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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Big Bets on Campus Podcast. This is

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Speaker 2: the mid week college basketball betting Preview. I'm stucky joining

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Speaker 2: me as always a fellow BBOC coast Mike Calbury's and

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Speaker 2: Tanner McGrath. Like we will do each and every Tuesday

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Speaker 2: for the remainder of the season, we will recap the

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Speaker 2: weekend some good, bad, maybe some ugly, and then we

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Speaker 2: will give out some looks for Wednesday and Thursday's card.

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Speaker 2: If you are new to the show, welcome, little just

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Speaker 2: scheduling recap for how this podcast has been operating and

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Speaker 2: will continue to do so for the remainder of the season.

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Speaker 2: Three man weave early in the week. This episode Tuesday's

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Speaker 2: covering Wednesday and Thursday, and then myself, Mike and Greg

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Speaker 2: Wadal will be back on Thursday nights to look at

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Speaker 2: the weekend card. Gentlemen, Let's start off with some good

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Speaker 2: although I can wrap up some good, bad and ugly

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Speaker 2: all into who I want to mention Caleb Love. I'm

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Speaker 2: probably gonna pay for this. The Gamba gods are going

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Speaker 2: to make me pay for this for the next couple weeks.

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Speaker 2: But I had Arizona. Caleb Love could not hit a

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Speaker 2: hit open threes. He couldn't, and then of course he

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Speaker 2: hits a sixty footer thrilling at the bell and then

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Speaker 2: catches fire and overtime hands Iowa State a devastating loss,

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Speaker 2: one that I definitely didn't deserve. But that was a

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Speaker 2: thrilling game. Mchaal was on fire. And now Iowa State

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Speaker 2: about pulling a rabbit out of your half. Pretty wild

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Speaker 2: weekend in the Big Twelve. I think one of you

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Speaker 2: That is my good. Also, I'd like to quick shout

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Speaker 2: outs to Dawson Garcia had a week Minnesota. It's playing

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Speaker 2: it for my good, Tan or I'll go to you.

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Speaker 2: What do you got to recap? How about U NBC.

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Speaker 2: U NBC now was a wagon after we after they

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Speaker 2: lay an egg against Maine. Huh, I don't know what.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what happened.

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Speaker 3: Vermont's interior defense on Saturday as ridiculous. They shot twenty

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Speaker 3: But zone Vermont forever right, Yeah, pretty much. But I

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Speaker 2: I agree he was on. I was surprising why rush

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Speaker 4: This isn't me clowning on some of these top teams,

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Speaker 4: Yukon that could make the round of thirty two really

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Speaker 4: So I'm excited to see what that brings next month

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Speaker 3: You've talked about this, how you think like some of

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Speaker 3: a really awesome, chaotic tournament, especially after two years of

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Speaker 3: just beat downs from Yukon. It seems like, yeah, that

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's gonna be an amazing tournament. There's

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Speaker 2: like I would still throw especially once Iowa States fully healthy.

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Speaker 2: of my rants. I'm so tired of losing money on Rutgers.

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Speaker 2: I can't figure out their injury situation. I was told

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Speaker 2: But I don't think this Michigan State team is your Yeah,

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Speaker 2: The Tennessee offense still has limitations. I mean just looking

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Speaker 2: Same with Marquette and uh yeah, I think it's going

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Speaker 2: Yukon the set, They Yukon needs to figure out their defense.

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Speaker 2: I mean just their basic bosscreing defense. They're lost. They

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Speaker 2: definitely not working right now. And curious to get your

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Speaker 2: is they're obviously on a run here. They've won fourteen straight,

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Speaker 2: then since then, it's like, you know, who's it really

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Speaker 2: Cooper Flag is only getting better. He's playing at a

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Speaker 2: Do you trust the rest of the Duke offense because

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Speaker 2: I think it's pretty clear that the defense is elite,

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Speaker 3: But it also their deficiencies against against Wake when all

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Speaker 2: Yep. Yeah, and you're gonna be facing better teams than

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Speaker 2: still really limited. Let's get to the bad or the

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Speaker 4: I remember this is a safe space. You know what

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Speaker 2: You're randing now, baby, I'm.

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Speaker 4: Ran why not?

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Speaker 1: You've got to let it out somehow.

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Speaker 2: I'll let one of you guys hit Kansas. That was unbelievable. Also, Iowa,

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Speaker 2: Rutgers injuries. I just need clarity there, please once so

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Speaker 2: I mentioned everything. I'll see if there's anything else that

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Speaker 3: So this I'm in I'm in the middle of an

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Speaker 3: these slumps, and it's college teams melting big leads late.

