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Speaker 2: What's up the gener nation? Welcome to the Big Bets

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Speaker 2: on Campus Podcast. This is the College Basketball Conference Tournament

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Speaker 2: Betting Preview, Part eight. It's the finale. I'm stucky joining

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Speaker 2: me today or my fellow BBOC co hosts Mike Calburys

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Speaker 2: and Greg Guadal. Today we will hit the remaining conference tournaments,

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Speaker 2: you know the deal. All right, gentlemen, let's jump right

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Speaker 2: in to business. We'll start with the Big Ten Tournament,

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Speaker 2: which will be held between March twelfth and the sixteenth

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Speaker 2: in Indianapolis, Indiana. The first round games will start on Wednesday, Minnesota,

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Speaker 2: Northwestern Ohio State, Iowa, Rutgers, USC and then we have

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Speaker 2: five five teams who received a bye to the second

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Speaker 2: round Oregon, Indiana who will play each other on Thursday, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue,

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Speaker 2: and then four teams that received a double by to

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Speaker 2: the quarters Michigan State, Maryland, Michigan and UCLA. The craziest

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Speaker 2: fact for me in all the conference tournaments is that Nebraska,

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Speaker 2: who just a short two weeks ago looked like a

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Speaker 2: the fifteen team field for the Big Ten tournament after

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Speaker 2: losing to Iowa on Sunday for their fifth straight loss.

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Speaker 2: And then as if Nebraska events they don't have to

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Speaker 2: deal with enough pain in football and basketball already, who's

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Speaker 2: a five team tiebreaker and they're the odd man out

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Speaker 2: and Nebraska will not be here. You got a feel

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Speaker 2: for Bryce Williams like that man, They do all you

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Speaker 3: All they know, Isa they got Nebraska.

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Speaker 4: Omaha just flip go the Homer Simpson, go into the bushes,

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Speaker 2: That's that's true. Yeah, I don't think Nebraska fans would

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Speaker 2: beat up some trash cans. So uh, Michigan State is

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Speaker 2: Northern Iowa in nineteen eighty three, who also just got

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Speaker 3: I could be talked into let's buy them back outside

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Speaker 3: Namuri Burnett buzzer beater. Like I think they've been the

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Speaker 3: I honestly do think this is a group that just

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, Michigan plays such a unique style, which can

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Speaker 2: Kyle Gries any of the top four seeds. Tickle your fancy.

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Speaker 1: UCLA plus six fifty was enough.

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Speaker 4: Let's start with the fact that historically this tournament has

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Speaker 4: So generally speaking, with a few outliars peppered in there,

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Speaker 4: And then since mid January, I mean, just look at

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Speaker 4: They're eighth in America per Torvik, and this path is

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Speaker 4: They frustrate teams with pace and the defensive identity. You know,

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Speaker 4: Mick was yelling at everybody, his team, the conference, schedule makers,

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Speaker 1: He was trying to get these kids to buy in.

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Speaker 4: I think a lot of those public sentiments he was

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Speaker 4: hoping that it would ricochet and that it would resonate

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Speaker 1: A little bit harder and listen to them a little

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Speaker 4: Just follow him after that UCLA game, That's all he

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Speaker 4: They did exactly what I wanted to do. Defensively, his

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Speaker 4: I look at Sky Clark and Dylan Andrews, these guards

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Speaker 4: why they're top twenty five in assists to made few

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Speaker 4: at least from you know, shooting on the Perimeter's nine

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Speaker 1: So at plus six to fifty, I can take a shot.

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Speaker 2: Well, I'll go directly head to head with you, because

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Speaker 2: I bet. What did I make? I made UCLA seven

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Speaker 2: bet Wisconsin plus seven hundred. I made them six plus

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Speaker 2: six fifty. It is the only bet that I should value,

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Speaker 2: and it was the team that I kind of wanted

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Speaker 2: to bet, So it's not a ton of value. But

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Speaker 2: I they've been the best team in the league since

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Speaker 2: February first, even though they're shooting just thirty two percent

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Speaker 2: they obviously missed klesmant down the stretch. If you look

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Speaker 2: at his on off splits, their defense gets much worse.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna give you my winner pick from the

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Speaker 3: It's terrifying, and I wish they had the buye, but

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Speaker 3: They're going to have a sizeable crowd advantage in every

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Speaker 2: Well see you make you make some good points.

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Speaker 2: I do fear their death, but you know, getting Michigan

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Speaker 2: Just isn't that trustworthy? So Illinois is surging they finally

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Speaker 3: concerns and low points this season. I don't think they're

434
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,920
Speaker 3: going to take super well to going from thirty five

435
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,840
Speaker 3: and thirty six minutes a night in this three game

436
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,280
Speaker 3: win streak to suddenly one of them gets cut down

437
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 3: to twenty at the most important part of the year.

438
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 3: It's always an issue with Brad underwood teams emotional management.

439
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,480
Speaker 3: There have been a lot of chaotic moments in the

440
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,720
Speaker 3: last three years, and the idea of they get this

441
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,120
Speaker 3: guy back who supposedly helps the defense but certainly doesn't

442
00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,879
Speaker 3: help the shooting problems is not something I think is

443
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 3: going to fix all for Illinois in this tournament.

444
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:41,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, the drama of the Illinois season continues. I'll be

445
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,640
Speaker 2: curious to see how it all plays out, and obviously

446
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 2: we'll be rooting for them since I invested futures wise,

447
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 2: I hope.

448
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:54,439
Speaker 4: I'll throw in one point on the Purdue angle before

449
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,720
Speaker 4: Edie became National Player of the Year, Edie dominant, build

450
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,159
Speaker 4: your whole team around him. Guy Matt Painter's mo was

451
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,240
Speaker 4: early exits from the Big Ten tournament. Like first rounds,

452
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,640
Speaker 4: it certainly gets to that second game and.

453
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:08,840
Speaker 1: Then he's tossed.

454
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,960
Speaker 4: So the number is so close for me to want

455
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,600
Speaker 4: to go with Rutgers, and I just I know, obviously

456
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,920
Speaker 4: it's purely a sprinkle, but with those two guys who

457
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,440
Speaker 4: could potentially go off, and I think from a human

458
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,720
Speaker 4: nature perspective, Purdue has bigger ambitions than.

459
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,359
Speaker 1: Clearly dominating Rutgers again.

460
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,080
Speaker 4: They like it would be the classic look ahead to

461
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,399
Speaker 4: the next round situation, look ahead to March Madness, where

462
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,840
Speaker 4: if Rutgers gets any early success and they start to

463
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,639
Speaker 4: speed up that game and you know, build a two

464
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,879
Speaker 4: possession leads something like that. Stranger things have happened, and

465
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 4: they've certainly happened to Matt Painter. I've seen him blow

466
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 4: it in tournament settings many times. I think I wouldn't

467
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,440
Speaker 4: call it a perfect storm. But I think the opportunity

468
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,800
Speaker 4: and the prices there five wins in five days is

469
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,920
Speaker 4: too much. So maybe you just you know, take Rutgers

470
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,400
Speaker 4: against the spread against USC and then roll it into

471
00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,439
Speaker 4: a money line and see how that pays out for you.

472
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,159
Speaker 4: But I don't think it's the craziest angle if you're

473
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,680
Speaker 4: looking for something a little non traditional with this tournament.

474
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,719
Speaker 2: The other teams that we didn't touch on, looking at

475
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:14,680
Speaker 2: the bracket, let's see we haven't touched on, well, Indiana

476
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:20,920
Speaker 2: Oregon is a very interesting second round game winner. It

477
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 2: gets Michigan State. I guess one thing working against Michigan

478
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,080
Speaker 2: State is that of Indiana wins that game, you're playing

479
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,119
Speaker 2: your quarterfinal game against Indiana and Indianapolis. Just something to

480
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:38,040
Speaker 2: keep in mind. Indiana just played Oregon really tough in Eugene.

481
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:42,159
Speaker 2: They're playing their more ideal lineups down the stretch, so

482
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,080
Speaker 2: and They've been playing very well as of late, but

483
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:50,119
Speaker 2: Oregon also has been surging. They've won seventh straight, although

484
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:54,520
Speaker 2: to be fair, couple in overtime, another by two against Iowa,

485
00:26:54,720 --> 00:27:03,000
Speaker 2: and schedule generally soft, but they're giving more minutes to

486
00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 2: Evans finally over Angel Brandon Angel, and if you look

487
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:11,640
Speaker 2: at the on off splits for Evans compared to Angel,

488
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:16,400
Speaker 2: they are stark. I mean, Angels arguably been the worst

489
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 2: player and Evans has been arguably their best all things considered,

490
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:25,399
Speaker 2: especially defensively, An Angels defense is horrendous and Evans has

491
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 2: been amazing on that front, so that has kind of

492
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:33,240
Speaker 2: raised their ceiling. And you also have Dana Altman, who

493
00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:37,439
Speaker 2: was always a good attorney, coach, tough prep, changes up

494
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 2: his defenses.

495
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:39,880
Speaker 3: So I agree.

