Speaker 5: about Southern Conference SoCon John twenty two, he knows about

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Speaker 5: as much as anybody. I talk with him about the

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Speaker 5: entire conference. Let's talk with him right now.

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Speaker 1: From the Southern to the Summit League, the MIAK and

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Speaker 1: the Missouri Valley. There are over three hundred and fifty

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Speaker 5: He's at SoCon John twenty two. That's jo Hm. Who

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Speaker 5: better to talk to about the sokon than a man

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Speaker 5: named SoCon John. I assume based on looking at your profile,

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Speaker 2: Is that accurate?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I was a SoCon fan and i'm Apple and

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Speaker 6: Because when the league lost Davidson and Georgia Southern at

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Speaker 3: We going to do now?

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Speaker 6: The strength of the league was, you know, College of

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Speaker 6: There were some teams out there that could maybe not

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Speaker 6: like Walford, Furman, UNCSBROW became better because of East sense

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Speaker 5: I completely agree, and let's just take a look at

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Speaker 5: the oldest conference tournament in the country. It's the one

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Speaker 5: hundredth Southern Conference Tournament, and maybe, just maybe in the

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Speaker 5: one hundredth, they will get their first ever season of

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Speaker 5: multiple bids in the way that I think the Silcon's

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Speaker 2: Are right on the bubble in the conversation.

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Speaker 5: I think in order for it to happen this year, Etsu,

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Speaker 5: What are your thoughts on the potential to get two bids.

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Speaker 6: Well, I have a conference. Last year, they ranked thirteenth

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Speaker 3: In that large bid.

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Speaker 6: I don't know that you could say that for any

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I would tend to agree with you. But let's

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Speaker 5: We assume that they're going to get by the winner

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Speaker 6: Well? Very real. I mean if you look at the

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Speaker 6: they've beat them by six points at ETSU, five points

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Speaker 6: With eighteen double doubles on the season, I think fourteen

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Speaker 2: Yep, I agree, Etsu.

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Speaker 5: I mean this team, if you just want to spend

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Speaker 5: And we'll just what are your overall thoughts on Etsu

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Speaker 6: Etsu is very very good. I'm gonna tell you their

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Speaker 6: He's won three games by I'll put it this way,

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Speaker 2: Interesting look into that.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I was not aware of how important he was

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Speaker 5: behy Lowly Citadel.

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Speaker 2: I mean, Wafford is a seventh seed is pretty shocking

438
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Speaker 2: to see.

439
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Speaker 5: I mean, it's a team that's lost six six champion,

440
00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:30,880
Speaker 5: defending champion playing in the first round last year.

441
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Speaker 2: So crazy.

442
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Speaker 5: Now they've had some bad luck and they've lost some

443
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Speaker 5: close games and you know, they've lost seven in a

444
00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,520
Speaker 5: row and the season their defense is still there, they're

445
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,560
Speaker 5: just struggled to score consistently though.

446
00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,440
Speaker 2: They'll play you know, we we assume they played.

447
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,080
Speaker 5: Furman, that's a team that they beat earlier this year,

448
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,000
Speaker 5: and then they lost on the road by one. If

449
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,359
Speaker 5: they somehow got by that, and they would play a

450
00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,560
Speaker 5: UNCG team that hates to play Wafford. I mean, Wafford

451
00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,120
Speaker 5: beat him three times last year, they beat him again

452
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Speaker 5: this year, and then UNCG needed a crazy comeback to

453
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Speaker 5: win in overtime this year. Do you see any way

454
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Speaker 5: in the world where Wafford just causes chaos in the

455
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Speaker 5: bottom half and how do you see it playing out?

456
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Speaker 6: Well, it's crazy because you mentioned the Firman and the

457
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Speaker 6: UNTG matchups, which if you look at those matchups, I

458
00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,760
Speaker 6: guess they were what two in four in those games,

459
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Speaker 6: etsu being the only team to swept them in close games,

460
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,960
Speaker 6: but one on one against Furman and Wafford played probably

461
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,240
Speaker 6: one of their best defensive games of the year and

462
00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,400
Speaker 6: holding Firman to fifty two points in sixty sixty six

463
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Speaker 6: fifty two wins. And then if you look at the

464
00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:40,640
Speaker 6: UNTG games, they were both close. I believe both went

465
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Speaker 6: to overtime. They've actually played the top three of the

466
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Speaker 6: conference better than they've played the middle of the conference

467
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Speaker 6: because they're zero to six against URSA Kattanooga in Western Carolina.

468
00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,960
Speaker 6: So that's interesting to me, and I think I says

469
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Speaker 6: a lot more about the conference's overall improvement from one

470
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Speaker 6: to six or you know, one to seven than it

471
00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,600
Speaker 6: was last year where you could just talk about four teams.

472
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Speaker 6: And I think that's a credit to Chattanooga Mercer in

473
00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:13,159
Speaker 6: Western Carolina for making the adjustments and getting out there

474
00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,080
Speaker 6: and recruiting guys that could compete with these these players.

475
00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,800
Speaker 6: Having said that, when you lose the all time three

476
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Speaker 6: point leader, you lose a guy like Cam Jackson, and

477
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,680
Speaker 6: you have a guy like Keve Aluma transfer to Virginia

478
00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,760
Speaker 6: Tech and lose your coach, Mike Young. That's not going

479
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,840
Speaker 6: to be easy to replace. But they still got good players.

480
00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:36,000
Speaker 6: I think Nathan Hoover stor Murphy they can cost some problems.

481
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Speaker 6: I think the toughest game for Furman, I think is

482
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Speaker 6: the first one. If Furman can beat Wofford, they got

483
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Speaker 6: a real chance to play East and the Seat State

484
00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,520
Speaker 6: in the final. I think that's their toughest game though,

485
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Speaker 6: because it's a local rivalry and those games have been

486
00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,440
Speaker 6: so close. And Jay McCauley used to be an assistant

487
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:58,480
Speaker 6: on the staff at Furman under Nico Medven before Bob

488
00:22:58,600 --> 00:22:59,720
Speaker 6: Ritchie took the job there.

489
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Speaker 5: Well, you said that a Furman gets by Wofford, which

490
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,679
Speaker 5: might not be as easy as something, then you know

491
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,159
Speaker 5: you like them to get by UNC Greensborough, who obviously

492
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Speaker 5: just to get through Chattanoogas. So talk to me about

493
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Speaker 5: the Furman UNCG matchup now, because when I look at

494
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,639
Speaker 5: it and Furman, it speaks to I think where this

495
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,480
Speaker 5: conference is headed. I did not think that they were

496
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Speaker 5: going to be this good this year after what they

497
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Speaker 5: lost last year, and just I mean, they've been unbelievable.

498
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Speaker 5: I think they set a school record for wins yes

499
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Speaker 5: this year, and.

500
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Speaker 6: The coach said, he basically said that nobody thought we

501
00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,280
Speaker 6: would match our win total from last year. Most people

502
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Speaker 6: me included. But you know, well, this team might win

503
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,240
Speaker 6: twenty games, but surely they're not going to win twenty five.

504
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,000
Speaker 6: And they bring back four starters, and sure enough they

505
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,080
Speaker 6: win twenty five. And not only that, they win fifteen

506
00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:49,480
Speaker 6: conference games, which is two more than they won I

507
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,080
Speaker 6: guess last year. That makes it, you know, that more impressive.

508
00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,399
Speaker 6: I think on that front, coach issue made the point

509
00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:00,000
Speaker 6: that it's easier to go from not like eight wins

510
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,600
Speaker 6: to like twenty than it is from going to like

511
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:03,840
Speaker 6: twenty to twenty five.

512
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Speaker 5: Yep, hell of a job by Richie. The high you

513
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000
Speaker 5: go up, the harder it is to improve marginally.

514
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Speaker 6: You know, you mentioned U and CG. They're very good

515
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,400
Speaker 6: again as well. I mean, they've won twenty three games

516
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,639
Speaker 6: and they could very well win this weekend. You know,

517
00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,280
Speaker 6: they've got a guy in Isaiah Miller who I think

518
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 6: is maybe the best athlete that I've seen in the

519
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,520
Speaker 6: Southern Conference in a long time. You know, very high

520
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:28,520
Speaker 6: level recruited player as a defensive player as well as

521
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,800
Speaker 6: quickness and athleticism. I think what Furman has to do

522
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,800
Speaker 6: is to force UNCG into be an outside shooting team.

523
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 6: That's been the way that ETSU has beating them. That's

524
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 6: been the way that that Furman beat them late in

525
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Speaker 6: the season. And it's like Wes Miller said, Furman was

526
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,679
Speaker 6: a different defensive team in February than they were in January,

527
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 6: the same team. So I think that's what is going

528
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,440
Speaker 6: to come down to this weekend. And I think ETSU

529
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 6: is very good. Sixteen of their eighteen conference games, they've

530
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,680
Speaker 6: held a an opponent to less than seventy points.

531
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean.

532
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Speaker 5: The one thing with UNCG, I mean what scares about

533
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:03,560
Speaker 5: that they lost their last two games of the year

534
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Speaker 5: to Firman and Chatanooga, who they'd have to beat most.

535
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,920
Speaker 2: Likely to get to like a revenge tour. Yeah, revenge store.

