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

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Speaker 3: Ten seconds remaining, they just go throw under the basket.

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Speaker 3: Under the basket.

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Speaker 4: It's not a seven second.

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Speaker 2: The worries.

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Speaker 5: It's the true for the wind.

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Speaker 6: God make a miracle.

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Speaker 2: I's up the water.

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Speaker 7: Hit that one from the parking lot from the championship.

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Speaker 8: Shut it off at college basketball, it's.

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Speaker 5: Not the size on the dog in the fight.

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Speaker 9: It's the size of the fight in the dog.

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Speaker 2: Up the general nation. Welcome to the Action Network podcast.

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Speaker 2: This is the college Basketball weekend betting preview. I'm Stucky

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Speaker 2: and with me as always as Colin Wilson and mister

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Speaker 2: Mike Randall. We were just talking about ice storms. I

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Speaker 2: hope you are all safe out there. I avoided a

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Speaker 2: tree branch and I would have died because if it

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Speaker 2: hit hit me in the head, I would have died

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Speaker 2: because I bet on Nebraska. I was so tired of

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Speaker 2: watching them. I was like, let me go check to

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Speaker 2: see where this branch came from. So luckily I survived.

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Speaker 3: What's going on, Colin, I think a tree branch came

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Speaker 3: down and hit my plays in the action app.

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Speaker 8: With approximately eight losses in the last.

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Speaker 3: Week by a half point or a full point, totals

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Speaker 3: and sides alike. But it continues to amaze me that

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Speaker 3: you've moved south into Kentucky, into SEC territory, and now

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Speaker 3: you've like traded in your snowstorms and your bat East

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Speaker 3: Coast weather. Welcome to ice country, Welcome to Tornado Country.

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Speaker 8: That's why we call us flyover States.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the ice is, the ice is brutal.

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Speaker 7: Rand you want brutal, you want brutal. How about Fatz

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Speaker 7: Russell getting fouled on a three with a minute left

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Speaker 7: in the game last night Saint Louis up thirteen, Danny

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Speaker 7: bangs two more threes, including one with four seconds left

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Speaker 7: to kill me on that cover.

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Speaker 10: But I can't complain because I did did have.

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Speaker 7: Longwood today who decides to shoot half court shots with

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Speaker 7: seven seconds left because they misread the game clock and

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Speaker 7: they end up banging it from half court to cover

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Speaker 7: there and get the outright win.

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Speaker 10: So can't complain too much.

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Speaker 2: Longwood was raining really living up to their name, long

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Speaker 2: from three in that game. Yeah, Saint Louis by the way,

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Speaker 2: they you know, they have that bad loss. They're looking

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Speaker 2: like the team I expected. But and hopefully they have

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Speaker 2: no more breaks and we're I'm going to talk about

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Speaker 2: this out of an interview with Kevin sweeneyat's TVB Central.

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Speaker 2: Later on in the show, we'll talk Big Ten Tourney

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Speaker 2: in general. We were talking about like this, like Saint

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Speaker 2: Louis because of this breakdown, like they might be one

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Speaker 2: of the teams that gets left out in the tournament.

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Speaker 2: If like some of these conference tournaments decide like their

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Speaker 2: best teams or the best teams just decide that they're

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Speaker 2: not going to go already in the tournament and they

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Speaker 2: steal bids. It'll be interesting. But I do want to

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Speaker 2: look and you almost got that cover and probably should have.

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Speaker 2: With tomorrows Jacobs and Urie Collins, who's their point guard,

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Speaker 2: didn't play the second half. I'm curious to see how

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Speaker 2: healthy they'll be. Something to note, we'll have our Friday

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Speaker 2: six pack. We'll get to some Saturday spots. Like I said,

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Speaker 2: I spoke with Kevin Sweety, we'll get to that at

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Speaker 2: the end, but we have to first and we have punishments.

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Speaker 2: By the way, punishments for the six pack last week

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Speaker 2: and every time we did that because we went out

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Speaker 2: in five. Colin was spared as game was canceled, and

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Speaker 2: I did that because we went at five. But for

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Speaker 2: now on, we're gonna have everyone emailed any punishment suggestions.

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Speaker 2: If you email me one, you get a monetary reward.

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Speaker 2: So stay tuned to see the one that we use

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Speaker 2: if we ever have a losing week. I ever have

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Speaker 2: a losing week from now on, so it could be

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Speaker 2: two and four. Then the people that had the had

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Speaker 2: the losers will be punished on the next week's podcast. Yes,

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Speaker 2: it's very I'm being authoritative, but they're not going to

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Speaker 3: Is this like a revel type punishment where all you

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Speaker 3: gotta do is walk across a river?

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Speaker 2: Is it that kind of Do you even know the

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Speaker 2: punishment because you weren't involved.

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Speaker 8: You don't even know, dude, I don't even know.

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's great, stay tuned. So, but first we have

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Speaker 2: to start with a look into the futures.

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Speaker 10: Here's the thing about the future.

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Speaker 5: Every time you look at it, the changes because you

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Speaker 2: Colin is up this week. He brought a trio of futures.

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Speaker 2: We had one a week, so we have four. So

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Speaker 2: far we have Florida State thirty eight to one, Alabama

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Speaker 2: to one. It's time to add our fifth futures to

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Speaker 2: our portfolio. Colin is up this week. He brought a

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So I went looking at one of our articles

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Speaker 8: Ryan's Brian Collinsworth.

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Speaker 3: And his article each year looks at the adjusted offensive

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Speaker 3: So it's a good indicator, and I wanted that to

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Speaker 3: So I'll be real quick on Illinois. They meet the

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Speaker 8: Want me to find bad on Illinois. They have one

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Speaker 3: They're three hundred and nineteenth and defensive turnover ratio so

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Speaker 3: it's really hard to find the bad with this team,

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Speaker 2: My love for Illinois and the thing that I love

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Speaker 3: Next on the list is West Virginia thirty to one,

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Speaker 3: They just wanted Texas Tech without Tas Sherman, and they've

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Speaker 1: Night Woo pick Suey Colin's talking razorback basketball.

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Speaker 8: Arkansas one hundred and one.

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Speaker 3: We want to cut the long shots, but at the

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Speaker 3: I'm sorry getting a ninth seed. I think that's only

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Speaker 3: going to improve. They're going to play Florida here next

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Speaker 3: double by. So let's talk about the good with Arkansas.

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Speaker 3: They meet the adjusted defensive criteria when it comes to

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Speaker 3: looking at where you're supposed to be in Ken Palm

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Speaker 3: Justin Smith has returned from injury. Since Alabama, He's produced

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Speaker 3: Davis another role player. He saw a huge increase in

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Speaker 3: playing time since January ninth against Georgia. If you look

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Speaker 3: His playing time has increased so much since the beginning

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Speaker 3: of January. He now ranks twelfth in the SEC individually

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Speaker 3: in steel percentage. What's the bad with Arkansas there's a lot.

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Speaker 3: If you take the entire resume, they're two and a

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Speaker 10: I love the pattern here, Colin.

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Speaker 7: Huggy Bear has done such a great job getting this

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Speaker 10: I apologize ahead of time.

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Speaker 7: that win doesn't look nearly as good. They have been

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Speaker 7: better with Justin Smith back. They're certainly flammable. They've had massive, huge,

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Speaker 10: I love the odds one hundred to one. I get it.

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Speaker 7: So the odds attempting, but I'm going to knock out

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Speaker 10: Colin. I apologize ahead of time.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, even as a fan, as as an analyst,

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Speaker 7: But if they're explosive, I get it. Because the offense

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Speaker 7: I just need to see a little bit more consistency

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Speaker 2: An intriguing team down the stretch, and maybe the back

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Speaker 2: This is no surprise here. Just like last week when

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I'm cutting West Virginia. Look, a lot of

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Speaker 2: add us six next week. Mister Randall, come prepared with

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Speaker 1: Pack, six guys, six picks. It's a college hoops a

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Speaker 11: Get ride?

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Speaker 2: All right. We're now joined by the newest contributors to

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Speaker 2: on Twitter at three m W Underscore CBB and on

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Speaker 2: the Three Man Weave podcast. Last week, we did not

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Speaker 2: a losing pick must sing the school's fight song of

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Speaker 2: the team that you backed last week. Colin, you are

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Speaker 2: not obligated to do so into your game was canceled. Matt.

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Speaker 2: You also received dispensation from this as well, since Oakland

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Speaker 2: Jim and myself and Randall, you are all on the hook. Jim,

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Speaker 11: It was an ugly, ugly weekend for us last week

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Speaker 11: you know what, they have a lovely fight song and

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Speaker 2: It's not all bad.

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Speaker 10: There's a little bit of a win here, silver lining

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Speaker 4: Kai, Yeah, you know, the jack Bunnies didn't come through

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Speaker 4: Jim on Friday. They covered Saturday ironically, But I'm still

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Speaker 4: gonna ring the bell for my South Dakota State jack Rabbits,

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Speaker 4: as I always do.

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Speaker 2: Let's get right to it. Kai Europe first, take it

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Speaker 2: away with the South Dakota State jack Rabbits fight.

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Speaker 4: Song ring the belt for South DAKODEA the Yellow and

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Speaker 4: heart's so true when the game for South Dakode, the

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Speaker 2: For South Dakode.

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Speaker 4: So let's ring, ring, ring those bells.

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Speaker 2: All right, beautiful Jim, you're up next with the Golden Panthers.

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Speaker 2: You better show some enthusiasm here for their performance last week.

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Speaker 11: We are the panthers of f by You, the golden

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Speaker 2: Wow, that's fantastic. I think you were practicing. You must

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Speaker 8: Agree?

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Speaker 2: I'll take that. All right. Well now, Randall, Randall, to

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Speaker 2: fire up flames.

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Speaker 5: We stand behind you. We love the red and Blue.

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Speaker 10: We'll cheer you on to victory.

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Speaker 5: Will be there, Oh so true, fire up flames, you'll

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Speaker 2: Very well done, Red, you sounded a little sad singing.

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Speaker 2: Now are you thinking about that USC game last week?

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Speaker 10: Just take the under? Why didn't I take the under?

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Speaker 2: Jesus? All right, well, I'm also obliged to do this

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Speaker 2: We're here to do or die. E's we'll win this game?

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Speaker 8: Really, is King of Booze really in the fight?

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Speaker 8: That's a bowl team that you're talking about.

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Speaker 2: Holy God, all right, that did feel like the punishment.

439
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Speaker 2: So all right, there you have it. Those are our punishment, sir.

440
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Speaker 2: Thank you for the suggestion reach out if you were

441
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Speaker 2: the one who suggested that. All right, enough singing dance

442
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,800
Speaker 2: and let's get to the picks. Kai, you're up first.

