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

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Speaker 1: for the invested sports fan.

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Speaker 2: All Right, here we go spreading in the corner.

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Speaker 3: Ten seconds or many, it just goes throw under the basket,

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Speaker 3: under the basket.

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Speaker 4: It's not a seven seconds. The dog worries.

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Speaker 3: It's the crew for the wind. God pick up a miracle.

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Speaker 5: I'm just to the water.

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Speaker 3: Hit that one from the parking lot for the championship.

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Speaker 6: Shut it off at college basketball. It's not the size

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Speaker 6: on the dog.

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Speaker 4: In the fight, it's the size of the fight in

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Speaker 4: the dog.

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Speaker 2: What's up the generate nation? Welcome to the Action Network podcast.

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Speaker 2: This is the Collige Basketball Weekend betting Preview. I'm Stucky

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Speaker 2: and with me as always is Colin Wilson and Mike Randall.

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Speaker 2: What's going on, gentlemen.

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Speaker 3: I heard we were talking a little le SEC and

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Speaker 3: there's no way I would miss this podcast.

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Speaker 7: And we're just riding the wave boys of Kentucky. It's

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Speaker 7: Kentucky's world, in Kansas's world. We're just living in it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're gonna talk. Actually, well, I spoke with Blake Level,

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Speaker 2: an SEC expert that I follow on Twitter and does

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Speaker 2: the SEC podcast as well. So we go through the

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Speaker 2: actually entire conference. So we start at the top. We

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Speaker 2: talked about, you know, Auburn and Kentucky were projected to

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Speaker 2: be around you know, four seeds as of now, I

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Speaker 2: think Kentucky's trending up. We talked about which one of

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Speaker 2: those teams has a you know more potentially go to

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Speaker 2: the final four. I think we both agree in Kentucky.

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Speaker 2: And then you know, of the eight to nine seeds,

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Speaker 2: it's LSU and or Florida. We think Florida would probably

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Speaker 2: have the better shot at pulling off an upset over

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Speaker 2: you know, a one or two seed in the second round. Remember,

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Speaker 2: this is a really talented team, they just haven't been

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Speaker 2: able to put all together. It's preseason top five team.

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Speaker 2: The LSU defense is just it's just horrendous, and it's

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Speaker 2: been horrendous all year. I think they're one hundred and

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Speaker 2: seventy eighth and adjusted defensive efficiency. It's just not going

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Speaker 2: to get it done. They just can't get enough stops.

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Speaker 2: And then we talked about some of the bubble teams

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Speaker 2: who potentially could get in, and Blake was actually most

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Speaker 2: optimistic on your Hogs. You know, with Isaiah Joe Back,

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Speaker 2: he thinks that they can play their way in Alabama.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be tough, especially if Petty and that

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Speaker 2: injury look bad. I mean, he's their best shooter. And

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Speaker 2: I don't know if you know, they've had some bad

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Speaker 2: who is playing a lot better, and then you have

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Speaker 2: Mississippi State. South Carolina is out there. I can't see

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Speaker 2: them getting there, especially with their non conference. So reddall,

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Speaker 2: let me start with you. Is it clearly Kentucky is

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Speaker 2: the team that can make the deepest run And which

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Speaker 2: one of the bubble teams do you fancy?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 7: I don't know how we're not talking about Kentucky more.

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Speaker 7: I mean their futures last week was still twenty five,

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Speaker 7: twenty two to one.

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Speaker 3: They have it all.

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Speaker 7: When they make threes, that's been the calling card for Cal.

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Speaker 7: They have everything else. They have the bigs inside, Montgomery Richards,

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Speaker 7: the guards have been dynamite IQ, mister hyaq Manuel quickly

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Speaker 7: dynamite from three, really picking it up. So this is

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Speaker 7: a team. They have it all, and Cal has a

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Speaker 7: proven track record of getting better. I mean they've been amazing.

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Speaker 7: If you look at them now, they've won like eleven

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Speaker 7: they're by far and away the best team, and they're

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Speaker 7: a team that I still am interested in getting futures on.

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Speaker 7: As far as the bubble teams, listen, Alabama was the

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Speaker 7: one who was really good against the spread earlier this year.

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Speaker 7: Now they're fifteen to three, seven and eight in conference.

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Speaker 7: They've alternated wins and losses each of the last eight games,

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Speaker 7: so tough situation for them. The Herb Jones injury kind

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Speaker 7: believe that South Carolina has a chance because Frank Martin

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Speaker 7: has done such a great job. It is just and

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Speaker 7: you said it stuck. It's a killer that you lose

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Speaker 7: at home to be you and Stetson. That cannot happen

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Speaker 7: to overcome their losses, and they got one that they

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Speaker 6: They need a sweep there.

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Speaker 7: There's two on the road, but they've been good on

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Speaker 7: If they went out, they are twenty and eleven. They

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Speaker 7: He's the X factor, hit the big shot against Kentucky. So, yeah,

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Speaker 7: Kentucky's clearing the field and I'm rooting for South Carolina

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Clake and I talked about two with

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Speaker 2: Kentucky's I mean quickly quickly can't miss right now from three.

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Speaker 2: But I mean this team is moving the ball well,

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Speaker 2: They're close to about eighty percent. We're going to talk

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Speaker 2: about futures here shortly per the request of one of

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Speaker 2: my followers that I tweeted at, and where which futures

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Speaker 2: we still think have value? If you guys want to

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Speaker 2: get there. But Wisconsin's another team that look the close.

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Speaker 2: They shoot close to eighty percent the end of a game.

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Speaker 2: You're not really gonna steal one from them. They're gonna

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Speaker 2: they're gonna make their free throws. And cal hasn't always

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Speaker 2: Arkansas has dealt with a lot of injuries. They have

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Speaker 2: You're as close to this team as anyone. Do you

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Speaker 2: consideration knee injuries. But what are your thoughts on your Hogs?

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Speaker 1: Suey Colin's talking razorback basketball.

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Speaker 3: Well, Arkansas is back to the December January form where

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Speaker 3: But I mean, really, the key cog in all of

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Speaker 6: A lot of credit.

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Speaker 3: And really, as long as Joe is healthy and they're

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Speaker 3: three hundred and tenth in bench minutes. That's not going

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Speaker 3: six guys. They're fortieth in minutes continuity. You took a

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Speaker 3: I want to pivot. I agree with you guys wholeheartedly

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Speaker 2: No, gotcha, I've got back to South Carolina.

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Speaker 3: So South Carolina has been like printing money on the road.

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Speaker 3: to shake out in the SEC tournament. I know we're

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Speaker 3: going to run into Kentucky, so Arkansas has no way

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Speaker 3: Auburn when it comes to conference tournament time because they're

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Speaker 2: Yep, good point. And yeah, like you said, we're going

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Speaker 2: this exactly three weeks away from Christmas morning, the first day.

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Speaker 3: Isn't that crazy because you are the biggest megaphone in

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Speaker 7: But that's a bad loss. I mean them self destructing.

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Speaker 6: However, I'm with you on Texas.

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Speaker 7: Really good week all around, but the one that annoyed

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Speaker 6: That was a spot for West Virginia to step up here.

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Speaker 7: I know they're on the road, but basically they've been

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Speaker 2: They aren't going to They were due for some shooting

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Speaker 2: it's been a hell of a turn around.

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Speaker 3: And I'll say that that's not Stetson though, right, that's

436
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Speaker 3: not Stetson Low Stetson and b U n Bu.

437
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Speaker 2: You got to give Corona a ton of credit. And yeah,

438
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Speaker 2: he along to the Mountain West Utah State. My Utah

439
00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:15,000
Speaker 2: State boys are playing really good basketball. They are healthy

440
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Speaker 2: and rolling. But I agree there's gonna be some live

441
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Speaker 2: dogs in the Mountain West Tournament and maybe this Saturday

442
00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:22,720
Speaker 2: with Nevada.

443
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Speaker 7: They put Santa Jo was a state away right away

444
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Speaker 7: from people who have that and guys mentioned in Creighton, Colin,

445
00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,000
Speaker 7: you talk about Creighton, has there ever been a better

446
00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,520
Speaker 7: in game wagering opportunity than when Carmar Baldwin goes out

447
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Speaker 7: against Creighton on the road.

448
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Speaker 6: I mean, it was a bonanza at that point. So

449
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Speaker 6: Creton is hot.

450
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Speaker 7: They don't care, like you said, con They're going to

451
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Speaker 7: shoot the three. They may shoot themselves out of it,

452
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Speaker 7: but they are not afraid to chuck it on the road.

453
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Speaker 7: They've gotten some big road wins and they take care

454
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Speaker 7: of business at home against Butlin.

455
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

456
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Speaker 2: So some of the most interesting teams to me are

457
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Speaker 2: going to be those teams with those because they have

458
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Speaker 2: elite offense. The Byu the end and Creighton their defense

459
00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,919
Speaker 2: isn't great, but their offenses there maybe two of the

460
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Speaker 2: best in the country. Going to be intriguing teams to

461
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Speaker 2: watch and see how the bracket unfolds and some of

462
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Speaker 2: their matchups. All right, let's move on to some futures talk.

463
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Speaker 2: I'll start. You know, some of my long shots were

464
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Speaker 2: Saint Mary's, Utah State. If you can find like one

465
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Speaker 2: hundred and fifty to one, I mean I had some

466
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Speaker 2: two hundred fifty to one before the year, two hundred

467
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Speaker 2: fifty one, for sure, throw it down, hope you know

468
00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,320
Speaker 2: you can make a run to the final fourth the

469
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Speaker 2: matchups break anything under one hundred. I wouldn't go for Arizona.

470
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Speaker 2: I mentioned them. This team is just there's so much

471
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Speaker 2: potential there and if they can just put it together

472
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Speaker 2: and close out these games. I've talked about Arizona ad nausea,

473
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Speaker 2: but they're still around thirty thirty five to one. I

474
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Speaker 2: know a lot of you got fifty to one when

475
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Speaker 2: I brought it up in a drop like that next

476
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Speaker 2: day after the pod drop, but anything thirty to one

477
00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,359
Speaker 2: or over, I still think Arizona is worth a shot.

478
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Speaker 2: You know, I had Seaton Hall in Louisville from before

479
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Speaker 2: the year. I had Louisville at eighteen to one, some

480
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Speaker 2: fifteen to one. You can find some twenty to one

481
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Speaker 2: out there. I still believe in Louisville had Seaton Halls

482
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Speaker 2: down at fifteen to one one. That's a little low.

483
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Speaker 2: I don't know if I would take that there, But

484
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Speaker 2: if you want to ride along with Miles Pale, you know,

485
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Speaker 2: throw a couple of dollars on it. But I don't

486
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Speaker 2: see a ton of value with that number. Besides Arizona.

