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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Big Bets on Campus podcast. I am

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Speaker 1: your host for this week, Jim Roots, and I am

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Speaker 1: joined by the rest of the three man Weave crew

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Speaker 1: Matthew Cox, Kay McEwan. They're both flanking me here in

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Speaker 1: our little zoom machine. Of course, every Wednesday morning we're

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Speaker 1: gonna be bringing you to a new BBOC episode in

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Speaker 1: this field. There will be a weekend preview from Stucky

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Speaker 1: You got slighted here because I think we sped over

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Speaker 2: shouldn't have abandoned are Lee High. What's their mascot? The

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Speaker 2: They had it tied with nine to play. Baby, they

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Speaker 1: Yep, I'm in on this one too. Kyler Edwards has

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Speaker 1: You see has been practicing taking tough slash bad shots.

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Speaker 1: This is the preseason favorite in the Big South. Winthrop.

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Speaker 1: Can't lose this game for Colorado State. You want that

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Speaker 1: Yeah. All right, let's go to the mitton for the

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Speaker 1: next big ten matchup Michigan, who is potentially hashtag back

434
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Speaker 1: after two big victories. They are They're heading to Michigan State,

435
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Speaker 1: and guys, I have never seen a dumber angry angle

436
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Speaker 1: than Michigan State fans, Like, our team traveled to Michigan

437
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Speaker 1: before they canceled the game because of COVID, how dare they? Oh,

438
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Speaker 1: you went from ann Arbor to East Lansing. Here's five

439
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Speaker 1: gold stars for the struggles you had to go through.

440
00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,600
Speaker 1: Like people were outright furious that they traveled before they

441
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Speaker 1: canceled the games. Who cares that?

442
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Speaker 2: I try about what Carolina got there and the game

443
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Speaker 2: was canceled two hours before. It's like, I think there's

444
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Speaker 2: others who have had it worse.

445
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Speaker 1: Way worse. You could just drive home and still sleep

446
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Speaker 1: in your own bed that night, Like, get over it.

447
00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,239
Speaker 1: I could not have any less sympathy for that.

448
00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,679
Speaker 2: But right, they have a night an Arbor On.

449
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Speaker 1: The court matchup here, Caleb Houston hit some big shots

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Speaker 1: at Indiana. If he starts to be a true offensive weapon,

451
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Speaker 1: that opens the court up quite a bit for Michigan.

452
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Speaker 1: They can play through Hunter, Dickinson forced teams to double

453
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Speaker 1: exploit on the rotation, and Matt Davonte Jones looked more

454
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Speaker 1: aggressive than I got the baby. He needs to be

455
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Speaker 1: assertive for this Michigan team to hit the ceiling. You

456
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Speaker 1: love the Spartans, though, so what do you do here?

457
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Speaker 2: I do I'm not going to touch this game. I

458
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Speaker 2: love both teams. I love the both teams are trending.

459
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Speaker 2: What I love about Michigan in general. They're playing Diabate

460
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Speaker 2: and Dickinson together up front with Houston on the wing.

461
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Speaker 2: I think Diabate has played his highest workload of this

462
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Speaker 2: season the last couple of weeks, got Brandon John's back.

463
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Speaker 2: Last game, Kayle ten minutes off the bench. He's only

464
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Speaker 2: going to play more and more. I think they're just

465
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Speaker 2: goning to get back to that formula they had last

466
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Speaker 2: year where it was just length lanked length, and they

467
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Speaker 2: can live on that defense as a bedrock and then

468
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Speaker 2: fill in the pieces on offense by playing through Dickinson inside,

469
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Speaker 2: running their stuff and letting Houston grow into that role.

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Speaker 2: Brooks is starting play a little better too. At you

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Speaker 2: Michigan's gonna be fine. They're gonna be what we thought

472
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Speaker 2: they were preseason.

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Speaker 1: I think so.

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Speaker 3: I think they're They're back one too straight by nineteen

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Speaker 3: and eighteen. That's impressive. I don't care who you play

476
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Speaker 3: in the Big Ten. That's impressive. And Michigan States the

477
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Speaker 3: team I just don't think is as good as people think.

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Speaker 3: I think there's a little bit overvalue right now. They're

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Speaker 3: very good, but overvalued. Yeah, Jim that and Arbord at

480
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Speaker 3: East Lanson trip that's an hour, that's sixty five miles, so.