443
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Speaker 2: What you got?

444
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Speaker 4: All right, guys, we're going to New Mexico State minus

445
00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,760
Speaker 4: six and a half. This team is dripping with talent

446
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,879
Speaker 4: and starting to hit their stride. Get ahead of the

447
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,960
Speaker 4: curve and get on the aggies. They were the heavy

448
00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,840
Speaker 4: favorites to win the Whack in the preseason, but COVID

449
00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,879
Speaker 4: shutdowns have held them back in the starting gate. No

450
00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,800
Speaker 4: longer former Utah you Donnie Tillman is back. Jabari Rice

451
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,440
Speaker 4: has been excellent their last two. They just smoked Cal

452
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,240
Speaker 4: Baptists by twenty seven. I think they're on the right

453
00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,760
Speaker 4: track now. Guys, that the tenth oldest team in the country.

454
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Speaker 4: Top seven players on this roster rotation are all seniors

455
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Speaker 4: and juniors. Chris Jan's one of the very best coaches

456
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Speaker 4: in America. Frankly, what is not to like about this squad,

457
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,680
Speaker 4: and now they get the weakest Seattle team of Jim

458
00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:26,159
Speaker 4: Hayford's four year tenure up there in the Northwest. Hey,

459
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Speaker 4: if Riley Grigsby is out too for Seattle, that's just

460
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Speaker 4: a nice bonus. I like New Mexico State here minus

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Speaker 4: six and a half.

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Speaker 2: I don't hate it. And by the way, I'm going

463
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Speaker 2: to I'm actually going to bet all of our six

464
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Speaker 2: back picks from You're On out as well as a

465
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Speaker 2: side of faith. I'll put them in the app as well.

466
00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,360
Speaker 2: So I can't believe that they bet this Mexico State

467
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 2: team again. Yeah, I mean the hard thing is though,

468
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,800
Speaker 2: just the hardest thing about this year they had they

469
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 2: were impacted by COVID. They weren't getting the practice. It's

470
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Speaker 2: like how much do you penalize them for that? And

471
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,399
Speaker 2: when are they going to figure it out? And it

472
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,680
Speaker 2: looked like they did against cal Baptists. So I don't

473
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Speaker 2: hate it. I think there's value in this. But again,

474
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 2: it's a tricky COVID year. But I'll be riding with you.

475
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 2: Go Aggie's hopefully you're not singing that song, well, you'll

476
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,040
Speaker 2: do it better than I did. Next week. All right, Jem,

477
00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:10,520
Speaker 2: what you got.

478
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 11: I'm gonna keep banging my head against the wall in

479
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Speaker 11: Conference USA here. Last time I faded UAB in our

480
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,680
Speaker 11: six pack, they got down twenty four to one, thirty

481
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Speaker 11: seven to.

482
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Speaker 8: Eleven at halftime. That sounds fun.

483
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,120
Speaker 11: Why not do it again. The thing about UAB, though,

484
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,600
Speaker 11: is their schedule has been the Great British Baking Show.

485
00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,399
Speaker 11: It's been all cupcakes. They have yet to play a

486
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Speaker 11: ken pound top one hundred team, only one top one

487
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,879
Speaker 11: fifty squad, and that was an East Tennessee State team

488
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,400
Speaker 11: that was still meshing with a whole bunch of transfers.

489
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,960
Speaker 11: Most importantly of that, they have only played two squads

490
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Speaker 11: in the top two hundred of turnover rate offensively, and

491
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Speaker 11: for a UAB team that's super reliant on forcing turnovers

492
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 11: on defense, that's huge. One of the teams they played, Chattanooga,

493
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,800
Speaker 11: was short handed and they still lost to them. So

494
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Speaker 11: get you face the Louisiana Tech team. Now, they can

495
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 11: take care of the ball a little bit, much better

496
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Speaker 11: than a lot of uab's competition. I think they can

497
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,119
Speaker 11: produce quality shots, and uab's defense is still due for

498
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,720
Speaker 11: some regression on that end. Foes are making just thirty

499
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,600
Speaker 11: percent from Downtown. On the other end of the court,

500
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Speaker 11: this is the first top one twenty five defense that

501
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,480
Speaker 11: UAB has seen. I think they'll really struggle to create points,

502
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,840
Speaker 11: especially if they're not scoring via turnovers. Ultimately, this is just.

503
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Speaker 8: A solid spot for Louisiana Tech.

504
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:21,920
Speaker 11: Five of their last six have been on the road,

505
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Speaker 11: while UAB has been at home for five of their

506
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 11: last six. Now you flip it, big chance for Louisiana

507
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 11: Tech to take down the team atop the Conference USA standings.

508
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Speaker 11: Give me the Bulldogs minus one.

509
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Speaker 8: I would take it up to minus two.

510
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Speaker 2: Jim, we are back. We had a two week break.

511
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Speaker 2: I don't know, we've greater dumb minds. Think this is

512
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Speaker 2: my circle game as well. I agree with everything that

513
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:49,359
Speaker 2: you said. We are back together again and it feels good.

514
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 2: This spot circle for most of the reasons that you noted.

515
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,560
Speaker 2: I think UAB is a bit over and plated in

516
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,680
Speaker 2: the market. Now I assume this line will go up.

517
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,480
Speaker 2: I like Louisiana Tech to win this game. All right, Matt,

518
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 2: what do you got?

519
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Speaker 6: Yeah, We're going with North Florida The Birds of Trey,

520
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 6: a fan favorite of everyone's. Last season, this team went

521
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,720
Speaker 6: head to head with Liberty atop the Atlantic Sun, both

522
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:16,000
Speaker 6: tied at thirteen and three atop the conference standings roll

523
00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 6: the calendar flor to twenty twenty one, and a lot

524
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 6: has changed. Both teams had Nucleus gutted this offseason, Liberty

525
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,280
Speaker 6: being the stronger program under the great Richie McKay. There,

526
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 6: they've kept their they've held their water at the top

527
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:30,680
Speaker 6: of the you know, they're still the cream of the

528
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Speaker 6: crop in this league. On the other hand, North Florida

529
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,560
Speaker 6: has sort of fallen down the total pull. But this

530
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,440
Speaker 6: team had some major injuries to start the year. Carter

531
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:42,080
Speaker 6: Hendrickson Dorian James both missed upwards of three or four games.

532
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,440
Speaker 6: They're back fully healthy. They now get their first crack

533
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,080
Speaker 6: of this season in a revenge spot against Liberty, and

534
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 6: so far this year we've seen a lot of these

535
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,440
Speaker 6: A Sun teams get geeked in amped to take down

536
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,600
Speaker 6: the former reigning champ Flames. So far this season in

537
00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 6: the first legs of the back to back in the conference,

538
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,240
Speaker 6: Liberty is zero to four against the number not covering

539
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 6: by an averager twelve points a game. They lost to

540
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,399
Speaker 6: Kannesall State for crying out loud, so with Lord Florida.

541
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Speaker 6: From that angle, they have a great value. With the

542
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,360
Speaker 6: fact that those injuries I mentioned earlier have not been

543
00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 6: fully baked in the line they're playing better as of late.

544
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 6: Couple out with the fact that it's a favorable matchup

545
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 6: for the Ospreys.

546
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Speaker 8: Here.

547
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 6: They play very extended zone defense that basically shuts down

548
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,919
Speaker 6: any and l three point shooting. This year's rendition of

549
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 6: Liberty is living and dying by the three ball. They're

550
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 6: gonna have trouble scored in this matchup, and I think

551
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 6: if you're catching anything more than twelve points, the Birds

552
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,320
Speaker 6: of Trey are a lovely player.

553
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Speaker 2: I don't disagree. I'm gonna put some money on it

554
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,679
Speaker 2: because I'm back from all of our picks. But I

555
00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 2: will say keep in mind that North Florida has been

556
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:51,920
Speaker 2: off for two weeks as of the when they played

557
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 2: this game tomorrow, So last time they played it was

558
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,359
Speaker 2: on January thirtieth, and Liberty was also been off, but

559
00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:00,840
Speaker 2: they actually scheduled a game against lank as their bible

560
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 2: on February fifth. And these teams that have been off

561
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 2: two weeks, they're still I mean, they're at forty one

562
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 2: percent against the spread when it's not covering by an

563
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,920
Speaker 2: average of about two points per game, so there's clearly

564
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 2: rust and they're just not in rhythm. So I agree

565
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,160
Speaker 2: with all the reasons you said, but keep in mind

566
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,000
Speaker 2: that after they can come back if they don't cover,

567
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 2: if they do get blown out, I think that you

568
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:29,200
Speaker 2: can go back to them Saturday. North Florida also has

569
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 2: been a lot better on the second game of back

570
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 2: to backs. They're a pretty deep bench, you know. They

571
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,240
Speaker 2: lost to Jacksonville on the road, then they beat Jacksonville.

572
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 2: They lost to Lipskin Lipskimb on the road by twelve,

573
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 2: and they beat Lipscomb the next day. They swept Kennesas State,

574
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 2: as most teams do. Then they lost in North Alabama,

575
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 2: and then they beat North Alabama the next day by ten.

576
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 2: So they are four and oh in the second game

577
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 2: of the back to backs and in the first game

578
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 2: they are won in there, with the only one coming

579
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 2: against Kannisall State. So keep that in mind. All right, Well,

580
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 2: I'm rolling with LA Tech, so I guess we will. Yeah,

581
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 2: so we can only we can go three and two

582
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 2: or two and three, and we'll share in the punishment

583
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 2: if we go two and three or worse. With Jim Colin.

584
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 2: You're up first. What do you got Get off the

585
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 2: Schneide brother or pick a cancel game.

586
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 3: Get off the COVID cancer game. Yeah, I'm gonna go.

587
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,200
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go deep. I'm gonna go take North Alabama

588
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 3: plus six. I mean, they're on a three game losing streak,

589
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 3: both straight up and against the spread.

590
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 8: All of those have been on the road.

591
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 3: They haven't played at home in quite a while, and

592
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 3: they're facing beller Meine who's on an eight game winning streak,

593
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 3: and they've covered four.

594
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 8: Of their last five. The night's last four games come

595
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 8: against the worst teams in the nation.