487
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Speaker 2: The only other future that I added throughout this year,

488
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Speaker 2: and this was I don't know, maybe a month or

489
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,840
Speaker 2: so ago on the pod, was Wisconsin. You can maybe

490
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Speaker 2: still find some one hundred to one, and you know,

491
00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,720
Speaker 2: seventy five to one eighty to one. I love this

492
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Speaker 2: team man with added Potter, Potter and reason. Then their

493
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Speaker 2: guard play. I mean Ford is coming along as well.

494
00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,359
Speaker 2: But to meet Trice is playing so well. And I

495
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:35,080
Speaker 2: mentioned this team, if they play defense, they're gonna grind

496
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Speaker 2: you down. They're making shots now, They're running efficient, confident offense.

497
00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:41,440
Speaker 2: Trice is taking care of the ball. They make their

498
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Speaker 2: free throws. I love what I see from Wisconsin. They

499
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Speaker 2: have three now three top twenty road winds in the

500
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Speaker 2: Big Ten. They've won at Ohio State, at Penn State,

501
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Speaker 2: and then had a red hot Michigan tonight and led

502
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Speaker 2: wire to wire. I think this Wisconsin team, it's not

503
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Speaker 2: the most athletic team in the world, but you know

504
00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,440
Speaker 2: they get a good draw, they can make a run.

505
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Speaker 2: So eighty to one hundred to one, I think is intriguing. Randa.

506
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Speaker 2: I'll toss it to you. Any futures that you want

507
00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,120
Speaker 2: to mention that you still think are worth exploring.

508
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Speaker 7: Yeah, big one I added was Florida State. Now, look,

509
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,919
Speaker 7: I know I'm crazy for betting on Leonard Hamilton here.

510
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:15,639
Speaker 7: This could be like Charlie Brann and Lucy with the

511
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Speaker 7: football when I buy in, But they can really break

512
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Speaker 7: you down off the dribble. The second half of that

513
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Speaker 7: game in Louisville against Louisville it was home, I know,

514
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Speaker 7: but they attacked the basket. They're shooting thirty eight point

515
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Speaker 7: five percent in ACC play from three point range. They

516
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,359
Speaker 7: make their free throws at seventy five seventy six percent,

517
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Speaker 7: and they just have a bunch of guys that are

518
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Speaker 7: versatile that can score. Devin Vassel's been fantastic, potential one

519
00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,520
Speaker 7: hundred percent, ray Kwon Gray even inside is serviceable, Williams

520
00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,199
Speaker 7: Walker Forrest, I get it.

521
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Speaker 6: But in a year that's wide open.

522
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Speaker 7: Here at twenty two, twenty five to one, wherever you

523
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Speaker 7: can get them. They are now fourteen and three in

524
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Speaker 7: the ACC. They've won four games in a row. They

525
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Speaker 7: finish up away Clemson, away, Notre Dame, in Boston College.

526
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Speaker 7: I mean, not exactly that hard. Could easily end up

527
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Speaker 7: seventeen and three. Shoot the three, well, you know they're

528
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Speaker 7: gonna get after it. They're great on the board, second

529
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Speaker 7: in the ACC and offensive rebounding. So I'm starting to

530
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,080
Speaker 7: buy in. And folks, teams are shooting seventy five percent

531
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:10,639
Speaker 7: from the free throw line against them, So that's a

532
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,760
Speaker 7: little bit unlucky. They could get some regression there. But

533
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,120
Speaker 7: in a year that's wide open, why not Florida State.

534
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Speaker 7: Could this be Leonard Hamilton's year, like with Dane Altman's

535
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Speaker 7: a couple of years ago.

536
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's not like Florida State has not

537
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,840
Speaker 2: had any success in the tournament. I mean, this is

538
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Speaker 2: a Florida State team that looks like a lot of

539
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:33,200
Speaker 2: the teams you're used to seeing with Leonard Hamilton. They're

540
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,679
Speaker 2: a long and they are deep. I mean, they are

541
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Speaker 2: as deep as anyone in the country and they will

542
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,960
Speaker 2: wear you down. But they're just so athletic and so long.

543
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 2: No matter who they play, you're going to have to

544
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,080
Speaker 2: earn that win. I mean, that team is just extremely

545
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,120
Speaker 2: long and extremely deep. Potential first round draft pick out

546
00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,760
Speaker 2: there as well. Yeah, so don't I don't hate it.

547
00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:58,199
Speaker 2: That team is extremely scary. And what they went to

548
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 2: one of the last year to Sweet sixteen. They lost

549
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,560
Speaker 2: a Gonzaga the year before they went to the Elite Eight.

550
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 7: Because the Gonzaga until he got hurt. That year they

551
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,199
Speaker 7: played gonzag until he got out ruled out right for

552
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 7: the game, and they blasted him.

553
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they've gone to the Sweet sixteen three

554
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,200
Speaker 2: out of the last five years or three at the

555
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 2: last five appearances in the tournament under Hamilton that you

556
00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,720
Speaker 2: remember that Elite eight game when they didn't foul, Thank

557
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,800
Speaker 2: you Leonard Hamilton when he attacked I forget who the

558
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,879
Speaker 2: reporter was and they lost my four to Michigan the

559
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Speaker 2: Elite eight. So this team's going Elite eight Sweet sixteen

560
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,240
Speaker 2: the last years. I don't hate it. Colin, what do

561
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:29,600
Speaker 2: you got?

562
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Speaker 6: Yeah?

563
00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:31,960
Speaker 3: For me, I've been keeping them all on the Action app.

564
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Speaker 3: So if you guys go, you know, download our app

565
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,200
Speaker 3: and check it out, because now we have XFL Football,

566
00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:37,920
Speaker 3: which will give a little you know, shout out to

567
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Speaker 3: those guys. I'm glad that we got that in that app.

568
00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,359
Speaker 3: It was asked for by a lot of people. But

569
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Speaker 3: our futures tab NCAAB will have all of my futures

570
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,960
Speaker 3: and you know, currently I have Dayton thirty three to one.

571
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,760
Speaker 3: Feel good about that. I agree with what Stuck said earlier.

572
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,680
Speaker 3: Hopefully it's just fatigue or maybe boredom throughout the season.

573
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,000
Speaker 3: They're still playing, you know, a good defense, hopefully obi

574
00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,520
Speaker 3: top and just needs a breather and here and we'll

575
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,119
Speaker 3: get them back. Going a comfort conference tournament, I got

576
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,680
Speaker 3: an Iowa hundred to one. There was a little dip

577
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,120
Speaker 3: in their schedule I thought they'd be able to take

578
00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,480
Speaker 3: advantage of. And you know, they don't play any defense whatsoever.

579
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,520
Speaker 3: I'm a little nervous about that. But hey, if we

580
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,960
Speaker 3: can get Luca Garza carved up before the marathon here,

581
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 3: you know, maybe he can dominate people at the offensive

582
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,000
Speaker 3: side and help get some rebounds on the other side.

583
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 3: Arizona thirty six to one. I'm right in the same boat.

584
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 3: Is stuck San Diego State. I'm at twenty five to one.

585
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,160
Speaker 3: I have never felt more uncomfortable with a one loss

586
00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,000
Speaker 3: team and a twenty five to one future in my life.

587
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,640
Speaker 3: Illinois on hundred and twenty five to one added last week,

588
00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,919
Speaker 3: maybe ten days ago, and I said all along that

589
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,879
Speaker 3: this was the night the Wisconsin Michigan game that was

590
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,240
Speaker 3: going to make my decision on Wisconsin. There's a shop

591
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Speaker 3: in Nevada, Las Vegas that is offered one hundred and

592
00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:47,560
Speaker 3: twenty five to one on them right now that I'm

593
00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,680
Speaker 3: staring at. And there's plenty of shops that are offering

594
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Speaker 3: one hundred to one. So do your shopping. This was

595
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 3: the time to buy Wisconsin. Their schedule lightens up a

596
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,960
Speaker 3: little bit, maybe they make a run in the Big

597
00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 3: Ten tournament, and then outside of that. I haven't added

598
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,160
Speaker 3: this to that, but I think I've got a shop

599
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 3: for the best number on UCLA and get it in

600
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,200
Speaker 3: there added before the weekend, because if they beat Arizona,

601
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 3: they're not going to be first four out anymore.

602
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 2: Yep, all right, good summary there. I guess what there's

603
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,960
Speaker 2: like thirty four conferences. If you're looking for a ninety

604
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 2: second rundown, I'll give that to you right now. America

605
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 2: East Vermont won the regular season American it's a three

606
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 2: way tire now they've been in Houston, Cincy and Tulsa.

607
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,000
Speaker 2: Atlantic ten Dayton has it locked up already. They're fifteen

608
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,560
Speaker 2: and oh acc Florida State's fourteen and three. They swept

609
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,880
Speaker 2: the season series with Louisvill's fourteen and four Dukes. Now

610
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 2: thirteen and four Virginia twelve and five. Virginia Duke play

611
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,720
Speaker 2: each other this weekend. Atlantic Sun Liberty is thirteen and

612
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 2: two in North Florida's thirteen and three they split during

613
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,600
Speaker 2: the regular season. Keep an eye on both of those

614
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,520
Speaker 2: teams Big twelve, it's going to come down the Baylor

615
00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 2: in Kansas who gets the one seed. They could them

616
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 2: down to picking a name out of a hat. They're

617
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 2: both fourteen to one. Big East Seaton Hall still on

618
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,240
Speaker 2: top of twelve and three. Creighton and Villanova are one

619
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Speaker 2: game behind Seaton Hall. We're going to learn a lot

620
00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 2: about them over the next couple of days because they

621
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 2: go to Marquette and then finished the year with Creighton

622
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,359
Speaker 2: and Villanova. Should be a hell of a finish in

623
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 2: the biggest conference to determine the regular season champ Big

624
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,000
Speaker 2: Sky Montana's thirteen and three with a game lead over

625
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,200
Speaker 2: Eastern Washington and Northern Colorado. I still think tor the

626
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,119
Speaker 2: card is the best team in that conference. Big South

627
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 2: Radford one game lead over Winthrop they split during the

628
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,040
Speaker 2: regular season. Big Ten Maryland now is a two game

629
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:24,479
Speaker 2: lead over Wisconsin, Penn State, Michigan State. Maryland will host

630
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 2: Michigan State this weekend. We'll get to that game. Big

631
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 2: West UC Irvine as it all locked up there. Eleven

632
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 2: and two. There are four game three and a half

633
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,639
Speaker 2: games ahead of UCSB Colonial Hofster's thirteen and four. Hoster

634
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,160
Speaker 2: lost a thousand and now William and Mary is only

635
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,879
Speaker 2: one game back, thousands two games back. Then Charleston and

636
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,960
Speaker 2: Delaware are behind them. Conference USA, they're pod played, but

637
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 2: North Texas is now thirteen and three, game and a

638
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,560
Speaker 2: half above Western Kentucky and LA Tech, who are playing.