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Speaker 3: He fouls AJ Lopez on and one to cut the

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Speaker 3: It is just sickening stuff. One consistent thing whenever you're

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Speaker 2: Yeah, especially if you had Kansas plus money. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: It but it is. There's nothing worse because college basketball

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Speaker 2: Then it's like there's four minutes to go, you're up six,

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Speaker 2: You know a three is coming, and then you just

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Speaker 2: without Calvary's. But the Kansas game, talk about six point side,

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Speaker 4: A pair of them, I mean it was it was wild.

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Speaker 4: from somebody's tweet. Houston had a point four percent chance

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Speaker 2: That was a win.

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Speaker 2: It just is what it is.

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Speaker 4: But separately, I want to talk about Kansas. Usually you

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Speaker 2: I'm not quite over it. Yeah, crazy up six, get

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Speaker 2: there's zero percent chance of that, Like I'm not missing

435
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:44,960
Speaker 2: other games like that. I would would never never even

436
00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:50,480
Speaker 2: consider it. I you know, I haven't missed a minute

437
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:56,000
Speaker 2: of a game on the first weekend. Maybe I don't know.

438
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,600
Speaker 2: Since I was like six, my parents never I would

439
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Speaker 2: you still let me stay home from school on those

440
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:05,080
Speaker 2: first two days? Middle school, high school, and then in

441
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:10,600
Speaker 2: college it was always it was always lined up with

442
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 2: our spring break, And did I go on spring break?

443
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:21,879
Speaker 2: In college? Once no, I went home. I would have

444
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,680
Speaker 2: a room stocked with One year I got I got

445
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:31,600
Speaker 2: a keg to myself, but I have rooms stopped with alcohol.

446
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 2: My mom would go back to my mouth. My mom

447
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:40,399
Speaker 2: would make me like big sheet of eggplant palm and

448
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 2: I would That was I couldn't have been happier. I

449
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,760
Speaker 2: had no fomo, no regrets of not going to spring break.

450
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,240
Speaker 2: So no, I'm not. I'm not going to Lexington. My

451
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,080
Speaker 2: wife will make me neck my farm. My wife's taking

452
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,520
Speaker 2: over that role and I will be on my couch

453
00:23:55,040 --> 00:24:02,399
Speaker 2: from eleven am until the last game, thirteen hour sweats.

454
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:03,760
Speaker 2: Do it again the next day, do it again the

455
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 2: next day, do it again the next day. It's the best.

456
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,800
Speaker 2: It's the best weekend. What we're gonna say, coverage, I'm just.

457
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,639
Speaker 4: Viewing you as the precursor to Uber. Just driving all

458
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 4: your friends to the airport, going to can Kun, going

459
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,679
Speaker 4: the Dominican, and it's like, enjoy your spring break. I

460
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,400
Speaker 4: am going to be here sweating, you know, a Virginia

461
00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,080
Speaker 4: Grand Canyon game and enjoying every second of it.

462
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 3: I was in Burlington last year for the Americies Tournament,

463
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 3: and I was out at a bar watching some of

464
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 3: the conference tournament games, and I met this kid who

465
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,200
Speaker 3: actually recognized me from some of my Vermont writing, and

466
00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,080
Speaker 3: he was like, I was just like, so it's spring

467
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,120
Speaker 3: break and you're sitting here in a bar in Burlington,

468
00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,399
Speaker 3: still like wiring you home. He's like, I didn't want

469
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,760
Speaker 3: to miss all the ball, didn't want to travel, so

470
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:45,960
Speaker 3: he just he stayed. He watched all the Vermont games,

471
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,000
Speaker 3: and yeah, that's that's true, degenerously all right.

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499
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,199
Speaker 2: I'm an awful prop player, but this this playoffs, I

500
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,719
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Speaker 2: check that out. Let's get to some midweek looks. I'll

503
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 2: kick things off. We just talked about Houston. I think

504
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 2: the best spot on the board this week, like just

505
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 2: situationally is West Virginia. I I mean this to me,

506
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:44,000
Speaker 2: I don't know, can we get seven plus? We'll see

507
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 2: these spots huge tax on them. I I mean West

508
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:54,040
Speaker 2: Virginia home game in a big game, one of the

509
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,000
Speaker 2: best home court advantages in all of college basketball in

510
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 2: my opinion. I do think it helps that they saw

511
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:06,840
Speaker 2: this Houston defense recently and they're coming off two. I

512
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,880
Speaker 2: would say bad losses at home against Arizona State at

513
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:16,160
Speaker 2: Kansas State should get a max effort here and Houston.

514
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 2: You know, after that thrilling win hit the road for

515
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,320
Speaker 2: a second straight GAMEY had what if Roberts played forty

516
00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 2: six forty seven minutes Pryor played forty eight minutes. So

517
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 2: you know, maybe there's a little flat, sluggish star. Maybe

518
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:34,280
Speaker 2: the legs aren't there on the jumpers as well as

519
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 2: they might be usually so uh Western and well coach team,

520
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,639
Speaker 2: big game, Javon Small. I'm going to be looking at

521
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 2: West Virginia on Wednesday night in Morgan eight and a

522
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 2: half available, ooh, really attacks a spot. Tax I was

523
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 2: also looking at the spot. I like West Virginia a lot.

