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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. All right, here we go

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Speaker 1: running the court ten seconds of eight, so you just

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Speaker 1: go throw out of the basket, under the basket. It's

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Speaker 1: not a seven seconds where it's the.

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Speaker 2: Crew for the wind. God go a miracle.

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Speaker 3: I just's.

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Speaker 2: Water hit that one from a parking lot. Shuck it

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Speaker 2: all at Codge Basketball.

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Speaker 3: It's not the size on the dog in the fight.

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Speaker 3: It's the size of the fight in the dog.

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Speaker 2: What's degenerate Nation? Welcome to the Action Network Podcast. This

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Speaker 2: is the college basketball betting Preevy you Post football edition.

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Speaker 2: I'm Stucky and with me as always is Colin Wilson.

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Speaker 2: And back in the mix this week is mister Mike Randall.

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Speaker 2: What's going on, gentlemen.

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Speaker 3: Randall's got to learn how to play through pain. Just

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Speaker 3: like the Razorbacks and their four man rotation. We got

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Speaker 3: Mike Randall's got to learn to play through pain.

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Speaker 1: I have to actually absorb the pain, believe in it,

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Speaker 1: and use it and then put a big circle on

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Speaker 1: the board that says pain in the center. That is

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Speaker 1: the coaching mechanism that leads to victory.

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Speaker 3: I tell you what muscleman really needs though, is a

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Speaker 3: big hat and he needs to pull a rabbit out

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Speaker 3: of it because it's it's just.

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Speaker 2: Not going well, very well fable Right now, Colin, you're

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Speaker 2: hogs and we're just to get everyone heads up of.

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Speaker 4: What we're going to cover on this episode. We're going

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Speaker 4: to kind of catch people up in a non elementary way,

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Speaker 4: so we're just going to go through the major conference.

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Speaker 4: I'll touch on a few of the other conferences for

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Speaker 4: those who have just been, you know, in their own

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Speaker 4: world in football, all right, what is going on, what's

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Speaker 4: the lay of the land. We'll drop a few nuggets

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Speaker 4: for teams for each conft No guests this week. We'll

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Speaker 4: have many guests coming up, as you know for previous

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Speaker 4: episodes that specialize in certain conferences. Really want to bring

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Speaker 4: you guys that and continue to do.

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Speaker 5: So.

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Speaker 4: We'll have a little rant or tune here from the

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Speaker 4: week that was, and we'll talk about anything that we'd

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Speaker 4: like on Friday night, as well as any spots we

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Speaker 4: have circled for Saturday. But before we get into all

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Speaker 4: of that, you want to just update everyone on where

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Speaker 4: your hawks, who are squarely on the bubble, I mean

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Speaker 4: things just aren't going well from an injury perspective, So

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Speaker 4: what's the.

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Speaker 3: Latest, Woo Pig Suey Colin's talking razorback basketball. Well, I

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Speaker 3: mean when we started podcasting right after college football came

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Speaker 3: to an end, my take on Arkansas was as Musclman's

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Speaker 3: getting the most out of this group, but it's a

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Speaker 3: seven man rotation with those sides whatsoever.

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Speaker 1: And we looked hot back.

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Speaker 3: Then coming you know, from non conference play, but now

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Speaker 3: injuries are starting to take a toll.

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Speaker 1: Isaiah Joe we knew had.

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Speaker 3: Knee inflammation, which is why he had missed a game,

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Speaker 3: came back, tried to give it a go. They decided

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Speaker 3: an indefinite amount of time. And that's just not like

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Speaker 3: one player for the Hogs. That's a guy that we

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Speaker 3: best player out of the seven man rotation as of

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Speaker 3: you know, we watched him play Auburn. They lose to Auburn.

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Speaker 3: Auburn shows up after a game against Kentucky and they

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Speaker 3: because they're only running a six man rotation. Mason Jones

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Speaker 1: Mason Jones.

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Speaker 3: But the other news tonight came through is that Jimmy

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Speaker 3: I think the next four games could all be lost,

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Speaker 2: Yeah and n I I believe the scheduling is spread

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Speaker 2: whereas you know, if you're hoping for Arkansas to make

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Speaker 1: IT this season. It feels like every team sucks. So

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Speaker 1: who enters Struggle City this week and who's moving out?

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Speaker 4: I guess we should get some rants out of the way.

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Speaker 4: I have to run about a random team. I let

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Speaker 4: you go, Randall, and it's Mary Mack. I've had a

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Speaker 4: really good week. I don't have much to bitch about,

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Speaker 2: This team owns me.

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Speaker 4: And I was like, they're running so well now they've

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Speaker 4: It's interesting. In the Northeast Conference, they're in first place,

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Speaker 4: but they're not eligible. They're going to go to the CIIT.

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Speaker 4: I think they already accepted a bit. They're transitioning to

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Speaker 4: Division one. They're not even eligible for the Northeast Tournament

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Speaker 2: So I think like twenty twenty four, so which is

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Speaker 4: But they've experienced guards, they run the zone. But they're

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Speaker 4: Fairly Dickinson didn't score in the final three minutes. And

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Speaker 4: every time I watch the other games, yes, I've watched

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Speaker 2: They're running well, shooting was and then so I decide

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Speaker 2: maybe I'm just biased. Now I go to Kempom, I

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Speaker 2: look at their luck rating, their number one out of

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Speaker 2: more Marymack fades. But that team has been a bugaboo

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Speaker 2: really good week.

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Speaker 4: Hope to keep the momentum going all the way through March,

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Speaker 4: but Mary Mack has kind of owned me, so I

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Speaker 2: Long Island at home the Blackbirds. Randy got anything you

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Speaker 1: Yeah, honestly, Fran McCaffrey, I've had enough of you.

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Speaker 5: You know, I think sometimes something's happen and you look

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Speaker 1: First off, I lose the cover by Wisconsin back on

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Speaker 1: crotch shot and it was a crowd shot. Guys, you

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Speaker 1: the game, right, you have it. I thought the five

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Speaker 1: gets in foul trouble of course, and Luca Garza, who

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Speaker 1: Garza hits four threes when he's only hit two at

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Speaker 1: most in every other game. Illinois battles plays great the

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Speaker 1: whole game. They come out and they lose that one

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Speaker 1: absolutely buried one hundred and four points you give up,

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Speaker 1: So thank you very much, Fran McCaffrey and Iowa. And

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Speaker 1: nice job with the no handshake, so your jerk as well.

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Speaker 1: Three losses with them brutal job by Iowa.

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Speaker 5: You know this is a brutal league.

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Speaker 2: We've had some tough losses.

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Speaker 5: My players aren't always exactly disciplined like we want them.

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Speaker 5: Nobody in this room is.

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Speaker 1: It's human nature.

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Speaker 2: It's pretty simple.

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Speaker 2: McCaffery cannot get any love on this podcast.

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Speaker 3: Fran just says, you know, Efet, we're not giving any

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Speaker 3: handshakes out to Illinois plays Purdue and produce shoots seventy

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Speaker 1: Of the week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty great. And Purdue with another Macki explosion.

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Speaker 4: They've had a couple of these games this year where

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Speaker 1: Guys, it's Stefan Stefanovich. I mean, like this isn't like

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Speaker 1: the most Rubik's Cube like offense. I mean they just

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was bad. I mean an absolute truck.

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Speaker 2: Can you have anything else you want to bitch about

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Speaker 3: I mean, I just want to say Iowa has the

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Speaker 3: I think the best offensive efficiency rating in all of

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Speaker 3: and it starts with the coach.

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Speaker 5: I'm sorry, and I accept full responsibility.

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Speaker 4: We've seen this profile in the past couple of years

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Speaker 4: where they've had a really good offense, but their defense

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Speaker 4: obviously they're going to be skewed, but I mean, they

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Speaker 4: give up eighty two to Maryland on the road. You know,

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Speaker 4: that's ultimately going to hold them back because there's only

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Speaker 4: so much that Garza, who's right there in the Player

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Speaker 4: of the Year discussion with Tucson who I love, and

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Speaker 4: Weist Camp, and look, they have a really good core

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Speaker 4: Frederick I really like, just a really high IQ smart player.

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Speaker 4: You know, you have Connor McCaffrey who has just been

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Speaker 1: They definitely there, definitely is. I looked at this team

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Speaker 3: And this is a classic setup for them to win

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Speaker 4: I have my Wisconsin eighty to one future that I had,

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Speaker 2: But rand I'll start with you.

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Speaker 1: Trust, but verify. I want to see Illinoi on Friday

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Speaker 1: You saw today Xavier Simpson's crash in his car, his

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Speaker 4: you take away their driving ability, which sets up so

438
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Speaker 4: much and then basically would be up to like Frager

439
00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,000
Speaker 4: taking like thirty foot bombs.

440
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Speaker 2: So but there's not too many really good zone.

441
00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,159
Speaker 4: Teams in the country. Luckily Mary Mack can't make the

442
00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,959
Speaker 4: tournament otherwise mary Mack might be Illinois that the way

443
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Speaker 4: that they're running, But Colin, who who do you ultimately

444
00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:51,000
Speaker 4: trust in the Big Ten?

445
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Speaker 1: Yeah?

446
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Speaker 3: I Illinois was the one I was going to talk about,

447
00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,760
Speaker 3: and you know, Randall hit all the talking points, but

448
00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,480
Speaker 3: look at these other teams. I just you know, I

449
00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,439
Speaker 3: talked about Iowa being great on offense, terrible on defense.

450
00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,439
Speaker 3: Michigan State is Jekyl and hide, Ohio State best in

451
00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,959
Speaker 3: the conference in shooting three pointers, worst than the conference

452
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,480
Speaker 3: and defending the three. Illinois a team I've had circled

453
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Speaker 3: for a long time because their schedule is just so

454
00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,800
Speaker 3: tough for such a long stretch, and they're about to

455
00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,080
Speaker 3: pull out of that. They have this Maryland game, then

456
00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,520
Speaker 3: they have Michigan State, then after that. I mean, I

457
00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,919
Speaker 3: know Rutgers in Penn State are good, but there's a

458
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Speaker 3: Nebraska Northwestern swinging there. And that's really when you want

459
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Speaker 3: to place your future here is in about a week,

460
00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,159
Speaker 3: Illinois is gonna come out of this funk of tough teams,

461
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Speaker 3: probably the best number it has been available in quite

462
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Speaker 3: some time. And you know, I'll trust them enough depending

463
00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,600
Speaker 3: on what the number is. And I think that's all

464
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Speaker 3: you can really do is a handicapper this year. If

465
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Speaker 3: you're gonna put your money on one to one horse

466
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Speaker 3: and put it into this tournament and say this is

467
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Speaker 3: the team I'm gonna ride to the end, I don't

468
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Speaker 3: think you have any clue whatsoever.

469
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Speaker 1: I think this is.

470
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Speaker 3: I think the winner of this year's March Madness is

471
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Speaker 3: just as a mystery is who the winners are going

472
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Speaker 3: to be at the Oscars this year. I mean, it

473
00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,040
Speaker 3: just doesn't leak. We have no lead whatsoever. What's gonna happen?

474
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Speaker 3: And I think if you can get the right number

475
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Speaker 3: on a handful of teams, say I mean, you don't

476
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Speaker 3: want to buy thirty two teams, you don't want to

477
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Speaker 3: buy sixteen teams. But if you can get a number

478
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Speaker 3: at thirty five to one or better on like maybe

479
00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:05,760
Speaker 3: eight to ten teams, then you're probably sitting pretty and

480
00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,480
Speaker 3: if the bracket falls the right way, you can be

481
00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,480
Speaker 3: doing good around the sweet sixteen. Illinois is one of

482
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Speaker 3: those teams that I want to have a number on

483
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Speaker 3: greater than thirty to one. So after they get through

484
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Speaker 3: this Maryland Michigan State stint, I'm gonna look at at

485
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Speaker 3: their odds.

486
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Speaker 4: Switching gears to a conference that's completely different than the

487
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Speaker 4: Big Ten. Is the Big Twelve, right the Big Twelve.

488
00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:27,800
Speaker 4: As of right now, I think that there's only three

489
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Speaker 4: teams that are a lock for the tournament, and those

490
00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,960
Speaker 4: three teams all could potentially end up getting one seeds.

491
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Speaker 4: I don't think all together, but I'm saying all of

492
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Speaker 4: them have a path to a one seed. And that's

493
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Speaker 4: the number one team in the country now, Baylor. Then

494
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Speaker 4: you have the number one team in my power ratings, Kansas,

495
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Speaker 4: And then you have well West Virginia team that I've

496
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Speaker 4: vumped up all year. They're now right in the top

497
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Speaker 4: ten around round ten or I think number ten exactly.