639
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,160
Speaker 2: Be a big win for LA Tech. Horizon Wright State

640
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,640
Speaker 2: in the league over North Northern Kentucky by one game.

641
00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,639
Speaker 2: Ivy Yale's eight and two. Then you got Harvard and

642
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,400
Speaker 2: Prince of seven to three, then Brown six to four,

643
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,440
Speaker 2: Penn five and five. They could beat anyone, they could

644
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 2: lose anyone. Hard team to figure out. In the Metro

645
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 2: Siena Home Sienna is now in the lead at twelve

646
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 2: and five, Saint Peter's You're Saint Peter's Boys, Randall twelve

647
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 2: and six, and then Mammoth at ten and six. Mac

648
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,359
Speaker 2: Bowling Green now is a one game lead over Acker.

649
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,560
Speaker 2: They swept the season series. Those Falcons are coming strong

650
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,959
Speaker 2: in the MIAC NCAA and T's in the lead at

651
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,920
Speaker 2: eleven and three. Missouri Valley Northern Iowa is a one

652
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 2: game leader for Loyal Chicago. Mountain West. San Diego State

653
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 2: has it locked up their sixteen and one Northeast Conference

654
00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,200
Speaker 2: It's Mary Mack who cannot play in the conference tournament,

655
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 2: but they lead the conference at fourteen and four. Ohio Valley, Austin,

656
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 2: p Mary State and Belmont three way tie at the

657
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,800
Speaker 2: top PAC twelve. It's Arizona State who's in the lead

658
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 2: of the PAC twelve right now ten and four. Oregon

659
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 2: and UCLA and Colorado are next then Arizona. Patriot League

660
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,959
Speaker 2: Colgate has it locked up. They're thirteen to four. The SEC,

661
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,720
Speaker 2: Kentucky has a two game lead over Auburn, they play

662
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,720
Speaker 2: each other this weekend. In the Southern ETSU is fifteen

663
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 2: and two. They have a one game lead over Furman,

664
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,400
Speaker 2: who's got a big win over u NCG. In the Southland,

665
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 2: Steven F. Austin has it locked up at sixteen and one.

666
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,360
Speaker 2: In the Swack, it's Prairie View at twelve and two

667
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 2: with a two game lead. In the Summit, South Dakota

668
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,239
Speaker 2: State thirteen and two, one and a half game lead

669
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 2: over North Dakota State. They play tonight, so you'll that'll

670
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 2: go a long way in deciding who wins. Zach confer

671
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 2: Rago Season Conference Sunbelt Little Rocks at fourteen to four,

672
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 2: the two game lead over Texas State in the West

673
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 2: Coast Conference, Gonzaga thirteen to one. They are a game

674
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 2: and a half up over BYU at twelve and three

675
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 2: in the Whack, New Mexico State again is going to

676
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 2: win the regal season at thirteen and oh. So there's

677
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:39,120
Speaker 2: your two to three minute conference summary, which surprised you

678
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 2: the most, Randam.

679
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,800
Speaker 7: At some point, I feel like when you're talking about

680
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 7: the Soacon and I know we can get to a

681
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,400
Speaker 7: little bit. Those three teams. They were so dangerous last

682
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 7: year when Wafford came in. So I'm looking at teams

683
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 7: not surprising, but a team that I think can make

684
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 7: a run. East Tennessee State, Furman, U n cg U

685
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 7: NCG is so good, guys. You just can't make free throws.

686
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,960
Speaker 6: They cannot make free throws with the which is a killer.

687
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 7: So I'm hoping to see some dogs are gonna come

688
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 7: up there and jump out and bite some people. I'm

689
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:07,480
Speaker 7: just hoping to see some of these teams that are

690
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 7: dominanting those small conferences find a way to get in

691
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:11,720
Speaker 7: because I think this year they can make some noise.

692
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 7: We could have like three or four teams that can

693
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 7: move forward. And you know, my thoughts in the Ivy Yale.

694
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 7: Are you ever going to show up and beat Harvard?

695
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 6: Give me a break?

696
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I surmised the media they Arizona State on

697
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 2: top of the PAC twelve.

698
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 7: So I think, guys, what do you think about them

699
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,760
Speaker 7: tonight with UCLA? I think that's gonna They're on the

700
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 7: road to UCLA.

701
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 2: Right, that's good. We're gonna learn a lot about UCLA

702
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:31,240
Speaker 2: and Arizona State FAC twelve Ray should be good. Anything

703
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 2: surprise you there, Colin that I mentioned.

704
00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:35,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, USC is one of those teams that's you know,

705
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 3: poking around the PAC twelve. They've taken on you know,

706
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 3: they lost five of their last seven. You know, they

707
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 3: host the PAC twelve leader in Arizona State, Arizona. Both

708
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 3: games are three point range. Per Kin pom So, I

709
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 3: think we're going to find out a lot about USC

710
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,000
Speaker 3: coming up here. As far as Soacon goes, I completely

711
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 3: agree with Randall that it's completely it's wide open. By

712
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 3: the way, this is the worst conference in Division one

713
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,440
Speaker 3: as far as home teams. They're hitting forty eight percent

714
00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 3: this year. You know this, this team ranks second out

715
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 3: of all the conferences, you know, all thirty something conferences.

716
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 3: They rank second blowout percentage. They shoot a ton of threes.

717
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 3: Every team shoots a ton of threes. And Randall's right,

718
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 3: Isaiah Miller and UNC greens is probably the best player

719
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 3: in the entire conference. Yeah, he's third in the nation

720
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 3: and shot percentage, he's third in the nation and steel percentage.

721
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 3: So it's going to be a wild conference.

722
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 2: Cur Yeah, and even Wawford is they're having a down year,

723
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 2: but they're still dangerous. I mean, they're they're playing a

724
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 2: lot of these these teams. What they just lost in

725
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 2: overtime to u NCG, they played etsu tough, so you

726
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 2: know they're still going to play defense. If their offense

727
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 2: is if they're hitting some shots, if Hoover and company

728
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 2: are hitting some shots, they're even dangerous.

729
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 7: And listen, west Mill is a real good coach at

730
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 7: UNC Greensboro. But what is the problem with the free throws?

731
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 7: Last five year sixty nine percent, sixty nine percent, sixty

732
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,960
Speaker 7: five percent. This year, guys, there's sixty two point six percent.

733
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 7: That's three hundred and forty third. And they can't be

734
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,719
Speaker 7: East Tennessee State. They lost twice to them, So I mean,

735
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 7: all three of those teams can make a run in

736
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 7: the tournament. But you certainly know that a small school's

737
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 7: gonna have to probably make free throw, right, I mean,

738
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,720
Speaker 7: that's that's kind of a standard thing. But he's such

739
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 7: a good coach and they're so good, But the free

740
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,120
Speaker 7: throw thing's been going on for five years.

741
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, Wafford has their number two offer beat him three

742
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,160
Speaker 2: times last year, they beat him earlier this year, and

743
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,280
Speaker 2: then UNCG needed to come back to beat him in

744
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 2: overtime in their last meeting. So yeah, more to come

745
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,719
Speaker 2: on the Southern Conference and the conference tournament in the future.

746
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 2: Episode coming shortly. Conference tournaments are almost here, from.

747
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: The Southern to the Summit League, the MIAK and the

748
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: Missouri Valley. There are over three hundred and fifty Division

749
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 1: one programs, so let's get acquainted.

750
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Speaker 5: This is Conference Confidential, okay.

751
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 2: Now joined by Blake Level. You can follow him on

752
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 2: Twitter if you don't already at the Blake level lo

753
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,880
Speaker 2: ov e ll. He does his own college basketball podcast

754
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 2: on the SEC, which is what we're here to talk about.

755
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 2: What's going on?

756
00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,040
Speaker 4: Blake, Thanks for having me on, man, Yeah, excited to

757
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:00,880
Speaker 4: come on with you. Like you said, I do a

758
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 4: locked on SEC podcast which right now certainly focused all

759
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 4: on basketball, and yeah, it's a lot going on. Also

760
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 4: do another college basketball podcast, Marching to Madness. We've had

761
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 4: hundreds of coaches on over the past four years. So yeah,

762
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 4: all college basketball right now for sure.

763
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 2: And used to write or still do for Blue Ribbon Yearbook.

764
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, still doing some writing for Blue Ribbon and that's

765
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 4: always fun obviously. I know for college basketball fans, people

766
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 4: listen to this the best resource there is when it

767
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 4: comes to looking at teams year in and you're out.

768
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 2: My annual Bible and you're down in Nashville. Where'd you

769
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 2: go to school? Do you have a team or do

770
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 2: you just follow the SEC in general?

771
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 4: Well, I actually went to Austin p which is out

772
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,479
Speaker 4: of Nashville. Yes, I the governor, So yeah, I went

773
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 4: to Austin PE and just to certainly, you know, be

774
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 4: in this area. Pretty much my entire life at this point,

775
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 4: I have followed the SEC and yeah, it's been interesting,

776
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 4: hasn't it to see how this league has sort of

777
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,720
Speaker 4: evolved over the years, that's for sure.

778
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 2: Speaking of Austin P, we're going to talk you know,

779
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 2: the SEC bubble teams. Austin P has a shot this

780
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 2: year of going dancing with Taylor, and that should be

781
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 2: an interesting conference tournament. But I think that they would

782
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 2: be right up there as the front runner to get

783
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 2: into the tournament, which would be fun for you. I'm sure.

784
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, No, they've got a really good shot. I thought that,

785
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 4: you know, Matt Figures there now, former Frank Martin assistant.

786
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 4: I had a feeling he was sort of the kind

787
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 4: of guy that could help them, you know, Dave Loose

788
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 4: was there forever, and but Matt Figures done a really

789
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,840
Speaker 4: good job. You mentioned that Taylor, he is fantastic, and

790
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 4: then just that trio at the top. We always know

791
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 4: Belmont Murray State are going to be there, and they

792
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,920
Speaker 4: are right now. But no doubt those three teams in

793
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 4: that tournament's always a lot of fun.

794
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, and don't sleep on the magic of Eastern Illinois,

795
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:45,919
Speaker 2: who's had some of the most ridiculous wins I've seen

796
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 2: over the last couple of weeks. But it should be

797
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:52,360
Speaker 2: a fun OBC tournament. But let's get right into the SEC.

