1 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up? 2 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: Straight firefam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Thursday, 3 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: March ninth, Conference Championship Week in full mother bleep in effect. 4 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: You gotta love it. A lot of college basketball bets Wednesday, 5 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: and I ended up basically, you know, with the six 6 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: and six Kiss your sister, but you end up losing 7 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: with the vague not fun and folks. I don't know 8 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: who else is dealing with this crap, but I'm starting 9 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: to see games not pop up. I tried my first 10 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 1: half strategy. A conference did not show up. First half 11 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,319 Speaker 1: first half bets were not allowed in that conference. I'm like, what, 12 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: the games don't even pop it up. Northern Arizona late 13 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: night last night, couldn't even bet the game. Now. I 14 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: don't know if that's because I have a history of winning, 15 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: or they're just limiting people, or the games are not 16 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: available for certain books, but there's some shady stuff going on. 17 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: I'm not happy. I'm not happy on this Thursday, but 18 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: I am also kind of happy because there's no herd. 19 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: The Big East Tournament will be on FS one no 20 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: herd today, and of course, you guys know Friday. I 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: will be running the show, very very excited. Should be 22 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: a good time. Cowherd decided, you know, Thursday, Biggeas Tournament Friday, 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: everybody's watching Conference Championship Friday, I might as well take 24 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: the day off. So I was like, oh, yeah, I'll 25 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: fill in. I know. Initially I was gonna be like, hey, 26 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: if if you're off, I'm off. But then they were like, 27 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: Jake and you host. I was like, yeah, sure, why not, 28 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: So it'll be I'll be hosting. I've already got a 29 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: lot of plans in the hopper. Excited talk to a 30 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: couple of guys on staff about some fun ideas we're 31 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: gonna be cooking up. Obviously some of the stuff I've 32 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: tried out here on the podcast, but look for Friday 33 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: the Herd. It'll be fun. A couple of big stories 34 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: in supports. We gotta start in the NBA. No no 35 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: movement in the NFL on the far of Rogers. I'm sorry, 36 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: not far Rogers on the Rogers Lamar Jackson front. So 37 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: we'll hold off on that. But in the NBA last night, 38 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys saw this highlight this morning, 39 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: but everybody who was all excited for Kevin Durant's first 40 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: home game in Phoenix. Right crowd, the ticket prices through 41 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: the roof. Everybody's amped up. Finally Katie coming home to Phoenix. 42 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: Tough to get a ticket in Phoenix last night for 43 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: Katie's first home game. And then during warmups, Kadi goes 44 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: down in the layup line and does not play and 45 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: left the arena in a walking boot. That is not 46 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: a joke. Now, it's obviously a precaution that he wore 47 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: the walking boot. Initially reports where he slipped on a 48 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: wet spot and it was gonna sit out. Then they 49 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: showed the replay and it was like there was no 50 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: wet spot. He just turned an ankle. And listen, when 51 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: you think Kevin Durant foot injury goes down. Now, he 52 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: got up and looked okay. But if you ever turned 53 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: an ankle, it's like whoa. There's that brief moment of 54 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: holy cow, and then you walk it off and you're fine. 55 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: This is Kevin Durant, okay. Or he likes to say, 56 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: I'm Kevin Durant. You know who I am. Damn it. 57 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: No need to risk it, especially against Okay. See, they 58 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: went on to win Devin Booker had like ninety seven 59 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: points or whatever it was. Phoenix got the easy dub. 60 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 1: But everybody who paid big money to see Kevin Durant 61 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: was like, m sorry, guys, no KD. Instead, you'll have 62 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: to settle for Tory Craig and Ian Wainwright and oh, 63 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: we'll make this DeAndre Ayton game. You know, so he 64 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: has a nice game since he's getting looks. I mean 65 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: he barely played twenty four minutes, but book had, in 66 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: all honesty, forty four terrors. Ross came off the bench 67 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: was firing, but it was like it was a snoozer. 68 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: They were up thirteen after the first quarter, up a 69 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: billion heading into the fourth. It was it was a 70 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: non entity. Sons get the w I'm not I don't 71 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: even think that's I opened with that because it was 72 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: kind of weird that Kevin Durant got injured in the 73 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: layup line and left in a walking boot. Obviously there's 74 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: major concern, No need to rush anything. KD. Get healthy. 