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Speaker 1: Welcome back college basketball. Diehard degenerates to another episode of

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Speaker 1: The Big Bets on Campus. This is your host, Matthew

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Speaker 1: Cox through thirty three point three to three percent of

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Speaker 1: the three man weave. Here again, another weekly edition, breaking

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Speaker 1: out all the action of the upcoming week, with a

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Speaker 1: specific focus on Wednesday, recording live here on Tuesday. The

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Speaker 1: format's the same. We get a six pack of questions.

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Speaker 1: We'll go through the dog of the week, got the

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Speaker 1: trash man coming up, power Game the week, talks to

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Speaker 1: mid majors, and we'll do a little spotlight on whatever

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Speaker 1: floats are fellas. I don't even care about how either

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Speaker 1: of you are doing today. Let's get right into the

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Speaker 1: meat of this episode. And I want to just be

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Speaker 1: transparent because our live Dogs of the Week last week

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Speaker 1: were hord Not one of these won. We had a

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Speaker 1: couple of close calls. Samford went to ot and lost

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Speaker 1: in overtime to DePaul, but UNC against Indiana, that one

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Speaker 1: was really never competitive. South Alabama, Oakland, Chicago State. Imagine

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Speaker 1: picking Chicago State on this program. But they beat Southern

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Speaker 1: Indiana by a million on Sunday, So I guess that

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Speaker 1: do better this week. That's just kind of my call

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Speaker 1: to action. And this week is sort of a shorter,

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Speaker 1: lighter slate of games. You know, Tuesday Wednesday are heavier,

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Speaker 4: Where is.

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Speaker 1: Where is mine? Wednesday night three to con Center as

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Speaker 1: I chose from the fairly large slate of games. On Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: Arazon was stating at SMUs my first, to Paul at

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Speaker 1: Saint John's just my second. Jacksonville at VCU is my third.

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Speaker 1: Ki going to you first? Which one of those three

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Speaker 2: Gosh, Matty, you chose some okay ones here of the

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Speaker 2: three you chose okay, not great?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Jack agree, there's not a great options this is

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Speaker 2: From Jacksonville intrigues me. I'm I was really high on

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Speaker 2: them coming into the year. I've bettled them three times,

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Speaker 2: all three times they've played there one and two. Now,

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Speaker 2: b pretty good teams here. Can VCU run them out

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Speaker 2: like those other teams have? I don't know. Ace Baldwin

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Speaker 2: so it's probably what I'm not going to look for. Jim,

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Speaker 2: I guess I leaned towards SMU out of these three

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I've got two that Matt did not mention that

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Speaker 3: I'll that I'll hit later. But of the ones Matt

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Speaker 3: I will also say, Matt, the show is sponsored by

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Speaker 3: bet MGM. How dare you give them cold shoulder the

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Speaker 3: but yeah, SMU, I like the fact that their home

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Speaker 3: I think is shakier Jacksonville. I don't know if we're

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So I picked out I'm gonna I'm gonna end

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Speaker 2: Is Siena plus six at Georgetown.

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Speaker 3: It's like it counts like two plus money count the same.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we for the Golden Sombrero last week.

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Speaker 1: I can't imagine they're real geek to fly across country

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Speaker 3: they can't shoot once they do get open shots, which

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Speaker 2: Kai.

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Speaker 3: I think they should San Francisco should smash and San

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Speaker 1: I actually like the Tennessee game better than the Dons,

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Speaker 1: I hope they go more than thirty. Forty would be great.

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Speaker 1: I take fifty, kay, I'll be laying the point.

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Speaker 2: By this one. Mett Ukau is really really talented, so

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Speaker 3: The ken Pom projection agrees with you. It has them

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Tennessee's just back. We're gonna look back at that

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Speaker 1: That's fine. Still the one by fifty, they one by thirty.

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Speaker 1: of the week marquee matchups, and we got a few

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Speaker 2: Oh I could feel.