798
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 2: Let's start at the top. You know, if you go

799
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 2: by some of the projections right now, there's four teams

800
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:02,280
Speaker 2: I think that are safely and two one hundred locks

801
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 2: for the tournament. And that's Auburn in Kentucky. Kentucky is

802
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 2: really on an upswing here cal Every year he tries

803
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 2: to have his guys peaking for March to all his

804
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 2: focus is on and it looks like he's got that

805
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,440
Speaker 2: team peaking and heading in the right direction. You know,

806
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 2: three potential first round draft picks. You have Auburn who

807
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,400
Speaker 2: and I've been really impressed with what Auburn has done

808
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,400
Speaker 2: after losing their guards last year. They have a potential

809
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 2: first round draft pick in their own right in a

810
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 2: Kora who's just excellent on both sides of the ball.

811
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 2: Who do you favor for making a potential run to

812
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 2: the final four? Could you see both or just one?

813
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 2: And what are your thoughts on the top of the sec.

814
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,719
Speaker 4: Well, I think at this point I would I would

815
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 4: lean more towards Kentucky just because for whatever reason, and

816
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 4: I thought it was a very intriguing stat and you've

817
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,880
Speaker 4: seen people point it out this year. I don't know,

818
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 4: it's so weird to think the Kentucky shoots the ball

819
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 4: from three point range so much better away from home

820
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 4: than they do at referenda. And that's not something that

821
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 4: we're used to saying about teams to where they just

822
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 4: shoot it so much better. I think at a point,

823
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,720
Speaker 4: you know, last week or the weekend the week before,

824
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 4: I think at one point they were shooting thirty eight

825
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,760
Speaker 4: percent from three on the road and they were shooting

826
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 4: twenty two percent from three at home. You know, this

827
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 4: is a team that always That's the one thing we

828
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,959
Speaker 4: always talk about Kentucky is three point shooting because teams

829
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,880
Speaker 4: are going to have a really hard time matching up

830
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 4: with them one through five. They're going to be teams

831
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 4: to try to play zone. We saw all Myths do

832
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,839
Speaker 4: that gave them some fits, I think in that game

833
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,800
Speaker 4: in Lexicon a couple of weeks ago. But overall, with

834
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 4: the way Emmanuel Quickly has been playing Nick Richards just

835
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 4: up and down. Like you said, I mean, it's it's

836
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 4: every year we have the same conversation where Kyle has

837
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 4: been playing like this, and I think this team is

838
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 4: a legitimate Final Four type of contender. Aside from that,

839
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 4: that one aspect of if you catch them on the

840
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 4: night where they're not shooting it well and they try

841
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 4: to shoot themselves out of a slump, that could be

842
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 4: a problem. But they shoot it really well from the

843
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 4: free throw line. There's just lots of things I like

844
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,720
Speaker 4: about them, and I think on the flip side with Auburn,

845
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 4: they're just not as good of a shooting team as

846
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 4: they were last year. And it's funny because I actually

847
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,320
Speaker 4: talked to Bruce Pearl a couple hours ago for a

848
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 4: podcast that I have on Friday, and you know, he

849
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 4: said it. He's like, look, we're not the type of

850
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 4: team on offense. We don't have that explosiveness that we

851
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 4: had and so that's led to a lot of more

852
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 4: close games that they've had this season. And when you

853
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 4: can factor those things in, I like where Alburt's at.

854
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 4: I've been impressed for them to be twenty four and

855
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 4: four right now. It's spectacular. But I think that lack

856
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 4: of three point shooting and knowing that they could have

857
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 4: these stretches where they just can't find ways to score

858
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 4: if people make them shoot from outside, that could be

859
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 4: a problem for the Tigers.

860
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, they definitely don't have the guards like last year

861
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,360
Speaker 2: that can just whenever you need a shot with Harper

862
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 2: and Brown on the outside, that you're going to consistently

863
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:41,320
Speaker 2: get it, which is a concern. And yeah, can I

864
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,840
Speaker 2: agree with you with Kentucky. The fact that they've played

865
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 2: so well on the road all year, and I mean

866
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 2: they started off the year with a neutral court win

867
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:49,959
Speaker 2: over Michigan State. But I don't know if it's because

868
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 2: they're inexperience. They get a little more nervous and play

869
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 2: a little more you tighter at RUP. But the fact

870
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 2: that they've played so well on the road I think

871
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,399
Speaker 2: bodes well for them in March. They have no problemroblems,

872
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 2: you know, going into It's not like they're relying on

873
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 2: their home court, which you see, you know, some of

874
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,359
Speaker 2: the Big Ten teams and in other conferences, and you're right,

875
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,399
Speaker 2: And with Quig the way he's shooting lately, they're tough

876
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 2: to be. I have to just point this out because

877
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 2: it makes me laugh whenever I look at Kentucky's schedule.

878
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 2: One of the most perplexing losses maybe in college basketball

879
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:22,359
Speaker 2: history will be Evansville winning at Rupp earlier this year.

880
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 2: Evansville can't win a game in conference. I think they've

881
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 2: lost for like three straight months. Obviously, just a really

882
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,359
Speaker 2: fluky early season result, but still makes me laugh.

883
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 6: Yeah, it does.

884
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 4: And that BackStar trend a lot when you say cal

885
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 4: always has his team ready to go in February. This

886
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 4: is one of those where, hey, it's like, look at

887
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,399
Speaker 4: what we did back in November and look at us now.

888
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:42,799
Speaker 4: That's the best example of that in terms of how

889
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 4: far they've come. That's definitely an outlier and not a

890
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 4: one of those wins or one of those games you're

891
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 4: probably ever gonna kind of look back on and think,

892
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:51,440
Speaker 4: how in the world.

893
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:51,839
Speaker 6: Did that happen?

894
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,920
Speaker 4: Because when you consider how well they've played really, you know,

895
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,360
Speaker 4: since then, I guess since that, I'm dropping two in

896
00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 4: a row to Utah and Ohio State, which even in

897
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 4: that State game and and played terrible, they've just man,

898
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:03,319
Speaker 4: they've been really good.

899
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,240
Speaker 2: Yeah. And even after that Evansville game, they Utah Valley

900
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 2: at home played in THEFT. So it's been a hell

901
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 2: of a turn around here. Now moving on to the

902
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 2: kind of the second tier in the SEC or two

903
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 2: teams that I think most would say are seeded around

904
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 2: seven to ten, and that is Florida and LSU. These

905
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 2: two teams played each other last night. Florida's preseason top

906
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 2: five team. Really disappointing year overall, but they've showed signs

907
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 2: of late. You know, they played Kentucky really tough a Kentucky.

908
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 2: Other than that, they've won four or five kind of

909
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:39,439
Speaker 2: turned things around since a blowout loss at Ole Miss LSU. Look,

910
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 2: what I can't get over with them is every time

911
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 2: I look at their you know, advanced metrics. I mean,

912
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 2: this is a team that's one hundred and eighty seventh

913
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 2: in adjusted defensive efficiency. I mean, if you go up

914
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 2: and down the top thirty or forty teams in the country,

915
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 2: no one is close to that low. So trying to

916
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 2: figure out what the hell is wrong with LSU's defense

917
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,319
Speaker 2: is something that I think is worth investigating. I'll ask

918
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:04,760
Speaker 2: you about that, and I think because of that LSU defense,

919
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 2: or I should say lack of defense, I think Florida

920
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 2: has a better shot of potentially pulling off an upset

921
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,239
Speaker 2: of you know, versus a two or one seed in

922
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,920
Speaker 2: the second round, if you're looking for one in that matchup.

923
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 2: Do you agree there? And what are your thoughts on

924
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 2: the Gators and Tigers?

925
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 6: Yeah?

926
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,240
Speaker 4: No, I completely agree, because if you want a trend

927
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 4: that you're not going to like about LSU, I think

928
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 4: it's pretty clear the last five games they've given up

929
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 4: eighty or more points on the road, and that's not

930
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 4: something you don't want to rely on a team like that,

931
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,879
Speaker 4: I think in a tournament setting, especially if you look

932
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,280
Speaker 4: at it that way. So it's just hard to trust

933
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,800
Speaker 4: LSU because that's the thing. You know, we mentioned they're

934
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 4: metrics on defense, they're in the top five in offensive efficiency,

935
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 4: and yet they're so far down on defense. And Will

936
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 4: Wade pointed out several weeks ago he was talking about,

937
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,760
Speaker 4: you know, we've just we've been so good on offense

938
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:53,960
Speaker 4: that we've been able to play our way out of

939
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 4: some of these defensive slumps. But the problem is they've

940
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:58,880
Speaker 4: just been so bad on defense for really probably the

941
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 4: past three weeks or so now. And again they haven't

942
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 4: been a great defensive team all year, but specifically the

943
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:06,920
Speaker 4: past three weeks, they've just been so bad that I

944
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,800
Speaker 4: don't know how you trust a team like this. And

945
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 4: really it's weird to think about that. Vaderbilt is kind

946
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 4: of the team that broke them, because you know, at

947
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 4: that point you have the winless team versus the team

948
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 4: that was undefeated, and yet Vanderbilt puts up ninety nine

949
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 4: on him, and LSU hasn't been the same since. So

950
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 4: I don't I don't really trust LSU. I don't think

951
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 4: they have the depth Charles Manning, someone who's played a

952
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,400
Speaker 4: big role for them on defense this year. They've been

953
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 4: a different team when he's been out, and now I

954
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,760
Speaker 4: think he's out for four weeks, so you would probably

955
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 4: think he's probably out for the rest of the season,

956
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,360
Speaker 4: I think with a foot injury or some type of injury.

957
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:40,799
Speaker 4: So not having him is not going to help him

958
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,880
Speaker 4: on defense at all. And then when you look at Florida,

959
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,400
Speaker 4: this is not Mike White's best defensive team if you

960
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 4: just look at the numbers. I mean, he's had a

961
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 4: lot better defensive teams there, and he's had teams that

962
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,759
Speaker 4: that have come along a lot quicker. But because this

963
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,840
Speaker 4: is his most inexperienced team he had there, he just,

964
00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 4: you know, I think it's taken him a little while.

965
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 4: But when you look at how they've been playing, they've

966
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 4: been pretty dominant here aside from that game in Kentucky,

967
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:06,840
Speaker 4: And honestly, I didn't think they've played bad at Kentucky.

968
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 4: I just think they ran into again, a Kentucky team

969
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 4: that just finds ways to win. Right now, they've looked

970
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 4: really good. The Gators have for the past probably I

971
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 4: don't know several weeks at this point, and with that

972
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,240
Speaker 4: win against LSU, their guards are so good off the dribble.

973
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:22,680
Speaker 4: Now they still struggle to shoot it sometimes. I think

974
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:24,840
Speaker 4: if they continue to attack like they had off the

975
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 4: dribble with Andrew Neimhar and Noah Lock, I mean, Scotti

976
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,479
Speaker 4: Lewis is just an athletic specimen. You've got Carrie black

977
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 4: Schear in there. And I said this to someone, I

978
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 4: think it was yesterday. If I'm a one seed and

979
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:38,360
Speaker 4: I see Florida as an eight or nine, that is

980
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 4: going to terrify me because this team still has top

981
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 4: fifteen type of talent. And if I have to match

982
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 4: up against them in the second round, knowing how well

983
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,120
Speaker 4: they're playing right now, that would not be a great setup.