75 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: The playoffs need you. The other NBA story, NBA story 76 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: is no Bay, no at all. And you guys know, 77 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: I am kind of sort of in the tank for 78 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: these guys. The Dallas Mavericks, My guy, Luca Donches. You 79 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: guys are starting to rib me a little bit more 80 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: on Luca and the MAVs. They had a back to back. Now, 81 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: Luca played in his first back to back. I looked 82 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 1: this up since February, sorry, since December fifth and sixth, 83 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: and he got hurt, thigh muscle pulled. It looked like 84 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: early third quarter and then he was done. And now 85 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: he's getting an Mriri on his thigh. He had a 86 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 1: bad game, four to fourteen shooting, hadn't played a back 87 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 1: to back in almost four months. And oh, by the way, 88 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: in his limited action, he got another technical foul. This 89 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 1: is what's and again, you guys can some of you 90 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: will brush us off and stop it. The MAVs are 91 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: thirty four and thirty three. Luca just picked up his 92 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 1: fifteenth technical. Sixteen means a one game suspension. Nobody talks 93 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: to referees the way Luca Donches shows it's inevitable. He's 94 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: gonna get a sixteenth and get a one game suspension. 95 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: So now you're like, well, are they in any danger 96 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: of falling from like the seven to the ten. Well, 97 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: they're they're up one and a half games on the 98 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: Lakers and Pels, who are tied for the ninth and 99 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: ten seats. This is where it gets a little interesting 100 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: for Dallas. So now Luca's getting an MRI. They don't 101 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: play again until Saturday, so theoretically he could be okay, 102 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: But listen to the schedule. They've got two games against 103 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: Memphis next. Now we'll get to the jam Morant news 104 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 1: because there is news shortly. Then they have what should 105 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: be a layup at San Antonio, but then they go 106 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: to the Lakers. Lakers are gonna be fighting for a 107 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: playoff spot. Then another game in Memphis. So they have 108 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: three of their next five or against Memphis. Then they 109 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: have Golden State. So of their next six games, five 110 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: or against teams currently in the playoffs, and they will 111 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: I think it's safe to say they will likely not 112 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: have Luca don Chich for at least a couple of those, right, 113 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're going, if you're going to the playoffs, 114 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,239 Speaker 1: you're gonna need Luca Nanjas. Obviously, these guy's a tremendous player. 115 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: He's an All NBA talent. You don't want to risk 116 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: a major injury rest him. Now we're starting to see 117 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: injuries mount up here. Late in the season, right Lebron 118 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: Luca like, we don't need stars getting hurt. Kevin Durant 119 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: goes down like this is you know, the NBA is 120 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: like a two month playoff marathon, and you can't have 121 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: the stars sitting out. That is borderline unacceptable for the league. 122 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: You want ratings to plumbt The ratings aren't great anyway, 123 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: but you need drama, you need good players there. Now 124 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: here's where it gets really really scary for the Dallas Mavericks. 125 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: What if they don't make the playoffs? What becomes of 126 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: Kyrie Riving? He is no shot they're offering him anything. 127 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: If they can't even make the playoffs, there's no chance 128 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,359 Speaker 1: they're offering him anything none. So then it's like, well, 129 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: what is it? Kyrie goes to the MAVs. They're top 130 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 1: six in the West, then they fall out and miss 131 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: the playoffs and Kyrie wasn't even acting up? Is he 132 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: going to fit in on my team? And you start 133 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: to wonder what the market's gonna look like this offseason 134 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: for Kyrie Irving. Folks, Kyrie Irving now has a chance 135 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: to carry this team. No, Luca, it's Kyrie, Tim Hardaway, 136 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: Dwight Powell. I don't even think Maxi Kleiber played last 137 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: night like it ain't looking good now if you want 138 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: a silver lining three of the next five games or 139 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: against Memphis. The Grizzlies announced late on Wednesday that John 140 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: Morant will be away from the team for at least 141 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: the next four games. Not just the next four, but 142 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: at least the next four. So it went from Job's 143 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: gonna be away from the team for two games, two 144 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: four more? Where are they getting these numbers? Are they 145 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: pulling it out of thin air? Is it a timetable thing? 