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

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

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Speaker 3: Ten seconds of aining to just go show under the basket,

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Speaker 4: It's the truth for the wind God.

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Speaker 3: A miracle. I'm up the water. Hit that one from

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Speaker 1: What's up the general nation? Welcome to the Big Bets

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Speaker 1: on Campus Podcast presented by bet MGM. This is the

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Speaker 1: Tuesday college basketball betting Preview. I'm stucky and joining me

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Speaker 1: as they will each and every Monday going forward, but

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Speaker 1: Tuesday today, Mike Calabrese and we have a new special

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Speaker 1: guest that I'm excited to introduce in Greg Wadell. Greg,

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Speaker 1: what's going on? Brother? Welcome to the team. Why don't

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Speaker 1: you just give a you know, we'll learn more about

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Speaker 1: you for a time. Why do you just give people

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Speaker 1: like twenty second background of yourself? Do you have a team,

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Speaker 1: where you're from, etc.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, fellas, great to be here.

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Speaker 2: I am a longtime fan of both you guys and

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Speaker 2: the show itself. I am a Michigan basketball fan, oddly enough,

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Speaker 2: not a Michigan football fan, So I'm basically the only

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Speaker 2: miserable Michigan person on the planet right now. I actually

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Speaker 2: got excited when they showed Tom Crean on camera in

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Speaker 2: Mason Blue, like that would be nice if I could

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Speaker 2: have that. So I'm the only person on Earth lusting

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Speaker 2: over Tom Crean. But yeah, I'm just a degenerate college

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Speaker 2: basketball fan.

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Speaker 3: Better all of it. I can't wait to talk hoops

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Speaker 3: with you guys this year.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeh, I'm glad that you're not a Michigan football fan,

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Speaker 1: because Calvary's is probably not too happy with Michigan football

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Speaker 1: after last night. But I'm cure we're actually gonna what

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Speaker 1: we do in this episode. Normally, you know, we'll do

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Speaker 1: this on Monday mornings, and we'll talk about the Monday card,

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Speaker 1: and we'll recap the weekend quickly, and also we'll just

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Speaker 1: cover we'll do a little quick by buy sell on

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Speaker 1: a specific conference each and every week, and just so

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Speaker 1: happens that we'll be doing the Big Ten this week.

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Speaker 1: So I'll be curious to get your thoughts on what

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Speaker 1: the hell has gone with Michigan this year. But Mike,

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Speaker 1: have you recovered from the national title yet? From your

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Speaker 1: car love?

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Speaker 5: I did a lot of emotional work ahead of time,

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Speaker 5: figuring out what it would feel like to lose that

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Speaker 5: you know that huge ticket I would flushed down the toilet.

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Speaker 5: So I played out all the scenarios in my head,

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Speaker 5: and really the only one I didn't want was some

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Speaker 5: kind of heartbreaking like last second missed field goal or

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Speaker 5: some kind of misqueue that would be immortalized forever. They

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Speaker 5: just didn't play very well Washington at.

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Speaker 4: The end of the day.

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Speaker 5: Like, yeah, I mean, some calls kind of gone their way,

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Speaker 5: some you know, bang bang plays, like that interception by

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Speaker 5: just didn't make the place. So I wouldn't say.

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Speaker 3: I'm haunted by it. I do.

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Speaker 5: I did appreciate. I had like friends come in from

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Speaker 5: so that was fun. But yeah, just we're onto more futures,

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Speaker 5: like we're gonna build the portfolio this year, you and

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Speaker 5: me stuck. Hopefully we'll have some you know, good teams

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Speaker 5: But onto the next one, well, I can.

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Speaker 1: Tell you we will not be adding Washington to win

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Speaker 1: the national title, so you won't have to worry about

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Speaker 1: the Huskies breaking your heart again. But let's let's get

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Speaker 1: into the weekend that was. And you can really go

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Speaker 1: I guess for Monday today. But Greg new Blood, let

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I want to start with a guy you guys talked

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Speaker 3: Week, Rick Patino.

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Speaker 2: Ricky Pete is cooking right now, Saint John's okay. You

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Speaker 2: This is a team that has now won five of six,

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Speaker 2: And I think it's a good reminder that Rick Patino

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Speaker 2: There's a ton of well coached teams in this conference,

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Speaker 3: And look looking ahead.

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Speaker 2: They got Providence at home this week, they just lost

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Speaker 2: I'm very in on Saint John's right now, and I

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there are a team on the roots for sure,

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Speaker 1: the NCAA tournament. So we'll get Patino in some of

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Speaker 1: those minor adjustments as in game adjustments. Saint John's is

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Speaker 1: definitely a team that I'm all in on buying. I

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Speaker 1: would you take away from the weekend.

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Speaker 5: Let's say, in the biggiest for a second, I agree

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Speaker 5: with the assessment on Saint John's. The team I'm worried

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Colorida State major weaknesses defending the post, So that

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Speaker 1: would be problematic if they, you know, in the NCAA tournament,

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Speaker 4: You're right.

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Speaker 1: I mean they're now they're being the hunted now, I mean,

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Speaker 1: haven't really impressed me overall compared to what they potentially

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they just feel one guy short Marquette and you

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Speaker 3: Same thing.

