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Speaker 3: Here we are final hour of the program on a

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Speaker 3: beautiful Thursday night. Appreciate y'all hanging out with us here

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Speaker 3: on Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with Me

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Speaker 3: Mike Harmon. Yeah, I'm atop the leader board in the

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Speaker 3: bracket challenge.

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Speaker 4: I'm not too far behind the No I'm.

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Speaker 3: Look, it all goes to hell if Iowa State loses

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Speaker 3: for me. So really a lot on the Cyclones that

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Speaker 3: they can join the Hawkeys in the Elite eight. Arnie

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Speaker 3: Span You're in for Jason Smith tonight. You hear Arnie

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Speaker 3: on Sunday Nights alongside Chris Plank. I notice you're you're

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Speaker 3: not imparting too much betting knowledge on me just yet

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Speaker 3: or yelling at me meaning one well, I mean just

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Speaker 3: generally screaming at me for things I'm saying.

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Speaker 4: Well, we're talking gambling. Big move in the Elite eight

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Speaker 4: games on Saturday already, my Arizona Wildcats opened up as

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Speaker 4: a five and a half point favorite over Purdue. Immediately

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Speaker 4: jumped up to six and a half now over Purdue.

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Speaker 4: So people, somebody you put down, no nothing that push

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Speaker 4: exactly over under a one fifty two. And in the

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Speaker 4: Illinois Iowa game, Illinois a six and a half point

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Speaker 4: favorite in that one, and there's been no change over

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Speaker 4: the latest coming in. But Arizona went from five and

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Speaker 4: a half to six and a half. Be a good game.

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Speaker 4: I mean Purdues, get that Oscar Clump guy. He'll go

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Speaker 4: up against Smoke Crevas. They've got two good guards, they

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Speaker 4: should the three poorter Weather, good defensive team. I think

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Speaker 4: we're better. Hopefully we went and get to the to

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Speaker 4: the final four.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean we go through the paces of the season.

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Speaker 3: The presumptive run for your Wildcats going all the way

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Speaker 3: we expect this team.

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Speaker 5: To be there at the end.

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Speaker 3: You look at the boiler Makers and we talked coaching

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Speaker 3: a little bit earlier in the program. For those that

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Speaker 3: missed it, by get the podcast while we're done, go

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Speaker 3: and grab that talk about some of the coaches with

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Speaker 3: more skin in the game, longer teeth, whatever you want

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Speaker 3: to say, grayer hair, and the Matt Painter. Matt Painters

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Speaker 3: kind of talking about his love of the game and

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Speaker 3: the process and everything else, but also pointing out he

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Speaker 3: was asked about the Miami Ohio situation specifically as you

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Speaker 3: scheduling and you know how they their methodology look nine

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Speaker 3: straight years they've been a top four seed. He goes,

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Speaker 3: I like the metrics that we use and how we schedule.

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Speaker 3: There's always gonna be some teams that you're gonna miss,

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Speaker 5: And he goes, we've been able to do that for

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that does that mean a little bit of risk

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Speaker 4: That you don't always want to play pat season's that's

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Speaker 5: Oh, but that's just it.

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Speaker 3: You're trying to find that balance right in your non

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Speaker 4: No, Arizona played one of the most daunting non conference

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Speaker 3: You have the Duke, Michigan, and Arizona your top three.

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Speaker 4: What game are you looking forward to most tomorrow? Which one?

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Speaker 4: I mean obviously Saint John's and Dukes. All the people

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Speaker 3: But it's captivating in a number of ways. Right, you

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Speaker 4: Big story, quick story about John Shire. When I was

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Speaker 4: I went to the game, went into the locker room,

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Speaker 4: I got a story that they were going to the

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Speaker 5: How about that?

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Speaker 4: So I went across the street, I went to the game.