146 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: Because is the league telling them hold off? We're still 147 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: investigating now. The Colorado Police looked into the gun from 148 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: Instagram Live. They couldn't They couldn't come up with any 149 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: charges nothing. Okay. Is the NBA saying don't play John 150 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: Morant because we're looking into him. We don't know what's 151 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: going on. This is where it gets even in more interesting. 152 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: So this guy named Mark Spears covers the NBA forty ESPN. 153 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: He's a long time reporter. I think he just got 154 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: into the NBA Hall of Fame. He's been around for 155 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: a while. Credible reporter Brian Windhorst asked him about the 156 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: John Moran situation, and Mark Spears goes, I don't think 157 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 1: we're going to see John Moran again this season, and 158 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:47,319 Speaker 1: he didn't really offer an explanation why. But the fact 159 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: that he thinks, with you know, fifteen games left, we're 160 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: not going to see John Morant again, that is kind 161 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: of eye opening what's going on. There was a salacious 162 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: report on social media the job was going to some 163 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: rehab facility. That is total garbage. There's no truth to that, 164 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: no merit whatsoever. But this is the problem. When there 165 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: is a lack of information and concrete evidence, rumors fill 166 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: the void. Right. I'm where the Memphis reporters on this. 167 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: There's a weird relationship between reporters that cover the league 168 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: and the NBA. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports 169 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows 170 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: at foxsports Radio dot com and within the iHeartRadio app 171 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: search FSR to listen live. During the David Stern years, 172 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: I mean David Stern ruled with an iron fist. He 173 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: came down hard. I think the Carmelo Anthony's story has 174 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: been told. Carmelo Anthony, He's told it. When he was 175 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: running a foul in New York. He was running with 176 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: some the less than desirable characters. May it might have 177 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: started in Denver and then carried over maybe to New York. 178 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: He had to meet with David Stern, and Stern read 179 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: him the riot Act, like, Hey, you know, do you 180 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: want to be part of this league here where you're 181 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: a star making a lot of money playing basketball, or 182 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: do you want to go and hang with your boys 183 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: and you know, run afoul of the law and on 184 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: all this stuff. Remember the stop Snitching video that he 185 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: appeared in, Like Carmelo had to make a decision. It 186 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,559 Speaker 1: was pretty obvious. You know what, I'm not gonna keep 187 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: it too real. I'm gonna play basketball, make a lot 188 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: of money, enjoy time playing basketball for a career. I 189 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: gotta you guys know, as a as a guy who 190 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: plays a lot of basketball, I said, I picked up 191 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: played and pick up basketball leagues and New York City, Pennsylvania, 192 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: out here in LA I love hoops. If somehow, if 193 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: by the grace of God, I had been six five 194 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: and had been able to make the NBA, that would 195 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: have been like, you know, amazing. And now the law 196 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: story short, and the reality is I loved hoops and 197 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: soccer in other sports so much as a kid that 198 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: I think what's gotten me where I am is the 199 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: failure of me after a pretty good youth career, whatever 200 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: that's worth, when you're like, you know, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, 201 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: maybe thirteen, and then just hitting a wall, not hitting 202 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: puberty in time, not getting big enough, not being good enough. 203 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I didn't make the freshman basketball team. You know, 204 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: you know, you're you're playing in rec leagues and you're 205 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: making shots. Hey, you wasn't as big back then, and 206 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,439 Speaker 1: you think, oh, I'm gonna be in the NBA. Obviously, 207 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: come on, I'll definitely be in the NBA, no doubt 208 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: about it. And then I didn't even never even tried 209 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: out for a club team or anything. And then you 210 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: go out for like freshman basketball, and you you make 211 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: it past the first cuts, and then you're gone at 212 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: the second cuts and you're like, wait, wait, what just happened? 