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Speaker 1: When get over it.

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Speaker 3: I like Michigan here. I think they might win out right.

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Speaker 1: Yep, I do too. I actually like Michigan as well.

484
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Speaker 1: I'm not really in love with the way Michigan State

485
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Speaker 1: has been trending. Their best really, I would argue only

486
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Speaker 1: good performance of their last five or six games was

487
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Speaker 1: at Wisconsin when Wisconsin was shorthanded, So not really a

488
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Speaker 1: mega impressive run that they're on. They are playing Illinois

489
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Speaker 1: the day we are recording this, and Illinois could be

490
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Speaker 1: short handed, so perhaps they put up another solid performance.

491
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Speaker 1: But I almost like that, like if they blow out Illinois,

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Speaker 1: inflate this line a little bit more. Step in on

493
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Speaker 1: the Wolverines mass gingup. That's the thing. Go. I'm liking

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Speaker 1: all right. One more in the power Game of the

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Speaker 1: Week section. Here we're going to the Big East Xavier

496
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Speaker 1: at Creighton. The young Blue Jays hosting Xavier, who has

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Speaker 1: kind of struggled a little bit lately, owned four last

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Speaker 1: four ATS games since January first, their seventieth in the

499
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Speaker 1: country per bart Torovic, that's not great for the Musketeers,

500
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Speaker 1: whereas ky Craton's been awesome at home, kind of what

501
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Speaker 1: you'd expect from a young team. They've covered three straight,

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Speaker 1: five of their last seven. How do you see this matchup?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and Xavier going back further one and six in

504
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Speaker 3: the last seven against the spread. Yeah, starting to tring

505
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Speaker 3: g in like they have last couple of years under

506
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Speaker 3: Travis Steele. Unfortunately, it's like hot start, non con really

507
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Speaker 3: big East, and then you start to trail and all

508
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Speaker 3: of a sudden you're on the bubble slash outside looking

509
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Speaker 3: in the tournament. It's kind of tails all the time

510
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Speaker 3: with Travis Steel every single year. I like Creighton here.

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Speaker 1: I lean their way.

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Speaker 3: They're playing better currently, they are better at home. Both

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Speaker 3: teams get a primer on Wednesday. X goes to excuse me,

514
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Speaker 3: host providence creating ghost to Butler. So we'll see how

515
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Speaker 3: those play out could influence this matchup Man on Saturday.

516
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Speaker 3: But right now I'm leaning Crayton.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I kind of lean that way too. My concern

518
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Speaker 2: with Creighton twofold one is their dominant interior to both ends,

519
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,480
Speaker 2: right how they dominate the pain with the call printer

520
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,600
Speaker 2: up front in their size. You look at Kempon, I

521
00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 2: believe their top twenty or top thirty and two point

522
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Speaker 2: percent in scoring and defense, But if you just isolate

523
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,399
Speaker 2: conference games, looks more mediocre. So could argue that those freshmen,

524
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Speaker 2: those big, long bodies, just maybe feasted on some inferior

525
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Speaker 2: competition and nonind now they're falling back down to earth.

526
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Speaker 2: But they played really well in spite of that, and

527
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Speaker 2: in spite of massive turnover issues which manifested the first

528
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Speaker 2: match in between these two. That's my concern. It's Creighton's

529
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Speaker 2: size advantage maybe starting to be negated as they get

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Speaker 2: deeper into conference play and the turnover issues. A twenty one.

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Speaker 2: In the first game against Savior, they're up big and

532
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Speaker 2: then they lost the lead light. So it was a

533
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Speaker 2: good effort, though I think we have to admit that

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Speaker 2: the turners concerned me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that good effort is big for a

536
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Speaker 1: young team's conference, Like we can play with Savior, like

537
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Speaker 1: we almost won at Santasa, a really really difficult place

538
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Speaker 1: to play.

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Speaker 2: Now they're back at our plays. Yeah, that's true.

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Speaker 1: I'm with Kai here. I think the Blue Jays win

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Speaker 1: this one outright. Isn't any crazy claims since they're probably

542
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Speaker 1: gonna be like picking minus one, but very in Uncreighton

543
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Speaker 1: in that particular matchup. All right, let's go to the

544
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Speaker 1: mid major game of the week. Start with Saint Mary's

545
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Speaker 1: at San Francisco. We've been waiting on this one. I

546
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Speaker 1: think because of COVID pauses. It didn't come to fruition earlier.