524
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 4: When we were talking Tanner, where's that they know it

525
00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 4: was going to be eight and a half. I thought

526
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,400
Speaker 4: it would be five so eight and a half has.

527
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,200
Speaker 2: An attention perfect. I will be on that all right.

528
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,200
Speaker 4: I'll hop in with a Wednesday play. I like Saint

529
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 4: Mary's laying up to the edge of a possession. You

530
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,560
Speaker 4: know you'll get torbick Evan Mia. It's kind of a

531
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 4: coin flip.

532
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 2: I think they both have it.

533
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 4: Minus one right now.

534
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 2: I get it.

535
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,680
Speaker 4: The Broncos they Beacon Zaga. After years of the Zags

536
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,879
Speaker 4: just essentially dominating them up and down the floor, they

537
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 4: could never buy a win against them. They now won

538
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 4: two of the last three against Mark Few. They break

539
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 4: through the hundred point threshold, but I still think that

540
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 4: says more about the Bulldog's issues on the defensive end

541
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,120
Speaker 4: than necessarily. Santa Clara ready to be in that two

542
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 4: or three slot in the West Coast Conference all the

543
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,440
Speaker 4: way through conference tournament time. They're up against the Gales here.

544
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 4: They're a top thirty team on both ends of the floor.

545
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 4: According to Ken Palm. They're methodical, maybe more so than

546
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 4: any team in the entire country. Under Randy Bennett. They're

547
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 4: a perfect five to zero on the road this year,

548
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 4: which is fifth in the haslim Metric away from home ranking.

549
00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 4: They're also second in momentum. They're playing great back basketball.

550
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,400
Speaker 4: They're nine to three straight up against Quad two and

551
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 4: Quad three teams. They're an elite rebounding team, top thirty

552
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 4: in work on the glass on both ends, and they

553
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 4: don't beat themselves, which is kind of a hallmark of

554
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 4: Bennett's teams. When it's really rolling, they're only turning it

555
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 4: over nine point eight times per game. Their opponents just

556
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 4: are not getting to the foul line. They take fewer

557
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 4: than fifteen foul shots per game, So you have to

558
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,560
Speaker 4: earn it, like the Gales are just not going to

559
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 4: give it away. And I understand that this is on

560
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,000
Speaker 4: the road and this is a big spot for Santa Clara,

561
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 4: but I still think that they are a class better.

562
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,240
Speaker 4: I think they're a two possession better team in this spot.

563
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 4: So as long as this isn't north of three, I'm

564
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 4: going to take them. I also think that you know

565
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 4: the game. Within the game, they're going to kill them

566
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 4: on the inside. Santa Clara is barely two hundred and

567
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 4: fiftieth and two point percentage defense. They can get into

568
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 4: the lane, they can get into the post and score.

569
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 4: And then finally, Tyree Bryan is he available because he wasn't.

570
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 4: In the last game against Oregon State, they fail to

571
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 4: hit seventy points. He's such an integral part of what

572
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 4: they're doing on the perimeter. They don't get to seventy.

573
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 4: As I mentioned, they lose by fourteen going away. So

574
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 4: if he's not going here, then I would stretch this

575
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 4: all the way up to SMC minus five. What do

576
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 4: you think about that one?

577
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 2: Sanner A bit of a.

578
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 3: Tough spot for Mary's maybe, but they're the better team.

579
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 3: I am not one hundred percent sold on Santa Clara,

580
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 3: who I think have has all the talent in the

581
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 3: world and all the upside, but it seems like they've

582
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 3: never quite put it all together yet this year.

583
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 2: I just have to get a credit to I mean,

584
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 2: one of the best coaches in college basketball and Randy Bennett.

585
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 2: I mean, this team just doesn't miss a beat. You know,

586
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 2: you talk about some of their losses. I mean, look

587
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 2: at what By the way, Aiden Haiti finally had a

588
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 2: good game for Yukon on Saturday, and although he had

589
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 2: some dumb mistakes too, but look at what Josh Jefferson's

590
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 2: doing for Iowa State. He's dominating in the Big Twelve.

591
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 2: I mean, look at some of their losses, and Saint

592
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 2: Mary's hasn't missed a beat.

593
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 3: They lag in as as that drop coverage defender as

594
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 3: the anchor who's been there for what five years, and

595
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,719
Speaker 3: he's just such a steady force underneath that allows Bennett

596
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 3: to run that scheme.

597
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 1: He's awesome.

598
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 4: Yeah.

599
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, And they're just dominating teams on the offensive glass,

600
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 2: which has been huge for them. By the way, what

601
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 2: is that one of the other reasons I like West

602
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 2: Virginia What is that total? Because like West Virginia in

603
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 2: these big games just.

