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It 21 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: still doesn't seem real like certain people, I just feel 22 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: like they were just always going to be in perpetuit, 23 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: like not thinking about mortality, but that they're always gonna 24 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: be around, right, Like Jack Llaane was always gonna be 25 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: around every When he was like ninety something years old, 26 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: they asked him, you know, healthy lifestyle. What do you 27 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: think about it? He goes, I can't die. That'd be 28 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: awful for my image, you know, because he was all 29 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: about health right. 30 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 3: And him, Keith Richards and Willie Nelson, I mean, they're 31 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 3: only triumvirate here. 32 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: Come on, man, I mean Chuck Norris is like, yeah, 33 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: he's okay, he's eighty six. We got Chuck Norris orother 34 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: twenty five years we're talking about Jasna have Chuck Norris? 35 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 4: Did you know Chuck Norris and Superman once arm wrestled, 36 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 4: they did know. The bet was that whoever lost would 37 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 4: have to wear his underwear over his pants forever. 38 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: You want another one, Jay, Sure, go ahead, T shirt. 39 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 5: Chuck Norris can eat just one laced potato chip. That 40 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 5: might be the greatest superpower his handle like get stuck 41 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 5: in the bag? What happened? 42 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: Uh? No, you know what? 43 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 2: I like? 44 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: I like this this one. This was one of my favorites. 45 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: Chuck Norris only needs one lick to get to the 46 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: center of a TUTSI. 47 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 5: Oh stop it. You know what my favorite one is? 48 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: Got? 49 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,239 Speaker 5: Chuck Norris once said the Mets suck? 50 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: How did I know? That's when you were? How did 51 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: I know? What? You know? 52 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 5: Hey, brevity is the soul of wit, you know, Jason? 53 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: Oh go good? You know what? Tight shirt? 54 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 2: What? 55 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 5: Chuck Norris once kicked a horse in the face. We 56 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 5: now call those animals giraffes. 57 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: That's better than the Mets one. 58 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 5: That's it? 59 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah, Well, Jason, ill leave you 60 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: with this, Okay. 61 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 2: Chuck Norris uses pepper spray to season his meat. 62 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: I can't get over how he just had this incredible 63 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: run of popularity in his sixties and seventies and eighties 64 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: where he didn't have to do anything. It's just people 65 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: would just randomly bring him up from time to time 66 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: just because, like he went from and this is what 67 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: I think, this is what all stars really want. Like 68 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: in their life, they go from I'm a star. But 69 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: when you're a star, you're beholden to continuing to do 70 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: things and being relevant because you need to keep doing 71 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: things for people. To still want to talk to you 72 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: and care who you are and put you in movies 73 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: and TV shows and buy your albums and all that 74 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. But there's the very rare star that 75 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: turns into a celebrity, cause that's different. Like being a 76 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: star is one thing, but being a celebrity is different. 77 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: When you are famous for being yourself, and it doesn't 78 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: matter if you're doing anything new, if you have a 79 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: new project, if you're in a movie, if you have 80 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: a new album, No people care whatever the hell it 81 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: is you're doing, because you have hit a level of 82 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: fame that very few people are at. You have become 83 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: a celebrity. And that's what happened to Chuck Norris. He 84 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 1: became a celebrity, didn't have to do anything. I'll just 85 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: wait for people to call me. I'll do a movie 86 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: now and again, I'll I'll do some kind of crazy 87 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: TV appearance. They'll make a meme out of it. Yeah, 88 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: that'll be got and and I'll still be top of 89 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: mind a few times a year ago. To become a 90 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: celebrity is like the biggest dream of anybody famous, where 91 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: now I don't have to worry about the pressure of 92 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: having another hit movie or having another hit album, and 93 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: people are all of a sudden on the where they 94 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: now list Like Chuck Norris became that kind of guy 95 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: just by being a celebrity. 96 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 5: He always bass. 97 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's just it, right. The reputation that history and 98 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 3: the legend grows. Right with all those action stars. You 99 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 3: have the Expendables part two, you have all the old 100 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 3: the old movies that your reference all over the place, 101 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 3: and Michigan agn and obviously Walker Texas Ranger became something 102 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 3: undo itself. 