547
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Speaker 1: But the Dons a two point favorite on Thursday. That

548
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Speaker 1: is per Ken Palm. Saint Mary's won at San Francisco

549
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Speaker 1: last year, Kai, after San Francisco's bad COVID pause. They

550
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Speaker 1: were not a good squad last year. After that pause,

551
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Speaker 1: they have got a lot of reinforcements inside the deal

552
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Speaker 1: tass and the Saint Mary's big guys. How do you

553
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 1: see this one going?

554
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Speaker 3: You know, they remember that gym and they definitely have

555
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,400
Speaker 3: more size upfront this year, I like San Francisco spreads

556
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,280
Speaker 3: short at minus two. It's probably a round Litt'll make

557
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 3: it anyways, so maybe a number lean there. But my

558
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,800
Speaker 3: heart is telling me that that San Francisco gets this done,

559
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,000
Speaker 3: since neither team beat BYU at least yet. This is

560
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Speaker 3: a major, major game for resumes tournament wise huge and

561
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,879
Speaker 3: the only time they played this year. There's no return

562
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Speaker 3: meeting between the two.

563
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Speaker 2: Man, I think both teams are desperate, but it seems

564
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Speaker 2: like San Francisco is just ultimately extremely desperate here, just

565
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Speaker 2: given the magnitude of what this game could mean for

566
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Speaker 2: the program chasing at large birth. I think that right

567
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 2: now they're on the right side of the bubble, but

568
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Speaker 2: just inside that they're just on the right side of

569
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Speaker 2: that fence. It just feels like it means a little

570
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Speaker 2: more to ar Don's kai. So I'll go with San Francisco,

571
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Speaker 2: I think in a short spread, even though home will

572
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,440
Speaker 2: be what basically nothing, it's across town trip. San Francisco

573
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Speaker 2: has a gym that seats three thousand people, maybe more

574
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Speaker 2: momortal not a great not a doll environment will say that, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: The San Francisco thing, like their resume is predicated on

576
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Speaker 1: quantity of wins and just racking up like kind of

577
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Speaker 1: the fringe Q one, Q two wins. They don't have

578
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Speaker 1: the top of the line, mega high roller win, so

579
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Speaker 1: they need to keep accumulating those. And this is this

580
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Speaker 1: is where it comes down to that Saint Mary's got

581
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Speaker 1: a couple of bigger scalps in the non conference. The

582
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Speaker 1: Notre Dame win is actually aging quite well for them,

583
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 1: so surprisingly. So yeah, I'm leaning towards the Don's as well,

584
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Speaker 1: even though, like you said, the home court is not huge,

585
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Speaker 1: but I think it doesn't matter a little bit. Here.

586
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Speaker 1: Also we have Boise State at Fresno State Stay Out

587
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 1: West here in the Mountain West, two teams that have

588
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: been way better than expectations this season. Matthias, I'll go

589
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 1: to you here with Orlando Robinson a complete star, truly

590
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 1: an All American candidate this year and Boise undefeated in

591
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Speaker 1: league play. Which way do you lean?

592
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Speaker 2: I can't decide. I think I leaned Boise. It's I've

593
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,840
Speaker 2: been a bucking Bronc all damn year, baby, gotta stick

594
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 2: with it. But every time I bet against Resno, Kay,

595
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,080
Speaker 2: Orlando Robinson impresses me more than he did the last game,

596
00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 2: like I don't, he's insane, Like I think we knew

597
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,640
Speaker 2: guy a lot better. And in every game I'm like, okay,

598
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 2: yeah he has that, But then he continues to stretch

599
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,920
Speaker 2: it sheets, reaming deeper and picking pops like well shot,

600
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 2: fake drive, spin, move and just throw down hammer time.

601
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 2: It's daunting. I think that's actually where Boisy Tate's weakest is. Upfront.

602
00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 2: They have lots of length, but they don't have like

603
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,360
Speaker 2: our true interior enforcer armists can be scored on inside.

604
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,160
Speaker 2: And I think in this matchup, o' rob has his.

605
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 3: Or pulled out side because can do anything. He hits threes,

606
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 3: he's seven feet tall, he puts the ball on the floor.

