1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: Hello, everybody. Welcome into the Betting Pros Podcast. I am 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: Ryan Wardley, joined as I have been the last couple 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: of weeks by my good friend and betting expert in 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: college basketball. 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 2: It's PJ Glasser of BETQL. PJ. We are here. 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: It is the final for this upcoming weekend and I 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: will give you a moment here. Your Crimson Tide are 8 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: in the Final four for the first time in school history. 9 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 2: How are you feeling? 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 3: Feeling great? Worm? 11 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 4: I would have felt a lot better if I had 12 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 4: bet on them to make it to the Final four, 13 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 4: you know what I mean. I didn't think they'd get 14 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 4: past UNC. I didn't think they would beat Clemson either. 15 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 4: I thought that was gonna be Arizona in that Elite game, 16 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 4: Elite eight game. But I can't believe it. This is 17 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 4: why the tournament is the best, you know. I feel 18 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 4: like they've had way better teams the last three or 19 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 4: four years. They were the number one overall team in 20 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 4: the tournament last year. They were a two seed two 21 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 4: years before that, and those teams got out in Sweet sixteen. 22 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 4: And now here's this team who still on kemp Palm 23 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 4: rank over one hundred on defense. But it's that offense 24 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 4: that's carrying them with those three pointers, and uh, it's 25 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 4: it's incredible. 26 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 3: It's we have a I can't remember a time where 27 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 3: I really in. 28 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 4: The Final four where we've had two games where it 29 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 4: feels like we're just on a collision course with Yukon 30 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 4: and Purdue, right, and you know that just the way 31 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 4: college basketball works, it just like one of these underdogs, 32 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 4: it feels like is gonna give one of these favorites 33 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 4: a game. 34 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:24,119 Speaker 1: Right. 35 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,919 Speaker 3: We don't know which one, We don't know how close 36 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 3: it's gonna. 37 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 4: Be, but like I just you just feel like either 38 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 4: Bama or NC State is gonna keep it close with 39 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 4: one of these favorites. 40 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 3: So it's interesting. 41 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: Because like I think Yukon is better than Perdue, but 42 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: Bama is better than NC State. So it's like the 43 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: better underdog is matched against the better favorite. And I 44 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: I would if I had to pick one, I'd probably 45 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: pick Bama just because you can make the case maybe 46 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: they hit twenty threes because like that this is an 47 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: offense that is capable of, like you can just go 48 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: toe to toe because they're not gonna stop you con 49 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: at all defensively. But maybe they just get really hot 50 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: from three, and that gives them a shot like it's 51 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: it's harder for me to make the case I think 52 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: with NC State. But before we dive into the final four, 53 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: I want to ask you if there are any other 54 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: takeaways from this past weekend Sweet sixteen Elite eight that 55 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: really stood out to you as a major surprise or 56 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: a development that you really didn't see coming. 57 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 4: I mean, I think the biggest takeaway for me, worm 58 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 4: is it doesn't matter how big a favorite you are, 59 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 4: it doesn't matter how talented you are when you get 60 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 4: into the Sweet sixteen Elite eight, if you don't hit shots, 61 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 4: you're gonna go home. Right, saw that with Marquette, saw 62 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 4: that with Duke, We saw that with Arizona. We saw 63 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 4: that with a bunch of these teams that are really 64 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 4: good offenses. But all it takes is one off night 65 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 4: and you can you can go home. So I think 66 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 4: that was my takeaway, right, It felt like there were 67 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 4: a ton of games Illinois certainly you could throw in 68 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 4: there too. I mean, when you come went on that 69 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 4: thirty off to run talk about like elite offenses like Duke, Marquette, 70 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 4: Aras like these teams are top ten in the country 71 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 4: in offense and had abysmal night shooting. So I think 72 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 4: I think that was really the big takeaway, Right, It's 73 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 4: not like these teams really had bad looks. It's not 74 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 4: like these shots were contested. They were just missing open shots. 75 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 4: So we know basketball sometimes it's just, I mean, it's 76 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 4: as easy as who make shots and who misses shots. 77 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 4: And it felt like that that really decided a bunch 78 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 4: of these games and these teams that we have in 79 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 4: the final four, you know, I mean a bunch of them. 80 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 4: Certainly Bama hit their shots in their last two games. 81 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 4: Perdue was great on offense against Gonzaga, was better in 82 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 4: the second half against Tennessee NC State, fantastic second half 83 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 4: against Duke, and then Yukon, I mean, just all levels 84 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 4: offense and defense was a fantastic. 85 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: I was not able to watch Saturday ad something come up, 86 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: but I was following the Yukon Illinois game as best 87 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: I could, and I saw I literally looked at it 88 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: and it was twenty eight twenty three. And then the 89 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: next time I because I wasn't able to check my 90 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: phone for a while, it was fifty three twenty three, 91 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: and I. 92 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 2: Was like, is there a typo? 93 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: Like how Is that even possible because I hadn't watched 94 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: the run and I went back and watched it later 95 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: and it was just like jaw on the floor, like 96 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: like they didn't do that against you know, Stetson. They 97 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: did that against Illinois in the Elite eight. It's really 98 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 1: one of the most remarkable things I think I've ever 99 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: seen in a college basketball game. To your point about 100 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: like the making shots and stuff, it seemed like that 101 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: was how Clemson was advancing, was they kept getting teams 102 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: not making their shots against them. And you know, I 103 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: kept picking against Clemson every single round and it kept 104 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: backfiring because Arizona would just go cold and keep on 105 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: firing and it wasn't working before we get into the 106 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: final four. Are there any lessons you feel like you 107 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: learned from who these final four teams are in terms 108 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: of how you would bet the tournament next year, in 109 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: terms of how you would fill out a bracket next year, 110 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: just in terms of as a fan, like this is 111 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: something I would remember going for. Are there any lessons 112 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 1: learned from this group of final four teams and how 113 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: the tournament has played out to date? 114 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 4: It's a good question, I think something that I try 115 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 4: and take with me year to year when I'm picking 116 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 4: my final four is that every year worm when we 117 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 4: get to this point, it's never before teams that everybody 118 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 4: think it's gonna be right. I mean, you could throw 119 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 4: out like a couple of different scenarios of who people liked, 120 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 4: but for a majority, it was either Yukon Auburn, it 121 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 4: was Arizona, UNC, it was Houston, Duke, Marquette, Kentucky, or 122 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 4: it was Purdue, Gonzaga, Tennessee. Create right, it was like 123 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 4: a majority of like those kind of four teams. Very 124 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 4: few had NC State, not a lot had Bama. So 125 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 4: that's the way it goes. I know, when people are 126 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 4: filling out a bracket, and certainly people like us who 127 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 4: watch the regular season in college basketball, you're going through 128 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 4: these games and you're like, I know, I'm not supposed 129 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 4: to pick the games that everybody else, but it's like 130 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 4: who's gonna beat Arizona. 131 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 3: On the bottom half of this region? 132 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 4: Like who's gonna like upset you know, like these kinds 133 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,799 Speaker 4: of things. So I mean that's the beauty of the tournament. 134 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 4: That's the beauty of these one and done games. So 135 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 4: it's different year after year, the kind of teams that 136 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 4: we get that go into the final four. I will say, 137 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 4: with the new era that we're in with college basketball, 138 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 4: it is interesting that the last two years we have 139 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 4: had teams like Miami and Bama kind of make it 140 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 4: to the tournament, right, So I would say maybe those 141 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 4: are something to look out for. I think everybody thought 142 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 4: that team that was great on offense this year and 143 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 4: wasn't good on defense that to make the final four 144 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 4: was going to be Kentucky. So historically in the tournament, 145 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 4: I mean, those kind of teams like if you're that 146 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 4: bad on defense like Miami and Bama were, usually don't 147 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 4: get this far. So that's happening back to back years. Obviously, 148 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 4: this era with the transfer portal and with offenses and 149 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 4: with all the three pointers that we get. If these 150 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 4: teams like Miami last year surviving the Drake Game, Bama 151 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 4: this year surviving the Grand Canyon Game, those teams, when 152 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 4: they have those games where they're not good on offense, 153 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 4: if they're able to survive that, you see the end result. 154 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 4: I mean, they're offenses, they're good enough to compete with anybody, 155 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 4: and if they're hitting their shots, it can take them 156 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 4: all the way to the final four. So probably my 157 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 4: two biggest takeaways, right, never pick the same four teams 158 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 4: that everybody picked, because it never happens that way. 159 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 3: And then you know, I'm. 160 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 4: Not necessarily saying next year to take one of these 161 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 4: Bama Miami type teams, but certainly something to keep an 162 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 4: eye on. And I think we have to take those 163 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 4: kind of teams a little more seriously moving forward, because 164 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 4: I mean, they've shown us that this is kind of 165 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 4: the new era of hoops. Like if you can score, 166 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 4: you can beat anybody. You might not win the championship, 167 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 4: but you can make it to the final four. 168 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: And realistically, it's almost like three teams made their first 169 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: final fours. I know Purdue and nci State made them 170 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: in the early eighties, but it was an entirely different 171 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: sport back then, really, you know, considering how long it's 172 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: been for them, tournament expanded since then, right, I mean, 173 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: it was just a different game back when Purdue was 174 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty and NC State nineteen eighty three, I think, 175 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: And obviously everybody you know has seen clips of that 176 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: NC State eighty three run, so we're familiar that they 177 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: have been there before, but really a different game back then. 178 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: And of course Bama never having made it before and 179 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: then going up against the team that just won it 180 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: all last year and looks like another behemoth. You know, 181 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: it is it is funny like in terms of filling 182 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: out the bracket, I you know, it's like I never 183 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: gonna be the guy who takes the number one overall 184 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: seed because ever too many people are gonna take it 185 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: and it just feels like you're not gonna win your 186 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: bracket taking Yukon, you know, as they were this year 187 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: and then the one seed that I was like, I 188 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: didn't really love UNC more than Perdue, but it was 189 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: it was like, how can you pick Perdue given what 190 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: we've seen from them in the past. That and I 191 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: really liked Tennessee, Creighton, Gonzag Like, there was a lot 192 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: of teams in that region that I was a big 193 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: fan of, so you know, I think a lot of 194 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: people were probably similar to me and that you know, 195 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: they picked against Purdue and then they had Yukon maybe 196 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: in the final four, but then not winning it all 197 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,679 Speaker 1: because that's you got to pick against them to win 198 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: it all. And now it's just it's just them versus 199 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: a field in such a major way. You're right, it 200 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: does really feel like a collision course between Yukon of 201 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: Purdue and that. 202 00:08:58,600 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 2: That should be a fun game. 203 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: I mean pretty might be the team that to finally 204 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: give you kind of game in the last two tournaments. Really, 205 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's really remarkable what they've done two 206 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: marches in a row. Let's dive into how we're gonna 207 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: be betting the Final four this upcoming weekend. We'll start 208 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: with your guys, number one, Yukon going up against your team, 209 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: not Yukon, number four, Bama really really fun offensively, like 210 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: could could be a very exciting, fun back and forth game. 211 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: Plus eleven and a half for Bama. The totals at 212 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: one sixty one and a half. You know, Yukon very 213 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: like contrasting styles in terms of the tempo that these 214 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: you know, the number of possessions these two teams want 215 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: to get out in a game, but both very efficient offensively. 216 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: If you were interested in the money line, it's you know, 217 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: Bama plus five twenty five. I think that's probably not 218 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: the smartest play, although that line in the Final four 219 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: is pretty ridiculous to be to be quite honest, how 220 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: are you betting this one? 221 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 3: So worm? 222 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 4: This is probably my favorite bet all of the Final four. 223 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 4: I'm gonna take Yukon's team total over eighty six and 224 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 4: a half points because of Bama, there is so much 225 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 4: that's kind of dictated off if they hit their three 226 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 4: pointers or not, right spread and total, Like Yukon, Sure 227 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 4: you look at it on the surface, they're beaten everybody 228 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 4: by thirty points. They've led at some point in every 229 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 4: tournament game by thirty in this tournament, which is just insane. 230 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 4: But like, if Bama hits their threes, they can hang 231 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 4: around and this game will go over the total. At 232 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 4: the same time, if Bama doesn't hit their threes, you 233 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 4: com will cover the spread easily and the under probably hits. 234 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 4: So I don't want to bet the spread and I 235 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 4: don't want to bet the total because so much of 236 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 4: it is predicated off Bama knocking down their shots. And 237 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 4: obviously in a Final four setting, you're shooting now in 238 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 4: an NFL stadium, all these different site lines, like, it's 239 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 4: just a very different kind of feel. The one thing 240 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 4: that I think we can really hang our hat on 241 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 4: in this game is the fact that Yukon's going to 242 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 4: score points. They've been to the Final four they're scoring 243 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 4: on everybody. Even though Bama has made it to the 244 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 4: Final Four and their offense has been great, we're in 245 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 4: three of their four games, they've still giving up eighty 246 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 4: two points or more to Clemson, to UNC, to Charleston. 247 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 4: Right think about their non conference schedule this year. I 248 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 4: know we talked about this on the last pod when 249 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 4: they played Creighton and Arizona and Purdue and all these 250 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 4: good teams that got them ready for Carolina. All of 251 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 4: those games were in the eighties too, So we don't 252 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 4: know what Bama offense is gonna show up. I think 253 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 4: if they made six or seven three pointers against Yukon's defense, 254 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 4: it wouldn't shock anybody. At the same time, they could 255 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 4: knock down sixteen or seventeen threes and it wouldn't shock anybody. 256 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 4: But I think the one thing that we can kind 257 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 4: of point to and say that we're gonna get in 258 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 4: this game is Yukon's gonna score. So I like that 259 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 4: team total over for the Huskies at eighty six and 260 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 4: a half. 261 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 1: Is there a player matchup that you're particularly intrigued by 262 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: in this game? Is it Castle guarding Seers? Is it 263 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 1: Newton Sears? Like scoring and dishing it out head to 264 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: head is just what can Clingon do against this front line? 265 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 1: Like what is there one guy on either side that 266 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: you think maybe that's the X factor because I think 267 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: we're we would both imagine you kind of with this 268 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: game regardless, but that you think could have like a 269 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: particularly great day or who if they do have a 270 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: poor day, could swing things. 271 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 4: Two things I'm interested in. I want to see how 272 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 4: Bama handles Clinging inside. 273 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 3: Right. 274 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 4: I want to see if they just play him one 275 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 4: on one with Pringle, if they bring help off of 276 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 4: maybe Castle's defender, because obviously you can't leave Cam Spencer, 277 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 4: you can't leave Newton. So I want to see that 278 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 4: chess match. I also want to see Dan Hurley did 279 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 4: a fantastic job adjusting at halftime. Marcus Domass was killing 280 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 4: him in the first half, right, he was using his 281 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 4: size and he was backing down Newton and dr and 282 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 4: some of the smaller guards on Yukon. So what does 283 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 4: he do at halftime. He puts Caravan, he puts Castle, 284 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 4: he puts more size on Domask and completely takes him 285 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 4: out of rhythm. So some of these Bama guards, Mark 286 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 4: Sears and Aaron Estrada especially I want to see the 287 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 4: chess match. Who Hurley decides to put on some of 288 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,959 Speaker 4: these defensive assignments. My guess is that he's going to 289 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 4: put more size on Sears. I think he's gonna have 290 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 4: probably Newton follow around Ryland Griffin, who comes more so 291 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,959 Speaker 4: off screens. He's more of a one on one player, 292 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 4: where Sears they kind of like to move him around. 