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Speaker 4: Who do you think the big star was for Glenn

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Speaker 4: Brook North that year? John Shire, my friend, That guy

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Speaker 4: could score. I saw I heard that guy score eighteen

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Speaker 4: That guy was one of the best shooters you'll ever

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Speaker 4: Just for you. I'm thinking about naming my new dog

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Speaker 4: evanston Evan for short. That could be the nickname. There

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Speaker 4: we got a new dog on the horizon. I did

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Speaker 4: see that on the on the yellow legal pads you

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Speaker 3: Though, I actually thought something was wrong with you this morning,

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Speaker 3: showing up at least twenty four hours early.

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Speaker 4: I hadn't done two days before. I just didn't want

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Speaker 3: Earlier, you might giving me some inspired notions by which

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Speaker 3: to either yell at Jason Smith or Jared Yester. Right right, Instead,

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Speaker 3: and I breathed a sigh of relief. I go, all right,

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Speaker 3: my guy's still good.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, but we were gonna name the dog Evanston.

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Speaker 4: I was gonna name the dog Harmon.

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Speaker 5: That's nothing to stop you from doing.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, exactly. But well my wife wants the name

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Speaker 4: of Hot Coco, so I gotta put my foot down

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Speaker 5: That's good.

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Speaker 3: Well, maybe I I come and visit you in two weeks.

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Speaker 3: I'll be out of East Coach with my kid. Well,

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Speaker 3: we'll see if we can't, you know, try to push

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Speaker 3: the narrative and I'll train the dog to respond to

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Speaker 3: my name. But no, I mean, the Saint John's Duke

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Speaker 3: game has just so much pageantry to it. Love or

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Speaker 3: going back to what we talked about earlier, the fact

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Speaker 5: But now you look at Go Ahead.

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Speaker 4: I think I think more people are excited about Michigan

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Speaker 4: State Yukon with Hurley and Iszo well.

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Speaker 5: No, sure, right, that's the next iteration.

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Speaker 3: Right, we saw Hurley versus Cronin and now you get

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Speaker 3: seventy one career tournament wins. He's still forty away from Skrzyzewski. Wow,

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Speaker 3: history and dominance. And Kky's been now been retired a

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Speaker 3: Danny Hurley again, people love him or they don't. Right,

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Speaker 4: How come his name's coming up and all the coaching

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Speaker 4: rumors out there, you know, we heard it for the Lakers,

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Speaker 3: He showed up a little further down the board from

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Speaker 3: And I'm sure you and Torres have talked about this

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Speaker 3: I I mean, there's no more decorated program when you

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Speaker 3: what Hurley's been able to do, You're you're talking about,

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Speaker 3: uh for the at least this century. If they're not

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Speaker 3: the best program there their metal stand, right, why are

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Speaker 4: Well, you if you're if you're into the history, if

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Speaker 4: like the Bennett from Santa Clara that wants to try

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Speaker 4: something new, though in his age, I think he just

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Speaker 4: wants to go to a Power five conference. I think

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Speaker 4: that's the big difference there.

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Speaker 3: You look at the the timelines and processes that each

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Speaker 3: test their wares and the pros. Right, we certainly are

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Speaker 5: bad intel?

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Speaker 3: Guys that go into the transfer portal thinking they've got

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Speaker 3: mean your Dolphins is what you're over under, like four wins.

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Speaker 4: I think it is.

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Speaker 5: Getting traded before the draft until No.

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Speaker 4: They redid his contracts, so I think he's he'll be

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Speaker 4: So I'm still have high hopes out there. I don't

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Speaker 4: The concussions and you never knew what he was gonna

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Speaker 4: get hurt And look, I like Wattle, but we did

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Speaker 3: No, there's no question about that. I mean, come on now,

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Speaker 4: He's a very good receiver that's certainly gonna help Denver.

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Speaker 4: That was a good move by Denver to pick him.

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Speaker 3: Up, A nice piece to add alongside Courtland Sutton, no

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Speaker 4: Michigan's that you caught is a close number two. And

439
00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,000
Speaker 4: let's not sleep on Alabama Michigan, which is gonna be

440
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:15,359
Speaker 4: a great.