596
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 3: So I'm really not that impressed with beller Mean three

597
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,360
Speaker 3: hundred and seventeenth ranked Jacksonville per Kin Palm, three hundred

598
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 3: and forty ninth ranked Kennesaw State sitting in that nice

599
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,520
Speaker 3: and nine slot there in the conference. I just haven't

600
00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 3: been impressed with what beller Mean has done. But yet

601
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 3: they keep winning and they keep covering against really bad teams,

602
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 3: and I think this is a great spot to catch

603
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 3: North Alabama plus six. So they're in a funky spot though,

604
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 3: with the standings in the conference. With four conference losses,

605
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,400
Speaker 3: this is a monster series back to back games where

606
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,520
Speaker 3: the one seed has been reached, which is beller Mean,

607
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,880
Speaker 3: but so is the eighth seed. So the Bellarmine defense

608
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 3: is actually eighth an effective field goal percentage, of course,

609
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 3: ninth being Kennesaw State. If you look down at the

610
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 3: Summit League, Kennesas State's just kind of offen their own,

611
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 3: their own planet.

612
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 8: They're like Pluto, they're outside of the galaxy.

613
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 3: But if you look at beller Meine, they're eighth defensively

614
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 3: and effective field goal percentage. That's kind of odd for

615
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 3: being the top team in the conference. On the flip side,

616
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 3: North Alabama fields the third best two point defense, which

617
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 3: is where Bellamine works exclusively, is down in the paint.

618
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 3: So North Alabama's got the defense to contain what beller

619
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 3: Meine does. Bella means dead lasting point distribution from beyond

620
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Speaker 3: the arc. So they're probably going to try to pound

621
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 3: it inside and that's going to go up against the

622
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 3: North Alabama team that is second in blocks through Summit play.

623
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 8: So I see them as a live dog here in

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Speaker 8: North Alabama.

625
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 2: Plus six oh hated, I think that there is some

626
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 2: value at plus six randall.

627
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 7: Folks, The Action Network is as genuine as it comes.

628
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,960
Speaker 7: And this is proof because we do not consult about

629
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 7: these picks. I am not picking a side in UAB

630
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 7: Louisiana Tech, but I am picking a total the Blazers

631
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,959
Speaker 7: and Bulldogs. They both have strong defensive teams. They can

632
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 7: struggle mightily on offense. UAB second slowest pace of any

633
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,760
Speaker 7: team in Conference USA, and they've held their last four

634
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 7: opponents to sixty points, are under three of those teams

635
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 7: under sixty completely. Senior guard Kwan Jackson there with the

636
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 7: Blazers pressure attack on the ball forces the highest turnover

637
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 7: rate in Conference USA play. Now when the Blazers are away,

638
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 7: they don't allow a ton of points either. Look at

639
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:51,479
Speaker 7: the opposition in the totals against UAB sixty one thirty

640
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 7: seven is Charlotte without Kwan Jackson that game fifty nine

641
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 7: to Middle Tennessee State. Louisiana Techs defense is actually ranked

642
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 7: at a higher efficiency and Ken Palm then the Blazers

643
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 7: forty second overall and justin defensive efficiency. They're also the

644
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 7: best in Conference USA at defending the three pointer. They

645
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 7: hold their opponents Louisiana Tech to twenty eight percent from deep.

646
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,600
Speaker 7: The Bulldogs also don't shoot well from the free throw line,

647
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 7: only hitting sixty seven point five percent. This is a

648
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 7: close battle between two teams at the top of Conference USA.

649
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 7: I don't think that's going to translate to high scoring.

650
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,719
Speaker 7: Projected as a one point spread here in Ken Palm.

651
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,280
Speaker 7: You heard Jim rootenstuck you talk about it. This is

652
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 7: going to be valued possessions. This is going to be

653
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 7: a close game. The last two times these teams played

654
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 7: one hundred and seventeen total points one hundred and thirty

655
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 7: total points. Ken Palm has it about one thirty one.

656
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 7: I bet it opens north of one thirty, but I

657
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 7: don't think it hits that. I'm going to take the

658
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 7: under in this Conference USA battle with the Blazers and

659
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 7: the Bulldogs.

660
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 2: All Right, there you have it our Friday Night six pack.

661
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 2: Good luck to all playing along. Now let's talk some Saturday.

662
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: So many games, so little time. Let's look at the

663
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: Saturday slate.

664
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 2: All right, I'll kick things off all of a piece

665
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 2: up tomorrow with all of my targets. I'll start. This

666
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 2: is going to be painful, but I'll start with a

667
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 2: team that burned me at the end of January, Bowling Green.

668
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 2: They are in free fall mode, but they just can't

669
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 2: make a shot. I mean it is, it's stunning. They've

670
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 2: lost seven of eight. They're shooting twenty seven percent from

671
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,320
Speaker 2: three during the touch of thirty thirty percent from three

672
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 2: in league play. The shots are going to start falling eventually.

673
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 2: This is I think one of the they have shooters.

674
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 2: They have capable shooters that Justin Turner who can create.

675
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 2: I think it's a really good matchup against Tledo Toledo.

676
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 2: I know Toledo is look to this coming off of

677
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 2: a bad loss at ball State, but ball State made

678
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 2: a bunch of threes that was coming. This Toledo defense

679
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 2: is garbage and no one could hit an open shot

680
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 2: against them. So I think it's a perfect storm here.

681
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 2: Rivalry game there. Bowling Green needs a win in the

682
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 2: worst way.

683
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 8: They're sliding.

684
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,280
Speaker 2: You know, Toledo has been the class of the conference.

685
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 2: So I think you're gonna get a valuable number here.

686
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 2: There's a Kenbot makes us eleven. Would love to get

687
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 2: eleven here. I would love to get really anything over

688
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 2: eight or nine, but double digits would be lovely. So

689
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,560
Speaker 2: I'll be looking to back the Falcons and hopefully shots

690
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 2: can start falling. Redeal I mean, what you got Soccer

691
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 2: circle for Saturday.

692
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:34,319
Speaker 7: You know this Villanova game against Crayton reeks of the

693
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,480
Speaker 7: time that Villanova went down to Texas on December sixth

694
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 7: and pulled that win. They had a COVID break, they

695
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 7: had the loss to Saint John's, they absolutely destroyed Marquette

696
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 7: in the second half, and had an impressive win over Georgetown,

697
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,320
Speaker 7: who's really hot, who just beat Crayton. So you're gonna

698
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 7: get Villanova even at a pick, maybe giving one point

699
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 7: going down to Crayton. I have been a little disappointed

700
00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 7: with how Creighton has played their defensive intense. They've lost

701
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 7: a butler, gave up a huge lead Providence at home

702
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 7: they lost to Villanova. Is still the class of this

703
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,319
Speaker 7: conference of the Big East. I think Villanova goes down

704
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 7: to Creyton plays very well. I also think they control pace.

705
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,240
Speaker 7: They play very slow. I think they're going to defend

706
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 7: the three well against Creyton. I like Nova here to

707
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 7: get the win at Crayton against a Blue Jay team

708
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 7: that's solid but has struggled at home against quality competition.

709
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,839
Speaker 7: I also like the under as well, because I think

710
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 7: Villanova controls it here and you're gonna get a big,

711
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 7: big number like one to fifty five, fifty eight. I

712
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,840
Speaker 7: know Creighton scores at home, but in the games against

713
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 7: Xavier they only scored sixty six points home game there,

714
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 7: you know, when they ended up playing a team that

715
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 7: can play some defense. They held Seaton Haul down, So

716
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 7: I think they're gonna it's gonna be a lower scoring game.

717
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 7: Yukhon also played very well there. Villanova is the class

718
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,839
Speaker 7: of this conference. They prove it again. They're gonna get

719
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,840
Speaker 7: the win at Creighton. I also like the under Hey.

720
00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 2: I love it. You bring some color, some passion. I

721
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 2: love it. Man.

722
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 3: We can't do this podcast without talking about the biggest

723
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 3: back to back game of the weekend, which is Loyala

724
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,880
Speaker 3: Chicago against Drake. I think the thing that shocked the

725
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 3: hell out of me and I knew I wanted the

726
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 3: Ramblers going into this. There was some rebounding edges that

727
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 3: I saw, definitely some defensive edges, you know, ranking eighth

728
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,720
Speaker 3: in the country in adjusted defensive efficiency. Amazing what's happened

729
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,359
Speaker 3: in the futures market. I believe a number we were

730
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 3: talking about at three hundred to one just two or

731
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 3: three weeks ago is sitting at DraftKings at forty to

732
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 3: one right now on Loyola Chicago, but they have to

733
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 3: prove it this weekend against Drake. They have a lot

734
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 3: of defensive advantages here and for Drake, I'm just not

735
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 3: sure that the shooting is going to be able to

736
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:42,840
Speaker 3: get them by. On the other side of the ball,

737
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 3: Loyle is just going to pound it down low. Seventy

738
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,919
Speaker 3: third in the country and two point distribution they ranked

739
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,360
Speaker 3: third in the country and two point percentage sixty percent

740
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 3: from down low. That's going to be able to take

741
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 3: advantage of Drake. The thing that shocked me. Ken Palm

742
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:01,240
Speaker 3: calls this a three point win for Loyol Cogo at Drake.

743
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:02,880
Speaker 8: I think the.

744
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,280
Speaker 3: Entire world is probably going to be on Drake getting

745
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,320
Speaker 3: points at home, and this may be a spot where

746
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 3: our Ramblers can come through with us and prove the

747
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 3: reason why their futures have gone from say three hundred

748
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 3: to one to forty to one. So count me in.

749
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 3: I'm taking the Ramblers as favorites at Drake.

750
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 7: Man.

751
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, I couldn't lay three there, but it's a game

752
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 2: I have to dig into, and you're right, it's we're

753
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 2: going to learn more about Loyal Chicago because we'll talk.

754
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,920
Speaker 2: I'll talk about this later with Kevin sweedten. Like the

755
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,840
Speaker 2: one thing that I have questions about Loyal in Chicago

756
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 2: is and look, one of the reasons Drake has been

757
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,319
Speaker 2: undefeated is the Valley's down. The Valley's down this year

758
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 2: and will went to the Final four. Like, if you

759
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 2: go back and look at Ken the Final KENO, all

760
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:00,839
Speaker 2: every team in the back finish in the top one

761
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 2: hundred and fifty. Look, now there's a number of teams

762
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,400
Speaker 2: that are outside of two hundred, outside the top two fifty.

763
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 2: But don't ate your analysis. I'll bring up another ugly

764
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 2: one I was. I talked about West Virginia's regression. I

765
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 2: think that we're going to get some value in Oklahoma

766
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 2: on the road. I do have questions about Oklahoma's permanent defense,

767
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 2: which is scary going against the West Virginia hot shooting team.

768
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:27,239
Speaker 2: But I think that they're due for some regression and

769
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 2: some missus eventually. I think they're shooting over their heads.

770
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 2: But already talked about the ones, I'll bring up San Francisco.