498
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Speaker 4: You know, West Virginia, if they get any if they

499
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Speaker 4: make any shots, this team is dangerous. How they have size,

500
00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,560
Speaker 4: they can rebound, they can defend. In games where they're

501
00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,359
Speaker 4: have an off shooting night, they're still crashing the glass,

502
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,439
Speaker 4: they're still defending. They'll still have a shot. Now if

503
00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,600
Speaker 4: they make any shots to free throws are a huge issue.

504
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,520
Speaker 4: I get it, But I think that those three teams

505
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Speaker 4: are in the elite conversation, and then from there it's

506
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Speaker 4: a huge drop off. I mean, you have Texas Tech.

507
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Speaker 4: I'm not a huge believer in. I mean this is

508
00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,320
Speaker 4: you have Chris Beard on your side, but this is

509
00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,160
Speaker 4: a team that is extremely young. You know, the only

510
00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:24,960
Speaker 4: game that they won on the road all years at

511
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Speaker 4: Kansas State.

512
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Speaker 2: That is it.

513
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Speaker 4: So I think that they get to the dance, but

514
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:30,919
Speaker 4: they're certainly not a lock if they have a slide

515
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Speaker 4: down down the stretch. And then you have Oklahoma I

516
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,160
Speaker 4: think squarely on the bubble, and then teams like Texas

517
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Speaker 4: and TCU have been the Texas and tc I think

518
00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,640
Speaker 4: on the outside looking in, they'll need to make a run.

519
00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:42,440
Speaker 4: But I think there's only three teams that are a lock.

520
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,840
Speaker 4: But it's a very top heavy conference. If you have

521
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Speaker 4: some balls, look at TCU in a spot this Saturday

522
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Speaker 4: at home against Kansas. That's a game that TCU will

523
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Speaker 4: probably steam.

524
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Speaker 2: And I don't know if I have necessarily half the

525
00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,720
Speaker 2: guts Randa, I'll start with you, do you believe in

526
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Speaker 2: all three of those teams at the top and is

527
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Speaker 2: there another team that you think can sneak in and

528
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Speaker 2: maybe make some noise.

529
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Speaker 1: The people who like Texas Tech have beer goggles. You're

530
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Speaker 1: looking at a team and you're seeing last year's team.

531
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Speaker 1: They have no rebounding inside Moretti has not been great

532
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Speaker 1: this year. Remember that shot he at the end of

533
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Speaker 1: the Tide game hit the top of the backboard, missing

534
00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,600
Speaker 1: big free throws. I love Chris Bear, He's a fantastic coach,

535
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Speaker 1: but I think people are crediting this team with what

536
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Speaker 1: happened last year. I think the top three teams have

537
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Speaker 1: separated themselves. I totally agree. I love Baylor. I mean,

538
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,320
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to find out about Baylor when they

539
00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:32,880
Speaker 1: play Kansas and see how they're gonna do. They beat

540
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Speaker 1: him away badly, but you got to figure Kansas is

541
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Speaker 1: gonna want to get pay back on February twenty second,

542
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Speaker 1: so that we have to see. I think Baylor is,

543
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Speaker 1: by faring away the number one team. For some reason,

544
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:43,720
Speaker 1: the public hasn't caught up to them. I guess it's Baylor.

545
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,920
Speaker 1: They don't buy into it, Scott Drew, But I mean

546
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Speaker 1: every team that every coach that's been really good for

547
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,200
Speaker 1: a while eventually has their day. Agree with you on

548
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,760
Speaker 1: West Virginia very tough. Want to see them on the

549
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,520
Speaker 1: road a little bit. You know, they've shown up a

550
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,080
Speaker 1: little bit on the road, been a little shaky, So

551
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,240
Speaker 1: I want to see that Huggies had some bad losses

552
00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,960
Speaker 1: early in the tournament, but certainly he's in an out

553
00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,240
Speaker 1: standing job revamping his team, much like Bruce Pearl's done

554
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,320
Speaker 1: with Auburn. Auburn used to shoot threes gret last year,

555
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,280
Speaker 1: now they're terrible. This year is still winning. But yes,

556
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,919
Speaker 1: I think those three teams have separated themselves. You know,

557
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:14,240
Speaker 1: Devon Dotson's been fantastic, amazing, amazing guard. And of course

558
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,480
Speaker 1: there's still that little issue with Kansas. He had the

559
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,720
Speaker 1: dust up the other day and he benched as a

560
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,760
Speaker 1: bookie to start the game, so there seems to be

561
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,760
Speaker 1: a little stuff going on. But self is a magician.

562
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Speaker 1: Wouldn't it be funny guys if after fourteen consecutive years,

563
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,240
Speaker 1: if Kansas winning the Big Twelve, they don't win the

564
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,280
Speaker 1: Big Twelve and back to back years. But yeah, I

565
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,680
Speaker 1: think those three teams have separated themselves from the rest

566
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Speaker 1: of the group. Yeah.

567
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Speaker 4: I mean the thing with Kansas is that in the

568
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,159
Speaker 4: tournament that'll probably make or break whether or not they

569
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,159
Speaker 4: go to the final four is does odz of bookie

570
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Speaker 4: pick up two thousand in the first three minutes?

571
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Speaker 5: That's it?

572
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,840
Speaker 2: Yep, that is pretty much what it might come down

573
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Speaker 2: to con anything in the Big twelve. You want to mention.

574
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Speaker 3: Hackabookie, No, Texas Tech was a team I was going

575
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,480
Speaker 3: to talk about, and it was because of their youth.

576
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,720
Speaker 3: Like you guys said, listen, the Red Raiders. They're the

577
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,399
Speaker 3: best in effective field goal percentage offensively and then the

578
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,280
Speaker 3: best of defending the three. But the problem is is

579
00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,359
Speaker 3: they don't know each other that well. And you know

580
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,720
Speaker 3: they're experience there two hundred nety second experience, but three

581
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,199
Speaker 3: hundred and sixteenth in minutes continuity. So when they have

582
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,280
Speaker 3: five guys on the floor, those five guys don't know

583
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,480
Speaker 3: how to play with each other whatsoever. And you would

584
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 3: think towards the end of the schedule is when they

585
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,640
Speaker 3: would maybe get things together and maybe be playing their best.

586
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,280
Speaker 3: But I mean, we'll see a tax Attack is not

587
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,439
Speaker 3: a team that I've personally invested in. If you're going

588
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:19,720
Speaker 3: to get them, you want to get them now because

589
00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,399
Speaker 3: they don't play anybody in the top fifty until March second.

590
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,840
Speaker 3: They end their schedule with Baylor in Kansas, so really

591
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 3: good time to get him. As for West Virginia, you know,

592
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,399
Speaker 3: don't fall I'm not falling too much in love with

593
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,720
Speaker 3: that game the other night, because Iowa State is the

594
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,399
Speaker 3: worst in defense in all of the Big Twelve. They

595
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,239
Speaker 3: let anybody and their mothers shoot threes. So I know

596
00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,520
Speaker 3: West Virginia is good. They're legitimately one of the best

597
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,480
Speaker 3: teams in the nation, but Iowa State is one of

598
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Speaker 3: the most poor Power Conference teams on defense, especially around

599
00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,840
Speaker 3: the arc. So I'm not taking anything away from West

600
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:53,879
Speaker 3: Virginia until i see them lay the hammer on somebody

601
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:54,399
Speaker 3: away from home.

602
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Speaker 4: Yeah, then I was they can't readount either, and that's

603
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Speaker 4: what I mean. West Virginia even have a good shooting night,

604
00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,560
Speaker 4: but they just crushed them on the glass. I've played

605
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,200
Speaker 4: for the little would say it was a terrible play.

606
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we're all in agreement. In the Big Twelve.

607
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 2: It's basically those three teams.

608
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 4: And then look if Texas Tech or Oklahoma sneak in great,

609
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,399
Speaker 4: I don't think either can make any noise.

610
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 2: Same for Texas and TCU. Now, the Big East.

611
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 4: We talked about this the other day, so we won't

612
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 4: spend too much time here, but I do want to

613
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 4: make the point. You know, if you didn't listen to

614
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 4: a podcast last week, we covered the Big East in depth.

615
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,159
Speaker 4: I do want to make this point and give Randall

616
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,280
Speaker 4: an opportunity to talk about the Big East since he

617
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,680
Speaker 4: wasn't on last week. What the ornament could come down

618
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,679
Speaker 4: to with all these teams that are so close and

619
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Speaker 4: so much parody this year and a year that's so

620
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,600
Speaker 4: wide open, in the year where not one team can

621
00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,000
Speaker 4: just roll the ball out there and roll everybody is.

622
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:38,720
Speaker 4: It might just be a star player who can take

623
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Speaker 4: over at the end of the game.

624
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Speaker 5: Right.

625
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,280
Speaker 4: So I mentioned that the Rutgers kind of lacks that.

626
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,159
Speaker 4: There's some other teams that lack that as well, But

627
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,000
Speaker 4: the Big East, if you're looking for teams with that quality,

628
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:51,879
Speaker 4: oh man, there's a bunch and that's going to make

629
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,640
Speaker 4: the biggest conference tournament blast. You have Miles Palaid, Seaton Hall.

630
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Speaker 1: For trend.

631
00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,320
Speaker 4: You know, Kamar Baldwin, we saw what he did against Villanova.

632
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 4: You know, he can take over a game with his

633
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 4: mid range shooting, and I mean he is just kid

634
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,439
Speaker 4: as tough. Sadig Bay is turning into what looks like

635
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,200
Speaker 4: is going to be a really good pro at Villanova

636
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,440
Speaker 4: and tough shot maker. And then Marcus Howard at Marquette.

637
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,200
Speaker 4: These are all guys that can explode right on any

638
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 4: given night, so you know, and those four teams are

639
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 4: a lock to go to the dance, so is Creighton

640
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,640
Speaker 4: and Creyton, and Has doesn't necessarily have a guy that's

641
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,159
Speaker 4: going to take over like that, but they have a

642
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,200
Speaker 4: really good offense overall, not the best defense, and then

643
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,200
Speaker 4: you know it's to Paul, Georgetown Saint John's. I think,

644
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 4: on the outside looking in, I don't see a path

645
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,600
Speaker 4: for either of those three unless they make a run

646
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,119
Speaker 4: in the Biggiaest Tournament. A team that still intrigues me

647
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,359
Speaker 4: that I bet every week is along with old myths,

648
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,440
Speaker 4: every game is Providence. I have them in the top

649
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,520
Speaker 4: thirty five in my foulerting. I know that the others

650
00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 4: have them like fifteen sixty seventy. I keep betting them.

651
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,640
Speaker 4: They're coming off a win at Marquette and they want

652
00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,800
Speaker 4: half against Creighton at home. They just need to make

653
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 4: sure there's a really experienced, really physical team. I don't

654
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 4: know if they have the resume to get in because

655
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,280
Speaker 4: their non conference was awful. They were awful earlier in

656
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 4: the year, but it's a team if you're looking for

657
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 4: a sleep in the biggest tournament set up. Many times

658
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 4: but if they get in, there'll be a bitch for

659
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 4: anyone to play. I know we Colin, you talked about

660
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 4: the Big East last week, so I'll give random. Do

661
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,280
Speaker 4: you have anything you wanted to mention about the biggest

662
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 4: who you like? You you don't, I'm with you in Providence.

663
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 4: Three of the next four in the road. We'll find

664
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,400
Speaker 4: out about them real soon. There are three teams gentlemen

665
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 4: that have eight or more Quadrant one wins at this

666
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 4: point in the year, Kansas, Baylor, and Butler is the

667
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 4: other one. Don't get off the Butler train because they

668
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,639
Speaker 4: lost three in a row. Auburn lost three in a row,

669
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 4: in Texas Tech lost three in a row. They made

670
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 4: the Final four last year. So Butler is fantastic. Kamar

671
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,640
Speaker 4: Baldwin absolutely can wreck a game. You can take over,

672
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 4: and you want to see that. So I'm back on Butler.

673
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 4: And Thompson was hurt for that stretch and he's important

674
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 4: for defense and he gives ball win a break and

675
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,120
Speaker 4: then you know, yeah, Butler.

676
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 1: Isn't a deep team. It's a Jenka puzzle like everybody else.

677
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 1: You take it. Thompson off fIF team, it's a big,

678
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 1: big deal. Whether he's scoring. You know, eight points or

679
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: fifteen points doesn't matter. I think this is another polarizing game.

680
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: Probably gonna talk about it here, Seaton Hall Villanova. I

681
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,200
Speaker 1: want to see what's gonna happen here, because folks under

682
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 1: Kevin Willard against at Nova Seaton Hall under Kevin Willard,

683
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,920
Speaker 1: he is zero and seven. And listen to the game

684
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 1: the points he's lost by against Villanova on the road

685
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 1: twenty eight, seventeen twenty six, nine thirty twenty six at

686
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,680
Speaker 1: twenty eight. So love Seaton Hall Nova, of course, really

687
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,119
Speaker 1: like Butler. But I think we're going to learn a

688
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,640
Speaker 1: lot here because if this is another Nova blowout, it's

689
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,639
Speaker 1: going to knock Seaton Hall down a little bit for me.