604
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 3: Turns the game twenty two and a half.

605
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, so like eight and a half is even more

606
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 2: than a game that might not reach one twenty because

607
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 2: you know Houston and how Houston plays, and West Virginian

608
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 2: these especially in these big games, is just slowing the

609
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 2: game down to a crawl. So points at a premium

610
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 2: for sure. Tanner, what do you.

611
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 3: Got, I'm looking at Furman as a home dog, any

612
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 3: home dog price against Samford. This is Wednesday night, I

613
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 3: think six pm one of the games that kicks off

614
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 3: on Wednesday night. I adore the SoCon I think we

615
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 3: all do. The depth of that league is awesome and

616
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 3: it's really it's a skill based league, right. It has

617
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 3: the highest three point rate of all thirty two conferences,

618
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 3: just under forty six percent.

619
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: It's a shooter's league.

620
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 3: Therefore, three point variants can really make or break you

621
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 3: in this league, and I think Furman has been snake

622
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 3: bitting a bit. They're shooting thirty two percent from deep

623
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 3: in league play while opponents have shot thirty seven percent.

624
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 3: It's led to a disappointing four and four start in

625
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 3: league play. The loss to VMI was bad. They barely

626
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 3: staved off Mercer on the road in their last game,

627
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 3: but I think that's made them a little bit undervalued,

628
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 3: and I think they're now in a huge kind of

629
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 3: circle the Wagons spot against the class of the league

630
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 3: in Samford. I just expect max effort here from the Dens,

631
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 3: who did manage to upset Stamford at home last January

632
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 3: before losing on the road later that season. And then yeah, exactly, Yeah,

633
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,040
Speaker 3: So it's a bit of a revenge spot and the

634
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 3: red hot seven and one Zacon Play Bulldogs are way

635
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 3: overdue for a loss. Their off wins off over Chattanooga

636
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 3: and Wafford two two tough games against Soacon to contenders

637
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 3: and their last few road efforts did not really impress me.

638
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,880
Speaker 3: Beating Mercer by one probably could have lost to Chattanooga

639
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 3: if the Moxton shoot nineteen percent from three. Samford's only

640
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 3: three and six against the spread on the road this year.

641
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,960
Speaker 3: The real schematic key to this game for me is

642
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 3: that it's really surprising that Furman's gotten unlucky with opposing

643
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 3: three point shooting variants because they are such an excellent

644
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 3: three point and catch and shoot denial defense, and that

645
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 3: is so important against Bucky Ball, which does nothing but

646
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 3: spread you out and shoot. I'm worried about Furman's transition

647
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 3: defense a little bit, which is vulnerable on a per

648
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 3: possession basis, but a good way to avoid defending in

649
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 3: transition is to not turn the ball over against the

650
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 3: Bucky Ball press zone scheme. Furman's been a decent ball

651
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 3: handling team, especially with PJ. Smith playing at an all

652
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 3: conference level. They've been an above at ridge press and

653
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:04,040
Speaker 3: zone offense this year, and like most Bob Rishi led teams,

654
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 3: Furman is excellent in their secondary motion creation. They pass

655
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:09,799
Speaker 3: the ball well, they shoot the ball well, and they

656
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 3: cut off the ball well. Buckey Ball's press is vulnerable

657
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 3: to teams that can cut behind it, and the zone

658
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 3: is vulnerable to teams that could shoot over it. I

659
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 3: think Furman can do both. For example, to reference that

660
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,399
Speaker 3: Chattanooga game again, the Mox handled the press fine. They

661
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,360
Speaker 3: scored fourteen points on ten cuts. That's good, but they

662
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 3: only shot you know, nineteen percent from three. They do both,

663
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 3: they win that game, and I think, just in short,

664
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:36,279
Speaker 3: you know, Bucky ball Sanford, that can look really their

665
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 3: style can look really pedestrian when the Bulldogs aren't hitting

666
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:41,799
Speaker 3: a million threes off a million turnovers. I mean, just

667
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 3: look at the East Tennessee State game. They scored sixty

668
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,640
Speaker 3: points at home. I think Richie can drop a great

669
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 3: game plan in a good home spot to hand the

670
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,759
Speaker 3: Bulldogs and overdue loss. And I want them, at any

671
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 3: dog price to do just that.

672
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 2: I like it had that circle as well. Here's the

673
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 2: team that's going to bankrupt me by the end of

674
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 2: the year. But I'm still not a believer. Nebraska Omaha,

675
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 2: who's one to nine straight sitting on top of the summit.

676
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 2: They can't keep getting away from with this. I mean,

677
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 2: they're they're shooting forty five percent from three in league play,

678
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 2: holding teams to thirty percent. It's not a great defense.

