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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Action Network podcast, the number one show

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Speaker 1: for the invested sports fan.

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Speaker 2: All right, here we go.

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Speaker 3: Running the court ten seconds of eighty.

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Speaker 4: So you just go throw out of the basket, under

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Speaker 4: the basket.

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Speaker 3: It's not a seven seconds where.

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Speaker 5: It's the crew for the wind, God the go a miracle.

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Speaker 1: I just's the water.

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Speaker 2: Hit that one from the parking lot. Shuck it all.

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Speaker 2: It's Codge basketball.

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Speaker 5: It's not the size on the dog in the fight.

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Speaker 5: It's the size of the fight in the dog.

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Speaker 1: What's up the general nation? Welcome to the Action Network podcast.

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Speaker 1: This is the college basketball betting preview. I'm stuck with

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Speaker 1: me as always is Colin Wilson and it's college basketball

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Speaker 1: seasons were also joined by the one and only Mike Randa.

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Speaker 1: What's going on?

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Speaker 2: Boys? What's up? Big man?

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Speaker 4: We couldn't get John Chaney here for his eighty eighth

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Speaker 4: birthday a couple of days later, so much.

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Speaker 6: Him him killing Cali Parry would have been one of

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Speaker 6: the more amazing things, Like you think of the career

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Speaker 6: caler PARTI has had since then, you know, since they

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Speaker 6: were leading U Mass beating Arkansas in nineteen ninety five,

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Speaker 6: beating Arkansas in twenty twenty John.

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Speaker 1: Chaney, North Philly legend and how you can already cash

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Speaker 1: your tickets for Colin mentioning Arkansas nineties basketball. What thirty

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Speaker 1: five seconds into the podcast. But all right, we have

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Speaker 1: a lot to get to. We'll talk a little bit

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Speaker 1: about the week that was last weekend, some horrible beats.

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Speaker 1: Then we'll get into some Friday Night lights, talk about

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Speaker 1: Friday's card. Then obviously Saturday spots that we are targeting.

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Speaker 1: We'll also talk some Big Ten just look at what

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Speaker 1: I think is the toughest conference in off college basketball.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk a little Mountain West conference. I'll be talking

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Speaker 1: with Bjay Rains, beat writer for Boise State. I've known

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Speaker 1: him on Twitter forever. I'll offer some insight into Boise

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Speaker 1: State this year and next. By the way, Boise State's

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Speaker 1: an intriguing long shot future for next year with all

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Speaker 1: the transfers they have coming in and everyone that's coming back.

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Speaker 1: Presumably we'll talk to San Diego State. For the guy

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Speaker 1: who came at me on Twitter and said we have

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Speaker 1: an East Coast biased podcast or mid Atlantic podcast. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what you want. We mentioned San Diego State

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Speaker 1: three times. So we're going to talk a lot of

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Speaker 1: San Diego State and the Mountain what's conference. But before

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Speaker 1: we get to that, let's get a little rats out

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Speaker 1: of the way, or to who you're mad at.

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Speaker 3: Losing money is never fun, but sometimes it's worth the

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Speaker 3: story because a bad beat is a dope beat money.

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Speaker 3: The dope be a dope, be a dope.

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Speaker 1: I'll start in the Big twelve. I mean last week,

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Speaker 1: and I had two horrible, horrible beats. Now they weren't

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Speaker 1: the worst beats of the weekend. If you had USC,

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Speaker 1: excuse me, if you had Stanford against USC or Utah

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Speaker 1: State against Boise State, complete meltdowns. I mean, I think

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Speaker 1: Stafford was up twenty or twenty five at the half.

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Speaker 1: They both led by like five. With ten seconds left,

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Speaker 1: Stanford gave up a two, had the ball, turned it over,

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Speaker 1: gave up a three and fouled, and you're catching on

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Speaker 1: a three to three and a half, and then obviously

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Speaker 1: USC misses.

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Speaker 2: The free throw, game goes to overtime and it's lights out.

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Speaker 1: USC covers same thing with Utah State, which I'll talk

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Speaker 1: to BJ about. He was actually at the game eighteen

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Speaker 1: with three or four to go. I turned it off crazy,

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Speaker 1: but you know I got a. I have to personally

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Speaker 1: bitch about some two Big twelve games. Last Saturday, Oak State,

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Speaker 1: luckily I had some plus three and a half first

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Speaker 1: covering the entire game, look like they're gonna win. Out right,

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Speaker 1: They're down three with the ball with like twelve seconds

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Speaker 1: left off a miss free throw androw it right to Baylor,

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Speaker 1: I mean just right to him. The guy I guess

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Speaker 1: And then Texas that meltdown against Kansas. So those are

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Speaker 1: my two Big twelve meltdowns. Like Colin, I'll go to

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Speaker 1: that one was brutal too. Yeah, that one was bad.

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Speaker 6: I mean you're taking Washington plus two leading most of

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Speaker 6: had a terrible, terrible weekend of college hoops, and it

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Speaker 6: But I don't know what this epidemic is of teams

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Speaker 6: minute Togo DJ Thunderberg for Nincy State is fouling Clemson.

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Speaker 6: Why are you fouling the other team when you're ahead?

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Speaker 6: Makes the free throws and a three at the end

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Speaker 6: of the game. Clemson loses by six, but they get

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Speaker 6: the cover. Texas A and M Missouri. The other night,

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Speaker 6: under one twenty four, I was on cruising. I mean

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Speaker 6: eighty percent chance in the action app over eighty percent

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Speaker 6: chance to win this under one twenty four and Texas

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Speaker 6: A and m up nine under four minutes fouled five times.

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Speaker 6: Why are you fouling five times when you have a

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Speaker 6: nine point lead. I don't know what this epidemic is.

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Speaker 6: Is terrible basketball like you? Is this a lack of players?

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Speaker 6: Are coaches losing teams because of their focus this time

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Speaker 6: of the season, Like Illinois State, it's just got awful.

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Speaker 6: I don't know if they'll win a game. Sienna's been

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Speaker 6: got awful the last three road games. I just don't

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Speaker 6: know if it's talent or basketball IQ. But fouling with

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Speaker 6: the lead under five minutes? What is going on That

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Speaker 6: I lose, no big deal. But when I lose to

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Speaker 6: stupidness like this, that that just drives me insane.

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Speaker 4: How about a money line on Saint Louis. I man,

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Speaker 4: I know this spread was big there with Dayton, but

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Speaker 4: give me a break. Twenty of thirty seven from the

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Speaker 4: free throw line in a game that they control throughout. Now, Listen,

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Speaker 4: I understand, we know that Saint Louis can't make free throws.

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Speaker 4: They are the absolute worst three hundred and fifty third

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Speaker 4: little frustrated there. San Diego State was up thirteen and

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Speaker 4: Lindsay Drew with a steal with thirty seconds left, so

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Speaker 4: I'm figuring out I'm gonna lose. Then Drew misses the

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Speaker 4: first the front end there and I'm like, oh, okay,

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Speaker 4: we're fine, gets back to the line, makes the second

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Speaker 4: one for the one point cover there. So you're right, Colin,

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Speaker 4: totally agree with you. Some people are fouling, like Butler

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Speaker 2: Other teams don't.

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Speaker 4: So I think it's something to pay attention to because

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Speaker 4: Monday Oklahoma Baylor. Baylor pretty much had that game, you know,

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Speaker 4: then at the end they start missing front ends of

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Speaker 4: one and one. Reeves wakes up hits one. He was

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Speaker 4: two of ten from three point range from deep. Brady

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Speaker 4: and doing sort of a backdoor cover there. So the

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Speaker 4: free throw fouling is immensely frustrating, but if you can

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Speaker 2: A nice it's a nice advantage.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, speaking of free throws, almost who ended up getting

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Speaker 1: a covers. I had a good number over the weekend

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Speaker 1: against LSU, who just continues this is just like last year.

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Speaker 1: They just win every game by like two to three.

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Speaker 1: But Almoss couldn't make a free throw to save their life.

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Speaker 1: Luckily Tyree went nuts. But then you know you think,

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Speaker 1: all right, there's still win those in conference. I'll get

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Speaker 1: a good effort. I had them against Tennessee. Embarrassing effort.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm done with that team or not,

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Speaker 1: but that was.

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Speaker 2: Sad alma s.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, fucking what is the problem with Mississippi? I mean,

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Speaker 4: last year Kermit Davis, they actually played really well. They

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Speaker 4: have most of their players back. I mean they hit

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Speaker 4: a stretch middle of the year. Last year they were

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Speaker 4: winning games. They played fantastic in this year. I mean

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Speaker 4: the players are back, they're not stopping anyone. That game

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Speaker 4: they got torched. I don't get it, Like you said,

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Speaker 4: zero to five and conference six game losing streak. Kermit's

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Speaker 4: a great coach, but it's just not clicking this year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's something that's really off that I need to

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Speaker 1: look into before I put money back on them.

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Speaker 2: And we'll get to the Big Ten.

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Speaker 1: Other team that has had any confused with an effort

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Speaker 1: this week is Perdue. You know, I had them against Illinois,

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Speaker 1: and Illinois was really impressive. And when Illinois gets any

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Speaker 1: to have inside, they're going to board, they're going to

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Speaker 1: play some tough defense, and they're going to frustrate you.

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Speaker 1: And then when they're shooting, then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: that team becomes really dangerous. And but you know, in

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Speaker 1: that spot against Purdue, you know, Illinois had won four straight,

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Speaker 1: and then you know, I had Purdue coming in, who

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Speaker 1: you know, lost to Marylyn. They lost three of four,

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Speaker 1: and I expect that home where they've been so great

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Speaker 1: and they have such a great home court advantage that

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Speaker 1: you'd get their best effort and look for Trent Fraser

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Speaker 1: made a bunch of threes early, and that's what makes

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Speaker 1: Illinois dangers when they're making threes. But Purdue just the

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Speaker 1: effort wasn't there, which was odd to me. And I

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Speaker 1: know that there was some foul trouble, but where the

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Speaker 1: effort shows up is on perimeter defense and on rebounding,

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Speaker 1: and they were just got absolutely dominated on the glass.

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Speaker 1: I believe they got out remount of thirty seven to

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Speaker 1: nineteen in that game, and that's where you know, a

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Speaker 1: lot of times the effort shows up. Probably have to

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Speaker 1: go back to Purdue against Wisconsin tomorrow night.

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Speaker 2: We'll get to that on Friday night lights. But that

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Speaker 2: was another perplexing effort.