103 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, I. 104 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: Gotta be honest. I don't think I ever watched one 105 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: episode of I don't think I ever watched one episode 106 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: of Walker Texas Ranger. 107 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 3: If that's the truth, I don't know. If I'm sad, 108 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 3: I'm sadd. 109 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: I don't think I did Walker Texas Ranger, Simon and Simon. 110 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: I don't think I ever watched. 111 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 5: This appointment television j getting after it. 112 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: Absolutely. I don't know, man, that was that was. It 113 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: was in the early nineties. You know what when that started, 114 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: I was just out of college, so I was working 115 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: a lot, and I think I probably just missed it 116 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: and just never went back to it. 117 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, you were too. 118 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: I was trying to get my life started. Man. That 119 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: was when I just out of college and I was 120 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: trying to find places to live and stay and keep jobs. 121 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: Like you know, I don't know that. I don't know 122 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: what I was appointment television ing Walker Texas Ranger. 123 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 4: I mean, we're talking about a man that never made 124 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 4: a left turn because he was always right. 125 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: And he looked the same from nineteen ninety three up 126 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: until now. No, that is fair, he looked the same. 127 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: I and Christy Brinkley. How often did you see that? 128 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: You got the pocket fishermen with Pope Peel. Yeah, you 129 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: got Chuck Norris and Christy Brinkley. Get me, uh, get 130 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 1: me fit. Let's go. Chuck Norris eighty six years old, 131 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: rest in peace. We'll continue to have more tidbits and 132 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: factoids about his career throughout the show tonight. But look, 133 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 1: one of the big controversies in the NCAA tournament today 134 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: is absolutely silly and it's stupid and I can't believe 135 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: that people with check marks are actually talking about this 136 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: like it's a real thing. Like we can't enjoy anything 137 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: in this country anymore. Right, it's from it's positivity Friday, 138 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: I get it, But like, come on, man, So Villanova 139 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: loses earlier today, right they go home. They lose to 140 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: UTAs States an eight nine game. Remember this is not 141 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: your older brother's Villanova basketball team, where hey, Jay Wright 142 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: is winning national championships with everybody who's a star for 143 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: the Knicks right now. This is Kevin Willard early into 144 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: his run at Villanova. They had a good year this year, 145 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: eight seed, they get knocked out, but he has gone 146 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: viral for a very ridiculous reason. Just before halftime today 147 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: in a game against UTAs State, he was having trouble 148 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: keeping UTAs State out of the paint, and Lauren Shahati, 149 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: sideline reporter for the NCAA tournament, remember being announcement that 150 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: she got that gig before the tournament began, interviewed him about, hey, 151 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: how do you stop UTAs States? Biggs? What are you 152 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: gonna do? This is right before a time out when 153 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: he's gonna go talk to his team, And this is 154 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: the answer that Kevin Willard gave that went viral. 155 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 6: Sixteen pain points for Utah State, how do you keep 156 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 6: him out? I'm on fire staff because yeah, yeah I am. 157 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 6: Because we've given all eight points on not any of 158 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 6: bound defense. 159 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: So the only thing I'm gonna do is fire them 160 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: and get a new staff. All right, all right, now, 161 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: first of all, I love the fact that Lauren Shahati 162 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: went from you can't fire them now to oh, go 163 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: ahead and do it in like four seconds, like yeah, no, no, no, 164 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: oh yeah no, go ahead, yeah yeah, you fire them. Yeah. 165 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 3: Make sure you get that reaction shot when they're told 166 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 3: the awful news. 167 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, She's like the person in the meeting where they 168 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: you know, they go around the room, what do you think? 169 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: And she says no, and then the guy, the person 170 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: running the company says yes, and the person goes yese, 171 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: I agree, let's do it. Let's do whatever they said, Yes, 172 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: let's do it. Let's do it. Uh So Lauren Shahati 173 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: with the interview, and now this goes viral with Kevin Willard, 174 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna fire my staff, fire my staff. Okay, it's 175 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: kind of funny. 176 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 5: I'm gonna have to fire un I'm gonna have. 177 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: To fire you Kevin Willard. Then after the game was over, 178 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: Villanova loses by ten. In the press conference, he makes 179 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: another joke about firing his staff. He said, they asked 180 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: him about stopping them. You know, hey, the BIG's able 181 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: to do more, and he said, yeah, like I said, 182 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to fire my staff. And then this 183 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: is the line of questioning after and Kevin Rold's response 184 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: again this is following the game, and after a second 185 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: reference to firing his staff. 