441
00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, Alabama Michigan because Alabama. Again, we're talking about the

442
00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,520
Speaker 3: coaching carousel and and seeing which of these teams that

443
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,720
Speaker 3: are playing now may may have to worry about retaining

444
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:29,800
Speaker 3: their coach. Right a loss here sweet sixteen, that's all

445
00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,560
Speaker 3: fine and good, but it's not making it to the

446
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,800
Speaker 3: up the hill like your Arizona Wildcats. You were talking

447
00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,520
Speaker 3: about greatness and what a year it was. You're still

448
00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,040
Speaker 3: gonna be mad if if it ends before a title.

449
00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,640
Speaker 3: You can't tell me, oh, that was a great year, right.

450
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,119
Speaker 3: You might say that, you know while you're you know,

451
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,359
Speaker 3: biting your lip because you you're told that that's what

452
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,360
Speaker 3: you're supposed to say. But behind the scenes, you're punching,

453
00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,399
Speaker 3: you know, a pillow, You're you're going down to the

454
00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,440
Speaker 3: gym and pounding out a few.

455
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,160
Speaker 4: That's because of the Yeah, but they're the second favorite though.

456
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 4: That's why I'd be a little disappointed. Let's remember Duke, Michigan,

457
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,040
Speaker 4: Arizona all very close in the top trade.

458
00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,560
Speaker 3: They were the three teams that far and away from

459
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,240
Speaker 3: a rating standpoint coming out of the regular season, were

460
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:19,880
Speaker 3: that far ahead of the past, and they.

461
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,440
Speaker 4: Have as good as chances Arizona's winning too. Matter of fact,

462
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:26,040
Speaker 4: Arizona's gonna have to play Michigan on that first semi

463
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,720
Speaker 4: final once we get by Purdue, so you know, one

464
00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,280
Speaker 4: of them's got to lose. One of them's got to go.

465
00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:31,639
Speaker 4: By the way.

466
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 3: I notice you said when instead of if, Yeah.

467
00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,800
Speaker 4: It's a done deal from now on. Manzi's gonna put

468
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,000
Speaker 4: that in the updates Arizona over Purdue.

469
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 5: That it's just done and done done deal. Yeah, yeah,

470
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,560
Speaker 5: I don't know that she's taping out days ahead.

471
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 4: You could do that, though. I think they'd like.

472
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,120
Speaker 5: Well, I mean I think some people do.

473
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,200
Speaker 3: I think that has that has become a common practice

474
00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,800
Speaker 3: for some folks. Not really how we operate here, uh,

475
00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 3: from these desks here or Smith and I you know,

476
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,680
Speaker 3: certainly you Arenie Spaniard.

477
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,440
Speaker 4: I do wonder you know how they say gambling helps

478
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,200
Speaker 4: the NFL. I'm wondering how much this whole bracket thing

479
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,600
Speaker 4: helps the popularity of college basketball. And if we didn't

480
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,560
Speaker 4: have the brackets, then what would happen to the popularity

481
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 4: and how many people would be watching in March?

482
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 5: Well, I mean that's the curiosity, right, Every year we

483
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:26,879
Speaker 5: see some of these Challenger and Christmas the Great Research Firm,

484
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:32,920
Speaker 5: and what they put out. According to the American Gaming Association,

485
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:40,359
Speaker 5: it's an estimate three point three billion dollars legally, so

486
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,320
Speaker 5: imagine the shadow money on top of it.

487
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:43,000
Speaker 4: That's amazing?

488
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,399
Speaker 5: Is that double triple? What that? I mean, that's a

489
00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:47,160
Speaker 5: lot of money right.