536
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 5: And then they have to play East Tennessee State, who

537
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,119
Speaker 5: they lost to twice this year. With UNCG, though, what

538
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:18,119
Speaker 5: scares me about them is their offensive times feels like

539
00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,399
Speaker 5: it's just so reliant on Isaiah Miller's a hell of

540
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,679
Speaker 5: an athlete, hell of a player. It's so reliant on

541
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,680
Speaker 5: Miller can go through droughts and then they can't shoot

542
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 5: free throws at all, which is a major issue. Sixty

543
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,920
Speaker 5: two point six percent. Yeah, they're bad, and I mean

544
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,640
Speaker 5: Miller is fifty four percent, and then Dickie who gets

545
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 5: to the line, he's fifty percent and Hunters sixty five.

546
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,800
Speaker 5: It's just bad all around. Their best players who were

547
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 5: getting the line can't shoot free throws. And then you know,

548
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,919
Speaker 5: I look at a matchup with Furman, and you know,

549
00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,040
Speaker 5: UNCG what they're known for is their pressure style defense.

550
00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,440
Speaker 5: Under West Miller Furman, as you said, they've been playing

551
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,160
Speaker 5: better defensive. Firman also takes care of the ball, which

552
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,879
Speaker 5: is really important against UNCG. The only thing that worries

553
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 5: me about Furman, you know, is that they don't have

554
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 5: much They don't have much death. So is that a

555
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,920
Speaker 5: concern for trying to win three games in three days?

556
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 6: Well, you're right, you're right. I think I would say

557
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 6: that for most teams. But they've played with, you know,

558
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 6: basically seven players seven as coach Bobberys he says, the

559
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 6: whole year seven starters, and so they've had to try

560
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,359
Speaker 6: to introduce that, and I think one of the things

561
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 6: that helps them is that the one of those seven

562
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,239
Speaker 6: guys is Trey Clark, who comes off the bench and

563
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 6: he's not a big offensive guy, but he's a I

564
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 6: don't know if you remember a guy you used to

565
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,879
Speaker 6: play for Charleston and he was called the Steph Curry

566
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 6: stopper Antoine Wiggins, who he's kind of like that guy.

567
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:47,639
Speaker 6: He's long, he's bothered, shot and he rebounds and he's

568
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,560
Speaker 6: got energy, and you need a guy like that, I

569
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:55,000
Speaker 6: think to win in big moments. He's not necessarily a scorer,

570
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:59,120
Speaker 6: so Furman probably has six or scores plus him and

571
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,320
Speaker 6: he's the you know, one of the better defenders in

572
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,200
Speaker 6: the league, but he doesn't even start. So it's it's

573
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,399
Speaker 6: kind of crazy to say that, but I think you

574
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 6: look at another guy like Mike Bobwell who's come off

575
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 6: the bench and he's been incredible. Really since the Chattanooge

576
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 6: game where he scored twenty seven points down the stretch.

577
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,400
Speaker 6: I don't know how many he scored in double figures,

578
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 6: but I think it was like thirteen or fourteen straight

579
00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 6: before he did not score in double figures. So he's

580
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,920
Speaker 6: he's been a guy that's really stepped up. And maybe

581
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,480
Speaker 6: if there was an award for six Player of the

582
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 6: Year or or a guy that you know was the

583
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,879
Speaker 6: most improved, it would be for him. But you know,

584
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 6: I think I think I think Furman's gotten used to that. Normally,

585
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,399
Speaker 6: I wouldn't say that that you could have seven guys

586
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 6: that that could could win. But when you have six

587
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,399
Speaker 6: guys that can score on any given night when another

588
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 6: one's not scoring, that makes you tough.

589
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,880
Speaker 5: Yep, yeah, absolutely, all right, let's get to your predictions

590
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 5: for fun. Who you're calling who wins it and who

591
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 5: who do they beat in the final?

592
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,920
Speaker 6: Well, I'm gonna be a traditionals here and say that

593
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 6: that East Tennessee State probably wins the tournament and Furman

594
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:19,000
Speaker 6: probably is the runner up, you know, in a one

595
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:23,199
Speaker 6: to two conference championship game. But I think it's a

596
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 6: very close game. I think it's somewhere in the seventies.

597
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,240
Speaker 6: I think seventy eight, seventy five, and TSU win in

598
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,680
Speaker 6: the in the championship game over Furman. But I think,

599
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 6: you know, if there was a scenario where ETSU were

600
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 6: to lose to a U n C G or a Furman,

601
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 6: they should be in. You know, I don't think there's

602
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:49,760
Speaker 6: any question about that, because the net rankings didn't really

603
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 6: make sense. Last year when they had UNCG out of

604
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 6: it and Furman, which would have ranked within the top

605
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 6: sixty eight of that net ranking, and that was told

606
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,160
Speaker 6: that was you know, the thing that was going to

607
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,680
Speaker 6: keep you know, mid majors in it, and that was

608
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 6: the ranking system to keep mid majors in it, because

609
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 6: it really is unfair to penalize mid majors when major

610
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 6: teams won't schedule them in the non con you're holding

611
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,760
Speaker 6: them to an unfair standard if you're not going to

612
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 6: use the net ranking at all.

613
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:28,719
Speaker 5: Yep, yeah, I completely agree. Two questions before I let

614
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 5: you go and appreciate your time here. We have a

615
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 5: BNCH of Chattanooga. They actually have the number one adjusted

616
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 5: offensive efficiency in conference play. They also don't turn it over.

617
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 5: They're the lowest turn of a rate in conference play.

618
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,400
Speaker 5: You know the defenses if he but they did just

619
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 5: beat UNCG at home, and they do it again.

620
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,720
Speaker 6: Absolutely. I think what Lamont Paris has done has been

621
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 6: one of the best jobs of any coach in the nation.

622
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,000
Speaker 6: I mean, most people won't look at that, but if

623
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 6: you look at Mark Prosser at Western Carolina too, they're

624
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 6: improved by eleven wins. I think over what they what

625
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:05,480
Speaker 6: they were last year. But adding a top one sixty

626
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 6: player like Matt Ryant from who's played at Notre Dame,

627
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 6: who's played at Vanderbilt has made a huge difference. And

628
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 6: then you get a Stephan Kinnich from from Cleveland State

629
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 6: that's a very good player. And then Ramon Viola who

630
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 6: was an Arizona State transfer last year but has really

631
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 6: been one of the more improved players in the SoCon

632
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,680
Speaker 6: this year. I think that's that has been a great mix.

633
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 6: And then you're throwing a guy like I think John

634
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 6: by Piece, their guard is one of is a very

635
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 6: underrated player. I think he does a great job and

636
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,760
Speaker 6: what he's has to do. He's a member of the

637
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 6: Haitian national team. And so this is a team to watch,

638
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 6: I think in Nashville. And I would add to that,

639
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 6: you know that Mercer uh Western Carolina game is going

640
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 6: to be exciting. I mean Dimitrievitch and Ethan Stare. I mean,

641
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 6: just think about if they'd have had their all conference

642
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 6: player this year, Ross Cummings, who who had a back

643
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 6: injury and had to take a red shirt, and they

644
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 6: still finished fourth under first year head coach Greg Gary.

645
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 6: I mean it's an incredible job he's done since coming

646
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 6: over from the produced staff.

647
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 5: Yeah, that one's probably going to be close to I

648
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 5: would imagine the line will be close to tickle. Who

649
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 5: do who do you favor? Do you have to pick

650
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 5: one to advance in that Mercer Western Carolina game.

651
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 6: I'm gonna pick Western Carolina because I think that just offensively,

652
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 6: they're they're good enough to win at least one game

653
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 6: in Ashville. That's a tough matchup when you have to

654
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 6: pick your poison between Mason Faulk turning Carlos Stopson. That

655
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 6: that depends on if Dodson can stay out of foul trouble.

656
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 6: But is the only thing that limits in is foule

657
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 6: trouble and his minutes on the floor. But if he's

658
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,480
Speaker 6: able to be on the game, I would take them

659
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 6: in a close.

660
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 2: One fair enough.

661
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 5: If we'll assume that East Tennessee stay DoD they do

662
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 5: win the tournament when they get into the bracket.

663
00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,080
Speaker 2: Is there a certain team that you wouldn't.

664
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 5: Want the face that a team that would give them,

665
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 5: you know, with a certain strength, or do they match

666
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 5: up pretty well.

667
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 2: Regardless of who you think they'll face.

668
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 6: Well, I think a team like a Wisconsin would not

669
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 6: be a good matchup for East Ennessy State if they're

670
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 6: going to match up with another athletic team. And I'm

671
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 6: not I'm not saying that Wisconsin does not have athletes.

672
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 6: I'm just saying this style of play is different than

673
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 6: what you see normally in the Southern Conference Big Ten

674
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 6: teams normally are. They're not as fast paced, they're more

675
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 6: half court. So I think a team like Wisconsin would

676
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,800
Speaker 6: cause problems. But I think if they get a team

677
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 6: that wants to run, I think that's a recipe for

678
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 6: an upset.

679
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,120
Speaker 5: YEP, which is why if you saw earlier in the

680
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,720
Speaker 5: year when LSU, you know a team I fixed that

681
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 5: profile lost at home by double digits ETSC.

682
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 2: So like a team like LSU, I think will be

683
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 2: a perfect matchup.