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Speaker 2: This is a team that I don't really see an

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Speaker 2: Tyler Kohlik, who, Yes, he's a great player, I don't

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Speaker 3: And I think, especially on the road and conference play.

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Speaker 2: That's something that's gonna bite you if your best player

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and have you cracked the code on Fau Do

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Speaker 2: They're so frustrating because the truth is somewhere in the middle.

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Speaker 2: But they're just a team that plays to the extremes,

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Speaker 2: like they're either absolutely horrible or they're on fire and

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Speaker 2: Like I don't really feel like we've even seen a

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Speaker 3: So I don't know. I kind of want to see

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Speaker 2: Like this team is in a new conference in the

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Speaker 2: American right overall, they're having tougher games in and out,

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Speaker 2: and look, Memphis is not on the schedule until late February,

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Speaker 2: that's the one they're looking ahead to. But they haven't

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Speaker 2: in the offseason Dusty May he's the hottest name on

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Speaker 3: He might regret not jumping jobs before this season, like

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Speaker 3: he couldn't.

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Speaker 2: Really help his stock with anything he does at Florida Atlantic.

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Speaker 3: And I think this team's going to start feeling the pressure.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I agree, And yeah, I mean, look they

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Speaker 1: happened is super inconsistent. The variance of this team is

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Speaker 1: very high. But the talent and they have the experience

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Speaker 1: to run, so they can still put together another run.

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Speaker 1: But it seems like now they're as to hunt it

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Speaker 1: instead of just like the underdog. They're kind of struggling

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Speaker 1: to deal with that on a nightly basis. But let's

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Speaker 1: Michigan is going to be one of your teams, but

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Speaker 1: They is there any bypoint on this Wolverine's team.

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Speaker 3: There's not.

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Speaker 2: And they were gonna be my cell when we set

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Speaker 3: Like seven games this season.

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Speaker 2: Like you gotta remember Juan is coming off the heart

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Speaker 3: He let Martelli do it for a month, so he's

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Speaker 2: That ignores all the roster concerns themselves, like they they're

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Speaker 2: But outside of that, it's just been trending and trending

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Speaker 2: Michigan's now won and eight against the spread in their

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Speaker 2: Fellas like they were favored to win these two games

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Speaker 2: but there's rumors Doug McDaniel might be ruled out academically

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Speaker 3: Wow.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that would be a huge below. And yeah, the

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Speaker 5: I'm actually gonna sell Ohio State. I know we're just

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Speaker 5: not enamored with that win, and I think the further

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Speaker 5: There's six to nine against the spread. They're in a

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Speaker 5: West Virginia. They almost dropped that one. Shoots four for

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Speaker 5: I think that's as simple as it gets. You know, essentially,

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Speaker 5: State's vulnerable to lose to just about anybody in this conference.

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Speaker 5: So you know, I was already coming into that Indiana game.

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Speaker 1: Well, I'll be looking to buy actually Ohio State Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna buy a team that again, they look pretty

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: The headlines of the Tarren Shannon stuff a week ago

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Speaker 3: Those are rumors. I'm not going to speak to that.

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Speaker 2: The point is I think this team is much better

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Speaker 2: You just saw them completely destroy Northwestern by thirty. Northwestern

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Speaker 2: they look like they're gonna get blitzed against the best

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Speaker 3: Into that game.

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Speaker 2: Brad Underwood found something with the five out lineup that

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Speaker 2: And right now you can get Illinois thirteen to one

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Speaker 2: Brad Underwood scares me a little bit if We're being honest,

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Speaker 2: that might get their superstar back, and the guys that

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's definitely, you know, in the futures market when

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Speaker 1: I don't hate that take at all. Michael, you looking

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Speaker 5: Just to follow up real quick? You know what's interesting

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean there's there could probably give be some

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's themselves, to be honest, Look, I

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Speaker 2: been overblown because when you step back broadly and look

438
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Speaker 2: at they lost to a thirteen seed, a fourteen seed,

439
00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:54,440
Speaker 2: and a sixteen seed, that's horrendous, right, That's very rare

440
00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:58,040
Speaker 2: in a unique fashion that any good program, any program

441
00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:00,520
Speaker 2: at all, has lost to teams like that in the tournament,

442
00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,440
Speaker 2: let alone a program as good as Purdue has been.

443
00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,120
Speaker 2: But I think the important thing about this year's version

444
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Speaker 2: of Purdue is that they actually did make changes to

445
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,480
Speaker 2: the roster that address some of their issues from last season.

446
00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,720
Speaker 2: Like Lance Jones was brought in to help them guard

447
00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,960
Speaker 2: the perimeter because Braden Smith and Fletcher Lawyer struggled so

448
00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,399
Speaker 2: poorly down the stretch of last season. With that, and

449
00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,800
Speaker 2: Lance Jones I don't even think has been great yet

450
00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,680
Speaker 2: this season, but he's been good, and he's by far

451
00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,720
Speaker 2: their best perimeter defender, and he's kind of a chaos agent,

452
00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,159
Speaker 2: and he's never afraid to shoot the basketball, which was

453
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,480
Speaker 2: an issue with Fletcher Lawyer from February on last season.