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Speaker 6: But there's Yeah, there's two notes I want to throw

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Speaker 6: in on Illinois. Like three of their last four games

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Speaker 6: they had a losing win expectancy at halftime, So Illinois

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Speaker 6: might be a team you might want to tab for

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Speaker 6: second halves. At the same time, like I was kind

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Speaker 6: of looking through some of our Big Ten recap and

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Speaker 6: noticing the Illinois schedule in February, they start off with

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Speaker 6: five teams in the top twenty five, So from a

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Speaker 4: And the other thing too, Colin. You talked about it,

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Speaker 1: So they're gonna grind you. They're going to be in

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Speaker 1: the games. They have great post play. They're gonna place

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Speaker 1: solid top twenty twenty five defense. Overall, if they're making

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Speaker 1: shots from the outside, team is dangerous. They're also great

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Speaker 1: from the line. But talking about deep runs, who are you?

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Speaker 1: Who are you looking at? I'm gonna stay with Ohio State.

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Speaker 4: If I had to pick a team besides Michigan State,

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Speaker 4: I'll go with Ohio State. I think they have all

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Speaker 4: the pieces. They have to be able to shoot threes. So,

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Speaker 4: like you said, a team that struggles to score, it's

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Speaker 4: tough for me to go with them.

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Speaker 2: But Ohio State, despite the fact they lost.

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Speaker 4: I'm hanging my hat here on the fact that last

444
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Speaker 4: year Texas Tech and Overn lost three games in a row. Now,

445
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Speaker 4: the losing streaks got a little bit much for Ohio State.

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Speaker 4: But as long as Caleb Weston doesn't get in foul trouble,

447
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Speaker 4: this is a solid team. Dwayne Washington forty five percent

448
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Speaker 4: from three. DJ Car thirty eight. He's getting better. Andre

449
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Speaker 4: West even forty seven.

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Speaker 7: C J.

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Speaker 2: Walker.

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Speaker 4: Kyle Young is back after the appendix. So the pieces

453
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Speaker 4: are there, it's just not clicking. But I believe in Holtman.

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Speaker 4: They can shoot the three. They have a big inside.

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Speaker 4: They've had some big wins early, so I would bank

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Speaker 4: on them to come around.

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Speaker 2: Besides Michigan State, that'd be my second team.

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Speaker 6: I mean, I'm Team Iowa all the way, and one

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Speaker 6: thing I'll point out and then I'll jump to two

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Speaker 6: other teams. You just mentioned that.

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Speaker 2: You're trusting old friend.

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Speaker 6: Oh God, Coach Frans, this guy, I mean, I don't

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Speaker 6: have to.

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Speaker 1: Go in the first round and like the first ten minutes,

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Speaker 1: then he might get He'll.

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Speaker 2: Cost his team a game.

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Speaker 6: He's gonna may cost his team the season. The guy

468
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Speaker 6: is more worried about his pride and about getting his

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Speaker 6: point across than he is about the better of the team.

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Speaker 7: So I regret that I'm sorry, and I accept full responsibility.

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Speaker 7: That's not a recipe for success.

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Speaker 4: Olid hair hair doesn't move solid. No matter how angry

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Speaker 4: he gets.

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Speaker 2: He does a good job.

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Speaker 6: The wind really blows in Iowa, and for him to

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Speaker 6: have hair that that great, you know, to come in

477
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Speaker 6: off the blowing wind and have that. I'm impressed.

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Speaker 7: That's unfortunate, but it's the reality of the situation. I'll

479
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Speaker 7: be able to handle this.

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Speaker 2: Two other teams.

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Speaker 6: I want to mention I might next lead into Penn State,

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Speaker 6: because I know you mentioned Penn State, but I don't

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Speaker 6: think we've talked about them enough. They're one of them,

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Speaker 6: along with Iowa, have the most quater one wins in

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Speaker 6: the entire conference setting at five. They also have three

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Speaker 6: quater two wins and they just had a road victory,

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Speaker 6: one of those rare road victories against Michigan. And if

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Speaker 6: you look at Penn State's schedule, and this is where

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Speaker 6: they differ from Wisconsin. If you look at Penn State's schedule,

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Speaker 6: they still have three really easy games. They have Nebraska,

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Speaker 6: and they have Northwestern twice, so there are some potential

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Speaker 6: gaps in the schedule where they don't have to play

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Speaker 6: their hardest. Penn State may be a team that I'll

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Speaker 6: be looking at in the future because they're i mean,

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Speaker 6: five quarter one wins. It's pretty impressive to me and

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Speaker 6: winning on the road. But Wisconsin is a completely different

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Speaker 6: story for me. They're three hundred and fiftieth in the

498
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Speaker 6: nation and tempo, their offensive possessions are like the slowest

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Speaker 6: in all of college basketball. And I want to wait

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Speaker 6: on their futures because three of their next five games

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Speaker 6: are on the road. Two of their home games are

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Speaker 6: against top fifteen Michigan State and Ohio State. I will

503
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Speaker 6: happily wait over the next five games with the Badgers

504
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Speaker 6: and get a better number on everything because he's next five,

505
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Speaker 6: especially the two home games are going to be rough

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Speaker 6: for them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but I mean I will mention that that Wisconsin

508
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Speaker 1: has a couple of those road wins, and you know,

509
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Speaker 1: we know how few and far between they've been, so

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Speaker 1: something to keep in mind. But yeah, Iowa is worth mentioning.

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Speaker 1: Everyone talks about Luca Garza as they should. He's a

512
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Speaker 1: book true player of the year at candidate. He has

513
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Speaker 1: been amazing. I mean he can kill you from the inside,

514
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Speaker 1: from the outside, from you know, mid range. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the guys shooting thirty eight percent from three people need

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Speaker 1: to star. Talking about Joe Toussant also freshman. I think

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Speaker 1: it's a really solid team that's actually playing a little

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Speaker 1: bit of defense. This is a team I think on

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Speaker 1: Kempom it's top five and offensive efficiency. But a lot

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Speaker 1: of times you see these Iowa teams with really good offenses,

521
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Speaker 1: but they're not playing any defense whatsoever. They are playing

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Speaker 1: pretty good defense. It's not elite by any stretch. It's

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Speaker 1: good enough to make a run, especially this year. And

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Speaker 1: it's funny to me that the ones that we haven't

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Speaker 1: talked about is Maryland because you know, their defensive metrics

526
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Speaker 1: are unbelievable. They are have as much talent as anybody

527
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Speaker 1: in the Big Ten with Cohen and Jalen Smith and

528
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Speaker 1: you know Wiggins and I out, but I just don't

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Speaker 1: trust Turgent and I don't trust their turnover issues. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's what I didn't trust last year. They also need

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Speaker 1: to just shoot better from the outside to open up

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Speaker 1: the offense. But you know, again conference play this year,

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Speaker 1: they're turning it over nearly twenty percent of possessions. That's

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Speaker 1: thirteenth in the conference. Now, they are forcing more turnovers

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Speaker 1: than they did last year, which you know, last year

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Speaker 1: they finished three hundred and fifty second in the nation

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Speaker 1: in turnover defense, in forcing turnovers that have only about

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Speaker 1: fourteen percent. They've improved in that area significantly, they're out

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Speaker 1: close to twenty percent, but they need to fix their

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Speaker 1: turnover issues. There is just way too much parody, not

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Speaker 1: even going beyond the Big Ten tournament, way too much

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Speaker 1: parody this year. In order to make a deep run,

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Speaker 1: you cannot be careless with the ball and just giving

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Speaker 1: away possessions. Maryland does.

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Speaker 4: Maryland to me is ace king off suit and poker.

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Speaker 4: They call that big slick right because it looks good,

547
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Speaker 4: but it can slide real quick. I mean, this is

548
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Speaker 4: still a team away of Penn State. They lose Seaton Hall,

549
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Speaker 4: no Miles Powell. They find a way to lose that game.

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Speaker 4: At Iowa lose by almost twenty at Wisconsin lose. I mean,

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Speaker 4: I just congratulations on the comeback against Northwestern and listen,

552
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Speaker 4: I agree with you, stuck. They look good, they have

553
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Speaker 4: the pieces. Jalen Smith, Cowen hits big shots, whole thing.

554
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Speaker 4: It's Illinois. But honestly, to me, they're fools. Goal do

555
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Speaker 4: you want to call them what they call East Queen

556
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Speaker 4: Jessica Simpson looks good. Nothing there I mean, however you

557
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Speaker 4: want to phrase it, whatever poker phrase you want to use.

558
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Speaker 4: They have to show me something first before I buy in.

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Speaker 2: Not only did they turn it over a bunch?

560
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Speaker 1: But they're shooting threes at such a high clip, but

561
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Speaker 1: they're not shooting them well. And I know it's smart

562
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Speaker 1: to go inside or shoot threes, but their offense to

563
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Speaker 1: me is it's just not efficient.

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Speaker 6: They have not been good on the road whatsoever. I mean,

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Speaker 6: you talk about the Northwestern win, their next three road

566
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Speaker 6: games are against Illinois, Michigan State, and Ohio State. So

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Speaker 6: I don't think we're going to be talking about Maryland

568
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Speaker 6: very long, all right.

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Speaker 1: So that's kind of a look at the Big Ten.

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Speaker 1: And like I said on the first college Basketball episode,

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Speaker 1: we'll have episodes on each of the conference tournaments, so

572
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Speaker 1: we'll have a dedicated episode for the Beigen so well,

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Speaker 1: and we'll be talking about the Big Ten obviously throughout

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Speaker 1: the rest of the year. But that's just kind of

575
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Speaker 1: a little little bit of a touch and you. So

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Speaker 1: you bought some Iowa futures, right, Colin.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Yeah, I got down. There was one hundred and

578
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Speaker 6: one flowing run out there. I noticed most shops were

579
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Speaker 6: at fifty to fifty five to one. And you mentioned

580
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Speaker 6: Joe Tasant, he's top thirty five individually in the nation.

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Speaker 6: And steel percentage I mean the kid is everywhere. You

582
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Speaker 6: watch that Rutgers game last night, he's everywhere on the court,

583
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Speaker 6: one of the best players in the nation with Luca Garza.

584
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Speaker 6: It was a perfect time in the schedule to buy him,

585
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Speaker 6: just because of how many home games they have coming

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Speaker 6: up here in the near future.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the only Big Ten future that I have is

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Speaker 1: the one that I added Wisconsin eighty to one that

589
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Speaker 1: I mentioned in the first podcast.

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Speaker 2: Do you have any Big ten futures pending or that

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Speaker 2: you've added.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the one that I bought into was Minnesota. I

593
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Speaker 4: mean I think I got at seven fifty something like that.

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Speaker 4: I mean, they have the big they've impressed me early.