684
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 5: John, I appreciate your time if you want to check

685
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 5: out John on Winner and anything so Con related, especially

686
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 5: during the tournament this weekend he's at so Con John

687
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 5: twenty two, that's j o HM. So appreciate your time

688
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 5: and thanks for catching up with us.

689
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 6: Hey, thanks for having me. It's always a blast of

690
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 6: talk college hoops and thanks appreciate it.

691
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, So, John shared a lot of Out's basically my

692
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 5: thoughts on the Southern Conference are you know, East Tennessee

693
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 5: is really good and really complete, and they just have

694
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 5: such an easier They're about even odds to win and

695
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 5: get to March, and if they don't, they get to

696
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 5: the conference finals, they probably will get in that large bid.

697
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 5: Who knows that the Southern could get snubbed again like

698
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,480
Speaker 5: UNCG did last year. You know, the UNCG is interesting,

699
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 5: as I talked about with John, so I think the

700
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 5: bottom half is pretty wide open. I would agree with

701
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,840
Speaker 5: John it's probably Firman that ends up coming out of there.

702
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 2: But you have to favor ETSU to cut down the nets.

703
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 5: There just so deep, and especially if they get Rodriguez back,

704
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 5: who's come back the last two games played a little

705
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 5: bit of minutes, but I think they're the all around

706
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 5: most complete team. I don't think that there's a ton

707
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 5: of that plus one hundred. But what are you guys

708
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 5: seeing in the sokon and anything catching your eye? Ran,

709
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 5: I'll start with you.

710
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, you nailed that. My favorite sleeper is Western Carolina,

711
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,879
Speaker 3: best three point shooting team in the conference, thirty seven

712
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,719
Speaker 3: point one percent in so com play. Defense isn't great,

713
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,320
Speaker 3: but They are solid against the three, their top sixtieth

714
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,280
Speaker 3: in defensive rebounding. They won on the road and lost

715
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,439
Speaker 3: to East Tennessee State by one point on the road

716
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 3: last week. If you want to pick them apart, the

717
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,839
Speaker 3: problem is they haven't been East Tennessee State, Furman, UNCG.

718
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 3: They're zero to six against them, but they were all

719
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 3: close games. It's hard to see them beating two of

720
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,959
Speaker 3: those three in consecutive games, but I think they're worth

721
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 3: a look. The other one that I was looking at

722
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 3: as a sleeper is Chattanooga. The problem with Chattanooga, all

723
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 3: the things you said are true. Top defensive three point team,

724
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 3: they hold conference opponents down, they shoot the three well.

725
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,239
Speaker 3: They've won three of four. Problem is they'd have to

726
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 3: beat UNCG, then probably Furman, then East Tennessee State. So

727
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 3: they actually have the hardest road because they'd have to

728
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 3: win all three. I like Furman better than East Tennessee

729
00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 3: State because of the odds. Furman's fifteen and three. They

730
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 3: were one game behind them. They did lose at Auburn

731
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 3: earlier in the year when Auburn was playing really well.

732
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 3: In ot They're always in the mix. Interesting thing about

733
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 3: Firman guys, they have not won the Southern Conference tournament

734
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 3: in forty years since nineteen eighty, so sort of the

735
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 3: SENTI mental favorite. I like them because I think they

736
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 3: have better odds there than East Tennessee State.

737
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 2: Oh what do you see here?

738
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, East Tennessee State should be plus one h five odds.

739
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 4: I mean, this is this is being played in a

740
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 4: Hera's Cherokee Bingo Hall, about an hour from campus. They're

741
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 4: the best in the conference. They've earned the top seed here.

742
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 4: I think the thing that kind of shocked me when

743
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 4: I first looked at the odds is Mercer's fifty to one.

744
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:35,840
Speaker 4: I mean, I can understand being a twelve to one

745
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 4: or a sixty one, but Mercer's fifty to one, and

746
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 4: they're up in that bracket with East Tennessee State, and

747
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 4: they've beaten East Tennessee State earlier this year on their

748
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,839
Speaker 4: home courts seventy one to fifty five. Now, holding home

749
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 4: court holding serve just doesn't mean anything in this conference.

750
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 4: They're thirty first, I think out of all thirty two conferences,

751
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,880
Speaker 4: and as far as defending home court, and when you

752
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:55,719
Speaker 4: look at the bottom half of the brackets, I mean,

753
00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:57,680
Speaker 4: Mercer I think is worth some lunch twenty at fifty

754
00:35:57,719 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 4: to one, that seems a little outrage for somebody that's

755
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,880
Speaker 4: beaten East Tennessee State before. And you know what, Mercers

756
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 4: won five of the last six. They're the best team

757
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 4: in the conference in effective field goal percentage on defense,

758
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 4: and East Tennessee State gets all the points in two

759
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 4: point territory where Mercer's defense is number one. So I'm

760
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,279
Speaker 4: not saying Mercer's gonna beat them and they're gonna they're

761
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 4: gonna win the conference term or anything, but I'm saying

762
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 4: fifty to one is like way too high, way too

763
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,560
Speaker 4: high for a team that's beaten them before. On the

764
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 4: bottom half of the bracket. I may be the only

765
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 4: one that likes UNC Greensboro plus four forty five, I think,

766
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,200
Speaker 4: believe is what's listed out at circle right now. They're

767
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 4: on a revenge tour here. They just lost to Chattanooga,

768
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 4: they just lost to Furman, those last two teams to

769
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:36,919
Speaker 4: beat him, so they're gonna have to run through those two,

770
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,320
Speaker 4: you know, Furman one by fourteen on UNCG's home court.

771
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 4: So you know, I think odds wise, they may present.

772
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 4: They have the best player in Isaiah Miller. You know,

773
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 4: in the entire conference, so I mean, they can make

774
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 4: a run here. It's kind of a mess down at

775
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 4: the bottom of the bracket, but I still think, you know,

776
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 4: I would still go with you UNC Greensboro to come

777
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,760
Speaker 4: out of the bottom. And I think Mercer at fifty

778
00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 4: to one deserves I don't know a KFC family, I

779
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 4: mean something. I mean, good lord, fifty to one is

780
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 4: way too much for a team that's proved it and

781
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 4: it's on a winning streak.

782
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, they started off oz and four and got really hot.

783
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,400
Speaker 5: All right, let's move on to the Colonial, which starts

784
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,879
Speaker 5: on Saturday. This will be you know, in years past

785
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 5: it's been in Charleston, which has been South Charleston. I

786
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,200
Speaker 5: should say a semi advantage for college with Charleston, but

787
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 5: this will be in Washington, d C. You know, the

788
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,879
Speaker 5: top six seeds get a buy into the quarters, which

789
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 5: are on Sunday. Drexel, UNC, w Elon and JMU will

790
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:29,720
Speaker 5: play in the first round. I think you can cross

791
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 5: all those teams out, who would have to win four

792
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,879
Speaker 5: games in four days. So I think then it comes

793
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 5: down to one of the top six seeds. You know,

794
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 5: Hofstra is the top seed. It's a team that is

795
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,720
Speaker 5: very guard oriented. They'll play a lot of zone. They

796
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,320
Speaker 5: are vulnerable inside. You know, there's this is a conference

797
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 5: set has a lot of really good senior leaders on

798
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 5: each team. You have, you know, Nathan Knight at William

799
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 5: and Mary he can just get buckets, and Grant Ryle

800
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 5: or the senior Charleston Charleston's that's such a disappointing year.

801
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 5: Jordan In at Northeastern, Bouie at Hostra and then Delaware

802
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,400
Speaker 5: has been an interesting team this year. You know, I

803
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,439
Speaker 5: think that they've you know, they lost, they lost twice

804
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 5: to Charleston, which is worth noting because they'll play them

805
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 5: in the first round. You know, but this is a

806
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 5: team that beat Hofstra on the road. It's a team

807
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,279
Speaker 5: that you know, has beat pretty much everyone else in

808
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 5: the conference except William and Mary and Charleston. But they've

809
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 5: had a couple of transfers that are playing really well

810
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 5: for them this year, and they've been they were really

811
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 5: kind to me. But Nate Darling at Ua B transfer

812
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 5: has been really good for them. And then Dylan paynter

813
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 5: kid from Hershey, a Villanova transfer who was eligible at

814
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 5: late December. He's been playing really well for them as well.

815
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:43,440
Speaker 5: So They're an interesting team. This just looks like one

816
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 5: big cluster fuck to me. I don't know if all

817
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:48,280
Speaker 5: have any futures here in the CAA, which looks completely

818
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 5: wide open, you see it any different, right, I'll start

819
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:51,240
Speaker 5: with you.

820
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 3: You know, I'm excited to get plus odds on a

821
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 3: regular season champion in Hofstra. They're very enticing the top seed.

822
00:38:58,280 --> 00:38:59,280
Speaker 2: They've been road warriors.

823
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:01,399
Speaker 3: They're even one of conference on the road. They are

824
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,319
Speaker 3: the best cover team in college basketball. They're tied with

825
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,720
Speaker 3: North Florida twenty two and eight to seventy three percent,

826
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 3: eight and one against the spread on the road as well,

827
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,879
Speaker 3: and CAAA play. They're eleven and four overall. Head coach

828
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 3: Joe Mahailak he openly said guys that they were super

829
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,960
Speaker 3: disappointed last year. I got a chance to interview him.