496
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 2: I think Michigan State they do have like the psycho mentality,

497
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 2: and I you have Trey Hollman kind of leads. When

498
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 2: he was screaming in the face of who's he screaming

499
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 2: in the face of what was an IOWA player, he

500
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 2: reminded me, don't uh he he had he looked so

501
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 2: much like uh uh Marlowe from the wire? Can you

502
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,919
Speaker 2: see that? Right? Do people say that they did okay.

503
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 2: I was like, holy wow, I thought my TV was.

504
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:20,879
Speaker 2: It just gave me the same vibes of him yelling

505
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,920
Speaker 2: at someone. And but they had that like like you said,

506
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 2: they're kind of like psychotic and they have that swagger.

507
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:34,440
Speaker 2: So in Indiana can be had in in transition, I

508
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,239
Speaker 2: think it would be up for that game. Oregon might

509
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 2: be a little tougher prep for Michigan State. You'd probably

510
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 2: see a lot of zone and in that game. So

511
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 2: I don't know if Oregon could be tricky. We've seen Oregon.

512
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 2: This Oregon team, they're they're very enigmatic. They they just

513
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 2: sometimes just hang around. They don't they never die, and

514
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 2: they'll be down and down and down, and then they

515
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 2: just they kind of hang around find a way. Shelstead's

516
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 2: been very clutch, but I think that they are better

517
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:09,280
Speaker 2: with Evans. But in Indiana, Oregon is a very interesting game.

518
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:15,040
Speaker 2: I don't I think I kind of lean Indiana in Indianapolis,

519
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 2: but I don't have the strongest of convictions right now.

520
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 2: One of the teams I did show value in was Northwestern.

521
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 2: Believe it or not, they've been I got to give

522
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 2: credit again to Collins after the injuries that they've suffered,

523
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 2: They've still been playing really well. Somehow, they're two hundred

524
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 2: and fifty to one. I actually showed like a little

525
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 2: bit of value in that number, but they don't really

526
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,960
Speaker 2: have any depth now without with their injuries. So I

527
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 2: wouldn't follow on anyone for throwing a little couch change

528
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:55,320
Speaker 2: on Northwestern uglying up the games. But I can't get

529
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 2: their Minnesota. I'm shocked that they're here and not Nebraska,

530
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 2: and it's all because of that buzzer beater that they

531
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 2: had and Lincoln pretty wild. I don't see I would

532
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:09,440
Speaker 2: need like a abds. They're two fifty to one. I

533
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 2: would need like thousand to one. I don't know. Same

534
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 2: with you.

535
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 3: You and the wildest long shot that I have just

536
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 3: a tiny interest in. How about yeah, Ran McCaffrey legacy

537
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 3: run here?

538
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:24,400
Speaker 2: Oh man.

539
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 3: I mean, there's so many rumors that this guy is leaving.

540
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,600
Speaker 3: He's shot him down, but I don't believe them for

541
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 3: a second. Talk about being the team that just kept

542
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 3: Nebraska out of this tournament. Nobody thought I was going

543
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 3: to get up for that game, and they just torched him.

544
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,959
Speaker 3: They were making shots early. It wasn't even competitive.

545
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 2: Look.

546
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 3: I like the fact that they're three point dependent. You know,

547
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 3: an Iowa offense can just hang one hundred on anybody.

548
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 3: I still wish they had a little resistance inside, but

549
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 3: on I in that first game, at least against Ohio

550
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 3: State as a spot where everyone's gonna think the Buckeyes

551
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 3: need this to get to the turn, and they just

552
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 3: get out played for forty minutes. Jake Diebler has nothing

553
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,719
Speaker 3: for the shooters, and all of a sudden we look

554
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 3: up and I was like, in a competitive game with

555
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,480
Speaker 3: Wisconsin that they shouldn't be in the in the second round.

556
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 2: Illinois Illinois, mean they play Illinois in the second round.

557
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,080
Speaker 3: Oh, I'm looking at it wrong, You're right, which I

558
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 3: actually like more if they get to Illinois, to be honest,

559
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 3: because I think Wisconsin's just a lot more solid on

560
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 3: both ends than Illinois.

561
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, that.

562
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 3: Ohio States offense has been really good of late.

563
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 2: Their defense is lost, like lost right now, and I

564
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 2: could see I would beating them depending on the number

565
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 2: I could possibly get there. So yeah, that's all the

566
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 2: teams that we hit on. Calvary have any other thoughts

567
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 2: on a possible first round matchup or any anything else

568
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 2: here in the Big Ten.

569
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:51,240
Speaker 4: The only other thing I can think of in terms

570
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 4: of the wired Big Ten crossover doppel gangers. I think

571
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 4: McNulty could play Dusty May. You know, maybe a younger McNulty,

572
00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 4: but definitely I think he's got the spirit.

573
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 1: But no, that's it.

574
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 4: I unloaded the clip on my Big Ten thoughts. Like

575
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 4: I said the last pieces, I'm just gonna sprinkle a

576
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 4: little bit on Rutgers and see if they're two NBA

577
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 4: players can just go.

578
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 3: On a run.

579
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 2: Dusty May is kind of two composed and clean cut

580
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 2: though for McNaulty.

581
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 1: Definitely sober McNulty to make that caveat.

582
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 2: That, the boozed up McNulty older now could probably play

583
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 2: Fran That's that's I don't hit that all right. Any

584
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 2: other final thoughts Gregor on first round matchups or just

585
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 2: anything else in your beloved Big Ten.

586
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 3: No, I uh, I just I want to keep doubling

587
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 3: trippling down Perdue.

588
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 2: Guys.

589
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 3: I'm telling you, I love this draw for them, and

590
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 3: I would like the teams you mentioned too if they

591
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 3: got the draw. But uh, just to push back on Calabres,

592
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 3: I'll take Braden Smith and Tray Coffin Wren head to

593
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 3: head with Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey done it a

594
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 3: couple of times already. It's the fun to think Rutgers,

595
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 3: but that it's layup lines as we've seen against the

596
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 3: Matt Payter offense twice already this year. So I just

597
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 3: I see such an advantage pathwise for that team. Maybe

598
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 3: I'm wrong, but it's one of my favorite pre tournament

599
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 3: beats for sure.

600
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 2: This week, the Rutgers defense is non existent. Bad bad.

601
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 2: Let's touch on some IVY League madness quickly. We have

602
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 2: four teams that make it. It's a simple bracket. This

603
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 2: will be played at Browns Campus. The four teams that

604
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 2: made it. Yale is the one, the two is Cornell.

605
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 2: They'll play the three Dartmouth surprise, the big greener here

606
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 2: with a remarkable turnaround season. And then the four seed

607
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 2: is Princeton, which will take on Yale. Yale is the

608
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 2: favorite and they're minus one sixty. Princeton is twelve to one,

609
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 2: Cornell is three to one, Dartmouth is six to one.

610
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 2: I could tell you from an odds perspective, I made it.

611
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,720
Speaker 2: Here's what I made. I made Yale minus one fifty,

612
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:12,399
Speaker 2: Dartmouth ten to one, Cornell three to one, Princeton four

613
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,120
Speaker 2: to fourteen to one ish somewhere in those ballparks for

614
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 2: those teams. So I don't really see anything here. I

615
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 2: can tell you that the one thing I can tell

616
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 2: you that Dartmouth is kind of has some Michigan state

617
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 2: in them in that way more to way more extreme.

618
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 2: I think since February first, teams are shooting twenty two

619
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 2: percent from three against them. That is going to come

620
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,480
Speaker 2: back to bite them. But they I got to give

621
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 2: credit to their entire staff. They made a key higher

622
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,359
Speaker 2: in the summer, changed their entire offensive identity. They've gone

623
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 2: from outside the top three hundred in adjust the tempo

624
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 2: to inside the top twenty five. And yeah that they

625
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 2: they're here and IV madness for the first time in

626
00:34:54,719 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 2: program history. I could if I had a guess, like,

627
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,440
Speaker 2: here's the thing that scares me about Yale. Yale is

628
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,880
Speaker 2: clearly the best team, and I think their price is

629
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:10,360
Speaker 2: about fair. I hope that they get in to the

630
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 2: NCAA tournament because you know, I think that they have

631
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 2: clearly have the biggest upside. Puliktas is a really good

632
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 2: player that is going to play professionally and can just

633
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 2: get red hot. The I guess Cornell has some upside too,

634
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,799
Speaker 2: and the term just because their offense is so flammable.

635
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,400
Speaker 2: The thing that's the only thing that scares me with

636
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,360
Speaker 2: Yale is that their defense by design gives up a

637
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 2: ton of threes and they're playing there's three teams in

638
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:45,320
Speaker 2: this league that shoot a ton of threes that they're

639
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 2: that are in this tournament with them, So that's the

640
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 2: one thing that would scare me. I mean, Cornell shoots

641
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 2: the three at a top fifteen rate nationally and a

642
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,320
Speaker 2: top they make them at a top thirty clip. Dartmouth

643
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,840
Speaker 2: shoots the three at the thirty third highest rate, not

644
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,799
Speaker 2: as good as a shooting team THEO they're around thirty

645
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,799
Speaker 2: four percent, one hundred and fiftieth in the country. And

646
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 2: then Princeton they shoot the three also at a top

647
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 2: fifteen clip nationally, a little better at than Dartmouth, not

648
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 2: as good as Cornell at thirty six percent. So there's

649
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,760
Speaker 2: a little risk that you get three point variance. If

650
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 2: I had a guess, I'm gonna say Calvaries tries to

651
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 2: talk everyone into Princeton, I'm out on them. They've been

652
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 2: so bad for so long, and every time they play Yale.