690
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,360
Speaker 1: Even though they have all the pieces you could possibly want,

691
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 1: solid defense, McKnight, escape the injury, Powell can wreck a

692
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: game himself, Gill inside. But they should be close with

693
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,560
Speaker 1: Villanova here. There's no reason they should get blown out.

694
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, it is a great spot for Nova. I mean,

695
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 4: Nova's coming off two straight losses, right, and then they're

696
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 4: coming back home. Not the greatest home court advantage in

697
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 4: the country, but they're coming back home to play Seaton

698
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 4: Hall for a battle of the two teams at the

699
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,000
Speaker 4: top of the conference. It's a great situational spot for Nova.

700
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 4: How you got anything on this game for Saturday?

701
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 3: I mean, I do I like Seaton Hall in this game,

702
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 3: and I know I shouldn't be taking road teams. It's

703
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 3: like a rule of home, like could anybody win on

704
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 3: the road, And but I do love Seaton Hall for

705
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 3: their defense. I mean, we've talked about Villanova before. They

706
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 3: live and die on the three point line. They love

707
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 3: to get to they make all their free throws, and

708
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 3: Seaton Hall is the best at defending the three point

709
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 3: line and they don't send teams that often to the

710
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 3: free throw line. So, uh, you know, I think if

711
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 3: Seaton Hall plays their type of defense, I think that

712
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,480
Speaker 3: they're gonna be able to limit what Villanova does. But

713
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 3: you know, it is a great spot for Villanova's so

714
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,320
Speaker 3: they just end up being a no play. I mean,

715
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 3: I lean Seaton Hall want to play Seaton Hall, but

716
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 3: we'll see what the market dictates.

717
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 4: Villanova does really take care of the ball, and that's

718
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 4: one of the things this will be a pace clash

719
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 4: in away. Seaton Hall wants to turn you over, get

720
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 4: out and transition a little bit. You know and get

721
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 4: pal going with some you know, transition threes, and Nova

722
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,720
Speaker 4: takes care of the ball really well, and they are

723
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,719
Speaker 4: a snail. They'll grind you down, they'll grind possessions down,

724
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 4: slow it up, bringing the ball up the court. And

725
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 4: obviously they're gonna have the home court event. The game

726
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 4: should probably be around Nova. I don't know, minus one

727
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 4: ish minus one to three. Probably steamed the Nova, I

728
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,280
Speaker 4: would assume, but that should be a good one on Saturday.

729
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 2: You leaning either way at Randall.

730
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 1: I'm leaning Nova because of the spot, like you said,

731
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:19,479
Speaker 1: coming off two losses, coming home at a spot that

732
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,920
Speaker 1: they've dominated Kevin Willard, So I mean it's going to

733
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 1: be a tight line. They can win by five or

734
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,800
Speaker 1: six and still cover. So because of the spot and

735
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 1: because of the history. I got to see its Seaton

736
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 1: Hall show me something here. But it's gonna be a

737
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:31,840
Speaker 1: small line, I'm gonna give it.

738
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 2: Yeah.

739
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 4: I mean Novad did go through a stretch last year

740
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 4: in mid February where they lost three straight. They look

741
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 4: but they were all on the road and they lost

742
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 4: that Saint John's at Georgetown and then at Xavier. A

743
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 4: little different coming back home here with gillspian Bay. We're

744
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 4: gonna have a breakdown on Action network dot Com in

745
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 4: the Action app going through that game in depth, so

746
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 4: keep your eye out there. And then we got to

747
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 4: talk about the ACC. Look, the ACC could honestly get

748
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 4: only three teams in the day. Think of the Big

749
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 4: ten could get twelve. The a CEC might only get three.

750
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 4: That's and they're they're in the upper echelon right. Duke

751
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 4: and Louisville I think anyone would argue are real national

752
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:13,040
Speaker 4: title contenders with you know, two real potential player the

753
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 4: Year candidates in the ACC. I don't know if Louisville

754
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 4: can keep the shooting up. It scares me as someone

755
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 4: who has a Louisville future. They're shooting extremely well from three.

756
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 4: I mean Ryan McMahon can go off.

757
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 3: Forty conference play from three. That's that's at an insane pace.

758
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 3: That's six percent better than second place in conference play. Yeah,

759
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:31,800
Speaker 3: it's ridiculous. They're not going to keep it up.

760
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 4: So it's something to keep in mind for some regression

761
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 4: coming forward in potential fade died in Florida State I

762
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,280
Speaker 4: think is just below both Duke and Louisville. You know,

763
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 4: Hamilton's always going to have them in the mix in

764
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 4: the tournament. They're gonna they have a lot of length,

765
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 4: they're gonna throw a lot of guys at you, they're

766
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 4: going to defend, and then there's just a me and

767
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,040
Speaker 4: then it's just a huge drop off, in my opinion,

768
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 4: with a huge mess of teams with Virginia, Syracuse, NC State,

769
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 4: Notre Dame, VA Tech. I think Clemson's out of it,

770
00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 4: but throw Clemson in there, We're all on the bus. Well,

771
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 4: maybe Virginia's in right now, that might be it. But

772
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 4: this is a Virginia team, I think I tweeted out

773
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 4: it's like their offense looks like a past first offense

774
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 4: led by Jimmy g.

775
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,600
Speaker 2: Sorry, just rubbing salt in the wound of San France.

776
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 2: But the and then you have North Carolina, who they're

777
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 2: not gonna make the tournam unless they win.

778
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 4: The ACC Tournament, which I can't see happening for the

779
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 4: first time in twenty ten. They double a lot of injuries.

780
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 4: The Cole Anthony's back not really that been that efficient.

781
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 4: It's still not a great team with him. But I

782
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 4: think this is just like Duke Louisville Florida State and

783
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 4: look If Syracuse gets in, they'll probably make a run

784
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 4: in this year. I mean, but that the problem is

785
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 4: they got to get in, but they're gonna play that

786
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 4: zone and it's just a wide open year. It would

787
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 4: be just your your typical Jim Beheim run in a

788
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 4: year like this, the elite eight from the playing game,

789
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 4: as we've seen before. But I'm not a buyer, and

790
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 4: anybody else except those top three teams ran all start

791
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 4: with you.

792
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 2: Anything on the acc U.

793
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: N C cannot lose at home to Boston College Miama Mater,

794
00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: with or without Cole Anthony back. They just one two

795
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: in a row. Anthony comes back, he had twenty six points,

796
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 1: he was fourteen to fourteen from the free throw line,

797
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 1: and they lose to BC, followed by the loss of

798
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 1: Florida State, so ten and twelve three in conference. They

799
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: are totally done unless they make that run. Really disappointing there.

800
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 4: One of the games will also have a preview for

801
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 4: you won't spend a ton of time on it because

802
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 4: it's not as as hyped as usual. But North Carolina

803
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 4: Duke is on Saturday. It's probably the no one's even

804
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 4: heard of it. Usually it's just hyped up all week,

805
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:27,200
Speaker 4: I see.

806
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 2: You Southron downtown and get maintein up and I'm like, fuck, do.

807
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 1: I guess the state?

808
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 2: I just kiss Ahan wasn't in a like fucked Duke

809
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,600
Speaker 2: and fucked up Blue seven.

810
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 1: No, your rig.

811
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 4: Is for those of you that don't know, North Carolina

812
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 4: is going to be catching double digits here at home,

813
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 4: I believe against Duke, and Duke is coming off a

814
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 4: lackluster performance at BC. Do you have the stones to

815
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 4: back Carolina? And what is their super Bowl?

816
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: Right?

817
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 4: I mean, whatever you're gonna get from Carolana. You think

818
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 4: you're gonna get it here? Do you have the balls

819
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 4: to back them?

820
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 5: Or no?

821
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 2: Shot?

822
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,840
Speaker 1: It's possible because listen, Duke hasn't looked great on the

823
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: road either. I mean they lost at Clemson Boston College.

824
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 1: That was a very shaky game. So it's not like

825
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 1: Duke is a cover machine. Yeah, if you're gonna catch

826
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 1: a double digits, I think they could step up for

827
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 1: one game. I don think they're gonna win the game,

828
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 1: but sure Cole Anthony could have thirty five and maybe

829
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 1: Garrison Brooks doesn't get in foul trouble and actually learns

830
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,839
Speaker 1: a post move. I mean, so yeah, it's possible, but yeah,

831
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,239
Speaker 1: I would probably take the points because Duke has not

832
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,439
Speaker 1: been covering that well and playing that well in the road.

833
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,799
Speaker 4: Yeah, they pulled away late from Georgia Tech. That game

834
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 4: was like a toss up late. Oh yeah, they pulled

835
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:40,759
Speaker 4: away late from Syracuse. I mean that was kind of close.

836
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 4: I mean then they've been to the line fifty times

837
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 4: and made them all that game, and free throws are

838
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 4: still an issue for Duke. You know, they were great

839
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 4: in the Syracuse game, but there's still sub seventy percent

840
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 4: in conference and out, and that's that could basically decide

841
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:54,720
Speaker 4: what the cover is when you're laying double digits.

842
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 2: Okay, back to Virginia.

843
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just don't think Virginia can make the tournament.

844
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,479
Speaker 1: When they're shooting twenty six seven percent from three point range,

845
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 1: you're going to play at that pace and they're like

846
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,279
Speaker 1: three hundred and forty eighth from three in conference, they're

847
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 1: dead last. I mean that's a killer for a team

848
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 1: that plays slow. So, I mean, I know, you know

849
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: Tony Bennett, we love him. What he did last year

850
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,680
Speaker 1: was amazing, especially coming off being the first one seed

851
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 1: to lose to a sixteen. See, but I can't see

852
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 1: them making the tournament. I agree with you, Syracuse. They

853
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: have a style as possible. I've seen NC State step

854
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 1: up from time to time, but they're going to have

855
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 1: to make a run now fifteen eighty six and six

856
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 1: in conference. But they do have some flammable players. If

857
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: Markel Johnson just stays on the court, I think they're

858
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 1: a different team. I'm fine with Louisville, I'm fine with Duke.

859
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 1: Florida State guys. I just can't bet them anymore. When

860
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,400
Speaker 1: I want them to show up, they don't. When I

861
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 1: think they're not going to, they have a big game.

862
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: They're just maddening. They're maddening. And I remember that game

863
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 1: against Gonzaga a couple of years ago where Tilly was

864
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: ruled out and they absolutely smoked Gonzaga. That game very

865
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: difficult because they have the talent there, but they just

866
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,919
Speaker 1: have to put it together for you know, four consecutive games,

867
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 1: which is tough for them.

868
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,400
Speaker 3: On any thoughts in the ACC, yeah, well, Duke is

869
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 3: not a team that I'm trusting, Like, I wouldn't lay

870
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 3: a future on him even if their number was even

871
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,360
Speaker 3: better than it was in the futures market. They have

872
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 3: the fastest tempo in the league, but they're eleventh and

873
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 3: free throw shooting, and they're just not you know, one

874
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 3: of those teams that plays is a full unit. They're

875
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,359
Speaker 3: more like a bunch of individual players that have been

876
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 3: kind of stuck together for an All Star team. You know,

877
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:12,640
Speaker 3: we'll see how they do in a semi road game

878
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 3: just down the road. I mean, it's kind of different

879
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 3: than others where they just take a bus or their

880
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 3: own car to to play in this game and then

881
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 3: having to go to Miami or Florida State or something

882
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,319
Speaker 3: like that. But I think ACC is one of these

883
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 3: leagues where they're going to steal you know, they're going

884
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:26,400
Speaker 3: to take an out large bid away from maybe a

885
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,560
Speaker 3: mid major team, you know, if one of these top

886
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,400
Speaker 3: three teams doesn't make it, because Virginia right now is

887
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 3: one of the first four out. Syracuse is just terrible

888
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 3: at defending two point shots. So any team with a

889
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 3: pulse that could pass the ball and get it through

890
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 3: you know, cut through the zone is going to be

891
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 3: able to beat Syracuse. You know, if you I think

892
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:44,879
Speaker 3: that's the handicap on Syracuse. If they're able to get

893
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,279
Speaker 3: into you know, the dance or if they're in the

894
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 3: a SEC tournament. Anybody that's got any kind of great

895
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 3: assistant shot ratio or anything like that is going to

896
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,360
Speaker 3: be able to beat Syracuse. But no, it's it's a

897
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 3: really weak acc and I don't trust anybody in here

898
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 3: to but I think they are going to probably end

899
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 3: up stealing a bit from a mid major, which is

900
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,160
Speaker 3: going to be sad because I don't want to see

901
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 3: Clemson or North.

902
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,680
Speaker 1: Carolina or you know, a Notre Dame.

903
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,320
Speaker 3: Anybody make a run in the a SEC tournament and

904
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 3: steal something from an exciting mid major team.