186 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 5: You you just mentioned making changes to your staff. 187 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: He gave a it's a joke. 188 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 7: And that's why I want to ask you about it. 189 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: The lesson you made it. 190 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 5: You gave an interview during the game, it went viral, 191 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 5: and you're being criticized pretty heavily online. 192 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: I don't care. Joke, Welcome to my life. 193 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 5: It's a joke. 194 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: If you're criticizing him, you're stupid. You're at You're just stupid, 195 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: and you're hateful and you want to make up a 196 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: controversy where there's none. Obviously, it's a joke. The guy's 197 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: not gonna come out there and say I'm firing my 198 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: staff unless he fires the staff tomorrow, then I take 199 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: it back. But he's not gonna do that. You know, 200 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,439 Speaker 1: he's making a joke. Now, was it a great joke? 201 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: And is some like Kevin Willard, who is the East 202 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: Coast version of Mick Cronin where they're both incredibly serious 203 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: and you can't tell when they're joking. Yeah, I understand 204 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: that it didn't go over well, but it's obvious the 205 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: guy's making a joke. I'm embarrassed for my Breathren In 206 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: the media, people with check marks are going, how would 207 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,199 Speaker 1: you say this about your coaches? How would you double 208 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: down on this? I'm like, you're just looking to create 209 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 1: clicks and and create some sort of attention for yourself, 210 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: and it's just so desperate and you look stupid because 211 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,079 Speaker 1: it's obvious the guy is joking. It's obvious he was 212 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: joking during the halftime. It's obviously he's joking after the game. 213 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: And I can't believe the line of question was you're 214 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: getting heavily criticized for it. What do you really think 215 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: it was? Man? If I was, I can't believe Willigon 216 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: just gonna have a walk off. I'm going, you know what, 217 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: You're just gonna write whatever the hell you want to write, 218 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: because you're all stupid. So I'm getting up and leaving, like, 219 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 1: I'm really surprised he didn't do that, because at that point, 220 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: you know you're not gonna win. When people want to 221 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: believe one thing about a storyline, they want to seize 222 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 1: on it. I mean, I can't believe anybody in their 223 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 1: right mind actually thinks he was talking about legitimately firing 224 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: his staff and throwing them under the bus. That's just dumb. Yeah, 225 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: I know. 226 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 3: The you still have the acrimony and the saltiness of 227 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 3: the Maryland folks and fans earlier this season went out 228 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 3: of their way to show up just to heckle him, 229 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 3: and that went viral a little bit. So you still 230 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 3: have some bad blood. So maybe the way that ended 231 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 3: means folks have their liking problem with Willard. They don't, 232 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 3: so maybe they just take it at face value. It's like, Wow, 233 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:32,199 Speaker 3: this guy's. 234 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 5: Just mean, and because remembery he was from all. 235 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 3: Reports he was ready to get an extension. And then 236 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 3: the ad that had hired him and who's been working 237 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 3: with undercover of nights, like, he gets a phone call saying, hey, 238 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 3: your guy left, Like, wait a minute, what? So all 239 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 3: of a sudden he scrambled like, all right, who's gonna 240 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 3: be in charge? 241 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: Now? 242 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,559 Speaker 3: Am I their guy? What am I doing? And eventually 243 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 3: the opportunity to go be the villanova coach happened. So 244 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 3: he goes and takes the job, and so the fallout 245 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 3: of that back in Maryland was not good and carried 246 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 3: over into this season, So there is a little bit 247 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 3: of that. But I think the mc crone in comparisons 248 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 3: apt like, depending on where you're at and how you're absorbing, 249 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 3: a mc cronin interview could be the funniest thing in 250 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 3: the world, could be the most tense going. Man, I 251 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 3: don't know how this guy's feeling right now, because it's 252 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 3: that dry right. Wait, in this case, it just did 253 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 3: not work. It did not resonate in that room. Maybe 254 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 3: people were legitimately afraid of him. Oh he said he's 255 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 3: gonna fire people, so maybe he really meant it. I 256 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 3: don't know, but certainly calling for anything beyond a wait 257 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 3: and see what would end like if he fires everybody, 258 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 3: this becomes really the most interesting thing ever. No, I 259 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 3: told you exactly what I was gonna do, but you 260 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 3: said it was a joke. 261 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, kind of funny how life works, isn't it. 262 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 3: And maybe it's all big gag, But in the interim, 263 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 3: it's a guy that that ran a line at halftime, 264 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 3: decided to double down and then realized it didn't land 265 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 3: and had to say no, no, come on, you understand it's 266 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 3: a joke. 267 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 5: Please. 