771
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,960
Speaker 2: I think this is one of the smartest against Kozaga

772
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 2: every game. I almost see value fading Gonzaga a lot

773
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,400
Speaker 2: and sometimes I choose not to. They just I'm like,

774
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:43,239
Speaker 2: how good is this team?

775
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:43,360
Speaker 11: Do?

776
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,319
Speaker 2: I really not know? But I'm usually lower by a

777
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:49,240
Speaker 2: couple of points. So I would love to get anything

778
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:53,399
Speaker 2: north of fifteen here would be lovely. Let's see, Comeba

779
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 2: makes it seventeen. I mean, think about that, seas Gonzaga.

780
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 2: Let's not crazy, Gonzaga San fran is a good team,

781
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,400
Speaker 2: top hundred team, Gonzeggia's someone makes it seventeen. I make

782
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 2: it like fifteen. But there's so I would, you know,

783
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 2: but I'd be I think, willing to play this around

784
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 2: fifteen or sixteen because of an intangible factor, and it's

785
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,399
Speaker 2: this San Francisco coaching staff. I think that they're one

786
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 2: of the smartest coaching staffs in all of college basketball.

787
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 2: Just when it comes to in game analytics, they're brilliant,

788
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 2: like end of half situations, end of game situations where

789
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 2: they you know, if a team is in the one

790
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 2: to one and they're holding for the last shot, they'll

791
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:36,360
Speaker 2: foul so they can get the ball back. Little things

792
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 2: like that which add up over the course of the game. Yes,

793
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 2: they did just lose by eight at home to Pepperdine,

794
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,360
Speaker 2: but they were on a COVID break. They last the

795
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 2: last game before that was January twenty third against Saint Mary's,

796
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 2: which they also lost. They got pounded by Gonzaga by

797
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 2: twenty three the first time they played in Spokane. But

798
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,879
Speaker 2: I trust the staff to make it justins. I think

799
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 2: we might get an flated numbers. I mean, San fran

800
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,800
Speaker 2: is one of those teams that is just They always

801
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 2: are going to give Gonzaga something that they're not used singing.

802
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,839
Speaker 2: Last year they lost by four to Gonzaga at home.

803
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 2: They lost by four in the conference tournament, if you remember,

804
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 2: and then they lost by seventeen on the road to Gonzaga.

805
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,880
Speaker 2: So they'll come up with a few wrinkles after seeing

806
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 2: Gonzaga already that I think can help get them inside

807
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:29,239
Speaker 2: this number. So I'll be looking for the Dons on Saturday.

808
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 2: Rada what he got.

809
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 7: What's gonna happen on Saturday is what happens every single

810
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:36,400
Speaker 7: time Duke plays.

811
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 10: Duke game is going to be posted.

812
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,839
Speaker 7: Duke's going to be a favorite, The public's gonna bet

813
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,279
Speaker 7: on Duke, the number is going to go up, and

814
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,720
Speaker 7: Duke's not going to cover or not even win. Outright,

815
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,719
Speaker 7: in this case, they're going to NC State. I know

816
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,360
Speaker 7: they don't have Devin Daniels. Duke is projected to be

817
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 7: a one or two point favorite. Folks, Duke is three

818
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 7: and twelve against the spread, three and twelve this year.

819
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 7: Everyone's regression.

820
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:02,359
Speaker 9: Maybe they're just not good.

821
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 7: Maybe all the mental things that coach k does with

822
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 7: the team giving him the Warren peacebook to read. Maybe

823
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,439
Speaker 7: it's just not working this year because the team isn't

824
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 7: jelling and they don't have the same practice time.

825
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 2: You need to trust somebody you don't know it all.

826
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 10: NC State is home.

827
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:23,240
Speaker 7: Jericho Helms has been fantastic since they lost Daniels, banging

828
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 7: twenty four points at Syracuse, twenty three points against UVA.

829
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 7: I will gladly take points here against NC State, A

830
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:33,280
Speaker 7: team that shoots a three well and plays good defense

831
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,319
Speaker 7: and forces turnovers against a Duke team right now that.

832
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,240
Speaker 10: Is completely completely lost.

833
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 7: Folks, keep waiting for the regression. Would do keep betting

834
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 7: on them because the number keeps going up. Maybe I'll

835
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 7: get lucky get three points. Either way, I'll take NC

836
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:47,160
Speaker 7: State as the home dog.

837
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 1: If I spend every waking moment trying to just beat you,

838
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 1: eventually that becomes a shallow life.

839
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:57,640
Speaker 2: That can't be what motivates me. Yeah, I mean, it's

840
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 2: just they're just soft. That's whatever I watch, Duke, That's

841
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 2: really what I've come around, come off thinking that's just

842
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 2: this team is soft. Fading them has been quite a

843
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:09,359
Speaker 2: profitable venture so far this year. Carl what he got.

844
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, So, as we've been recording this podcast on Thursday,

845
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 3: Minnesota has beaten Perdue by three. So let me ask

846
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 3: everybody a question.

847
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,319
Speaker 2: Five and oh at home against right teams. There's something

848
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:22,800
Speaker 2: about the bar in this year. It's crazy.

849
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 8: They're leading into my play here. When's the last time

850
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:26,839
Speaker 8: Minnesota won a road game?

851
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 2: Oh?

852
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 8: They haven't this season.

853
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 3: They have not won away from home, not one, not

854
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:34,880
Speaker 3: one game away from home this season, not even a

855
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 3: damn neutral site. Now they're going to go and play

856
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 3: Maryland on Sunday, and if you look at the Terps,

857
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 3: they'll be going into this game off two losses against

858
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 3: Ohio State and Penn State. Ken Pom says this game

859
00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:50,000
Speaker 3: is going to be like a one point game. I mean,

860
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:53,320
Speaker 3: forget give me. Maryland off of two losses against many

861
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 3: who can't play on the road, comes off a game

862
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 3: at home against Perdue that looking at postgame win expectancy,

863
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 3: they probably one.

864
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 8: So I'm blindly playing the Terps on Sunday.

865
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, that is a huge, huge bubble game as.

866
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:13,320
Speaker 1: Well, tiny programs, big winners. It's time for your small

867
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:16,399
Speaker 1: school dead of the week, all right, If.

868
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 2: You want your holder nose bet of the day, it

869
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:23,280
Speaker 2: potentially could be I mean, I will can ugly ugly,

870
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 2: ugly ugly. It could be Foredom against Saint Louis. Fordam

871
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:29,320
Speaker 2: might have value. I think that the line is going to

872
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 2: be inflated. Saint Louis has a couple of players banged up.

873
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 2: They still are not a good free throw shooting team.

874
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 2: They're just a hard, huge favorite the way that they play.

875
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:38,960
Speaker 2: I don't know if I have the stomach to bet

876
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 2: Fored them. And look all miss trending up on through

877
00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:47,279
Speaker 2: the bubbles. Huge win over Missouri, huge winover Tendency, beat

878
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 2: Auburn in overtime. Everyone's hyping them up. They actually might

879
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 2: be due for some positive regression as well. But they're

880
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:56,800
Speaker 2: going to South Carolina. Now what does that mean? Usually

881
00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:59,720
Speaker 2: this is when South Carolin normally would win this game.

882
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 2: So this is probably a spot where you can sell

883
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 2: Ole Miss high radel what do you got.

884
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,319
Speaker 7: I'm Boston College alum, so I feel like I know

885
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:13,600
Speaker 7: this team inside and out. They struggle period, and they

886
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 7: especially struggle during COVID. Winston Tabs, who is really the

887
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 7: key guy after a fantastic freshman year coming back this year,

888
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:24,720
Speaker 7: has not played for several games. They The only reason

889
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 7: they kept the game against wake Forest close is because

890
00:44:27,719 --> 00:44:30,320
Speaker 7: Jay Heath went nuts three of nine.

891
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 10: From three point range. For him, he's very streaky here.

892
00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:35,560
Speaker 7: They now they have to go up to Syracuse and

893
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 7: play an Orange team that usually gets it together.

894
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:38,800
Speaker 10: And listen, you're.

895
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:41,600
Speaker 7: Getting a good number here because Syracuse didn't cover five

896
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 7: consecutive games before a very impressive win there at NC State,

897
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 7: covering the two and a half they were getting two

898
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 7: and a half and they actually won by nine. B

899
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:53,920
Speaker 7: season disarray, the team is going through COVID, they struggle.

900
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 7: Jim Christian's on the hot seat. Syracuse is getting together.

901
00:44:57,800 --> 00:44:59,920
Speaker 7: They are not shredding that zone at Syracuse.

902
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:00,839
Speaker 10: I'm gonna lay the.

903
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:04,080
Speaker 7: Number here very comfortably, probably will open under ten, which

904
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 7: is crazy. I think Syracuse covers no problem against my

905
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 7: alma mater, which is just not trending in the right

906
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 7: direction right now, Yeah, I don't know who's.

907
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 2: Like tab is gonna play? Is lang for gonna play

908
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:19,600
Speaker 2: Ashton Langford? If too Langford to think of Langford is Marlanchford.

909
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 2: He's was out last game, so is Tabs. They're just

910
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 2: such a I mean, they're so shorthanded when they go

911
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 2: seven deep if they only have like ten or eleven

912
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 2: eyes on the on the row start so I don't

913
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,560
Speaker 2: know who's playing. There's zone numbers happened bad fully healthy.

914
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:36,879
Speaker 2: I love this Boston College seam that is like uh

915
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:40,200
Speaker 2: a sweet sixteen, but this they have, they have players,

916
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:42,800
Speaker 2: they have offensive players. I was gonna, I was excited

917
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 2: to bet them as an underdog at certain spots through

918
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 2: the year, but COVID has just crushed them. Colin, what

919
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:49,719
Speaker 2: you got?

920
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna end out on Arkansas and Missouri, of course,

921
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:55,440
Speaker 3: but it's a great Bilo cell high spot if you're

922
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:59,760
Speaker 3: looking at recent one game samples, which is Arkansas winning

923
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:03,399
Speaker 3: at Kentucky by one, where really technically I don't think

924
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:05,640
Speaker 3: they should have gotten to win there, and they're going

925
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:08,360
Speaker 3: up against a Missouri team that was sort of embarrassed

926
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:09,760
Speaker 3: on the road against Old Miss.

927
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:11,400
Speaker 8: I do believe in this Missouri team.

928
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:15,120
Speaker 3: I do believe in their defense, and specifically when you

929
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 3: look at what Missouri wants to do on offense, they

930
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 3: love to pound the paint. They're not really an outside

931
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 3: shooting team. They're third and the SEC in two point percentage,

932
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:26,360
Speaker 3: and that is something that Arkansas does not excel at whatsoever,

933
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 3: is defending the paint. I think this is the reason

934
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:32,319
Speaker 3: why I mentioned Arkansas in the futures piece before, is

935
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:35,719
Speaker 3: because Florida is the big game at home that's on Tuesday.