490
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,600
Speaker 3: Clearly you're talking licensed, state regulated sports books So that's

491
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:57,119
Speaker 3: about forty states and DC. Still nothing in California and

492
00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:01,280
Speaker 3: a couple of other large states. But a lot of

493
00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 3: folks that we know certainly are getting their wagers in,

494
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,720
Speaker 3: whether it's the quick run to the Nevada border or whatever.

495
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 4: I like bet I like the bet on it better

496
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,159
Speaker 4: than the Super Bowl, even though I like betting on

497
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,280
Speaker 4: props in the Super Bowl. People love betting on March Bad.

498
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,960
Speaker 4: Its was the games of so many and they're fast

499
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 4: and furious. You have a lot of upsets. It's just

500
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 4: and they started the nine o'clock in the morning on

501
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:26,360
Speaker 4: the West coast, but.

502
00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:26,760
Speaker 5: That's just it.

503
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,800
Speaker 3: Right the the opening weekend, it's changed. Jared Smith and

504
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,440
Speaker 3: I were talking about that a little bit yesterday. Lives

505
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,960
Speaker 3: out in Vegas. You hear him on Countdown on Saturday Jars.

506
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:41,320
Speaker 3: So it's the idea of it's Vegas is morphing and changing.

507
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:41,920
Speaker 5: Right.

508
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,400
Speaker 3: If you are going to a sports book, the old

509
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,359
Speaker 3: rule of thumb was, and I think it's still tried

510
00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 3: and true. If you're a horse better, you're gonna get

511
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,560
Speaker 3: taken care of because there's money flowing in and you

512
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 3: can sit there and they'll profit off of especially if

513
00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 3: you're running multiple tracks and set so you'll get your

514
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 3: preferential seating for the books. But it's long been a

515
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,960
Speaker 3: tradition for folks to filter into the sports books in

516
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 3: Vegas and you have the roar of that crowd with

517
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,440
Speaker 3: every bucket, all the prop betting, all of those fun things.

518
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 4: I like the Calcutta. Do you know the Calcutta? You

519
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:18,160
Speaker 4: ever heard of that?

520
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 5: I don't know. The Calcutta where you get.

521
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 4: Together with a bunch of guys and you bid on

522
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 4: teams that you want and you get paid as far

523
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,720
Speaker 4: as they go into the third Like if you took

524
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,600
Speaker 4: high Point, they won a game, so you made money

525
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 4: on high Point. You know what I mean?

526
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,080
Speaker 5: Okay, so you it's open auction for all sixty.

527
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 4: Yes, you bid, like to buy Duke. I'm just if

528
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 4: it's a high end one. To buy Duke costs like

529
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,199
Speaker 4: one hundred thousand dollars, but to buy high Point was

530
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,440
Speaker 4: probably eight thousand dollars or something.

531
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,440
Speaker 3: So is this one like in a fantasy draft where

532
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,440
Speaker 3: everybody's got the same No, you go, you gotta pay

533
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 3: real money.

534
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,679
Speaker 4: You gotta you gotta pay. Like when I say one

535
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,440
Speaker 4: hundred thousand, that means if you and I are partners.

536
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,399
Speaker 4: You gotta cut me a check for fifty thous We're.

537
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,280
Speaker 5: Done, all right, Yeah, I'll see in hell with that

538
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:03,320
Speaker 5: kind of thing.

539
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 4: That's that's not monopoly, buddy. That's that's why you gotta

540
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 4: have bore.

541
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,640
Speaker 3: Than because I know there's certainly been others where it's

542
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,879
Speaker 3: the luck of the draw and here's your no, no, no,

543
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 3: and everybody into a pool and it's like, oh great,

544
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,639
Speaker 3: I got high point. You get a do I at

545
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 3: least get one of those steak dinners that they advertise

546
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:22,120
Speaker 3: on campus.

547
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 5: I get them in my pool.

548
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 4: No, you have to come up with the catch. That's

549
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 4: why most people get like four or five guys on

550
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 4: their team. Uh, to minimize the cost a.

