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Speaker 1: The Big Bets on Campus Podcast podcast podcast. All right,

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Speaker 1: here we go spreading the corn.

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Speaker 2: Ten seconds of eating.

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Speaker 3: Just go throw up to the basket, under the basket, it's.

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Speaker 2: The truit for the wind.

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Speaker 1: God, they go a miracle. I'm just it's up the water.

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Speaker 1: Hit that one from the parking lot. Shuck it all.

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Speaker 1: At college basketball.

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Speaker 2: It's not the size on the dog in the fight.

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Speaker 2: It's the size of the fight in the dog.

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Speaker 4: What's up, Degenerate Nation. Welcome to the Big Bets on

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Speaker 4: Campus Podcast. This is the college Basketball betting Preview. I'm

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Speaker 4: stucky with me as always. BJ Cunningham, Mike cal Breezy.

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Speaker 4: Got a lot to get to today and we'll talk

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Speaker 4: some spots we have.

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Speaker 1: Circled for tonight and Tuesday, and of course some swackh

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Speaker 1: talk as we do around these parts. Mike, how goes it?

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Speaker 2: It's going pretty good.

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Speaker 5: An exciting weekend for top twenty five matchups. You know,

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Speaker 5: some some big teams go down, some games, you know

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Speaker 5: go to overtime. That Sunday game between Wichita and Houston

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Speaker 5: was absolutely electric. I think that got the juices flowing

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Speaker 5: a little bit for some true March madness. I also

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Speaker 5: went axe throwing on Saturday. Nobody got hurt, maimed, anything

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Speaker 5: like that. So I'm viewing it all on a positive

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Speaker 5: spin right now. And a lot of people you know

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Speaker 5: on Twitter bemoaning the fact that you know, no football yesterday.

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Speaker 2: I'm fine.

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Speaker 5: I'm locked in for college basketball the rest of the way,

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Speaker 5: so I'm in a good spot.

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Speaker 1: I've never actually been ax staring by the way. I'm

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Speaker 1: in Aruba. I wasn't picking enough winners, I said us

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Speaker 1: on Twitter in the Republic, so I went to the

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Speaker 1: Kingdom of the Netherlands and hopefully changed my luck. And

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Speaker 1: so if I saynd different, apologies, I've never been axed

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Speaker 1: throwing harder or easier than.

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Speaker 2: You thought, Easier than I thought.

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Speaker 5: And I think it helped the fact that we were

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Speaker 5: in a large group and there's a pregnant woman and

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Speaker 5: she went right up and hit a bullseye, and it's like,

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Speaker 5: all right, the gall it's been thrown down. You gotta

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Speaker 5: do better than a pregnant woman gingerly throwing an axe.

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Speaker 2: So it was a little bit easier than I thought.

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Speaker 5: And it's fun too, because it's not just like a

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Speaker 5: game of darts. You can play like different versions in

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Speaker 5: blackjack and around the world, so they have it set

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Speaker 5: up in a way that's pretty fun.

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Speaker 1: PJ, how are you. How's your week up? Wonderful?

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Speaker 6: You know, obviously first weekend without football, But what better

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Speaker 6: way to get the juices flown than Juwan Howard trying

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Speaker 6: to punch a coach. I mean, that was incredible scenes

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Speaker 6: there in Madison, and it's I mean, it's obviously not

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Speaker 6: the first time Juwan Howard has gotten in those type

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Speaker 6: of altercations, but it's going to be very interesting if

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Speaker 6: those two teams meet each other in the Big Ten Tournament.

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Speaker 6: I really hope they do it. That'd be really really

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Speaker 6: fun and really funny to watch. But yeah, great weekend.

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Speaker 6: We're in the stretch run. I think this is the

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So I mentioned that I was away, so I

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Speaker 1: what I understand, and that was gonna be my one

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Speaker 1: play in the Big twelve Tournament. I need Michigan and

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Speaker 1: Wisconsin to play in the Big Ten tournament. So there's

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Speaker 3: So what happened.

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Speaker 1: Michigan was pressing, but they called a time out and

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Speaker 1: then Wisconsin called a timeout. What was he mad with?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Michigan pressed like they trapped Wisconsin and they called

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Speaker 1: Great, Juwana got up stuff that he called a time out.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and so great.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, essentially they had put the backups in. You know,

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Speaker 5: game is over. We can all agree the game's over.

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Speaker 5: Then Michigan goes full court press. They actually get in

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll say I think it's great for college of basketball.