653
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 2: This year, Yale just shoots sixty percent from two and

654
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 2: Princeton shoots twenty one percent and they'd have to go

655
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:42,239
Speaker 2: super nuclear from three. I get it like this. If

656
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 2: you wanted to buy Princeton, it's not for me, but Calvary's.

657
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 2: I think the one team that really could beat Yale

658
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 2: is Cornell because their offense can go to totel like.

659
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,399
Speaker 2: They'd have to win, maybe eighty eight to eighty six,

660
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 2: something like that. I think the game in Yale they

661
00:36:58,239 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 2: lost to Yell one hundred and three to eighty eight

662
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 2: at home, and then at Yea I lost ninety two

663
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 2: to eighty eight. That's the type of game they have

664
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 2: to play.

665
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 5: At.

666
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts here, Calbary? So you're going to

667
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 2: try to tell the audience that at Princeton.

668
00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:14,560
Speaker 4: I'm gonna tap on the mic like I'm in front

669
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 4: of a congressional committee here. I am out on Princeton.

670
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 4: I've had it with them. I bought them early.

671
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,280
Speaker 1: I tried to stick with them through the IVY.

672
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 4: They just do not have it in terms of being

673
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,800
Speaker 4: able to win in any other way than just bombing

674
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 4: away from three to try to beat a top team

675
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:32,400
Speaker 4: and minus one sixty.

676
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,760
Speaker 1: I don't mind laying it. James Jones runs the IVY.

677
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 4: Look at the last six seasons first or second place

678
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 4: regular season, finishes three trips to the Big Dance. I

679
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 4: think this is his best post COVID offense. Elite shooting,

680
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 4: elite spacing. They run that four out one in offense,

681
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 4: constant ball movement, and this offense goes nuclear when you

682
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:53,239
Speaker 4: have really good shooters. Mbang at the point can facilitate

683
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,879
Speaker 4: and Pluktas has an opportunity. If they can win this

684
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 4: auto bid to the Big Dance, he'll be the first

685
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 4: player to lead the IVY in scoring and go to

686
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 4: the Big Dance, and over two decades. So this team

687
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 4: is just phenomenal. And when you look at the three

688
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 4: teams that are challenging them. Here in the four team

689
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 4: playoff two and oh sweep two and oh sweep two

690
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 4: and oh sweep.

691
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 1: Yes, there was a couple close ones and you know

692
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:15,319
Speaker 1: Dartmouth being right there.

693
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 2: They lost by five.

694
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 1: I think it was a one possession game of twenty

695
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 1: seconds left. But suck you hit on it.

696
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 4: Teams are shooting so poorly from three point range. The

697
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 4: number one split since February first in three point shooting defense.

698
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:29,359
Speaker 4: It's not because they're closing out on every shooter. They're

699
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 4: just getting lucky. So I mean it's interesting at six

700
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:34,880
Speaker 4: to one the price, but I also think they're just

701
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 4: an uncharted territory here. David mcgauchlin did make that change

702
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 4: to his offensive scheme, but they've never finished better than

703
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 4: six in the eight and eight and he's beat Jones

704
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,840
Speaker 4: once in eight years. So I just think when the

705
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 4: rubber hits the road and there's that last TV timeout

706
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,359
Speaker 4: and there's some crunch time moments, Yale expects to take

707
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 4: it to the next level. And I think there's a

708
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 4: little bit of we're just happy to be here from Dartmouth.

709
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 4: So I'm going to use it as a parlay swedenear

710
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 4: tack on minus one fifty mins, well one sixty with

711
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,240
Speaker 4: the Bulldogs here. I think they're just absolutely the class

712
00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 4: of the IVY. They have been all season, and I

713
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,240
Speaker 4: think they're gonna get it done here. One final nugget

714
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 4: in terms of playing at Browns Arena. When they played

715
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 4: there this year, they shot forty four percent from three,

716
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 4: so they're familiar with the rims, the bounces, they put

717
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 4: the ball on the hoop, So I'm on you.

718
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,320
Speaker 2: Greg curious to get your thoughts here. You do agree

719
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 2: with Mike.

720
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,080
Speaker 3: I really am in alignment with both the you guys

721
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,319
Speaker 3: and how you laid this out. I think I don't

722
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 3: hate Yale at minus one sixty from a price standpoint,

723
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 3: I feel like they're definitively the best team. You mentioned

724
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 3: pool aktas he Rocks, but they've also got two other

725
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 3: guys that are in the top three for IVY League

726
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,840
Speaker 3: Ken Palm Player of the Year. Like, they just have

727
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 3: the best players that are going to be on the

728
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,359
Speaker 3: court in pretty much all these games. Obviously, Zavian League

729
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 3: can take over a game for Princeton, but as you

730
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 3: guys both mentioned, we were on Princeton I think collectively

731
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 3: both times this season, and yeah, he is.

732
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 4: Sick mbang on Lee, He's he's probably gonna win his

733
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,280
Speaker 4: third streat Defensive Player of the Year as a point

734
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:06,320
Speaker 4: guard defensively, so yeah, just taking away Princeton's strength.

735
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 3: Yeah right, it's a horrible matchup. But yeah, the only

736
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,920
Speaker 3: thing I would just float again my play here is Yale.

737
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 3: But to me, if you want something other than Yale,

738
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 3: I would advocate for Cornell, as you mentioned, stuck to me,

739
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 3: I like that at three to one a lot more

740
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 3: than trying to talk yourself into Dartmouth. When I look

741
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 3: at Dartmouths stretch here, to me, it's entirely three point defense,

742
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 3: number one nationally in three point percentage defense since February first.

743
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 3: That's kind of the entire story for me there. And

744
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,360
Speaker 3: their offense isn't great in the first place, but it

745
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,440
Speaker 3: falls off a cliff away from home three hundred and

746
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:41,799
Speaker 3: thirteenth nationally in an adjusted offensive efficiency in a way

747
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 3: or neutral. And I like Cornell. I mean, how can

748
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:46,759
Speaker 3: you not like the number one affect the field well

749
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 3: percentage in all of college basketball, Like, this is not

750
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,879
Speaker 3: a tournament you need to win five games to win, right,

751
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 3: It's just go nuclear for two. At three to one,

752
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:58,279
Speaker 3: I think that's a reasonable price if you buy that

753
00:40:58,360 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 3: Cornell's offense can hold up.

754
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:00,080
Speaker 4: Well.

755
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 3: They did play Yale close. I mean they lost by

756
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 3: four at Yale, and that was a game they led

757
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 3: by fourteen points in the first half. So to me,

758
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 3: they split with Dartmouth. But in the one they lost

759
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,280
Speaker 3: to Dartmouth, I believe they were three for twenty seven

760
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 3: from three in that game, which is just totally uncharacteristic

761
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 3: of this team. To me, it's got to be Yale

762
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 3: or Cornell, But I would rather lay the number with

763
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 3: Yale and just take the best team here.

764
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:26,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, Cornell Dartmouth two teams that want to run. By

765
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 2: the way, Cornell's transition d is so bad, so if

766
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 2: they's that's what happened. That's part of what happened against

767
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 2: Dartmouth in the season split. You mentioned the three point shooting.

768
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,280
Speaker 2: They got molly wopped in one of the games against Dartmouth.

769
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:49,839
Speaker 2: What did they lose eighty eight to forty nine, And yeah,

770
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,439
Speaker 2: part of that is Cornell went three to twenty seven

771
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:54,479
Speaker 2: from three eleven percent. One of the best shooting teams

772
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:57,759
Speaker 2: in the country miss a lot of shots and they

773
00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:01,359
Speaker 2: don't get offensive rebounds Cornell team, and then Dartmouth gets

774
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,239
Speaker 2: out and runs. Both these teams will run HB a

775
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 2: fast paced game, but there's a lot of three point

776
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 2: banks in that game. But Dartmouth is certainly overdue to

777
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 2: get waxed in that department. And as you mentioned, their

778
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:15,439
Speaker 2: offense is not as good away from home. So yeah,

779
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 2: I think it looks here either Yale or Cornell you

780
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 2: gotta go Chalky. I think in the IVY this year

781
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 2: which means Princeton will put it all together and they're

782
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,879
Speaker 2: finally going to go like fourteen to twenty from three

783
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 2: in both games. That's that's probably a lock, all right.