551
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 3: Little okay, like certainly like buying into some of the

552
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,199
Speaker 3: high end yes, exact contest over the course of a year.

553
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 5: Okay, Well that's an interesting I never heard calcul.

554
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,720
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, that's what they do. And I love it, though,

555
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,720
Speaker 4: I you know, I like it's just a little too

556
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 4: pricey for me.

557
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:47,879
Speaker 5: Well, I mean you always tell me how rich you are.

558
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I do that all the time.

559
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,159
Speaker 3: You know, the multiple houses, the cars, I'll.

560
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:55,919
Speaker 4: Just clay traving.

561
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:57,680
Speaker 3: Why why do you Why, why do you got to

562
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 3: do that? Why you pocket watching? You're already said you're

563
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,400
Speaker 3: taking over his show too.

564
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,439
Speaker 4: Yeah, well that's only if Arizona loss.

565
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 5: I mean there's still a couple more opportunities in this tournament.

566
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, well, I feel good against Purdue. I'm not worried

567
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,080
Speaker 4: about them as much. The Michigan game is gonna be

568
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 4: a real tough one, but no, I'm not right now Duke.

569
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 4: For tomorrow's games, Duke is a six and a half

570
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,679
Speaker 4: point favorite, Michigan up to eight and a half, Yukon

571
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 4: only one and a half over Michigan State. Iowa State's

572
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 4: still holding it three and a half. So I'm wondering

573
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 4: why a lot of people didn't throw a lot of

574
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 4: money on Tennessee with that injury going on the Iowa State.

575
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 3: Well, because he's been hurt the whole time. So it's

576
00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 3: all right, but it's already baked in. It's baked in

577
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 3: by baked well, but it's baked in differently, right, It's

578
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 3: been baked in that he wasn't gonna play.

579
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 5: Like the assumption is he's out.

580
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 4: I know that, but I mean, if if he's really

581
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 4: out and he's the second best scorer on the team.

582
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 4: You think people would be betting Tennessee handover fist for something?

583
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 5: No? No, but how many how many times have you

584
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,160
Speaker 5: talked to Todd Ferban during.

585
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,960
Speaker 4: No, it's basically but if he was playing and he

586
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 4: wasn't hurt, the line would have been four and a

587
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 4: half instead of three and a half. So what's the

588
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 4: big deal?

589
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm saying I had four on my board here,

590
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 3: Michigan nine and a half. Yeah, Illinois is seven point

591
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 3: favorite over Iowa and your Arizona Wildcats at least where

592
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 3: I'm looking six point favorites one fifty two to the total.

593
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:21,680
Speaker 4: Who had dropped a little bit?

594
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, so not exactly looking for barn burners there. Michigan

595
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 3: State Yukon one thirty four and a half for tomorrow.

596
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 4: Low scoring one. I would you know it's gonna be

597
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,960
Speaker 4: a low scoring one, don't. I don't think Yukon could

598
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 4: go and push it against them. Michigan State plays such

599
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 4: great defense. Jeez, that's gonna be a good one. That's

600
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 4: a tough one.

601
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 3: And then he got a guy running around. His name

602
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 3: is Fears for Crying out lone. Yeah, what makes money

603
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 3: at box office?

604
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 5: Horror films.

605
00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 3: Why low budget, high return, And that was one of

606
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 3: the picks I gave out. I was Michigan State because

607
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 3: the worst fear of Danny Hurley were confirmed as Michigan

608
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 3: State pulls the narrow upset. But it's good to have

609
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:10,600
Speaker 3: the classic blue blood legacy, whatever term you want to use,

610
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 3: names the top. It's something Jason Smith and I have

611
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 3: talked about here on the show quite a bit. Arnie,

612
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 3: your Arizona Wildcats. I think back to those years with

613
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 3: Loud Olson behind the bench and all of those guys,

614
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 3: Michael Wright and those squads, with Luke Walton, meeting those

615
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 3: guys when they were playing, when they were coming to Stanford,

616
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 3: when I was living up in the Bay Area and

617
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 3: having some conversations as they were heading to the bus. So,

618
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 3: you know, some some fond memories of that era of

619
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 3: college basketball that we get to renew a little bit,

620
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,920
Speaker 3: right with Michigan State still rolling through with Purdue, Gene

621
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 3: Katie was showing up and you know, Michigan State go

622
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:51,480
Speaker 3: back to jud Heathcote.