936
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 3: I expect them to lose on the road against the

937
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 3: Missouri team that just got embarrassed when Arkansas probably should

938
00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:43,120
Speaker 3: have been walking out of rup with a victory.

939
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:47,799
Speaker 2: All Right, there you have it, wraps up our Saturday

940
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 2: look ahead. We will have tons of content on actionwork

941
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 2: dot com, the Action Network app on Saturday's card. Before

942
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,240
Speaker 2: we get out of here, let's get to my interview

943
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,400
Speaker 2: I did earlier today with Kevin Sweeney.

944
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:05,360
Speaker 1: From the Southern to the Summit League, the MIAK and

945
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 1: the Missouri Valley, there are over three hundred and fifty

946
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 1: Division one programs, so let's get acquainted. This is conference confidential.

947
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 2: Kevin Sweeney. I'm sure some of you follow him on

948
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 2: Twitter at CBB Underscore Central. First time guests on the podcast.

949
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 2: One of my favorite followers on Twitter. What's going on, Kevin?

950
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 9: Thanks for joining us, Thanks for having me. It's following

951
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:36,719
Speaker 9: you on Twitter for a while of your stuff, so

952
00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:37,680
Speaker 9: I always have it hop on.

953
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:40,799
Speaker 2: We're going to talk a little big ten. I know

954
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:44,720
Speaker 2: that you are a Northwestern guy. We'll get there. We'll

955
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:48,239
Speaker 2: start high level, do a little rapid fire. Let's just

956
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:51,359
Speaker 2: start at the very top. You have to pick one

957
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 2: and tell me why to take one horse to ride

958
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,280
Speaker 2: with Gonzaga or Baylor taken Zaga.

959
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,239
Speaker 9: This Gonzaga team is the best college basketball team since

960
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:03,040
Speaker 9: the thirty eight and one Kentucky team. Obviously doesn't mean

961
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,920
Speaker 9: if they won a championship, because thirty and one Kazuki

962
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:08,680
Speaker 9: team didn't win a championship. But I think when Gonzaga

963
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:10,839
Speaker 9: plays their best, we saw it, you know, especially some

964
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 9: some of the games early in the seasons West Virginia

965
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:16,440
Speaker 9: and Kansas, the offense is impossible to guard. You know

966
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,879
Speaker 9: that they're they're built exactly the way I would build

967
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:21,239
Speaker 9: a modern college basketball team.

968
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:22,080
Speaker 2: They have a great coach.

969
00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:25,240
Speaker 9: You know, there's some experienced guys, bigger guys. It's exactly

970
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 9: what I would want to do if I was building

971
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:29,839
Speaker 9: a college basketball team for scratch. So look, I think

972
00:48:29,840 --> 00:48:32,399
Speaker 9: they're really good. I don't know who's going to guard them.

973
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:35,000
Speaker 9: I would love to see the Gonzaga Valor matchup. It's

974
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:37,240
Speaker 9: gonna be a lot of fun if it does ever happen.

975
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:40,839
Speaker 9: But to me, I just think the ability to have

976
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:42,640
Speaker 9: you know a guy and not have a great night

977
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:45,520
Speaker 9: like a Sugs can be quiet, or Timmy can struggle

978
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:48,279
Speaker 9: like they did against West Virginia and Okay, Kissbury can

979
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:50,200
Speaker 9: beat you. Oh by the way, Andrew Dempard, who was,

980
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 9: you know, one of the better players in the SEC

981
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:54,640
Speaker 9: before he transferred, he can beat you. So they just

982
00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 9: have so many guys, so many weapons, and to me,

983
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:59,480
Speaker 9: they're if they're the best in the country, yeah.

984
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:04,240
Speaker 2: They as a as a better. I despise betting against

985
00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:06,560
Speaker 2: them because they could be what was it, San Diego.

986
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:09,000
Speaker 2: It's like it's ten to nine, ten minutes in they

987
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:11,040
Speaker 2: could they go on a twenty two to nothing run

988
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:16,640
Speaker 2: in between media timeouts. The offense is so explosive. But

989
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 2: that's a bold statement. They are extremely good. I do

990
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:22,080
Speaker 2: think that they are. Clearly it's Baylor them and then

991
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:25,359
Speaker 2: everyone else. If you had to go to war with

992
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 2: three other teams, So you package any three teams you

993
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 2: want to potentially win the tournament and knowing that they're

994
00:49:31,719 --> 00:49:35,200
Speaker 2: probably going to have to go through one of Gonzaga

995
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:37,880
Speaker 2: or Baylor, which three teams are you taking?

996
00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:44,920
Speaker 9: I think I would take Illinois, Ohio State, and Alabama

997
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 9: because I think Alabama is not one of the five

998
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:50,399
Speaker 9: best teams in the country. But I think if you're

999
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:53,600
Speaker 9: looking at like a high variance can do it, like

1000
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:56,719
Speaker 9: their ability to shoot to three combined with the defense,

1001
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:58,480
Speaker 9: I think is enough where you say, okay, like this

1002
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:01,120
Speaker 9: is something, and it would it's gonna be hard for

1003
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:02,600
Speaker 9: them the string five or six in a row, but

1004
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 9: you know, I really like the Tide. I think Illinois

1005
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:07,759
Speaker 9: has the top end talent that you need to be

1006
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:10,279
Speaker 9: in a game like that. I think the interior, you know,

1007
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:13,879
Speaker 9: with with Coburn is really tough, and the guards with

1008
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:16,320
Speaker 9: with obviously Tumu, but I think also when when Miller

1009
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:19,040
Speaker 9: and Fraser are hitting shots and Carbello's bringing energy, I

1010
00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:22,080
Speaker 9: think they're really really tough. And then Ohio State you

1011
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:24,160
Speaker 9: just battle tested, right, I mean, every Big Ten team

1012
00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:27,040
Speaker 9: will be I questioned the defense at times, but at

1013
00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:29,759
Speaker 9: some point the resume spiece for itself. And you know,

1014
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,440
Speaker 9: it's not a knock on Michigan, who I think is

1015
00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:34,399
Speaker 9: really a basketball team. I just think if you made

1016
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:36,960
Speaker 9: me take one of them and put them into into

1017
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 9: one of those battles and Baylor or ZAG, I just

1018
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:44,040
Speaker 9: think Ohio State has more ways that they can beat you.

1019
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:46,319
Speaker 9: You know, they they obviously Lidell has been terrific, and

1020
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:48,880
Speaker 9: Washington get hit shots, and they just played together and

1021
00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:51,040
Speaker 9: they have a great coach. So to me, those would

1022
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:53,359
Speaker 9: be those would be the three. But you know, I

1023
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:55,919
Speaker 9: think and and I'm sure you feel the same way.

1024
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:59,000
Speaker 9: Like after African Zag and Baylor, Like there's eight to

1025
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:02,879
Speaker 9: twelve teams you can buy into a couple, everyone buys

1026
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 9: into a couple of them, and I think everyone's list

1027
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:07,160
Speaker 9: is a little bit different. So it's been fun.

1028
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, I completely agree. I mean, I you bring up

1029
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 2: a great point with with a high variants team like Albert,

1030
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:14,719
Speaker 2: I mean, that's why I think in order to beat

1031
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:18,000
Speaker 2: I think gonzag or Baylor, they're gonna have to not

1032
00:51:18,719 --> 00:51:20,960
Speaker 2: play their best game, right, so they're gonna have to

1033
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 2: have a little off shooting night like Bailly Ca can't

1034
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:27,279
Speaker 2: barely keeps shooting forty five percent from three every night.

1035
00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 2: They're gonna go to the title and play Gonzaga. I'm

1036
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:32,520
Speaker 2: assuming they're gonna be on different sides of the bracket. Uh,

1037
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:34,040
Speaker 2: so they're you know, either one of those team's got

1038
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:36,640
Speaker 2: a little offshooting night, and then you have to play

1039
00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:39,480
Speaker 2: a team that plays a high variant syle. It's gonna

1040
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:41,200
Speaker 2: hit a bunch of threes. And that's you know, a

1041
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:43,839
Speaker 2: team that you didn't bring up that I think you

1042
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:47,560
Speaker 2: could throw in that conversation as uh, we've seen it before.

1043
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:50,239
Speaker 2: A Villanova. You know, a team that's gonna just take

1044
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:52,279
Speaker 2: a ton of threes and they all, you know, they

1045
00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:54,480
Speaker 2: shoot fifty eight percent from three out a night. And

1046
00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:56,799
Speaker 2: that's how I think it's gonna happen, because I I

1047
00:51:56,840 --> 00:52:01,440
Speaker 2: can't remember maybe ill and I mean this is five Illinois,

1048
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 2: North Carolina twenty ten. Kansas and Duke were like two

1049
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,040
Speaker 2: teams are way above the rest in Kansas lost to

1050
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:15,719
Speaker 2: that Northern Iowa team in the second round. So yeah,

1051
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:18,840
Speaker 2: fantastic answers. I don't disagree with anything you said. You

1052
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:22,360
Speaker 2: mentioned two Big ten teams, Well, I guess before we

1053
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:25,080
Speaker 2: get into the contenders in the Big Ten. I know

1054
00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:27,120
Speaker 2: you're a Northwestern guy, so let's start at the bottom.

1055
00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:28,680
Speaker 2: I guess not quite at the bottom. I'm not going

1056
00:52:28,719 --> 00:52:32,400
Speaker 2: to talk the brasketball, but where what are your thoughts

1057
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:37,440
Speaker 2: on Chris Collins where this Northwestern program is headed.

1058
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:42,839
Speaker 9: Look, I tried to be optimistic after the three game

1059
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:45,359
Speaker 9: winning streak, and I and everyone was ready to jump

1060
00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:48,480
Speaker 9: on the train. And I had people texting me, would

1061
00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:51,279
Speaker 9: you know worked for Collins and new Colins, like, oh,

1062
00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:52,799
Speaker 9: it was always inevitable they were going to turn this

1063
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:54,800
Speaker 9: thing around. And I said, toler horses.

1064
00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:55,479
Speaker 2: It was one week.

1065
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 9: It was a great week, but it was one week.