984
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:50,640
Speaker 4: I think for the one sets this year.

985
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 2: Completely g I mean, like I said, preseason, top five.

986
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 2: The talent is there, it's just that can they consistently

987
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:58,919
Speaker 2: put it together. They'll have these stretches where, oh, look,

988
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:01,359
Speaker 2: you know home, they blow out Ole Miss and they

989
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 2: blow out Auburn and then they lose three straight. Florida

990
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 2: I think is a lock for the tournament, but they

991
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:09,719
Speaker 2: go to Tennessee then to Georgia and then home against Kentucky.

992
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 2: I don't think they'll lose out, but if they do

993
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 2: lose the next three and you know they dropped to

994
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 2: eighteen and thirteen, and then they'd lose in the first

995
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 2: round the SEC Tournament, maybe they find themselves on the bubble.

996
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 2: I think that they'll get one of those road games

997
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 2: and potentially be Kentucky at home this season finale. But

998
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 2: the reason I bring that up is, you know, I

999
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:31,120
Speaker 2: think that se He's going to get probably end up

1000
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 2: with five teams as my guests. You have Mississippi State,

1001
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,640
Speaker 2: who's on the bubble, but their net is like fifty five.

1002
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:41,200
Speaker 2: You of Arkansas, who's an interesting case because Isaiah Joe

1003
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 2: is now back. As the committee take that into account,

1004
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,840
Speaker 2: and they've looked better the last couple of games. South

1005
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:50,400
Speaker 2: Carolina is kind of hanging on. Team had just an

1006
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 2: abysmal non conference, which I think is going to end

1007
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:57,480
Speaker 2: up holding them back. So out of the bubble teams,

1008
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 2: who do you think ends up getting in? There's Alabeta

1009
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 2: who might have lost it. I haven't seen an update

1010
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,399
Speaker 2: on Petty and his injury, but you know they've lost

1011
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,320
Speaker 2: a couple of games here of late they show flashes.

1012
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:09,640
Speaker 2: Who do you think ends up getting in and who

1013
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:11,879
Speaker 2: do you think is the most intriguing option to maybe

1014
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,799
Speaker 2: make a run in the SEC tournament and maybe win

1015
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 2: a game or two in the tournament of those kind

1016
00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 2: of bubble SEC teams.

1017
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 4: Well, it's funny because I changed my mind. I think

1018
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 4: on these four all the time, just based on what

1019
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:24,920
Speaker 4: we see, and then that's the problem. That's why they're

1020
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:28,040
Speaker 4: on the bubbles because they're not consistent. But if Alabama,

1021
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 4: you know, if John Petty is not out for an

1022
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:33,360
Speaker 4: extended period of time, I still think Alabama may be

1023
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 4: the most dangerous for that group, but they may also

1024
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:38,720
Speaker 4: be the team that has sort of the biggest uphill

1025
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 4: climb at this point. After losing that home gaming at St.

1026
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:43,719
Speaker 4: A and M and then losing the game against Mississippi

1027
00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:46,880
Speaker 4: State the other night, I aside from them, you know,

1028
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 4: I really like Missippi State. I don't know exactly what

1029
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:52,879
Speaker 4: we're going to see from them because that's one where

1030
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,960
Speaker 4: you know, Missouri's played well at home. I could just

1031
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,840
Speaker 4: as easily see Mississippi State losing at Missouri on Saturday

1032
00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:59,880
Speaker 4: and then being in a Okay, now you have to

1033
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 4: win multiple games with the SEC Tournament to even be

1034
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:06,920
Speaker 4: in the conversation. But Arkansas is that interesting case you

1035
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 4: mentioned because I could see Arkansas winning two of their

1036
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:12,839
Speaker 4: last three here. I mean, they can honestly win all

1037
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 4: three of them. I think it's going to be easier

1038
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,880
Speaker 4: said than done in terms of playing two of their

1039
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,320
Speaker 4: last three on the road and having to win, you know,

1040
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 4: at both Georgia and A and M, because those two

1041
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 4: teams have played a lot better recently. But if they

1042
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,800
Speaker 4: can win both of those games, I think even in

1043
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:30,239
Speaker 4: a scenario, if Arkansas were to lose at home the

1044
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,400
Speaker 4: LSU in a tight game, I think they would go

1045
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:35,279
Speaker 4: into the SEC Tournament, maybe still on a spot where

1046
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 4: they could only need one win potentially to get in,

1047
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 4: because at that point, I think you would prove to

1048
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 4: the committee that you're just a much different team when

1049
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:45,880
Speaker 4: Isaiah Joe is on the court. And I think it's

1050
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 4: clear from me tests you know, just watching them play,

1051
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:50,840
Speaker 4: that they are a different team. And so I mean

1052
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 4: Arkansas could be the most dangerous. I think Alabama may

1053
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,399
Speaker 4: be at full strength, although that's just been something that's

1054
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 4: been really hard to do for Alabama. I don't I'm

1055
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,240
Speaker 4: just not there with South Carolina terms trusting them completely.

1056
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 4: Mississippi State, I like their roster, but I don't know

1057
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,799
Speaker 4: that I trust them to win games away from home.

1058
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 4: And that's why I could see, you know, bubble hopes

1059
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 4: kind of being shot down this weekend at Missouri, just

1060
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:16,879
Speaker 4: based on they just haven't been really good on the road.

1061
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 4: So album in Arkansas of that group, I think is

1062
00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 4: the most intriguing. You know, who gets in. I could

1063
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,920
Speaker 4: see all four of them getting left out, but at

1064
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 4: this point, I don't know. I would still probably lean

1065
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:29,879
Speaker 4: towards Arkansas just because I think they have a chance

1066
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:31,840
Speaker 4: to finish strong here with Isaiah Joe Back.

1067
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:33,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would agree with you. Mississipi State's actually a

1068
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:36,960
Speaker 2: pretty interesting team for next year if Perry and Weatherspoon

1069
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 2: come back. They're both I think I think Perry's a

1070
00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:41,879
Speaker 2: sophomore and Weatherspoon's a junior, and the rest of that team,

1071
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:44,040
Speaker 2: I don't think there's any other seniors besides Tyson Carter,

1072
00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 2: So it's an interesting team that Ben Allen might have

1073
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 2: next year. I like the roster too, but they've just

1074
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 2: been so inconsistent, especially away from home, and then you know,

1075
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 2: you have the rest of the SEC there are some

1076
00:46:57,160 --> 00:46:59,000
Speaker 2: intriguing teams that aren't going to make the tournament. You

1077
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,680
Speaker 2: have a Texas A and m was playing really good basketball,

1078
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 2: and you have to give Buzz a lot of credit

1079
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,239
Speaker 2: for where they've come. I mean early in the season

1080
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:08,680
Speaker 2: they look like one of the worst Power five teams

1081
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:10,279
Speaker 2: in the nation and they lost in a neutral court

1082
00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:12,600
Speaker 2: to Fairfield. I mean, this is a team that just

1083
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:15,799
Speaker 2: looked dreadful. They're playing really good basketball for where they've

1084
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 2: came from earlier in the season. You know, you have

1085
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,799
Speaker 2: Missouri who's has a lot of talent and they doubt

1086
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,320
Speaker 2: with a lot of injuries all year. Every day is

1087
00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:26,320
Speaker 2: Smith playing his pens? I mean, it's just that's the

1088
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,560
Speaker 2: story all year. You have an Ole miss team that

1089
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:31,360
Speaker 2: shows flashes, has a ton of talent, you know, with

1090
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:33,960
Speaker 2: Tyree who can go for forty every night. And then

1091
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,560
Speaker 2: you know the Shooler. You know, Georgia might have the

1092
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:38,839
Speaker 2: number one overall draft pick. And then there's Vanderbilt, who

1093
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:42,400
Speaker 2: finally ended their losing streak. And Vanderbilt would have been

1094
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:46,560
Speaker 2: I think a little more interesting if Aaron Nasmith didn't

1095
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:49,800
Speaker 2: get hurt, which I think really crushed Vanderbilt. But of

1096
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,560
Speaker 2: those teams. Do you see any of them, you know,

1097
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:56,200
Speaker 2: maybe winning a couple games, maybe making a you know,

1098
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:59,920
Speaker 2: miraculous Georgia like run in the SEC tournament.

1099
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:02,359
Speaker 4: I think A and M and Missouri are the two

1100
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:05,640
Speaker 4: that that I think are most intriguing because, like you mentioned,

1101
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 4: I mean A and M is just man, they've been

1102
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,200
Speaker 4: really good here lately, and even in that game against Kentucky,

1103
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,239
Speaker 4: I think that was one where I don't think it's

1104
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 4: I don't think A and M played that bad. I mean,

1105
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:16,879
Speaker 4: I just think Kentucky with emanual quickly just took over

1106
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,200
Speaker 4: the game and there wasn't a whole lot that the

1107
00:48:19,239 --> 00:48:20,320
Speaker 4: Aggies could do about it.

1108
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,240
Speaker 2: But you know, with ten eleven from the line eleven

1109
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 2: for twenty two from three, got fifty five percent from

1110
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,400
Speaker 2: two and the game was close siftch at the end.

1111
00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:33,440
Speaker 4: You know, when you consider those things at play and two,

1112
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:35,160
Speaker 4: it's it's so weird to look at A and M.

1113
00:48:35,239 --> 00:48:37,799
Speaker 4: Because you do look at their offensive numbers the entire year,

1114
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,960
Speaker 4: they are just dreadful. But they've been so good though

1115
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 4: the past several weeks and it's like, well, you know,

1116
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:45,360
Speaker 4: I don't you can't just really look at the numbers

1117
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:46,840
Speaker 4: I guess with them now and say, well, they're just

1118
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,840
Speaker 4: going to be a terrible shooting team because they're still

1119
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,680
Speaker 4: despite some really good three point shooting performances the past

1120
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:56,040
Speaker 4: several games, they're still you know, shooting twenty eight point

1121
00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:57,800
Speaker 4: three percent from three on the ear, which is in

1122
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:01,720
Speaker 4: the three forties nationally. So it's it's hard to figure

1123
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:03,680
Speaker 4: this team out and how but how far they've come.