454
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Speaker 2: So matchup wise, what would worry me is kind of

455
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Speaker 2: what Illinois did to him.

456
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Speaker 3: Honestly, a team that could.

457
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Speaker 2: Space some go five out and just outscore you make

458
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Speaker 2: ed step out to the perimeter a little bit. But

459
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Speaker 2: the truth is there aren't many teams in the country

460
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Speaker 2: that can do that. It really is going to come

461
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Speaker 2: down to can Braiden Smith be good Braiden Smith for

462
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Speaker 2: forty minutes? And look, there have been hints of the

463
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Speaker 2: demons the ghosts there.

464
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Speaker 3: Even in the Illinois game, like they went.

465
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Speaker 2: From up nineteen in the second half to it's a

466
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Speaker 2: three point game with forty five seconds left. Brayden had

467
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Speaker 2: some dicey plays down the stretch. He scares me. The

468
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Speaker 2: team itself doesn't scare me.

469
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I would agree. It might come back like

470
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Speaker 1: a team like Northwestern who beat them. So effective at

471
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Speaker 1: defending the post, and there's not many teams that really

472
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,440
Speaker 1: are going to be able to stop eating. But an

473
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Speaker 1: elite post defending team and whether that you know, comes

474
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Speaker 1: as doubles or you have a really good defense, a

475
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Speaker 1: big and you're providing help produce, is still gonna get

476
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Speaker 1: open shots. But if you're able to just stop these

477
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Speaker 1: the easy eedy buckets, then hey, it's March. It's why

478
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Speaker 1: we love it. You can just have an off shooting

479
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Speaker 1: night and all their guards could miss it and then

480
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Speaker 1: your bounce. I agree. I you know, it's it's Twitter.

481
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Speaker 1: Everyone likes to have fun on Twitter, so we'll all

482
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Speaker 1: joke about Purdue. But people joked about Tony Bennett Jay Wright,

483
00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,800
Speaker 1: you know, for losses of the tournament and then you

484
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Speaker 1: win it. We love the dance. There's just so much variance.

485
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,719
Speaker 1: It's one and done. So yeah, I think the painters

486
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:09,000
Speaker 1: stuff gets overblown. But with this team and with all

487
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Speaker 1: the recent history and all of the chatter does it

488
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Speaker 1: kind of played mental games, And you know, I think

489
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Speaker 1: if they, like were to break through to the final four,

490
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Speaker 1: it might be freeing for them for those two games

491
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Speaker 1: where a lot of teams might deal with a little

492
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Speaker 1: bit more pressure. I'll for my buy the big ten.

493
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw out and we'll spend one second on

494
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Speaker 1: this because it's disgusting and I've lost too much money

495
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Speaker 1: on this year. But I'll say there, I can't I

496
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Speaker 1: can't imagine Maryland going any lower. And they played Michigan

497
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Speaker 1: this week. Their offense seams, but they can make a shot,

498
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Speaker 1: but they can't keep shooting this poorly. I would imagine

499
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Speaker 1: you have jamiir Young, you have some proven pieces, Their

500
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Speaker 1: defense is still playing well. Kevin Willard could still coach.

501
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Speaker 1: This has to be the bottom of the market on Maryland. Greg,

502
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Speaker 1: got any thoughts there?

503
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think You're right it is.

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Speaker 2: They're one of the more baffling teams results twise this

505
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:05,960
Speaker 2: season because they are playing horribly like it's not understate

506
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,399
Speaker 2: that whatsoever, and it is mostly shooting, and I think

507
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Speaker 2: to try and pinpoint it, I truly think a lot

508
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Speaker 2: of it is DeShawn Harris Smith has just been a

509
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,960
Speaker 2: disaster for him. He was a really highly talented kid,

510
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,480
Speaker 2: five star type. You thought he could come in and

511
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,480
Speaker 2: give them thirty two minutes a night. Immediately, he's seven

512
00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,920
Speaker 2: for thirty eight from three point range on the season.

513
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Speaker 2: He was at least shooting them early in the year.

514
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,359
Speaker 2: He didn't attempt to three in the lost of Minnesota.

515
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Speaker 2: He hasn't made a three since December twenty eighth against

516
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,160
Speaker 2: compaence like he just he's not confident. He's very one

517
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 2: hand dominant going left, and it's really now that the

518
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,639
Speaker 2: scouting reporter is out on him. It's made things so

519
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 2: much harder on Jamiirjng and a team that likes to

520
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,119
Speaker 2: play two bigs with Reese and with Dante Scott.

521
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Speaker 3: So I believe in the talent.

522
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Speaker 2: I still don't know that I see a fit that's

523
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Speaker 2: going to be a magic fix for them. But the

524
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Speaker 2: bottom line is that this team is still a top

525
00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,440
Speaker 2: half talent team in the Big Ten, and Kevin Willard's

526
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,679
Speaker 2: got to figure something out because this team should be

527
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Speaker 2: five hundred or above with how bad.

528
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Speaker 3: The rest of the conference is. So I like that

529
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Speaker 3: shild stuck.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you got Michigan coming up at home,

531
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Speaker 1: Michigan State at home, might be some chances. And Scott

532
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Speaker 1: has also been I think just disappointing of Robert Harris.