1066
00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:00,759
Speaker 9: And you know, since then, I mean, we've seen the

1067
00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:03,560
Speaker 9: same exact issues that have played this program for the

1068
00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:05,920
Speaker 9: last two or three years, really since Dance up the

1069
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:09,960
Speaker 9: tournament run, which is, you know, inconsistency, an inability to

1070
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:15,200
Speaker 9: close games, an inability to you know, put a full

1071
00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:19,279
Speaker 9: forty minutes together, and an ability to make adjustments. Right like,

1072
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:21,439
Speaker 9: Northwestern won those first three games and B ten play

1073
00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:24,680
Speaker 9: partially because Michigan State was down we didn't realize it,

1074
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:29,240
Speaker 9: but partially because Northwestern came out and did something completely

1075
00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:30,960
Speaker 9: different than they had ever done on offense, which is

1076
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:33,640
Speaker 9: kind of five out thing with Pete Nance initiating, and

1077
00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:36,360
Speaker 9: all of a sudden, once everyone had the had that

1078
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:40,120
Speaker 9: on film, Northwestern had no ability to adjust. And now

1079
00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:43,040
Speaker 9: they're kind of regressing back towards what they did last season,

1080
00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:44,480
Speaker 9: which is like, Okay, we're gonna slow it down a

1081
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 9: little more and grind it out. We're still gonna you know,

1082
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:48,000
Speaker 9: we're still gonna do some of these five concepts. But like,

1083
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:50,120
Speaker 9: for the most part, it's the same, you know, it's

1084
00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:53,160
Speaker 9: it's the same story. And you know, the Indiana game

1085
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:57,440
Speaker 9: was truly like an epic epic watch an epic collapse.

1086
00:53:57,520 --> 00:53:59,640
Speaker 9: I mean, you couldn't take your eyes off of it.

1087
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 9: So look, I'm a frustrated Wildcat right now. I think, yeah,

1088
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 9: at some point, you know, everyone says the Northwestern and

1089
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:10,799
Speaker 9: stront questions for a question, You're not You're not gonna

1090
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:15,200
Speaker 9: be good whatever. My opinion is this, like Northwestern has

1091
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:17,239
Speaker 9: the money to compete with anyone in the Big ten

1092
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:19,719
Speaker 9: for the most part, and they pay well. Northwestern has

1093
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:23,880
Speaker 9: amazing facilities. It's not a great campus and academics you

1094
00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:26,400
Speaker 9: can sell to certain recruits obviously you're not. If your

1095
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:28,640
Speaker 9: goal is to win by recruiting Chicago public school kids,

1096
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:29,240
Speaker 9: you're never gonna.

1097
00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:29,600
Speaker 2: Win in our question.

1098
00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 9: But you can get a bunch of kids from across

1099
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 9: the country like Stanford is done, and land talent that way.

1100
00:54:36,680 --> 00:54:37,480
Speaker 10: And by the.

1101
00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:39,640
Speaker 9: Way, the expectations are low, which is a good thing

1102
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:41,719
Speaker 9: as a coach. You win, you make the into of

1103
00:54:41,719 --> 00:54:43,480
Speaker 9: the Nudion once every three years. In worth question, they'll

1104
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,040
Speaker 9: bid you a statue. They nearly built Chris Collins the

1105
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:48,600
Speaker 9: statue for one Ensitablay tournament. So look, I mean, I

1106
00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:50,040
Speaker 9: don't I don't think a move is getting made this

1107
00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:52,200
Speaker 9: offseason in terms of like a hot seat thing. But

1108
00:54:52,239 --> 00:54:54,680
Speaker 9: this is not a very good basketball team. There's an

1109
00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:57,680
Speaker 9: eighty search happening right now because Jim Phillips, the athletic director,

1110
00:54:57,719 --> 00:55:00,279
Speaker 9: is now the commission of the ACC. Once that gets

1111
00:55:00,320 --> 00:55:02,920
Speaker 9: cleared up, then in once of an Indian place, then

1112
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:05,240
Speaker 9: you can start thinking about the you know, the future

1113
00:55:05,239 --> 00:55:07,879
Speaker 9: direction of the men's basketball program. But I can't say

1114
00:55:07,880 --> 00:55:11,600
Speaker 9: I'm an optimistic viewer of via Chris Collins there, I'll

1115
00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:12,120
Speaker 9: say that.

1116
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, what if you could profile another team

1117
00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:20,239
Speaker 2: of what the ceiling for a good comparison with what

1118
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:23,359
Speaker 2: they're The ceiling for Northwestern basketball could be if they

1119
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:28,359
Speaker 2: did everything perfectly. Is it, like I don't know because

1120
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:30,320
Speaker 2: I think that right now, what are they don't around

1121
00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:32,240
Speaker 2: I got to look at my powers, but they're probably

1122
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:34,480
Speaker 2: around somewhere in like the eightieth to one hundredth best

1123
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:40,080
Speaker 2: team in the country the early early to mid two thousands.

1124
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:44,960
Speaker 2: That was Virginia. Good academic institution. You know, they had

1125
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:47,520
Speaker 2: some talented players, but I mean they do have history,

1126
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:53,120
Speaker 2: uh Virginia, but don't want to ignore that. But now

1127
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:56,279
Speaker 2: Virginia is you know, top ten pernal team. Is that

1128
00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:59,680
Speaker 2: kind of the what palla Northwestern should approach this.

1129
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:04,319
Speaker 9: I think the ceiling is there to be a you know,

1130
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:07,080
Speaker 9: a top twenty five collars program. I think realistically the

1131
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:10,040
Speaker 9: ceiling is there for almost any Power five program. Look,

1132
00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:13,680
Speaker 9: Texas Tech was nothing. Texas Tech was not a job

1133
00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:17,560
Speaker 9: that anyone wanted like six years ago, and then Chris

1134
00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:20,279
Speaker 9: Beard has made it an elite program because he's an

1135
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:23,359
Speaker 9: elite basketball coach. And if you find that guy and

1136
00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:24,719
Speaker 9: you know, I don't know, I don't know who that

1137
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:27,080
Speaker 9: guy is. For Northwestern, A lot of people say Porter

1138
00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:29,120
Speaker 9: Moser be a guy you can target if you find

1139
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:31,359
Speaker 9: that guy, any any program for that good. I think,

1140
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:34,439
Speaker 9: you know, realistically, Northwestern is always going to be football first,

1141
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:37,520
Speaker 9: basketball second. And that's okay. Northwestern is always going to be,

1142
00:56:37,719 --> 00:56:40,080
Speaker 9: you know, one of the worst jobs in the Big Ten.

1143
00:56:40,520 --> 00:56:45,120
Speaker 9: That's okay. But Northwestern has the ability to become a

1144
00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:48,279
Speaker 9: you know, a team that is in the mix perennially

1145
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 9: to get into the Instabay Tournament. I think that is

1146
00:56:50,719 --> 00:56:52,520
Speaker 9: the realistic goal.

1147
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 2: So so, so what what program.

1148
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:56,640
Speaker 9: Is at I think I think honestly kind of model it.

1149
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:57,839
Speaker 9: I think you kind of run it like a Big

1150
00:56:57,880 --> 00:56:59,560
Speaker 9: East program. I think you run it like some of

1151
00:56:59,560 --> 00:57:02,400
Speaker 9: the you know, private schools, like you like a Providence

1152
00:57:03,080 --> 00:57:05,760
Speaker 9: Butler's kind of admitted, even Marquette, you know, the same region,

1153
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:09,080
Speaker 9: a place where you can win. You know, is there

1154
00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:10,920
Speaker 9: a ceiling on what you can do there? Yeah, there

1155
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:12,920
Speaker 9: probably is. But you can win there, and you can

1156
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:15,279
Speaker 9: make Ensuway tournaments, and you can do everything you want,

1157
00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:16,480
Speaker 9: and you can recruit nationally.

1158
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:17,360
Speaker 2: And I think I think.

1159
00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:20,320
Speaker 9: That's really the model for Northwestern, other than as I mentioned,

1160
00:57:20,360 --> 00:57:22,120
Speaker 9: kind of Stanford, which just gets thrown on all the

1161
00:57:22,160 --> 00:57:25,160
Speaker 9: time with all of Northwestern athletics because Stanford Stanford, and

1162
00:57:25,320 --> 00:57:28,520
Speaker 9: you know, we love our academic schools here and I

1163
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:32,080
Speaker 9: can always measure Northwestern will always measure itself against Stanford

1164
00:57:32,080 --> 00:57:33,240
Speaker 9: because that's who we are.

1165
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:38,560
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, there's plenty of examples, Georgetown, you, anywhere. So yeah,

1166
00:57:38,560 --> 00:57:40,240
Speaker 2: I think it could be done, and you're right, it

1167
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,000
Speaker 2: might be just the co chest to go. I don't

1168
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:44,640
Speaker 2: know if the US is going to make that move.

1169
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:47,320
Speaker 2: But enough about Northwest. But you did mention before I go,

1170
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:49,160
Speaker 2: a couple more things in the Big Ten. You did

1171
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:53,920
Speaker 2: mention Porter Moser is this is the oldest Chicago team

1172
00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:59,840
Speaker 2: as good, worse, you know, better than the team that

1173
00:57:59,840 --> 00:58:03,280
Speaker 2: we saw make that run. I think who was they had?

1174
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:06,600
Speaker 2: I believe, I mean Krugleig was on that team. Williamson

1175
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:08,440
Speaker 2: I think was on that team too, because they have

1176
00:58:08,520 --> 00:58:11,320
Speaker 2: a couple. It feels I mean, we've obviously been through

1177
00:58:11,320 --> 00:58:13,800
Speaker 2: a pandemic in like last year felt like seven years.

1178
00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:16,080
Speaker 2: But I'm like, wait, there's still I forgot that some

1179
00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:18,400
Speaker 2: of those guys were on that team that made that run.

1180
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:21,720
Speaker 2: Is this little the Chicago team as good as that

1181
00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:22,680
Speaker 2: one that made that run?

1182
00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:26,560
Speaker 9: So I haven't seen them in person because of the pandemic.