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Speaker 4: They have to get a win. I mean tonight would

596
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Speaker 4: be really nice. But you know, if Cashius Winston gets

597
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Speaker 4: hurt for a couple of games, he's about as important

598
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Speaker 4: to his team as anyone. So you know, it's sort

599
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Speaker 4: of like the reverse logic that I.

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Speaker 2: Use with WCC.

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Speaker 4: Also, I mean, there's no value in Michigan State, there's

602
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Speaker 4: no bad value in Gonzaga, So identify the team that

603
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Speaker 4: you think has the pieces that can maybe challenge team

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Speaker 4: at the top. Minnesota has been really impressive and has

605
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Speaker 4: a home court advantage, So why not.

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Speaker 3: From the Southern to the Summit League, the MIAK and

607
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Speaker 3: the Missouri Valley, there are over three hundred and fifty

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Speaker 3: Division one programs, so let's get acquainted. This is conference confidential, okay.

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Speaker 1: So now we are joined by bj Rains, an old

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Speaker 1: friend of mine on Twitter from actually the Saint Louis

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Speaker 1: Cardinals days, but he's now a Boise State beat writer

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Speaker 1: for the Idaho Press and editor at Blue Turf Sports,

613
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Speaker 1: also a voter in the AP Top twenty five.

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Speaker 2: What's going on me, JAF Not much.

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Speaker 5: Man, Yeah, I remember the days back when you were

616
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Speaker 5: a huge Cincinnati Reds fan at least for some of

617
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Speaker 5: your wagers and kind.

618
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Speaker 2: Of would rub me the wrong way of times.

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Speaker 5: But it's all good, man, It's all business.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So I've said before, I don't know if you listened

622
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Speaker 1: to a first college basketball podcast, but we basically want

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Speaker 1: to get people on from all over the country that

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Speaker 1: you know, cover a specific conference and get their specific insights.

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Speaker 2: Since there's so many teams, I think that there's a

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Speaker 2: lot of value to that.

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Speaker 1: And I know that you follow Boise State specifically, but

628
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Speaker 1: also the Mountain West Conference in general.

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Speaker 2: There's a lot of interest now in San Diego State.

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Speaker 1: We will get to them, We will get to Boise

631
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Speaker 1: who I think, you know, if people are looking for

632
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Speaker 1: a sleeper next year, everything pans out. The roster looks

633
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Speaker 1: pretty intriguing for next year. But let's start at a

634
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,680
Speaker 1: game that you were just at Utah State. I believe

635
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Speaker 1: you were there Utah State Boise State in a game

636
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Speaker 1: I turned off because I said, this game is over,

637
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Speaker 1: and then I didn't even see the score on the

638
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Speaker 1: bottom line. Someone I was talking about some other bad

639
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,200
Speaker 1: beat and someone came on and said, how about Utah State?

640
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Speaker 2: And I said, what you were there? Tell me about

641
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Speaker 2: how that happened and what were your thoughts.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that was crazy. I mean I had my whole

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Speaker 5: story written basically saying how it was a third loss

644
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Speaker 5: in a row for Boise and their seasons kind of

645
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 5: going in their own direction. I'm not really paying attention,

646
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Speaker 5: and crowd starts cheering a little bit, and then you oh,

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Speaker 5: that's cool, that's cool. Then you look up and all

648
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Speaker 5: of a sudden, it's only down nine. It's like a

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Speaker 5: minute thirty left. You're like, okay, I guess I got

650
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 5: to least pay attention here a little bit and the

651
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,920
Speaker 5: next thing you know, it's sixty six to sixty and

652
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,360
Speaker 5: then they steal the inbounds And it was a combination

653
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 5: of a lot of luck they went in Boise State's favor,

654
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,119
Speaker 5: a lot of you know, really you know, making some

655
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,920
Speaker 5: plays down the scratch, but also a major collapse from

656
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 5: Utah State. And they've obviously been a little bit of

657
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,000
Speaker 5: a disappointment this year as the acts, whether it's you know,

658
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,200
Speaker 5: with kde be An injured or just just something hasn't

659
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,200
Speaker 5: been right with Utah State. And so Boise State just

660
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 5: had one of those memorable comebacks and I think it

661
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 5: was eighteen points in the last four to ten, which

662
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 5: ties for the second greatest margin to overcome in the

663
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 5: last five minutes of the game, and you know, they

664
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,200
Speaker 5: they won in overtime, and it was you know, they're

665
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 5: hoping a huge win to move them forward. But I

666
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 5: think for as much credit as they deserve, Utah State deserves,

667
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 5: you know, just as much blame for an apic joke

668
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 5: job boys.

669
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 1: State had an historic meltdown too, right against Nevada.

670
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 5: Maybe last year they had one X so we had

671
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 5: a lot of them last year. Yeah, but they actually

672
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 5: had one again UTAs State. Last year, they were up

673
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 5: five with like forty seconds left in Boise missed a

674
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 5: couple of free throws and Sam Marrill had an a

675
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 5: one and UTAs State actually came, you know to pull

676
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 5: off the comeback. It wasn't quite as big, but Boise State,

677
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,720
Speaker 5: yeah blew a lead to them, and then yeah they

678
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 5: had one where they blewed in Nevada. I mean, Boise

679
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 5: State blew a ton of close games last year, but yeah,

680
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 5: they did get a little bit of payback on Utah

681
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 5: State for who came in last year and stole on

682
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 5: from them.

683
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,360
Speaker 1: I'll big talk about this Boise State team. I'm curious

684
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 1: to get your just your overall thoughts on the team

685
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 1: and how they'll finish down the stretch, but also next year.

686
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 1: I mean, you bring in a big man Armis the

687
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 1: East Tennessee State transfer. You know, you got ray j

688
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,200
Speaker 1: Dennis Marcus Shaver at the point of Austin on the wing.

689
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:41,960
Speaker 2: I mean there's a number of players in the wing.

690
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 2: This team could be pretty good next year.

691
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,200
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on this year and then headed

692
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: in the next year if everything works out, you know,

693
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 1: I'm getting.

694
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 5: Ready to go on a flight tomorrow to hit the

695
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,560
Speaker 5: Fresno and they play at Fresno State on Saturday, and

696
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 5: that'll be an interesting game because President is not very good,

697
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 5: but they're better than maybe their record shows, and they're

698
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,840
Speaker 5: you know, I think Ken Pom actually has Presno State

699
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 5: favored to win by two, but poises they can win

700
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 5: that one, and they've got San Jose and you know,

701
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 5: up after that, Wyoming coming up in the vat at home.

702
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 5: I mean, they could be a five game win streak

703
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 5: here for Boise Stay where they're looking up in a

704
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 5: little bit and they're a week and a half and

705
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,960
Speaker 5: they're eight and four in league and sixteen and eight overall,

706
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 5: and people are starting to have a better feeling about

707
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,640
Speaker 5: this game. I think Saturday is a big game for them.

708
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 5: But you know, obviously it's kind of a retooling year.

709
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 5: I wouldn't say rebuilding. Last year they lost a lot

710
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 5: of close games. As I said, it was their first

711
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,280
Speaker 5: twenty lost season in program history. But before that they

712
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 5: had won, you know, at least twenty games six years

713
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,560
Speaker 5: in a row. So leon Rice kind of at least

714
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 5: had them competitive near the top of the league every year,

715
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:36,480
Speaker 5: and so last year was just such a shock to

716
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 5: see him go down. And then this year didn't start

717
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,000
Speaker 5: off great early either, and so a lot of fans

718
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 5: around here were kind of dejected. But they've got a

719
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 5: lot of talent. They've got some seniors, and they've added

720
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 5: an organ transfer at the semester and he's made a

721
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 5: big impact. But they've played a tough schedule. They've already played,

722
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 5: you know, at the three hardest places in the league,

723
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 5: and playing at New Mexico when they had all their

724
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 5: full compliment of players back in December. They've already played

725
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 5: at San Diego State, at Nevada, so they've had some

726
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 5: tough games in the league. And so they're sitting at

727
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 5: four and four maybe to saw him, that's kind of

728
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 5: a disappointment. But they still play San Jose twice, they

729
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:10,680
Speaker 5: still get you know, Wyoming again, they still have a

730
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 5: lot of winnable games the Air Force again. They'll probably

731
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 5: be somewhere around that twenty win mark again. And then

732
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 5: you mentioned next year. I mean, you didn't even mention

733
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,280
Speaker 5: they'd be the two most talented guys that are getting eligible,

734
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 5: and those are two four star transfers from Arizona. You know,

735
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 5: they have Emmanuel Acott, who was a twenty five recruit.

736
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 5: They thought they were going to have him this year.

737
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 5: They really thought they were going to get him eligible

738
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 5: this year, but it didn't happen. So he's sitting out

739
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 5: and they're going to have Acot. And then they had

740
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 5: another Arizona transfer that transferred at semester, another four star kids.

741
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 5: So he's going to sit out and he'll be eligible

742
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 5: next December. You mentioned, you know, with what they expect

743
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 5: from Shaver, a guy that average fifteen points a game,

744
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 5: you know, two years at you know, at Portland. Armis

745
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,040
Speaker 5: was the you know, double double guy at East Tennessee State.

746
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 5: Plus they have the Oregon transfer, a boot Key jab

747
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 5: this year that will be back next year. Alstin. Some

748
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 5: people thought might go to the NBA, but you know,

749
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 5: he needs another year. I think he's probably coming back.

750
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 5: And he's average twenty points a game right now himself.

751
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 5: And then everybody saw this freshman point guard ray J.

752
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,960
Speaker 5: Dennis who scored the nineteen points by himself in the

753
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 5: last three minutes of that game to force overtime. Yeah,

754
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 5: I mean some of the fans don't want to hear

755
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 5: it around here. A lot of boys, you say, at

756
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 5: Pantela's always wait till next year with Leon's teams, But

757
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 5: they really do have the chance to be a potential

758
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 5: you know, you would think, you know, borderline top twenty

759
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 5: five team with all the talent they have on next

760
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 5: year's roster. For sure.

761
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think Theo's are going to be the favorite

762
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: in the Mount West and an intriguing future that we'll

763
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 1: get to after this year. But yeah, do Treve I

764
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 1: think his name is from Arizona. It's like the all

765
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 1: name team, I don't. I mean, you have Ray j

766
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: Dennis abu Key Job, Emmanuel Acott, Devanne do Treve, Maladen Armists.

767
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 2: I mean it's gonna be uh yeah, announcing those games.

768
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 2: They're gonna be tough.

769
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely. And I know what I think their scout team,

770
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:48,960
Speaker 5: all these guys sitting out like probably are beating the

771
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 5: current team right now in practice. So probably, as Leon

772
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 5: Rice jokes, the best scout team in America. Well, they're

773
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 5: transfers that are sitting out this year, but the future

774
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 5: does appear bright for them moving forward. But Leon Rice

775
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 5: doesn't like to hear it. He wants to talk about

776
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 5: this year and he still thinks they can make a

777
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 5: run and get things going, and maybe that eighteen point

778
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 5: comeback was kind of a spark they needed.