293 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 4: I'm guessing Castle is probably gonna be on Sears, and 294 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,199 Speaker 4: then you know who they put on, Grant Nelson. I'm 295 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 4: thinking they're probably gonna go with Caravan, that would be 296 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 4: my guess. But just the chess match, to see kind 297 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 4: of who these guys come out with early as their 298 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 4: defensive matchups and how they kind of mix a match 299 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 4: throughout the game is something I'm going to be interested in. 300 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 4: But so it makes you con so tough is that 301 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 4: their wings can just guard so many different positions and 302 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 4: if there's a if there's a matchup that Bama is 303 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 4: exploiting early, Hurley's going to adjust and he's gonna put 304 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 4: one of his other defenders on one of those other 305 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 4: guards for Bama. So that's what I'm interested in, kind 306 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 4: of what Bama's defensive game plan against Klingon Is and 307 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 4: also who Hurley decides to match up with Bama's guards, 308 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 4: who he decides to guard sears and and Estrada as well. 309 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: Really just like they have an answer for everything. Like 310 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: it's it's really remarkable you just watching Yukon play and 311 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: when they when they need to make adjustments, which is 312 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 1: not often because they keep letting these teams out, but 313 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: when they do, it's just like, Okay, yeah, we have 314 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: another answer, we have another option we can turn to. 315 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 2: It's it's it's fine. 316 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: It's just it just feels like like every other people 317 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,239 Speaker 1: have used this word to just feel so inevitable. 318 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 2: It's like like. 319 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: I want there to be suspense, right, Like I want 320 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: this to be a really fun final four. I'm on 321 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: the edge of my seat, but it like it just 322 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: currently does not feel that way. If I force you 323 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: to pick against the spread in the game, are you 324 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: laying the points with the Yukon or are you taking 325 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: the points with Bama. 326 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 4: God, it's so tough. It's so tough not to bet 327 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 4: Yukon until they don't. 328 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 2: I don't I don't know how. 329 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: I don't know how you don't lay the points with 330 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: Yukon from what we've seen, Like again, Bama could surprise 331 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: and hit a bunch of threes and stuff. But I, 332 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: I just I don't know how you can do anything 333 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: other than lay the point with Yukon. I don't even 334 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: care what the number is, honestly, Like, what would the 335 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: number have to be for you to you definitively take Bama? 336 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 2: How high would the number have to go? It's pretty 337 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 2: high for me. 338 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 4: Probably have to be like seventeen or eighteen and a half, 339 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 4: I would think, you know what I mean, Like you'd 340 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 4: have to get some room there. The thing like worm 341 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 4: does this game? Does it give you any kind of feel? 342 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 4: This final four? To me kind of feels like are 343 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 4: we headed to where we were in two thousand and 344 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 4: one where Gonzaga is viewed as Yukon, Baylor is Purdue, 345 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 4: where most of us kind of perceive Yukond of be 346 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 4: the best team. We all thought Gonzaga was the best team, 347 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 4: but Baylor was always there with them that year. Purdue's 348 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 4: kind of always been there with them that year. Baylor 349 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 4: had never done it before. I know Gonzaga hadn't either, 350 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 4: but Baylor had never done it before. Obviously, Purdue under 351 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 4: Painter has not as well. And then it's like, I 352 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 4: wonder if this, if this Bama Yukon game, is going 353 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 4: to be like Gonzaga and UCLA was. Gonzaga was favored 354 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 4: by fourteen and a half in that game. Evan Abrams 355 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 4: from the Action Network dropped a great stat He said, 356 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 4: since two thousand, Yukon entering the Final four is the 357 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 4: highest priced team right now to win it all at 358 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 4: minus one ninety. Gonzaga in twenty twenty one was the 359 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 4: only team that was the bigger favorite. 360 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 3: So right now I'm wondering, like. 361 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 4: Because of Bama's offense and they're shot making, if this 362 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 4: is just gonna be one of those like ninety eight 363 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 4: ninety six, like instant classics where they give Yukon a game. 364 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 4: Because think about it too, so many times in sports, 365 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 4: a lot of times it's the semi final game where 366 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 4: these teams that look unbeatable go down. 367 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: Right. 368 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 4: You can go all the way back to the miracle 369 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 4: on ice. You can go back to last year in 370 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 4: the women's tournament when Iowa beat South Carolina or in 371 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 4: Mississippi State beat Yukon years ago, and it's like a 372 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 4: lot of times it's that semi final game. 373 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 2: Kentucky goes into Wisconsin in twenty fifteen, same. 374 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 3: Thing, another great example. 375 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 4: So again we're all trying to figure out, like, who 376 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 4: is the kind of team to beat Yukon. Is it 377 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 4: a team that's great defensively that wants to mucket up? 378 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 4: Is it a team like Bama that can score one 379 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 4: hundred points? Like? Who is the kind of team? I 380 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 4: don't have an answer to it, but I'm just like, 381 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 4: I don't know. This final four is like drawing parallels 382 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 4: to me, kind of like that Gonzaga Baylor final four 383 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 4: where it's like we've had two great teams all year, 384 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 4: they're on a collision course for the final. And of 385 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 4: course Baylor blew out Houston that was the easy semifinal game, 386 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,959 Speaker 4: and Gonzaga UCLA was that close game. I just think 387 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 4: a lot of people are gonna look at the semifinal. 