607
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 3: He's awesome. He's number four right now in Kim Palm's

608
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Speaker 3: Player of the Year on Fresno, who's sixty first in

609
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,440
Speaker 3: the country. That's incredible.

610
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Speaker 2: I mean, Sames, it's it's not even yeah.

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Speaker 3: I'm looking at what Boise does yesterday when we're recording this,

612
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 3: of course on on today against Wyoming, because they are

613
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Speaker 3: putting their undefeated record on the line here if they

614
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Speaker 3: go into Fresno undefeated, Jim, I think the spot is

615
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 3: great for Fresno to get a win here at home.

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Speaker 3: That Boise defense is awesome, but Orlando Robbinson's a game breaker.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm leaning towards Fresno as well. Boise. They just

618
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,720
Speaker 1: can't keep playing perfect, and it feels like they have

619
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,359
Speaker 1: been perfect time and time again. Like the win at Nevada,

620
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: they played an absolute dime of a game. It was

621
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 1: incredible they won by fifteen or twenty coming off of

622
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Speaker 1: COVID pause, and now Fresno will be coming off going

623
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Speaker 1: to the pit at New Mexico getting back home. I

624
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: think that sets up well for them. Kind of a

625
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,880
Speaker 1: tough ish place to play. Yeah. I like Presno last

626
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,359
Speaker 1: one in the whack, huge battle here New Mexico State

627
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,360
Speaker 1: and Grand Canyon time with you. I also have a

628
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,000
Speaker 1: whack future on New Mexico State. Fortunately they're both looking

629
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 1: up at Matt's Seattle RedHawks right now and Sims Sam

630
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: Houston as well. Grand Canyon has never won at New

631
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Speaker 1: Mexico State. Is this the first time ever?

632
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 3: No, it's not worth noting. Grand Canyon beat in Mexico

633
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,600
Speaker 3: State twice last year, but they were both at Grand

634
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,920
Speaker 3: Cany actually might have beaten them in the whack tournament

635
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 3: as well, so three times New Mexico State. I think

636
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,560
Speaker 3: they're gonna win this game. I think Grand Canyon is

637
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 3: a little bit overvalued right now, and I love Chris

638
00:28:59,120 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 3: Jian's baby.

639
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 1: Give me the Mexico State here.

640
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 2: It's basically like, what's the quote from that Hurley said

641
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 2: at Yukon of the presser. It's like, you better get

642
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 2: us now, because we're coming. I think that's what New

643
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 2: Mexico State has. Looking back to last year, it's like, Okay,

644
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 2: we were really injured. It was the COVID nightmare. You

645
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 2: had your chance to knock us. Now we're back to

646
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 2: being New Mexico State. That's even an improved wack landscape.

647
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 2: I know I picked Seattle sort of a cute fun

648
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 2: against the great pick to win it, but like, gone

649
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 2: to my head, the best team is still the Aggies,

650
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 2: and I think they get Grand Canyon here.

651
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,400
Speaker 1: Next three games from New Mexico State, Grand Canyon at home,

652
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 1: cal Baptist home, Seattle at home. If they sweep those

653
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 1: three there, immediately we'll vault right back up to the

654
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 1: favorite nuverybody's like, oh yeah, it's it's their league. Let's

655
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 1: go next to the trash man.

656
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 2: Pick of the week, The trash man pick of the week.

657
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 3: I'm the trash man.

658
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 2: Just throw me the trash, your garbage, and you know it,

659
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 2: totally unreliable, undependable.

660
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 3: That's it.

661
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: You've been told off.

662
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 2: How do you like that?

663
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 1: Good trash man? Trash man pick of the week. It's right.

664
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 1: This is an ugly game. Last week it was ugly.

665
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 1: Our Pit Virginia game had under sixty possessions, actually semi

666
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,479
Speaker 1: efficient scoring sixty six to sixty one final.

667
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,000
Speaker 3: But yeah, great they go over the did go over

668
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 3: in Oh yeah, I think it going.

669
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 1: Over might have been sub one twenty the total there,

670
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: that's why it was.

671
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, we talked about that.