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Speaker 1: A couple of rivalries and and the one that's going

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Speaker 1: to kick us off here Kai Yukon headed down to

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Speaker 1: the swap Florida Gators, who have fallen onto some hard times,

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Speaker 1: but they're coming off. Not many people may have seen

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Speaker 1: two very impressive, dominant wins over albeit subpar competition. Do

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Speaker 1: we think are beloved Gators who we have shown a

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Speaker 1: I think this is a vintage home dog spot here

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they might have figured something out, but I'm not

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Speaker 2: fading Yukon. You can't make me. Five points does seem

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Speaker 2: but that goes both ways. Yukon's got way, way way

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Speaker 2: Florida can't really shoot. I know that their numbers are high,

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Speaker 3: Jim. Yeah, the shooting is basically two players Florida and

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Speaker 3: Like the percentage looks good, it's like, oh, but they're

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Speaker 3: And if you have to force the ball inside against Yukon,

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Speaker 3: I have fear for Florida here, Matt. I was really

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is a spot that I would be rushing

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Speaker 1: This year, I'm probably gonna still bet Florida if I'm

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Speaker 3: I mentioned it now. I just want to give the

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Speaker 1: Now that is the trend as the trend. I think

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Speaker 3: Party here sitting on my hands. I think Malie call

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Speaker 3: So I man, I agree kai Penn State is not

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Speaker 3: Michigan State is getting through this ridiculous gauntlet that they

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Speaker 3: They only have ten scholarship guys in the entire roster.

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Speaker 3: One of them was meant to be red shirted Cooper,

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Speaker 3: and it's it's not coming together. They just lost at

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Speaker 3: one out, mister Cox. Yeah, price a lot too.

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Speaker 1: My first instinct was with Kai on the Michigan State

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Speaker 1: plus four Penn State, but then I thought more about it.

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Speaker 1: It's like, I kind of like this Penn State team

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Speaker 3: So trying to respect that, Matt, what would it take

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Speaker 3: that four I need three or less.

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Speaker 1: It's four at I think three State it's for a

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Speaker 2: I as you're looking at bet Penn State, I am.

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Speaker 3: I'm bad. I was going in the if I get

432
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Speaker 3: five and a half if you give me five and

433
00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:33,640
Speaker 3: a half, I'll take Michelle.

434
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Speaker 1: The other way, all right, So here you hammer it

435
00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,520
Speaker 1: him and then we'll get it on the CounterPunch, or

436
00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,040
Speaker 1: I can go first and go second. Whenever you want,

437
00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:42,040
Speaker 1: you can talk perfect awesome, all right, glad we discussed

438
00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:47,080
Speaker 1: that Thursday. Let's quickly hit on Iowa State. Iowa Syhawk

439
00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:52,000
Speaker 1: obviously a huge rivery game. We love covering this every year. Man,

440
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,480
Speaker 1: to think Iowa might be a six point favorite against

441
00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,320
Speaker 1: Iowa State is pretty wild. I don't think it'll be

442
00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:01,080
Speaker 1: that high. But Kempom has Iowa State relatively undervalued in

443
00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,640
Speaker 1: some people's opinion. I think I tend to agree this year, Kai,

444
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,679
Speaker 1: where do you think this line truly opens? And are

445
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,440
Speaker 1: you looking to get involved?

446
00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,320
Speaker 2: It'll get that down for sure. I will be on

447
00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:13,120
Speaker 2: Iowa State if it's six six.

448
00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,760
Speaker 3: I just want to say this, this game has been

449
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,159
Speaker 3: a blowout for like eight straight years. I know it's

450
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,960
Speaker 3: always the team that wins wins by fifteen or twenty

451
00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,000
Speaker 3: five every single year. You'd have to go back to

452
00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,000
Speaker 3: I guess eighteen was the last time that was within

453
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Speaker 3: single digits. And so that's like, if you like Iowa State,

454
00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,520
Speaker 3: maybe take the money line, because I doubt you're gonna

455
00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,600
Speaker 3: need to say. But if you like Iowa, then you know,

456
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:38,640
Speaker 3: don't worry about the money line late A six.