388 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 4: They're gonna look at this NC State teams the team 389 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 4: of destiny, and they're probably gonna like that dog, whereas 390 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 4: nobody is gonna want to bend bet against Yukon. And 391 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 4: I wonder if if Bama's the dog, it kind of 392 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 4: just gives them a game. 393 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: That is a really fascinating parallel from what three years ago. 394 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: That is really intriguing to me, the Gonzaga Baylor parallel 395 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 1: to Ukon Purdue. And it's a shame really, because Houston 396 00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: could have been in that conversation as one of the 397 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: not just two best teams, with three best teams in 398 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: the country. If you know Shed getting hurt obviously, you 399 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: know you were all over Houston over Duke, and it 400 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: looked like you were right, and then Shed gets hurt 401 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: and everything changes, which which what can you do. I 402 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 1: think it's a fascinating parallel. I'm I'm really it would 403 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: be really intriguing to see Yukon Prdue. Let's talk quickly 404 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: about the Purdue Anti State game. I would would certainly 405 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 1: expect Prudue to win this. The line is lower than 406 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 1: it is for Bama Yukon. I'm more confident. I feel 407 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: like in Purdue beating NC State and maybe even beating 408 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 1: them badly than I am Yukon Bama, just because there's 409 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: that element of if Bama gets hot from three the lot, 410 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: the spread is nine, the totals one forty six Anti State. 411 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: If you think the Cinderell story continues plus three forty 412 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: on the money line. Is there an angle to this 413 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: game that you like from a betting perspective? And are 414 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: you with me that? Like we're pretty confident, Like I like, listen, 415 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: DJ Burns is super fun and maybe he can score 416 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 1: on Zach Edy. 417 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 2: He cannot stop Zach Edy. 418 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 1: Like I just I feel like Eadie could drop fifty 419 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: in this game if you do the way NC State 420 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: is built. So I mean, what do you make of 421 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: what do you make this one from a betting angle. 422 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 4: One of my coworkers where I'm here at the Bechquel Network, 423 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 4: Ken Barkley, who does his show You Better You Bet, 424 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 4: has a great saying and his saying in the tournament 425 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 4: is anyone can win four, but it's impossible to win six. 426 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 4: And I think you're seeing that again with NC State. 427 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 4: Like we've seen magical rides throughout the tournament where I 428 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 4: think this is now the sixth or seventh, eleventh seed 429 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 4: that we've had make it to the final four. None 430 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 4: of them have won in the semifinal round, none of 431 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 4: them made it to the title game. And like again, 432 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 4: think about all the breaks that NC State got right, 433 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 4: they didn't have to play Kentucky in the second round. 434 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 4: Jamal shed got hurt. They didn't have to play Houston 435 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 4: in the Elite eight, like sometimes you just get a 436 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 4: great draw. Also, I mean the shooting that some of 437 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 4: these teams had that they played against. Duke was five 438 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 4: for twenty from three point range yesterday and mckayhn hit 439 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 4: like two at the end, so really they were like 440 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 4: three for eighteen that game. Marquette, as we all know, 441 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 4: was four for thirty one from three, Texas Tech was 442 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 4: seven for thirty one. The one team that shot the 443 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 4: ball well against NC State was Oakland. They shot it 444 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 4: pretty well from three, twelve for thirty five. That game 445 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 4: went to overtime as a fourteen seed. Right, So Purdue, 446 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 4: it felt like, had their bad offensive game against Tennessee. 447 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 4: They were one for seven in the first half from three, 448 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,360 Speaker 4: where Tennessee was seven for eleven and Purdue was still 449 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 4: up at half by two in that game. It's just like, 450 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 4: Purdue is such a good three point shooting team. Is 451 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:36,160 Speaker 4: NC State really gonna continue being this lucky where teams 452 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 4: are missing their shots. Clemson was kind of the best 453 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 4: beneficiary of that too, right, they were playing all these 454 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 4: great offenses and then finally they ran into a team 455 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 4: in Bama who started hitting their shots and they go home. 456 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 4: So again, a lot of people are gonna have this 457 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 4: team a destiny feel for NC State, and I was 458 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 4: right there with them all the way through till the 459 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 4: final four. But this is where kind of those magical 460 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 4: rides always seemed to end. So I just think unless 461 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 4: Purdue has like a three for thirty kind of night 462 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 4: from three point range, I do like them a lot. 463 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 4: Minus the nine and a half, I think this is 464 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 4: gonna be the semi final. 465 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 3: Game where we see a blowout. 466 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: If I had to guess, I agree with you. As 467 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: you know, I like to bet. Just I put ten 468 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: bucks on either spread total or money line, and every 469 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: game in the tournament just fun, a little added enjoyment. Obviously, 470 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: you know, obviously everybody bets the tournament, but I forced 471 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 1: myself to pick one bet on every single game, even 472 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: if I don't feel confident about it. This is not 473 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: one of those where I don't feel confident. I am 474 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,360 Speaker 1: very happily laying the points with Purdue. I think they 475 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: smash them and I have been betting. I'ven't been betting 476 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 1: against them a lot this tournament, but like, I didn't 477 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: pick them in any of my brackets. I've been always 478 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 1: kind of in the back of my head, like rooting 479 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 1: a little for like Kizaga or Tennessee and kind of 480 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: hoping they win and maybe picking them like for fun, 481 