779
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, now let's talk about you know, you're an AP

780
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 1: top twenty five voter, and San Diego State obviously deserves

781
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 1: to be right near the top top ten. But the

782
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 1: Mountain West in general, from top to bottom, I think

783
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 1: it's been a little disappointing.

784
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 2: You know, especially Utah State. They've dealt with some injuries.

785
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: I think that they're going to have a shot in

786
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 1: the Mountain West Conference tournament at least to get there.

787
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: But how good is San Diego State really? And it's

788
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: one of those things where it's sort of Gonzaga ask, right,

789
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: They're going to go through the conference and they're going

790
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,520
Speaker 1: to win almost every game, so.

791
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 2: It's hard to gauge.

792
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 1: But they did have some games early on in the

793
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 1: year on neutral courts and against better competition where look,

794
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,959
Speaker 1: they're still undefeated. So I mean, when someone asks you,

795
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: how do you answer how good the Aztecs actually are?

796
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 5: Yeah? I mean I saw him in person two weeks

797
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 5: ago down the CD and maybe Boise State pretty handedly,

798
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 5: and you know, the Malchi Flynn and kJ Fagan and

799
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 5: some of these you know, transfers they brought in or

800
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 5: are just they just changed the complex of that because

801
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 5: they've got guards and they've got experience guards, and everybody knows,

802
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 5: you know, experience guards, they're kind of what you want

803
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 5: and you know, talented obviously, but if they can have

804
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 5: experience to be veterant guys, you know that that's kind

805
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 5: of what the recipe for success, especially you know in

806
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,920
Speaker 5: the tournament when the games are important. So I was

807
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 5: really impressed with you know, their outside shooting ability. They're

808
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,280
Speaker 5: able to stretch the defense. And you're right, there's always

809
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:22,880
Speaker 5: going to be some questions for him. You know, the

810
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 5: IIOWA win is looking really nice to create and win,

811
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 5: but you're right, I mean, UTAs State has been a disappointment.

812
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,239
Speaker 5: New Mexico got off to a hot start and I

813
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 5: was having a lot of issues off the court and stuff.

814
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:34,840
Speaker 5: So they're becoming a disappointment. And yeah, I mean I

815
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,279
Speaker 5: think a lot of people thought this was going to

816
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 5: be a two big league at least, and maybe it

817
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 5: would be a third team that would push. But now

818
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 5: Utah States, you know, probably would have to like run

819
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 5: the table or something that to be you know, have

820
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 5: a good shot at in that large so there's a

821
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 5: very decent chance that San Diego State goes into the

822
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,080
Speaker 5: tournament undefeated. I mean, you look at ken Pom, they're

823
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 5: predicted like by at least eight points. I think in

824
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 5: every game the rest of the season. Now, are they

825
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 5: probably going to slip up somewhere at some point, yes,

826
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,280
Speaker 5: I mean that's play that you do nob on Sunday.

827
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,279
Speaker 5: That's going to be an interesting game. I think coming up.

828
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 5: They still play at New Mexico next week, they still

829
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 5: do play at Boise. They still got most of their

830
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 5: hard Mountain West road games still ahead, and it's really

831
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 5: hard to win on the road in this league, so

832
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:12,799
Speaker 5: somebody will probably clip them off at some point on

833
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,120
Speaker 5: the road and they have a rough day. But they're certainly,

834
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,080
Speaker 5: you know, deserving at this point. I think that they're

835
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,359
Speaker 5: they're not just winning, they're blowing teams out, winning by

836
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 5: like twenty points a game. Their defensive metrics are all

837
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,439
Speaker 5: very good, like they usually are, you know, for going

838
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 5: from Steve Fisher to Brian Dutcher. So I've been very

839
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 5: impressed with them, and unfortunately the league is not helping

840
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 5: their credibility or anything. But I think that you know,

841
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,720
Speaker 5: when they're on they're as good as anybody in the country,

842
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 5: it seems like, because they've got the combination of an

843
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 5: inside outside game and it's been really impressive.

844
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, and they've also dealt with some injuries along the

845
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 1: way too, so it's not like they've even been fully

846
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: healthy and they've looked that good. It'll also be interesting

847
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,440
Speaker 1: to see for you NLV on Sunday if Metrew Longkin

848
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 1: return and I think you UMLV will be catching maybe

849
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 1: close to ten, but he hasn't played in a while,

850
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:55,759
Speaker 1: so if he can come back, that'll certainly help the

851
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: Rebels case. And you're right about New Mexico losing brag

852
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 1: parts them and then we knew Nevada was going to

853
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 1: have a down year after everything that they lost. Well,

854
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 1: when you look at the entirety of this conference outside

855
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 1: of San Diego State, who do you think has you know,

856
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 1: if you had to put money on one team once

857
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:13,760
Speaker 1: the conference tournament starts to you know, besides San Diego

858
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 1: State to take them out?

859
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 2: Are you going Utah State?

860
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 1: Are you going on a you know, semi hot Colorado

861
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 1: State team that doesn't really beat anybody, yep, but has

862
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 1: looked a little better here late.

863
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 2: Are you going Boise or are you going somewhere else?

864
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: Do you think Appose is the biggest threat to San

865
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:27,399
Speaker 1: Diego State if you had to put money on, Yeah,

866
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: I mean.

867
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 5: I still think it probably has to be Uta State.

868
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:31,359
Speaker 5: I just saw him the other day, and there's something

869
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 5: doesn't seem right with them. But you look at the

870
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 5: you look at the talent they have, and Sam Merrill

871
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 5: is the you know, the most unassuming, unathletic, thirty point

872
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 5: a game guy you're ever going to see. I mean,

873
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,719
Speaker 5: the guy just he looks like he'd be playing out

874
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,399
Speaker 5: the local YMCA and then he's you know, hitting five

875
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 5: threes in a row on you. So Sam Merril is

876
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 5: the heck of a player. You know, Cada can be

877
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,240
Speaker 5: a game changer if he can stay out of foul trouble,

878
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:53,879
Speaker 5: and that was kind of the problem against Boise City.

879
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 5: Follow that actually right when they started their comeback, I

880
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:58,319
Speaker 5: think Utah State because they've still got you know, Rock

881
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 5: Miller and Abel Porter and you know, being some of

882
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 5: these other guys. They've got a lot of veteran role players,

883
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 5: and so I think Utah State, if they can figure

884
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,359
Speaker 5: it out still in terms of talent and experience, has

885
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,320
Speaker 5: an opportunity. It would not have shocked me all of

886
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:11,959
Speaker 5: a sudden look up in the third week of March

887
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 5: and the Utah States and the Sweet sixteen, and they

888
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 5: have the talent. I just think they've under a key

889
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 5: to this point if they can get it going. But

890
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 5: I'm not a believer in Colorado State yet. I mean,

891
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 5: I know they've won five in a row. They obviously

892
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 5: hit the nineteen threes against New Mexico last week, but

893
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:27,239
Speaker 5: I mean they've beat up on mostly bad teams Wyoming,

894
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 5: San Jose, State, Air Force, and Fresno, So I want

895
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 5: to see what they do moving forward. They play Utah

896
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 5: State this weekend and then they've got Nevada and UNLB

897
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 5: after that. So they're a nice story right now, but

898
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 5: I don't think long term Colorado State is as much

899
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 5: for me. But you know, in New Mexico, are they

900
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 5: going to be able to salvage this or are they

901
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 5: in up downhill spiral here? I think that's going to

902
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,080
Speaker 5: be curious to watch with you mentioned Bragg, but they've

903
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 5: got some other injuries. They had another player that was

904
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,319
Speaker 5: suspended from the team for a legal issue. They've got

905
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 5: a lot going on, and I just you know, the

906
00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 5: league's pretty top heavy. I mean, there's not a lot

907
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,200
Speaker 5: going on with Wyoming and Santa and although San Jose

908
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,359
Speaker 5: has as many conference wins this year as they had

909
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 5: the last two years combined. So it's an interesting league.

910
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:08,800
Speaker 5: It's a lot of tough road trips. You know, a

911
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 5: lot of these teams don't charter like a lot of

912
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,240
Speaker 5: weeks do and they're taking you know, you know, Boise

913
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,399
Speaker 5: State tomorrow has to you know, connect in Salt Lake

914
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:17,839
Speaker 5: City to get to Fresno, and uh, these team it's

915
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 5: just rough on the road, and it's rough in this conference.

916
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,360
Speaker 5: And so it's you're seeing a lot of weird scores

917
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,240
Speaker 5: and a lot of upsets in the mount of West

918
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,440
Speaker 5: this year, and it wouldn't shock me if that continues

919
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 5: the rest of the way because there's a lot of

920
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 5: parody in this league.

921
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I completely agree and Twitter follow.

922
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 1: The mine actually mentioned today which will be interesting is

923
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 1: that the Mountain West Conference tournament it's moved up a

924
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 1: week this year. So will the winner say it is

925
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:39,920
Speaker 1: San Diego State or you know, if it is especially

926
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 1: Santa State runs the table and.

927
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 2: Then you have now, you know, a two week break

928
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,320
Speaker 2: in between games. How does that impact the winner in

929
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 2: the first round.

930
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 5: Yeah, and that impacted them already because they had to

931
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 5: move conference games into early December. There's like some big

932
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,919
Speaker 5: construction conference in Vegas that happens once every like five years,

933
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 5: and it's like a one hundred and twenty thousand people

934
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 5: come to this conference and it makes the hotel prices

935
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,359
Speaker 5: and everything just insanely high. And so they tried to

936
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 5: battle it a couple of years ago and it was horrible.

937
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 5: So they said, we're just going to move it up

938
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:09,360
Speaker 5: a week. And it's had a lot of impact on

939
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 5: you know, as I said, having to play league games

940
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 5: earlier in the year, and then now you're talking about

941
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 5: the championship game. Yeah, being on the Saturday, probably have

942
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 5: almost two weeks off before that Thursday opener in the tournament.

943
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 5: So yeah, it's going to be very interesting to see

944
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 5: how that plays into it. I know the coaches are

945
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,759
Speaker 5: not huge fans of the way it worked out. I

946
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 5: mean the other alternative was playing it like at San

947
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 5: Diego State or another venue and keeping it when it

948
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 5: was and they weren't crazy about that either. So it

949
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 5: wasn't a lot of good alternatives. But that's kind of

950
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:36,719
Speaker 5: what they were stuck with for this year, and I

951
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,800
Speaker 5: think next year it'll go back, I believe, to the

952
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:39,439
Speaker 5: regular time.