533
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Speaker 1: Smith's been a disaster. By the way, I don't think

534
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Speaker 1: I took gave my two weekend takeaways or weekend takeaways.

535
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Speaker 1: I'll just say from the SEC impressive win from Kentucky.

536
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Speaker 1: I actually faded them and it was gonna could have

537
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Speaker 1: on either way. But just for that young team and

538
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,919
Speaker 1: only there. You know they played at Louisville, but in

539
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Speaker 1: that environment to get that type of win, I think

540
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:49,000
Speaker 1: really can go a long way and just building momentum confidence.

541
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Speaker 1: And then we were talking about a disaster. I mean,

542
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Speaker 1: do you know Davis and Arkansas, what the fuck was that?

543
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Speaker 1: I mean that is this is a huge game against

544
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Speaker 1: Auburn in a great spot. Davis, who had a horrendous game,

545
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,560
Speaker 1: was late to an event or late to practice, so

546
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,560
Speaker 1: he didn't start. He came off look careless. The whole

547
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,399
Speaker 1: team looked disinterested. I don't know what the hell is

548
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 1: going on with Arkansas, but Musselman looks like he has

549
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 1: no answers whatsoever. We'll talk about the SEC next week

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Speaker 1: for some bizlos. Maybe we'll get well have a little

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Speaker 1: will throw to you first. What are you looking at

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Speaker 1: for tonight?

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Speaker 5: BYU Baylor over one fifty four and a half. I'm

566
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Speaker 5: interested to see, you know, two top ten offenses, you know,

567
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 5: do battle. Baylor's defense is up to seventieth, you know

568
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 5: in Ken Palm. But I'm not quite buying it because

569
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 5: a big part of it is that teams are still

570
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 5: shooting sub thirty percent from three point range. Here comes

571
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,480
Speaker 5: to Koog's. They can knock down threes left and right.

572
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,160
Speaker 5: They're also shooting north of fifty percent on twos and

573
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 5: excuse me, Baylor's giving up north to fifty percent on twos.

574
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Speaker 5: And BYU is one of the best teams in the

575
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Speaker 5: entire country facilitating open looks inside the arc. So I

576
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Speaker 5: think this could be a game that BYU bounces back

577
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 5: from that Cincinnati performance. They took forty six threes in

578
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Speaker 5: that game. I think Mark Pope is a better coach

579
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Speaker 5: than that. I don't think he's just going to say,

580
00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 5: all right, let's just roll the balls out and just

581
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 5: take you know, forty or fifty threes again. So I

582
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Speaker 5: think that they're going to get off the mat. I'm

583
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Speaker 5: also interested to see how much of BYU's defensive metrics

584
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Speaker 5: are just scheduled driven, like NC State was able to

585
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Speaker 5: score eighty six against them. They've played a lot of

586
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 5: lower competition, you know, throughout the season, so I think

587
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,399
Speaker 5: Baylor could get cooking as well. Me see, is somebody

588
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:19,360
Speaker 5: who's been so high efficiency. You know, he's been excellent

589
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,360
Speaker 5: around the rim. You'll get some of his box scores.

590
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 5: He's shooting six for eight, seven for seven, and those

591
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 5: kind of you know, rate at the rim kind of plays.

592
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 5: So I think this is going to be a shootout.

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Speaker 5: I'm excited. I want to see, you know, BYU really

594
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Speaker 5: chop it up and be a top four team in

595
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Speaker 5: the Big twelve. I think has to start here with,

596
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Speaker 5: you know, a bounce back performance after the Bearcats, you know,

597
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 5: really got them out of their comfort zone.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I see passed Offensivero teams. You don't think I

599
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Speaker 1: would be concerned about. Is I still think that there's

600
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Speaker 1: just some you know, a big correction for Baylor. A

601
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 1: good shooting team, but I don't think they're gonna shoot.

602
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Speaker 1: What are they still at after this weekend talking about

603
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Speaker 1: by the way, a horrendous I mean there are forty

604
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Speaker 1: five percent. I don't think they're gonna shoot. Is there

605
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,800
Speaker 1: a couple of bad regression games? Coming, and then you

606
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Speaker 1: have Bydu He's gonna shoot a ton of threes. Obviously,

607
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 1: again CINCIAI I think they took a little bit too many.

608
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: But there's a lot of three point variants in their game.

609
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:10,960
Speaker 1: So if you just have an off shooting, you have

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00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 1: the Baylor aggression game and BYU's off. But that's what

611
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 1: I would be worried about there. But there should be

612
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:20,640
Speaker 1: past offense and yeah, rip or thoughts in person, anyone

613
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Speaker 1: who add Oklahoma State plus four and a half cover

614
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 1: the entire game, the entire overtime, and then you get

615
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Speaker 1: a runout from Baylor when the final seconds and they

616
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Speaker 1: decided to dunk get at the bell to cover the

617
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Speaker 1: one by five, Greg would somebody looking at for tonight.

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Speaker 2: So I'm going to actually go right back to the

619
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Speaker 2: Baylor BYU game. I'm on a side here though I

620
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Speaker 2: love the call Mic, I'm going with Baylor to cover

621
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Speaker 2: in this spot. It opened up around two, it's now

622
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Speaker 2: up to four. I still like the number at four.