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: but not like officially putting money on it. This one, 482 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: I just I just don't see away Purdue doesn't win 483 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: this game by fifteen plus. And that's not a knock 484 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: on nc State, but there's a reason Keats was likely 485 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: to get fired. There's a reason they needed to win 486 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: five games in five days to make the tournament. I 487 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: think the luck runs out eventually. I think the clock 488 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,880 Speaker 1: will strike midnight, whatever cliche you want to use. And 489 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: Purdue is just really, really good, and I think it 490 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: was that first half against Tennessee. Like you alluded to 491 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: the fact that everything went right for Tennessee and Prdue 492 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: is still up to I don't think everything is going 493 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 1: to go right for NCCT. I think Purdue is going 494 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 1: to be up by a lot more at both halftime 495 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: and the end of that game. So, uh, Perdue, let 496 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: me ask you this before we touch on Purdue Yukon 497 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: as a theoretical championship game, and then get out of here. 498 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: If you had to pick one combination both that you 499 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: think could happen and that you think you would want 500 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: to see happen, and excluding your your fandom of Bama, 501 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: because obviously you're going to want to see Bama if 502 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: it's if it's some combo in the championship that's not 503 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 1: U comp perdue, what are you hoping to see and 504 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: what are you thinking is at least a possibility of seeing. 505 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 3: I mean, I think Purdue Bama would be great. 506 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 4: Those teams played earlier this year in Toronto and it 507 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 4: was one of the best regular season games. That first 508 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,439 Speaker 4: half that they had when Bama was up forty nine 509 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 4: to forty seven, was very similar to like that UNC 510 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 4: Bama game that we saw in the Sweet sixteen. Both 511 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 4: teams just trade threes, unbelievable offense on both sides, and 512 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 4: Purdue ram with them in that game. So I think 513 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 4: they'd run with them in the title game too, And 514 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 4: I just think from a viewing standpoint, that'd be really fun. 515 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 4: But like Bama, NC State I think would be cool too. 516 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 4: Are actually Yukon NC State I think would be awesome 517 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 4: where it's your true David Goliath. It's the ultimate team 518 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 4: of destiny versus this just absolute juggernaut in Yukon and 519 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 4: trying to pick, like does the Team of Destiny do 520 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 4: they just like to really do it? Like do they 521 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 4: really win this game? And it really would give us 522 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 4: like again like Jimmy V flashbacks to nineteen eighty three, 523 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 4: having to win the ACC Tournament, getting into the tournament, 524 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 4: going all the way to the championship. They played Houston 525 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 4: that year with like oh Clyde, Jeckxler, McKim Olajuan pretty good. 526 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,920 Speaker 4: And now you're facing this Yukon team. So I think 527 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,199 Speaker 4: Yukon NC State actually now and I think about it 528 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 4: just from that, just like the best team against the 529 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 4: Team of Destiny would be awesome, but from a pure 530 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 4: basketball like getting to watch Alabama and Purdue play again 531 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 4: I think would be super fun too. 532 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: I mean genuinely, PJ if it's Yukon and NC State, 533 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: Like what does that line need to be for you 534 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: to take MC State? I mean, like quite honestly, it 535 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: would need to be in the twenties for me to 536 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: even consider it. Probably even then might not even take it, 537 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: like ed you know, Team of Destiny can sometimes prove 538 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: wrong all the metrics and all the the you know, 539 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: I I test and everything we've watched this tournament, but 540 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: like it would be fun narratively, I still I think 541 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: you kind would win that game by twenty five plus. 542 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I certainly wouldn't bet here. Let me 543 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 4: put it this way, I'd either bet NC State money 544 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 4: line or I'd lay it with Yukon, right Like, I 545 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 4: don't think that's the game Yukon wins by seven. I 546 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,239 Speaker 4: think either you ride the team of destiny and you 547 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 4: bet them to win, or to me, that would be 548 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 4: like the Georgia TCU National Championship game in college football. 549 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 4: It'd be fourteen and a half points. I would be 550 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 4: my guest, just like that game was, and Georgia won 551 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 4: that game sixty three to seven, and everybody thought TCU 552 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 4: was the team of destiny. So I think it'd be similar, 553 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 4: like Yukon would win by forty or NC State would 554 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 4: win it out right, and there wouldn't be anything in between. 555 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 1: So let's let's briefly preview a theoretical Yukon Perdue matchup, 556 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: since that's what we're thinking is very likely. Is this 557 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: game one through defense? Clinging can actually go toe to 558 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: toe with Edie, although Di's I think plays a lot 559 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: more minutes than Clingon does. 560 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 2: Is it won by offense? 561 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: You know Purdue gets hot from three and you know 562 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,959 Speaker 1: Yukon is really good but can't quite keep up. I mean, 563 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: what how does this game play out? What do you 564 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,439 Speaker 1: think the line would be? Which side do you think 565 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 1: you prefer to bet? What would be your kind of 566 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: quick breakdown if that is in fact the championship game 567 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:51,360 Speaker 1: we get. 568 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 4: So, I think you Come would probably be five and 569 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 4: a half six and a half point favorites in the game, 570 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 4: obviously depending on how the semi final game goes. Worm 571 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 4: to me, I think the key to the game would 572 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 4: be how Purdue matches up in the second half against Yukon. Right, 573 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 4: we've seen people kind of be competitive with Yukon in 574 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 4: the first half. We've seen them have some close games 575 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 4: in the first twenty. It's these runs in the second 576 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,360 Speaker 4: half that are just it's very like Warriors, like when 577 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:20,199 Speaker 4: they were going through their dynasty, and we'd always talk 578 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 4: about that Warriors third quarter. Like it's that Yukon run 579 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 4: is always coming, and it's not like it comes in 580 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 4: the final six five to six minutes of the game. 581 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 4: It always comes in like the first two three, And 582 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 4: that's there are sixteen points and you're like, this game 583 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 4: was literally just close, like five minutes ago. So to me, 584 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 4: that that would be the key because I think Perdue 585 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 4: would keep it close for the first twenty. I think 586 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,360 Speaker 4: both teams obviously would kind of feel each other out, 587 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 4: they'd ease themselves into it. I think Edie would be great. 