213 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: I didn't make the freshman basketball team. And then reality 214 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:02,319 Speaker 1: hits pretty quickly, and that kind of drove me. I think, well, 215 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: along with my parents helping nudge me along into you know, 216 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: covering sports and journalism and all that, and you know, 217 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: if if given the opportunity. You guys, come on, you know, 218 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: when you meet guys who were like six five, six six, 219 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: it's it's but jeez, did you try really hard to 220 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: make the NBA? Like how much effort did you put 221 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,439 Speaker 1: into it? And like it's super hard to make the NBA. 222 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 1: The guy that I met who introduced me to ultimately 223 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: the people who bought the New Zealand Breakers, the basketball 224 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: team in New Zealand, who, by the way, or in 225 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: the n NBL finals right now they're tied at one 226 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 1: one and the soccer team in Mexico not having a 227 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: great season. But we'll talk about that at a later date. 228 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: That the guy who introduced me was a professional player 229 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 1: in Europe. He was a Division three star. I think 230 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: he was the Division three player of the year. I 231 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: met him at the gym. I mean, this guy was unbelievable, 232 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: like six seven, three point shooter, dunking machine. You know, 233 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: I just saw him playing. I'm like, oh my gosh, 234 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: this guy's incredible. Got to be friends with him, and 235 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: you know he has a He just won a championship 236 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: some league in Italy. I don't know the exact league, 237 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: but you know, I follow him on Instagram. He's got 238 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: a lot of followers. He obviously has played basketball at 239 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: a high level. He had one shot in an NBA 240 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: Summer League team. I think it was Memphis or Miami. 241 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: I would have to look it up, but um, and 242 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: it was like, you know, he was forever long. He 243 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: played high school Division three. He was like the best 244 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: guy and then you get to the NBA Summer League 245 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 1: and like everyone's the best guy that's ever been there, 246 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: and it's super hard in me. You know, he didn't 247 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: make the NBA, but he had a lucrative, lengthy career 248 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: in Europe and that's fun and that's great, but that's 249 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: how hard it is to make the league. And I 250 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: think John Moran, he has has his star rise so rapidly. Again, 251 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: five years ago, did ago? Seven? Seven years ago? Did 252 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: anybody know John Morand this guy was not a heralded 253 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 1: high school recruit. He blew up in one year at 254 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: Murray State and then it was just a rapid rise 255 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: after that. And it's just been up up in a way. 256 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: And did it maybe go to his head and some 257 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 1: of the stuff off the court get to him? Maybe 258 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: I don't know, but something is clearly wrong. The fact 259 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: that they're now saying he's going to be away from 260 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: the team for four more games. He's deleted all his 261 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: social media accounts. I don't know, folks, something's going on 262 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: with John Moran. It doesn't it doesn't look good, but 263 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: I'm rooting for the guy. I did have somebody come 264 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: at me on social media. Boy J, you've never said 265 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: a good thing about John Moran, and I was like, 266 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: that can't be true. He when he was winning at 267 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: Murray State, I was betting on him because that guy 268 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: he was unbelievable and he was just a one man 269 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: wrecking crew. And then he gets to the NBA and 270 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: he was pretty good. But I've never been a guy 271 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: like Obviously, dunking is cool, but I've never been a 272 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: guy just in awe of athletic ability and dunking. I 273 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: want to. I consider myself as shooter, so I love 274 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: the three point shooters. Now, if you can meld the 275 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: shooting and the dunking like a guy like Zach Levine, 276 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: you know that. I'm a huge fan. But I digress. Um, 277 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: let's go to college basketball real quick. Obviously, it's a 278 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: monster week in college hoops and there was a big 279 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: retirement yesterday it was an awkward retirement. I've told this 280 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: story before. So the first college basketball team I got 281 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: into was the Georgetown Hoyas. I was a young kid 282 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: and my parents were friends with a buddy of mine's parents, 283 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: and they were huge Georgetown fans. That dad went to 284 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: Seaton Hall and the mom was from New Jersey. At 285 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: any rate, they were like into college hoops. So Georgetown 286 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: was the local team growing up in DC. So they 287 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: had like a party for Georgetown. And it's funny. My 288 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: buddy listens to the podcast and texted me when he 289 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: I talked about this last time. But after I you know, 290 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: saw Georgetown whatever year it was eighty four, eighty five 291 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: that they won the title. It was eighty four, but 292 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: I don't really remember the game. But in the ensuing 293 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: years I started to watch more basketball and Syracuse had 294 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: this point guard, Sherman Douglas who was unbelievable. Love watching him, 295 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: and I became a Syracuse fan, And obviously, you know, 296 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: I followed thecuse they were like my team. And if 297 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: you guys couldn't pick this up about me, I've never 298 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: really liked the local team. When I was growing up 299 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: in Northern Virginia everybody liked at the time the Washington Redskins. 