830
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,239
Speaker 3: He was really fired up. They were so upset that

831
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 3: they lost to Northeastern and did not make the tournament.

832
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 3: They are on a mission. So to get plus odds

833
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,360
Speaker 3: for them, I think is pretty good. William and Mary

834
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 3: guys plus five hundred. Dane Fisher took over right after

835
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 3: Tony Shaver was fired in June. They have the fifth

836
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,800
Speaker 3: best odds despite getting the two seed and they've never

837
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 3: made the NCAA tournament. William and Mary, they've won five

838
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 3: in a row. They did beat Hofstra away by twenty seven,

839
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,760
Speaker 3: which was a great, great game. You talked about stuck

840
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 3: Nathan Knight and the seven footer Van Flight. They are

841
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,360
Speaker 3: double double machines and both of them can step out.

842
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 3: Don't sleep on towsand Towns is a third seed. They

843
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 3: won five to six. They're twelve and four against the

844
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 3: spread in their last sixteen. They have that dangerous backcourt

845
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,919
Speaker 3: if you're a guard person there. Brian Fobbs sixteen points,

846
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 3: five rebounds in the now and Betran fourteen points. Both

847
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,320
Speaker 3: guys can shoot the three as well. They're slow and deliberate,

848
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 3: but eighty percent from the line, a free throw shooting

849
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 3: and CIA play, so that's a big deal. So listen,

850
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 3: Grant Realer is fantastic and Charleston has a puncher's chance,

851
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 3: but he's going to have to really have a huge,

852
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,920
Speaker 3: huge tournament because he's twenty one points per game and

853
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,080
Speaker 3: only one of the guy, Brevin Galloway's in double digits.

854
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 3: So I kind of like those top teams the best

855
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,759
Speaker 3: odds William and Mary, but Listen, you can't go wrong

856
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,359
Speaker 3: with Hofstra. I know, the odds aren't great, but there

857
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 3: are plus odds and here's the team that's on a

858
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 3: mission to get to that tournament.

859
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 2: Yeah.

860
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 5: I mean, the one good thing that Hofstra has going

861
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,279
Speaker 5: for it is, you know, like Charleston's not a great

862
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 5: rebounding team.

863
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 2: Delaware is not a great rebounding team.

864
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 5: And you would assume that Hobster is going to get

865
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 5: through the winner of Drexel on UNC Wilmington, so they

866
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,280
Speaker 5: would play the winner of Charleston Delaware.

867
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 2: You know, the team you know that would be scary

868
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 2: to them.

869
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:49,160
Speaker 5: Is Toalsand, who just attacks the offensive glass as well

870
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,840
Speaker 5: as any team in the nation, and Thousands on the

871
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 5: bottom half of the bracket. In order for Hobster to

872
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 5: face talsand the Towsand would have to beat Northeastern and

873
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:59,359
Speaker 5: then presumably William and Mary because the real I mean

874
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 5: Towsands just beat Hofstra seventy six to sixty five at Hoster.

875
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 5: In that game, Thousand out rebounded Hofstra forty nine to

876
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 5: twenty six. So that's probably one of the worst matchups

877
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 5: for Hofstra. You know, who's very guard reliant, very guard

878
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 5: reliant team And is vulnerable on the glass, which Host

879
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 5: can take advantage, especially on the offensive end. Colin, what

880
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 5: are you seeing in the CAAA. Well, I'll start with Talisand.

881
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 5: I don't think they get out of the first round.

882
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:28,839
Speaker 4: They just struggled with Northeastern on Sunday and now they

883
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,800
Speaker 4: get them to start the tournament. And I like Northeastern

884
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,840
Speaker 4: to cover that game and possibly win. But in my opinion,

885
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,680
Speaker 4: it's only a two team conference that could possibly win

886
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 4: this thing, and that's Hoster and William and Mary. They're

887
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 4: the most experienced two teams in the entire conference. William

888
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 4: Mary is in the top fifty in the country. Hofstra

889
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,879
Speaker 4: is the seventh most experienced roster in all of Division One.

890
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 4: Host was eleven and four against the spread on the

891
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:52,080
Speaker 4: road this season. I mean, they were one of the

892
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 4: best teams at playing away from home. I mean I

893
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,440
Speaker 4: think they haven't, you know, lost a game in since

894
00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 4: January that was to thousand. But I don't think Towsand's

895
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,279
Speaker 4: going to make it that far. William and Mary, I'm

896
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,120
Speaker 4: seeing it eight to one out in Vegas right now.

897
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 4: To me, that just presents a ton of value. They

898
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 4: recently won by ten at thousand they split the season

899
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,399
Speaker 4: series with Hofstra, So I think a half a unit

900
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 4: on Hofstra if you can find them three to one,

901
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 4: a half unit on what Vegas is offering, an eight

902
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,440
Speaker 4: to one on William and Mary. I think you just

903
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 4: lay those two half units and wash your hands and

904
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 4: hopefully that's the final, which it should be.

905
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm leaning towards William Mary as of now, just

906
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 5: because of their you know, I think Hopster is likely

907
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 5: going to get to the finals, but William and Mary

908
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 5: if they can get by the winner of tals at

909
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,520
Speaker 5: the Northeastern. They have a lot of height and that

910
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 5: can give Hopstra a problem, especially in a tight conference

911
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 5: final game with Nathan Knight six' ten Senior van Vliet

912
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 5: a seven foot. Senior this team has a lot of.

913
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:53,000
Speaker 5: Height they are twenty second in the nation on the defensive,

914
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 5: glass so you know hops is gonna get no second

915
00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 5: chance points at. All they did split the season. Series

916
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 5: hopster won on the road is Like. Luca they've been

917
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 5: great on the road all, year especially against the Spread Randall.

918
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:09,879
Speaker 5: Thargetty you, trust you ultimately Trust, hostra their, coach their,

919
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,919
Speaker 5: Mission Booie Pemberton ray and those.

920
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 2: Guards is that?

921
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:17,759
Speaker 3: Right Booie, pemberton great coach and has shown out on the.

922
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 3: Road i'm gonna call them a Little. Kansas i'm gonna

923
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 3: call them Mini kansas because the profile is, very very

924
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:25,319
Speaker 3: similar amongst their conference As kansas IS i, agree the

925
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:26,799
Speaker 3: one other One i'm looking. At you want to get

926
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 3: some Values william And, mary But i'm sticking With.

927
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 5: Hopster, Yeah houster shooting coast of forty from three in conference.

928
00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:36,480
Speaker 5: Play they have excellent guards and that is the one

929
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,279
Speaker 5: area of weakness At william And. Mary so, BASICALLY i

930
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 5: Mean William mary doesn't defend the three. Well so it's

931
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,280
Speaker 5: really gonna come down to Is hopstra hitting their. Threes

932
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:47,440
Speaker 5: if they, are they probably. Win if they, aren't theyre

933
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 5: gonna get no second chef points And william And mary

934
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:54,360
Speaker 5: will go dancing for their first time in school. History

935
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,640
Speaker 5: and we say it every, year the teams to never

936
00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:01,840
Speaker 5: make THE ncaa, tournament you Have william And. Army so

937
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,319
Speaker 5: they actually made the tournament in nineteen sixty Eight, army

938
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 5: but they turned down the invitation to play in the

939
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,640
Speaker 5: N it because they would have a better shot at

940
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:11,839
Speaker 5: winning the N I t which was more prestigious than

941
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,840
Speaker 5: Because ucla was in the sixty eight thirty and you

942
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,440
Speaker 5: know the coach return to dow was Of, army Then Bobby.

943
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 5: Knight Saint, Francis New. York they don't Say Chicago. State

944
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 5: what tell Me Chicago state has made? It Like northwestern made.

945
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 5: It these are Original division one teams that haven't. Okay

946
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 5: So chicago, said, YEAH i don't think.

947
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 2: They're ever going to make. It they're not even traveling

948
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:30,200
Speaker 2: the games.

949
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 5: Now Brooklyn william And mary The Citadel, man they're a.

950
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 5: Mess and then it Was northwestern.

951
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 3: As elon gotten. In elon never got, in did?

952
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:41,240
Speaker 5: They Now elon's never made. It but they're a Newer

953
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 5: division one. Team they were In division two and made

954
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 5: the tournament back in like the nineties and. Stuff so

955
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:48,239
Speaker 5: they're not on an ORIGINAL d one. Team so those

956
00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 5: are your at your trivia for the, Day william And

957
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 5: Mary Citadel army And Saint, Francis New.

958
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:58,479
Speaker 2: York all, right, now let's talk some some. Fun.

959
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:03,799
Speaker 5: Belt i'm biased And i've Loved South alabama all. Year

960
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:05,960
Speaker 5: i've been way higher than on the market all. Year

961
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,279
Speaker 5: i've been betting them all. Year they have finally turned it.

962
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:12,439
Speaker 5: On they've won eight straight to get the two seed

963
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:14,799
Speaker 5: and get that triple by the second most experienced team

964
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 5: in the. Country they have all, seniors AND i think

965
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 5: there's four starting, seniors and then you Have Andre fox's

966
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 5: who's really coming on and comes off the. BENCH i,

967
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,359
Speaker 5: mean you have A jaii inside who's just a.