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Speaker 3: I think it gets the juices flowing, gets people talking.

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Speaker 6: I mean, but honestly, what better way to get college

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Speaker 6: Sunday than Juwan Howard trying to punch a coach. And yeah,

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Speaker 6: the Wisconsin coaches also are not to blame as well,

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Speaker 6: because you saw the one guy gave Juwan Howard a

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Speaker 6: a you can look it up on Twitter, but a

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Speaker 6: Mike get anything that.

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Speaker 5: I mean, we're half step away from Saint Jo's legend,

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Speaker 5: Phil Martelli being the head coach of Michigan down the stretch.

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Speaker 5: So I'm looking at it, like I said, everything's throwing

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Speaker 5: maybe this gets him interested again and being a leading man.

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Speaker 5: It's been a great retirement job for him. I'm actually

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Speaker 5: And then some people on Twitter were saying it's a

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Speaker 5: just looking for the accuracy. I wouldn't call it a

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Speaker 1: Yeah, games, who was who was to one Howard going

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Speaker 3: It was it was uh Surgeon Urgion.

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Speaker 1: Well yeah, let's just I'm just thankful that it never

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Speaker 1: happy that ever got between. But speaking of juice, is

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Speaker 1: following we get that matchup like at twelve o'clock on

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Speaker 1: like the Friday of the Big Ten tournament. Oh man,

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Speaker 1: that that'll That's one way to kick off a day.

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Speaker 1: Uh So, my I take away from weekend was just

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Speaker 1: I know Texas Tech fans travel, but they overtook that building.

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Speaker 5: I basically saw what I needed to from a Gonzaga team.

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Speaker 5: That's you know, they're they're the favorite right now. I

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Speaker 5: Nebhard and Bolden to give them exactly what they did

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Speaker 5: and that's clearly what's missing from last year's team, not

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Speaker 2: It's like, you know, you're playing in high school gyms.

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Speaker 2: You're playing against LOAUSI teams. They're not playing against LAZI teams.

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Speaker 3: The WCC is.

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Speaker 2: A lot better this year.

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Speaker 5: And beating Santa Clair. I know they're twenty three point favorite.

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Speaker 5: Walter White, Jesse Pinkman. He can't keep getting away from

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Speaker 1: He can't give get there, he can't get get a.

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Speaker 2: Light with that.

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Speaker 5: He won the number one team in luck according to

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Speaker 5: Kenpom Providence. They're down what fifteen in the second half,

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Speaker 3: They go ahead and win in overtime.

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Speaker 5: And the second team at ranked in Luck UNC Wilmington

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Speaker 2: They win by one.

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Speaker 5: James Madison. These guys can't keep getting away with this.

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Speaker 5: And I want to play Devil's advocate for Providence and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I missed a winner there. I was gonna have

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Speaker 1: get to UPJA at West Virginia. Look, I understand you

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Speaker 1: But make you free throws. They missed three straight front ends.

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Speaker 1: on eighty percent free throw shooting team in league play.

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Speaker 1: me up a wall this year. BJ high take tie

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Speaker 6: Yeah, the biggest takeaway I had is I'm very interested

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Speaker 6: to see how Oregon ends their season.

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Speaker 3: A really good, really really good game against Arizona.

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Speaker 6: Arizona shot almost fifty percent from three point range and

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Speaker 6: So two huge games for Oregon and a team we've

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Speaker 1: Alst way they get a shot off down three three.

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Speaker 6: Hopefully there was a couple this weekend that were just

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Speaker 3: Just brain farts by some teams.

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Speaker 1: But what happened a lot of times. What happens is

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Speaker 6: Florida really just was trying so hard to give that

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Speaker 6: here for that. Yeah, I know everybody's here for that.

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Speaker 6: Virginia Tech, Like, do you want to make the tournament?

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Speaker 6: And then I'm like, oh, you know what, it's they

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Speaker 6: they can't. So it's a good lesson to myself that

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Speaker 3: For the rest of the season.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, I think it's a good transition into

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Speaker 1: I'll kick things off since I'm gonna try this for

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Speaker 1: what you just said with North Carolina. North Carolina picks

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Speaker 1: assuming they don't just completely collapse. They're laying ten tonight

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Speaker 1: He didn't play versus Miami, already got suspended. He came back,

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Speaker 1: He was the best player on the court for them.