905
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 4: I completely agree with you in the AEC PAC twelve. Look,

906
00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 4: the main question for me here is I mean, you know,

907
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,240
Speaker 4: Oregon they're going to switch their defenses up with Dana Allman,

908
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 4: and it's always tough in a tournament setting. You got

909
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 4: Peyton Pritchard. I just don't trust them overall. Then you

910
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 4: know they're probably going to get a maybe four or

911
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 4: five teams in right. Stanford really young though I think

912
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,040
Speaker 4: too young to I really like their core. You know,

913
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 4: USC has a lot of length. They'll probably get in

914
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 4: Colorado really well balanced, experienced team that could be tricky

915
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 4: for a bunch of teams. The most talented is probably Arizona,

916
00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:43,200
Speaker 4: but again you know, led by Nico Mannion freshman point guard,

917
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 4: stud player. But this team is also really young and

918
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,399
Speaker 4: it shows they can't close out games went They lost

919
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,399
Speaker 4: five of their six lossestill come by like five points

920
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 4: or less. Now, they've all been to really a lot

921
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 4: of them have been to really good teams. They blew

922
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 4: that inexplicable lead against Arizona State, but a lot of

923
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,360
Speaker 4: power ratings, including mine, have Arizona just because they're talent

924
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 4: up there and a lot of their advanced metrics.

925
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,239
Speaker 2: Randall started with you did you trust anyone? In the

926
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 2: PAC twelve?

927
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: Arizona is ninth in the net. They are ahead of Maryland,

928
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 1: Butler At, Michigan State, Seaton Hall, Florida State, Villanova, Auburn.

929
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,759
Speaker 1: How is that possible? I mean, the only game that

930
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,319
Speaker 1: really is impressive for Arizona is they pounded Illinois at

931
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,359
Speaker 1: home by twenty one. But outside of that, the non

932
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: conference Long Beach State, South Dakota State, Nebraska, Omaha, I mean,

933
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: they really haven't beaten anyone. They got destroyed on a

934
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:31,359
Speaker 1: neutral by Saint John's keep that in mind, and yet

935
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 1: Congratulations just swept to Washington's a nice job there, but

936
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: I'm not impressed with them. I am an Oregon guy.

937
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 1: I think Oregon has the great guard, they have a

938
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:44,720
Speaker 1: GA guy, yeah, exactly, they have the great head coach,

939
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,839
Speaker 1: they have a style. Yes, I believe in Oregon because

940
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 1: I think they have enough. And I'm disappointed that Oregon

941
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 1: didn't win a Colorado. I think everything lined up for them,

942
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: and I think they match up well. Frichard got the

943
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 1: four fouls and then they just went downhill. But I

944
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: think if a team is going to make a run,

945
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: they could be the team. Washington's gone totally south. I

946
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 1: wish they still had Quaddy Green because I think they

947
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 1: have a style. I think Stewart's really good inside. But

948
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 1: obviously they're I think a two and eight in conference

949
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:10,879
Speaker 1: and you forget about them.

950
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 4: So yeah, but you cany forget about them. But Green

951
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 4: they do trimesters now or quarters.

952
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:17,920
Speaker 1: Yes, if he comes back, yes you can.

953
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:19,480
Speaker 4: Come back and they can make a run with their

954
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 4: you know, their zone and the way that they play.

955
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 4: And you know, I said of the that when he

956
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,839
Speaker 4: went out, I mean they're just a different team without him.

957
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,319
Speaker 2: That's a team to keep an eye on for pack

958
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 2: twelve futures.

959
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 1: I agree, I agree, And also Colorado was the one

960
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 1: that I talked about last time. Remember they did beat Dayton.

961
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,279
Speaker 1: I'm curious to see on Saturday if they give Colorado

962
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 1: one of those top sixteen seeds. I think Oregon or

963
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 1: Colorado but not both going to be in there. But Colorado,

964
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 1: though against Calton I did not look good, but they

965
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 1: have had some nice wins there. They beat Oregon, beat Dayton,

966
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: so they have some things going their way. I'm curious

967
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: to see. But outside of Oregon and Colorado, I do

968
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 1: not trust anyone, especially Arizona. Yeah.

969
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 3: I mean, Stanford is the team for me to watch,

970
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:58,879
Speaker 3: and we talked about their youth, and they are extremely young,

971
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 3: three hundred and thirty fourth in experience, and I'm you know,

972
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 3: you look at their rotation. There's three freshmen and three

973
00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:06,879
Speaker 3: sophomores getting you know, playing time, you know, limited roles

974
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:08,919
Speaker 3: for two of the freshmen. But there is a lot

975
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:10,799
Speaker 3: of youth on this team. But they're the best team

976
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 3: in the league and shooting the three, and they're the

977
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 3: best at defending it during conference play. So at least

978
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 3: from you know the standpoint of the arc, that's you know,

979
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 3: one place that they specialize on both sides of the court.

980
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 3: That's a team I want to see get through this

981
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:25,200
Speaker 3: really rough stretch. Two away games, Utah, Colorado, a couple

982
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,440
Speaker 3: of home games, but then Washington on the road. If

983
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,839
Speaker 3: we can see any signs of life before they play

984
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 3: a terrible Washington State team on February twenty third, then

985
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,319
Speaker 3: maybe it's worth a little bit of future value. But

986
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 3: I mean it's a team that you really can't trust

987
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:38,839
Speaker 3: on the road, so you see it with how young

988
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 3: they are. But if they can figure it out, I

989
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 3: think they could make a run. They've definitely got the talent.

990
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 3: And shame on Randall for saying, Omaha Mavericks are not

991
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,120
Speaker 3: a powerhouse school. That's that's the that's the kind of

992
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 3: mid major we're looking to get a bid.

993
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 4: All right, good points there, And we also have to

994
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:58,160
Speaker 4: talk about the SEC. The SEC does I truly believe

995
00:40:58,120 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 4: they don't o an elite team, but they have three teams.

996
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 4: Alburn is interesting to me because they've been running so

997
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 4: bad from three, But they might just be a bad

998
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 4: shooting team, but they're running bad from three on the

999
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:07,839
Speaker 4: defensive end as well.

1000
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 2: In conference play.

1001
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:11,360
Speaker 4: Something to keep in mind LSU, who's eight known the conference,

1002
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 4: won all those games by one, two, three points. I

1003
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:15,440
Speaker 4: was never a buyer. And now they're going to crash

1004
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,440
Speaker 4: the boards. They're gonna make their free throws and get

1005
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 4: to the line. But this is the first time in

1006
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 4: twenty years and eight no team in conference lost to

1007
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 4: a team that was owning eight in conference. And the

1008
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 4: team that hasn't hadn't won a conference game in Vanderbilt

1009
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 4: in a couple of years. So they went down. Alburn

1010
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 4: Elisi will take on each other on Saturday. Then you

1011
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 4: have Kentucky. I mean, I think all these those teams

1012
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 4: are pretty similar. I think Kentucky probably has the highest

1013
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:38,840
Speaker 4: ceiling with cal and Richard's come March. But you know,

1014
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 4: I don't think either of them are elite, upper echelon teams.

1015
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,840
Speaker 4: And then it's a big mix of other teams that

1016
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:45,399
Speaker 4: are going.

1017
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 2: To be on the bubble. Mississippi State, who's playing a

1018
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,400
Speaker 2: lot better Weatherspon's now in the mix. You got the

1019
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,800
Speaker 2: big inside and Reggie Perry. They're playing well lately.

1020
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:56,439
Speaker 4: You know, Alabama Arkansas headed in the wrong direction, headed

1021
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:57,680
Speaker 4: right towards the NIT.

1022
00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 2: And then Florida continues to diss the point. I have

1023
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,319
Speaker 2: that big comeback win here now twenty two at home

1024
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,879
Speaker 2: to Georgia. Then you have my favorite team in ole Miss.

1025
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:07,960
Speaker 2: Why back every week?

1026
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:10,720
Speaker 4: I have them like thirty five spots higher than most

1027
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,399
Speaker 4: power ratings, I think, and I'll probably play them again

1028
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 4: on Saturday against Florida, catching hopefully four four and a

1029
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 4: F five. It's a team that's infuriating to watch, but

1030
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:21,879
Speaker 4: all they do is cover for me. But I don't

1031
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 4: necessarily know if I trust any team from the SEC

1032
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 4: to make a run. Mississippi State is an intriguing team,

1033
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 4: is a low seed to maybe caut some noise into

1034
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:33,879
Speaker 4: the second weekend. What do you see the SEC con

1035
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 4: I'll start with you.

1036
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think o'll miss.

1037
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 3: The season doesn't start until Kerman Davis takes his coat

1038
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:41,399
Speaker 3: off and just Jackson down the court. So that's really

1039
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 3: what I've been waiting for, some fire out of their

1040
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:43,959
Speaker 3: head coach.

1041
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 1: He's excellent. But they do have a tough path here.

1042
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:48,920
Speaker 3: You know, five of the next six games or against

1043
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:52,000
Speaker 3: top forty five teams according to Ken Palm. So I'm

1044
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:53,880
Speaker 3: actually looking at ole Miss as a team that I

1045
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:55,600
Speaker 3: want to back when we get to the SEC tournament.

1046
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 3: Hopefully get some long shot outs there and they can

1047
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,719
Speaker 3: make a run. It's worth talking about what Vanderbilt did.

1048
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:05,080
Speaker 3: They shot seventy four percent from two, forty from three.

1049
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 3: They made seventeen of twenty three free throws. There was

1050
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 3: forty six total fouls in that game against LSU. This

1051
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 3: is a first game that they've won, and like Stuck said,

1052
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,319
Speaker 3: in a number of years, good for Jerry Stackhouse. Right

1053
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,239
Speaker 3: after the Vanderbilt ad resigns, they get their first win.

1054
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 3: But that LSU loss, right there is just who do

1055
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 3: I trust in this conference? And the answer is I

1056
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 3: don't think I could trust anybody.

1057
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:26,279
Speaker 5: You know.

1058
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:27,919
Speaker 3: Do we go back and start looking at a team

1059
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,360
Speaker 3: possibly like Florida. I mean, Florida does have a schedule

1060
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 3: where it's Vanderbilt, Georgia not too tough, well, you know

1061
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 3: old miss Texas A and m Vanderbilt coming up Arkansas

1062
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 3: on the decline. I mean, I think Florida can put

1063
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 3: together a little run here before they get.

1064
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 1: To Kentucky and LSU.

1065
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 3: So, you know, let's see what Florida does over some

1066
00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:45,320
Speaker 3: games that they should win over the next two weeks.

1067
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:48,239
Speaker 1: Randall, Mississippi State's the team for me for all the

1068
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:50,919
Speaker 1: reasons you said, the hardest position to match up in

1069
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 1: twenty twenty in college basketball is the power forward. That's

1070
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: what Reggie Perry is. Everybody else goes four guards right

1071
00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 1: shoot the three, one token big guy inside. Red Perry

1072
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:02,600
Speaker 1: is the real deal. That's a team with everybody back

1073
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,640
Speaker 1: now that can make a run with a really great coach.

1074
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:06,400
Speaker 1: Any coach has been a three straight final fours. I

1075
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:10,320
Speaker 1: don't care if UCLA doesn't like them, has my respect, folks.

1076
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 1: It's Kentucky yet again. Kentucky is starting to roll. They're

1077
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:17,880
Speaker 1: playing better. Cal has a proven track record of getting

1078
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: them better. If I had to pick one team to

1079
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 1: win the conference tournament without a doubt's Kentucky. On the year,

1080
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 1: they're shooting thirty nine from three point range, but in

1081
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:27,839
Speaker 1: conference they're shooting thirty four point two percent. That's third

1082
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: best in the SEC. All they have to do is

1083
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 1: start making some threes. If they do that, they're going

1084
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 1: to be very, very dangerous. I don't believe in LSU.

1085
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:36,839
Speaker 1: I think that's a horrific loss, and I've questioned their

1086
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,319
Speaker 1: guard play all along. But yeah, the long shot that

1087
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 1: I like there is definitely Mississippi State. I'm with you

1088
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,840
Speaker 1: on Old Miss. I'm root for him. I love Kermit Davis,

1089
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 1: and they had most of their guys back. It's been

1090
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,640
Speaker 1: a baffling year for Mississippi, but Brian Tyree can take

1091
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 1: over a game at any time. And I'm curious to

1092
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,839
Speaker 1: see how the LSU Auburn game's gonna go, because listen,

1093
00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:56,359
Speaker 1: I'm waiting for Bruce Pearl to regress here. It's just

1094
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:58,400
Speaker 1: not happening. They find a way to win these games

1095
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:00,799
Speaker 1: on the road, and styles are or make fights, and

1096
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,919
Speaker 1: they have a style that's working for them right now.