968
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 2: Monster this.

969
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,759
Speaker 5: Team they run a lot of zone which is why

970
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,560
Speaker 5: they match up well With Texas, state who can't shoot

971
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:32,839
Speaker 5: the three. Well, now if someone's having a red hot

972
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 5: day from, three they are. Vulnerable But i'm sticking with

973
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:42,120
Speaker 5: my preseason, prediction my mid season. Prediction i'm rolling With South,

974
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 5: alabama who the one team that can give them issues

975
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:51,400
Speaker 5: Is Georgia, state who beat them twice this. Year shoots

976
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 5: the three extremely, well about thirty six, percent second in the,

977
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 5: conference are about the close to thirty seven percent for the,

978
00:45:57,080 --> 00:46:01,279
Speaker 5: year which is top forty in the. Nation so it's

979
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,280
Speaker 5: not a great matchup For South. Alabama But Georgia state's

980
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 5: in the top. Half they get a bye to the

981
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:09,320
Speaker 5: quarters if they beat Presumably Georgia. Southern Then Georgia state

982
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:12,239
Speaker 5: would have to Beat Georgia southern and Then Little rock

983
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,320
Speaker 5: the top seed just to get To South. Alabama South

984
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 5: alabama is probably going to Play Texas state. AGAIN i

985
00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 5: really Like Texas, state but it's just a great matchup

986
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:25,080
Speaker 5: For South alabama Because Texas state does look they are excellent,

987
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:28,799
Speaker 5: defensively they don't turn the ball. Over they shoot it

988
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:31,400
Speaker 5: really well from the, line but they can't shoot from the.

989
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:35,239
Speaker 5: Outside they are thirty one in change percent for the

990
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 5: season and in conference, play and against That South alabama,

991
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:41,200
Speaker 5: zone that's just not going to get it. Done they

992
00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 5: also foul a, lot which plays right into the hands

993
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 5: Of South. Alabama SO i Think South alabama is going

994
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 5: to get to the, final Beat Texas state. Again it'll

995
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 5: be a close game and then they are going to

996
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,480
Speaker 5: Beat i'm gonna, Say Little, rock what are you guys

997
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:53,880
Speaker 5: seeing in the?

998
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 3: Belt lockstep with? You stuck With South? ALABAMA i Think

999
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,600
Speaker 3: Little rock is a paper. TIGER i think they're one

1000
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:02,200
Speaker 3: of the week top seeded teams in their conference. Play

1001
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 3: they've gone three and three in the last. Six they

1002
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 3: have three road. Losses they're not good on, defense they

1003
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:09,279
Speaker 3: don't defend the three, well and they turn the ball

1004
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:11,200
Speaker 3: over a. Lot they're very very. Young they're gonna be

1005
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 3: dangerous next. Year but don't Like Little rock at. All Texas. State.

1006
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:17,719
Speaker 3: FINE i like them better Than Little, rock who they

1007
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:19,560
Speaker 3: beat this. Year they're second in The Sun belt in

1008
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:23,480
Speaker 3: offensive and defensive. Efficiency they do limit, turnovers but it's

1009
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 3: All Nigel pearson for. Them nineteen, points five point four.

1010
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 3: Rebounds he's had double digit scoring in all but two,

1011
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:30,719
Speaker 3: games but he's the only guy on the team that

1012
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:33,840
Speaker 3: hits double. Figures So i'm with you On South. Alabama

1013
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:35,839
Speaker 3: they are the two, seed eight wins in a. Row

1014
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,600
Speaker 3: they Beat little Rockaway Texas state at. Home they're a

1015
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,280
Speaker 3: slow paced team in The Fun, belt best at forcing,

1016
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:44,280
Speaker 3: turnovers no, boards but they, are as you, said second

1017
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,920
Speaker 3: most experienced team in the nation two point six years

1018
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 3: of experience per player versat all on. Offense they got

1019
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 3: four guys in double figures and they needed the. Rest

1020
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:56,280
Speaker 3: they're gonna have fourteen days off Because Joshua jai fourteen

1021
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:59,120
Speaker 3: points eight boards has been slowed by that ankle. Injury

1022
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 3: last three games for him to zero and four. POINTS

1023
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 3: i understand The Georgia state. THING i just don't buy.

1024
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 3: IT i think they're. Bizarre they are excellent from, three

1025
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:10,880
Speaker 3: but they lost To troy. Twice they have four players

1026
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:13,799
Speaker 3: in double. Figures they all shoot it. Well Sophomore Justin.

1027
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:16,480
Speaker 3: Roberts he's got forty one. Percent he's. Incredible but they

1028
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:19,399
Speaker 3: had lost three straight then they Beat Little Rocket home

1029
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:21,520
Speaker 3: by nineteen to end the regular. Season there's sort of

1030
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:24,040
Speaker 3: a maddening. Team they could make a run or they

1031
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:26,400
Speaker 3: could get knocked out right. Away they could have a

1032
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:29,960
Speaker 3: rivalry game there With Georgia. Southern so they're very. Talented on,

1033
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 3: paper they are probably the most talented, team BUT i

1034
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 3: just don't see. It only other Thing i'll mention, guys of,

1035
00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:37,640
Speaker 3: Course Arkansas. State they're the nine, seed but they're one

1036
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:39,560
Speaker 3: of the best cover teams in the country at nineteen and.

1037
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:41,920
Speaker 3: Ten they've slowed down of, late but they're a real

1038
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:43,560
Speaker 3: good cover team if you want to make some money there.

1039
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:46,120
Speaker 3: Early BUT i am. WITSTUCK i think It's South. Alabama

1040
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,040
Speaker 3: they've played well all the, year AND i think they're

1041
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:48,319
Speaker 3: the most.

1042
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:51,200
Speaker 5: Balanced, hey, Right Georgia state is so, bizarre tough tea

1043
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:51,560
Speaker 5: to figure.

1044
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:52,919
Speaker 2: Out, Colm what do you? Say first?

1045
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,760
Speaker 4: Off i'd like to, say if you haven't googled The sunbell,

1046
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 4: bracket look it. Up because this conference, schedule this conference

1047
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:00,759
Speaker 4: tournament is a. Joke if you ever heard of A

1048
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 4: wwe gauntlet style. Match let me tell you what A

1049
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,880
Speaker 4: ww gauntlet style. Matches they put two guys in the,

1050
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:09,080
Speaker 4: ring and every time you beat, somebody somebody new and

1051
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,759
Speaker 4: fresh from the back comes out to beat your. Ass all,

1052
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:14,360
Speaker 4: Right so, eventually if you're going to win this gauntlet style,

1053
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:18,240
Speaker 4: match you have to go through five fresh. Guys that's

1054
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:21,120
Speaker 4: The Sun Belt. Tournament if You're Arkansas state or if

1055
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:24,000
Speaker 4: You're Coastal, carolina you have to go through three road

1056
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,720
Speaker 4: games before you get to go play in a semi

1057
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:28,640
Speaker 4: final game against a fresh team In New. Orleans if You're,

1058
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:30,719
Speaker 4: coastal you got to go to Ut, arlington then App,

1059
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:33,560
Speaker 4: state Then Texas, state then you go To New orleans

1060
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:36,279
Speaker 4: and you have to Face South alabama And Little. ROCK i,

1061
00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:40,760
Speaker 4: mean it's impossible for anybody not going To New orleans

1062
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:43,840
Speaker 4: to win this thing in my. Opinion so from a betting,

1063
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:47,279
Speaker 4: perspective the guys are Right South, Alabama Little. Rock i'm

1064
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,040
Speaker 4: seeing three to one On Little. Rock i'm seeing four

1065
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:51,520
Speaker 4: to one On South. Alabama Little rock has the highest

1066
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:53,680
Speaker 4: luck rate of any team in the. Conference the guys

1067
00:49:53,719 --> 00:49:57,080
Speaker 4: are completely Right Paper. Tiger they have the highest luck

1068
00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,840
Speaker 4: Rate South. Alabama they're on an eight game winning. Streak

1069
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:03,520
Speaker 4: if you look at their advanced analytics from the entire,

1070
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:05,239
Speaker 4: SEASON i don't think it's really caught up their fifth

1071
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 4: and offensive and defensive. Efficiency so what they've been able

1072
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 4: to do isn't really how hot the team is right.

1073
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:13,560
Speaker 4: Now but this entire conference tournament is a. Joke the

1074
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:15,760
Speaker 4: bracket is a. Joke it's the ugliest thing on. Paper

1075
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:17,520
Speaker 4: they're getting rid of it next. Year they're going to

1076
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:21,279
Speaker 4: a standard everybody fly into one spot and play and

1077
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:22,719
Speaker 4: play in one spot over a number of.

1078
00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:26,080
Speaker 2: Days but it's just it's a. Joke this bracket is a.

1079
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 4: JOKE i can't wait a hundred years from now people

1080
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:29,319
Speaker 4: Wi google and SAY i can't believe they.

1081
00:50:29,239 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 2: Played it that.

1082
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:34,600
Speaker 5: Way all, right let's move on to the, weekend and

1083
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:36,080
Speaker 5: let's start With friday night.

1084
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:40,279
Speaker 1: Lights why let football have all the. Fun let's Bet

1085
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:42,120
Speaker 1: friday night lights.