679
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,879
Speaker 2: I mean, for example, South Dakota has played the harder

680
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:23,279
Speaker 2: league schedule, has the better two point defense in league play,

681
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 2: teams are shooting forty percent from three against them. Southcota

682
00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 2: is deeds not any good for what it's got, but

683
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:32,279
Speaker 2: their offense is and I think they're gonna be able

684
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 2: to score on Omaha. They're not gonna turn it over.

685
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 2: They're gonna get to the line a ton. The regression

686
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 2: for Omaha behind the arck on both ends, it has

687
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 2: to come eventually. So I'll be looking at the Yots

688
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 2: at home against Oma. I mean I have to I

689
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,240
Speaker 2: do have to say that every time I do watch Omaha.

690
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,640
Speaker 2: Markel Sutton is a player. He can get buckets. But

691
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 2: this team's playing above its head mainly due to three

692
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 2: point variants and play. So yeah, I'll be looking to

693
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:06,359
Speaker 2: back South Dakota. What else you got? Calvary's I got

694
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:07,399
Speaker 2: a themed card this week.

695
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 4: I'm going with all these top teams in their mid

696
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 4: major low major league conferences going.

697
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:12,960
Speaker 2: On the road.

698
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 4: Arkansas State lay in eight at Southern Miss and Hattiesburg

699
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,160
Speaker 4: red Wolves are the class of the Sun Belt. You know,

700
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,879
Speaker 4: Taryn Todd has taken care of most of their scoring.

701
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 2: Load on the perimeter.

702
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 4: He's a really nice compliment to Kobe Julian inside. But

703
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 4: the reason why I love them and why they can

704
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 4: score in spurts is Joseph Pinion transfers in from Arkansas.

705
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 4: He was a four star recruit. He was in McDonald's

706
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 4: All American nominee and he is just a three point bomber.

707
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 4: They use him as just a killer on the perimeter.

708
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 4: He said in thirty eight percent of his triples, and

709
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 4: he's a volume shooter from out there. So I think

710
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,239
Speaker 4: they can have a scoring barrage and run away in

711
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 4: this game because Southern miss what they really want to do.

712
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,319
Speaker 4: In a lot of cases, there's plenty of Sun Belt

713
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,359
Speaker 4: teams that like to play slow, and you'll get teams

714
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 4: like app State South Alabama they want to play really slow,

715
00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 4: but so they miss speeds them up, gets them out

716
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 4: of their comfort zone and kind of, you know, change

717
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,760
Speaker 4: the nature of the game having to be more transition heavy.

718
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 2: If you saw what South.

719
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 4: Alabama was able to do though, they elevated their tempo

720
00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 4: and they won by thirteen in that game against the

721
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 4: Golden Eagles, But Arkansas State's not a team that you

722
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 4: can speed up in the SBC, so that advantage goes

723
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 4: out the window. It's really the only calling card for

724
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:21,319
Speaker 4: USM this season. I don't trust a home dog even

725
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 4: catching close to ten when they can't shoot their two

726
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,479
Speaker 4: hundred and seventy seventh in shooting efficiency. So if they're

727
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 4: not getting let's call it fifteen points or more in

728
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,839
Speaker 4: fast break buckets and transition scores, then I don't see

729
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 4: them hanging around in this one. So it seems like

730
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 4: a lot, but I'll lay the eight with the Red Wolves.

731
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 2: Kenner, what do you got next?

732
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, Thursday Night, Big ten Battle. You think that West

733
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 3: Virginia is the most obvious spot of the week. I

734
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 3: think it's Penn State hosting Ohio State on Thursday.

735
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 1: I think it's the most obvious spot of the week.

736
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,359
Speaker 3: Ohio State do for a loss heading on the road

737
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 3: after back to back wins over Purdue in Iowa. It

738
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 3: could also be a little mini sandwich spot they have

739
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,840
Speaker 3: the they go to Champagne on Saturday or Sunday.

740
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 1: Sorry to visit Illinois.

741
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 3: Ohawa State also not that good on the road. Three

742
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 3: hundred and thirty eighth nationally and Haslo metrics away from

743
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 3: Home metric. A couple of notable results include a fourteen

744
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:13,919
Speaker 3: point loss to Texas A and M thirty four point

745
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 3: loss to Maryland, a double overtime win over Minnesota, who

746
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:21,360
Speaker 3: I know is playing better, but still meanwhile, Penn State is,

747
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 3: you know, I know, they're they're what, They're three and

748
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 3: seven in Big Ten play, but they're they're due for

749
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 3: a bounced back performance coming home after back to back

750
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 3: road losses against Iowa and Michigan. I combined five points

751
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 3: and the Hawks and Wolverines shot a combined twenty three

752
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 3: for fifty one from three in those two games forty

753
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 3: five percent. So maybe the luck on that side of

754
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 3: the ball could flip. And Penn State's last three true

755
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 3: home performances were a four point went over Northwestern, a

756
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,399
Speaker 3: one point loss to Oregon is two and a half

757
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 3: point home dog, and an eight point win over Rutgers

758
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 3: to snap a four game losing streak. I'm expecting a

759
00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 3: similar effort here, and I've made my staying for this

760
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 3: Ohio State team well known on these airwaves. I really

761
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 3: am very low on this team compared to the market.