300 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm not following the crowd. I'm not 301 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: liking the Washington Redskins. And I said, I was born 302 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: in New York. I'll root for the Jets. So at 303 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: the time, everybody liked Georgetown. I was like, okay, well 304 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: we rooted for the first time. But I like Syracuse. 305 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: That's my team. So I liked Syracuse and Georgetown. I'm 306 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: one of those weirdest now that we're in LA, though, 307 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: I kind of root for the Rams a little bit. 308 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: Ucla usc are kind of interesting. I think some of that, 309 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: you know, we get a little more access to some 310 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: of the stuff given where I am now, as opposed 311 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: to being a kid. But nevertheless, I liked Syracuse a lot, 312 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: and Jim Beheim was a coach, and Syracuse was always 313 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: really good. I loved the poet Lawrence Moten. I didn't 314 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: even realize he's the leading scorer in Syracuse basketball history. 315 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: I was a huge fan of me. He pulled his 316 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: socks up high, so I started pulling my socks up 317 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: high when he played basketball. Billy Owens loved him. Derek Coleman, 318 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: I vaguely remember Ronnie Psychly. I could rattle off if 319 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: we played the game where I said, we're gonna name 320 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 1: Syracuse basketball players, go and we have to go until 321 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: somebody can't name one. I guarantee you I could beat 322 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: a lot of people who don't live in Syracuse, New York, 323 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: because I've rooted for this team for a long time. 324 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: So then, you know, Jim Beheim starts to go off 325 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: the reservation a little bit. If I can say that, 326 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,439 Speaker 1: he started to get a little out there. He had 327 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: an incident. I'm not going to get into his off 328 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: the court stuff. You know, he's the guy's ancient now, 329 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: he's in his late seventies, and he had just some 330 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: ornerary moments with the media, and I don't know, he 331 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,400 Speaker 1: started to sour, he started to get weird. I had 332 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: a buddy who knows I like Syracuse text me and 333 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: after this was kind of interesting that Jim Beheim is 334 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: kind of sort of the Aaron Rodgers of college basketball 335 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: hoops coaches. And I was like what, and he goes, 336 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: think about it, Jim Behim's an all time great And 337 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: I was like, well, he's really really good. And then 338 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 1: I started to drill down. I'm like Okay, he has 339 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: one title. Holy cow, he's been coaching for forty seven 340 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 1: years and he has one championship. That's it. Okay, He's 341 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: been a five final fours, so basically a final four 342 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: every nine ish years. Okay, that's good. But he's not 343 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: like on the Mount Rushmore college basketball coaches. Okay, so 344 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: he's an all time really good coach. One title, kind 345 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: of annoying off the court. And my buddy said, well, 346 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 1: what about Aaron Rodgers. He's largely underachieved in Green Bay. 347 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: One title, he's got MVPs. Jim Behi, by the way, 348 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: thirty four of those forty seven years he had twenty 349 00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: more wins. Now, I don't know what kind of bench 350 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: Moore twenty eight wins is, but it's a stat that 351 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: they love to say. Thirty four seasons of twenty plus 352 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: wins sounds pretty damn good. Aaron Rodgers, seemingly always over 353 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 1: five hundred, got a bunch of MVPs, starting to get 354 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 1: weird and annoying off the court, and he's only got 355 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: one title. So underachieving is the theme. And I started to, 356 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: you know, again, because I'm a Syracuse guy, I started 357 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 1: to look a little deeper. And so I'll let you 358 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: be the judge. So in nineteen eighty seven, they go 359 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: to the title game. Keith Smart of Indiana hits a 360 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: baseline jumper with like six seconds left. Really good call. 361 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 1: You can go look it up on YouTube. So they 362 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: lose a Natty in the final ten seconds. Nineteen ninety 363 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 1: six arguably my favorite Syracuse team. I remember this because 364 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: I was a young guy. I was I was at 365 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: Virginia Tech, and obviously I like Syracuse, even though you 366 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: know I was at Virginia Tech. And they had John 367 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: Wallace as their star and a bunch of okay other guys, 368 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: and they make this incredible run to the in the 369 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: NCA tournament. They get to the final against a stacked 370 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: Kentucky team. I'm talking like that Kentucky teament like seven 371 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 1: or eight guys go to the NBA. I think Antoine 372 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: Walker was a star, but they had like Tony Delk 373 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 1: a bunch of other dudes, and they Syracuse lost that, 374 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: But what a run it was. Go look up the 375 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: ending of Syracuse, Georgia. What is the guys? I forget 376 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: the guy who had the call, his it was amazing. 