953
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, and yeah, it's I've been there for many I've

954
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: been in Vegas many times for that weekend, and it's

955
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 1: it's sad it's not going to be malice conference swarms

956
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 1: that could be there.

957
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,880
Speaker 2: New Mexico fans actually travel really well that week and

958
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 2: I always remember them. They're always in the book. But

959
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 2: that's usually a staple of that weekend.

960
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 1: Right UNLV is Can they UNLV win it even though

961
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 1: they never do, to go back to that wink.

962
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,000
Speaker 5: At Yeah, but you also have like the PAC twelve

963
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 5: tournament going on, the WCC tournament going on, and the

964
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 5: Whack Tournament for a while was there too. But there

965
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 5: was the time we had four conference tournaments all kind

966
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 5: of going on at the same time. We're overlapping, and

967
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 5: it was it was awesome. So I think the WCC

968
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,319
Speaker 5: tournament will like just be getting going kind of as

969
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 5: this is ending now, and then when that's over, then

970
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,360
Speaker 5: the Pack twelve will go for a little more spread

971
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 5: out now. But yeah, it's you know nothing. I actually

972
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,400
Speaker 5: like Vegas better for the conference tournament at the NAA

973
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 5: tournament because you've got more games and more games all

974
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 5: day and cheaper less lines. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, the sportsbook

975
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 5: in the life, you like a lie better. It's easier

976
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 5: to get up to the window off stuff. I'm actually

977
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 5: usually there obviously covering the Mountain West tournament, and I

978
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 5: enjoy all the other games for conference tournaments that are

979
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 5: going on during the day there. So it'll be weird

980
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,080
Speaker 5: having it. I know. It's like Missouri Valley, right, don't

981
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:49,240
Speaker 5: they have it that weekend there's a couple of conference tournaments.

982
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,000
Speaker 5: It's one of the first few days though, so it'll

983
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 5: be a different feel for sure.

984
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, it definitely takes away the lust there of that weekend.

985
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 1: But yeah, I agree, I've said it many times. You

986
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,400
Speaker 1: got to go to Vegas ones for the first weekend,

987
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: you know, when you're younger and you go. But if

988
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:01,920
Speaker 1: you want to go and repeat rips, and you have

989
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,839
Speaker 1: a choice that conference tournament weekend and look, you can

990
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,920
Speaker 1: start next year and the non what's conference ONEm I

991
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 1: assume we'll be on that weekend before we you go.

992
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:11,719
Speaker 1: I just want to get a kind of a football

993
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 1: I guess maybe basketball this question, I don't think so,

994
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:17,440
Speaker 1: But what I'm hearing some rumors on Boise State conference move.

995
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 2: You got anything there?

996
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,359
Speaker 5: Well, yeah, I mean they sued the Mountain West because

997
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,759
Speaker 5: they're not happy with their TV deal. The conference needs

998
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,800
Speaker 5: Boise State, the conference needs their ratings. It doesn't impact

999
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 5: basketball a little bit. They announced a new deal, you know,

1000
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 5: recently that's for football and basketball. They're going to be

1001
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 5: on CBS Sports. But also they're basically getting rid of

1002
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 5: ESPN and for Fox and Fox Sports one instead. And

1003
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 5: so Boise State didn't like that. Boise State, you know,

1004
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,240
Speaker 5: the long story short gets up. You know, they agreed

1005
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 5: when they came back to the conference in like twenty

1006
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 5: thirteen that they basically get a bonus for their home games.

1007
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:47,240
Speaker 5: They get extra money than the rest of the league.

1008
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 5: And so the rest of the league was fed up

1009
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,359
Speaker 5: with it, tried to vote out that clause. And now, boys,

1010
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,359
Speaker 5: these states, because I know it's in the contract, we get,

1011
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 5: you know, this extra money for our home games and

1012
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 5: all this it's looking bad. But U and everyone saying,

1013
00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 5: oh the American maybe they'll take them, and oh, you

1014
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 5: know what about the tact Well than sixty years, who knows,

1015
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 5: but I would suspect the mount and West realizes how

1016
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 5: badly they need Boise State here, and in the end

1017
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 5: they'll probably avoid any kind of actual, you know, jury

1018
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 5: trial on this. I think they'll find common ground and

1019
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 5: boiss you know, get the money they want. But it's

1020
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,360
Speaker 5: it's looking bad right now. It's a public fight between

1021
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 5: the two sides, which certainly doesn't look good for the conference.

1022
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, kind of a figure.

1023
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 1: What your answer is going to be that in this fight,

1024
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:24,840
Speaker 1: Boise State has the leverage, which ultimately usually decides who's.

1025
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:24,960
Speaker 6: Going to win.

1026
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 1: All right, Well, we appreciate you joining us, BJA, and

1027
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:30,920
Speaker 1: if you aren't following already, you can follow him on

1028
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,719
Speaker 1: Twitter at bj rains for all of your Boise State,

1029
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,520
Speaker 1: other Mountain West conference and sports throughout the year.

1030
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,439
Speaker 2: I appreciate you joining us and thanks again VJA.

1031
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:41,880
Speaker 5: No problem man, Good to shat with you anytime.

1032
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 2: All right, so thanks again to BJ.

1033
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 1: Before we move on to this weekend, just want to

1034
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 1: get your thoughts on the Mound West.

1035
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,320
Speaker 2: We know how good San Diego State.

1036
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 1: Is an interesting combo is San Diego State wins out

1037
00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:53,399
Speaker 1: and get Zago wins out? Who gets the one set

1038
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,240
Speaker 1: out West? That's intriguing. We'll talk about that closer to March.

1039
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:58,400
Speaker 1: But San Diego State's going to be a one or

1040
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 1: two seed and I don't and you know us they

1041
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: have a couple bad losses here. But the question is

1042
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 1: can the Mountain West get a second team into the tournament?

1043
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,840
Speaker 1: And I'll start with just Utah State. This is the

1044
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:10,759
Speaker 1: team that I have a future on from you know,

1045
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,720
Speaker 1: it's a long shot future, but from before the season.

1046
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 1: And this is a team that beat Florida on a

1047
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: neutral court and beat LSU on a neutral court, right

1048
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,360
Speaker 1: and there are only two losses where to Saint Mary's

1049
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 1: and BYU coming into conference play, then they lose to

1050
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: UNLV get trucked, and then they come home in a

1051
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:28,760
Speaker 1: great spot, loses San Diego State.

1052
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 2: Then they get blown down the second half air Force.

1053
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,880
Speaker 1: They blow that eighteen point lead the Boise State, which

1054
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,400
Speaker 1: I think will ultimately cost them an at large or

1055
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,719
Speaker 1: a shot at large unless you know they went out

1056
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:40,720
Speaker 1: or obviously if they win the conference tournament.

1057
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 2: Now they've dealt with a lot of injuries.

1058
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:45,400
Speaker 1: They lack just a certain amount of athleticism that I

1059
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 1: would like to see.

1060
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 2: But this is still you know, this team is getting healthier.

1061
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 1: I think this team I'm still banking on them to

1062
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:53,880
Speaker 1: win the conference tournament. I think that they're going to

1063
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,879
Speaker 1: give San Diego State a game the next time they

1064
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,439
Speaker 1: play them. It's a really experienced team, a really well

1065
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 1: coached team, team, a tall team.

1066
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 2: A solid defensive team. They can rebound.

1067
00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 1: It's just that they dealt with some injuries in a

1068
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 1: hard stretch to start conference play. So I'm going with

1069
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,200
Speaker 1: Utah State as the team that gets the second bid

1070
00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 1: and wins the conference tournament. What say you, I'll start

1071
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:17,840
Speaker 1: with you, Colin anything on the Mountain West.

1072
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:20,239
Speaker 6: I really took it to task to try to find

1073
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 6: a weakness in the San Diego State team. I mean,

1074
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 6: between Malachi Flynn and Yanni Wetzel and Matt Mitchell.

1075
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 3: The greatest player on the West Coast, Matt and Mitchell. Wait,

1076
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:33,000
Speaker 3: what not our.

1077
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 6: Producer San Diego State's Matt Mitchell. I mean, these are

1078
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,239
Speaker 6: three of the top five players in all of the

1079
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,400
Speaker 6: Mountain West. And to find somebody to challenge them, it

1080
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,239
Speaker 6: was really hard. So what I did is kind of

1081
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,440
Speaker 6: look at San Diego State, and they run the slowest

1082
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 6: tempo and they have the highest efficiency and field goal percentage.

1083
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 6: They're number one in a ton of categories. They're kind

1084
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 6: of mid range and defensive rebounding, and so can anybody

1085
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:56,160
Speaker 6: expose that? Can anybody you know, play a quick tempo

1086
00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 6: which they don't do, and can anybody hit threes against them?

1087
00:44:58,640 --> 00:44:59,920
Speaker 6: And the two teams that kind of shook out of

1088
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:03,440
Speaker 6: it or Colorado State New Mexico, two fastest tempo teams

1089
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,799
Speaker 6: in the conference, that would be a difference, that would

1090
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 6: be a change of pace. Can they hit the threes

1091
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:09,400
Speaker 6: against them? I don't know because San Diego State is

1092
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:11,839
Speaker 6: number one in the conference in defending the arc and

1093
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:13,920
Speaker 6: they don't really have any rebounding edge on them. They

1094
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,359
Speaker 6: don't really have any steals or trying to beat them

1095
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 6: in transition. You know, Nevada and Colorado State have a

1096
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:21,360
Speaker 6: better three point percentage in San Diego State offensively, but

1097
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 6: both have already been whacked by thirteen and by twenty

1098
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 6: two respectively. UNLV has you know, the offensive rebounding edge

1099
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:29,840
Speaker 6: or number one in the Mountain West, but they're awful

1100
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:32,360
Speaker 6: in defensive turnovers and defending the arc. So I just

1101
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 6: could not come up with anybody that could challenge San

1102
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:36,719
Speaker 6: Diego State. It may be a thing where it's just

1103
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 6: lay it and play it once we get to the

1104
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:40,799
Speaker 6: conference tournament, whether they get the number one overall see

1105
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:41,880
Speaker 6: it or not. I don't know if I'm going to

1106
00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 6: back these guys. I mean, Mountain West is considered to

1107
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,880
Speaker 6: be the tenth strongest conference per Kin Palm. And you know,

1108
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,440
Speaker 6: San Diego State did be BYU by five away from home,

1109
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,160
Speaker 6: Creighton and Iowa on a neutral but that seems like

1110
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,520
Speaker 6: a lifetime ago, So I don't know. I think I'm

1111
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 6: going to lay it and play it through the conference tournament,

1112
00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:57,799
Speaker 6: but I don't know if this is a team I'm

1113
00:45:57,800 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 6: going to play on during the tournament.