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't go much higher than that, but I'm just

624
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 2: skeptical of BYU for a handful of reasons.

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Speaker 3: Here. They are a metrics darling that's great every.

626
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Speaker 2: Year, like there's one to two teams that end up

627
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Speaker 2: cracking the top ten according to all the analytics sites,

628
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Speaker 2: and it's almost entirely scheduled driven. Now, you have to

629
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Speaker 2: give them credit for beating San Diego State early in

630
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Speaker 2: the season, but outside of that, they're just one and

631
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Speaker 2: two on the year. Versus top fifty opponents, they're zero

632
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Speaker 2: to one and true road games they lost at Utah.

633
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Speaker 3: I think Baylor is very good. They just opened up

634
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Speaker 3: the new gym.

635
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Speaker 2: I think they're particularly good at home. And to the

636
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Speaker 2: point on the three point shooting, I think you're right.

637
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,120
Speaker 2: It could be some variants. I think we could see

638
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 2: teams kind of cut into Baylor's number. But the more

639
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 2: important number from three point defense for Baylor to me

640
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 2: is they've been pretty good at limiting attempts their fortieth

641
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Speaker 2: in the country on the year in preventing three point

642
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 2: attempts from opposing offenses. B why he wants to run

643
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 2: and gun and get them up. Baylor's very comfortable in

644
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Speaker 2: that style. I like this number as sort of a

645
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Speaker 2: wake up call to welcome to Big Twelve. Play from

646
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Speaker 2: one of the premier programs in that conference against the

647
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Speaker 2: team that you know you could call it a bounce

648
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Speaker 2: back spot, but you just lost by eleven at home

649
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Speaker 2: to Cincinnati and now you're on the road to Baylor.

650
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Speaker 2: That's a scary spot for me. I'll take the Bears

651
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 2: to cover.

652
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I did mention potential Baylor offensive shooting regression.

653
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 1: You could say the same thing for BYU's defense. A

654
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 1: part of that's our schedule. But I mean they're holding

655
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: teams to what twenty six, which I don't think that

656
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:19,240
Speaker 1: number is gonna last through Big twelve play. I'll throw

657
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: out this one. I mean, I was welcome to any

658
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: but I'm ever gonna get out. Let's let's get really

659
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 1: ugly with Georgetown. I'm more to Georgetown shirt. I think

660
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: that this is like Seaton Hall is the team that

661
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 1: with their defense and the way that they're constructed, they're

662
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 1: they're going to be They're vulnerable to bad or poor

663
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,760
Speaker 1: spots and situations. And then when they get up for

664
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 1: these you know, ranked teams, and their defense really comes

665
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: and it's not a really deep team, but everyone comes

666
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: and is engaged, you know, for forty minutes. They can

667
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 1: pull off some upsets, as they have, but I think

668
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 1: this is probably the top.

669
00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 3: Of the market.

670
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 1: I'm a little worried about them. That just dominating the

671
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:05,400
Speaker 1: offensive glass playing tipball against Georgetown, who you can kind

672
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: of get there. But Seaton Hall is still a bit

673
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 1: limited offensively. They have turnover issues, which aren't great on

674
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: the road. But they're just They're coming off of a

675
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: huge win against Marquette. The last time they had a

676
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 1: huge win was against Connecticut and then they went on

677
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: the road and got absolutely demolished by Xavier. This is

678
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: still a team that I lost four or five earlier

679
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: in the season. They lost their Rutgers by seven there.

680
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:30,880
Speaker 1: It's still I don't think that they deserved to light

681
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 1: seven points here on the road. Georgetown should be better.

682
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 1: I got they They're just when I look at their talent,

683
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: I'm always head of the market or higher than the

684
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: market on them. I just think this is a great spot.

685
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 1: And you have to remember that when they played their

686
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 1: last three wins have come against Yukon, Providence of Marquette,

687
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,719
Speaker 1: three ranked teams. But when they played Yukon, Klington went

688
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 1: down in the first half. When they played Providence, Hopkins

689
00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 1: went down in the first half, and you know can

690
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 1: adjust over time. That's hard to do when you lose

691
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 1: you know, one of your best and most important players

692
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 1: in game. It's hard to adjust to that. So they

693
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: benefited from two really critical injuries in those games. So

694
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 1: I think there's a good spot to buy Georgetown. Hold

695
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: your nose, Mike. What else you got going VCU?

696
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 5: George Mason, I'm going to lay the points three and

697
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,480
Speaker 5: a half. If you like guards, this is a mid

698
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,719
Speaker 5: major game for you. The Patriots backcourt, Keishawn Hall Darius

699
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 5: Maddox are phenomenal. I mean, Hall at this point I

700
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 5: think is clearly in the conversation for you know, player

701
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 5: of the year in the conference. He's averaging almost seventeen

702
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 5: and ten. And their defense is special. This is why

703
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 5: I like the Patriots. They're seventeenth in opponent shooting percentage

704
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 5: allowed at sub forty percent. They're very strong on the

705
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 5: defensive glass as well, so when they get those stops,

706
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 5: they corral those rebounds. And VCU, you know, they have

707
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 5: four guards who will average over twelve points per game.