784
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 2: Moving on to the A ten Conference tournament. If you

785
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 2: listen to the episode with Jim and I yesterday, we

786
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:43,920
Speaker 2: talked about this a little bit. There was at the

787
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 2: time we were recording up until this morning when I

788
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 2: put it in, I don't believe it's still there. Let

789
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 2: me double check. There was a Mia alma mater who

790
00:42:55,080 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 2: have never bet in the conference tournament and twenty years

791
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 2: I don't even think I did. With Pop Pop spensive box.

792
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 2: There there was a fifty to one out there, and

793
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 2: let's see if it's still there. Was that fandal. I

794
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 2: doubt what it is, but maybe now it sound a

795
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,759
Speaker 2: thirty but fifty to one, and like Saint Joe's is

796
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:22,479
Speaker 2: eight to one, they have to win the same amount

797
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 2: of games. GW gets George Mason in that they are

798
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,080
Speaker 2: very vulnerable two seed because of the way that they play.

799
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,239
Speaker 2: They always beat them twice. I couldn't believe that price discrepancy.

800
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:35,359
Speaker 2: So even at thirty to one, I think it's worth

801
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,960
Speaker 2: a sprinkle on GW if they just run it. Their

802
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:39,879
Speaker 2: defense is very good. They run good stuff on offense

803
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,440
Speaker 2: problems they can't shoot. But if they just run they

804
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:45,200
Speaker 2: get to play in DC. If they just run into

805
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 2: three games where they can actually hit some threes, they

806
00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:53,200
Speaker 2: can get to the finals here. They swax date in

807
00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:55,120
Speaker 2: earlier this year too, when they actually did make threes,

808
00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:57,799
Speaker 2: they could have beat Mason twice. And who knows what

809
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:02,000
Speaker 2: you're gonna get with Saint Joe's your beloved Hawks Calberys

810
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:06,880
Speaker 2: who got waxed by LaSalle in the season finale. The

811
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,560
Speaker 2: market loves Saint Jose. They're probably gonna bet Saint Jose

812
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 2: every game, and Saint Jose will be down sixteen to

813
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:16,600
Speaker 2: someone at one point, So I get the upside case

814
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:19,719
Speaker 2: with Saint Jose. But VCU is the favorite here. This

815
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:25,839
Speaker 2: tournament will start on Wednesday, the first round. I think

816
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:28,640
Speaker 2: all these games until the semis are on USA Network,

817
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:33,040
Speaker 2: So make sure that you find out where. It's this

818
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:35,560
Speaker 2: time of the year where you gotta find where different

819
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 2: channels are and be familiar with that. VCU, Loyola Dayton,

820
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:43,880
Speaker 2: and George Mason get double buys at the quarters. You

821
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 2: have three first round games and five other teams that

822
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 2: get buys into the second round. Calbreys, I know you

823
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 2: are very in tune with the A ten. What are

824
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:55,400
Speaker 2: you saying here?

825
00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 1: Well, First, for Saint Jose, I think, uh bid.

826
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,120
Speaker 4: The element was once they got to the locker room

827
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 4: against Lasal the Loyal of Chicago game was official and

828
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:06,839
Speaker 4: they were locked out of that double buy.

829
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:09,040
Speaker 1: I think they mailed it in a little bit.

830
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 4: Should have been a part of the handicap, So, you know,

831
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 4: hand up on me giving that one out and them

832
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:16,239
Speaker 4: getting waxed. But when I look at the overall price

833
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,879
Speaker 4: this year, Dayton five to one, Saint Jose eight to one,

834
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 4: I'm interested. Let's start with Dayton. Dayton's high end is

835
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:25,759
Speaker 4: clear in my opinion. They get wins over Yukon VCU Marquette.

836
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 4: They finish really strong, six and one straight up. They

837
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:29,879
Speaker 4: shared the ball really well, they don't turn it over.

838
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 4: They're super experienced, top fifteen and ken palm there. They

839
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,080
Speaker 4: finish as the top team in the A ten in

840
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 4: terms of away from home rating, and the emergence of

841
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 4: Malachi Smith has been noteworthy. How about these splits January

842
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 4: in A ten play seven points per game, twenty nine

843
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,040
Speaker 4: percent shooting from the floor his last seven games in

844
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 4: the conference thirteen points per game, forty eight percent shooting

845
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,840
Speaker 4: from the floor. If he gives them that level, I

846
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 4: think it just it elevates not only you know, his

847
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 4: own stat line, but also his teammates because he's more

848
00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:58,280
Speaker 4: of a threat to put the ball in the basket

849
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 4: and to facilitate. Now the knock I think is pretty

850
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:03,920
Speaker 4: simple in that Anthony Grant has been a major disappointment

851
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:06,359
Speaker 4: in conference tournaments. You know, two years ago he took

852
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 4: them to the A ten Final before losing the VCU.

853
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:11,840
Speaker 4: But outside of that, consistent early exit with the Flyers

854
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 4: and the Crimson Tide before that. So I think you're

855
00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:16,840
Speaker 4: seeing a little bit of that because realistically, this is

856
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 4: one of the hottest teams and most talented teams in

857
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 4: this league. So the fact that you're getting the five

858
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:23,719
Speaker 4: to one, I still think there's value there. And then

859
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:26,399
Speaker 4: Saint Joe's they've demonstrated similarly, you know, when they play

860
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,680
Speaker 4: their best basketball. That win over Nova looks good, That

861
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 4: went over Texas Tech looks incredible.

862
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:32,799
Speaker 1: They finished you.

863
00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:34,719
Speaker 4: Know, third in the conference in terms of RIM and

864
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 4: three point shot rate, So they understand the analytics of

865
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 4: modern college basketball. And I know they missed out on

866
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 4: the double by but lucky number six in this tournament.

867
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,319
Speaker 4: Last year, Duquane makes a run from the six, you

868
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 4: know all the way you got. Richmond did the same

869
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 4: thing as the six in twenty twenty two. Saint Louis

870
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 4: did it as a six seed in twenty nineteen. Stranger

871
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,440
Speaker 4: things have happened from this exact spot, you know, needing

872
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,880
Speaker 4: to win one extra game to get it done. And

873
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:03,480
Speaker 4: when I look at the potential for breakout stars, Saint

874
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 4: Jose really has three.

875
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:05,440
Speaker 2: You know.

876
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 4: Eric Reynolds the second has twenty five plus in five

877
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,000
Speaker 4: games this year, Davia Brown twenty plus and ten games,

878
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,960
Speaker 4: and then Rashier Fleming finally in the offseason developed three

879
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:16,240
Speaker 4: point shot. He shooting over forty percent from long range.

880
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:17,439
Speaker 4: He can go for twenty and ten.

881
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:18,440
Speaker 2: So they have it.

882
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 4: I've never been a huge fan of Billy Lang. I

883
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:23,359
Speaker 4: think that he's underwhelmed me in some spots and just

884
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 4: not been consistent. But they've gotten hot and they've beaten

885
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:29,000
Speaker 4: the top teams. They should have beat George Mason down

886
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:30,760
Speaker 4: the stretch as well. That was a one point loss,

887
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,839
Speaker 4: a heartbreaker to that Patriots team. So I've seen them

888
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 4: up against you know, the top teams, and also luckily

889
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,759
Speaker 4: they're on the other side of the bracket VCU. I

890
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:41,200
Speaker 4: was there in person on a Friday night, just dog

891
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:43,279
Speaker 4: walked them on their home floor. That's the team that

892
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,480
Speaker 4: I do not think that they can beat, regardless of

893
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,399
Speaker 4: how they play out of their back court. But maybe

894
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,000
Speaker 4: they'll get lucky and someone will snipe them off and

895
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 4: they don't have to beat them in the A ten

896
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:53,560
Speaker 4: title game. So five to one on the Flyers, eight

897
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:55,200
Speaker 4: to one on the Hawks, those are my plays.

898
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,839
Speaker 2: You just can't quit Saint Joe's. They gotta get They

899
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:00,760
Speaker 2: might have to get by the Jack out of Lasal

900
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:04,680
Speaker 2: again and then don't be farewell tour in that second round.

901
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:07,920
Speaker 2: I get the upside case at Saint Chose, but I

902
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,399
Speaker 2: don't trust their coach, and there's partly a reason why

903
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:14,360
Speaker 2: this team, in all this talent, finished sixth in the

904
00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:16,239
Speaker 2: league in the down year for the A ten.

905
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:22,839
Speaker 4: So yeah, but I would just it's intoxicating on the

906
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 4: top end, like how did they beat Texas Tech? Like

907
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 4: even the Nova team that's been on the bubble, and

908
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:30,759
Speaker 4: you know, they probably should fire their coach. That's an

909
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:35,360
Speaker 4: impressive win. I still just view this as in Eric Reynolds,

910
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:37,319
Speaker 4: I need him for forty eight hours. I need him

911
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:39,399
Speaker 4: to give me fifty points for forty eight hours, and

912
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:41,879
Speaker 4: I think he's capable of doing it. And also, there's

913
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,280
Speaker 4: just so much turmoil. You could see so many upsets

914
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:46,480
Speaker 4: that all of a sudden, your path doesn't look exactly

915
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 4: the same and as chalky as it does before these

916
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:51,280
Speaker 4: games start to be played. So anything can happen, including

917
00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:53,280
Speaker 4: not catching Lasal for the fourth time this season.