762
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,680
Speaker 3: I do not believe in them. I think that all

763
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 3: their successes this season have been booed by unsustainable three

764
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 3: point shooting splits from a team that doesn't even really

765
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,919
Speaker 3: profile well as a good three point shooting team. Even

766
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,919
Speaker 3: in the recent Predy win they shot eleven for twenty

767
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,800
Speaker 3: three from three forty eight percent, or in the Iowa

768
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 3: win where the Hawkes shot seven for twenty five from

769
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 3: twenty eight percent. Ohio State ranked second ALAST and the

770
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 3: Big ten and RIOM and three rate second ALASS in

771
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:36,319
Speaker 3: shot quality shot selection metric. It's just a lot of

772
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 3: mid range off the bounce jumper maestros, and their deficiencies

773
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 3: have been are being hidden by solid variants. Their three

774
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 3: point shooting has regressed significantly in league play and that's

775
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 3: why it's led to a four and five record, and

776
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,919
Speaker 3: I suspect it will be four and six soon once

777
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 3: opponents start hitting more threes. From a schematic perspective in

778
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 3: this game, though, Ohio State has been creating almost exclusively

779
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,760
Speaker 3: off the bounce via ball screens or and ISO creation

780
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 3: with you know, I want to Thornton, Johnson, Mobley, Parish.

781
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:03,919
Speaker 1: Royal, etc.

782
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 3: But they're running that into a Mike Rhodes coach, aggressive,

783
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,279
Speaker 3: hard hedging ball screen and perimeter coverage defense that is

784
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 3: elite at drible penetration denial. Penn State is they're mostly

785
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 3: vulnerable to like good short roll in picking pop guys

786
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 3: like creative guys out of the short roll. I don't

787
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 3: think Sean Storart nor Aaron Bradshaw is that And I

788
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,760
Speaker 3: can't quite figure out why this is happening, but Ohio

789
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,359
Speaker 3: State can't stop throwing the ball away. They rank dead

790
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:30,879
Speaker 3: last in the league in offensive turnover rate. They turn

791
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 3: the ball over more than any Big Ten team of Michigan.

792
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 3: They've recurded it not good against Penn State. Yeah, They've

793
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 3: recorded at least fourteen turnovers in four of their past

794
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 3: seven games, and they are the fourth worst press offense

795
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 3: in the Big Ten. A lot of these are non

796
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,319
Speaker 3: steel turnovers, which is really weird, which might negate kind

797
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 3: of what Baldwin wants to do. But if you're having

798
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 3: trouble hanging on to the ball, that bodes poorly against

799
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 3: Penn State's on ball pressure on the other end of

800
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 3: the court. A little mixed on the effectiveness of Ohio

801
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 3: State's ball screen coverage against a you know, Penn State

802
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 3: team that lives in pick and roll creation, but you know,

803
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,320
Speaker 3: Ohio States drop will invite Baldwin's on ball screen creation.

804
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 3: I think Baldwin could work in the middle of the floor.

805
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,560
Speaker 3: He's good kind of he can pull up, he can

806
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 3: draw defenders and dish for cutters. So regardless the spot

807
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,760
Speaker 3: is too good, give me Penn State, hopefully laying something

808
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 3: reasonable like one or two.

809
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 2: Nick, does it matter to you? Puff Johnson will probably

810
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 2: be out, you know, Nick Kurrn probably gets to start again,

811
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 2: and you and you and see could use Puff Johnson

812
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 2: this year.

813
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, I know he's important, but with a Scott hurt

814
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:39,879
Speaker 3: for a little bit and then he had a few

815
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 3: games where he wasn't playing as well. But as long

816
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 3: as he's playing up to par I am fine. You know,

817
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 3: without Puff Johnson, Baldwin is is the most one of

818
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 3: the most important players in the country to what Penn

819
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 3: State does on both sides of the rocks.

820
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 2: So Thursday, do we buy low in Nebraska against Illinois

821
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:03,520
Speaker 2: who I'm assume they're gonna be short ended again be

822
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,799
Speaker 2: such as Mono, So I assume he's going to be out.

823
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 2: I don't think they're the same team without him. I mean,

824
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 2: this has to be close to the bottom for Nebraska.