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Speaker 1: And then all the quotes after, which has not happened

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Speaker 1: a quote from him. He said, we needed this. We're

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Speaker 1: more than other teams have. We didn't deal with some

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Speaker 1: things maybe the right way, but we want to finish

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Speaker 1: that's the most just the words you'll that sounds like

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Speaker 1: They played North Carolina a few weeks back. We're catching three.

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Speaker 1: Sorry BJ to bring this up, so I know you

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Speaker 3: Okay, it's the revenge revenge angle.

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Speaker 1: Well, maybe maybe the ACC has some heart and sends

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Speaker 1: I doubt we'll get that at North Carolina. But the

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Speaker 1: no money on it. And Milik Williams didn't play in

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Speaker 1: And you have him and his defense against Bakot inside.

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Speaker 1: if this was Louisville, like of two weeks ago, when

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Speaker 1: they were just incompletely couldn't back them. Their body language

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Speaker 1: in time. But I'm going to back the Cardinals. Uh, Mike, well, beja,

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Speaker 1: I'll go to you first because you maybe have thoughts

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I love Louisville in the revenge angle spot.

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Speaker 6: I don't know if I can actually back them because

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Speaker 6: I just don't know what's going on there. But with

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Speaker 6: like you said, double digits is too many points I'm

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Speaker 6: gonna go to the Atlantic Sun tonight. I'm gonna go Liberty,

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Speaker 6: Central Arkansas at seven pm Eastern time. I'ma go under

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Speaker 6: one hundred and fifty and a half points. So Liberty

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Speaker 6: So I'm not sure if that's ever been done in

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Speaker 6: point defense. They only allow thirty three percent in conference play.

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Speaker 6: So if Liberty gets out to a big lead, I'm

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Speaker 1: Liberty plays pack line defense and Central Arkansas can't shoot,

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Speaker 1: haven't seen Liberty play, they're gonna have a really good

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Speaker 1: Son Darius McGee is just a flamethrowers, but he can

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Speaker 1: go for He can go for fifty on any given

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Speaker 1: any thoughts on either of those two if you have them,

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Speaker 5: I think I'm gonna tell you on that one. I'm

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Speaker 5: also looking at it under here. Year in the whack

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Speaker 5: up to Seattle to play the RedHawks.

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Speaker 2: It's pretty simple.

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Speaker 5: The RedHawks are twelve to two in conference play. In

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Speaker 5: their twelve wins, they filed opponents to sixty four points

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Speaker 5: they do it a little bit with pace, but mainly

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Speaker 2: They rank thirty ninth.

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Speaker 5: The opponents affect a field goal percentage their thirtieth in

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Speaker 5: turnover scorce per game, almost sixteen in that department. They're

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Speaker 5: Under has paid out twelve of the sixteen games, so

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Speaker 5: going to over complicate this. I like Seattle a little

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Speaker 5: gonna lose it their way, and they're going to try

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Speaker 5: to play this game in the high sixties low seventies

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Speaker 2: And it all goes through Teddy Allen.

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Speaker 5: The last Sunday these teams played, he scored thirty three

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Speaker 2: I think this is kind of a gift.

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Speaker 5: I think this is inflated by close to four four

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Speaker 5: I'm on under here in this Whack, this critical Whack matchup.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gonna be a really fun perimeter matchup with

437
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Speaker 1: Alan Rice. And then the Seattle is a really good,

438
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Speaker 1: really good set of guards Trammel and uh Grigsby and Tyson.

439
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Speaker 1: I like. I like that team. This is They're gonna

440
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Speaker 1: have a shot. They're gonna have a shot in the Whack.

441
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Speaker 1: The Whack tournament should be good and that should be

442
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Speaker 1: a good one up in Seattle. Well, we do have

443
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Speaker 1: some Swaction to talk about. Swaction. Can we get serious?

444
00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,480
Speaker 1: Serious serious? I got to throw it to the Swaction

445
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Speaker 1: King Mike. Anything in the Swaction that we said you're

446
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Speaker 1: gonna be streaming on Facebook this week or I need

447
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Speaker 1: anywhere to look.

448
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Speaker 5: Whenever there's a big game going on in the state

449
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Speaker 5: capitol of Flora, I'm on it. So let's let's start

450
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Speaker 5: with the Rattlers. Taken on Alabama A and M. A

451
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Speaker 5: and M is absolutely awful, particularly on the road. I

452
00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:09,320
Speaker 5: think they're three and fourteen straight up on the road

453
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Speaker 5: this year. They're six point favorite. But instead of potentially

454
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Speaker 5: getting my heart broken again by the Rattlers, winnings but

455
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Speaker 5: not covering on.