377 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 1: Al McGuire is the one who had the call, and 378 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 1: that was the tournament where they they befuddled Kansas in 379 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: the Elite eight. It was amazing run I remember watching 380 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: all those games with my buddies in college. At any rate, 381 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: they lose to a loaded Kentucky. There was no way 382 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: they were winning that game. So those are two finals 383 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:48,360 Speaker 1: that they lost. Then when they were stacked in two 384 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:51,919 Speaker 1: thousand ten, number one seed, I don't know if you 385 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: remember Wesley Johnson. He was drafted pretty high, top ten pick, 386 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure. A funny side note, a buddy of 387 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: mine who listens to this podcast, apparently Johnson lives near 388 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 1: me and my buddy is good friends with him. So 389 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: at some point I will meet Wesley Johnson and talk 390 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 1: Syracuse hoops with him. But they had a really good 391 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: team that year. And if you remember, they had a 392 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:18,400 Speaker 1: center a Congo, not akong Wu. That's the USC guy 393 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: o Naku. I can't say his name correctly. I'm sorry, 394 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 1: boys and girls, but bottom line, he was anchoring that 395 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,399 Speaker 1: two three zone in the middle, big space eater, and 396 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: he gets hurt in the Big East tournament. So they're 397 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: the number one seed and they end up losing to 398 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 1: Gordon Hayward's Butler Bulldogs in I think the Sweet sixteen. 399 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 1: So that was a bit of an underachieving but unlucky 400 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: with the center injury. And then in twenty twelve they 401 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: were again. They were twenty four and two heading into 402 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 1: the tournament number one seed, and again a big guy 403 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: ruled out. Do you guys remember fab mellow seven foot 404 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: or big time high school player academically ineligible after I 405 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: think after adoring the Big East Tournament, he ended up 406 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: getting to the NBA play with the Celtics. He had 407 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: a weird death in Brazil where he had like a 408 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: heart attack at AIDS like twenty six I don't know. Anyways, 409 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 1: he suspended for the NCAA tournament. Syracuse loses to a 410 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: pretty fun Ohio State team in the Elite eight. They 411 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: had a gentleman by the name of Aaron Kraft who was, like, 412 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: I loved watching Aaronkraft play lock it down on defense, 413 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 1: smart guard, heady, always hustling, diving, blah blah blah, like 414 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: everything you want in a guard. Aaroncraft, who was a 415 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: big fan Jared Salinger was a star of that team. 416 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: But anyways, so Beheim had this thing where he would 417 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: underachieve with his best teams and when little was expected, 418 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: they would make incredible runs to the final four. And 419 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: I don't know how you judge that as a career list. 420 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: And obviously Jim Behim Hall of Famer, really really good career, 421 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: but like if you start to look at like the 422 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: top ten coaches in college basketball history, I don't know 423 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: that he makes that list. Fox Sports Radio has the 424 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of 425 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com and within 426 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app search f SR to listen live. I 427 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: think would take too long to drill down. But like, 428 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: for instance, like you put Jay Wright, who retired from Villanova, 429 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: and there's a side note here in a sec like 430 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 1: Jay Wright, like it's just winning titles. You gotta go 431 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: Jay Wright over Jim bay On, right. I mean, I 432 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: know that's like not great to say, because Bay I'm 433 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: forty seven years the guy was a legend. It's tough. 434 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: Top ten, Like you know, it's very competitive in college basketball. 