1086
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 2: We're going to.

1087
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:48,480
Speaker 5: Have you, know we'll obviously have stuff on tomorrow's. Game

1088
00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:50,319
Speaker 5: some of them. Aren't we don't have some of them

1089
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,920
Speaker 5: yet because of while we're recording, this some of the

1090
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 5: games aren't. Over but as of, now what's out, there

1091
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:56,840
Speaker 5: what's projected to be out? There what do you have

1092
00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:58,279
Speaker 5: circle For Friday RANDALL.

1093
00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:00,759
Speaker 3: Nc State Wake. FOREST i think this is a BIG

1094
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,440
Speaker 3: Nc state win at. Home they've won four or five at.

1095
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:05,439
Speaker 3: Home they had the big wins Over clemson And, dukes

1096
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 3: so they usually show. Up first meeting between these teams

1097
00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 3: back In december, seventh we'll pack one ninety one eighty.

1098
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:12,919
Speaker 3: Two SO i have to take the over as, well

1099
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,719
Speaker 3: especially with Wake. Forest right you saw it again Against North.

1100
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:18,040
Speaker 3: Carolina if they are, down they're going to start fouling

1101
00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:20,040
Speaker 3: with like two or three minutes, Left so the over

1102
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:22,560
Speaker 3: is a solid play. Here wake is nineteen eight and

1103
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:24,880
Speaker 3: two to the, over four overs in a row for

1104
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:27,600
Speaker 3: the Dpen deacons by a combined one hundred and eighteen.

1105
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:30,640
Speaker 3: Points so LIKE Nc state to show up here get

1106
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:32,760
Speaker 3: a solid win that they need in a regular, season

1107
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:33,279
Speaker 3: AND i like the.

1108
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:35,879
Speaker 4: Over richmond has a double by locked up in the eight,

1109
00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:38,640
Speaker 4: tenth going up Against, dukine who needs the win at

1110
00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 4: home and The Saint louis loss to get The Bonnie

1111
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:44,200
Speaker 4: saturday for the double. Bye If ducaine, loses The bonnies

1112
00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 4: could play for a double bye seed On. Saturday so

1113
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:48,840
Speaker 4: it's sort of a two parter here where you Know

1114
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:51,560
Speaker 4: dukine really needs that, win and if they, lose look

1115
00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:53,840
Speaker 4: for a very Motivated bonnie's team On.

1116
00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:57,880
Speaker 5: Saturday Fair, Enough i'll mention Two Missouri, state WHO i

1117
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:01,200
Speaker 5: took a flyer on to win The. Valley it's a preseason.

1118
00:52:01,239 --> 00:52:03,880
Speaker 5: Favorite they've kind of sputtered all, year but they've figured

1119
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:06,800
Speaker 5: some things out of late sands a game Against. Valpo you,

1120
00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:09,880
Speaker 5: know they've they had a change in their starting. Lineup you,

1121
00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:12,040
Speaker 5: know they Implemented owen's kind of like a glue, guy

1122
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:14,040
Speaker 5: and he's really helped with their. Energy they got mohammed

1123
00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 5: back the other day with fifteen is a really deep.

1124
00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:19,759
Speaker 5: Team they have a ton of size with Primd silva And.

1125
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:22,480
Speaker 5: West you, Know KeAndre cook can come in and get

1126
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:25,200
Speaker 5: buckets for. Them and you, KNOW i think they match

1127
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:28,080
Speaker 5: up really well With Indiana, state who has the. Guards

1128
00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:30,640
Speaker 5: they come in really hot as. Well BUT i THINK

1129
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:33,239
Speaker 5: i Think Missouri state can control the. GLASS i think

1130
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:35,719
Speaker 5: for a weekend for them to put it, together this

1131
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:38,560
Speaker 5: team with all of this, POTENTIAL i like them. Tomorrow

1132
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,800
Speaker 5: ALSO i Mentioned Boise, state you know Against San Diego.

1133
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:44,799
Speaker 5: STATE i think San Diego state here is starting to.

1134
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:46,880
Speaker 5: FADE i mean you're starting you're starting to see some

1135
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,040
Speaker 5: cracks in the. Armor you, know they came back Against.

1136
00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:53,319
Speaker 5: Nevada they came back against Air. Force you, know they

1137
00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:55,799
Speaker 5: really Need mensa. Back but it's not a deep team right.

1138
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 5: Now they'renna be playing back to back. Days it's something

1139
00:52:57,480 --> 00:52:59,879
Speaker 5: to keep in mind the rest of the tournament as.

1140
00:52:59,880 --> 00:53:03,719
Speaker 5: Well BUT i Think Boise, state who, Look Boise state

1141
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 5: had eight days off before their.

1142
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:05,680
Speaker 2: Game today AGAINST.

1143
00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:08,360
Speaker 5: Unlv you, KNOW i bet they're going to be a

1144
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:11,480
Speaker 5: live dog here Against San Diego. State you, know they

1145
00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:14,680
Speaker 5: lost by seventeen and eighteen To San Diego state during the,

1146
00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:16,680
Speaker 5: season which makes it a little. Scary any thoughts on

1147
00:53:16,719 --> 00:53:17,719
Speaker 5: either of, Those, Randall.

1148
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:20,520
Speaker 3: Yeah i'm with. You San Diego state not the team

1149
00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:22,319
Speaker 3: that are hopping on right. Now that was a bad

1150
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:25,400
Speaker 3: game against Air force. Today they don't play. Defense they

1151
00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:27,840
Speaker 3: were hitting threes. Late they needed to be rescued. Again

1152
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:30,120
Speaker 3: how many times can you be rescued late in a?

1153
00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:33,640
Speaker 3: Row they came back Against Colorado, State Malachi flynn went

1154
00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:36,319
Speaker 3: bananas Against nevada and then today they pulled it out as.

1155
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:39,839
Speaker 3: Well so Absolutely boise has the. Length jessup was hot.

1156
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:42,439
Speaker 3: Today that is a bad matchup By San Diego. STATE

1157
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:44,120
Speaker 3: i do not think is winning this, tournament AND i

1158
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:45,640
Speaker 3: wouldn't be surprised they lose To Boise.

1159
00:53:45,640 --> 00:53:47,920
Speaker 4: State if, anything play a first half money line On

1160
00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:49,719
Speaker 4: boise BECAUSE i, mean LIKE i, mean they have to

1161
00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:51,920
Speaker 4: Be San Diego state has to be rescued every single,

1162
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:54,800
Speaker 4: game AND i think maybe playing first halves opponents against

1163
00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:56,480
Speaker 4: them is probably going to be a money winner from

1164
00:53:56,520 --> 00:53:56,719
Speaker 4: here on.

1165
00:53:56,760 --> 00:54:01,160
Speaker 3: Out last, ONE i Have DAVIDSON VCU vc is banged

1166
00:54:01,239 --> 00:54:03,720
Speaker 3: up and they've been bleeding here coming down the. Stretch

1167
00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:07,280
Speaker 3: lost away At Rhode island by, twelve then lost away

1168
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:10,440
Speaker 3: At richmond by, eighteen then lost away At Saint louis by,

1169
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:14,640
Speaker 3: eighteen then lost to UMass away by. Eight david wildcatch

1170
00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:16,439
Speaker 3: a seven and one at home this, year and listen

1171
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:18,719
Speaker 3: to their wind spreads at home the last few few.

1172
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:21,560
Speaker 3: Games they have won by thirty five thirty two points

1173
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:24,439
Speaker 3: in ot Over roady and then twenty five thirty seven

1174
00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:27,239
Speaker 3: percent from three For. DAVIDSON i think they roll. HERE

1175
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 3: i think the market still VALUES vcu for some reason

1176
00:54:30,080 --> 00:54:32,880
Speaker 3: and ignores the fact they've lost six to. Seven davidson

1177
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:34,880
Speaker 3: at home has been pretty. Solid they've been playing, better

1178
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:36,840
Speaker 3: even though it's been a disappointing, Year SO i like

1179
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:38,759
Speaker 3: them here right, now they're given three and a. HALF

1180
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:40,600
Speaker 3: i could see it even dropping. FURTHER i like The

1181
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:41,160
Speaker 3: wildcats a.

1182
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:44,560
Speaker 2: Lot all, right let's move on To. Saturday so many,

1183
00:54:44,680 --> 00:54:46,440
Speaker 2: games so little.

1184
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:49,040
Speaker 1: Time let's look at The saturday.

1185
00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:50,319
Speaker 4: SLATE i have.

1186
00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:53,279
Speaker 5: A couple of big revenge spots. Here Ole miss isn't

1187
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:54,960
Speaker 5: playing for. Anything i've been vetting them a lot this,

1188
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 5: year BUT i think the market's finally caught. Up they

1189
00:54:57,280 --> 00:54:59,400
Speaker 5: Embarrassed Mississippi. State they went on like a fifty to

1190
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:02,960
Speaker 5: twenty run or. SOMETHING i, mean it was absolutely. INSANE

1191
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:05,200
Speaker 5: i Think tyree had like forty or something and they

1192
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:07,680
Speaker 5: won by thirty. Five Miss state who needs this, game

1193
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:10,520
Speaker 5: last home game of the, year in state rival Against Old.

1194
00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:13,759
Speaker 5: MISS i think that they might end up blowing them out.