456
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Speaker 2: Their home floor. I going to go ahead and pair

457
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Speaker 2: them up with Texas Southern. They're minus nine.

458
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Speaker 5: I'm gonna play the money line on both comes out

459
00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,320
Speaker 5: to about minus one forty when you parlay them together.

460
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Speaker 1: They're playing an.

461
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Speaker 5: Arkansas Pine buff team that respect to Mississippi Valley State.

462
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Speaker 5: They're the second worst team in the Swack, which puts them,

463
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Speaker 5: you know, in the bottom fifteen of all of college basketball.

464
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Speaker 5: So I'm pretty confident in both these teams. They've proven

465
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Speaker 5: throughout the course of the conference season. The least that

466
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Speaker 5: A and M Florida A and M that is is

467
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Speaker 5: a very solid team, particularly on their home court. And

468
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Speaker 5: then Texas Southern they're not. They're out of the running

469
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Speaker 5: to win the regular season. But I still think, you know,

470
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Speaker 5: seating is going to matter in an eighteen tournament in

471
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Speaker 5: the Swack, so this one is important to them. I

472
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Speaker 5: won't mess around with the points. Put it together minus

473
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Speaker 5: one forty. That's my Swack play of the night.

474
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Speaker 1: BJ. Are you going to back your Delta Devils as

475
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Speaker 1: a home dog?

476
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Speaker 3: No, I don't like the spot for them. Instead, I'm

477
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Speaker 3: gonna go for a game you don't have to find

478
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Speaker 3: on Facebook.

479
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Speaker 6: It's actually gonna be on ESPNU at nine pm Eastern time,

480
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Speaker 6: Alabama State and Bethian Cookman. I'm gonna go over one

481
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Speaker 6: hundred and thirty four points. These two met earlier in

482
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Speaker 6: the season, Alabama State one seventy nine to seventy three.

483
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Speaker 6: Bethan Cookman was out with Actually Alabama State was without

484
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Speaker 6: their their starting center for that game as well. Both

485
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Speaker 6: these teams are actually shooting the ball pretty well from

486
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Speaker 6: deep in conference. To play both over thirty three percent,

487
00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,840
Speaker 6: neither is really that great of a defense. Alabama State

488
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Speaker 6: plays a very very fast tempo and I believe they're

489
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Speaker 6: a two point underdog here, so I think it's a

490
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Speaker 6: good spot for two teams that are shooting the ball well.

491
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Speaker 6: Pace should be pretty good. I think the totals of

492
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Speaker 6: tad bit low. So how about over one hundred and

493
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Speaker 6: thirty four points on ESPNU ESPNU at nine pm Eastern tonight?

494
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Speaker 1: Can we get? Can we get a one more Midwest

495
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Speaker 1: pronunciation of the school with the initials.

496
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Speaker 3: BC from you, Bethune Cookman.

497
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Speaker 1: Okay, that's like Bethuni. I don't know what you were saying,

498
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Speaker 1: Cookman Minnesota accent right there, Okay, well I didn't. I

499
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Speaker 1: didn't even know it was swatch it on TV, So

500
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Speaker 1: I'm glad that, uh we got to take out there

501
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Speaker 1: for it.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we're gonna We're gonna throw a good shout out

503
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Speaker 5: to Joe French too on Bethune Cookman. He is somebody

504
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Speaker 5: not quite at that Liberty McGee level going for fifty,

505
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:29,680
Speaker 5: but he could go for thirty in this game. He's

506
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Speaker 5: been pretty hot the last couple of weeks, so I'd

507
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Speaker 5: be more than happy to throw it. And a great

508
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Speaker 5: name too, Joe French. That's that's somebody I want to

509
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Speaker 5: pull for, so hopefully he does it big on espn U.

510
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Speaker 1: All right, let's move on to Tuesday and talk a

511
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Speaker 1: spot or two. If you want to mention it that

512
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Speaker 1: you have circled Mike, I'll start with you.

513
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Speaker 5: I'm interested, and it's going to depend on the number,

514
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,359
Speaker 5: but certainly a game I'm going to watch very closely.

515
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Speaker 2: Nova going up to Yukon.

516
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Speaker 5: This Nova team interests me because you know, they dealt

517
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Speaker 5: with injuries, then they play that great game against Providence,

518
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,320
Speaker 5: then they sleepwalk through a performance against Georgetown.

519
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Speaker 2: Don't cover that number.