268 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 3: Now, it would have helped if he'd laughed and been like, boy, 269 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 3: I guess I just don't have the sense of humor 270 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 3: that you guys do in the media or something to 271 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 3: that effect. 272 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 5: But it just stayed out there like a lead balloon. 273 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, look, him and Mick Cronin could have 274 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: a uh, they could have a Mic Crony, they could 275 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 1: have a mc kevin like a whole thing, like they're 276 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: they're the same person three thousand miles apart, Like you 277 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: you have them doing a doing a one off against 278 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 1: each other, like it would be they're the same person 279 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: three thousand miles apart. Yeah, when you're when you're someone 280 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: that that doesn't that's not known for jokes, you know, 281 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: sometimes your jokes aren't gonna go over flat. But that's irrelevant, man, 282 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: that This is just where you got to understand the guys. 283 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: Of course, making a joke, everybody gets it, except I 284 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: just want to be mad about something and say something. 285 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: I mean, really, I'm embarrassed for anybody who said that. 286 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 5: You can go coach your program that everything's a joke. 287 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 1: Where did he go coach that? Justin? 288 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know who had turn that around. 289 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: We may, we may not. 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So uh, we'll 346 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: get to a great way to solve this whole big 347 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: mid major dilemma in a few minutes in the NC Tournament. 348 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,640 Speaker 1: But now that the action has all been settled, we're 349 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: down to thirty two teams. Second round of the tournament 350 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 1: gets underweigh in about ten minutes, or I think when 351 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: they lay clear the court following Yukon's win. But one 352 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: game each of the next two days. If you said, Jason, 353 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: I'm gonna lock you in a room, you can only 354 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: see one college basketball game on Saturday and one game 355 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: on Sunday. What game would you pick? Okay, tomorrow I'm 356 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: going TCU and Duke because Duke could lose. 357 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 5: I get you. 358 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: The overall slate is a little bit better, little more 359 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: interesting on Sunday than Saturday. But that's just, you know, 360 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 1: the way of the tournament. But with teams winning and losing. 361 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 1: But Duke did not look good. TCU looked very good. 362 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: I'm not believing on Duke. 363 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 2: I don't. 364 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: I don't. You don't go from Hey, we barely hung 365 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,479 Speaker 1: on against a sixteen seed and now we're gonna run 366 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 1: rough shot over the tournament. Nah, when you have your 367 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,199 Speaker 1: star players saying, yeah, we thought it was gonna be 368 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: a cakewalk. Whoa, John Shire, what are you doing? Man? 369 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: I don't have a lot of confidence in Duke. They 370 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: could lose. Now, if you ask me how I think 371 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: tomorrow's game, I think Duke wins but TCU covers. But man, 372 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: I don't feel great about it. I do not feel 373 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: great about Duke winning this game, and I am sure 374 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 1: it's gonna be the next game that Duke will wind 375 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: up losing. But they could would lose tomorrow because TCU 376 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: is pretty good. They're a little bit there. They're a 377 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: little bit better all around obviously than Sienna is I 378 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: know that Duke is gonna probably have their that wits 379 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: about them a little bit more, but you know, I mean, look, 380 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: tc was gonna try to do the same things, right, 381 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: not let Duke get out and fast break and run 382 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: up and down the floor. And we saw if Sienna 383 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: could do it. TCU is a better basketball team. They 384 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 1: can If you ask me for one game tomorrow, I'm 385 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: watching that because Duke could lose. 386 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a couple of really good ones, a lot 387 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,959 Speaker 3: of big ten ones that stand out for my sensibilities, 388 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 3: including VCU Illinois right, VCU coming off that big second 389 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 3: half to take down North Carolina and all that we did. 390 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,439 Speaker 3: Go find the podcast. Plenty of content there for you. 391 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 3: Wherever you get your audio, send it to friends and family, 392 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 3: of course, and then you can send it to six 393 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 3: friends and so on and so on. But ILLINOI has 394 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 3: been fantastic and seems primed for a deep run. But 395 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 3: given what we saw on that second half of VCU, 396 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 3: wondering if they can carry that over and at least 397 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 3: make it a ballgame early where you know when you 398 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 3: never want to let them see a sweat And maybe 399 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 3: Illinois will have to a bit as this game extends. 