825
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,000
Speaker 2: The problem is like they could just get torched from

826
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 2: three here, which is always a risk with Nebraska. But

827
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:20,360
Speaker 2: if there's ever a max effort slam home spot for

828
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 2: a team that's been good at home the last couple

829
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:27,200
Speaker 2: years outside of this recent streak, it's here. You were

830
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:28,240
Speaker 2: shaking your head, gobberies.

831
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:31,520
Speaker 4: Now now I'll lay up to seven with the fighting line.

832
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 4: As you pointed out, fifteen and four against the spread

833
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 4: last year Hoiberg on his home floor in Lincoln. But

834
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:40,840
Speaker 4: this Nebraska offense is terrible. They're third from the bottom

835
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,279
Speaker 4: of the Big Ten and offensive efficiency per Evan Mea,

836
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,799
Speaker 4: they missed tom Andaga so much they're barely inside the

837
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 4: top two hundred and three point percentage. They never get

838
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 4: offensive boards, so fewer threes, fewer second chance buckets, and

839
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 4: they're almost dead even in turnover margins, So like, where

840
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 4: are they going to generate these better looks? And listen,

841
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 4: I understand in that Illinois is in a bit of

842
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,520
Speaker 4: a mini skid. Yaki Chonas gets you know, those early

843
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,200
Speaker 4: whistles against Michigan State fouls out. He also had some

844
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:09,680
Speaker 4: injury issues, But you don't have to look that far

845
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:11,920
Speaker 4: in the past. They go on the road at Assembly

846
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 4: Hall and win by twenty five. They go to Eugene

847
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 4: and win by thirty two.

848
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 2: That was this month.

849
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 4: It feels like it was a long time ago for

850
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,040
Speaker 4: the fighting line. And I understand they're going to miss

851
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,279
Speaker 4: their big Whu has Mono, But still even with that,

852
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 4: I think that they're just gonna be able to put

853
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 4: together a huge run or two it. And honestly, I

854
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 4: was kind of where you were about a month ago

855
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 4: where Cornhuskers stuck. Where I'm saying to myself, like, Heiberg

856
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,440
Speaker 4: is a quality coach. They still have an experienced roster,

857
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 4: they're twenty eighth in Ken Palm overall efficiency, but they

858
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 4: haven't put it together. And then I started to think

859
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 4: a little bit more like Heiberg took that team in

860
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 4: twenty thirteen to the Sweet sixteen. He hasn't won an

861
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:51,440
Speaker 4: NCAA tournament game since, Like, how long is he going

862
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:54,560
Speaker 4: to ride on that performance from eleven years ago? Like

863
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:56,759
Speaker 4: last year was supposed to be the year they gets

864
00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 4: the tournament. They don't even win a game, and this

865
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Speaker 4: year what they doo win six to start in the

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Speaker 4: Big ten. I think the bottom has fallen out of

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Speaker 4: this thing, and I think this is a spot for

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Speaker 4: the fighting line and to get back on track, because

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Speaker 4: as I mentioned, they've already put huge performances on the

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Speaker 4: road on film this month. I think they close out

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Speaker 4: the month of January with one more.

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Speaker 1: What do you think the problem is?

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Speaker 3: Like, yeah, you're right, it is a max effort home spot.

874
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 3: But I thought that about the last two home spots,

875
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,880
Speaker 3: and they came out and looked pathetic for forty minutes.

876
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Speaker 3: And one of the things that scares me is they're

877
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Speaker 3: the worst pick and pop defense in the Big ten.

878
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,800
Speaker 3: They're giving up like one point three points per possession,

879
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 3: and you know if a Sitsue could just dominate on

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Speaker 3: those sets.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, he's basically yeah yeah for a couple more weeks.

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Speaker 2: Makes it intriguing to me.

883
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I want, I mean, I want to do it,

884
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:50,680
Speaker 3: but I just I've been burned too many times.

885
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 2: I don't Bess has always treated me well. Have I

886
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 2: bet them? Let's see when did I bet? I bet

887
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:57,799
Speaker 2: them versus Indiana? I had Iowa against them.

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Speaker 3: I bet them.

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00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:01,120
Speaker 4: U c l A.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I have not met them since, so I might

891
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:11,080
Speaker 2: be doing I might be going against the Calvaryes. That's

892
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,359
Speaker 2: it for me as far as spots at Circle don't

893
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 2: love Wednesday Thursday cards. I agreed with Furman for sure.

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00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 2: Had Nebraska Circle dos a spot, and then West Virginia

895
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Speaker 2: and South Dakota those are my non you know, wait,

896
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,719
Speaker 2: without numbers being out the spots at Circle Calvaries, you

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00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 2: got anything else? No, that's it for me.

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Speaker 4: Hopefully I can get two of the three to the

899
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 4: window here and these road teams laying the points just

900
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:43,680
Speaker 4: from up here. If you want to watch some good

901
00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:47,200
Speaker 4: basketball Circle at Saint Mary's Santa Clara game, I think

902
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 4: that's going to be really telling in terms of who

903
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:51,880
Speaker 4: gives the Zags a run for their money. Down to

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Speaker 4: stretch in the WCC. Still some good basketball on the

905
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Speaker 4: West Coast, No.