457
00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a good point.

458
00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:40,399
Speaker 2: Now.

459
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,800
Speaker 1: I guess nitpicking online value may not be worth it

460
00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,240
Speaker 1: in this matchup four. I think it's probably close to four.

461
00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:47,320
Speaker 1: I'm with you on that one.

462
00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,080
Speaker 3: Well, we'll see. We'll see what happens. We're recording again

463
00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,840
Speaker 3: on Tuesday. We'll see what happens with Iowa Duke. If

464
00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,000
Speaker 3: Iowa pulls off a big win, maybe this gets over

465
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,240
Speaker 3: inflated and you get a better value on Iowa State.

466
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Speaker 1: Going a quick turnar on there for the Hawkeves is well.

467
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,880
Speaker 1: Two more Big Ten games on Thursday, with Rutgers at

468
00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,520
Speaker 1: Ohio State. The Minnesota game was the other home dog

469
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Speaker 1: I was alluding to earlier, Kai, I kind of think

470
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Speaker 1: the Gophers can keep that one close. I just don't

471
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:13,880
Speaker 1: think Michigan has to figure out right.

472
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,360
Speaker 2: Now fade Rutgers on the road. We talked about Colorado

473
00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,840
Speaker 2: State being a live dog against Colorado Sole in Colorado State, No,

474
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 2: thank you. On Minnesota. I'll probably be on Michigan, or

475
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:24,120
Speaker 2: at least leaning that way.

476
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, Minnesota is really bad. Like the defense is awful,

477
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,080
Speaker 3: and I know they've had some flu stuff, so maybe

478
00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:33,480
Speaker 3: that's part of why they've been bad recently. But before

479
00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,639
Speaker 3: they got battle back, they were awful. They have been

480
00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,240
Speaker 3: a very poor ATS team this year. The one concerned

481
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Speaker 3: with Michigan is Jala Newell and pretty sure he tore

482
00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,440
Speaker 3: his acl. I watched it and cringed and nearly cried,

483
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,720
Speaker 3: And it's sad and bad and gross. So maybe that's

484
00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,040
Speaker 3: good though, Maybe get more Doug McDaniel, who's actually looked

485
00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:51,680
Speaker 3: really really.

486
00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:52,000
Speaker 2: Good so far.

487
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I mean team hasn't had a pointer all year.

488
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,399
Speaker 1: But you know, maybe that prompts to go in a

489
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Speaker 1: different direction.

490
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Speaker 2: We shall see.

491
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Speaker 1: All right, let's get out of the power confer in

492
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Speaker 1: spotlight down to the nitty gritty mid majors.

493
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Speaker 2: Uh.

494
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Speaker 1: There's two in particular we want to talk about Wednesday.

495
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:10,520
Speaker 1: One quickly, we'll touch on for Thursday. Wednesday. I su

496
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,120
Speaker 1: Blue Indiana State, who we discussed in the section last show,

497
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:17,560
Speaker 1: for what it's worth against Drake. They competed admirably and

498
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,159
Speaker 1: they yeah, they want it's right, they're at home. They

499
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Speaker 1: want I'm gonna say they cleared athlete and they want

500
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:25,159
Speaker 1: uh that is admirable and actually came out with the victory.

501
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,240
Speaker 1: So they're looking to move to two and oh in

502
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:32,640
Speaker 1: conference against the SIU Carbondale Sluki's KAI. This could argue

503
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,600
Speaker 1: it be two of the three best teams in the conference,

504
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,280
Speaker 1: give what we've seen so far in this league in

505
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,960
Speaker 1: the non con I kind of think is SU Blue

506
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,880
Speaker 1: wins this game? Outright? Maybe I'm disrespecting siuc's home court

507
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:44,680
Speaker 1: in that defense under Brian Mullins, but I think is

508
00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:45,919
Speaker 1: SU Blue wins.