1097
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 1: So long shot Mississippi State like Auburn as well. And

1098
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:07,880
Speaker 1: if I had to pick somebody to win the conference tournament,

1099
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,799
Speaker 1: it's going to be Kentucky. How could you.

1100
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 3: Ever pick anybody but Kentucky. But odds makers do take

1101
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 3: that into consideration. So if a team like Old Miss

1102
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 3: or Mississippi State does get on the other side of

1103
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 3: the bracket of the SEC Tournament, that's where you kind

1104
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,000
Speaker 3: of want to find future value, because I mean, Kentucky

1105
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,600
Speaker 3: just owns the SEC Tournament year after year after year.

1106
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 1: So I agree.

1107
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:26,360
Speaker 4: I think it's based on the bracket and some of

1108
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:27,880
Speaker 4: the matchup. I think it's going to be an intriguing

1109
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:30,920
Speaker 4: long shot conference tournament from a futures perspective that we'll

1110
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 4: talk about. Let's just run through rapid fire here one

1111
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 4: sense each I'll set them up aac You know, Houston

1112
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 4: Wichita are in I think since he's now in Memphis

1113
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,960
Speaker 4: and Tulsa are on the bubble. Even though Tulsa was

1114
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,600
Speaker 4: first and the conference heading into tonight, Temple is really

1115
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:47,359
Speaker 4: bad by the way. I mean, the market just can't

1116
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,520
Speaker 4: catch up to how bad they are. And Yukon was

1117
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:53,120
Speaker 4: running extremely bad from three, both sides dead last from three,

1118
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 4: shooting and defense. That regression started tonight in an easy

1119
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,239
Speaker 4: win at Tulsa. Something to keep in mind in the

1120
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:03,279
Speaker 4: near future. They were running really poorly. But one team

1121
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:05,440
Speaker 4: to keep an eye on here. My sense is since

1122
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:07,719
Speaker 4: he is the team that you know, they had a

1123
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:10,120
Speaker 4: new coach with a new offensive system. They probably have

1124
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 4: the player of the year in Cumberland in the conference.

1125
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:15,520
Speaker 4: They can play defense, They're starting to adjust to his

1126
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 4: offensive system. There were some bumps in the road early on,

1127
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,360
Speaker 4: but you know, a win over Houston, you know, a

1128
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,400
Speaker 4: win at Whichitas State tonight, Cumberland end one in the

1129
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 4: final seconds to win it. It's a team to keep

1130
00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 4: an eye on that might still have really you know,

1131
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:32,840
Speaker 4: deep odds in the futures market if you want to

1132
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 4: take a long shot, because I think that team is

1133
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:37,879
Speaker 4: headed towards the tournament and pretty much locked unless they

1134
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 4: fold down the stretch after their past week.

1135
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 2: Anything on the ac randall.

1136
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,280
Speaker 1: You on a dark horse, I'm going to take SMU.

1137
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 1: They probably have the best statistical offense in conference play.

1138
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: I know it's a train wreck there with Jankovic and

1139
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,400
Speaker 1: the defense, and they're always up and down, but they're long.

1140
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: They have the ability to come back in games. You

1141
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,919
Speaker 1: saw that against Memphis. Cincinnati is coming around. I agree

1142
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:58,640
Speaker 1: with you on that if you want a long shot, though,

1143
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:01,239
Speaker 1: I would look at SMU very impressed with them. That's

1144
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:04,400
Speaker 1: a great win for Cincinnati. Guys that their plane got canceled,

1145
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:08,799
Speaker 1: so they didn't land today in Wichita until like early afternoon,

1146
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:10,880
Speaker 1: so they got right off the plane in what is

1147
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:12,840
Speaker 1: a really tough place to play and came in and

1148
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:15,120
Speaker 1: whipped them up. So absolutely, Brandon has things going in

1149
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:15,720
Speaker 1: the right direction.

1150
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 2: Colin, any thoughts on Tulsa in your backyard?

1151
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I mean Tulsa takes a huge just got

1152
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,319
Speaker 3: hammered tonight at home. But this is the team that's

1153
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:24,360
Speaker 3: best in the league at defending the arc, you know,

1154
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,480
Speaker 3: the best defense in the league overall. Through conference play,

1155
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 3: their next six games are against teams outside the top

1156
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,239
Speaker 3: one hundred and Ken Palm. They only really just have

1157
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 3: Houston left on February nineteenth, so don't be surprised. Currently

1158
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:38,839
Speaker 3: marked it about a twelve seed in bracketology and Leonardi's bracketology,

1159
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 3: So Tulsa is not going to go away. And if

1160
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 3: you know, if you find teams that rely on the

1161
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:43,840
Speaker 3: three too much, Tulsa is going to be able to

1162
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:44,440
Speaker 3: gobble them up.

1163
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:46,799
Speaker 2: Yeah. West Coast Conference, I also mentioned them.

1164
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:49,880
Speaker 4: Gonzaga is obviously a lockheaded towards a one seed, and

1165
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 4: it'll be interesting if they went out Antania State wins out,

1166
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:54,480
Speaker 4: who gets the one out West That will be a

1167
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:56,520
Speaker 4: major storyline. But as of right now, I think Saint

1168
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 4: Mary's and BYU are both in Saint Mary's. Look, Jordan Ford,

1169
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 4: they'll get you a bucket, they'll grind you down, they'll

1170
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 4: run beautiful motion offense, they'll play good half court defense.

1171
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 4: They're just gonna get in an ugly game and they'll

1172
00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:10,880
Speaker 4: be dangerous, you know, BYU with Childs back in the mix,

1173
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:14,239
Speaker 4: experienced team. I love the addition of Toolsen. You know,

1174
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:17,360
Speaker 4: if Hawes is hitting his shots. I mean that's a

1175
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:19,000
Speaker 4: team that can win a couple games in the tournament

1176
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 4: as well. The tough thing is how good is Gonzaga.

1177
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:22,520
Speaker 4: I know they're blowing out these teams, and I know

1178
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,720
Speaker 4: they're really good, and they have the pedigree. They're supposed

1179
00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:26,480
Speaker 4: to take a minor step back earlier in the season.

1180
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:29,759
Speaker 4: They really haven't. They've lost one game all year. Are

1181
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:30,839
Speaker 4: you buying the Zags this year?

1182
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:34,360
Speaker 2: Rendell? And do you foresee any run for Mary's or BYU?

1183
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:37,560
Speaker 1: The team I'm on is BYU. The only child sometimes

1184
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:39,560
Speaker 1: can flake out, He gets frustrated easy, he gives up

1185
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:41,560
Speaker 1: a rebound, then smacks the guy for his fourth foul.

1186
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:43,840
Speaker 1: That's what I did against Saint Mary's. But they have

1187
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:45,960
Speaker 1: the talent. They defend the three well, they shoot the

1188
00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 1: three really well. They're shooting forty six point four percent

1189
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:52,400
Speaker 1: from three point range BYU in conference. So with Childs inside,

1190
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 1: they absolutely can be a team that can make a running,

1191
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:56,400
Speaker 1: can get hot. I think they're gonna knock off Gonzaga.

1192
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 1: They play second to last game in the conference schedule

1193
00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:01,200
Speaker 1: on February twenty six, and I think they absolutely can

1194
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,799
Speaker 1: get that Gonzaga. If there's gonna be a year that

1195
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:05,360
Speaker 1: they can win it, and listen, we see him in

1196
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:07,880
Speaker 1: the final game and if they call meeks out of bounds,

1197
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 1: they could have won the title that year. This is

1198
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:11,839
Speaker 1: the year because they really aren't any great teams. Few

1199
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,240
Speaker 1: was one of the best coaches in the country. Everybody

1200
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:16,799
Speaker 1: plays together, selfless basketball. My only issue is the go

1201
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:18,600
Speaker 1: to guy. I don't see it there, and I want

1202
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:20,239
Speaker 1: to see them play defense in a big spot. I

1203
00:49:20,239 --> 00:49:22,279
Speaker 1: think this BYU game is a real tail tale for

1204
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 1: me because I want to see how they're gonna do. Yeah.

1205
00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:26,840
Speaker 3: For me, it's going to be San Francisco, and I

1206
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:28,799
Speaker 3: know that they're not, you know, even within the last

1207
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:30,480
Speaker 3: four or out or on the bubble or anything like that.

1208
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:32,600
Speaker 3: But they have beaten BYU by one. They just lost

1209
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:34,239
Speaker 3: to Gonzaga by four. They have to go on the

1210
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:36,600
Speaker 3: road against both those teams. So we'll see how it

1211
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:38,040
Speaker 3: shakes out here in the next two weeks for them.

1212
00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:40,120
Speaker 3: But they work in the paint on defense or the

1213
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:42,520
Speaker 3: best team in the in the entire conference as far

1214
00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:44,040
Speaker 3: as two point defense goes.

1215
00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:45,960
Speaker 2: So keep your eye on the Dons. I just love

1216
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:46,640
Speaker 2: what San franz zo.

1217
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:49,720
Speaker 4: From an analytical perspective, this is a team that will foul,

1218
00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:55,120
Speaker 4: you know against BYU up one. I believe with like

1219
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:58,720
Speaker 4: twenty seconds to go and they fouled Childs on purpose.

1220
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:00,960
Speaker 2: They were in he was in the one and one.

1221
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,719
Speaker 4: They said, look, I'm gonna take my chances and maybe

1222
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:05,200
Speaker 4: missing one and then if he does make it.

1223
00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:07,440
Speaker 2: But I get the ball back for the last possession.

1224
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:08,880
Speaker 2: It's a team that's fouling.

1225
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 4: You know, when the team's trying to hold for the

1226
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,560
Speaker 4: last shot in the one and one and you know

1227
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:13,920
Speaker 4: if they missed the front end and they're.

1228
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:14,600
Speaker 2: Going to get the ball there.

1229
00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 4: So I love what they're They're doing some unique things

1230
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:19,440
Speaker 4: from an analytical perspective. Fun team to watch. And then

1231
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:21,839
Speaker 4: I would be remiss if I didn't mention the A ten.

1232
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,399
Speaker 4: I mean Dayton I think as a top ten team

1233
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:27,160
Speaker 4: they have a lottery pick and Obi Toppin who's just

1234
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,080
Speaker 4: a dominant force, and then they just have a number

1235
00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:33,240
Speaker 4: of parts that work well around him Crusher and company.

1236
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:35,680
Speaker 4: But there's other teams that could make the tournament. Rode Island,

1237
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:39,440
Speaker 4: VCU and Richmond. Rhode Island's on fire, a spot that

1238
00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:41,680
Speaker 4: I'll mention on Saturday ahead of time, before we get

1239
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:44,480
Speaker 4: to our Saturday spots. Rhode Island goes too, GW GW.

1240
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:47,320
Speaker 4: Really young team, a bunch of really talented freshmen that

1241
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:49,319
Speaker 4: are going to be good for the next couple of years.

1242
00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:51,240
Speaker 2: They struggled this year. They're very up and down.

1243
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,280
Speaker 4: But Rhode Island and Dayton play each other next week

1244
00:50:54,719 --> 00:50:56,799
Speaker 4: and it's for first place in the A ten. A

1245
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:59,840
Speaker 4: little look ahead here for Rhode Island. Fats Russell has

1246
00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:00,480
Speaker 4: been amazing.

1247
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:01,240
Speaker 2: It's a really.

1248
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:04,960
Speaker 4: Experienced Rhode Island team that plays excellent defense. But that's

1249
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 4: a sleepy spot at the Smiths Center in d c H.

1250
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,200
Speaker 4: But you know, VCU, there's just something off with them.

1251
00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:15,520
Speaker 4: Richmond is a little intriguing, But I ultimately see Rhode

1252
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,759
Speaker 4: Island and Dayton getting in and Davidson and Saint Louis

1253
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:20,720
Speaker 4: been two of the most disappointing teams in the country.

1254
00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:22,840
Speaker 4: You speaking of that spot, I will go back to

1255
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:25,320
Speaker 4: Saint Louis. You know we're gonna get double digits at Dayton.

1256
00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 4: It's a team that matches up well with Dayton because

1257
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:30,080
Speaker 4: you know, in the three or four times they played Obie,

1258
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:32,480
Speaker 4: they've shut him down. They can put you know, French

1259
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:35,120
Speaker 4: and just body him up, and they can rebound, which

1260
00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:38,399
Speaker 4: is Dayton's one primary weakness, and Saint Louis will tack

1261
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:41,239
Speaker 4: the glass. Saint Louis, you should never, ever, ever, ever, ever,

1262
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:43,480
Speaker 4: ever ever bet them as a favorite. They can't shoot,

1263
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,400
Speaker 4: they can't shoot free throws. But you know, as a

1264
00:51:45,480 --> 00:51:48,320
Speaker 4: dog in a matchup against Dayton in a good spot,

1265
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:49,360
Speaker 4: that's for me.

1266
00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:51,440
Speaker 2: There. Anything on the A ten Randal.