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00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 2: America East tips Tanner.

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Speaker 3: Before we get out of here, I was thinking pretty heavily.

908
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 3: I haven't quite gotten through the matchup yet. Might bet

909
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:10,240
Speaker 3: Vermont at Binghamton on Thursday. The line is now projected

910
00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:12,759
Speaker 3: like Vermont minus one, which is just crazy. I mean,

911
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:14,680
Speaker 3: they're so I think they're a little undervalued after that

912
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 3: disgusting effort against UNBC, But I need to figure out

913
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:23,600
Speaker 3: exactly why UNBC carved up Vermont's intier defense because you figure,

914
00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:26,240
Speaker 3: like Binghamton's also a rim dominant team, and you figure

915
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:28,400
Speaker 3: that with a Leary patrolling the paint, no one's going

916
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 3: to get to the rim. But if UNBC did it,

917
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 3: Binghamton could easily do it. I got to figure that out.

918
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:37,600
Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean, theoretically it's a good spot for Vermont.

919
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Speaker 2: You're the only coming around on main Yeah.

920
00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 4: I was just going to say, you're the only one

921
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 4: here on the pod with a play or a potential

922
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Speaker 4: play with the head coach's phone number in your cell,

923
00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:49,799
Speaker 4: or you're just going to hit up Becker and be like,

924
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:51,880
Speaker 4: are you going to stop a single goddamn layup at

925
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Speaker 4: the rim?

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Speaker 3: Or what I've been I actually have been texting a

927
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Speaker 3: couple of guys. I'm trying to figure out if Hurley

928
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:01,319
Speaker 3: is healthy TJ. Hurley, because he missed the last game,

929
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Speaker 3: which is a big reason why they couldn't score against UNBC,

930
00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:08,040
Speaker 3: because they already couldn't score. And now your best, the

931
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Speaker 3: guy who the entire offense has been running through and

932
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 3: is a first team Aliam East guy just randomly misses

933
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Speaker 3: a game with an ankle injury too. Actually, so if

934
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Speaker 3: he's back, then it makes Vermont even more enticing. Yes,

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Speaker 3: Maine is the reason why I love Man. They are

936
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Speaker 3: gonna see three point regression eventually and it will hurt

937
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:31,720
Speaker 3: their offensive performance. But Markwood gets better with every single performance.

938
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Speaker 3: Chris Markwood is legitimately the best coach in that league.

939
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:37,759
Speaker 3: The in game adjustments, the game plans he comes out

940
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 3: with every week are just staggeringly good, and that they're

941
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Speaker 3: going to be right up there with Brian by the

942
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Speaker 3: time the year ends.

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Speaker 2: Ah Becker slander.

944
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Speaker 3: He's he's had a couple of tough years, especially on

945
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Speaker 3: the recruiting trail.

946
00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:58,200
Speaker 1: I don't like the roster construction this year.

947
00:47:58,239 --> 00:47:59,880
Speaker 3: I mean, so long might be out for the year

948
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,000
Speaker 3: so he could get a red shirt, is what I'm hearing,

949
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:03,719
Speaker 3: and then he'd be back next year, which would be

950
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 3: very interesting. But this roster is a little flawed. They

951
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:09,640
Speaker 3: needed a de looney replacement.

952
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 2: As of right now. Who's who do you say wins?

953
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 2: It is?

954
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:13,040
Speaker 4: It? Is? It?

955
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:13,880
Speaker 2: Is it Bryant?

956
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,680
Speaker 3: So yeah, I mean, you gotta think Bryant. The problem

957
00:48:17,719 --> 00:48:23,919
Speaker 3: is so Bryant goes on the road last last week

958
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:27,160
Speaker 3: of the season in consecutive trips to Vermont, Lowell and Maine.

959
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:30,880
Speaker 3: That'll decide. That'll decide the regular season. Lowell might be cooked,

960
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,319
Speaker 3: but those will be three really tough road games in

961
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:36,400
Speaker 3: succession where Maine could potentially steal it on March.

962
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:39,919
Speaker 2: First, souls, I don't care about the regular season. Who's

963
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:40,279
Speaker 2: gonna win?

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00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:42,960
Speaker 1: You're talking about the tournament? Oh I have, I don't know.

965
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:44,040
Speaker 1: The whole thing's wide open.

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00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:46,719
Speaker 2: I'm asking you a yes. So do you think? Who

967
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:49,839
Speaker 2: do you think is gonna win? Right now?

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00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:50,760
Speaker 1: Bryant?

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00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:54,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, that'll do it for us. Thanks to

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Speaker 2: Mike and Tanner for joining me. Thanks to our producer

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