1183
00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:29,520
Speaker 9: And I remember the first time I watched in person

1184
00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:32,080
Speaker 9: that Final four team, and you just like could tell

1185
00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:34,479
Speaker 9: while you watched that they were a special basketball team,

1186
00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:38,120
Speaker 9: like and it was there was a connectivity about them

1187
00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:41,200
Speaker 9: that you don't see every day. So I haven't had

1188
00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:43,640
Speaker 9: that qualitative look on them yet, but I've watched them

1189
00:58:43,640 --> 00:58:46,000
Speaker 9: a lot on TV. And actually, you know, I asked

1190
00:58:46,160 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 9: Clayton Custer and Lucas Williamson that exact question. Where do

1191
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:51,840
Speaker 9: they rank, you know, this team versus that team? Custer said,

1192
00:58:51,840 --> 00:58:53,480
Speaker 9: you know, they were joking out in the basketball offices

1193
00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:56,080
Speaker 9: and he thought that this team this year has a

1194
00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:59,640
Speaker 9: higher upside. Lucas Williamson said, he thinks this team is

1195
00:58:59,720 --> 00:59:02,520
Speaker 9: better than than the Final fourteen. And then numbers are

1196
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:04,480
Speaker 9: numbers back it up. And look, they don't have the win,

1197
00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:06,959
Speaker 9: the quality win that says, you know, here we are

1198
00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:09,800
Speaker 9: like the Florida win was for that Final fourteen. But

1199
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:14,160
Speaker 9: they're really really good. They're they're they are deeper. Certainly

1200
00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:16,720
Speaker 9: they are harder to guard, I think because of how

1201
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:19,800
Speaker 9: much they can run through crot Wig. They're better defensively,

1202
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:24,280
Speaker 9: and their experience their battle tested. So you know this

1203
00:59:24,320 --> 00:59:26,800
Speaker 9: is this is a really, really dangerous team. And you

1204
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:28,720
Speaker 9: know I wrote about I wrote about them actually this

1205
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:30,720
Speaker 9: week for for Sports Illustrated. That was what I was

1206
00:59:30,720 --> 00:59:33,160
Speaker 9: talking to Custer and Williamson and Porter, and this is

1207
00:59:33,480 --> 00:59:36,760
Speaker 9: an awesome program and to watch their growth, and you know,

1208
00:59:36,800 --> 00:59:39,360
Speaker 9: the four years that I've been in the Chicago area

1209
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:42,840
Speaker 9: has just been it's been unbelievable. I don't think I've

1210
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:46,560
Speaker 9: seen a program on a trajectory like this throughout the country.

1211
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:49,280
Speaker 9: I mean, it's just been. I mean ten years ago,

1212
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:52,520
Speaker 9: Loyal Chicago was I think one in seventeen in the

1213
00:59:52,560 --> 00:59:56,080
Speaker 9: Horizon League and and now they're They've won the Valley

1214
00:59:56,160 --> 00:59:57,840
Speaker 9: or coming second in the Valley each of the past

1215
00:59:57,840 --> 00:59:59,960
Speaker 9: four years. They went to a Final four. Now they're

1216
01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:03,880
Speaker 9: path being at large team again this year. So special group,

1217
01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:07,120
Speaker 9: special program, and a special coach in partmat Yeah, that

1218
01:00:07,240 --> 01:00:09,560
Speaker 9: the only thing that I would and I agree with you.

1219
01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:12,800
Speaker 2: This team, I think is a legitimate top twenty team.

1220
01:00:12,840 --> 01:00:14,960
Speaker 2: And if you're in a legit top twenty team, you

1221
01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:18,440
Speaker 2: certainly have kind of think they could beat kizag or Baylor.

1222
01:00:18,720 --> 01:00:21,400
Speaker 2: But the other they get the right bracket and they

1223
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:23,160
Speaker 2: can avoid them, they can go to the final four.

1224
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:26,640
Speaker 2: Again my only to play Devil's advocate. The only thing

1225
01:00:26,640 --> 01:00:28,560
Speaker 2: that I would say that gives me a little bit

1226
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:31,080
Speaker 2: of hesitation is just the valley is down in general

1227
01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:32,640
Speaker 2: this year. I mean that year where they went to

1228
01:00:32,680 --> 01:00:35,200
Speaker 2: the final four. And by the way, tournaments are random.

1229
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:37,080
Speaker 2: People remember PJ. Wright couldn't win. I mean that the

1230
01:00:37,080 --> 01:00:38,680
Speaker 2: Loyal team went to the final four because they hit

1231
01:00:38,720 --> 01:00:40,960
Speaker 2: a three pointer at the buzzer in the first round

1232
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:46,560
Speaker 2: against Miami. But the Valley that that year, I mean

1233
01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:48,960
Speaker 2: what I think every team might have been finished in

1234
01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:51,720
Speaker 2: the top one hundred Ken Palm and now you have

1235
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:53,320
Speaker 2: a bunch of teams that are outside the two hundred.

1236
01:00:53,360 --> 01:00:56,400
Speaker 2: I think someone side the two to fifty. But portmos

1237
01:00:56,520 --> 01:00:59,040
Speaker 2: is an excellent coach, and yeah, that team has a style,

1238
01:00:59,080 --> 01:01:03,120
Speaker 2: their experience, and they've a couple of them and been

1239
01:01:03,160 --> 01:01:04,919
Speaker 2: in the tourna made a run before. That won't hurt

1240
01:01:06,360 --> 01:01:09,440
Speaker 2: that close up on the Big Ten, we've talked about

1241
01:01:09,440 --> 01:01:12,520
Speaker 2: a couple of the teams in the upper echelan. There's

1242
01:01:12,520 --> 01:01:14,120
Speaker 2: two others I want to talk about. Just get your

1243
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:17,280
Speaker 2: quick thoughts on the hot topic in the Big ten

1244
01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:21,080
Speaker 2: is over the past few weeks. Is Iowa like Are

1245
01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:25,400
Speaker 2: they a complete fraud? Is this a team that it's

1246
01:01:25,520 --> 01:01:27,400
Speaker 2: just all offense. Are not going to defend? And if

1247
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:30,120
Speaker 2: you look at similar profiles historically, there are teams that

1248
01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:34,520
Speaker 2: are out in the first weekend. Can they figure it out?

1249
01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:37,560
Speaker 2: Is it just they need C. J. Frederick back in healthy?

1250
01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:41,640
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on Iowa really polarizing team.

1251
01:01:41,640 --> 01:01:44,000
Speaker 9: I think yeah, I mean, they're not going to defend.

1252
01:01:44,120 --> 01:01:46,680
Speaker 9: Like we kind of knew this. They had a couple

1253
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:48,919
Speaker 9: of moments at some point where you thought, Okay, maybe

1254
01:01:48,920 --> 01:01:50,760
Speaker 9: they're making progress on that. In the floor, I thought

1255
01:01:50,800 --> 01:01:53,080
Speaker 9: Kegan Murray had brought them some energy on that end

1256
01:01:53,200 --> 01:01:55,680
Speaker 9: in particular. But look, this is not going to ever

1257
01:01:55,720 --> 01:01:58,080
Speaker 9: be a really good defensive team. And I think they

1258
01:01:58,120 --> 01:01:59,960
Speaker 9: really are what I thought they were in the preseason,

1259
01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:02,840
Speaker 9: which is they're one of the fifteen best teams in

1260
01:02:02,840 --> 01:02:04,400
Speaker 9: the country, but they're not one of the five best

1261
01:02:04,440 --> 01:02:07,200
Speaker 9: teams in the country. And they're kind of in afflid

1262
01:02:07,200 --> 01:02:09,960
Speaker 9: around tier And I get that, you know, everyone wants to,

1263
01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:14,000
Speaker 9: you know, raise all the alarms because they lose four

1264
01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:16,280
Speaker 9: out of six, and you know, Fran McAffrey is his

1265
01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:19,280
Speaker 9: history of these these February swoons. You're like, Okay, here

1266
01:02:19,280 --> 01:02:20,240
Speaker 9: it goes to happening again.

1267
01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:24,200
Speaker 6: That's that's unfortunate, but that's the reality of the situation.

1268
01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:25,920
Speaker 2: I'll be able to handle this.

1269
01:02:26,320 --> 01:02:28,720
Speaker 9: But once Frederick is back, and you know, I think,

1270
01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:31,640
Speaker 9: you know, they look much better, certainly with him in

1271
01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:34,000
Speaker 9: the lineup, even though he didn't, you know, score a

1272
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:36,760
Speaker 9: point against Ruggers, they're really in control of that game

1273
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:40,080
Speaker 9: the entire way. I think that's that's a really encouraging sign.

1274
01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:43,440
Speaker 9: So I'm not big on the like, Okay, Rutger, I

1275
01:02:43,480 --> 01:02:45,240
Speaker 9: always the easy team to get bounced out in the

1276
01:02:45,240 --> 01:02:47,200
Speaker 9: first round or the second round. But I don't know

1277
01:02:47,240 --> 01:02:49,439
Speaker 9: who's dealing with Garza in.

1278
01:02:49,360 --> 01:02:50,120
Speaker 2: A setting like that.

1279
01:02:50,320 --> 01:02:53,160
Speaker 9: But are they vulnerable, Sure, But they're also, as we

1280
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:56,120
Speaker 9: mentioned with Alabama, certainly a high variance team, and I

1281
01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:58,280
Speaker 9: certainly want to want to line up with them in

1282
01:02:58,400 --> 01:03:02,160
Speaker 9: a one game situation. Is you watch them occasionally especially,

1283
01:03:02,200 --> 01:03:04,520
Speaker 9: I think I think in some ways they go with Bohannon,

1284
01:03:04,600 --> 01:03:07,120
Speaker 9: you know, when he when he goes crazy from three,

1285
01:03:07,160 --> 01:03:09,520
Speaker 9: which is capable of doing, it's like, all right, we

1286
01:03:09,560 --> 01:03:11,760
Speaker 9: have no chance to stop with these guys. So they

1287
01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:13,600
Speaker 9: think they're a good team. I don't think they're a

1288
01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:16,960
Speaker 9: great team. They have a ceiling because of their defense,

1289
01:03:17,320 --> 01:03:19,640
Speaker 9: so you can really say, but it's certainly a fun

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Speaker 9: team to watch when they when they play their best.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the offense is so good that, yes,

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Speaker 2: they get up a ton of open threes and that

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Speaker 2: their zones can look at times. But yeah, look, if

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Speaker 2: they play a team one in the round of thirty

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Speaker 2: two that goes bonkers from three, they can still win

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Speaker 2: like ninety to eighty seven. I mean, that's how good

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Speaker 2: that offense is. And the last team I'll mention and

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Speaker 2: I agree that I started out I had I was

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Speaker 2: a little too high on I will come in the year.

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Speaker 2: I had them at like I think fifth power. It

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Speaker 2: is my fifth best team, and now they're around like

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Speaker 2: thirteenth or fourteen, which is where I think is a

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Speaker 2: fair spot for them. Another team that I've dropped throughout

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Speaker 2: the year and I've been disappointed them, and I'm just

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Speaker 2: I want to get your thoughts on them as Wisconsin.

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Speaker 2: I don't really know what's wrong, is it, Nate Reavers?

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Speaker 2: Is that they're really experienced team. You know, they were

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Speaker 2: coming on at the end of last year. I think

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Speaker 2: they won like eight or nine straight to close out

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Speaker 2: the year and this year it's just kind of middlely.

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Speaker 2: I think I just can't get any momentum during conference play.