1267
00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:54,160
Speaker 1: Saint Bonaventure is interesting. I mean they played better at home,

1268
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:55,480
Speaker 1: they did lose the three in a row, but no,

1269
00:51:55,560 --> 00:51:57,960
Speaker 1: assuming when he comes, when he's back, they're a totally

1270
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:01,440
Speaker 1: different team. Different teams. So I am fascinating with Rhode Island.

1271
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:03,759
Speaker 1: I like them. It's a veteran team. Dayton at some

1272
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:06,320
Speaker 1: Point's going to slip up here. I mean they haven't

1273
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,400
Speaker 1: done so far, but I want to see Rhode Island

1274
00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:10,520
Speaker 1: not great from three point range, that's the only thing.

1275
00:52:10,719 --> 00:52:13,000
Speaker 1: But they got two big matchups, like you said, February

1276
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,600
Speaker 1: eleventh and then March four and March fourth, So we're

1277
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:17,359
Speaker 1: going to find out exactly what's going on there. So

1278
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:19,920
Speaker 1: those two Rhode Island and Dayton, of course, can make

1279
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:21,520
Speaker 1: a run in the tournament. You want a long shot,

1280
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:23,640
Speaker 1: how about Saint Bonaventure. Yeah, I mean I was all

1281
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:24,480
Speaker 1: about Rode Island here.

1282
00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:25,960
Speaker 3: The Rams are one of the best, not just in

1283
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 3: the conference, their best in the country of defending the three,

1284
00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:30,360
Speaker 3: their top half in the A ten and defensive blocks

1285
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:30,880
Speaker 3: and steals.

1286
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:32,440
Speaker 1: I kind of hope that they lose this.

1287
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:34,520
Speaker 3: Game against Dayton on February eleventh, because they're going to

1288
00:52:34,560 --> 00:52:37,080
Speaker 3: turn around and host them on March fourth. Makes a

1289
00:52:37,080 --> 00:52:40,320
Speaker 3: great spot where Dayton may kind of be looking ahead

1290
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:42,919
Speaker 3: thinking about their future in a revenge spot that could

1291
00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:43,640
Speaker 3: be for Rhode Island.

1292
00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:45,760
Speaker 4: Yup, and last covered elemension before we get to Friday

1293
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:48,839
Speaker 4: Night lights in our Saturday spots, I want to mention

1294
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:51,359
Speaker 4: the Mac just I'll say this. I love Bowling Green.

1295
00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:54,320
Speaker 4: They continue to be underrated in the market. I stayed

1296
00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:56,400
Speaker 4: off in last game. Pretty bad spot. But this is

1297
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:59,640
Speaker 4: a team with Justin Turner now back and healthy. They

1298
00:52:59,640 --> 00:53:02,479
Speaker 4: were just redful without him. But I love their guard player,

1299
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:04,920
Speaker 4: I love their offense. Defense is meh, but I think

1300
00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:07,719
Speaker 4: it's them an Acron. You know, Akron has been I

1301
00:53:07,719 --> 00:53:11,440
Speaker 4: think it's the most well rounded team in the entire conference.

1302
00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:13,480
Speaker 4: And you know, I think if you look at four,

1303
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:17,279
Speaker 4: who is going to be player of the year in

1304
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:21,760
Speaker 4: that conference? Which is you know, a semi intriguing race,

1305
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:24,080
Speaker 4: But I think that you have to give it to

1306
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:28,440
Speaker 4: Jackson who's been just unbelievable at you know, shooting the

1307
00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:31,440
Speaker 4: shooting fifty percent from three turnovers, just a turn of

1308
00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:33,399
Speaker 4: a rate dishing the ball. I mean, he's been great

1309
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:36,400
Speaker 4: across the board. You have Cheese and then Williams, you know,

1310
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 4: the six nine. He can step out as well. So

1311
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:40,600
Speaker 4: they're a really complete team. I think it comes down

1312
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:43,200
Speaker 4: to them. But should be an interesting conference tournament. You

1313
00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:47,000
Speaker 4: have bass State in Eastern Michigan, really good defenses, not

1314
00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:49,400
Speaker 4: really any offenses. Then Ken Stateton Tledo there like the

1315
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:53,120
Speaker 4: wild Cards, really good offenses and not much defense at all.

1316
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:55,680
Speaker 4: MAC tournament should be fun, but they have to mention

1317
00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:58,239
Speaker 4: the Mountain West. I'm probably gonna make a case when

1318
00:53:58,239 --> 00:54:01,399
Speaker 4: we get to March about Utah State again and they'll

1319
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:04,319
Speaker 4: probably let me down against San Diego State again. But

1320
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:06,360
Speaker 4: San Diego State, all they do is win. They're in

1321
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:09,319
Speaker 4: my top ten, as they should be in everyone's. Look,

1322
00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:12,280
Speaker 4: it's they have a center, Malachae Flynn has been amazing

1323
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:16,319
Speaker 4: the transfer from Washington State. They took a center who's

1324
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:19,319
Speaker 4: sitting on Vanderbilt's bench, who's playing really well. You know,

1325
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:23,240
Speaker 4: they have our boy Matt Mitchell, who lost thirty pounds

1326
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:25,439
Speaker 4: and looks like a different player this year.

1327
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:29,880
Speaker 1: The greatest player on the West Coast, Matt Mitchell.

1328
00:54:30,320 --> 00:54:32,319
Speaker 2: I mean, I think the team is legit. I think

1329
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:32,759
Speaker 2: that they're not.

1330
00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:35,600
Speaker 4: They're not the best team in the country or even

1331
00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:37,279
Speaker 4: the top two or three, but they're right in that

1332
00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:39,040
Speaker 4: top ten, right on the fringe.

1333
00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:41,799
Speaker 2: There are you buying San Diego State and Randall.

1334
00:54:41,760 --> 00:54:44,600
Speaker 1: Totally buying Malachi Flynn's got to find his way in

1335
00:54:44,680 --> 00:54:47,560
Speaker 1: All American team. I'm absolutely buying it. They got through

1336
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:50,000
Speaker 1: the tough part of the schedule here. I thought they

1337
00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:52,279
Speaker 1: were going to slip up, and they haven't. So they

1338
00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:54,480
Speaker 1: took care of the Aggies. They're not losing an air

1339
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:56,319
Speaker 1: force who looks like a middle school team right now.

1340
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:57,880
Speaker 1: The only real hurdle for them is going to be

1341
00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:00,479
Speaker 1: Boise State February sixteenth. Maybe the bad in the season,

1342
00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:03,120
Speaker 1: but Jess Johnson's got to come back, but absolutely I'm

1343
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:05,200
Speaker 1: buying them. I expected you test Day to step up.

1344
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:06,680
Speaker 1: I think you were right stuck. They led that game

1345
00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:09,000
Speaker 1: like thirty nine to thirty one, but San Diego State

1346
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:11,160
Speaker 1: came back. They get MENSA back. You gotta watch out.

1347
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:13,480
Speaker 1: This is not your mom and Pop's Mountain West. This

1348
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:14,840
Speaker 1: is a legitimate conference.

1349
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:17,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, MENSA makes them a different team, all right. So

1350
00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:20,160
Speaker 2: that's about. That's about ten conferences.

1351
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:22,800
Speaker 4: I mean we'll get to the rest over time, and

1352
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:26,520
Speaker 4: we'll touch on every conference tournament before them. You know,

1353
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:28,759
Speaker 4: we'll get to the Valley, which could be a little

1354
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:30,960
Speaker 4: wide open Conference USA. I don't even know who the

1355
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,000
Speaker 4: favorites there. Lof Tech I think was, but they got

1356
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:35,520
Speaker 4: blown out against Western Kentucky. He doesn't have Bassie, but

1357
00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:38,719
Speaker 4: a big win. Maybe it's North Texas. FIU and Marsh

1358
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:40,879
Speaker 4: will be speed racing there. That'll be interesting. The sun

1359
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:42,280
Speaker 4: Belt is wide open.

1360
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,760
Speaker 1: Don't let the latest come between you and the Belt.

1361
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:48,800
Speaker 4: The Southern I think Etsu is the favorite, but he

1362
00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:51,279
Speaker 4: got U NCG and a Furman's making their threes. I

1363
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:54,919
Speaker 4: mean it's a big sky is wide open. The Colonials

1364
00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,080
Speaker 4: wide open. I mean, all these conferences are going to

1365
00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:59,200
Speaker 4: be wide open. I think there's going to be futures

1366
00:55:59,239 --> 00:56:01,480
Speaker 4: value abound, and we're going to get to all that.

1367
00:56:01,560 --> 00:56:04,200
Speaker 4: And you know, we even get to Atlantic Sun, the Northeast,

1368
00:56:04,280 --> 00:56:07,320
Speaker 4: South Atlanta, I have a valley, Big South, Swack, Miyak, America,

1369
00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:08,360
Speaker 4: East Rise, and you name it.

1370
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:09,000
Speaker 2: We'll get to it.

1371
00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:12,240
Speaker 4: But in the interest of time, let's get to the weekend,

1372
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:14,520
Speaker 4: and we'll start with Friday night lights.

1373
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:19,000
Speaker 1: Why let football have all the fun. Let's bet Friday

1374
00:56:19,080 --> 00:56:19,760
Speaker 1: night Lights.

1375
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:24,719
Speaker 4: But we talked a little bit about Illinois Maryland. I'm

1376
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:27,480
Speaker 4: gonna look at Illinois a little bit. But one game

1377
00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:29,759
Speaker 4: I will point out, maybe you'll know this Randall is

1378
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:30,920
Speaker 4: aching back for Harvard.

1379
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:32,120
Speaker 2: Harvard's and it'll catch you.

1380
00:56:32,560 --> 00:56:34,359
Speaker 1: N He's not back. Nope.

1381
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:36,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's an interesting Yale looks like the class of

1382
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:39,719
Speaker 4: the conference. But they haven't played anyone yet in conference. Right,

1383
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:42,920
Speaker 4: They've played some of the bottom feeders and they're shooting

1384
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:45,440
Speaker 4: forty five percent from three in conference play so far.

1385
00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:47,759
Speaker 4: But they lost a lot in the off season. You

1386
00:56:47,800 --> 00:56:49,680
Speaker 4: have to give Jones their coach credit, but I mean

1387
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:52,960
Speaker 4: they've just been back. So Brunner and n Atkinson down

1388
00:56:53,040 --> 00:56:56,640
Speaker 4: low looks like a really balanced, experienced team. I think

1389
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:59,520
Speaker 4: the two most realistic contenders are Penn and you know,

1390
00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:01,880
Speaker 4: Penn give beat anyone in the conference in any given day.

1391
00:57:01,880 --> 00:57:04,640
Speaker 4: A little inconsistent in Harvard. And the interesting thing about Harvard,

1392
00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:07,480
Speaker 4: you know they lost Towns, a former Conference Player of

1393
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:10,560
Speaker 4: the Year is going to graduate transfer somewhere, potentially Louisville

1394
00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:13,600
Speaker 4: from some things that I'm hearing. But Harvard and then

1395
00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:15,759
Speaker 4: also has Bryce Aikin who's been hurt since I think

1396
00:57:15,880 --> 00:57:19,200
Speaker 4: mid December. He's probably their best player when he comes back.

1397
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:22,880
Speaker 4: That's a different team. Harvard is also hosting the IVY

1398
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:25,160
Speaker 4: League tournament this year, so they should be in the

1399
00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:28,520
Speaker 4: mix to get there. Under undervalued team to watch Dartmouth

1400
00:57:28,560 --> 00:57:31,240
Speaker 4: throw in foreign conference look a little ugly, but they

1401
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,560
Speaker 4: haven't been making shots and they've played Harvard twice. Penn

1402
00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:35,840
Speaker 4: and Princeton, those are three of the top four teams

1403
00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:39,440
Speaker 4: in the conference. Should get some positive shooting regression might

1404
00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:42,360
Speaker 4: have some heading value going forward. But that's kind of

1405
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:44,600
Speaker 4: my thoughts on the IVY and Friday Night, not much

1406
00:57:44,680 --> 00:57:46,760
Speaker 4: on the card. You're seeing anything on Friday, Randall.

1407
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:49,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, you said it with Yale Harvard, I think that

1408
00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:52,200
Speaker 1: Yale's tied to top the standings with Princeton. They barely

1409
00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:54,160
Speaker 1: lost to Penn State. They wont to Clemson and lost

1410
00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:55,520
Speaker 1: by three at U and C. I think they get

1411
00:57:55,560 --> 00:57:57,800
Speaker 1: a comfortable win over Harvard. The one that jumps out

1412
00:57:57,800 --> 00:57:59,840
Speaker 1: of me, folks. How about Saint Peter's last in the

1413
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:02,720
Speaker 1: last year, now tied atop the conference in mom at

1414
00:58:02,760 --> 00:58:05,240
Speaker 1: seven and four seen Holloway second year, they're doing a

1415
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:07,480
Speaker 1: great job. They face Maris, they beat them at home

1416
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:09,880
Speaker 1: by twenty six. Peacocks are great against the spread this

1417
00:58:09,960 --> 00:58:12,320
Speaker 1: year fourteen and six. So that's one. And also, like

1418
00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: I'm with you on Illinois, I think this is an

1419
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:15,280
Speaker 1: Illinois win on Friday night.