400 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: Now, if you get to Sunday and say you can 401 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 1: only watch one game Sunday, I would sorry, can I 402 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: get two? But you're only gonna give me one? Really? Okay, 403 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 1: So there's that. Because Luca could score seventy. Luca could 404 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: score seventy. These are probably the first two of the 405 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: must see games of the NCAA tournament where everybody's interested, 406 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: everybody's watching, but it's like, Hey, I gotta make sure 407 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,640 Speaker 1: what time is this game on. I'm gonna go see 408 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: even more so than than Duke and T see you tomorrow. 409 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:38,959 Speaker 1: But these two games, right, and the first game I'm 410 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: gonna tell you is not my must see game. But 411 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: Saint John's in Kansas. I can't wait, right, I can't 412 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,679 Speaker 1: wait for that. I can't wait to see that the 413 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: Red Storm. You know how much I feel about them. Look, 414 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: they're gonna wind up beating Duke when they play when 415 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: when they meet next week Saint John's. It's a different 416 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: team from last year. Obviously, the first year with Patino 417 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 1: and all the expectations. 418 00:20:58,960 --> 00:20:59,159 Speaker 2: R J. 419 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: Lewis let them down. That's not gonna happen this year. 420 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: This is a much deeper team, a much more well 421 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 1: rounded team, and Saint John's Kansas is not a great 422 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: Kansas team. I expect Saint John's to win this game big. 423 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: But if you said to me, I can only watch 424 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 1: one game, I would say, someone will tell me what 425 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: Rick Patino was wearing, and I can watch my boyhood 426 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: team of Saint John's. Maybe on tape delay, but I 427 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 1: am on the I am on the TV at five 428 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: forty five sharp on Sunday for UCLA and Yukon. I 429 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: cannot wait to see this game. This is the most 430 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: must see of all the Mussy games in the NCAA 431 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 1: tournament so far. 432 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 3: You kind established as an early three and a half 433 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 3: point favorite in this one for UCLA. They played today 434 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 3: without bill Adeou nearly eighteen points per game. Out of 435 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 3: an abundance of caution and all of that kind of 436 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 3: fun content that we get. Why does everybody just say 437 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 3: out of a little bit, Why is it always an abundance. 438 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 5: Of It's an abundance a lot of. 439 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,679 Speaker 1: It to just say once, go hey, out of it. 440 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: Just a small amount of. 441 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 5: Cars, now a lot of it. Just show you how 442 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,400 Speaker 5: much it's weighing on our souls. 443 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: An abundance of caution, Like they want to say, hey, 444 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: we understand how big a deal this is. We're even 445 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,439 Speaker 1: being safer and smarter than you think we are. Like 446 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: everyth time saying offer an abundance of caution, I'm like, Oh, 447 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: this is someone who wants to let you know, hey, 448 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 1: I'm smarter than you are. I would like to say, hey, yeah, 449 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: we didn't think we needed them today, so a tiny 450 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: bit of caution and uh it worked out for us, 451 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: so we were okay. 452 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 5: Yeah, those are the two big games, no question about it. 453 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 3: But certainly Hurly against Cron And if we just had 454 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 3: them meet at center court and then played dozens, i'd 455 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 3: be good. I really want to see some sort of 456 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 3: controversy where they start drawing at each other really and 457 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 3: it might just be on and out of bounds. 458 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 1: I don't mean like a fight or something. I mean 459 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: just like a ball going out of bounds and they 460 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: just start absolutely losing it against each other. 461 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 5: That would be fun to watch. 462 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,120 Speaker 3: And then you'd be basically do that Mystery Science Theater 463 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 3: three thousand things where you'd start pretending you knew what 464 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 3: they were saying. 465 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you this, the way UCLA is playing 466 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: Yukon did not look great tonight, right, obviously trying to 467 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: put away firm and they hung around a lot, hung 468 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: around a lot. This is this is a really good 469 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: Yukon team. It's not a great Yukon team. Ucla has 470 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: been peaking, going all the way back to hey, I'm 471 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 1: throwing my own player out of the game against Michigan State. 472 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: Ucla has been a different team. They have had big wins. Uh. 473 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 1: They are playing on the West coast. This is give 474 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: me Ucla in the upset on Sunday to send Yukon 475 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: home in the second round. I'll take the three and 476 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: a half points, but I won't need it. 477 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 3: Look at you. You know one thing that that does 478 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 3: need to be noted. Here is their opponent today, right, 479 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 3: UCF there for the year about a seventy five percent 480 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 3: free throw shooting team, and they were terrible today. 