1195
00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:17,160
Speaker 5: Here and THEN i also Mentioned. Perdue you, know we

1196
00:55:17,239 --> 00:55:20,040
Speaker 5: know how Good purdue has been at home their.

1197
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:23,040
Speaker 2: Season finale Against. Rutgers they went To rutgers earlier this.

1198
00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:26,960
Speaker 5: Year and you, know they lost seventy to sixty, three

1199
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,680
Speaker 5: but it was kind of, was you, know the largest

1200
00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:32,280
Speaker 5: lead they were up down seventeen eighteen at one. Point

1201
00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:34,880
Speaker 5: rutgers has pretty much clinched Their attorney spot with that

1202
00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:37,720
Speaker 5: win Over. Maryland you know their last two home, games

1203
00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:40,040
Speaker 5: they lost In, wisconsin they Lost Dephenn, state they lost

1204
00:55:40,040 --> 00:55:42,480
Speaker 5: At Ohio, state they lost At. Maryland they also do

1205
00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:45,879
Speaker 5: neutral To, michigan they lost At, iowa they lost At.

1206
00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:49,120
Speaker 5: Illinois you know where their last win away from home

1207
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:54,280
Speaker 5: Was rutgers was all the way back On january third Against.

1208
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 5: Nebraska and that is the only game That rutgers has

1209
00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:01,680
Speaker 5: won away from home all, year all, year neutral or.

1210
00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:03,320
Speaker 5: Road So i'll be looking at for what do you?

1211
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:04,239
Speaker 5: Look what are you looking at For?

1212
00:56:04,239 --> 00:56:07,279
Speaker 2: Saturday right, Now villanova folks is.

1213
00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:08,800
Speaker 3: Rolling they Beat Seaton.

1214
00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:09,879
Speaker 2: Hall they're very.

1215
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,240
Speaker 3: SOLID i have no idea of the status of McClung

1216
00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:14,759
Speaker 3: or your seven For, georgetown but this is going to,

1217
00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:17,719
Speaker 3: be according To Ken, palm a pretty low. Line villanova is.

1218
00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:20,399
Speaker 3: ROLLING i trust the. COACH i trust the. Backcourt they

1219
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:23,360
Speaker 3: have so many. Weapons georgetown gave it a roll Against creighton,

1220
00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:25,080
Speaker 3: there but they just can't stop the, three which is

1221
00:56:25,120 --> 00:56:27,840
Speaker 3: a bad spot here Against. Nova so depending on the,

1222
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:29,560
Speaker 3: line if it's, Small i'm gonna look At nova. HERE

1223
00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:31,680
Speaker 3: i Think Georgetown patrick ghwneys DoD a really good. Job

1224
00:56:31,719 --> 00:56:33,399
Speaker 3: they just don't have a lot of scholarship players and they're.

1225
00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:35,319
Speaker 2: Tired, yeah it's amazing what's happened to that.

1226
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:38,680
Speaker 4: Roster Colin wisconsin cannot fall out of the top four

1227
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:41,359
Speaker 4: for A Big ten double. Bye i'm not sure how

1228
00:56:41,360 --> 00:56:43,920
Speaker 4: motivated they are in this game Against. Indiana indiana is

1229
00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:47,040
Speaker 4: desperate for a, win desperate for any signs of life

1230
00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:48,840
Speaker 4: in their in their, season try to make the, tournament

1231
00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:51,200
Speaker 4: and you know they want to move up from an

1232
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:52,920
Speaker 4: eleven seat and stay out of the first round and

1233
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:55,440
Speaker 4: get a day off of the. Tournament SO i, think you,

1234
00:56:55,440 --> 00:56:57,120
Speaker 4: know this is the spot where you would want to

1235
00:56:57,120 --> 00:56:59,400
Speaker 4: Take indiana just because they're the team that needs it the.

1236
00:56:59,440 --> 00:56:59,680
Speaker 2: Most.

1237
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:03,759
Speaker 5: YEAH i Loved, wisconsin but the everyone is starting to Love,

1238
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:08,240
Speaker 5: wisconsin and you might get some value here On indiana

1239
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:12,800
Speaker 5: at home And indiana at. Home you, know they lost

1240
00:57:12,800 --> 00:57:15,640
Speaker 5: To purdue In, maryland but then they've won three straight

1241
00:57:15,719 --> 00:57:19,680
Speaker 5: at home Over Penn, State, Iowa. Minnesota it is it

1242
00:57:19,720 --> 00:57:25,200
Speaker 5: will be Senior day For Devonte green And Deron, Davis

1243
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:26,240
Speaker 5: so you, Know.

1244
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 2: Senior day And senior.

1245
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:31,320
Speaker 5: Night it can work to your advantage with all the,

1246
00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:33,640
Speaker 5: emotion BUT i also can work against you so don't

1247
00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:35,360
Speaker 5: just say Out senior night with for these, seniors let

1248
00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 5: me play. Them you have to look at on a you,

1249
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:40,240
Speaker 5: know on a one off. Basis BUT i agree with you.

1250
00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:43,919
Speaker 5: THERE i Have indiana circled as. Well, LOOK i can't

1251
00:57:43,920 --> 00:57:48,080
Speaker 5: Believe i'm gonna say, this BUT i might Have Oklahoma state.

1252
00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:50,440
Speaker 5: Circled they've been playing good, Ball BUT i, mean Just,

1253
00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:52,240
Speaker 5: texas can they really keep this?

1254
00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:52,840
Speaker 2: UP i don't.

1255
00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:55,120
Speaker 5: Know we might get some value On Oklahoma state At

1256
00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:57,920
Speaker 5: texas after everyone has fallen in. Love so now IF

1257
00:57:57,960 --> 00:58:00,840
Speaker 5: i bet Against, texas you know that they're they've won

1258
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:03,160
Speaker 5: five straight. Here but you, know if we can get like,

1259
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:07,200
Speaker 5: six anything over, FIVE i think it might be a

1260
00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:10,160
Speaker 5: good spot to go and Fade. Texas BUT i haven't

1261
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:12,320
Speaker 5: had a Real texas all? Year so what the fuck

1262
00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:12,640
Speaker 5: DO i?

1263
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:13,640
Speaker 2: Know? Randall what else you?

1264
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:13,880
Speaker 6: Got?

1265
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:17,080
Speaker 3: Mark it's going to overreact to The kentucky second half Against.

1266
00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:20,600
Speaker 3: Tennessee they still won twelve of. Thirteen they actually shoot

1267
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:23,040
Speaker 3: great from. Three on the, road they show a lot

1268
00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:25,240
Speaker 3: better than they do at. Home they were playing great

1269
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:27,440
Speaker 3: In tennessee first, half up, eleven then they self destructed.

1270
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:29,600
Speaker 3: There they're actually up seventeen at one. Point i'm sure

1271
00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:31,440
Speaker 3: the line's going to be Like florida giving three or

1272
00:58:31,480 --> 00:58:31,880
Speaker 3: something like.

1273
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:32,280
Speaker 2: That no.

1274
00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:35,800
Speaker 3: Problem i'll bank On Cali parry have it. Going then

1275
00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:38,520
Speaker 3: they have a two game losing streak going into THE Sec,

1276
00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:41,680
Speaker 3: Tournament So i'll Take kentucky probably as an underdog At.

1277
00:58:41,760 --> 00:58:43,240
Speaker 2: FLORIDA i love.

1278
00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:44,480
Speaker 4: That sucky just can't Put texas.

1279
00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:47,840
Speaker 5: Downazy they are not a simple team.

1280
00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:50,760
Speaker 2: People they're out of a simple. Team they are so.

1281
00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:53,280
Speaker 5: COMPLEX i, mean they just lose all their starters and get,

1282
00:58:53,280 --> 00:58:53,840
Speaker 5: better and.

1283
00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:55,840
Speaker 4: They just need they just Need Brady mannick and The

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00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:58,720
Speaker 4: Christian doolittle miss some pre. THROWS i want to pivot

1285
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:01,040
Speaker 4: out west and talk about what's going on in The

1286
00:59:01,040 --> 00:59:03,560
Speaker 4: pac twelve BECAUSE ucla is making a huge push to

1287
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:07,440
Speaker 4: win the outright regular season title in The pac. Twelve

1288
00:59:07,480 --> 00:59:10,120
Speaker 4: if they win early in the, day which they, should

1289
00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:13,520
Speaker 4: the pressure is all On oregon Hosting stanford for THE

1290
00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:17,360
Speaker 4: pac twelve regular season. Championship stanford is a team that's extremely,

1291
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:19,080
Speaker 4: young putting it all, together and they're going to Give

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00:59:19,120 --> 00:59:20,360
Speaker 4: orgon a heck of a. GAME i Know i'll be

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00:59:20,440 --> 00:59:23,440
Speaker 4: On stanford in that. Game, SIMILARLY usc is going to

1294
00:59:23,440 --> 00:59:25,240
Speaker 4: have a max effort game to try and secure a

1295
00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:31,080
Speaker 4: first round. By Maybe colorado tips forty five minutes before At,

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00:59:31,280 --> 00:59:35,160
Speaker 4: utah BEFORE usc Plays, colorado the team THAT us is

1297
00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:37,640
Speaker 4: fighting with to get a first round by is going

1298
00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:40,800
Speaker 4: to play forty five minutes Before colorado holds the tiebreaker

1299
00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:43,520
Speaker 4: OVER usc for the fourth seed in the first. Round

1300
00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:46,240
Speaker 4: so what does all this? MEAN usc may already know

1301
00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:48,920
Speaker 4: by the Time colorado hits half Or colorado hits second,

1302
00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:51,200
Speaker 4: HALF usc may already know if they even have a

1303
00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:53,480
Speaker 4: shot at hitting the fourth. Seed all, Right SO usc

1304
00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:56,680
Speaker 4: is an absolute second half bet If utah is able

1305
00:59:56,720 --> 00:59:58,520
Speaker 4: to pull it out Against, colorado because that opens up

1306
00:59:58,520 --> 01:00:00,760
Speaker 4: the door FOR usc to get in as a as

1307
01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:02,600
Speaker 4: a first first round by in THE pac twelve.