1124
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:05,480
Speaker 4: I think at the buzz Williams and that's why he

1125
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 4: probably would be in contention for SEC Coach of the

1126
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 4: Year if they were to finish strong here. But I

1127
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:12,400
Speaker 4: like their lineup and I think they're a team that

1128
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:15,000
Speaker 4: can win games because you have Josh Nebo, you know,

1129
00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:17,759
Speaker 4: with his size, his defensive abilities come along as a

1130
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 4: scorer inside, and when you factor that in, I think

1131
00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:22,080
Speaker 4: A and M's got a really good chance to win

1132
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,640
Speaker 4: multiple games in the tournament. And then with Missouri, someone

1133
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:26,800
Speaker 4: said this to me after that Vanderbilt game, which was

1134
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:29,480
Speaker 4: just really ugly. But the fact is, you know, in

1135
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:31,840
Speaker 4: tournaments sometimes you can win ugly. I mean, you just

1136
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:33,759
Speaker 4: those are how games are going to go sometimes. And

1137
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:36,680
Speaker 4: I think that plays the Missouri Strakes because they're a

1138
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:39,719
Speaker 4: stingy sort of defensive team if they can put it

1139
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:42,520
Speaker 4: all together on offense, which Xavior Penson has started to do,

1140
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:44,239
Speaker 4: if they can get everyone else doing it on the

1141
00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:47,080
Speaker 4: same night. I think Missouri is a dangerous type of

1142
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:50,439
Speaker 4: team because they play a style that just isn't one

1143
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:53,040
Speaker 4: that's easy to prepare for necessarily in terms of how

1144
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,040
Speaker 4: they play defense. Now they foil a lot, and that's

1145
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:58,840
Speaker 4: not something that's necessarily a positive for them. But I

1146
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:01,080
Speaker 4: think Missouri and A and M the two teams based

1147
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:03,960
Speaker 4: on what the matchups could be and without knowing what

1148
00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 4: the draw is, I think they are two teams that

1149
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:07,600
Speaker 4: they could sort of make things interesting.

1150
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,160
Speaker 2: And I would be remiss not to mention a team

1151
00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:14,520
Speaker 2: before all my the listeners that are part of Volves Nation.

1152
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:17,560
Speaker 2: I didn't mention Tennessee. I mean I I this is

1153
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,680
Speaker 2: a team that I pretty much had pegged once LaMonte

1154
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 2: Turner went down. I figured, look, that is just gonna

1155
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:26,640
Speaker 2: crush not only they're not having Turner, but it's gonna

1156
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:29,840
Speaker 2: hurt Jordan Balden and it just a trickle down effect

1157
00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:32,960
Speaker 2: of losing him for the season early in the year

1158
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:36,280
Speaker 2: was massive, and it's played out that way. They've showed

1159
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:40,440
Speaker 2: some flashes at times, but it's been a struggle for

1160
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:43,360
Speaker 2: the Volves. Is any thoughts on them and can they

1161
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,000
Speaker 2: string together a couple wins in the sec turning.

1162
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:48,840
Speaker 4: The problem I have with Tennessee is they're just not

1163
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,640
Speaker 4: scoring it well enough. You know, they're a Rick Barnes team,

1164
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,120
Speaker 4: They're going to defend well. This is I mean, it's

1165
00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:55,640
Speaker 4: a team that has a good size, and I think

1166
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:58,040
Speaker 4: that's helped them. You know, you've got these fonds in there,

1167
00:50:58,120 --> 00:51:00,960
Speaker 4: and you've got John Folkerson. I thought he's really.

1168
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:03,280
Speaker 2: Come along as well as anybody.

1169
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:05,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, and that's why I think that that's why they've

1170
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:07,880
Speaker 4: given some teams trouble. Like you know, they gave Auburn trouble.

1171
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:10,680
Speaker 4: They should have won that game up seventeen with fourteen

1172
00:51:10,719 --> 00:51:12,920
Speaker 4: minutes left in the second half, and then Auburn makes

1173
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:15,200
Speaker 4: a rally and comes back and wins. That was sort

1174
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:17,600
Speaker 4: of a defining game I think for Tennessee because now,

1175
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,400
Speaker 4: even you know, beating vander Vote at home, they struggled

1176
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:22,920
Speaker 4: to do that. I just you know, I don't even

1177
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:25,520
Speaker 4: know that they've scored seventy points maybe, but I want

1178
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 4: to say maybe once in their past seven or eight games,

1179
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:30,880
Speaker 4: six or seven games something like that. It's just not

1180
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:33,720
Speaker 4: their style to play these high scoring type of games.

1181
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:35,279
Speaker 2: And I don't know that.

1182
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:37,400
Speaker 4: I just I'm not there with them on offense to

1183
00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:39,400
Speaker 4: where I feel like they could make a run. Now, again,

1184
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:42,680
Speaker 4: it's a Rick Barnes team. They've got some guys, you know,

1185
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:46,840
Speaker 4: with Jordan Bowden, Santiago Scovi's played well, and you know

1186
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:49,000
Speaker 4: that they've got some guys that that if they can

1187
00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:51,280
Speaker 4: all put it together, sure they could, they could outscore

1188
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:54,279
Speaker 4: some teams. But we just haven't seen it consistently enough.

1189
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:55,719
Speaker 2: And so I don't know.

1190
00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:57,320
Speaker 4: I don't know that I would trust Tennessee at a

1191
00:51:57,360 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 4: tournament scenario ahead of some of these other teams right now,

1192
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:03,040
Speaker 4: just because we haven't seen the consistency from them on offense.

1193
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:07,400
Speaker 2: YEP, I completely agree with you there. Before I let

1194
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:11,920
Speaker 2: you go prediction time, I'll ask you two questions. How

1195
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 2: many teams does the SEC eventually get in? And what

1196
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:20,440
Speaker 2: is the furthest I assume you're going to be thinking Kentucky,

1197
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:22,600
Speaker 2: But what is the furthest an SEC team gets in

1198
00:52:22,719 --> 00:52:23,640
Speaker 2: the NCAA tournament.

1199
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:26,719
Speaker 4: I'll go with five teams. I do think one of

1200
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:29,319
Speaker 4: those four are going to get in at this point,

1201
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:32,759
Speaker 4: I would probably lean towards Arkansas. But yeah, I think

1202
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:35,480
Speaker 4: five is the best number, and without ceing LSU or

1203
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:37,320
Speaker 4: you know, potentially play their way out, I just I

1204
00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:39,200
Speaker 4: don't think there's enough teams behind them that are going

1205
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:41,640
Speaker 4: to push them far enough to potentially play their way

1206
00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 4: out of the tournament. So I'll say five, and then

1207
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:45,840
Speaker 4: I do I think Kentucky's a Final four team. And

1208
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:48,160
Speaker 4: you know, to go back to what I mentioned earlier

1209
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:49,879
Speaker 4: talking to Bruce Pearl, I mean that's what he said.

1210
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:52,360
Speaker 4: He's just he doesn't think this team has sort of

1211
00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:55,000
Speaker 4: gotten enough credit for how far they've come along, and

1212
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 4: I think I agree. I mean, just just based on

1213
00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:00,600
Speaker 4: where they were, and we mentioned the Evansville loss, Emanuel

1214
00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:04,160
Speaker 4: quickly is just taking over games, and with Nick Richards

1215
00:53:04,239 --> 00:53:06,640
Speaker 4: and a healthy Ashton Hagens, I think that's a storyline

1216
00:53:06,680 --> 00:53:08,880
Speaker 4: too that it could be worth watching. Maybe you know,

1217
00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:11,160
Speaker 4: does he how many minutes is he playing here down

1218
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:13,759
Speaker 4: the stretch because he's just been battling injury. I'm all

1219
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:16,600
Speaker 4: in on Kentucky at this point, even with the concerns

1220
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:19,360
Speaker 4: maybe about three point shooting. I've just been so impressed

1221
00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:22,160
Speaker 4: with what they've done here over the past couple months,

1222
00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:23,960
Speaker 4: and I think that they can definitely make a run

1223
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:24,640
Speaker 4: to a Final four.

1224
00:53:25,239 --> 00:53:27,080
Speaker 2: I completely agree that. I think the Kentucky's a team

1225
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:28,920
Speaker 2: and on top of everything that we said about them,

1226
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:30,799
Speaker 2: they get to the line a ton and they make

1227
00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:34,399
Speaker 2: free throws. A team that's shooting almost eighty percent, that's

1228
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:36,560
Speaker 2: going to prevent a lot of droughts that you potentially

1229
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:39,000
Speaker 2: could go through and in the tournament when maybe games

1230
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:42,120
Speaker 2: are getting called a little tighter, they're going to the line.

1231
00:53:42,239 --> 00:53:44,760
Speaker 2: And this has been an issue for some of Cow's

1232
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:48,080
Speaker 2: teams at Kentucky, and you know two, three, four years

1233
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:51,319
Speaker 2: ago where they struggled to the line. This Kentucky team

1234
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:54,480
Speaker 2: does not. They are just automatic at the line, which

1235
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:57,239
Speaker 2: would be huge late in games. And that's something that

1236
00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:01,000
Speaker 2: Auburn actually struggles with as well. So not only they

1237
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:02,960
Speaker 2: struggle from the outside, they struggle with the line too.

1238
00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:05,840
Speaker 2: So just I think that those are two more factors

1239
00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:07,960
Speaker 2: that work in Kentucky's favor. And yeah, I agree, they

1240
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:09,280
Speaker 2: definitely a Final four potential.

1241
00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:12,600
Speaker 4: Yeah no, it's easily his best free throw shooting team

1242
00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:14,359
Speaker 4: he's had there. And like we were saying, I mean,

1243
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:16,440
Speaker 4: for a team that gets there a lot of that

1244
00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:19,160
Speaker 4: is a big positive because they do they get there

1245
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:21,360
Speaker 4: a ton. They get a ton of their points from

1246
00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:24,439
Speaker 4: the free throw line, which makes sense because, like we're saying,

1247
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:26,920
Speaker 4: when you have the type of athletes they have, you

1248
00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:29,160
Speaker 4: have guys that can take people off the dribble like

1249
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:31,600
Speaker 4: quickly and Hagen's and all these other ones. And then

1250
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,400
Speaker 4: you have Nick Richards who can get offensive rebounds. He

1251
00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:37,680
Speaker 4: can now score it inside just on basive offense. It's

1252
00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:39,640
Speaker 4: just I mean, they're coming along and by the way,

1253
00:54:39,719 --> 00:54:41,480
Speaker 4: haven't you mentioned him, but each J. Montgomery I think

1254
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:44,000
Speaker 4: has also been playing really well here as of late.

1255
00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:46,960
Speaker 4: And when you add that to the mix, it's just, man,

1256
00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:50,040
Speaker 4: Kentucky's got the depths, they've got the guards and that

1257
00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:51,279
Speaker 4: they're really coming along here.

1258
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:52,040
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1259
00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:52,319
Speaker 6: Yeah.