481 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 5: Absolutely they were shack light. Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, maybe 482 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 5: shack light. 483 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:54,919 Speaker 4: No. 484 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: Wait now I want to ask you this because I 485 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: think this is even better. Right, you have Cronin and 486 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 1: Hurley in Philadelphia, Like I don't like, I don't know 487 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: that there's a better setting for both of those for 488 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 1: both are other man. Yeah, I mean, like in Philadelphia, 489 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 1: here's two guys that just want to hate as everything 490 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: begins in Philadelpia. This is outstanding. 491 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I referenced shack. I would be remiss if 492 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 3: I didn't note that out of the blue. My my 493 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 3: daughter this morning making breakfast, coffee's brewing. 494 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 5: Goes hey, would you like a shack delicious gummy? It's 495 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 5: a giant shack head. 496 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,959 Speaker 3: No, it's just no, no, no, no, no, no, it's just candy. 497 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 1: Are you sure? One hundred percent? 498 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, green ninety nine a bag at your local grocery 499 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 3: stores or drug stores or whatever. But yes, very much so. 500 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 3: Non affiliated with anything but disconer. But it's a giant 501 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 3: shack head. 502 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 1: Okay. 503 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 3: Then you feel almost like I can't take this down 504 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 3: on one bite. I'll choke, choke. My foundences said shack sized. 505 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: But I should. 506 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 3: I make note also of the free throw shooting, because 507 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 3: this team was actually better on the year uc F 508 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 3: than Yukon was by almost four full percentage points. So 509 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 3: Danny Hurley's squad in the next forty eight hours better 510 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 3: be ready. 511 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 4: Jason, do me a favor. Yeah, pick another game to watch. 512 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 4: Why I don't need you watching this one? 513 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: Oh well, because I picked Ucilly to win too. I mean, 514 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: I mean, really, look, I don't I don't think people understand. Look, 515 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: any any basketball team on the West Coast. As I said, 516 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: people don't really know pay attention as much to those teams. 517 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: They got four wins over top ten teams this year, right, 518 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: But yes, they've lost games to Michigan by thirty. I 519 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: get it. Well, I have Michigan winning the national title. Right, 520 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,199 Speaker 1: Michigan's one of the top three teams in the country. 521 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: But you're talking second round of the tournament, Ucla. They've 522 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: won some big, big games. I mean that you can't. 523 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: I mean, yes, they were at home, but I mean 524 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: you're gonna play at Homer on the road, right, it happens. 525 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,199 Speaker 1: But you're beating four top ten teams. Man, I know 526 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: that UCLA is an underseated like Vanderbilt is, like Saint 527 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 1: John's is uh and I love them. On Sunday night, 528 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 1: I know what you're doing here and I don't like it. 529 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:21,199 Speaker 1: And I can't stand what you're doing because I hate it. Now, 530 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: I'll give me Ucla all day in this one, and 531 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,159 Speaker 1: Danny Hurley to be very upset following the game on Sunday, 532 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 1: very very upset. Well, we like anger. 533 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 3: We like when coaches are blowing a gasket, threatening to 534 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 3: fire assistance and everything else. 535 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: It's great. Well, and now you have the mid major 536 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: team coaches that all get upset whether they win or lose. 537 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 1: They don't let us play the good teams. We have 538 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 1: to wait till the tournament to play the good teams. Like, oh, okay, 539 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: now we get that all the time. Now too, Now 540 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 1: I get that. That's the other ups We get coaches 541 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 1: upset what they lose. Now we get the coaches upset 542 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: even when they win. Oh, they wouldn't let us play 543 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 1: these good teams. No one wants to play us. We 544 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: gotta wait till the tournament to show how good we are. Okay, okay, okay, 545 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 1: because honestly, I've had it with those coach right, I've 546 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: had it with those coaches. I've had it with everybody 547 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 1: that wants to sit here and say, oh, yeah, you 548 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: need to treat us mid major team a like we 549 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 1: are the just as good as everybody else. You're not. 550 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: You're not the There are three or four mid majors 551 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: teams every year that can play with the Power fives. 