918
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:58,160
Speaker 2: Yes, that would be a fourth Big Five meeting between

919
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:03,799
Speaker 2: those two schools. Maybe we get GW Saint Jose Semis,

920
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:09,080
Speaker 2: which are my two alma maters. Greg, What are you

921
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:09,520
Speaker 2: saying here?

922
00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:11,719
Speaker 3: First of all, I'm excited for this term, and this

923
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:15,120
Speaker 3: is one of my favorite leagues in terms of available odds. Here,

924
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:17,759
Speaker 3: I think there's quite a few teams with upside that

925
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,440
Speaker 3: you could talk yourself into. I am with Calbreast that

926
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:23,600
Speaker 3: I'm going to have a Dayton five to one ticket here.

927
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:26,080
Speaker 3: I can't get Maui Dayton out of my head. I

928
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:28,520
Speaker 3: mean that team was awesome for all three games, even

929
00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 3: in the game that they lost to Iowa State. Like

930
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:33,640
Speaker 3: I just see a team that can compete with the

931
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:36,799
Speaker 3: very best teams in the country. They're ninth nationally in

932
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 3: one of our favorite metrics, the opponent adjust rating at

933
00:49:39,719 --> 00:49:42,359
Speaker 3: evanmeia dot com. It's a big game team that under

934
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:44,680
Speaker 3: the bright lights has been stellar even in the Marquette

935
00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:47,560
Speaker 3: win pretty consistently and at a high volume for a

936
00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:49,879
Speaker 3: team in a league like the A ten. So there's

937
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 3: a world they flip a switch. I mean they just

938
00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:54,040
Speaker 3: did it at VCU final game of the regular season,

939
00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 3: and they just run through this. I would not be

940
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:59,600
Speaker 3: surprised at all in terms of other players. This is one.

941
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:01,279
Speaker 3: I'm gonna have two plays on the card for me.

942
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:04,319
Speaker 3: I'm gonna take a shot at Saint Louis twenty to one.

943
00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:08,360
Speaker 3: First off, just the idea of shirts sort of the

944
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:11,719
Speaker 3: year after the year, right. He was the hot name

945
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,400
Speaker 3: last cycle, and a team that a lot of people

946
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:17,279
Speaker 3: thought could end up being a Darling Cinderella ended up

947
00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:20,400
Speaker 3: falling short of even having a chance. But you know,

948
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:23,719
Speaker 3: you have Robbiavila, you have Swape Gibson. Jimmerson's good talk

949
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:25,560
Speaker 3: about a team with different guys that could sort of

950
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 3: take over and win you a game. I believe in

951
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:30,879
Speaker 3: the talent of this team to that point, I really

952
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:33,520
Speaker 3: like their path. They're gonna get Davidson A Richmond around

953
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:36,120
Speaker 3: one to a zero against those teams. Then you're into

954
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:39,280
Speaker 3: the quarterfinal game where they would get loyal to Chicago,

955
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:43,080
Speaker 3: who they just played Loyola when fully healthy, remember all

956
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:45,799
Speaker 3: the injury issues loyal that went through ten days ago,

957
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:48,640
Speaker 3: smack them, beat them by thirty one points. I think

958
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 3: it's a good matchup if you get there. Then all

959
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:54,400
Speaker 3: of a sudden you look forward. Okay, somebody's got to

960
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:58,320
Speaker 3: take down VCU. Only three teams did during the regular season.

961
00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:01,520
Speaker 3: Saint Louis was one of them. Overall, I think they've

962
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 3: played better basketball for a month. They finished the year

963
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 3: four and one out right, that's second in the A ten.

964
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,440
Speaker 3: That's ahead of everybody that's not BCU. And during that stretch,

965
00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:11,480
Speaker 3: a lot of times we see like end of season

966
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:14,399
Speaker 3: turnarounds that are dependent on Hey, the other teams went

967
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:17,280
Speaker 3: cold from three against them. Not the case here. Teams

968
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:19,480
Speaker 3: have been making thirty seven percent from three and that

969
00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:21,560
Speaker 3: four to one stretch down the season, and they're still

970
00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:24,520
Speaker 3: winning these games and creating separation. In fact, the only

971
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:26,080
Speaker 3: loss in that five game stretch to end of the

972
00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:29,080
Speaker 3: year was two Dayton at Dayton, a game where Saint

973
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,239
Speaker 3: Louis led by fifteen points at half. I think they've

974
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:34,200
Speaker 3: been a different team for a couple of weeks. I

975
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:37,759
Speaker 3: like their spot in this bracket, and at twenty to one,

976
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:40,680
Speaker 3: to me, that's valued as the seventh most likely champion

977
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:42,640
Speaker 3: in this league. I think there's a lot of upside

978
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:43,240
Speaker 3: at that number.

979
00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:46,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the case that Jim made as well when

980
00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:49,560
Speaker 2: we talked about the A ten in part seven. If

981
00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:52,759
Speaker 2: you haven't listened to that either depth a little bit

982
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:55,279
Speaker 2: of a concern, but that can get overplayed in a

983
00:51:56,360 --> 00:52:00,480
Speaker 2: setting like this. And yeah, they definitely have that high

984
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 2: in town if they're clicking, and the coaching too, that

985
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:08,759
Speaker 2: you have to respect. BCU is probably on the best day,

986
00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:12,040
Speaker 2: the best team, and the team that I think, just

987
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:14,880
Speaker 2: given their style, could make a run of the second weekend,

988
00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:16,759
Speaker 2: the most likely to make a run. But I just

989
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:19,279
Speaker 2: don't see any value in them as a favorite, an

990
00:52:19,360 --> 00:52:22,200
Speaker 2: actual odds on favorite to win this tournament. So I

991
00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:25,480
Speaker 2: think you want to look elsewhere in the A ten.

992
00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:29,120
Speaker 2: I made the case for GW. Jim and Greg made

993
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:33,279
Speaker 2: the case for Saint Louis calvarys is hoping Lesat doesn't

994
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:35,080
Speaker 2: ruin his dreams of getting at least one team to

995
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:38,920
Speaker 2: the semi with Saint chose En Dayton. Calbrity's any other

996
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:40,960
Speaker 2: thoughts on first round matchup or anything else in the

997
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:41,319
Speaker 2: A ten.

998
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:44,520
Speaker 1: I just think there's potential for chaos.

999
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:48,480
Speaker 4: I think seeing Dayton knockoff VCU there, you know, last Friday,

1000
00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:51,000
Speaker 4: I think demonstrates that VC is a.

1001
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:51,640
Speaker 1: Very good team.

1002
00:52:51,719 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 4: They're going to get into the tournament as at large. Well,

1003
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:57,440
Speaker 4: we'll see where they land exactly, but I just don't

1004
00:52:57,480 --> 00:52:59,880
Speaker 4: see them as the kind of team that should be

1005
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:03,320
Speaker 4: inhibitively priced. I still you this as wide open. Certainly

1006
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:04,839
Speaker 4: at fifty to one, I think I would have tailed

1007
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:06,560
Speaker 4: you as well stuck. And if it does end up

1008
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:08,920
Speaker 4: being GW against Saint Jose, they're going to have to.

1009
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:12,720
Speaker 2: Have a head to head bet. Speaking of headhead, now, Grega,

1010
00:53:12,719 --> 00:53:17,359
Speaker 2: now the head to headcount. I a Duke sweatshirt as

1011
00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:21,680
Speaker 2: of now after that long run in the second half. Congrats,

1012
00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:24,360
Speaker 2: I'm out of Illinois shirt and you're up to a

1013
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:29,319
Speaker 2: Duke sweatshirt. What are your what's your guy's b yu bet?

1014
00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:31,640
Speaker 2: You have something with b au right, it's.

1015
00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:34,240
Speaker 1: It's already in the mail or did you get it already?

1016
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:37,799
Speaker 3: Not there yet, but it'll be here by conference tournament time.

1017
00:53:38,120 --> 00:53:40,000
Speaker 3: Don't get me on the big twelve pod stuck, but

1018
00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:41,000
Speaker 3: we're back in the coos.

1019
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:43,520
Speaker 2: March is the best month of the year, not just

1020
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:47,240
Speaker 2: for sports, but also forgetting the best deal on Action Pro.

1021
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:49,840
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1022
00:53:49,840 --> 00:53:53,920
Speaker 2: a month for the entire year. End for the NCAA tournament,

1023
00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:58,520
Speaker 2: you'll get Sean Krener's bracket simulations, Nick Giffin's player props,

1024
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:02,800
Speaker 2: which are an auto must follow and take care my

1025
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:05,239
Speaker 2: picks thirty minutes before they go out to everyone else.