588 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 4: I think Yukon would be great. But it's it's that 589 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 4: second half, man, Like, that's that's where Yukon gets these 590 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 4: teams they just blow away. 591 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 3: So that that. 592 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,119 Speaker 4: Would be the key could Purdue if they're able to 593 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 4: keep it close in the first twenty, you survive that 594 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 4: first five or six minute stretch in the second half 595 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 4: where Yukon is so dominant. Because that's the thing again 596 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 4: going back to that Gonzaga team in twenty twenty one, 597 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 4: where nobody played Gonzaga close that year, Like we were 598 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 4: just begging for Gonzaga to play a team close. Ucla 599 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 4: finally did in that Final four game and the Baylor 600 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 4: beat Gonzaga. It's like, can can somebody just play Yukon 601 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 4: close like midway through the second half, and that that 602 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 4: would be the challenge for Purdue. 603 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: If if I take Bam off the table because obviously 604 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:34,920 Speaker 1: you're biased. 605 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 2: Who do you want to win this championship? 606 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 4: Ooh? 607 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,199 Speaker 3: Who do I want to win this championship? 608 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 2: Uh? 609 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 4: I think I would want Perdue because I bet them. 610 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 4: That'd be nice. I mean NC State would be it 611 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 4: would be an incredible story. But more often than not 612 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 4: in March madness, like, I do want the best teams 613 00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:00,160 Speaker 4: to win it. So I would probably say Purdue, I think, 614 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 4: just because then the Yukon are the two best. 615 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 3: I feel like. 616 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 4: And Matt Painters had some really really good teams and 617 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 4: they're more than due. You know in sports, like these 618 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 4: teams that consistently get one seeds consistently get themselves to 619 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 4: this spot. It'd be like if Gonzaga was in this spot, 620 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 4: Like if the Zags were in the final four, I'd 621 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 4: like to see Mark Few win one. So if if 622 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 4: Bama can't do it, I think I'd be pulling for Purdue. 623 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 3: To get the win. 624 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: See for me, because I am a bitter, jealous fan, 625 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 1: like I would root for Yukon. It's like it's like 626 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: when Kansas is there, I don't want to let another coach. 627 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: We already know Yukon's really good and Hurley is a 628 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: good coach and is you know, on this like kind 629 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: of elite tier track, especially if it's back to back titles, 630 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 1: like like okay, what's one more to them? Right? Like 631 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: I don't want to let another Big ten team Maryland. 632 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: I don't another Big ten team win, But but I 633 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: take your point on that if they do win, if 634 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: Purdue wins, where does Zach Edie rank on the all 635 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 1: time pantheon of college careers? Because you're talking about back 636 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: to back you know, national player of the years like 637 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: likely he was he unanimous last year and certainly will 638 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: be this year. I mean yeah, like back to back 639 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 1: unanimous National Players of the year, capping it off with 640 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: the title the first title for your school in decades 641 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: or you know, like first time. 642 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 2: For the coach. 643 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: Like ever, like like where does that career rank in 644 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: terms of college athletes, because that's got to be up there. 645 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 4: I mean, in the since the two thousands, he certainly 646 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,480 Speaker 4: would be in the top five. I'm sure I'm missing guys, 647 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 4: but like the names that come to mind are Kemba, Carmelo, 648 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 4: Anthony Davis, Like I mean, you put him in that 649 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 4: tier with those guys. 650 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 1: But like like Mellow and Davis were one year, guys 651 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: like Eadie gets multiple National Players of the Year. It's right, 652 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: it's really remarkable. We'll make our official picks and get 653 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: out of here. I think we're gonna have similar official picks. 654 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: But to to kind of highlight how expected that that 655 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 1: outcome is of Yukon over you know, Yukon and Purdue 656 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: the title game. To pick the exact result right now 657 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 1: on DraftKings, it's a minus number for Yukon to beat 658 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: Purdue and we don't even have them in the championship 659 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: gave yet, and it's just you know, it's minus win 660 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: twenty Yukon over Purdue plus three twenty Purdue to beat Yukon, 661 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 1: and then everything else is a lot higher. If is 662 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: it just Yukon minus one ninety five or Purdue plus 663 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: two o five there's no real value to betting these 664 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: plus sixteen hundreds on the other two, right. 665 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, no, no value. NC State and Bama will not 666 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 4: win the championship. We alluded to it a little bit 667 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 4: earlier in the podcast. You can win four games in 668 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 4: the tournament. It's impossible to win six if you're NC 669 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 4: State Bama. It just doesn't happen. 