1114
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:01,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would be cautious on New Mexico. I mean

1115
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:05,880
Speaker 1: New Mexico lost brag just such a highly recruited kid

1116
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:07,880
Speaker 1: has been all over the place and it's unfortunate what

1117
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,440
Speaker 1: happened to him, Jay Kwan lyles Her.

1118
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 2: They've a couple other players.

1119
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:15,520
Speaker 1: It's just it's a mess at Mexico right now. I

1120
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:17,880
Speaker 1: don't in Colorida State's hot, but I don't necessarily know

1121
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:20,000
Speaker 1: if I trust what I've seen so far. Randal, what

1122
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:21,440
Speaker 1: about your thoughts on Mountain West?

1123
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:24,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, Colorado State, it seems like a year away to me,

1124
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:25,680
Speaker 4: But I'm looking at a team that can make a

1125
00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:28,720
Speaker 4: run in the conference tournament. That backcourt of Isaiah Stevens

1126
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:31,359
Speaker 4: and David Roddy. Those guys are impressive, both freshmen. By

1127
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:33,840
Speaker 4: the way, Colorado stayed playing very very well, had a

1128
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:36,120
Speaker 4: comfortable win last night. The other one that I think

1129
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:37,960
Speaker 4: could make a run, I think you ANDLV could make

1130
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 4: a run. I was really impressed even though they lost

1131
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 4: in Nevada last night. They pound the boards. Amari Hardy,

1132
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:46,280
Speaker 4: he attacks the basket. You can't stop him. He started

1133
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:49,040
Speaker 4: making some threes early. He's thirty four percent from three

1134
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 4: point range, including a one of ten brutal performance at Wyoming.

1135
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:56,560
Speaker 4: Bryce Hamilton dropped thirty five against New Mexico. So listen,

1136
00:46:56,719 --> 00:46:58,879
Speaker 4: do I think that there's another team that can make

1137
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:02,279
Speaker 4: a run in the tournament knockoff San Diego State? Probably not,

1138
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:04,120
Speaker 4: But if you told me that a team did, I

1139
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:05,880
Speaker 4: love Utah State. By the way, I think they can

1140
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:09,759
Speaker 4: definitely exact revenge at San Diego State because Kida is

1141
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:13,000
Speaker 4: still coming along. He's not right and not having Nathan

1142
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 4: Menza with the respiratory issues, got the blood clot and

1143
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,680
Speaker 4: his lungs, that's going to hurt San Diego State. Because

1144
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:21,440
Speaker 4: again it's a Jenga puzzle. He was a starting forward

1145
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:23,879
Speaker 4: for them. That hurts their depth a little bit. All

1146
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:26,000
Speaker 4: you need is a bad shooting night for Matt Mitchell,

1147
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 4: you know. So it's a very fine line.

1148
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:29,400
Speaker 2: I've said it.

1149
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:31,680
Speaker 4: If San Diego State can get through these next four games,

1150
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:33,960
Speaker 4: I would be really impressed. But this game on Saturday

1151
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,799
Speaker 4: against UNLV, it's a show me game for UNLV. If

1152
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 4: I think they can actually make a run because they're home,

1153
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:41,479
Speaker 4: Ken Palm has it at nine. I think that's way

1154
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:44,400
Speaker 4: too much. They rebound well, which is something that will travel.

1155
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:46,880
Speaker 4: They just got to, as Colin said, cut out the turnover.

1156
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:47,279
Speaker 6: So two.

1157
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,399
Speaker 4: I would look at maybe take a shot at our

1158
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 4: Colorado State and UNLV if they get hot end of

1159
00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:52,040
Speaker 4: the year.

1160
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:54,400
Speaker 1: By the way, keep in mind with New Mexico Vance

1161
00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:58,040
Speaker 1: Jackson's hurt now, I mean Bragg was six ten, they

1162
00:47:58,040 --> 00:47:59,440
Speaker 1: don't have I think they have one player on the

1163
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,879
Speaker 1: team that's tall more than sixty seven now with these

1164
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:04,440
Speaker 1: injuries and suspensions of late, So.

1165
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:05,200
Speaker 2: Keep that in mind.

1166
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:07,160
Speaker 1: I agree with you on you and be It'll be

1167
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 1: interesting to see if metru Long is back any any

1168
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:10,759
Speaker 1: word there.

1169
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:12,759
Speaker 4: That's the thing he was on the bench last night

1170
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:14,640
Speaker 4: and they talked about that. He had like twenty nine

1171
00:48:14,719 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 4: or twenty five before he got hurt and went out

1172
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:19,200
Speaker 4: there with the high ankle spring. So he comes back

1173
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:22,759
Speaker 4: that's another dangerous weapon. It just it's a situation spot here.

1174
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:26,200
Speaker 4: San Diego State rolling along eonolve gets you know, handled

1175
00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:27,839
Speaker 4: pretty well by Nevada last night.

1176
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:29,200
Speaker 2: Maybe a look ahead game.

1177
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,799
Speaker 4: They played well and they blitzed Utah State at home,

1178
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:33,799
Speaker 4: beat him by twenty. So I think it's a real

1179
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:35,400
Speaker 4: tough spot for them. I'm curious see how they're going

1180
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:35,880
Speaker 4: to handle it.

1181
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:40,759
Speaker 2: Yep, completely agree. So let's move on. Let's start on

1182
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:41,439
Speaker 2: Friday night.

1183
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:44,040
Speaker 3: Why let football have all the fun.

1184
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:48,959
Speaker 4: Let's bet Friday night lights.

1185
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:50,359
Speaker 1: And then, by the way, this is one of the

1186
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:54,040
Speaker 1: worst sports weekends of the entire year. But for stop

1187
00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:56,000
Speaker 1: for college basketball fans, it doesn't really matter because it

1188
00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:58,719
Speaker 1: was a full college basketball sleep. But it's in January.

1189
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:01,919
Speaker 1: We used to football. There's only the Pro Bowl, there's

1190
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:05,040
Speaker 1: not there's no NHL. I mean NBA teams are in

1191
00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:07,919
Speaker 1: I assume they're in tank mode already, and obviously there's

1192
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 1: worst sporting weekends in the summer.

1193
00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:10,719
Speaker 2: But it's just from what you're used to.

1194
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:13,040
Speaker 1: Well, we'll get back into and it's not like you

1195
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:17,600
Speaker 1: have a ton of elite college basketball Top twenty five matchups.

1196
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:19,160
Speaker 2: But again, it's still a great weekend.

1197
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,040
Speaker 6: How can you just throw the Royal Rumble under the

1198
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:24,279
Speaker 6: bus like this? It's one of the greatest WWE wrestling

1199
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 6: events the year.

1200
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 2: Give me your one to two minutes. There's a peace

1201
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:29,160
Speaker 2: out there. Go ahead, listen.

1202
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:30,600
Speaker 6: You can go on to draft kings. You can you

1203
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 6: could draft six wrestlers men and women to win the

1204
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:35,600
Speaker 6: Royal Rumble and collect points. Article coming out of Action

1205
00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:39,200
Speaker 6: Network it's all for us, WWE, booger eater, nerds, smarks,

1206
00:49:39,239 --> 00:49:41,239
Speaker 6: whatever you want to call it. Who do you have

1207
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:43,040
Speaker 6: a bet you want to give out or I want

1208
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,000
Speaker 6: to get in on Friday night before you took it?

1209
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:47,720
Speaker 6: Because Cianna is playing Maris is winner of two straight,

1210
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:50,320
Speaker 6: even as a dog against Manhattan in some overtime. Cianna

1211
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 6: is just a dumpster fire, lost four or five.

1212
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:55,399
Speaker 1: I believe they in a row or ten or eleven yeah,

1213
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:57,080
Speaker 1: I mean end of eleven on the road.

1214
00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:57,520
Speaker 2: It's growing.

1215
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:00,640
Speaker 6: Yeah, this team Sienna and Illinois State are on my list.

1216
00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:02,279
Speaker 6: Is just fade for the rest of the year until

1217
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:06,040
Speaker 6: I lose some money, because, like Siena, Illinois State has

1218
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:08,440
Speaker 6: got some chemistry issues, they've got some mental issues, some

1219
00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:11,120
Speaker 6: hurdles they haven't gotten over. The coach has talked about

1220
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:13,680
Speaker 6: how he's lost the locker room, about how they had

1221
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:15,520
Speaker 6: a bunch of transfers came in and sat down and

1222
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:17,640
Speaker 6: then it was a mistake to let them sit out.

1223
00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:19,440
Speaker 6: And now they're playing this year. None of them like

1224
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:22,160
Speaker 6: each other, none of them like him. So that's Illinois State.

1225
00:50:22,200 --> 00:50:23,920
Speaker 6: But as far as Siena goes, it's the same thing,

1226
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:26,960
Speaker 6: like they just can't get anything going. And so I'm

1227
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:29,560
Speaker 6: gonna back Marist here. Siena is a fadeaway team for

1228
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 6: being em nearrassed.

1229
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,160
Speaker 2: Yeah for me on Friday night. I mean the Mac

1230
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:34,200
Speaker 2: is so weird, by the way.

1231
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:36,720
Speaker 1: I mean, I have almost like every team except the bottom,

1232
00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 1: like Mariston, Peters are like so similar, and Sienna just

1233
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:42,160
Speaker 1: can't seem to cover, especially on the road, some.

1234
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 2: Spots that I had circled. You know, I already mentioned Purdue.

1235
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:48,120
Speaker 1: It's a great situational spot if they have just hit

1236
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:52,440
Speaker 1: some shots against Wisconsin. I would also potentially take a

1237
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 1: look at Butler running a little too good to start

1238
00:50:56,239 --> 00:50:58,080
Speaker 1: the year, and they were a little overrated, and you know,

1239
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:00,279
Speaker 1: they lost a seat and haul at home and they

1240
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:02,879
Speaker 1: lost got blown out by DePaul. They lost to Villanova.

1241
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 1: We obviously know they have a great home court. They're

1242
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:08,200
Speaker 1: coming home to play Marquette, which is you know, Dave,

1243
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:10,400
Speaker 1: Marquette has been a team that's been kind to me

1244
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:12,560
Speaker 1: this year, whether I play or fade the Marquette. You know,

1245
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:15,000
Speaker 1: one at Georgetown, they come back, they roll Saint John's.