1026
00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:09,640
Speaker 2: Go to actionnetwork dot com slash March now to get

1027
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:13,840
Speaker 2: on board. All right, we have two final leagues to

1028
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:16,280
Speaker 2: get to. We'll just get your quick thoughts on these

1029
00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:20,520
Speaker 2: two calgaries. Let's start with the SWACK, which will be

1030
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:28,600
Speaker 2: in College Park, Georgia between March eleventh and fifteenth. The

1031
00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:31,279
Speaker 2: top ten teams Mega. I thought, if there's an eight team,

1032
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:34,480
Speaker 2: then it used to be eight. Got a swoard used

1033
00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:36,399
Speaker 2: to be eight? Let's see, yeah, he used to be eight.

1034
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:41,040
Speaker 2: I guess they expanded it this year swack was always eight.

1035
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:43,560
Speaker 2: Pine Bluff sadly didn't make it in your beloved Delta

1036
00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:49,359
Speaker 2: Devil's Mississippi Valley State also did not there are now

1037
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:52,400
Speaker 2: this is a new format. Six teams that get a bye,

1038
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 2: and then four teams will play in the first round.

1039
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:59,520
Speaker 2: Grambling takes on Alabama A and M, and Florida A

1040
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:01,760
Speaker 2: and M will take.

1041
00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:03,120
Speaker 3: On Prairie View.

1042
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:08,160
Speaker 2: I have absolutely no idea when it comes to the

1043
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:14,520
Speaker 2: swack this year. I guess my pick is Jackson State.

1044
00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:15,920
Speaker 2: I think Jackson State's gonna win it, and you can

1045
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:18,719
Speaker 2: get them like close to three to one. But I

1046
00:55:18,760 --> 00:55:21,000
Speaker 2: don't have a great feel on the slack This year.

1047
00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:26,800
Speaker 2: Southern is the favorite. They're plus one sixty five. Jackson

1048
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:29,600
Speaker 2: State the two seed is like I mentioned about three

1049
00:55:29,640 --> 00:55:33,239
Speaker 2: to one, but Dune Cookman they're the three seed there

1050
00:55:33,239 --> 00:55:37,000
Speaker 2: plus six fifty, Alabama State plus seven fifty as well

1051
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:41,560
Speaker 2: as Texas Southern. And then you start to get in

1052
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:45,640
Speaker 2: two more longer shots. Alcorn State twelve to one, Florida

1053
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:48,919
Speaker 2: A and M sixteen to one, Grambling thirty to one,

1054
00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:52,759
Speaker 2: Alabama A and M and Prairie View. I don't think

1055
00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:54,920
Speaker 2: have any shot, but who knows. In the swack. But

1056
00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:58,120
Speaker 2: they're two fifty to one each. We got some swackhin

1057
00:55:58,600 --> 00:55:59,720
Speaker 2: Calvary's what's the player?

1058
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:03,200
Speaker 4: Well, first criminal that the Golden Lions and Delta Devils

1059
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:03,760
Speaker 4: are not included.

1060
00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:05,960
Speaker 1: You expand a ten. Just give me the whole damn thing.

1061
00:56:06,040 --> 00:56:08,759
Speaker 4: It's you know, they'll be getting my strongly worded letter

1062
00:56:08,920 --> 00:56:09,319
Speaker 4: very soon.

1063
00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:11,640
Speaker 1: This is the bottom of the barrel. In college hoops.

1064
00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:13,879
Speaker 1: The offense across the board is just about as ugly

1065
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:15,560
Speaker 1: as it comes. No one can shoot from distance.

1066
00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:18,960
Speaker 4: It's like watching people shoot those overinflated rubber basketballs at

1067
00:56:18,960 --> 00:56:20,480
Speaker 4: the carnival on double rims.

1068
00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:22,759
Speaker 1: None of them are going down except for Florida A

1069
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:22,960
Speaker 1: and M.

1070
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:24,840
Speaker 4: They're the only team in the league that has a

1071
00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:27,600
Speaker 4: pulse from long range, but they have a crippling turnover problem.

1072
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:29,520
Speaker 4: They give it away on nineteen percent of their possessions,

1073
00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:32,600
Speaker 4: so they can't even keep the ball long enough to shoot. Southern,

1074
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:34,720
Speaker 4: as you mentioned, is the favorite here. They went fourteen

1075
00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:37,319
Speaker 4: and two. They cruised through conference play. The Jags only

1076
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:40,240
Speaker 4: two losses, both came on the road by a single point.

1077
00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:43,880
Speaker 4: But my pick is the second team in this you know,

1078
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:46,120
Speaker 4: pecking order in terms of their price, it's double the

1079
00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:48,720
Speaker 4: price of Southern and that's Jackson State at plus three twenty.

1080
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:49,960
Speaker 2: I won the same page.

1081
00:56:50,040 --> 00:56:52,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, they're coached up by the Native son, Moe Williams.

1082
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:55,319
Speaker 4: He you know, played high school ball and Jackson. He

1083
00:56:55,360 --> 00:56:57,400
Speaker 4: also played in the NBA for fifteen years. At one

1084
00:56:57,480 --> 00:57:00,840
Speaker 4: point he was the robin to Lebron's batman in Cleveland.

1085
00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:03,279
Speaker 4: And this team, it really came together late. They went

1086
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:05,239
Speaker 4: nine and three down the stretch. They took Southern to

1087
00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:08,160
Speaker 4: ot at their place. They played great team basketball. All

1088
00:57:08,200 --> 00:57:10,920
Speaker 4: five starters average double digits. They get to the line

1089
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:14,000
Speaker 4: a ton Svancouver al timer name a freshman.

1090
00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:14,920
Speaker 1: He comes off the bench.

1091
00:57:15,040 --> 00:57:17,919
Speaker 4: He's given them double digits multiple times in the last

1092
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:20,360
Speaker 4: two weeks, so I view him as a little bit

1093
00:57:20,360 --> 00:57:22,800
Speaker 4: of a shot in the arm. Offensively, they'll throw zone

1094
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:24,920
Speaker 4: in you. They play zone nearly twenty percent at the time,

1095
00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:27,240
Speaker 4: and they're kind of effective at it, seventy fifth in

1096
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:30,600
Speaker 4: terms of synergies rating for zone defense. But Dayshun Ruffin

1097
00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:31,960
Speaker 4: is the key. He can go out and give you

1098
00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:34,200
Speaker 4: ten assists. He can knock down three or four triples.

1099
00:57:34,280 --> 00:57:36,440
Speaker 4: He's not always a consistent scorer, but if he has

1100
00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:39,320
Speaker 4: a good week, I see Jackson State winning this whole thing.

1101
00:57:39,640 --> 00:57:42,880
Speaker 4: Insane factoid on Jackson State, they did not play a

1102
00:57:42,880 --> 00:57:46,680
Speaker 4: home game until January eleventh. That's how many paycheck games

1103
00:57:46,680 --> 00:57:49,440
Speaker 4: and neutral floor games they played. So the fact that

1104
00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:51,880
Speaker 4: it all came together late is not that crazy. And

1105
00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:54,360
Speaker 4: then when you talk about the path likely fam You, Bethune,

1106
00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:57,640
Speaker 4: Cookman and Southern they were swept by fam You, but

1107
00:57:57,720 --> 00:58:00,400
Speaker 4: as I mentioned, they have such problems with turnout. They

1108
00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:02,880
Speaker 4: were even in one game and actually beat Jackson State

1109
00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:04,880
Speaker 4: in the turnover margin and the other I think the

1110
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:08,240
Speaker 4: Rattlers will get bit pun intended on that they swept

1111
00:58:08,240 --> 00:58:10,280
Speaker 4: between Cookman and as I mentioned, they lost to Southern

1112
00:58:10,400 --> 00:58:12,520
Speaker 4: OT in a great game. So I think at the

1113
00:58:12,640 --> 00:58:14,480
Speaker 4: end this comes down to price. I think they're very

1114
00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:16,800
Speaker 4: close to the Southern team, so plus three twenties enough

1115
00:58:16,800 --> 00:58:17,600
Speaker 4: for me to pull the trigger.

1116
00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:22,960
Speaker 2: All right, good stuff in swactionin I'm agreeing with you there.

1117
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:28,440
Speaker 2: Let's talk our final, our thirty first conference tournament that

1118
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:32,720
Speaker 2: we'll preview the MEAC, which will take place in Norfolk

1119
00:58:33,320 --> 00:58:37,400
Speaker 2: on between March twelfth and fifteenth. This is your basic

1120
00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:44,840
Speaker 2: eighteam bracket. Norfolk State is the one seed. They are

1121
00:58:45,600 --> 00:58:49,560
Speaker 2: ads on favorites twin The minus won ten to win

1122
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:52,640
Speaker 2: the automatic bid from the MEAC. The two seed is

1123
00:58:52,680 --> 00:58:57,560
Speaker 2: South Carolina State. They are plus one forty. They come

1124
00:58:57,600 --> 00:59:00,480
Speaker 2: in as the hottest team in the league. They have

1125
00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:06,600
Speaker 2: won nine straight, including a game against Atlantic Christian in

1126
00:59:06,600 --> 00:59:09,720
Speaker 2: the middle of league play. I guess the breakup what

1127
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:13,080
Speaker 2: would have been a long break. They there are two

1128
00:59:13,080 --> 00:59:15,959
Speaker 2: games against Norfolk, for what it's worth, were very good

1129
00:59:15,960 --> 00:59:18,840
Speaker 2: and highly competitive right down the one went to overtime.