708
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 5: But they're not the VCU teams of old. They can't

709
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 5: turn anybody over. And because of that, I'm not, you know,

710
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 5: afraid to lay the three and a half. Year I'd

711
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 5: probably go all the way up to five. I think

712
00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,960
Speaker 5: George Mason is a bit of a surprise this year

713
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 5: in terms of how well they played to this point.

714
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 5: I think they're thirteen and two straight up. But I

715
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 5: just really like the stability of their backcourt, and Hall

716
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 5: is just one of those guys, particularly at home I'm

717
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 5: interested in playing.

718
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, the legendary Tony skin from that George Mason run

719
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 1: at the Helm. They're one of the teams. That's what

720
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,879
Speaker 1: makes what I love about the transfer board, right, They're

721
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:26,280
Speaker 1: a new coach and you have all these new pieces

722
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 1: coming from different teams. Sometimes it works, and it's kind

723
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,399
Speaker 1: of like cracking the code in the offseason then trying

724
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,400
Speaker 1: to figure out, Okay, it's just going to work. Is

725
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 1: not Is a team gonna be underdied or overvalued? But

726
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 1: sometimes you can get all these new pieces, all these

727
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 1: cast off, some proven, some unproven, and they just all

728
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:46,799
Speaker 1: come together. And George Mason has been significantly better than

729
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,399
Speaker 1: I had anticipated. So Yeah, definitely a really intriguing team

730
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,720
Speaker 1: and game there. Greg, I feel free to pop in whenever.

731
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:56,759
Speaker 1: But if you want to just build on any of

732
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 1: there's any thing that we share. But what do you got?

733
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, sure, No, I'm gonna go a different direction with

734
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,800
Speaker 2: my next one. Here, I want to give a shout

735
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,719
Speaker 2: to one of my coaches that.

736
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 3: I refuse to jump off the bandwagon for.

737
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 2: I think I'm one of the only people still holding

738
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,320
Speaker 2: his stock right now is Drew Valentine.

739
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 3: Over at Loyola Chicago.

740
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,879
Speaker 2: This guy opened his career debut head coach twenty five

741
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 2: and eight.

742
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 3: He inherited what Portermo's left over.

743
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 2: Lucas Williamson was a real good player, but that was

744
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 2: good basketball team a couple of years ago. Last year,

745
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 2: they move up from Missouri Valley to the A ten.

746
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 2: Disaster season, I finished last in the A ten ten

747
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 2: and twenty one on the year. Think everybody kind of

748
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 2: just turn their backs to this program. Was like, Yep,

749
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,400
Speaker 2: he's not the guy. I'm not so sure he's not

750
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 2: the guy. I think this team's pretty good. They opened

751
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 2: the year with an ugly loss to Florida Atlantic, but

752
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 2: that game was competitive for stretches. They got blown out

753
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 2: at Creighton. Ever since, they've quietly won eight of their

754
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,239
Speaker 2: last ten games. The only two losses in that span

755
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 2: have been true road games. Now they get Richmond at

756
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 2: home tonight. Loyola's three point favorites in this spot. Richmond

757
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 2: zero to three this year in true road games, with

758
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 2: losses to Boston College, Chita State in Northern Iowa, They're

759
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 2: just one in five overall in a way slash neutral

760
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 2: games away from home. I'm buying that Loyola has more

761
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,719
Speaker 2: talent than people realized. Drew did a really nice job

762
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 2: upgrading the roster in a couple key spots. They got

763
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,319
Speaker 2: a freshman Miles Rubin, leads the country and block rate.

764
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 2: He's gonna be really really good down the line. But

765
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 2: as a team, I mean, they make it hard, like

766
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 2: you got to hit shots from outside to beat Loyola.

767
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,400
Speaker 2: They're seventh in the country in two point percentage defense,

768
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:28,600
Speaker 2: they're seventh in the country and assists rate on the

769
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,359
Speaker 2: offensive end. I think they're playing really good ball right now,

770
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 2: and three just feels a little short to me. So

771
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 2: I'm on the rambish tonight.

772
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 3: Yeah.

773
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 1: The only you can serve with will whenever I watched

774
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 1: them is just will they not turn the ball over

775
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: fifty times? Is when they really get in trouble and

776
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: always something safety worried about. But yeah, they're definitely playing

777
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:50,759
Speaker 1: a lot better than I think many would have anticipated,

778
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: and we're projecting earlier in this season. I'll go I'm

779
00:36:55,200 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: gonna go a little ranked chalk on the road. I'm

780
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: gonna go with Colorado State bounce back spot at Boise.