509
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,359
Speaker 2: I think some of the noise really really good. I

510
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,639
Speaker 2: think both these teams are really good. I'm probably not

511
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,359
Speaker 2: gonna have a dog in this fight because I like

512
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,600
Speaker 2: both teams and I have them pretty highly rated. Indiana

513
00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,720
Speaker 2: State has some injury issues, doesn't really matter. There are

514
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,440
Speaker 2: two deep and Shirts has skirted this this issue many

515
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,280
Speaker 2: times before, so I'm probably just gonna watch this one

516
00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,160
Speaker 2: and enjoy. But four sounds about right. Maybe it's three,

517
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:10,880
Speaker 2: maybe it's two.

518
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,159
Speaker 3: Yeah, Indian State is just so much better running what

519
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,959
Speaker 3: Shirts wants to do, bringing in McCauley, a guy who

520
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 3: played for him back in his d two days. That

521
00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,320
Speaker 3: Lincoln Memorial has helped, and just familiarity with the system.

522
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 3: They're not turning the ball over like crazy like they

523
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,560
Speaker 3: were one of the worst turnover teams in the country

524
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,120
Speaker 3: last year, and I think the Sulukis could have taken

525
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,880
Speaker 3: advantage of that and did last year, not as much

526
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,760
Speaker 3: this time around, so I will I will set this

527
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,960
Speaker 3: one out as well. This is a great battle for

528
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,760
Speaker 3: like you said, Matt, two of the three or four

529
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,399
Speaker 3: best teams in the league. I think Bradley weren't mentioned

530
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:42,920
Speaker 3: there as well.

531
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Speaker 1: Yeah, these are two teams that I think, if you know,

532
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 1: probably top five of the of the valley. Either one

533
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,119
Speaker 1: could win the Arch Madness in Saint Louis, and I

534
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,399
Speaker 1: think are good enough to win a game in March Madness.

535
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,240
Speaker 1: So I would keep your eying both these teams long term.

536
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:56,520
Speaker 1: Two more teams than I think can actually what a

537
00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 1: game in March Madness could be way off the radar.

538
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 1: Too many lists saying Florida Golf Coast at Florida Atlantic.

539
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 1: Now KEMPOM has this game Florida Lantic minus ten. I

540
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,320
Speaker 1: think that'd be an outrageously high spread. But Florida Atlantic

541
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,240
Speaker 1: has been pretty much ripping everyone to shreds beat Florida.

542
00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,760
Speaker 1: They made a mockery of Eastern Michigan's defense. They hung

543
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,560
Speaker 1: a hundred. I watched that game. Eastern Michigan had no

544
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: chance to stop them. Florida Golf Coast under Patty Chambers

545
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,879
Speaker 1: can play. They've always had talent, but now they have

546
00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,080
Speaker 1: a coach who can maximize that talent. I'm actually looking

547
00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,040
Speaker 1: to bet Florida Golf Coast here, Jim if the line's

548
00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,760
Speaker 1: anywhere near that Kempom proxy opener, but I got to

549
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,360
Speaker 1: think it probably opens closer to eight.

550
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,920
Speaker 3: Are theyre Loka return? Like a week and a half ago,

551
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 3: I would have thought this line was insane, but I've

552
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:42,120
Speaker 3: come around on FAU is like a nuclear holy cow

553
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,680
Speaker 3: team like Wofford was never a top twenty program until

554
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:47,720
Speaker 3: they were that one year and blew everybody out. And

555
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,880
Speaker 3: FAU is playing like that. They were even shorthanded when

556
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,960
Speaker 3: they destroyed Eastern Michigan. We mentioned in the Live Dog

557
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,560
Speaker 3: of the Week South Alabama did not win. They were

558
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,639
Speaker 3: playing this FAU team and lost by twenty five. And

559
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,680
Speaker 3: South Alabama nearly beat you ab like that is a really,

560
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,679
Speaker 3: really impressive effort. FAU has guards on guards on guards,

561
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,359
Speaker 3: so many playmakers. They have a two headed monster at center,

562
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 3: they can rotate, throw at you. They're a little bit healthier.