672
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 1: We will use this section frequently all season two. Beat

673
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 1: up on the punching bags that are the low dregs

674
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 1: of the OVC. So this week we're going to the

675
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: Big West, where you see. Irvine has been bad. They

676
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 1: have not lived up to expectations. Dawson Baker was just

677
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: back out of the lineup after trying to return from

678
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 1: his fractured hand. Now they're hosting cal Poly projected for

679
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: sixty two possessions and kai neither team can shoot, though,

680
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 1: does that at least help Polly hang around in this

681
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,480
Speaker 1: gross one, I guess. I mean fifteen would be a

682
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: massive spread for Irvine. This year they have blown teams

683
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,280
Speaker 1: out a couple teams, Pepperdine and Riverside by over seventeen.

684
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: Pepperdine was like thirty.

685
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 3: But I don't know why you trust them right now,

686
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 3: especially the way they've been playing in Big West play.

687
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 3: Maybe it's a bounce back, but you're right new the

688
00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 3: team can shoot. They both rank around three hundred and

689
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 3: fifty the country in effective field goal percentage. It's gonna

690
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 3: be discussing that. It's gonna be a slog. I have

691
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 3: no interest in watching this game.

692
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,520
Speaker 2: I don't either. I here's my take on this one.

693
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 2: I watched Polly Guet absolutely annihilated inside against cal State Bakersfield,

694
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 2: a very potent offensive rebounding team. Irvine, while not quite

695
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,720
Speaker 2: that this year, that is still their mo. I think

696
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 2: this is a blood bath on the board. So yeah,

697
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 2: if fits well with our trash fan pick of the weeks.

698
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 2: I think you're watching basically like an eighth grade team

699
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 2: play like the sixth grade team in the YMCA League,

700
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 2: and it's just like the kids are just doing the

701
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 2: volleyball thing on the seven foot round when the parents

702
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 2: are yelling like, that's what I think you're gonna see

703
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 2: with what they're Vine against Polly up front.

704
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 1: Yep, polyas his own and I still don't know if

705
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: they can do that effectively and they won't be able

706
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,280
Speaker 1: to rebound out of it. So yeah, I think we

707
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,240
Speaker 1: kind of see Irvine assert themselves as like, oh yeah,

708
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 1: we're really good in a favorite in this league, even

709
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: if Fakers is not able to play. Last section, Fellas,

710
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 1: this is the spotlight section, and we are zeroing in

711
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 1: on the SEC Big twelve Challenge. First, Matt, I want

712
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 1: to ask you, do we like that this challenge happens

713
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: in conference play when teams are kind of closer to

714
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,720
Speaker 1: their peak but maybe more focused on league play, or

715
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: do you prefer the timing of the ACC Big ten Challenge.

716
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,080
Speaker 2: I kind of like my non Con. We're like my

717
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 2: non Coon. I like the conference where I like the conference.

718
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 2: I don't like kind of mixing the two together, Kai,

719
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 2: But I'm a purist, so I understand the fans you

720
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 2: want to see something different, shake it up.

721
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 1: That sounds like you didn't like Bracketbusters because that was

722
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 1: non con.

723
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 2: Well that's it felt different though. It felt like it's

724
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 2: like we're really trying to target mid major teams who

725
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 2: need a little extra boost. And as a man of

726
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 2: the little guy Jim, that was like an exception for me. Okay,

727
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 2: man of the people, cut Kai, I like you like it.

728
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 3: I like the timing gym. It's a nice little reprieve

729
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 3: and you get some awesome matchups, you know, in the

730
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 3: middle of January, which you normally see, but it's non conference.

731
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 3: It's exciting.

732
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 2: See let's see who who's good, who's.

733
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 1: Better than who?

734
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 3: At teams with near their peak your peak performance.

735
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: Speaking of excellent matchups, there are ten games everyone in

736
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 1: the Big twelve participates, and only ten from the SEC

737
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 1: get to enjoy the fun. The three per ones and

738
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 1: easily the headliner is Kentucky headed to Kansas on Saturday.

739
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: This is one of the games of the year to

740
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,960
Speaker 1: top ten teams for sure. That's kind of the fun

741
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 1: part of it is that you know these two teams

742
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: every once in a while they're playing Champions Classic Kai.

743
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: But when they don't, we get them here in the

744
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 1: SEC Big Twelve Challenge. Ty Ty Washington's gonna be dealing

745
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,600
Speaker 1: with his injury. He's likely to miss today as we

746
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: were recording this on Tuesday, expected possibly back on Saturday.

747
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: Kansas has had some weird rotational issues of their own.