1260
00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:54,800
Speaker 2: And Auburn gets the line is even more than Kentucky.

1261
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:56,719
Speaker 2: But the difference is they shoot it at sixty seven

1262
00:54:56,960 --> 00:55:00,000
Speaker 2: sixty eight percent from the line, since a massive differ

1263
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:01,879
Speaker 2: fens and Kentucky's is not far behind and they're close

1264
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:04,920
Speaker 2: to eighty. All right, Well, thanks to Blake for joining us.

1265
00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:07,080
Speaker 2: I really appreciate your insight. Make sure you check him

1266
00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:11,239
Speaker 2: out on Twitter and locked on SEC podcast. Appreciate all

1267
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:14,759
Speaker 2: of your SEC insight and enjoy the rest of the ride.

1268
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:17,239
Speaker 4: Thanks brother, Yeah sounds great man, Thanks for having me on.

1269
00:55:17,840 --> 00:55:19,839
Speaker 2: All Right, before we get the Saturdays fard, let's talk

1270
00:55:19,960 --> 00:55:23,839
Speaker 2: some Friday night lights. Why let football have all the fun?

1271
00:55:24,480 --> 00:55:26,480
Speaker 1: Let's bet Friday night lights.

1272
00:55:29,320 --> 00:55:30,880
Speaker 2: I don't really have an ex circle for Friday, so

1273
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:32,520
Speaker 2: let me throw it to you, guys. Anything on the

1274
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:33,080
Speaker 2: radar for you.

1275
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:38,520
Speaker 7: Davidson has been so disappointing. However, if you're paying attention,

1276
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:41,200
Speaker 7: they have won four of their last five and the

1277
00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:44,080
Speaker 7: only game they lost was that complete self destruction at

1278
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:46,120
Speaker 7: Saint Joe's where they were up by twenty points. So

1279
00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:49,439
Speaker 7: they've been playing fantastic. They blow out for him at home,

1280
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,719
Speaker 7: they blow out Saint Bonaventure away impressive. The lost to

1281
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:54,960
Speaker 7: Saint Joe's. Then they beat a good Rhode Island team

1282
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:57,880
Speaker 7: at home. Then they blow out LaSalle. Here comes Dayton,

1283
00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:01,160
Speaker 7: who's not covering. They have to go to Dayton for

1284
00:56:01,239 --> 00:56:04,080
Speaker 7: this game. But I'm gonna love Davidson here. They're shooting well.

1285
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:07,560
Speaker 7: Great coach, veteran team Goodmanston has come out there like

1286
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:08,800
Speaker 7: the thriller video Zombies.

1287
00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:11,240
Speaker 6: He's finally playing well. So I really like Davidson.

1288
00:56:11,239 --> 00:56:13,000
Speaker 7: He You're probably gonna be catching ten to twelve points

1289
00:56:13,040 --> 00:56:15,160
Speaker 7: on the road against Dayton, who's been struggling a little

1290
00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:15,920
Speaker 7: bit here, so I like them.

1291
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:17,719
Speaker 3: On Friday night, yeah, I think you got to pay

1292
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:20,560
Speaker 3: attention to the horizon because Wright State and Northern Kentucky

1293
00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:21,920
Speaker 3: are playing each other, and that's going to be a

1294
00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:23,200
Speaker 3: possible preview of the final.

1295
00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:23,440
Speaker 4: There.

1296
00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:27,480
Speaker 3: The biggest by low Sell high scenario on Friday Night

1297
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:29,719
Speaker 3: has to be Harvard coming in on four straight wins

1298
00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:32,160
Speaker 3: and Colombia is worse than the IVY and they're on

1299
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:35,320
Speaker 3: nine straight losses. So if there's going to be a

1300
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:38,080
Speaker 3: point spread that maybe be a little bit too large

1301
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:40,879
Speaker 3: because of perception, that could be the game. And oh look,

1302
00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:43,480
Speaker 3: Sienna is on the road again on a Friday night.

1303
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:46,239
Speaker 3: There's something I love more defated. I think Sana and

1304
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:48,920
Speaker 3: Maris play every Friday night. It's the greatest thing ever.

1305
00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:52,640
Speaker 2: Home CIAA at home. I didn't even look at Maris

1306
00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:57,240
Speaker 2: at Merris. Okay, let's move on to Saturday.

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00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:00,600
Speaker 5: So many games, so little time.

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00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:03,200
Speaker 1: Let's look at the Saturday slate.

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00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:09,080
Speaker 2: I'll start and in their season finale, I'm gonna look

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00:57:09,160 --> 00:57:12,680
Speaker 2: to back the Evansville Purple Aces. Whoever run Oh my god,

1311
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:14,840
Speaker 2: it's in my notes, so you can't take this from me.

1312
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:17,680
Speaker 2: I'm just gonna say, look, they got their best player back.

1313
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:19,640
Speaker 2: They've lost sixteen in a round's like a school record.

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00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:22,520
Speaker 2: They're at home against Illinois State. Get gon, I'll pounce.

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00:57:22,840 --> 00:57:24,840
Speaker 3: Oh okay, all right, I'm not gonna I'm not buying

1316
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:26,640
Speaker 3: this team because their name is the Purple Aces, or

1317
00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:28,400
Speaker 3: the fact that they're still playing hard and they haven't

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00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:30,880
Speaker 3: won a conference game yet. Illinois State has given up.

1319
00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:34,760
Speaker 3: They gave up a long time ago, only four conference wins.

1320
00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 3: They're struggling. They don't the players don't like each other,

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00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:39,960
Speaker 3: the coach doesn't like the players. The media doesn't like

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00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,280
Speaker 3: the coach. The coach doesn't like the media. Everybody is

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00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:44,800
Speaker 3: really ready to get the season over with. Evansville is

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00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:48,160
Speaker 3: playing extremely hard. They lost by eleventh on January twenty

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00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:50,240
Speaker 3: ninth of the Redbirds. Kim Palm sees, this is a

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00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:53,480
Speaker 3: one point game. Evansville is still playing very tight at home,

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00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:54,920
Speaker 3: and go ahead. You can talk about how you know

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00:57:54,960 --> 00:57:57,480
Speaker 3: the returning player. It's a great spot for the Purple Aces.

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00:57:57,560 --> 00:58:00,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, DeAndre Williams are leading scorer, returned a couple of

1330
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:02,480
Speaker 2: games ago, so he looks like he's going to be

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00:58:02,520 --> 00:58:05,480
Speaker 2: able to go full here. So I think evans Book

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00:58:05,480 --> 00:58:10,200
Speaker 2: gets to win. I'll also mentioned Marquette. Look, this is

1333
00:58:10,560 --> 00:58:13,360
Speaker 2: a game that Marquette really needs against a Seaton Hall

1334
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:17,280
Speaker 2: team that look it's they're playing okay, but there's kind

1335
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:19,560
Speaker 2: of scuffling here. Both of other guards are dealing with

1336
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:24,160
Speaker 2: knee tendonitis, which is somewhat of a concern. But you know,

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00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:26,960
Speaker 2: look we said Seaton Hall's a one game leading the

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00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:29,200
Speaker 2: conference right now with Creighton and Villanoga on deck, great

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00:58:29,240 --> 00:58:31,680
Speaker 2: spot for Marquette. Randall, what do you got that.

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00:58:31,840 --> 00:58:34,120
Speaker 7: Noise you here is me jumping off the San Diego

1341
00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:38,240
Speaker 7: State bandwagon. That was a terrible game against Colorado State

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00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:40,680
Speaker 7: following the unv loss. I thought that they should have

1343
00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:43,680
Speaker 7: pounded them there. They are going to Nevada. Now, listen,

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00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:45,760
Speaker 7: I got burned with Nevada in our best bets last

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00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:48,920
Speaker 7: week because Fresno State decided to hit fourteen three pointers.

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00:58:49,040 --> 00:58:49,480
Speaker 6: I get it.

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00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:52,160
Speaker 7: But Nevada is hot. They've won six in a row.

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00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:54,800
Speaker 7: Now here goes San Diego State on the road. I

1349
00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:56,760
Speaker 7: bet most people are going to say, oh, they'll bounce back.

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00:58:56,800 --> 00:59:01,320
Speaker 7: They'll bounce back. Nevada number one in the conference at

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00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:04,520
Speaker 7: three point shooting thirty nine point three percent. They're going

1352
00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:06,320
Speaker 7: to be very live in this game. They shoot free

1353
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:08,880
Speaker 7: throws well, Jalen Harris is going to do Jalen Harris

1354
00:59:09,040 --> 00:59:11,240
Speaker 7: like things. Watch out San Diego State. You can give

1355
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:12,800
Speaker 7: me these points at home, probably gonna be at seven

1356
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:14,400
Speaker 7: or eight. I will grab them in a second.

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00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:17,400
Speaker 2: Agreed. I think Nevada gets the upset.

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00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:19,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, just make it a trio of people that we're

1359
00:59:19,480 --> 00:59:20,960
Speaker 3: going to be fighting each other to get in and

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00:59:21,120 --> 00:59:23,120
Speaker 3: get into the column and make Nevada our best bet,

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00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:25,280
Speaker 3: because that was absolutely on my list as well. But

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00:59:25,840 --> 00:59:27,600
Speaker 3: I'll pivot over to SEC. I'm not a fan of

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00:59:27,640 --> 00:59:31,120
Speaker 3: Tennessee basketball. Florida comes in off a bounce back win

1364
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:33,800
Speaker 3: against LSU after a loss to Kentucky. The Gators have

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00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:36,479
Speaker 3: the better offense, they have the better defense. Florida loves

1366
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:39,080
Speaker 3: to shoot the three. They're best in the SEC, their

1367
00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:42,240
Speaker 3: second in point distribution from the three point line. Tennessee

1368
00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:45,439
Speaker 3: is ninth in perimeter defense. And they're spiraling the wrong

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00:59:45,560 --> 00:59:47,760
Speaker 3: direction right now. And this is a big game. I

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00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:49,439
Speaker 3: don't know if the volunteers realize it, but they're about

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00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:50,880
Speaker 3: to fall down to the bottom four of the eleven

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00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:53,280
Speaker 3: through fourteen seeds, which makes them play on Day one

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00:59:53,320 --> 00:59:55,880
Speaker 3: of the SEC tournament. Florida is the best defensive rebounding

1374
00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:58,160
Speaker 3: team in the SEC. I just see all kinds of

1375
00:59:58,200 --> 00:59:59,800
Speaker 3: problems for the ball volunteers here.

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01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:04,560
Speaker 2: I will go. I'm gonna mention Miami Ohio. It might

1377
01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:06,880
Speaker 2: be a good spot to get them against Bowling Green,

1378
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:10,560
Speaker 2: who just swept Akron. They took over the outright lead

1379
01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:12,600
Speaker 2: in the MAC. A little bit of a sleepy spot

1380
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:15,280
Speaker 2: here at a flat spot before they go to Kent

1381
01:00:15,480 --> 01:00:20,240
Speaker 2: and earlier this year, Miao Ohio played Bowling Green very tough.