563
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,640
Speaker 3: They got Nellie Davis back. They're still missing Elijah Martin,

564
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,640
Speaker 3: but again, they have so many guards it just doesn't matter.

565
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,399
Speaker 3: I think this team is like really awesome and going

566
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,080
Speaker 3: to contend with you a be a top the league

567
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:29,919
Speaker 3: in North Texas as well. So I'm staying away here, kay.

568
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 3: I've kind of tipped my cap to FAU and would

569
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:34,520
Speaker 3: rather back them at this point.

570
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 2: FAU has an at large case.

571
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're at large when.

572
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,159
Speaker 2: At Florida they're seven to one. Their top sixty and

573
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 2: kimpon right now, both these teams are among the best

574
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,360
Speaker 2: in the country against the spread. FAU is plus nine

575
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,880
Speaker 2: cover margin on six to one record Golf Coast six

576
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,280
Speaker 2: and two plus eight cover margin the other team. You

577
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 2: really want to fade right now. You will not catch

578
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,919
Speaker 2: me fading FAU the rest of the year, even if

579
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,879
Speaker 2: this spread is ten. I don't want to step in

580
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,200
Speaker 2: front of the because I grew to Jim. I think

581
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,160
Speaker 2: they are nuclear and a very very good team.

582
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 3: Man, slave to numbers like we are. You're just like,

583
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,320
Speaker 3: this team is playing awesome. FAU is absolutely a team

584
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 3: to back.

585
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, Florida off coast and man, they just beat San

586
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 1: Diego and the West Coast trip after the USC one,

587
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:18,639
Speaker 1: I think they could be you know.

588
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 2: I think so. No, they lost die Yeah they won

589
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,360
Speaker 2: that game after Sage, Yeah, but they didn't and they've

590
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:26,479
Speaker 2: played nobody since then.

591
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,160
Speaker 1: They played no one, sense. I just think they're really good.

592
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 1: Pat Tammers is awesome what he did at Penn State

593
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 1: before before the page turn. But all right, Thursday, real quick,

594
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,720
Speaker 1: we have to highlight UMass Loll, who's been maybe the

595
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 1: best team in the country no one knows about, like

596
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: no one knows about like Florida a Lantis off the radar,

597
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,399
Speaker 1: but then UMass role was like deep deep deep deep seated,

598
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 1: only deep seated. Most know about this squad at UMass

599
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 1: minus two feels tiny given how good Frank Martin squad's

600
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 1: ben Kai, But I don't know. It's not a big

601
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:57,439
Speaker 1: home court. I think I might be on the minimn

602
00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:58,199
Speaker 1: this one.

603
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'd be shocked. This was too. I bet it's

604
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 2: over three, and you know, I'm probably not going to

605
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,160
Speaker 2: make it to where I bet you mess loll, but gosh,

606
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,320
Speaker 2: I'll consider it. Currently their Kim pomp Spot is one

607
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,440
Speaker 2: twenty one. That's over one hundred spots higher than the

608
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,480
Speaker 2: program's ever been since it joined d D one and

609
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,160
Speaker 2: twenty fourteen. But man, I kind of believe it because

610
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:17,680
Speaker 2: the market can't catch up with them. I know they're

611
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 2: not playing anybody that good, but gosh, they lost by

612
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 2: eight to Rutgers. At Rutgers, that's impressive. I know Rutgers

613
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 2: is kind of shorthanded everyone else though they're torching one

614
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 2: of the best ATS teams in the country. Here UMass

615
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,160
Speaker 2: is strange. They're not a well poust machine. Frank Martin

616
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 2: is mad at his team despite their good start. I

617
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 2: might be tempted to bet loll here that travels not

618
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 2: a lot TBD will see on the line.

619
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, Kai, you sent the quotes to our our group

620
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 3: chat internally about what Martin was saying about his team.