781
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 1: I'm not a fan of this Poison team. They basically

782
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: don't have a point guard and this is an enormous

783
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 1: point guard mismatch and Isaiah Stevens for Colorida State, one

784
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 1: of the best in the country, against the team that

785
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:20,720
Speaker 1: really doesn't have one and is just completely missus Marcus

786
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,400
Speaker 1: Shaver so much. I think they're completely void there. Poison

787
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,879
Speaker 1: can't really create its own shot outside and I think

788
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:32,440
Speaker 1: Colorado State very well coached team. You know, tough spot

789
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 1: at Utah State in a tough place to play. They

790
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 1: even had a chance late. I was on Utah State,

791
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,239
Speaker 1: but Utah State had some crazy shots and post of

792
00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:42,920
Speaker 1: war went bananas. Poise State can get some things in

793
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: the post, but I don't think not like not like

794
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 1: Utah State coulds. I think it's a good bounce back

795
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: spot to buy Colorida State. I really think the handicap

796
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,319
Speaker 1: is as simple as just the game is probably gonna

797
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 1: be close, but at the end of the at the

798
00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,279
Speaker 1: end of the game, at the end of the day,

799
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 1: I have Isada Stevens in a huge mismatch at the

800
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 1: most important position on the court. Mike, what do you

801
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 1: got next?

802
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 5: I agree with that play. And Clifford has been You

803
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 5: talked about the transfer portal, you know, just a couple

804
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 5: of minutes ago, Like what a great get and a

805
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 5: player to finally realize all of his potential. Like when

806
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 5: you look.

807
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: At his seat, he was never that great at Colorabably,

808
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 1: it's crazy how great he's been.

809
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,280
Speaker 5: I think from the field he's up something like twenty

810
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,480
Speaker 5: or twenty five percent increase in his his shooting. Like

811
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 5: it's incredible what he's done. And a part of it

812
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 5: is the offense, you know, the prince and elements, the

813
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,360
Speaker 5: five out, you know, people getting open looks. But in general,

814
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 5: like they hit the jackpot with him. If it's okay,

815
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 5: I want to jump to a Wednesday look ahead game?

816
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:40,959
Speaker 3: Is that is that? Fine?

817
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 5: Indiana State? This I think is going to be the

818
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 5: last time you get a good number on the Sycamores.

819
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 5: I think there's a chance after they win this game,

820
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 5: they may just run the table in the Missouri Valley.

821
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,240
Speaker 5: I love this team. They are number one in the country.

822
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 5: In rim and three point rate, and because of that,

823
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:00,080
Speaker 5: they're scoring close to eighty seven points per game. They

824
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 5: are the only team in the country with four starters

825
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 5: there or four guards as you say, averaging fourteen or

826
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 5: more points per game. And then Robbie Avila is a

827
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 5: statuet stuffer at center, a big differentiator for them in

828
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 5: terms of mid major basketball. They showed me everything I

829
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 5: need to know about whinning on the road when they

830
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 5: went to Bradley and pushed the Braves around. That is

831
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 5: a really difficult place to win and win convincingly, and

832
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,279
Speaker 5: for that reason, I think we may still get a

833
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 5: decent number traveling on the road against Drake, But I,

834
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:27,919
Speaker 5: like I said, I think this is the last time,

835
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,359
Speaker 5: because after this game, I think everyone's going to view

836
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,640
Speaker 5: Indiana State as a Cinderella at a circle early in

837
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 5: the season.

838
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, that offense is unbelievable, just the sets that they run,

839
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 1: and they I want to see them in the dance

840
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: and hopefully they're in there because no one wants to

841
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,399
Speaker 1: face that offense. The defense still has some holes which

842
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 1: might hold them back, but they're a team that can

843
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 1: get to the second weekend and will be a team

844
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 1: no one will want to see opposite on the bracket. Greg,

845
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 1: we've got anything for today or tomorrow?

846
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll give you one more for today and then

847
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,480
Speaker 2: I'll jump to my pick for tomorrow. This is a

848
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:08,439
Speaker 2: system play for me, gentlemen, and it doesn't feel great

849
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,840
Speaker 2: to say it out loud, but I'm taking Pitt at home.

850
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:14,840
Speaker 2: Plus five is what we're catching tonight against Duke. Now, look,

851
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 2: Duke is the much better basketball team. I never like

852
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,279
Speaker 2: betting on the team that I just think is significantly

853
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 2: worse than the team they're playing. But you gotta find

854
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 2: spots Duke in the Tyres Proctor Kyle fi Lapowski era.

855
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:27,839
Speaker 2: So going back to the beginning of last season, they're

856
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:31,239
Speaker 2: one in seven outright in road games against top one

857
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:32,080
Speaker 2: hundred opponents.

858
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 3: Like this is a team.

859
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,840
Speaker 2: My one big question with Duke is are they a

860
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 2: little soft? And I think it's a fair question, and

861
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 2: there's talent everywhere, but I don't really trust this team

862
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,480
Speaker 2: to face adversity and come back in a game on

863
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 2: the road, or really just handle their business against a

864
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:53,279
Speaker 2: team that's up for their challenge.

865
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,760
Speaker 3: I think Pitt is up for the challenge.

866
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,879
Speaker 2: They haven't played great basketball late North Carolina did bite

867
00:40:58,920 --> 00:40:59,399
Speaker 2: them at home.

868
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Speaker 3: For sure, that was not good.

869
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Speaker 2: But this is a pit team that it has enough

870
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,480
Speaker 2: talent to go win a game, has enough stuff offensively

871
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 2: to win a game.

872
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 3: They're solid defensively, and they.

873
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:11,319
Speaker 2: Need a resume win like they they kind of have

874
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 2: dropped the ball and a lot of their big spots

875
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:13,919
Speaker 2: thus far.