748
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: Rebby Martin's knee has flared up as an issue. What

749
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,880
Speaker 1: do you see in this one between two blue bloods.

750
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 3: I like Kansas here. Kansas coming off the dobt thriller

751
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 3: against sexas Tech we saw on Monday, but they have

752
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 3: time prepare, time to recover for this Kentucky team who

753
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 3: is getting miss State on Tuesday for a little tune

754
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 3: up themselves. Kentucky just isn't nearly as potent on the road.

755
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,479
Speaker 3: Two and three straight up, one and four against spread.

756
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,720
Speaker 3: Haven't been a good road team, and Kansas, of course

757
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 3: has one of the best home courts in the country.

758
00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 3: Fog Allen minus three ish is the spread. I'm leaning Kansas,

759
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 3: especially if Titan Washington is hobbled or out of Atlanta.

760
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, tie, tie is everything in this match. I don't

761
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,399
Speaker 2: think Kentucky's as troublesome on the road as Kai does.

762
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 2: I actually think I've played well in spots, just had

763
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 2: some unfortunate a series of unfortunate mens that have sort

764
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 2: of like swung the momentum pedal against them before the

765
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,839
Speaker 2: Auburn before kenjury. So yeah, I tend to think they're

766
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 2: like and they're also like an older team, right, They're

767
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 2: not like the young freshmen that are like scared of

768
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,359
Speaker 2: the Moment's actually a relatively elder squad. I think Bill

769
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,360
Speaker 2: self has had success against Calipartment in years past, and

770
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 2: I mean classic because they're usually older and they get

771
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,399
Speaker 2: them early in the season. But now it's like, while

772
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 2: we're in January and Cal actually has like an old team,

773
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 2: so that whole nerves completely out the window. I actually

774
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 2: like UK here I do. I think they go into

775
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 2: too uh FOI Allen and steal one.

776
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 1: I'm gonna sit in my hands and endorse neither side

777
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:54,800
Speaker 1: unless I got Washington status if Washington's in. I actually

778
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: do like Kentucky as well. I think they have a

779
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 1: little more of an established identity and know who they are.

780
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: Kansas is still like shuffling their rotations. kJ Adams was

781
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 1: playing crunch time minutes in that double overtime game. It

782
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,800
Speaker 1: just I almost feel like Bill self is intentionally putting

783
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 1: roadblocks in their way because he doesn't want him to

784
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 1: peak too early. It's like I want to make sure

785
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 1: this team is facing adversity, and if I have to

786
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,360
Speaker 1: invent the adversity, that's fine.

787
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 3: Here right here, I go and McCormick and Sheibwio. I

788
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 3: think number one and number two offensive rebounding rate in

789
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 3: the country. That's gonna be awesome.

790
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:28,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a brawl. The other two headliners we're going

791
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 1: to discuss Baylor at Alabama and Tennessee at Texas. Let's

792
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 1: start with Baylor at Alabama. The Tide. The schedule this

793
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 1: year is unbelievable. It's already number two in the country

794
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:42,439
Speaker 1: strength to schedule before they play Auburn and Baylor back

795
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: to back. So it's crazy. It's clearly gonna be the

796
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,239
Speaker 1: number one in the country. Kai Baylor still rocks though,

797
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 1: and we're thinking the kinjo and maybe so hand back

798
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 1: for this one. I don't know, does does Alabama have

799
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 1: the juice to still beat these top teams the way

800
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: they did the Gonzaga or are they kind of the

801
00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 1: fading team that they are now since January first for

802
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 1: bart Torvik there outside the top sixty.

803
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they're still kind of fading. They're shaking

804
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,839
Speaker 3: off the cob webs. Yeah, they Beacon Zaga, they beat

805
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 3: Houston too, So if they beat Baylor, that's three of

806
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,920
Speaker 3: the top four current KEMPOM top four teams. That's insane.

807
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,799
Speaker 3: I don't think they could it done, though. I think

808
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 3: Baylor is just freaking awesome. I think they bring it

809
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,560
Speaker 3: and minus two's is short towards spread. You're asking me

810
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,360
Speaker 3: who wins Baylor.

811
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: Yep, I think Baylor wins too.

812
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,320
Speaker 2: I guess I agree. I'm still holding on to Bama

813
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 2: like kind of getting back to where we thought they were,

814
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 2: but I don't know. Baylor's just too good. Baylor's impressed

815
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 2: me a lot.