1246
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,640
Speaker 1: Before that, they rolled Xavier. So you have two teams

1247
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:20,080
Speaker 1: that have been heading in different directions. But I still

1248
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,440
Speaker 1: don't necessarily trust Marquette on the road. It's still a

1249
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:25,000
Speaker 1: one man band to me. You know, Butler has a

1250
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:28,600
Speaker 1: great perimeter defense, so they can really at least contain

1251
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:32,000
Speaker 1: Marcus Howard a little bit. So Butler at home, coming

1252
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:34,640
Speaker 1: off those losses, I think is in a good spot here.

1253
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:36,480
Speaker 2: What do you got for Friday night? Randall? Yeah, I

1254
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:37,280
Speaker 2: love the Horizon.

1255
00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 4: I'm gonna be watching Bright State Northern Kentucky top two

1256
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:42,040
Speaker 4: teams pre season and the Horizon.

1257
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:43,239
Speaker 2: So these are the krem Dela Creme.

1258
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,279
Speaker 4: Northern Kentucky's won five in a row, but they still

1259
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:48,080
Speaker 4: don't have Dantes Walton, who's the leading scorer. He missed

1260
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 4: the past nine games. He has an upper chest shoulder injury.

1261
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:52,480
Speaker 4: It looks like Darren Horne, said head coach, and he's

1262
00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:54,480
Speaker 4: coming back, but the question is he's got to feel

1263
00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:57,520
Speaker 4: comfortable putting him back in. He was eighteen point seven rebounds,

1264
00:51:57,560 --> 00:51:59,439
Speaker 4: so that's a big, big deal for them. A junior

1265
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:01,719
Speaker 4: Jalen Take did return from a broken hand, so he's

1266
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 4: back on track.

1267
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:03,960
Speaker 2: Wright State is playing great.

1268
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:05,719
Speaker 4: There's seven to one in the Horizon only had that

1269
00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:08,040
Speaker 4: four point loss to Illinois Chicago loud and love.

1270
00:52:08,239 --> 00:52:09,359
Speaker 2: He's fifteen to ten.

1271
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,160
Speaker 4: But of course, the issue with Wright State is the

1272
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:14,759
Speaker 4: free throw sixty five point eight percent loves at forty

1273
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:16,760
Speaker 4: nine point four percent last.

1274
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:18,920
Speaker 2: Seven all to obviously, Yeah, that's the issue.

1275
00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:21,839
Speaker 4: Last seven regular season games between these two have been

1276
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:24,600
Speaker 4: determined by an average three point eight points. So it's

1277
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:27,320
Speaker 4: a great Horizon League battle. Looks like Wright State favoriteby

1278
00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:29,080
Speaker 4: about two or three, but that's a big one there.

1279
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:31,319
Speaker 4: The winner of this game could make some noise in March.

1280
00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:34,719
Speaker 2: All right, let's move on to Saturday.

1281
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:39,799
Speaker 3: So many games, so little time. Let's look at the

1282
00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:41,600
Speaker 3: Saturday slate I'm.

1283
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 1: Gonna have a piece that I do each week on

1284
00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:46,960
Speaker 1: my favorite situational spots and regression candidates. You know, Michigan,

1285
00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:49,040
Speaker 1: you got to keep it eye on Isaiah Livers, but

1286
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:52,360
Speaker 1: it's obviously a great spot. Providence at home against Villanova.

1287
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:56,120
Speaker 1: Villanov has been running extremely well. Their teams just can't

1288
00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:58,440
Speaker 1: make a shot against them. I mean, look at Bubbla

1289
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:00,759
Speaker 1: the other night. They've been rolling a conference, going up

1290
00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:04,000
Speaker 1: to a Providence team that's really physical and generally plays

1291
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:06,560
Speaker 1: Llanova pretty well. I think Providence wins that game, probably

1292
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: get him as a short home dog. Florida home dog

1293
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:13,080
Speaker 1: against Baylor worth a look. Baylor is just flirting with

1294
00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:14,800
Speaker 1: a loss here as the number one team, and I

1295
00:53:14,840 --> 00:53:16,440
Speaker 1: think that could be at this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Miss State.

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Speaker 1: It's worth mentioning the miss State is. You know, I

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00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:24,200
Speaker 1: was early on them against Auburn when Witherspoon came back.

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00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 1: But since then, you know, they've found something in Mississippi State.

1300
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:31,600
Speaker 1: So they've been playing some really good ball of late.

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00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,399
Speaker 1: You know, they crushed Missouri by about thirty. They should

1302
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:36,360
Speaker 1: have beat LSU, they lost at the Buzzer. You know,

1303
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:40,400
Speaker 1: then they rolled Georgia, they beat Arkansas, by seven. So

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00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:43,440
Speaker 1: at Oklahoma, I think maybe worth a look with the

1305
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:45,320
Speaker 1: way that they've been playing. The best one on the

1306
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:49,160
Speaker 1: board is probably Texas. You know, Texas against A They're

1307
00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:51,680
Speaker 1: coming off one of the most embarrassing losses, and this

1308
00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:54,160
Speaker 1: is Shaka Smarts on the hot seat and rightfully, so

1309
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:56,120
Speaker 1: maybe he just needs to go to a like a

1310
00:53:56,160 --> 00:53:57,960
Speaker 1: mid major and get these kids that want to go

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00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:00,160
Speaker 1: there for four years and play his system. But from

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00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:03,239
Speaker 1: a spot perspective, it does not get any better than

1313
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,080
Speaker 1: Texas coming off They're just on a slide. They're coming

1314
00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:09,600
Speaker 1: off that really embarrassing loss to West Virginia, and now

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00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:11,600
Speaker 1: you get them taking on an LSU team that's just

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00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:14,040
Speaker 1: been running so well on the roads, running so well

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00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:16,440
Speaker 1: at conference. This is in a conference game, so they'll

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00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:18,480
Speaker 1: probably lose on the road. And also you're coming off

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00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:20,319
Speaker 1: that emotional win. I mean, every win's emotional for them,

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Speaker 1: So I think it's a good spot for Texas.

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00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 2: I'll throw this to Colin here and then I'll let

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00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:26,720
Speaker 2: you call on you go through what you have on Saturday.

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00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:27,920
Speaker 2: TCU Arkansas.

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00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:30,720
Speaker 1: TCU coming off that win over Texas Tech pretty impressive

1325
00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:33,520
Speaker 1: second half. The only TCU went away from home was

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00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:36,440
Speaker 1: at the buzzer at Kansas State. So what do you

1327
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:39,239
Speaker 1: see with your Hoggs who've lost a couple here?

1328
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:41,480
Speaker 2: And what else do you have circle for Saturday?

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00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:46,440
Speaker 3: Whoop pick Suye, Colin's talking razorback basketball.

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00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:49,239
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a really interesting weekend of SEC and Big

1331
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:51,520
Speaker 6: twelve hoops. I've got all of them circled here about

1332
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:53,480
Speaker 6: the Generally, it looks like the ones that I want

1333
00:54:53,480 --> 00:54:55,600
Speaker 6: to player are the home teams. Arkansas is top of

1334
00:54:55,640 --> 00:54:58,279
Speaker 6: the nation in defending the arc, and three pointers are

1335
00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:00,560
Speaker 6: the lifeblood of TCU. They're number one the Big twelve

1336
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:03,319
Speaker 6: and three point shooting percentage and tc is just off

1337
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:05,720
Speaker 6: this monster win against Texas Tech, So I'm not really

1338
00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:08,040
Speaker 6: sure what their motivation is to come in here while

1339
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:11,280
Speaker 6: Arkansas is reeling off of two straight losses. Pretty embarrassing

1340
00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:14,040
Speaker 6: in front of the home crowd, just completely being shut

1341
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:15,960
Speaker 6: down the last ten minutes of the game after coach

1342
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:17,719
Speaker 6: Kyle got thrown out of the game, So that was

1343
00:55:17,719 --> 00:55:19,720
Speaker 6: embarrassing in front of the home crowd, and then couldn't

1344
00:55:19,719 --> 00:55:22,680
Speaker 6: cover against Mississippi State. I expect Arkansas. They haven't had

1345
00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 6: a good shooting performance and a number of games you.

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00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:27,560
Speaker 2: Expect day from your boy. Mason Jones.

1347
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:33,000
Speaker 3: Mason Jones, Mason.

1348
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:35,919
Speaker 6: Jones will shoot from anywhere, from the hog snout, from

1349
00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:39,120
Speaker 6: the first row, from up in Frank Broyles's box. He's

1350
00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:40,880
Speaker 6: going to be shooting it. I don't care, so you know.

1351
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:44,920
Speaker 6: And Muscleman Jones Joe and Jones, Eric Musselman miked up

1352
00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:46,640
Speaker 6: as like the greatest thing ever. They need to mike

1353
00:55:46,719 --> 00:55:48,239
Speaker 6: him up for every game and make it too. We

1354
00:55:48,320 --> 00:55:52,759
Speaker 6: go to so Iowa States traveling down to Auburn. I

1355
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:54,239
Speaker 6: was date It's got Baylor on deck, so I'm not

1356
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:56,200
Speaker 6: sure what their focus is here on Auburn. Auburn has

1357
00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:59,680
Speaker 6: him outmatched everywhere on paper, especially when Auburn has the

1358
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:00,440
Speaker 6: ball theater and I.

1359
00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:03,719
Speaker 1: Always state, thanksman, just taliburt and trying to try out

1360
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:04,640
Speaker 1: for the NBA.

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00:56:04,719 --> 00:56:07,800
Speaker 6: You need to fade Tennessee because there's this thing stuck

1362
00:56:07,800 --> 00:56:09,239
Speaker 6: where you and I talk about it no matter what

1363
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,400
Speaker 6: sport you and I are podcasting about. When a team

1364
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:14,279
Speaker 6: has trauma or loses a number of players like the

1365
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:17,200
Speaker 6: Jayhawks just have, just like Kansas had. Usually they regroup

1366
00:56:17,239 --> 00:56:19,160
Speaker 6: for the first game out and they seem to put

1367
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:21,879
Speaker 6: out their best performance. It'd be understandable that Kansas wants

1368
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:25,160
Speaker 6: to get that entire melee with Stools and Desusa, And

1369
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:27,440
Speaker 6: I mean, I know they've got a number of players

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00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:29,239
Speaker 6: that are out for this game, but that's going to

1371
00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:31,160
Speaker 6: be reflected in the market. That's going to be reflected

1372
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:34,680
Speaker 6: in the points spread. Tennessee's feasted on terrible teams all season,

1373
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:37,040
Speaker 6: but they cave to top seventy five teams. I mean,

1374
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:39,600
Speaker 6: they recently just lost to Georgia. So I think you're

1375
00:56:39,640 --> 00:56:42,600
Speaker 6: going to get an extremely discount in Kansas number. I

1376
00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:44,759
Speaker 6: think the market's actually probably going to move whenever it opens,

1377
00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:47,120
Speaker 6: and it's going to continue to move based on these suspensions,

1378
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:48,680
Speaker 6: and I think it's a really good spot to back

1379
00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:51,120
Speaker 6: the Jayhawks. I think the best game of the weekend though,

1380
00:56:51,239 --> 00:56:54,000
Speaker 6: is Texas Tech and Kentucky. Just a fantastic game. I

1381
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:55,600
Speaker 6: want to back Texas Tech. I want to see what

1382
00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:57,080
Speaker 6: the number is going to be. I think Ken Palm

1383
00:56:57,080 --> 00:56:59,560
Speaker 6: makes this a Texas Tech victory by four. I think

1384
00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:01,719
Speaker 6: it's an all all out effort from Texas Tech after

1385
00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:04,560
Speaker 6: losing the TCU. I prefer an under one thirty two

1386
00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:07,560
Speaker 6: considering the two defenses and the pace of play that

1387
00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:10,239
Speaker 6: They're going to have Texas Tech has West Virginia after this,

1388
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:13,040
Speaker 6: so they need to be clicking from an offensive standpoint

1389
00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:15,560
Speaker 6: and continue to play stellar defense against Kentucky.