1420
00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:17,280
Speaker 4: And I'll probably bet South Alabama again because I bet

1421
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:20,440
Speaker 4: them every game, and I'll probably bet them to win

1422
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:21,480
Speaker 4: the Belt.

1423
00:58:22,120 --> 00:58:23,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, the matt Act is one of the.

1424
00:58:23,480 --> 00:58:25,840
Speaker 4: Most wide open conferences in college best, but the difference

1425
00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:27,600
Speaker 4: between I own is in last place and they could

1426
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:29,960
Speaker 4: win the MAC Conference tournament. As bad as they are,

1427
00:58:30,080 --> 00:58:34,360
Speaker 4: they still have Toalent whatever reason. Clues always just wins

1428
00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:37,040
Speaker 4: that tournament, but not as a wide open conference. I

1429
00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:39,040
Speaker 4: guess Monmouth is the best team call on anything on

1430
00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:39,520
Speaker 4: Friday night.

1431
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:42,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, just VCU for me, I'm going to swallow the

1432
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:44,240
Speaker 3: whole you know, the big nine number that's sitting out

1433
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:46,480
Speaker 3: there right now. And you know the thing is, they're

1434
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:48,360
Speaker 3: coming off of a loss against Rhode Island. They're playing

1435
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:50,560
Speaker 3: a Davidson team that is just terrible on defense. They

1436
00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:52,600
Speaker 3: don't have any blocks, those steals, they can't defend the

1437
00:58:52,640 --> 00:58:55,160
Speaker 3: three point line. I think VCU just gets off the

1438
00:58:55,160 --> 00:58:57,160
Speaker 3: schneid here after the lost for Rhode Island. I'll swallow

1439
00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:57,600
Speaker 3: the points.

1440
00:58:58,080 --> 00:58:59,920
Speaker 2: All right, let's move on to Saturday.

1441
00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:05,080
Speaker 1: Then, so many games, so little time. Let's look at

1442
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:08,520
Speaker 1: the Saturday slate. I think Gonzagarel Saint Mary's. I don't

1443
00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:10,960
Speaker 1: think Saint Mary's has a prayer in that game. Michigan

1444
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:13,520
Speaker 1: State Michigan. It's sort of desperation time for Michigan. I

1445
00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:15,720
Speaker 1: want to see what's going to show up there. Purdue.

1446
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:18,760
Speaker 1: Can they capitalize finally off of some momentum at home

1447
00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:21,360
Speaker 1: going against Indiana. I remember Indiana beat Michigan State at home.

1448
00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:24,800
Speaker 1: So they've been tricky, really interesting games across the board. Mississippi,

1449
00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:26,200
Speaker 1: like you said, in a great spot, they're going to

1450
00:59:26,240 --> 00:59:28,520
Speaker 1: get three or four against Florida. I think that's interesting

1451
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:31,560
Speaker 1: as well. Listen, Arkansas is now going to Missouri. They're

1452
00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:33,360
Speaker 1: banged up. We want to see how that's going to happen.

1453
00:59:33,680 --> 00:59:36,120
Speaker 1: And then of course we talked about Duke North Carolina.

1454
00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:39,120
Speaker 1: I guess flip a coin, but I'll take the points here.

1455
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:41,640
Speaker 1: So a couple interesting spots. Last one I want to

1456
00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:44,919
Speaker 1: mention also, can Minnesota step up and get a huge

1457
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:46,800
Speaker 1: win at Penn State? Because if Penn State gets this

1458
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:49,240
Speaker 1: win at home against Minnesota and all of a sudden,

1459
00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:51,479
Speaker 1: now we have to start thinking that Penn State is legit.

1460
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:54,080
Speaker 1: Can they back up the big win at Michigan State

1461
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:56,600
Speaker 1: against the solid Minnesota team. That's what I want to

1462
00:59:56,600 --> 00:59:59,000
Speaker 1: see again, a polarizing game. Either Minnesota is going to

1463
00:59:59,040 --> 01:00:00,600
Speaker 1: get a huge road win, well, we're gonna have to

1464
01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:02,400
Speaker 1: start believing in Penn State. Those are the games that

1465
01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:02,920
Speaker 1: I really like.

1466
01:00:03,240 --> 01:00:06,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree with to a Minnesota. It's it's a big,

1467
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:09,680
Speaker 4: big time letdown for Penn State. You know, Minnesota, they

1468
01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:11,680
Speaker 4: went to the Ohio State and got that win in

1469
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:13,920
Speaker 4: Penn State doesn't have a great home court advantage, right

1470
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:17,000
Speaker 4: they play in that cavern, so it's not at all

1471
01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:19,000
Speaker 4: the teams in the Big Ten that is going to

1472
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:22,680
Speaker 4: hold serve at home. You know, outside of Northwestern in Nebraska,

1473
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:25,520
Speaker 4: one of the ones that I feel comfortable going against

1474
01:00:25,560 --> 01:00:28,360
Speaker 4: in a spot like this is probably Penn State. You know,

1475
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:30,320
Speaker 4: I think Saint Mary's going out of the limitar I

1476
01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:33,000
Speaker 4: think Saint Mary's beats Gonzag at home. Saint Mary's is

1477
01:00:33,040 --> 01:00:36,360
Speaker 4: going to grind that game down. Gonzaga wants to run,

1478
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:38,480
Speaker 4: they want to go fast, they want to score. Saint

1479
01:00:38,480 --> 01:00:40,680
Speaker 4: Mary's going to grind that game down to a halt.

1480
01:00:41,120 --> 01:00:43,080
Speaker 4: I think the line is going to be like I'm

1481
01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:45,800
Speaker 4: hoping to get like three. That's all short. It's gonna be.

1482
01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:48,560
Speaker 4: But I think Saint Mary's beats them. You mentioned air

1483
01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:49,640
Speaker 4: Force San Diego State.

1484
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:50,240
Speaker 2: I said it.

1485
01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:52,880
Speaker 4: I think maybe to you, I replied, or someone I

1486
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:55,320
Speaker 4: said on Twitter like two months ago, I was like,

1487
01:00:55,400 --> 01:00:57,320
Speaker 4: this is Santa Is going to lose at air Force

1488
01:00:57,480 --> 01:00:59,560
Speaker 4: after they if they beat Utah State.

1489
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:01,400
Speaker 2: Now, after what I've seen from air Force.

1490
01:01:01,320 --> 01:01:03,960
Speaker 4: Lately, I don't know if I don't see that happening now.

1491
01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:05,920
Speaker 4: Air Force's offense look great at the beginning of the year,

1492
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:07,440
Speaker 4: their defense is one of the worst in the nation.

1493
01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:11,120
Speaker 4: Now their offense doesn't look great either. But if I'm

1494
01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:13,880
Speaker 4: getting like seventeen, I don't know if that's an inflated number.

1495
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:16,000
Speaker 4: It is a flat spot going to altitude for San

1496
01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:19,160
Speaker 4: Diego State after beating Utah State. We'll say, we'll see

1497
01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:22,800
Speaker 4: how inflated San Diego State is in the market. Another

1498
01:01:22,920 --> 01:01:28,120
Speaker 4: game that I had circled is Oklahoma State. Do you

1499
01:01:28,200 --> 01:01:30,560
Speaker 4: know it's a team that got to the window for

1500
01:01:30,680 --> 01:01:35,160
Speaker 4: me against TCU. They're at Baylor here and look, Baylor,

1501
01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:39,480
Speaker 4: they're coming home for Oklahoma State if they're four days off.

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01:01:40,040 --> 01:01:42,800
Speaker 4: It's just it just feels to me. And it's an

1503
01:01:42,800 --> 01:01:45,560
Speaker 4: Oklahoma State team that played them really close and still

1504
01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:48,680
Speaker 4: water and Baylor pulled away late. It's a game that feels,

1505
01:01:48,680 --> 01:01:50,920
Speaker 4: I mean, you're gonna be catching double digits here that

1506
01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:52,880
Speaker 4: bail is going to be a little sleepy, right. They

1507
01:01:52,880 --> 01:01:55,280
Speaker 4: have Texas still a big game for them on Monday,

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01:01:55,360 --> 01:01:57,880
Speaker 4: but then West Virginia and then Kansas coming up, like

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01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:01,280
Speaker 4: so this is I think a lull for Baylor. So

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01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:04,920
Speaker 4: I might look at Oklahoma State as well. Another game

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01:02:04,920 --> 01:02:06,440
Speaker 4: that I had circled, Colm, what do you have circled

1512
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:07,280
Speaker 4: for Saturday?

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01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:09,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, we talked about Villanova and Seaton Hall. And I

1514
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:11,560
Speaker 3: mean Seaton Hall is the best in the Big East

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01:02:11,600 --> 01:02:14,040
Speaker 3: and eleventh in the country defending the perimeters. So I'm

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01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:15,560
Speaker 3: going to see what the market says, how many points

1517
01:02:15,560 --> 01:02:18,160
Speaker 3: I can get with them, and look at possibly backing them.

1518
01:02:18,200 --> 01:02:19,560
Speaker 3: But I think the spot that I like the most

1519
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:23,000
Speaker 3: is Auburn's off a double overtime win against Old Miss,

1520
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:26,560
Speaker 3: a victory against Kentucky, and overtime win against Arkansas.

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01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:28,080
Speaker 1: What is left in the tank?

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01:02:28,240 --> 01:02:32,240
Speaker 3: LLC was off a really embarrassing defensive effort against Vanderbilt.

1523
01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:35,240
Speaker 3: LC's top ten in the nation, offensive rebounds top ten

1524
01:02:35,280 --> 01:02:38,240
Speaker 3: and two point field goal efficiency and that's where they're

1525
01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:41,120
Speaker 3: twenty sixth in point distribution. They love defeed it down low,

1526
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:42,800
Speaker 3: and it looks like they're going to get points in

1527
01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:44,200
Speaker 3: this game, maybe two or three points. And I think

1528
01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:45,640
Speaker 3: it's going to be an LSU team. It's going to

1529
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:48,760
Speaker 3: try to rebound from the embarrassing Vanderbilt loss against Auburn team.

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01:02:48,760 --> 01:02:50,200
Speaker 3: I just don't know what they have left in the tank.

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01:02:50,680 --> 01:02:54,040
Speaker 4: Another one that I have this LSU team will but

1532
01:02:54,120 --> 01:02:56,360
Speaker 4: they have no problems going on the road. They just

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01:02:56,440 --> 01:02:58,080
Speaker 4: lost at Vanderbilt. But this is a team for two

1534
01:02:58,120 --> 01:03:01,320
Speaker 4: years in a row has found the way. Both LU

1535
01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:04,120
Speaker 4: and Auburn they they'll find a way to scrap and claw.

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01:03:04,560 --> 01:03:07,400
Speaker 4: I agree, I think that you will get let's use

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01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:10,880
Speaker 4: best effort. But I mean Auburn is running really poorly

1538
01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:13,440
Speaker 4: from three, But you're right. I mean two of their

1539
01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:16,120
Speaker 4: last three games went to overtime, one of them double

1540
01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:19,320
Speaker 4: overtime they beat Arkansas, and overtime they be Kentucky beat

1541
01:03:19,360 --> 01:03:22,440
Speaker 4: Old Miss So yeah, I think it's from a situational perspective,

1542
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:27,400
Speaker 4: it's a good time to grab the Tigers of Baton Orushked.

1543
01:03:27,920 --> 01:03:28,120
Speaker 1: Yeah.

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01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:31,000
Speaker 3: I mean, Michigan hasn't won a home game since January ninth,

1545
01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:32,560
Speaker 3: and like I said at the beginning of the podcast,

1546
01:03:32,600 --> 01:03:35,240
Speaker 3: I can't trust Michigan State with money on them or

1547
01:03:35,360 --> 01:03:37,920
Speaker 3: money against them. But they're on a two game losing streak,

1548
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:40,640
Speaker 3: and they seem to be doing fun in first halves

1549
01:03:40,720 --> 01:03:43,200
Speaker 3: and then for some reason can't close the deal. So

1550
01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:45,360
Speaker 3: Sparty in the first half is definitely something I'll be

1551
01:03:45,440 --> 01:03:49,479
Speaker 3: looking at, especially with whatever's going on with borrowing cars

1552
01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:51,400
Speaker 3: and wrecking them going on up in ed Arbor. I

1553
01:03:51,480 --> 01:03:53,600
Speaker 3: think maybe a first steph line here on Sparty is

1554
01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:55,280
Speaker 3: what I'm looking at the only other one I had

1555
01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:56,760
Speaker 3: was Gonzaga, and I think you and I are going

1556
01:03:56,800 --> 01:03:59,040
Speaker 3: to disagree on this, just because the average height of

1557
01:03:59,080 --> 01:04:01,240
Speaker 3: these teams Gonzaga is fourth in the country and high.