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01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:06,480
Speaker 2: Tournament another thing That i'll mention is arch madness.

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01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:09,680
Speaker 5: Unders they've been like sixty six sixty seven percent over

1310
01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:10,400
Speaker 5: the last fifteen.

1311
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:12,120
Speaker 2: Years maybe the market will catch.

1312
01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:15,880
Speaker 5: UP i think that The bradley game TOMORROW i opened

1313
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:17,600
Speaker 5: up a tad high one twenty. Seven but it's something

1314
01:00:17,600 --> 01:00:19,400
Speaker 5: to keep in. Mind those, games just those turning, games

1315
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:23,480
Speaker 5: grind to a, halt just absolutely. Putrid so keep that in.

1316
01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:25,800
Speaker 4: Mind everybody should know that line's going to move, Too

1317
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:28,720
Speaker 4: Like we did this last year and we talked about

1318
01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:31,680
Speaker 4: how just the sight lines of where they play the

1319
01:00:31,720 --> 01:00:33,920
Speaker 4: first half and the full game unders were going to

1320
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:35,800
Speaker 4: open and they were gonna move and they were gonna

1321
01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:38,160
Speaker 4: be ridiculous. Numbers and last year it was like it

1322
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:40,040
Speaker 4: was like a bolt of. Lightning the second that the

1323
01:00:40,120 --> 01:00:42,760
Speaker 4: number opens for first half in full, game it's gonna

1324
01:00:42,760 --> 01:00:44,480
Speaker 4: be on the move. Down so if you're one of

1325
01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:47,360
Speaker 4: those day trader hedger kind of, guys if you can

1326
01:00:47,360 --> 01:00:49,560
Speaker 4: get an opening, number it's more than likely going to

1327
01:00:49,600 --> 01:00:52,000
Speaker 4: be moving down in games Like bradley In Northern, iowa

1328
01:00:52,560 --> 01:00:54,280
Speaker 4: which we should have set up a nice middle at

1329
01:00:54,360 --> 01:00:56,240
Speaker 4: least two three point maybe even more for a middle

1330
01:00:56,280 --> 01:00:58,360
Speaker 4: on first halfs of. Games, yeah that's just as.

1331
01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:00,840
Speaker 5: Strassic that just had to hammer room point that getting

1332
01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:02,960
Speaker 5: the best number. Matters SO i remember last year in

1333
01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:04,920
Speaker 5: the first round or first couple of, rounds like a

1334
01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:06,880
Speaker 5: bunch of the totals lost by half.

1335
01:01:06,720 --> 01:01:07,200
Speaker 2: Point on the.

1336
01:01:07,200 --> 01:01:09,680
Speaker 5: Close that's the most important, thing and that didn't get

1337
01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:12,560
Speaker 5: the best. Number so good point. There you, Know West,

1338
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:15,120
Speaker 5: virginia we're gonna maybe get them as a dog at,

1339
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:17,800
Speaker 5: home which is you always have to look at they

1340
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:21,840
Speaker 5: have enormous or revenge Against, baylor who's just banged.

1341
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:22,880
Speaker 2: Up they've been resting.

1342
01:01:22,920 --> 01:01:28,880
Speaker 5: Guys you, know it was and they were absolutely imbarrassed Against.

1343
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:31,440
Speaker 5: BAYLOR i, mean they couldn't even bring a ball up

1344
01:01:31,480 --> 01:01:33,880
Speaker 5: the court when they played earlier this. Year they ended

1345
01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:37,560
Speaker 5: up losing seventy to fifty, nine but they were down

1346
01:01:37,680 --> 01:01:40,960
Speaker 5: fifty three to twenty five with ten minutes to go

1347
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:44,000
Speaker 5: in that. Game you, know they shot six of eighteen from,

1348
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:47,280
Speaker 5: three and so Did, baylor and Then baylor shot sixty percent,

1349
01:01:47,320 --> 01:01:50,240
Speaker 5: Overall West virginia shot thirty five. Percent, LOOK i still

1350
01:01:50,280 --> 01:01:53,120
Speaker 5: hate this, offense but just the spot and whenever you

1351
01:01:53,160 --> 01:01:54,760
Speaker 5: Get West, virginia it was one of the best home

1352
01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:59,680
Speaker 5: court advantages in college. Basketball for my. Eyes they think

1353
01:01:59,680 --> 01:02:01,040
Speaker 5: THEY'RE i have them at like four and a half.

1354
01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:03,160
Speaker 5: Points you have to look at them as a home

1355
01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:04,480
Speaker 5: dog in This wrenge.

1356
01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:05,520
Speaker 2: Spot it's.

1357
01:02:05,600 --> 01:02:09,000
Speaker 4: Ugly but they're not the only ones, either, RIGHT i,

1358
01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:12,040
Speaker 4: Mean kansas is going to Play Texas. Tech what is

1359
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:14,400
Speaker 4: the give a shit level for Both baylor And kansas

1360
01:02:14,440 --> 01:02:16,320
Speaker 4: when they've locked up their first round seeds in the

1361
01:02:16,320 --> 01:02:19,360
Speaker 4: conference tournament against At West virginia At Texas. TECH i

1362
01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:21,280
Speaker 4: Just i'm not sure how into it those two top

1363
01:02:21,280 --> 01:02:21,880
Speaker 4: teams are going to.

1364
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:24,880
Speaker 5: Be they'll both be motivated Because kansas wants to win

1365
01:02:24,920 --> 01:02:27,160
Speaker 5: another regular season and they can win it out, right

1366
01:02:27,160 --> 01:02:30,440
Speaker 5: And baylor can actually win a share of The Big twelve.

1367
01:02:30,480 --> 01:02:31,960
Speaker 2: Title ran on anything else For?

1368
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:34,400
Speaker 3: Saturday, well, guys what were you doing in twenty, sixteen

1369
01:02:34,720 --> 01:02:36,920
Speaker 3: because that's the last time That yale Beat harvard in

1370
01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:39,880
Speaker 3: the regular. Season So Bryce, akin maybe he's gonna pull

1371
01:02:39,880 --> 01:02:42,200
Speaker 3: A Willis. STREET i have no idea either. WAY i

1372
01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:45,200
Speaker 3: got burned with him Before harvard's. Home i'm gonna Take harvard.

1373
01:02:45,240 --> 01:02:48,040
Speaker 3: Again death tax isn't Taking harvard against Yel. Rock how

1374
01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:48,680
Speaker 3: do you have anything else For?

1375
01:02:48,680 --> 01:02:50,040
Speaker 2: Saturday? Yeah one more.

1376
01:02:50,160 --> 01:02:52,439
Speaker 4: S you cannot win on the road in. Conference there's

1377
01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:57,280
Speaker 4: one conference road win AND aac play lost At Central

1378
01:02:57,320 --> 01:02:59,640
Speaker 4: florida after coming back from a twenty two point, deficit

1379
01:03:00,080 --> 01:03:03,480
Speaker 4: gave up the win. There they're At South florida after you,

1380
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:07,160
Speaker 4: know they just blowing it In. ORLANDO i don't even

1381
01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:08,800
Speaker 4: know if they made the tribeck TO. Smu but WHAT

1382
01:03:08,840 --> 01:03:12,360
Speaker 4: i do know is is The American Athletic Conference tournament

1383
01:03:12,360 --> 01:03:13,640
Speaker 4: is going to be played In Fort. WORTH i don't

1384
01:03:13,640 --> 01:03:15,160
Speaker 4: know if that thirty mile drive is going to be

1385
01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:17,920
Speaker 4: too much for, them but you know they're having problems

1386
01:03:17,960 --> 01:03:20,080
Speaker 4: winning on the, road AND i Think South florida that's

1387
01:03:20,120 --> 01:03:22,480
Speaker 4: another spot circle for. Me and then we'll see WHAT

1388
01:03:22,560 --> 01:03:24,440
Speaker 4: smu can do in the conference tournament with you, know

1389
01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:26,280
Speaker 4: being able to sleep in their own beds at.

1390
01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:27,680
Speaker 2: Night rand do you have anything else For?

1391
01:03:27,720 --> 01:03:31,920
Speaker 5: Saturday that's it all, Right thanks for joining, Me colin

1392
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:35,400
Speaker 5: And randall as, always and thanks again to SoCon. John

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Speaker 2: You know mid, afternoon they're going to be here before

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Speaker 2: It we're finished. Talking