816
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:32,480
Speaker 3: Man.

817
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, the Bama defense hasn't been as consistent as you'd hope.

818
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: They haven't really figured out the right five man lineup

819
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:42,400
Speaker 1: that balances offensive defense. They're still working on that the

820
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 1: same way Kansas is and Baylor man they with a

821
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 1: Kinjo out there. The shot making in that lineup is

822
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 1: just unbelievable, Like think one through four can kind of

823
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 1: pull up and hit threes and it's really hard to

824
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: deal with. And they're five men are terrific garbagemen. So

825
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 1: I lean towards Baylor. The last one, Matt your Valls

826
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 1: kind of needing some big wins to stack at the

827
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: top of the resume. This year, they struggled in their

828
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: biggest games. Other than that Arizona win, they were able

829
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: to squeak out. Now they had to tet you.

830
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 2: We got a kind of lsu as a nice little,

831
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:12,239
Speaker 2: nice little notch there.

832
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's true. That's true.

833
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 2: A shorthand to tough Yeah, in a tough spot. Right

834
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 2: the big asterisk. I agree, big asternix to that game.

835
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: All right, So now they go to Texas man a

836
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 1: team that is right to be a big win, really

837
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: highly ranked in the net and ken Pom, but not

838
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: someone that has knocked off teams. They have zero Q

839
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 1: one wins still the long Horns, so they also need

840
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 1: a top of the resume win. I don't know which

841
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 1: one do you have more faith in?

842
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 2: Oddly Enough, Tennessee. I know we've talked about some of

843
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,880
Speaker 2: the positive indicators for Texas, Trey Mitchell being the notable

844
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:43,520
Speaker 2: him coming back from COVID and playing a lot better.

845
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 2: I think he's pretty key for a front line that

846
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 2: seems to lack bodies. Oddly enough for Chris Beard team,

847
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 2: but I like Tennessee. I can get a better back court.

848
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 2: Their guards are dynamic and while their wings and non

849
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 2: guards give me the he b GB Sometimes KAI and

850
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 2: their veterans up front have not really provided any offensive aid.

851
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 2: I love the guards for Tennessee. They're better than Texas

852
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 2: and on the road ink that matters. I like the guards,

853
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 2: but Texas guards aren't bad. I just think that this

854
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 2: whole team's playing poorly and maybe that's a reason you

855
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 2: stay away from Texas. There they can't figure out their lineups.

856
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 2: Beard I guess he has too much talent.

857
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: And that kind of the theme right now. Teams that

858
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 1: are just like the rotations are thrown at the wall.

859
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 3: I'm not sure Rick Barnes has ever been back to Texas.

860
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 3: This has just looked at the history financial angle.

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Speaker 1: Tennessee has played at Texas. Once ever, was in two

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Speaker 1: thousand and five when Rick Barnes was in charge of Texas.

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Speaker 3: Nice little angle here he's back in his former stomping grounds.

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Speaker 3: Not sure if that really matters. Uh, I actually like Texas.

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Speaker 3: I don't think Tennessee's offense is good at all in Texas.

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Speaker 3: If they've done one thing right this year, it's it's defend.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be low, low scoring leaning Texas at home.

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Speaker 1: I'm leaning Texas as well. I know you like the guards,

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Speaker 1: but they are very young and I think they can

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Speaker 1: be a little turnover prone, and Texas pressures that crap

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Speaker 1: on the ball. They are really disruptive. I just want

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Speaker 1: to see de Su and Trade Mitchell play more minutes together.

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Speaker 1: I think that's the best front court this Texas team has,

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Speaker 1: with versatile offensive games and they can kind of cover

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Speaker 1: each other's mistakes on defense. Dcu's a nice shot blocker.

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Speaker 1: I want to see that lineup more. Please give it

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Speaker 1: to me, Chris Beard. I lean towards the Horns, but

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Speaker 1: it's hard to trust that offense the way it's been

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Speaker 1: this year.

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Speaker 2: I want to see Rick Barnes free my guy Justin Powell,

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Speaker 2: who continues to play a little minutes for some reason.

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Speaker 2: I don't like it. He's good.

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Speaker 1: Play him.

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Speaker 2: You need shooting, Rick, play the kid play right.

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Speaker 1: That is it. That wraps up our show for the week.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for tuning in, too Big Bets on Campus.

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