670 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 3: I did it. I did a video on beck L. 671 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 4: Before the tournament, I had found all these historical trends 672 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 4: of teams that could win it, and we came down 673 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 4: to two teams that could win the whole thing. Houston 674 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 4: and Purdue were those two teams. The criteria that Yukon 675 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 4: didn't fit was since nineteen ninety a team that has 676 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 4: had that only has three teams from their conference has 677 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 4: not won a national championship. So the Big East only 678 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 4: had three teams in. We'll see if Yukon can buck 679 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 4: that trend. But Purdue crossed everything off the list, every 680 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 4: single one. Them and Houston were the two teams. So 681 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 4: I'm gonna stick with that worm. I'm gonna be contrariing 682 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 4: here and go with Purdue to win the whole thing. 683 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 4: I think it is purduing Yukon, but uh, I mean, look, 684 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 4: if you comm wins the whole thing, it wouldn't surprise me. 685 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 4: I'm sticking with my theory though, Like I I'm getting 686 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 4: Gonzaga Baylor vibes from this where. 687 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: That parallel I can't shake. Now that zagger, that's a 688 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: really good one. 689 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 4: You know. It would be the same kind of spread 690 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 4: where you come and be favored by like five and 691 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 4: a half. And I mean Purdue matches up well with them, 692 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 4: like Edie and Klingen head to head, Purdue's got tons 693 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 4: of shooters on the outside, Like they want to play 694 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 4: a slow game. Purdue can play that. They want to 695 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,239 Speaker 4: play to track meet, Purdue can play that. So I 696 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 4: to me that, uh, that's that's what I'll go with. 697 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 4: I I think I think it's Purdue's here worm I 698 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:52,479 Speaker 4: I think they're gonna win it. 699 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: That is a really compelling argument. When the when the 700 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 1: brackets first came out and we did a couple of 701 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 1: shows that first week, I add both you and the 702 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,719 Speaker 1: team rankings, Jason Lisk, is this Yukon versus the field? 703 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: Or is just Yukon's a favorite? And the answer was no, 704 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 1: it's not Yukon versus the field. They're the favorite, but 705 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: there's a lot of really good teams. It sure feels 706 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: like it should have been Yukon versus the field the 707 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,240 Speaker 1: way they have looked, the way this thing is played out. 708 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: I am really tempted by your your case for Purdue, 709 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: and I think you might end up being right. But 710 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say it's ukond of It'll be Ukon 711 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 1: perdue in the championship game, and I'm gonna say I'll 712 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 1: take Yukon because I've yet to see a reason why 713 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 1: they won't blow everybody out. And I think there's a 714 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 1: really really compelling case for Purdue, both narratively, both historically, 715 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: both on the court. 716 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 2: I mean, again, they have the best player in college basketball. 717 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 2: I totally get the case for him. 718 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: I just it's it's I need to see Yukon lose 719 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 1: before I'm gonna pick them to lose. 720 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,640 Speaker 4: And that's totally that's totally fair. That's totally fair. I 721 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 4: mean I would bet Purdue, you know, plus the points. 722 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 4: I bet a money line. But I mean, look, Yukon 723 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 4: does look better. I mean, they do look better. We'll 724 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 4: just have they really been challenged yet though in the tournament, 725 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 4: Like I know, Illinois is a really good team and 726 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 4: they really made them look suspect. But you know before that, 727 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 4: it's like Produce had to go through Gonzaga really good, 728 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 4: had to go through Tennessee really good. So they played 729 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 4: a tough non conference schedule. Both teams did, so we'll see. 730 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 4: I just I don't know where is it like really 731 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 4: gonna be this easy for Ukon? To repeat like, is 732 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 4: somebody just not gonna give them a game? 733 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 3: We'll see what happens. 734 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, but it sure looks that way right. 735 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: I can't wait. If it is you come foror do 736 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 1: that is going to be a fantastic game. I have 737 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: no doubt. 738 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 2: So I'm excited to hopefully see that. PJ. Thank you 739 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 2: so much for coming on. What do you got going 740 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 2: on this week at back L. 741 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, so we'll have our show send it in one 742 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 4: to one thirty pm Eastern time. You can watch it 743 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 4: on Twitch YouTube. You can watch it on x Instagram 744 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 4: interactive show. People can chime in give their comments. We'll 745 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 4: talk obviously Final four, also talk MLB NBA as well, 746 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 4: and then I'll be on You Better You Bet tomorrow 747 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 4: on Tuesday three to seven pm Eastern time as well. 748 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 3: People want to check that out. 749 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 1: He is PJ Glasser from bet QL. Thank you so 750 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: much for joining us for the last couple of weeks. 751 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 2: PJ. 752 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,839 Speaker 1: We'll see if I can talk you into We want 753 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:15,879 Speaker 1: to have a show next week to preview the championship game, 754 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:17,719 Speaker 1: but we might be able to talk you into a 755 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,720 Speaker 1: TikTok live or something on the Betting pros you know TikTok, 756 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 1: so be sure to go follow us over there in 757 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: case we get a little more tournament talk here before 758 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: the end of everything. 759 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 2: For PJ, I'm Ryan Warman. 760 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 1: Thank you everybody for tuning in throughout March and we'll 761 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:31,959 Speaker 1: maybe see you again next week. 762 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,239 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to the Betting Pros podcast. 763 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,840 Speaker 1: If you love the show, the best freeway to support 764 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 1: us is by leaving a positive review on. 765 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 2: Apple Podcasts or Spotify. 766 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 1: Follow us on x and TikTok at Betting Pros and 767 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:47,240 Speaker 1: Instagram at Betting Pros NFL. 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