1130
00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:21,880
Speaker 2: They won the other one by three, which was after

1131
00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:25,240
Speaker 2: a foul with like one second ago. Games could have

1132
00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:27,360
Speaker 2: went either way. But they come in as the hottest

1133
00:59:27,360 --> 00:59:30,280
Speaker 2: team in the league, and then you just get into

1134
00:59:30,520 --> 00:59:33,760
Speaker 2: it goes right to long shots, like everyone is just

1135
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:36,920
Speaker 2: very erratic and who knows what you're going to get.

1136
00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:40,680
Speaker 2: On a nightly basis between Howard n C, Central Delaware State,

1137
00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:46,800
Speaker 2: all those teams are seventeen to one. Morgan State, Coppin State,

1138
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:53,280
Speaker 2: and Eastern Shore are really really bad. Morgan State not

1139
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:56,480
Speaker 2: as bad, they're forty five to one, but Coppin and Maryland,

1140
00:59:56,480 --> 00:59:59,400
Speaker 2: Eastern or Shore you can get it two fifty to

1141
00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:04,000
Speaker 2: one in a Bay sick eighteen format. That's pretty much

1142
01:00:04,080 --> 01:00:08,560
Speaker 2: all you need to know. Conference State has probably the

1143
01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:13,560
Speaker 2: worst offense in the country, and Maryland Eastern Shore is

1144
01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:16,200
Speaker 2: one of the five worst teams in the country. So

1145
01:00:16,440 --> 01:00:20,120
Speaker 2: it's hard to imagine either one of those teams winning this.

1146
01:00:21,080 --> 01:00:24,160
Speaker 2: But it is the MEAC and it's just three games

1147
01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:28,000
Speaker 2: you gotta win. Norfolk State has the best offense in

1148
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:33,080
Speaker 2: early South Carolina State is the best defense. Calgary's where

1149
01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:37,640
Speaker 2: are you going? In the usually pretty wild MEAC.

1150
01:00:38,640 --> 01:00:40,760
Speaker 4: So I just said the Swack was the bottom of

1151
01:00:40,800 --> 01:00:42,720
Speaker 4: the barrel. I would never say that about the MIAC

1152
01:00:42,760 --> 01:00:45,400
Speaker 4: because they are home to the defending c champs.

1153
01:00:45,440 --> 01:00:46,360
Speaker 1: That's Norfolk State.

1154
01:00:46,480 --> 01:00:48,600
Speaker 4: They're plus one twenty five to win this tournament, and

1155
01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:51,520
Speaker 4: I'm interested for a long list of reasons that I'll

1156
01:00:51,560 --> 01:00:51,919
Speaker 4: get into.

1157
01:00:51,960 --> 01:00:54,600
Speaker 1: But I also like Delaware State at seventeen to one.

1158
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:55,320
Speaker 1: They're interesting.

1159
01:00:55,400 --> 01:00:57,560
Speaker 4: But let's look at the Spartans for a second. Once

1160
01:00:57,560 --> 01:00:59,880
Speaker 4: Conference played again, they either won every single game or

1161
01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:02,520
Speaker 4: lost by four points or less. They stumbled a bit

1162
01:01:02,560 --> 01:01:04,919
Speaker 4: down the stretch, but teams in the past three weeks

1163
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:07,440
Speaker 4: shot forty percent from long range against them, so I

1164
01:01:07,480 --> 01:01:09,240
Speaker 4: think they're due for a little bit of three point

1165
01:01:09,320 --> 01:01:11,560
Speaker 4: variants on that end to go in their favor. They

1166
01:01:11,560 --> 01:01:13,640
Speaker 4: went eleven and one straight up on their home floor.

1167
01:01:13,720 --> 01:01:16,480
Speaker 4: They get this entire tournament on their home floor. Eastern

1168
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:19,560
Speaker 4: Shores up first. They beat him by twelve at Eastern

1169
01:01:19,560 --> 01:01:22,040
Speaker 4: Shores Place twenty two at home. Not worried about them

1170
01:01:22,280 --> 01:01:24,720
Speaker 4: Howard or Morgan State. In the second game, they smoked

1171
01:01:24,720 --> 01:01:27,920
Speaker 4: Howard twice, which is nice because Howard has been the

1172
01:01:27,960 --> 01:01:29,640
Speaker 4: thorn in their side in this tournament. They knocked him

1173
01:01:29,640 --> 01:01:32,600
Speaker 4: out of the last two MIAC tournaments. On their home floor,

1174
01:01:32,960 --> 01:01:35,720
Speaker 4: Morgan State upset them, but once again, the Bear shot

1175
01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:38,120
Speaker 4: forty seven percent from three point range. They're outside the

1176
01:01:38,120 --> 01:01:40,440
Speaker 4: top three hundred and three point accuracy. So it's just

1177
01:01:40,480 --> 01:01:42,720
Speaker 4: one of those lucky games. After that, though, with South

1178
01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:45,720
Speaker 4: Carolina State or Delaware State, they were in two battles

1179
01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:47,360
Speaker 4: with South Carolina State which they split.

1180
01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:49,880
Speaker 1: Delaware State they completely handled, but.

1181
01:01:49,880 --> 01:01:52,680
Speaker 4: Delaware State split with you South Carolina State, So I

1182
01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:54,480
Speaker 4: think that's more of a coin flip and who gets

1183
01:01:54,480 --> 01:01:56,880
Speaker 4: out of there. And as they said at seventeen to one,

1184
01:01:56,960 --> 01:01:59,280
Speaker 4: I think because of their backcourt, they could get Red

1185
01:01:59,320 --> 01:02:02,600
Speaker 4: Hot Smith, a Philly kid, went out to Bishop McDevitt

1186
01:02:02,680 --> 01:02:05,760
Speaker 4: and then d two Westchester. He ends up landing at

1187
01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:08,960
Speaker 4: Delaware State, and he has been a flamethrower from deep

1188
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:11,760
Speaker 4: thirty seven percent from long range eighteen three and three

1189
01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:14,720
Speaker 4: per game. And when you you know, pair him up

1190
01:02:14,760 --> 01:02:18,120
Speaker 4: with Martees Robinson. Really interesting team that plays fast and

1191
01:02:18,120 --> 01:02:20,960
Speaker 4: can score. Fundamentally, they're all over the place in terms

1192
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:23,160
Speaker 4: of turnovers, rebounds, defense. They don't bring a lot to

1193
01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:25,000
Speaker 4: the table, but just in terms of putting the ball

1194
01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:26,960
Speaker 4: in the basket, you could do worse than the Hornets

1195
01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:29,840
Speaker 4: at seventeen to one. Back to Norfolk State for a second.

1196
01:02:29,880 --> 01:02:31,600
Speaker 4: Brian Moore junior, he's going to be in the running

1197
01:02:31,600 --> 01:02:32,880
Speaker 4: to be the player of the year in this conference.

1198
01:02:32,920 --> 01:02:35,440
Speaker 4: He's an awesome combo guard nineteen a game and he

1199
01:02:35,480 --> 01:02:38,280
Speaker 4: can actually shoot from downtown. Talking to these two conferences,

1200
01:02:38,320 --> 01:02:41,240
Speaker 4: nobody can shoot. He makes forty two percent of his triples.

1201
01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:43,880
Speaker 4: But Robert Jones knows that the rest of the team

1202
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:47,160
Speaker 4: cannot shoot, so they focus, they hunt those two pointers.

1203
01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:49,560
Speaker 4: It's why they're twenty second in the country in terms

1204
01:02:49,600 --> 01:02:52,680
Speaker 4: of shooting percentage overall because they take like fifteen threes

1205
01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:54,800
Speaker 4: that's it for the entire game, So most of them

1206
01:02:54,840 --> 01:02:57,160
Speaker 4: are being taken by Moore Junior, which is fine, but

1207
01:02:57,240 --> 01:02:59,440
Speaker 4: the rest of the time they're attacking the rim. They

1208
01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:01,800
Speaker 4: get to the line a lot, and as I laid out,

1209
01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:03,680
Speaker 4: you know, this is a top team on their world.

1210
01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:04,480
Speaker 1: We know how to win.

1211
01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:08,440
Speaker 4: Finally, in terms of what they do defensively, they play

1212
01:03:08,520 --> 01:03:10,680
Speaker 4: at the seventeenth highest clip in terms of rolling out

1213
01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:13,120
Speaker 4: his own defense in the country, and for the majority

1214
01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:15,800
Speaker 4: of the season they didn't get burned. I'm really hoping here.

1215
01:03:15,800 --> 01:03:17,560
Speaker 4: I gotta hold my breath a little bit because I

1216
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:20,080
Speaker 4: think Jones is just stubborn and he's gonna stick with it.

1217
01:03:20,120 --> 01:03:22,280
Speaker 4: I mean, this is his twelfth year leading the Spartans.