552 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: That's three or four out of eighty okay, out of 553 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: eighty teams that you can say that, you can say 554 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 1: you're good, and yet they want to say like, oh, 555 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: the mid major disrespect is completely out of control. No, 556 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: it's not, if anything, too many mid majors get in 557 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: the tournament, right, but you know my thoughts on mid 558 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: majors in the tournament. So I'm telling you my idea 559 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 1: absolutely works, right, even though it's maybe something that the 560 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: Power five conferences might not be that warm too. Hey, 561 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: all the mid majors say is oh, nobody wants to 562 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 1: play us. Okay, how about every year Power five conferences, 563 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: there's a challenge week, right, every year one of the 564 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: Power all the Power five conferences play a different mid 565 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 1: major conference. You know, you match them up like you 566 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,719 Speaker 1: always do with the Big Ten acc Challenge. You do that, 567 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: and that's all happens before we get to conference play. 568 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: Right now, Suddenly it's whoa, whoa, whoa. Now now you 569 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: get to see how good mid majors are. Now you're 570 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 1: gonna get to see mid major teams go in and 571 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: play because you're gonna have to play on the road, right, 572 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to play in in the Power five 573 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 1: conference home court. Right because as Charles Barkley said, no 574 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: one knows where the hell high point is it, not 575 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: gonna go play there, so you don't. But you want 576 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: to go win, right, Go play on the road, Go 577 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: do it. Go show us, and I guarantee you you 578 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: will see that mid majors will go into those challenges 579 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: and the top twelve teams they have will play the 580 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: twelve teams in that tournament in that conference, because look, 581 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 1: there's too many teams in the in the ACC and 582 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: the and the Big twelve and the Big ten. But 583 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: you would have that, and maybe the mid majors would 584 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: win two out of those twelve games, and you would 585 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: really see that Oh okay, maybe it's only a couple 586 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: of mid majors that are good, and these would be 587 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: a couple of those wins by mid majors, might be 588 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: teams of the botom of the mid major playing a 589 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: bottom team in the in the Power five. Right, This 590 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: would forever show you that the Power five conferences they're better. 591 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: They play a bigger schedule for a reason. And really, 592 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: even though they say it, mid major teams don't want 593 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: anything to do with playing some kind of Power five schedule. 594 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: They want to play one or two games, win that 595 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: game and then dine out on that for the rest 596 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: of the season. Well, we went in and we beat 597 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 1: North Carolina State in November, and then we won our conference. Also, 598 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: you won one game against the middle of the pack 599 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: Power five conference, then he'd beat a bunch of teams 600 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 1: out already even close to being ranked. And you think 601 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: you're great, right, Like, let's let's solve it, right, And 602 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: I'm open to the other side of it too, Right, 603 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: I'm not saying I'm fixing a result for the Power 604 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 1: five conferences, but show me the other way too. Hey, 605 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: if you go and win, all right, then you change 606 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: the narrative, you change minds, you make the Hey, we 607 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: gotta make sure, Well, we got to expand the tournament 608 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: some more mid major teams and get in. But I 609 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: guarantee you that how it's gonna go. They'll win two 610 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: out of every twelve games when they play, if they 611 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: play this Power five Mid Major Challenge. 612 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, if you can make it the made for TV event. 613 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 3: I like the way the cut of your jib on 614 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 3: this one, because as it stands right now, you're playing 615 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 3: a bunch of these teams in your non conference. It's 616 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 3: just a matter of looking at ratings, looking what's best 617 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 3: for the company, right. Matt Painter had a great quote 618 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 3: the urge you all to go and watch his clip 619 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 3: kind of talking about the scheduling process and being smart 620 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 3: about it. And that's the biggest thing for these squads, right, 621 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 3: is you don't want to walk into a situation where 622 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 3: you're paying someone to come into your place to take 623 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 3: an l and now that is counted against you while 624 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 3: you're trying to get your best seeding, your best position 625 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 3: for the NCAA tournament. Painter speaks to it directly. He goes, 626 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 3: we've got a formula, we do it. This is the 627 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 3: ninth straight year we're a top four seed. Nobody else 628 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 3: can claim that. So it's kind of a big deal 629 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 3: in that regard, right, the larger picture as opposed to 630 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 3: these micro one off. Let me go, wwe shoot interview 631 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 3: style to tell you how great we are and how 632 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 3: everybody's ignoring us. But your idea, if you can get 633 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 3: the right sponsors and dollars behind it, yeah, let's have it. 634 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 3: Have that invitational. 635 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 7: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 636 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 7: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 637 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 7: pm Pacific