1390
00:57:15,719 --> 00:57:17,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, and by by the way, I would state against

1391
00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:18,720
Speaker 1: Taylor at home might be a good spot of his

1392
00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:21,120
Speaker 1: troubling what they did against Kansas at home. And they

1393
00:57:21,120 --> 00:57:23,000
Speaker 1: have a little more than they're running a little bad

1394
00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:25,080
Speaker 1: on how teams are shooting against them. Bolton is a

1395
00:57:25,080 --> 00:57:27,920
Speaker 1: pretty solid player. Haliburton just can be a little two

1396
00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:29,880
Speaker 1: out of control times. Obviously one of the most talented

1397
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:31,800
Speaker 1: players in the nation, but I don't know if I

1398
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:33,040
Speaker 1: want a piece of them at Auburn.

1399
00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:35,840
Speaker 4: How about Memphis in a bounce back spot after the

1400
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:39,320
Speaker 4: absolute worst loss by a ranked team to an unranked

1401
00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:41,560
Speaker 4: team in forty years, when they couldn't hit the broadside

1402
00:57:41,560 --> 00:57:43,760
Speaker 4: of a barn against Telsa. They're going to face an

1403
00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:46,640
Speaker 4: SMU team that should be better than they've shown so far.

1404
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:50,400
Speaker 4: SMU lost away at East Carolina, lost away at Houston.

1405
00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:52,600
Speaker 4: Now they have Memphis. Memphis going to be angryre going

1406
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:54,000
Speaker 4: to want to pay it back there because I'm sure

1407
00:57:54,040 --> 00:57:55,840
Speaker 4: the Boosters and Memphis aren't going to be happy about

1408
00:57:55,840 --> 00:57:58,000
Speaker 4: that I do. Like Kentucky, I want to see which

1409
00:57:58,040 --> 00:58:00,800
Speaker 4: Texas Tech team is real, which one stepping up here?

1410
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 4: Is it the one that blew out Oklahoma State or

1411
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 4: the one that now continues to struggle. Because of course

1412
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:07,320
Speaker 4: we want to buy in because of Chris Pier and

1413
00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:08,520
Speaker 4: everything they did last year.

1414
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:09,919
Speaker 2: But I have to see it here.

1415
00:58:10,080 --> 00:58:12,760
Speaker 1: We'll say with Kentucky, and I watched them closely obviously,

1416
00:58:12,760 --> 00:58:15,240
Speaker 1: and it's not a really experienced team. What have they

1417
00:58:15,400 --> 00:58:18,160
Speaker 1: done on the road this year? You know, to start

1418
00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:19,800
Speaker 1: the year, they beat Michigan State on the neutral court.

1419
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:22,439
Speaker 1: I don't really put any stock into those November third

1420
00:58:22,560 --> 00:58:24,400
Speaker 1: or whatever it was games, but this is a team

1421
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:26,440
Speaker 1: that you know in a neutral court. They lost to

1422
00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:30,000
Speaker 1: Utah and then they lost to Ohio State. Right they're

1423
00:58:30,040 --> 00:58:33,320
Speaker 1: being a little propped up with an overtime win over Louisville,

1424
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:36,040
Speaker 1: which they were very fortunate to win. Then they on

1425
00:58:36,080 --> 00:58:38,400
Speaker 1: their first true road game of the year, they went

1426
00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:41,800
Speaker 1: to Georgia, semi impressive win. It's on the road in conference.

1427
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:43,600
Speaker 1: George is a young town to team. It's better at home,

1428
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:46,360
Speaker 1: but they pulled away late in that game. Then they

1429
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:49,440
Speaker 1: went to South Carolina and lost to South Carolina. They

1430
00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:51,959
Speaker 1: went to Arkansas and pulled away late in that game.

1431
00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:54,640
Speaker 1: So that is my one worry with Kentucky is just

1432
00:58:54,680 --> 00:58:56,840
Speaker 1: that I don't know what I've really seen on the

1433
00:58:56,960 --> 00:59:00,520
Speaker 1: road from this team. And then Texas Tech, which obviously

1434
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:02,240
Speaker 1: is another team that's very inexperience.

1435
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:03,640
Speaker 2: With everything that they lost.

1436
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:05,840
Speaker 1: Last year, you would tend to think that they're much

1437
00:59:05,880 --> 00:59:09,720
Speaker 1: better at home, so which I think some of the

1438
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:12,440
Speaker 1: results have shown, and they've struggled away from home and

1439
00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:13,560
Speaker 1: on neutral courts this year.

1440
00:59:13,760 --> 00:59:15,160
Speaker 4: The key with them is they have to shoot the

1441
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:18,640
Speaker 4: three well, guys, because they have no dominant offensive player.

1442
00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:20,920
Speaker 4: They don't have that sort of player. So they're shooting

1443
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:23,840
Speaker 4: thirty one point six percent from three point range overall,

1444
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:26,280
Speaker 4: but in the conference games they're shooting thirty seven percent.

1445
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:27,440
Speaker 2: I think they have to keep.

1446
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:29,480
Speaker 4: That up because I think they're the whole as opposed

1447
00:59:29,520 --> 00:59:30,240
Speaker 4: to some of the parts.

1448
00:59:30,280 --> 00:59:31,440
Speaker 2: They don't have that one player.

1449
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:33,920
Speaker 4: So I am curious to see against the Texas Tech defense,

1450
00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:34,720
Speaker 4: who's going to step up.

1451
00:59:34,760 --> 00:59:36,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, they got to play with sestina as

1452
00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:38,280
Speaker 1: like the stretch four and the ass play as a team.

1453
00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:41,360
Speaker 1: This isn't a roll the ball out there and dominate

1454
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:42,800
Speaker 1: work to their advantage of March.

1455
00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:43,320
Speaker 2: But we'll see.

1456
00:59:43,520 --> 00:59:46,120
Speaker 4: Totally agree under the radar Buzz Williams done a great

1457
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:47,160
Speaker 4: job with Texas A and M.

1458
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:48,160
Speaker 2: They have minimal talent.

1459
00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:50,360
Speaker 4: They were three and five to start the year, and

1460
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:53,040
Speaker 4: then they have home wins over my favorite pillow, Oregon

1461
00:59:53,080 --> 00:59:55,840
Speaker 4: State Old miss and then have road wins at Vandy

1462
00:59:55,880 --> 00:59:57,760
Speaker 4: and took LSU to overtime, and.

1463
00:59:57,680 --> 00:59:58,600
Speaker 2: Now one at Missouri.

1464
00:59:58,640 --> 01:00:00,840
Speaker 4: I understand that maybe that's a and have the sex

1465
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:02,960
Speaker 4: appeal of some of the big wins, but given his

1466
01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:06,080
Speaker 4: talent is basically saveon flag and that's it, it's impressive.

1467
01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:08,760
Speaker 4: They face a really Oklahoma State team and that SEC

1468
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:10,960
Speaker 4: Big twelve challenge. It's weird because the Aggies used to

1469
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:12,720
Speaker 4: be in the Big twelve, right, It didn't cover the

1470
01:00:12,720 --> 01:00:15,080
Speaker 4: first seven games, and now Texas A and M covered

1471
01:00:15,120 --> 01:00:15,919
Speaker 4: five of the last six.

1472
01:00:15,960 --> 01:00:16,920
Speaker 2: So I'm on that one.

1473
01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:19,760
Speaker 4: And how about Georgia Tech who's ineligible for the postseason

1474
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:23,560
Speaker 4: but they're still playing hard. Yeah, scrappy eight and eleven,

1475
01:00:23,560 --> 01:00:25,680
Speaker 4: including three and six in the ACC, but they have

1476
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:29,240
Speaker 4: covered against u n C Duke Louisville and then almost

1477
01:00:29,360 --> 01:00:31,520
Speaker 4: barely by two points, missed the cover at.

1478
01:00:31,360 --> 01:00:32,960
Speaker 2: Home against NDY and UVA.

1479
01:00:33,040 --> 01:00:35,160
Speaker 4: They are a one point underdog at home against that

1480
01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:38,280
Speaker 4: NC State team. Sort of reeks Colin of the Arkansas

1481
01:00:38,320 --> 01:00:40,560
Speaker 4: game there where is really close going overtime. I think

1482
01:00:40,560 --> 01:00:43,160
Speaker 4: it's a very similar game here, Yellowjackets at home. So

1483
01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:44,919
Speaker 4: those are some underradar ones I'm looking at.

1484
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:48,320
Speaker 1: Fair enough, Okay, I think we've covered the gamut from

1485
01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:52,360
Speaker 1: last weekend's bad beats to Friday night into Saturday of

1486
01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:54,760
Speaker 1: this weekend and then talk to Little Big ten in

1487
01:00:54,920 --> 01:00:59,120
Speaker 1: Mountain West. We appreciate you all listening. Thanks to bj

1488
01:00:59,320 --> 01:01:02,680
Speaker 1: Rains again for joining us. Thanks as always to Colin

1489
01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:07,040
Speaker 1: and Randall, and make sure you unsubscribe, subscribe, tell a friend,

1490
01:01:07,200 --> 01:01:07,960
Speaker 1: tell an end to me.

1491
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Speaker 5: You know the deal.

1492
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1493
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1494
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Speaker 2: Thanks again for listening. We'll catch you all later for

1495
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:17,440
Speaker 2: cheers us out. We'll catch you on the rebound.

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Speaker 4: Is that to Corny?

1497
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Speaker 2: We're finished talking