1218
01:03:22,320 --> 01:03:24,560
Speaker 4: He's a three time coach of the Year in this conference.

1219
01:03:24,560 --> 01:03:26,439
Speaker 4: I don't think he's going to change his stripes now,

1220
01:03:26,680 --> 01:03:28,560
Speaker 4: but he's just going to say, beat me from long range.

1221
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:30,680
Speaker 4: And a lot of these teams aren't capable. They have

1222
01:03:30,760 --> 01:03:32,240
Speaker 4: been in the last two weeks a little bit of

1223
01:03:32,280 --> 01:03:34,120
Speaker 4: a mini skid lead in the season. They lost too

1224
01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:36,960
Speaker 4: in their last four games. But I think it'll return

1225
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:39,120
Speaker 4: to the mean and the Spartans will get back to

1226
01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:39,720
Speaker 4: the big dance.

1227
01:03:41,800 --> 01:03:45,440
Speaker 2: I pick South Carolina State, but that was a great breakdown.

1228
01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:49,440
Speaker 2: I'm actually excited to watch A dollar of State has

1229
01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:51,320
Speaker 2: been fun to watch. I've watched some of their games

1230
01:03:51,320 --> 01:03:55,040
Speaker 2: this year, so yeah, they can certainly get hot. I'm

1231
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:56,840
Speaker 2: going with South Carolina State to get it done, but

1232
01:03:58,200 --> 01:03:59,560
Speaker 2: I hope we do get a South klint of State

1233
01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:02,960
Speaker 2: Norfolk rematch in the title game. I did promise everyone

1234
01:04:03,120 --> 01:04:07,400
Speaker 2: a quick look at the AAC with the brackets and

1235
01:04:07,440 --> 01:04:09,760
Speaker 2: odds out. I ended up playing U A B plus

1236
01:04:09,840 --> 01:04:14,439
Speaker 2: seven fifty North Texas opened plus A plus two hundred.

1237
01:04:15,880 --> 01:04:17,440
Speaker 2: We Jim and I talked about this. Yes, I think

1238
01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:19,320
Speaker 2: North Texas the best shot to be Memphis because they'll

1239
01:04:19,320 --> 01:04:23,080
Speaker 2: slow the game down. UAB just can't get stops, and

1240
01:04:23,720 --> 01:04:25,600
Speaker 2: Memphis can play their game and they're just a little

1241
01:04:25,600 --> 01:04:29,160
Speaker 2: bit more talented. They swept U A B during the

1242
01:04:29,160 --> 01:04:32,200
Speaker 2: regular season, but Memphis could get picked off before the finals.

1243
01:04:32,360 --> 01:04:34,080
Speaker 2: We saw that last year. They're the team that this

1244
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:36,120
Speaker 2: isn't a team that's not prone to upsets. They're already

1245
01:04:36,120 --> 01:04:38,320
Speaker 2: in the tournament. They can get picked off. Who knows

1246
01:04:38,360 --> 01:04:40,600
Speaker 2: which Dot State or Florida Atlantic or TU Lane in

1247
01:04:40,640 --> 01:04:43,480
Speaker 2: their zone. The price discrepancy between you A B and

1248
01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:45,680
Speaker 2: North Texas was just too much for me. That's a

1249
01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:47,800
Speaker 2: both teams win that's a that's basically a coin flip

1250
01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:51,040
Speaker 2: game to me. In both games this regular season were

1251
01:04:51,080 --> 01:04:54,880
Speaker 2: coin flips. Uab's defense has been markedly worse than last year,

1252
01:04:54,880 --> 01:04:56,200
Speaker 2: but it's basically the same team, and by the way,

1253
01:04:56,240 --> 01:05:00,400
Speaker 2: the same team last year won this tournament. They can

1254
01:05:00,440 --> 01:05:03,280
Speaker 2: they lock in and play defense. They have arguably one

1255
01:05:03,320 --> 01:05:09,280
Speaker 2: of the best players in the tournament in Big Yaks.

1256
01:05:09,320 --> 01:05:12,240
Speaker 2: I think he's one of what is he one of

1257
01:05:13,320 --> 01:05:16,160
Speaker 2: two players in the country. They think he's one of

1258
01:05:16,240 --> 01:05:17,880
Speaker 2: two players in the country to lead their team in

1259
01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:20,800
Speaker 2: all five stat categories. I think it's him and Cooper

1260
01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:30,000
Speaker 2: Flag and he's one of two players averaging fifteen, ten

1261
01:05:30,080 --> 01:05:33,320
Speaker 2: and three. The other is Broom. Those are the two

1262
01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:36,800
Speaker 2: Player the Year candidates among the most like if you

1263
01:05:36,800 --> 01:05:41,520
Speaker 2: look at Evan Meya, the most like indispensable players in

1264
01:05:41,560 --> 01:05:49,440
Speaker 2: the country. I think Big Yaks Lindeborg is sixth and

1265
01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:52,640
Speaker 2: in both games against Memphis he was in major foul trouble.

1266
01:05:52,840 --> 01:05:54,600
Speaker 2: He picked up his fourth with like eighteen to go

1267
01:05:55,040 --> 01:05:57,600
Speaker 2: in their home game. Part of that is the physicality

1268
01:05:57,640 --> 01:06:00,240
Speaker 2: of danger. So if it is you abe Memphis, they'll

1269
01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:02,600
Speaker 2: have to get a decent whistle. But I couldn't get

1270
01:06:02,640 --> 01:06:05,160
Speaker 2: there with a discrepancy. Now, I will say East Carolina

1271
01:06:05,160 --> 01:06:07,600
Speaker 2: and UTSA, the winner of that game won't be easy,

1272
01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:10,720
Speaker 2: and they both profile as like interesting long shots. Like

1273
01:06:10,760 --> 01:06:14,360
Speaker 2: I thought about UTSA one hundred to one, they just

1274
01:06:14,480 --> 01:06:17,320
Speaker 2: they should their way under seated. They blow so many

1275
01:06:17,440 --> 01:06:19,680
Speaker 2: leads this year it's incredible. I mean they'd be up.

1276
01:06:19,840 --> 01:06:20,520
Speaker 2: They've won like.

1277
01:06:20,440 --> 01:06:22,120
Speaker 3: Twenty point leads up with eight to go.

1278
01:06:23,200 --> 01:06:25,240
Speaker 2: They had complete meltdowns in the final minute, which is

1279
01:06:25,240 --> 01:06:26,680
Speaker 2: crazy because they don't turn it over and they're good

1280
01:06:26,680 --> 01:06:30,120
Speaker 2: at the foul line. But they're interesting. East Carolina also

1281
01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:33,760
Speaker 2: has a ton of talent and upside. The problem is

1282
01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:37,080
Speaker 2: UTSA lost their center to an injury earli in the year,

1283
01:06:37,080 --> 01:06:39,880
Speaker 2: which really capped their upside. Lindenboorg should just eat them

1284
01:06:39,920 --> 01:06:43,880
Speaker 2: up inside. So I couldn't quite get there, but they're

1285
01:06:43,920 --> 01:06:45,600
Speaker 2: both either one of those scenes would be a little

1286
01:06:45,600 --> 01:06:48,680
Speaker 2: scary if you AV doesn't lock in and play defense.

1287
01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:51,240
Speaker 2: But I think if it's U A B in North Texas,

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Speaker 2: it's basically a coin flip. So I had to take

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Speaker 2: the plus seven to fifty there, all right, that'll do it. All.

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Speaker 2: Thirty one conference tournaments are in the bag. Now it's

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Speaker 2: time to hopefully bring home some winners. Thank you to

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Speaker 2: everybody who helped me get this done or the past week,

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Speaker 2: Greg Mike, Jim Kai Matt will not be thanking Tanner

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Speaker 2: after us ums Lowell's performance, just not get to thank

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Speaker 2: you our producers. Most importantly all of you the listeners

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Speaker 2: appreciate all the support. It's the best time of the year.

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Speaker 2: This is the best betting week of the year, with

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Speaker 2: NonStop action starting tomorrow Tuesday. Although the Tuesday is always

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Speaker 2: like you get really excited and Tuesday's just like the worst,

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Speaker 2: the worst games. I'm looking at the schedule, it's like,

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Speaker 2: oh god, so there will be some vely basketball tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: but then from Wednesday to Sunday leading up to the

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Speaker 2: bracket nothing better. And then you're like, wow, what a week.

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Speaker 2: And then a couple days later you have the best

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Speaker 2: weekend in all of sports for my money. So it's

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Speaker 2: a great time of the year. Thanks to everyone who

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Speaker 2: helped me with these podcasts with all the preparation, thanks

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Speaker 2: to everyone who listened, Thanks to our producers, to a

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Speaker 2: ton of work in the back end, and again thanks

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Speaker 2: to all of you. Make sure you scratch our friends

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Speaker 2: on enemy. We'll be back to Sunday Night. Bracket reaction

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Speaker 2: show will be released on this podcast and then throughout

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Speaker 2: the week leading up to the games. Good luck on

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Speaker 2: all of your wages. We'll catch you all over the weekend.

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Speaker 5: Cheers.

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