435 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: Now here's the other interesting thing. If you are remotely 436 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 1: a college basketball fan. Obviously we'll be doing a lot 437 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: of tournament stuff. Tomorrow's guest, I think we're getting him. 438 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 1: I'll give you a hint. He had a triple double 439 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 1: in the conference championship game. This week he was the 440 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: Conference player of the year. We follow each other on 441 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: social media. Like a nice guy had me on his 442 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: podcast I think two years ago. Well, well, I think 443 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: we'll get him one tomorrow to talk hoops. But college 444 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: basketball has had a bit of a brain drain when 445 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 1: it comes to coaching. If you look at the big 446 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 1: names that have stepped down in recent years, coach k 447 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,640 Speaker 1: Jay Wright, Roy Williams. If I asked you how many 448 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: active coaches have won a national championship, would you even 449 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: be able to guess within like a four or five 450 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: of the actual number. And obviously, listen, Bill self won 451 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: the title last year. Everybody knows that Drew Scott drew 452 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 1: one or title of Baylor. Everybody knows that Tony Bennett 453 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 1: one with Virginia. These are in like the last five years, 454 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: but after that, it's like whoa college hoops coaches are 455 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: dropping like flies. Bob Huggins does not have a title. 456 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: Tom Izzo does have a title. He's still ticking Calipari 457 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 1: at Kentucky obviously as a title. And Rick Patino, who 458 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,239 Speaker 1: wanted Louisville he's now at IONA and he's got a 459 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: couple of years left. So there are six coaches out 460 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: of three hundred and forty five Division one who have 461 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: a national championship. That's it. This is a weird time 462 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,199 Speaker 1: in college hoops and folks. You just look and you 463 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:10,920 Speaker 1: know to look at the Ken Palm stats and the 464 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: Ken Palm info. I'm just telling you, I've been crunching 465 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: some of the numbers. This is gonna be a crazy tournament. 466 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: I know some people want to go chalk it's I mean, 467 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:26,479 Speaker 1: the number one seeds are looking like Houston, which the 468 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: final four is in Houston. That's a huge, huge edge 469 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 1: for Houston. They'll probably get to the final four. The 470 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: draw is important. You see. LA probably will be headed 471 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: to the final four. But they just lost the defensive 472 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 1: player of the year in the Pac Ten, their best 473 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: defensive guard, and now they got to rely on I 474 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: think a couple of freshmen, including Amari Babiley. Bailey who 475 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: played with Lebron's kid at out here in LA Marie 476 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: Bill is a good offensive player. Can he lock down 477 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: our defense? I don't know, that's a big loss. I'm 478 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: just telling you right now, Alabama is not a great 479 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: team defensively, they're good offensively challenged. They do have a 480 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 1: superstar and the kid Miller, who we're not gonna talk 481 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: about on the pod. E's a good player. Kind of 482 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: like Connecticut a lot. Well, let me see what happens 483 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: in the Big East Tournament. Don't want to overreact, but 484 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: when you go down the list of what boxes you 485 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 1: need to check, they're kind of hitting on all of them. 486 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: Top fifteen in offensive and defensive efficiency. I like Connecticut, Tennessee, 487 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: I don't love I don't love Perdue guards suspect like 488 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: Gonzaga looked great dismantling Saint Mary's, they are not good defensively. 489 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 1: And I'm just telling you, guys, if you want to 490 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: be scared about Gonzaga, go back and look at what 491 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 1: happened when they played a tough team from the SEC 492 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: last year. They got pushed around and bullied. Texas a 493 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 1: bit of a sleeper. Kansas is good again, but I 494 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 1: don't think they're going back to back. Arizona very suss 495 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: on defense, and you go down the list, there's not 496 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: a dominant team or even close to one. Don't tell 497 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 1: me Houston's dominant because they're twenty nine to two that 498 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 1: ain't dominant. Gonzaga was undefeated last year. Houston lost against Houston, 499 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 1: lost to Alabama, lost to Temple, and has won every 500 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,199 Speaker 1: other game. This is the kind of fun thing I 501 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: like to look at. Outside of two games against Memphis, 502 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: nobody has played Houston tough. Memphis has played them tough 503 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 1: because they're in the division, and Freddy Hardaway's guys, they 504 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: you know, they got the book down. This is not 505 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,360 Speaker 1: a great three point shooting team of Houston. I do 506 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 1: like the guards Sassa obviously, the veteran is Key, Mark 507 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: and Sheet are pretty pretty solid guys who have been around. 508 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: I think this is a good team. I think final four. 509 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: I just don't see Houston winning the title. But anyways, 510 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: we'll save it for tomorrow and after the brackets come out. Obviously, 511 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: get ready for tomorrow's big interview and then Friday hosting 512 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: the Herd. Sunday we get brackets. It's all happening, folks. 513 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: Talk to you tomorrow.