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Speaker 2: Is this a scary team come tournament time? Do you

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Speaker 2: have any feel on the Badgers?

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Speaker 9: I don't love them, I will say this. I think

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Speaker 9: people came in loving them a little too much this

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Speaker 9: season because they bought into a run last season that

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Speaker 9: was dictated heavily based upon them shooting absolute lights app

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Speaker 9: for the month of February and into March. Right, they

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Speaker 9: just didn't miss threes. I don't have the numbers in

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Speaker 9: front of me, but I ran a number look at

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Speaker 9: it in the offseason, and it was they shot like

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Speaker 9: over forty percent from three in the final month of

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Speaker 9: the year. And then when they went on that winning streak,

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Speaker 9: and that was never going to sustain itself. And without that,

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Speaker 9: I was always going to weaken their offense to where

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Speaker 9: they were a lot more vulnerable playing in the best

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Speaker 9: league in the country. Now, is it frustrating to see

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Speaker 9: this team kind of you know, yo yo, back and forth. Okay,

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Speaker 9: good performance here, now bad one. And you know, for

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Speaker 9: especially for a senior leaden team, the fact that they

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Speaker 9: haven't strung together three straight wins since Christmas is a

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Speaker 9: little bit concerning for me, and in terms of projecting

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Speaker 9: out a deep run. I'm also a little bit surprised

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Speaker 9: that Reavers and Potter's development is kind of flat lined.

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Speaker 9: I thought that both of those guys would have bigger

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Speaker 9: seasons this year. So yeah, I mean, I think the

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Speaker 9: talent level isn't that high, and it wasn't that high

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Speaker 9: last year in November and December when everyone was you know,

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Speaker 9: creating all this panic about was Wisconsin like as a

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Speaker 9: program toast underguard, and then all of a sudden, they

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Speaker 9: turn around, they won the Big Ten and acted with

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Speaker 9: the problems went away, and the problems didn't go away.

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Speaker 9: The reality is there's still like a mid level Big

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Speaker 9: Ten team talent wise that's pretty well coached and super experienced,

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Speaker 9: and everyone's seeing the Bulls stat that they're all in

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01:05:59,040 --> 01:06:01,400
Speaker 9: the Bulls and it's great. And if they wind up

1347
01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:03,960
Speaker 9: in the right matchups and and starts hitting threes like

1348
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Speaker 9: they hid towards this point last season, no one's going stop.

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Speaker 9: But you know, in the meantime, they're probably like the

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Speaker 9: fifth or sixth best team of the Big Ten. When

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Speaker 9: they're not you know, torching the next and so is

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01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:18,680
Speaker 9: that is that a second weekend team? I guess we'll see.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we were talking about there, you know high variants teams,

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Speaker 2: that this is a team that is going to play

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Speaker 2: slow and you can see them in the first weekend

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Speaker 2: they play a Firman and it's going to be fifty

1357
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Speaker 2: three fifty with five to go, and it's gonna come

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01:06:36,680 --> 01:06:41,360
Speaker 2: down to a few shots before I let you go.

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Speaker 2: I really do appreciate your time and enjoying the conversation,

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01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:47,040
Speaker 2: taking more of your time than I said I would.

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Speaker 2: Any quick thoughts on conference tournaments should they happen. You

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01:06:51,600 --> 01:06:52,959
Speaker 2: have a lot of takes on this and I usually

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Speaker 2: agree with them. And then are we doing are we

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Speaker 2: Everyone says I just need march badness and we included

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Speaker 2: Are we doing the right thing doing it Indianapolis and

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Speaker 2: doing this bubble? Or do you think that we should

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Speaker 2: have conference tournaments? Just quick thoughts there.

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Speaker 9: I think march madus in Indianapolis. Is that out the

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Speaker 9: right move? I think that's been as planned out as

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Speaker 9: it can be. Will there be bumps? I'm sure there

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01:07:16,560 --> 01:07:19,760
Speaker 9: might be. I think that the planning stages too. Essentially,

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Speaker 9: the big goal is of the bubble is not to

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Speaker 9: eliminate a chance of a positive case. It's simply to

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Speaker 9: eliminate contact tracing during the tournament. And that means that

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Speaker 9: you don't have to put teams on positive one guy

1376
01:07:32,640 --> 01:07:35,320
Speaker 9: pops positive. And I think they will be successful in

1377
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Speaker 9: doing that, which means we'll have a tournament and everybody's

1378
01:07:37,840 --> 01:07:40,720
Speaker 9: you know, finances will be saved and we'll have a

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Speaker 9: lot of fun for a couple of weeks. Because March

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Speaker 9: Madus is the best thing in the world as far

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Speaker 9: as conference tournaments go. Look, I'm torn. I think they

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Speaker 9: should happen because it's not March without them, and you know,

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Speaker 9: I think they are essential part of the season. I

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Speaker 9: do think that, you know, we might start to see

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Speaker 9: some gamesmanship and Okay, how can we get out of

1386
01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:04,800
Speaker 9: our conference tournament if we're a lot and on a

1387
01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:07,720
Speaker 9: risk it and that will be interesting. Well well, leagues

1388
01:08:07,720 --> 01:08:09,760
Speaker 9: as a whole get into some games with ship Cokay,

1389
01:08:09,840 --> 01:08:12,000
Speaker 9: can we steal a bid by if we're the American

1390
01:08:12,040 --> 01:08:15,360
Speaker 9: Conference telling Houston to sit one out and we'll see

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Speaker 9: how that goes. And my understanding from listening to Dan

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Speaker 9: Gavit's comments, the head of basketball for Nation BLA is

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Speaker 9: that essentially they don't care how you were assigning your

1394
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Speaker 9: auto bit as long as you assigned one this year,

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Speaker 9: Like they're not worried about the details of how the

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Speaker 9: conference work, conference tournament works, so you know, it could

1397
01:08:31,439 --> 01:08:35,040
Speaker 9: get could get wacky, it could get super interesting. And

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Speaker 9: you know, I think at this point, we're on a

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Speaker 9: path to play most, if not all, conference tournaments. I

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Speaker 9: think leagues are kind of brought into doing it and

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01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:45,040
Speaker 9: have pretty much made it clear to teams like you're

1402
01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:47,040
Speaker 9: all in. You know, you're you're not sitting this out

1403
01:08:47,080 --> 01:08:49,160
Speaker 9: just because you want to. But obviously as we get

1404
01:08:49,200 --> 01:08:52,719
Speaker 9: closer that I could certainly change as the situation changes.

1405
01:08:52,720 --> 01:08:54,400
Speaker 9: I'm trying to look more than about a week ahead

1406
01:08:54,439 --> 01:08:54,880
Speaker 9: these days.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'm not complaining about anything after not getting

1408
01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:01,920
Speaker 2: March badness last year, and look, I want conference tournaments.

1409
01:09:01,960 --> 01:09:04,200
Speaker 2: I want the whole tournament, so I'll take what it gets.

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Speaker 2: Just my concern is that I don't I mean have

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01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:09,280
Speaker 2: two kids. I don't want these you know, the best

1412
01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:12,519
Speaker 2: teams to have an outbreak and then not be able

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01:09:12,600 --> 01:09:15,479
Speaker 2: to play in like the first weekend. But then so

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Speaker 2: I get why some like you know, I meant zag

1415
01:09:18,280 --> 01:09:19,720
Speaker 2: is I think a couple weeks ahead of time, but

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01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:21,040
Speaker 2: I get why some of these teams that are already

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01:09:21,040 --> 01:09:25,040
Speaker 2: in wouldn't play. But then I also don't want the

1418
01:09:25,080 --> 01:09:27,120
Speaker 2: tournament now, I ultimately I won't care. Just give me

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01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:29,799
Speaker 2: the tournament. I don't want the tournament water down where

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01:09:30,320 --> 01:09:33,720
Speaker 2: you know a Saint Louis doesn't get in because this

1421
01:09:33,840 --> 01:09:35,920
Speaker 2: other conference is sending a team because you know their

1422
01:09:35,960 --> 01:09:38,320
Speaker 2: best teams didn't participate in the conference tournament. So it'll

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01:09:38,360 --> 01:09:40,360
Speaker 2: be wild and crazy. But just give me the tournament.

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01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:44,200
Speaker 2: I appreciate your time. Kevin again, you could find him

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01:09:44,280 --> 01:09:46,679
Speaker 2: at CBB Underscore Central. Anything you want to plug.

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01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:49,080
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean check out my my work over at

1427
01:09:49,080 --> 01:09:52,320
Speaker 9: a Sports Illustrated do Bracketology twice a week stars the

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01:09:52,320 --> 01:09:54,160
Speaker 9: week calumn where we kind of highlight the best and

1429
01:09:54,200 --> 01:09:56,800
Speaker 9: brights in college basketball and you know, feature stories like

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01:09:56,800 --> 01:09:58,559
Speaker 9: the one I wrote about the loyal Chicago kind of

1431
01:09:58,680 --> 01:10:02,200
Speaker 9: sustaining the culture through their Final Four run to now.

1432
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Speaker 9: So stuff like that's always having tweet them all out

1433
01:10:04,840 --> 01:10:06,320
Speaker 9: on my Twitter page. You can find all that in

1434
01:10:06,360 --> 01:10:09,960
Speaker 9: my podcast and all the stuff that fills my time

1435
01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:12,080
Speaker 9: up on Twitter, so I'll kind of link there.

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01:10:12,160 --> 01:10:16,200
Speaker 2: So appreciate you, appreciate you having me perfect. Yeah, it

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01:10:16,280 --> 01:10:18,840
Speaker 2: was great combo. Thanks for Tom again and make sure

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01:10:18,880 --> 01:10:20,320
Speaker 2: you check them out on Twitter and all the stuff

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01:10:20,320 --> 01:10:25,360
Speaker 2: that's sports illustrated. Thanks again, Kevin Problem, Thanks as always

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01:10:25,360 --> 01:10:27,320
Speaker 2: to Colin Wilson and Mike graviall and to the guys

1441
01:10:27,360 --> 01:10:29,599
Speaker 2: at the Three Man Weave. Let's have a weekend. Let's

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01:10:29,640 --> 01:10:31,639
Speaker 2: start it off with a winning Why don't we sweep

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Speaker 2: Friday sixth pack and have a good weekend here. Thanks

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01:10:37,040 --> 01:10:41,080
Speaker 2: for listening as always, appreciate the sport. Subscribe on subscribe

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Speaker 2: Appreciate your time and let's close this season strong. We

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01:10:52,760 --> 01:10:53,920
Speaker 2: will catch you all next weekend.

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Speaker 10: Cheers, So get that popcorn.

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Speaker 2: We're finished talking