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Speaker 5: This to me, obviously, Nova, I think is a little

521
00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,680
Speaker 5: bit more secure in probably that three line according to

522
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Speaker 5: bracket Matrix, And I don't think this game is going

523
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Speaker 5: to play a huge have a huge impact on their

524
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Speaker 5: seeding moving forward. But Yukon, this is kind of the

525
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,320
Speaker 5: They can go in one or two directions. They could

526
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Speaker 5: be a six or seven. You win this game, you

527
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Speaker 5: get some momentum going into the Big East Tournament. I

528
00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:27,919
Speaker 5: think they could play.

529
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Speaker 2: Their way all the way up to a four seed.

530
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Speaker 5: And I really like them because I think their offensive

531
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Speaker 5: rebounding acumen and the bodies they can throw, it's almost

532
00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,119
Speaker 5: like hockey line changes. They have so many bouncy, you know,

533
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,400
Speaker 5: six six to six nine forwards that can really hurt

534
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Speaker 5: you in the glass that they're just a special team

535
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Speaker 5: in that regard, And for that reason, I want to

536
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Speaker 5: see them win a game like this. Win it convincedantly

537
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Speaker 5: going away. So depending on the number, I think if

538
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Speaker 5: it's more than three or four of them given points,

539
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Speaker 5: I'm going to probably pass. But anything less than that,

540
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Speaker 5: I'm going to be on the Huskies in this one.

541
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Speaker 5: And I last time I had some faith in them

542
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Speaker 5: ended up and off, so I'm gonna stick with them.

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Speaker 1: I could have some success inside here against Nova looking

544
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Speaker 1: forward to that one BJ what you got circled or

545
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 1: looking at for Tuesday.

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Speaker 6: I'm gonna go Rhode Islands on the road at Saint Bonavicher. Look,

547
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Speaker 6: I don't know if progressions even gonna come by the

548
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 6: end of season for Rhode Island, but I'm hoping at

549
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,760
Speaker 6: least comes here because they are so overdue. They obviously

550
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 6: have the talent, they just have for whatever reason, they've

551
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Speaker 6: just been shooting them ball horribly in conference play. Even

552
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Speaker 6: if you look at you know, Ken Palm, they're two

553
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Speaker 6: hundred and thirty third offensive efficiency, but on shot quality

554
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 6: they're one hundred and fifty fifth, So that just tells

555
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Speaker 6: you that it should be getting some type of aggression

556
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Speaker 6: back that you know. Overall for the season, their numbers

557
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,680
Speaker 6: are right thirty five percent from behind the arc, fifty

558
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,000
Speaker 6: percent from from inside, but they just can't make a

559
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Speaker 6: free throw to save their life. They're shooting fifty seven

560
00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:48,199
Speaker 6: percent in conference play, which is almost impossible, but they

561
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,800
Speaker 6: are shooting sixty two percent on shot attempts to the rim,

562
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Speaker 6: and that's where most their attempts come from, while Saint

563
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Speaker 6: Bonavicher is allowing around sixty percent at the rim. The

564
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Speaker 6: Rams have an elite defense though ninety six perc centile

565
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,360
Speaker 6: against spot up shooting, top twenty percent points per possession

566
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Speaker 6: allowed in both half court and transition defense. They're amazing

567
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Speaker 6: defending inside eleventh in the country and two point field

568
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,880
Speaker 6: goal percentage sixth in field goal percentage allowed at the rim.

569
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Speaker 6: Saint Bonavitch, you're really really low three point rate three

570
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Speaker 6: hundred and eighteenth in the country, and forty percent of

571
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Speaker 6: their field goal attempts come at the rims. So it's

572
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Speaker 6: gonna be really hard for the Bonnies to have really

573
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Speaker 6: score efficiently against this Rhode Island defense. And Rhode Island's desperate.

574
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Speaker 6: They've lost eight of their last nine games, while Saint

575
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Speaker 6: Bonovitcher is on a four game win streak. So you're

576
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Speaker 6: probably getting the bottom of the market here for Rhode Island,

577
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Speaker 6: especially coming off a horrible loss to George Washington this weekend.

578
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Speaker 6: So Ken Palm has said, Saint Bonovich or minus seven.

579
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Speaker 6: I would love the Rams at plus seven, but I'll

580
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Speaker 6: probably end up playing them down to plus five and

581
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Speaker 6: a half.