876
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,879
Speaker 3: I have my eye on the plus five to cover.

877
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:18,879
Speaker 2: I kind of like a sprinkle on the money line

878
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,440
Speaker 2: to be honest with you tonight, and we'll kind of

879
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,880
Speaker 2: wait and see, because Duke really the one road win

880
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 2: they have this year's Notre Dame.

881
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,440
Speaker 3: I mean that was a toss up game that that

882
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:27,919
Speaker 3: whole game.

883
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,839
Speaker 2: Notre Dame is not a good basketball team, so I

884
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 2: like the underdog there and then one for for for

885
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,240
Speaker 2: Wednesday here, I like, well.

886
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:39,400
Speaker 1: You mentioned Duke at Arkansas and Arkansas isn't even a

887
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: full strength that that loss looks worse. That's the one

888
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,360
Speaker 1: time Marktsall's looked competent all seasons.

889
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:46,879
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's crazy, it's greazy.

890
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,399
Speaker 2: It's been in Like I said, it's been an auto play

891
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,399
Speaker 2: for me for the better part of last season, and

892
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 2: I'm kind of just sticking with it until I see

893
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:54,799
Speaker 2: more from this little core of Procter and Flip Uh

894
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 2: the one that I like for Wednesday right now?

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00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:57,239
Speaker 5: Uh.

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00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:01,520
Speaker 2: I like Ole miss against Florida, and I know everybody

897
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:04,760
Speaker 2: likes Florida. I think there's reasons to believe in the Gators'

898
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:06,200
Speaker 2: long term.

899
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,879
Speaker 3: To me, I still don't really know how they lost

900
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 3: the Kentucky game.

901
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 5: Like Hankileton having like all those rebounds, I was like,

902
00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 5: this is playing out exactly as I was hoping, and

903
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 5: for them to lose in that situation with such an

904
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 5: advantage on the glass, I agree. I'm still scratching my

905
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:21,759
Speaker 5: hat a bit.

906
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 2: It smells fishy, right because like they checked all the boxes.

907
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 2: I thought Kentucky made a lot of mistakes and then

908
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 2: the end result was just nope, we let it slip away.

909
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 3: This is a spot to oversimplify it.

910
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,680
Speaker 2: Chris Beard against Todd Golden is the biggest mismatch in

911
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:40,680
Speaker 2: this game, and Todd Golden's Florida teams have had a

912
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:44,360
Speaker 2: ton of talent. I know there's reasons to love hymmetrically

913
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 2: through the years and why he was a high profile

914
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 2: higher I think he's underachieved in the win loss column

915
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 2: consistently no matter where he's been you find Ole Miss

916
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 2: who's kind of the opposite, like they aren't super talented,

917
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 2: but Chris Beard has this team. They were thirteen to zero,

918
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 2: they go on the road, they get smacked against Tennessee.

919
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,239
Speaker 2: This is a home game where I expect they might

920
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 2: open as a slight home dog. I like that spot

921
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 2: will miss three to zero at home against Florida going

922
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 2: back to twenty sixteen. I like this as a bounce

923
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,840
Speaker 2: back spot for the better coach at home versus a

924
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,879
Speaker 2: guy that I just can't wait to fade at every opportunity.

925
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 1: Guys and all close things out of I'm gonna throw

926
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,359
Speaker 1: a TCU. I'll be looking to see if I mean

927
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,840
Speaker 1: King's probably gonna be I'm hoping. I would love to

928
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: get TC to pick tomorrow night against Oklahoma. I think

929
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 1: they're they're and it's the team. I was really impressed.

930
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,960
Speaker 1: I think Coles will be back. He was supposed to

931
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,520
Speaker 1: play on Saturday, but even without him at Kansas, a

932
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 1: game they probably should have won, they got completely robbed

933
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 1: at the end. I had no money on that game.

934
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,920
Speaker 1: They stopped to play for an injury when they had

935
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:52,719
Speaker 1: a five to four break, and then called a ridiculous

936
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 1: flagrant foul that flipped the whole entire game, and then

937
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: Dickinson on the game wind walked he got some home

938
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,879
Speaker 1: cooking in Lawrence. But I was really impressed with how

939
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 1: they looked against Kansas sans Coles in that game. I

940
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 1: think their athleticism could give Oklahoma some issues. I think

941
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 1: they'll control the tempo at home. They can turn Oklahoma over,

942
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:15,239
Speaker 1: which is really the weakness of the Sooners. So I'm

943
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:18,279
Speaker 1: gonna be looking for TCU after that Kansas loss at

944
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,879
Speaker 1: home against Okamou. I believe has not played a true

945
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,680
Speaker 1: road game this year. They've played that one that was

946
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:27,799
Speaker 1: kind of close when they lost against North Carolina, but

947
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:29,279
Speaker 1: this will be their first true road game. I think

948
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 1: it's a good spot to back the horn Frogs. So

949
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:35,280
Speaker 1: that'll do it for us. Good stuff from Greg, looking

950
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 1: forward to chopping up with you the rest of the season.

951
00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:45,200
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00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:56,080
Speaker 1: about a conference next week we'll do the SEC Thanks

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Speaker 1: as always to Mike as well for joining us. We

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