623
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Speaker 5: It's all good stuff.

624
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 4: By the way, the Michigan State Yukon game in Washington,

625
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 4: d C. That's that's the tip off. Till nine, which

626
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 4: means past ten o'clock it will tip off out. Okay,

627
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 4: I mean that's so late.

628
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 5: What you got to do early on a Saturday morning?

629
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 5: You go?

630
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 4: They got to play at ten o'clock tip off also, so.

631
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 3: They'll get over it. What are you, Mick cronin? Oh, someone,

632
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 3: think of the children.

633
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 4: Think of the kids.

634
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 3: Children, Think of that guy getting paid three million dollars

635
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 3: to play point guard. Think of the children.

636
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 4: Think of them. Ten o'clock at night, it's too late.

637
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 4: What about the fans?

638
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 3: All the fans again, I'm assuming if you're ponying up

639
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 3: the expenses, whether it's by playing by train, by automobile,

640
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 3: plus tickets to the to the show as it were,

641
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 3: you're not worried about when it kicks off, just so

642
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 3: long as it does.

643
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 4: But by the way, just one quick though. When you

644
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,400
Speaker 4: said tickets, I know we never talk hockey. My kid

645
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 4: wants to go to the Sabers playoff game in Buffalo

646
00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 4: because it's been so long since they made the playoffs.

647
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 4: Guess how much your ticket was? Ten thousand dollars. No,

648
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 4: come on, I'm not kidding.

649
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 5: Getting ten thousand dollars.

650
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:11,600
Speaker 4: He showed it to me, he sent it to me.

651
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 5: No, that's me. He's trying for the exactly he's trying

652
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 5: to get ice time.

653
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 4: No, no, have to play for them. I'm gonna I

654
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 4: have to send it to you. I'll have to go.

655
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 5: There's no chance in hell. It's ten thousand dollars.

656
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 4: He sent me the the slip of it. But I'll

657
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 4: send it.

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Speaker 5: From the Onion Army.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I was gonna say, you're getting one of those fugazy laks.

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Speaker 5: No, your son does the same things you.

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Speaker 4: I got it right here, dad, I'm gonna need your

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Speaker 4: credit card.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, ten grand.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, here's here's my credit card number. Yeah, I've said

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Speaker 4: it to you right now.

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Speaker 5: Dude, she's hot.

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Speaker 4: Ten thousand cop Is.

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Speaker 5: He hanging out of the only fans? Like, what are

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Speaker 5: we doing?

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Speaker 4: Section one sixteen Road two see twenty one and twenty two.

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Speaker 3: Nine thousand Now no, no, no, there's a much different thing. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: there might be someone saying this, Hey, I'm gonna try

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Speaker 3: for ten grand because some guy's got.

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Speaker 5: A click click click, click click click. He wants the

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Speaker 5: section one hundred.

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Speaker 3: But you go up into the nosebleeds like we usually

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Speaker 3: get potentially bitten by a rat at the Chicago stadium.

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Speaker 3: You get in for twenty five hours. Come on, it'll

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Speaker 3: be a little more expensive. Vaping squirrels, Mike, vaping squirrels.

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Speaker 5: We got to talk about that. Sarks, cocaine, sharks, vaping squirrels,

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Speaker 5: I

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Speaker 2: Said, Man, you be sure to catch live editions of

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Speaker 2: The Jason Smith Show with Mike harmon weekdays at ten

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Speaker 2: pm Eastern seven pm Pacific