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Speaker 1: You'll be on your own on that one. I can't

583
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Speaker 1: get avin. I don't know who Bonnie's is. I was like, there,

584
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Speaker 1: I like this scene coming into the air, and I

585
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:51,600
Speaker 1: was trying to back them in certain spots and then

586
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,399
Speaker 1: I I'm like, they're done. They have no depth. How

587
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,199
Speaker 1: they're going to rally and now they're rolling. So now

588
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Speaker 1: if I jump back in on Bonnie's, didn't, it'll be

589
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,160
Speaker 1: I just can't win either way. I can't. It's a team.

590
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: I can't figure it out. Maybe they're back, Maybe Bonnie's

591
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,240
Speaker 1: is back, and maybe they're worth Now it's an interesting team.

592
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 1: We'll talk about this once we get closer to the

593
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 1: conference tournament. It's an interesting team in that all right,

594
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,160
Speaker 1: they're not in the at large discussion. But coming into

595
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 1: the year, this is a team that some people thought

596
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Speaker 1: it was a top twenty five team like chew in

597
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 1: for an at large. Probably so. And now they're starting,

598
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,199
Speaker 1: you're starting to see signs from Bonnie's. It's like, all right,

599
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 1: maybe they're an intriguing team in the attend tournament. The

600
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,960
Speaker 1: problem is they have zero depth. They don't play any bench.

601
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 1: So like winning you know, four games and four days,

602
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 1: it's gonna be tough for a team like that. Mike,

603
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Speaker 1: before I go to my spot, Tuesday, A ten thoughts

604
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,399
Speaker 1: on Bonnie's or do you have any takes on them?

605
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 2: So I'm totally with you.

606
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,720
Speaker 5: Where I was buying them heavily preseason, then I basically

607
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,760
Speaker 5: sold off. I tried to put them in the graveyard

608
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 5: and I'm just not buying this slid game winning streak.

609
00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,920
Speaker 5: Three of those five it's against Fordham, UMass and Ducane.

610
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:53,880
Speaker 2: I don't care.

611
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,200
Speaker 5: They went back to back with the scheduling, Cork playing

612
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,920
Speaker 5: against slew. You know, those are some nice wins. But

613
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,720
Speaker 5: the other three like if you told me in the preseason,

614
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 5: like would this move the needle for you? Absolutely not.

615
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 5: Those are teams that they should beat without breaking the sweat.

616
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 5: So I'm with you, and I think the depth thing

617
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,000
Speaker 5: is just bizarre because it's just preference of the coach

618
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 5: where it's like, I'm not saying that you need to

619
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 5: play twelve deep, but like let's throw her at seven

620
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 5: or eight minutes to four or five guys in the bench,

621
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Speaker 5: and they just won't do it. So between foul trouble

622
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 5: and the potential fatigue of four games in four days,

623
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Speaker 5: I think we're aligned on that.

624
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Speaker 1: Yep, the spot I have circled. Tomorrow, I'm gonna maybe

625
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: getting in front of a unstoppable train here in Kent State.

626
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 1: But I think ball State might have some values, especially

627
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 1: if you can get double digits at Kent State. This

628
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:40,359
Speaker 1: is a ball State team I think is better than

629
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,680
Speaker 1: the record indicates. They live at the free throw line,

630
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:43,960
Speaker 1: by the way, and I think that'll keep them in

631
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,040
Speaker 1: this gate because Kent State very aggressive defense foules a lot.

632
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 1: I think they're outside the top three hundred in foul eight.

633
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: And these two teams played earlier this year, Kent State

634
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 1: one by one and they had their full roster at

635
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 1: the time, and you know se Ball State has some

636
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 1: revenge here. I just it is such a flat spot.

637
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: I mean, look at what Kent State has done over

638
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 1: the past two weeks, right, do you have that emotional win,

639
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: that acro when they try to fight the crowd and

640
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,120
Speaker 1: then almost getting a fight after one of the best

641
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,200
Speaker 1: games I've watched all season. Then you know they go

642
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 1: to Toledo and upset Toledo at a stunner and then

643
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:19,119
Speaker 1: they absolutely blast Ohio so back I mean just that

644
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: we can have. It's hard to sustain that level of play,

645
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 1: focus and intensity. So and if you look at what

646
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,639
Speaker 1: their their upcoming schedule is very easy, and they're in

647
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,000
Speaker 1: the running now to win the outright Macrego season title,

648
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:33,720
Speaker 1: depending on what Toledo in Ohio. So I think that

649
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,720
Speaker 1: Kent State, probably to exhales here comes out a little

650
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,000
Speaker 1: lacks a days ago lack of focus, most likely win

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