1382
01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:22,960
Speaker 2: They lost by two at Bowling Green. So I think

1383
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,160
Speaker 2: you're gonna be able to get Miami Ohio as a

1384
01:00:25,240 --> 01:00:27,560
Speaker 2: live home dog here in a spot Bowling Green might

1385
01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:30,160
Speaker 2: come out a little flat. I've been saying they're undervalued

1386
01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:32,760
Speaker 2: all year. Maybe they are again, but the market I

1387
01:00:32,800 --> 01:00:35,480
Speaker 2: feel like is catching up, and they got pretty lucky

1388
01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:36,919
Speaker 2: in that Acro game. I think Acron at one point

1389
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:39,200
Speaker 2: was one of twenty seven from three. This is one

1390
01:00:39,240 --> 01:00:40,880
Speaker 2: of the best three point shooting teams in the country,

1391
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:43,440
Speaker 2: So I'll be looking at Mine, Ohio as a home dog.

1392
01:00:43,480 --> 01:00:44,160
Speaker 2: What do you got, Randall?

1393
01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:48,280
Speaker 7: You know that last time that Iowa State won on

1394
01:00:48,360 --> 01:00:51,600
Speaker 7: the road this year, yeah, was never. They have never

1395
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:53,760
Speaker 7: won on the road this year, and of course they

1396
01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:56,360
Speaker 7: don't have Haliburton. I like them against TCU at home.

1397
01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:57,040
Speaker 6: Nice win.

1398
01:00:57,200 --> 01:00:59,280
Speaker 7: Now they go on the road against Oak State, who's

1399
01:00:59,320 --> 01:01:02,040
Speaker 7: playing better. Of course, had the bad second half against Kansas.

1400
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:04,440
Speaker 7: Oaks State's going to be laying about four points in

1401
01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:06,680
Speaker 7: this game. I think it's a big win for Oaks State.

1402
01:01:06,800 --> 01:01:09,720
Speaker 7: Iowa State nice winning home. Hilton Magic, no magic on

1403
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:11,640
Speaker 7: the road. Love the Cowboys here at home.

1404
01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:13,320
Speaker 2: I agree with you, dot Colm.

1405
01:01:13,760 --> 01:01:16,000
Speaker 3: I'm going to pivot to Sunday. There's a Bilo cell

1406
01:01:16,080 --> 01:01:18,200
Speaker 3: high spot for Saint John's. They've lost three straight and

1407
01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:21,080
Speaker 3: they're hosting Creighton, who's won five straight. The problem is

1408
01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:23,760
Speaker 3: is Saint John's excels and defensive steals and Creighton is

1409
01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:26,760
Speaker 3: second best in the conference and offensive steel percentage. They're

1410
01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:29,520
Speaker 3: very good at ball protection, so I can't bet Saint

1411
01:01:29,600 --> 01:01:31,640
Speaker 3: John's in the spot. I think Creyton continues to roll.

1412
01:01:33,720 --> 01:01:36,919
Speaker 3: I'll go with maybe Pepperdine at home.

1413
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:42,560
Speaker 2: Maybe you're going to get overvalued and potentially flat BYU team.

1414
01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:45,960
Speaker 2: They've had a week off since second Zaga win. Pepperdine's

1415
01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:48,880
Speaker 2: been playing some pretty good basketball here and look, UYU

1416
01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:51,400
Speaker 2: is clearly in the tournament. They've heard how great they

1417
01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:55,360
Speaker 2: are all week. Might you know also factor into the number.

1418
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:58,560
Speaker 2: They are most likely not going to win the West

1419
01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:01,160
Speaker 2: Coast Conference. They have three losses, Zag only has one.

1420
01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:05,320
Speaker 2: Pepperdine is sitting at eight and seven in the conference,

1421
01:02:05,320 --> 01:02:07,240
Speaker 2: important game for them, so I think Pepperdine would be

1422
01:02:07,240 --> 01:02:08,920
Speaker 2: a live home dog randall. Anything else.

1423
01:02:09,200 --> 01:02:11,960
Speaker 7: Last one is on Sunday. Love SMU at home. They've

1424
01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:12,880
Speaker 7: done a nice job for me.

1425
01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:13,080
Speaker 2: Here.

1426
01:02:13,280 --> 01:02:15,360
Speaker 7: They're gonna have Wichita State, who right now just took

1427
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:17,600
Speaker 7: a lead over Temple by one. The Temple's going to

1428
01:02:17,640 --> 01:02:20,360
Speaker 7: cover no problem with about thirty seconds left. So SMU

1429
01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:22,960
Speaker 7: at home always scores. Here comes Wichita State, very up

1430
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:25,080
Speaker 7: and down, struggles to score as well. That'll be a

1431
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:27,040
Speaker 7: small line, could be one or two. I like SMU

1432
01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:28,280
Speaker 7: to keep it going at home on Sunday.

1433
01:02:29,240 --> 01:02:29,919
Speaker 2: Own anything else?

1434
01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:32,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, just one last Sunday one Colorado at Stanford or

1435
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:34,840
Speaker 3: the trees of one three straight. I know the competition

1436
01:02:34,920 --> 01:02:37,040
Speaker 3: has been great with Utah and Washington State, but they're

1437
01:02:37,040 --> 01:02:39,400
Speaker 3: starting to make some noise. They got the best defensive

1438
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:41,920
Speaker 3: efficiency in the conference, the best effective field goals shooting

1439
01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:44,160
Speaker 3: in the Pac twelve, and that's good because they're dead

1440
01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:46,200
Speaker 3: last and offensive rebounds. But I think this is a

1441
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:48,200
Speaker 3: spot where they're hosting Colorado and they're gonna be able

1442
01:02:48,200 --> 01:02:48,680
Speaker 3: to steal a win.

1443
01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:51,120
Speaker 2: Amazing that Colorado cannot figure it out away from them.

1444
01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:52,840
Speaker 2: They have all the pieces. While they're down twelve at

1445
01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:55,760
Speaker 2: a half to cal Right now, I'll close it out

1446
01:02:55,880 --> 01:03:01,440
Speaker 2: here with UCSB. Irvine has everything locked up in their conference,

1447
01:03:01,720 --> 01:03:05,160
Speaker 2: and look, UCSP already beat them earlier this year. They're

1448
01:03:05,200 --> 01:03:07,920
Speaker 2: playing really good basketball. It's a team that I expected

1449
01:03:08,240 --> 01:03:11,080
Speaker 2: to see all year in the Big West. They're at

1450
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:13,400
Speaker 2: seven and five. They're in this huge group, so they're

1451
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:15,800
Speaker 2: still very motivated. I like the way that they're playing.

1452
01:03:15,800 --> 01:03:17,160
Speaker 2: I like the way that they match up with us

1453
01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:20,320
Speaker 2: here and then Mary's, no, you can't do it, Mary's

1454
01:03:20,680 --> 01:03:23,040
Speaker 2: I just got to see the numbers. Because Mary's got

1455
01:03:23,120 --> 01:03:26,880
Speaker 2: absolutely embarrassed by Gonzaga. I'm sure you're going to get

1456
01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:30,560
Speaker 2: their best effort year, so I'll have to look and

1457
01:03:30,640 --> 01:03:34,000
Speaker 2: then maybe Michigan State. I don't know, maybe, but there's

1458
01:03:34,040 --> 01:03:37,000
Speaker 2: no bad Michigan State is they gets steamed and their

1459
01:03:37,040 --> 01:03:39,280
Speaker 2: lines they are so high. The market loves them and

1460
01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:41,800
Speaker 2: they never can cover any thoughts. Randal in Michigan State,

1461
01:03:41,840 --> 01:03:43,760
Speaker 2: Maryland or Gonzaga Mary's.

1462
01:03:43,800 --> 01:03:46,040
Speaker 7: You know, And I know Turjanon's all angry about the

1463
01:03:46,120 --> 01:03:49,640
Speaker 7: travel here, but this Maryland team, their second halves have

1464
01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:52,520
Speaker 7: been super consistent. I mean, just bet Maryland second half.

1465
01:03:52,560 --> 01:03:54,960
Speaker 7: They've been fadom first half, Your fadom first half, you

1466
01:03:55,080 --> 01:03:57,600
Speaker 7: come back, You bet them second half here, Michigan State,

1467
01:03:57,720 --> 01:03:58,800
Speaker 7: I think something's wrong.

1468
01:03:58,920 --> 01:03:59,760
Speaker 6: I like Maryland.

1469
01:04:00,040 --> 01:04:02,600
Speaker 7: You know, even though Turjent has his questions, Jalen Smith's

1470
01:04:02,600 --> 01:04:04,520
Speaker 7: inside a double double, He's not afraid to step out

1471
01:04:04,560 --> 01:04:07,600
Speaker 7: for three. Wiggins can get some shots, and Callen is superior.

1472
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:10,240
Speaker 7: So I'm going to take a superior point guard, a

1473
01:04:10,360 --> 01:04:13,360
Speaker 7: really good center, and a team that looks cohesive at

1474
01:04:13,400 --> 01:04:15,040
Speaker 7: home here. You know you're gonna get a grea effort

1475
01:04:15,040 --> 01:04:15,800
Speaker 7: against Michigan State.

1476
01:04:15,880 --> 01:04:16,680
Speaker 6: I like Maryland.

1477
01:04:16,680 --> 01:04:17,280
Speaker 2: I can't believe this.

1478
01:04:17,320 --> 01:04:19,320
Speaker 6: I'm back in Maryland, back in Florida State. What's wrong

1479
01:04:19,360 --> 01:04:19,520
Speaker 6: with me?

1480
01:04:19,880 --> 01:04:22,920
Speaker 2: Well there you have it. Well done, gentlemen. Thanks everyone

1481
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:25,920
Speaker 2: for listening, Thanks Mike, thanks Colin for joining me as always,

1482
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:28,480
Speaker 2: and thanks Blake for joining us to talk some SCC.

1483
01:04:29,040 --> 01:04:32,520
Speaker 2: Thanks everyone for listening. You know the dull Subscribe on subscribe, subscribe,

1484
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1485
01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:36,919
Speaker 2: that stuff really helps. Appreciate your support. You'll be hearing

1486
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:39,960
Speaker 2: a lot more of us as we approach conference tournaments

1487
01:04:40,200 --> 01:04:42,520
Speaker 2: of good luck this weekend, and we'll catch you all later.

1488
01:04:42,760 --> 01:04:44,680
Speaker 3: Cheers, he's out, bring it.

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Speaker 2: We're finished talking