1558
01:04:01,240 --> 01:04:03,320
Speaker 3: Average height in Saint Mary's is one hundred and thirty first.

1559
01:04:03,600 --> 01:04:05,360
Speaker 3: And where that comes into play is Saint Mary's has

1560
01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:08,960
Speaker 3: a real problem with blocks shot disruption. I just feel

1561
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:10,520
Speaker 3: like zag is going to have clean look at the

1562
01:04:10,560 --> 01:04:11,880
Speaker 3: basket all night and the only thing that's going to

1563
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:14,880
Speaker 3: stop them really is slow play and just you know,

1564
01:04:15,320 --> 01:04:17,080
Speaker 3: taking a bad shot or just not being able to

1565
01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:19,360
Speaker 3: make them. On the road. Saint Mary's is dead last

1566
01:04:19,440 --> 01:04:22,400
Speaker 3: in block shots. They rank ninth in the wcc AN

1567
01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:25,280
Speaker 3: offensive block percentage, and the Zags get both the bulk

1568
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:27,080
Speaker 3: of their points inside the arc, and that's an area

1569
01:04:27,120 --> 01:04:30,280
Speaker 3: where Saint Mary's really struggles to defend. So you know,

1570
01:04:30,360 --> 01:04:32,480
Speaker 3: I'll be looking maybe to back the Zags here and

1571
01:04:33,480 --> 01:04:35,640
Speaker 3: in a game where a friend of the podcast Hey

1572
01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:38,360
Speaker 3: will be live and in person texting me live results.

1573
01:04:38,400 --> 01:04:40,680
Speaker 3: So probably you and I might be against each other again.

1574
01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:41,800
Speaker 2: We may Yeah.

1575
01:04:42,080 --> 01:04:44,919
Speaker 4: Also, I mean TCU a noon tip in Fort Worth

1576
01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:48,280
Speaker 4: basically for their season, maybe against Kansas maybe catching double

1577
01:04:48,360 --> 01:04:51,720
Speaker 4: digits against the Kansas team who's at West Virginia on deck.

1578
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:54,520
Speaker 4: You know, they've won what six or seven in a row,

1579
01:04:54,720 --> 01:04:56,840
Speaker 4: but they've been a little sleepy for a number of

1580
01:04:56,920 --> 01:05:00,720
Speaker 4: those games, so you know this might this is going

1581
01:05:00,800 --> 01:05:03,880
Speaker 4: to be Super Bowl. And from a situational perspective, they've

1582
01:05:03,880 --> 01:05:06,680
Speaker 4: been much better at home. They're coming off an embarrassing

1583
01:05:06,760 --> 01:05:10,640
Speaker 4: loss at Oklahoma State. Maybe TCU is worth a look,

1584
01:05:10,880 --> 01:05:15,000
Speaker 4: but I don't love it. And then another good dog

1585
01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:17,720
Speaker 4: to potentially back as a team I hate their offense

1586
01:05:17,800 --> 01:05:18,360
Speaker 4: is Virginia.

1587
01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:19,360
Speaker 2: Right, Virginia.

1588
01:05:19,720 --> 01:05:22,120
Speaker 4: We talked about how well Louisville was running from three, right,

1589
01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:25,680
Speaker 4: there should be some regression there. This number is going

1590
01:05:25,720 --> 01:05:28,120
Speaker 4: to be pretty high. And I took Clemson the other

1591
01:05:28,200 --> 01:05:31,600
Speaker 4: night against vo Tech and I was catching eight and

1592
01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:36,360
Speaker 4: I made it around a seven seven point two, which

1593
01:05:36,400 --> 01:05:37,760
Speaker 4: isn't a ton of value, But I said, in a

1594
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:40,920
Speaker 4: game that's going to be maybe in the forties or fifties,

1595
01:05:41,440 --> 01:05:43,120
Speaker 4: it's a lot of points, right, It's a lot more

1596
01:05:43,160 --> 01:05:45,920
Speaker 4: points than the game is in sixties or seventies. So

1597
01:05:46,200 --> 01:05:49,560
Speaker 4: after adjusting for the score in the end the game pace,

1598
01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:51,000
Speaker 4: I saw some value and I think there might be

1599
01:05:51,080 --> 01:05:53,760
Speaker 4: some value in Virginia in a grinder game, maybe catching

1600
01:05:53,800 --> 01:05:56,600
Speaker 4: double digits against Louisville, who should have some regression coming

1601
01:05:57,080 --> 01:05:59,120
Speaker 4: to them. In the three point category, they're shooting over

1602
01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:01,080
Speaker 4: forty five percent, as you said, Colin from three and

1603
01:06:01,120 --> 01:06:02,960
Speaker 4: holding opponents to about thirty one percent.

1604
01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:05,640
Speaker 2: I know, I think they can sustain that. Gat Randam

1605
01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:06,120
Speaker 2: one more.

1606
01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:08,560
Speaker 1: I take a look at two. We talked about Akron earlier.

1607
01:06:08,640 --> 01:06:11,160
Speaker 1: They have two consecutive losses here in the MAC. They're

1608
01:06:11,200 --> 01:06:13,560
Speaker 1: coming home against an Eastern Michigan team that they beat

1609
01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:16,080
Speaker 1: by twenty four away, so that's going to be a

1610
01:06:16,280 --> 01:06:18,400
Speaker 1: decent spread. But this is a spot that I think

1611
01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:20,920
Speaker 1: Acron gets right here. I believe in Christian Jackson, and

1612
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:23,680
Speaker 1: I think they come out strong and really again establish

1613
01:06:23,760 --> 01:06:25,160
Speaker 1: themselves as one of the best teams in the MAC

1614
01:06:25,160 --> 01:06:26,200
Speaker 1: after two tough losses.

1615
01:06:26,520 --> 01:06:28,479
Speaker 3: Yeah that at that last Akron loss was a little

1616
01:06:28,480 --> 01:06:30,400
Speaker 3: bit fluky to Kent, And then you know, if you

1617
01:06:30,440 --> 01:06:32,520
Speaker 3: look at where their conference tournament is by the way side,

1618
01:06:32,560 --> 01:06:34,400
Speaker 3: note it's up in Cleveland. I mean it's not it's

1619
01:06:34,440 --> 01:06:36,720
Speaker 3: pretty familiar territory, not far for Akron to get there.

1620
01:06:36,720 --> 01:06:40,840
Speaker 3: I love them in their conference tournament yep, and then.

1621
01:06:41,640 --> 01:06:44,520
Speaker 4: I think that pretty much covers the Marquee Games. We'll

1622
01:06:44,560 --> 01:06:46,760
Speaker 4: have a bunch of previous out on Action Network app

1623
01:06:46,880 --> 01:06:49,920
Speaker 4: and actionetwork dot Com. Thank you for listening. If you

1624
01:06:49,960 --> 01:06:53,160
Speaker 4: haven't listened, also check out Colin and a number of

1625
01:06:53,200 --> 01:06:55,000
Speaker 4: our colleagues podcasts.

1626
01:06:55,080 --> 01:06:56,920
Speaker 2: On the Emmys.

1627
01:06:57,400 --> 01:06:58,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, that was tremendous.

1628
01:06:58,840 --> 01:07:01,360
Speaker 2: That was Sometimes I think the Academy Awards. But that's

1629
01:07:01,360 --> 01:07:02,800
Speaker 2: the same thing, right, the Emmys and the Academy.

1630
01:07:02,840 --> 01:07:04,320
Speaker 1: No, No, Emmy's Emmys are for TV.

1631
01:07:04,640 --> 01:07:06,680
Speaker 3: It's the it's it's you can say it's the Academy

1632
01:07:06,680 --> 01:07:08,280
Speaker 3: Awards when they hand out the Oscars, is what you.

1633
01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:09,040
Speaker 1: Want to say? Oscars?

1634
01:07:09,080 --> 01:07:09,520
Speaker 2: Oscars.

1635
01:07:09,600 --> 01:07:11,560
Speaker 4: Jesus someone to sound like an idiot on the podcast

1636
01:07:11,920 --> 01:07:14,280
Speaker 4: I am. I can tell you from a movie perspective,

1637
01:07:14,640 --> 01:07:17,640
Speaker 4: I was a huge fan.

1638
01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:17,960
Speaker 5: I was.

1639
01:07:18,200 --> 01:07:21,520
Speaker 4: I was flying up to New York this past week

1640
01:07:21,520 --> 01:07:23,000
Speaker 4: and I watched Parasite on the plane.

1641
01:07:23,240 --> 01:07:24,360
Speaker 2: Huge fan of that movie.

1642
01:07:25,080 --> 01:07:26,640
Speaker 4: I got to catch up on some of these movies

1643
01:07:26,720 --> 01:07:30,080
Speaker 4: because it's been football season in college basketball. I do

1644
01:07:30,200 --> 01:07:31,840
Speaker 4: some of that in April. You're a huge fan of

1645
01:07:31,880 --> 01:07:33,800
Speaker 4: Parasite too, Write any any other movies that we were

1646
01:07:34,120 --> 01:07:36,240
Speaker 4: of that that we I'll save the tips and stuff

1647
01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:37,440
Speaker 4: for the podcast, but that we should.

1648
01:07:37,960 --> 01:07:40,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, everybody should listen to the podcast. But obviously it

1649
01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:42,760
Speaker 3: wasn't a bumpy flight because you know, Parasite is all

1650
01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:45,920
Speaker 3: in subtitles. But I you know, Parasite was one of

1651
01:07:45,920 --> 01:07:49,000
Speaker 3: the most fun movies I've seemed to just fly by.

1652
01:07:49,120 --> 01:07:52,560
Speaker 3: The story was so fantastic, so well edited. Uh, the

1653
01:07:52,640 --> 01:07:56,200
Speaker 3: tuberculosis scene is one of the most well edited pieces

1654
01:07:56,280 --> 01:07:59,000
Speaker 3: of movie cinema I've seen in a really long time.

1655
01:07:59,440 --> 01:08:01,960
Speaker 2: But yes, I only have my Bluetooth headphones and I

1656
01:08:02,120 --> 01:08:03,640
Speaker 2: was a TV on the plane, so it's the perfect

1657
01:08:03,680 --> 01:08:06,880
Speaker 2: movie to watch without sound because it was all subtitle you.

1658
01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:08,000
Speaker 1: Know, yeah, it was.

1659
01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:10,080
Speaker 3: It was a fantastic even for a foreign film. I

1660
01:08:10,120 --> 01:08:11,920
Speaker 3: don't care if you like subtitles, you need to watch it.

1661
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:15,400
Speaker 3: It's fantastic. And nineteen seventeen is a really good in

1662
01:08:15,680 --> 01:08:21,479
Speaker 3: theater experience that is just a technical powerhouse. So it's

1663
01:08:21,479 --> 01:08:22,759
Speaker 3: going to be a really good battle this Sunday.

1664
01:08:23,080 --> 01:08:25,679
Speaker 4: All right, Well, thanks for listening. Make sure you subscribe

1665
01:08:25,720 --> 01:08:27,840
Speaker 4: on subscribe, leave a review that really helps.

1666
01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:29,800
Speaker 2: We appreciate it. Telling it to MEY, tell a friend.

1667
01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:31,640
Speaker 2: We hope that caught up.

1668
01:08:32,479 --> 01:08:34,760
Speaker 4: The conversation is always helpful, even if you've been following

1669
01:08:34,800 --> 01:08:36,840
Speaker 4: college basketball year, but we hope that caught up some

1670
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:39,839
Speaker 4: of you who haven't been following as closely with football

1671
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:42,000
Speaker 4: going on and now are looking to get into the mix.

1672
01:08:42,120 --> 01:08:44,840
Speaker 2: Next week, we'll continue our regularly scheduled program.

1673
01:08:44,920 --> 01:08:47,519
Speaker 4: We'll have a guest in for a specific conference, we'll

1674
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:48,800
Speaker 4: talk about another conference too.

1675
01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:49,800
Speaker 2: We'll focus more on.

1676
01:08:49,880 --> 01:08:53,760
Speaker 4: The Friday night and Saturday spots, maybe talk futures if

1677
01:08:53,760 --> 01:08:56,320
Speaker 4: we're seeing anything out there, and we'll get right back

1678
01:08:56,400 --> 01:08:56,720
Speaker 4: into it.

1679
01:08:56,880 --> 01:08:58,560
Speaker 2: So thanks for listening and we'll catch all that.

1680
01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:01,280
Speaker 1: Cheers, peace out, mm hm, bring it.

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01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:12,080
Speaker 2: We're finished talking.