621
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 3: This feels like a I'm okay with a losing if

622
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 3: I'm Frank Martin right and let my team now I

623
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 3: have ammunition on this on these guys. They have to

624
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,280
Speaker 3: listen to me. You lost to umss loll your in

625
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 3: state supposed to be a little brother. How dare you

626
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 3: listen up? Get on the line and start running. I

627
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 3: could see that being the outcome for UMass here. And yeah,

628
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 3: well I can't keep up with them either. They're like FAU.

629
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 3: They are outside of well outside of their program range

630
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 3: as Kai said. But you look at their numbers and

631
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 3: it's all sustainable, Like they are dominant at both ends,

632
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 3: at the rim on both ends. It's not like they're

633
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 3: getting lucky with three point shooting numbers on either side.

634
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,719
Speaker 3: I believe that this is actually like a top one

635
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 3: to twenty defense, and maybe it's not ninetieth, but they defend.

636
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 3: They have size, they have high major transfers, and they've

637
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:37,080
Speaker 3: got a lot of athleticism on the squad. I'm buying

638
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 3: into this role team, and I think they're more complete

639
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 3: and we'll be absolutely dialed in to go into UMass

640
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:44,479
Speaker 3: and get a victory here.

641
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll probably stay away, I guess then I think

642
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: more about it in this game. But we'll talk about

643
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 1: ums LOWL in a second here talk about some extra

644
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 1: teams that's really impressed us so far. But before we

645
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 1: get to our final section, let's quickly and I mean

646
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,440
Speaker 1: very quickly check the box on our fit section. The

647
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Speaker 1: trash man Grimy Rose disgusting pick of the week. And

648
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Speaker 1: I say that because there's not many good options to

649
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 1: choose from. It's probably a good thing if you want

650
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,000
Speaker 1: to watch high quality, aesthetically pleasing basketball.

651
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Speaker 3: The trash man pick of the week.

652
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 1: I'm the trash man.

653
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 4: Just throw me the trash, your garbage, and you know it,

654
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 4: totally unreliable, undependable in it.

655
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 2: That's it.

656
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 4: You've been told off.

657
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 2: How do you like that?

658
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: Good?

659
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:22,320
Speaker 2: Uh?

660
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 1: The one that did jump out to me was Campbell

661
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 1: Evansville decided to play a non conference game. Both teams

662
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 1: play painfully slow, and they're both missing key pieces in

663
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,560
Speaker 1: Port Evansville man like being down I think their bleeding

664
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 1: scorer and then having their third leading scorer, Blaze Boshamp transfer. Yeah,

665
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,840
Speaker 1: this is like a fifty five to fifty two type

666
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 1: of affair. So I guess that's my underlean on my

667
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 1: one trash maan identification of the week.

668
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, it'd be a gross game. Campbell should crush them,

669
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 2: but Campbell has cam should win them. Campbell has injury

670
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 2: issues themselves. Yeah, there's a few out there. We don't

671
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 2: have to go down the rabbit hole. Trashman pick of

672
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 2: the week.

673
00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,800
Speaker 3: I would be on the under there as well Matt

674
00:30:58,840 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 3: with the injury issues that both.

675
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 1: In our final section spotlight on Extra Extra read all

676
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 1: about it. I want to highlight some extra teams that

677
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: have been awesome to date, and let's bring them up

678
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 1: and then quickly give an opinion on do we think

679
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,719
Speaker 1: it's sustainable. We're looking to bet on this team, We're

680
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 1: looking to fade this team. Talked about Florida Gulf Coast

681
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: and UMass Low above a few leagues teams from their leads,

682
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 1: Kai the A Sun. I believe you are a correspondent

683
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 1: for that conference. How good that conference is this season?

684
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 1: Liberty Lips Comes are very impressive. Jacksonville we talked about

685
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,480
Speaker 1: them briefly above. Those are the main competitors there. Any

686
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:34,920
Speaker 1: of those really jump out to you as like a

687
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 1: team you're looking to back, or maybe the other way,

688
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 1: maybe a team that's kind of gotten unlucky. Fortunately you're

689
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 1: looking to fade.

690
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 2: I mean, I've said it all preseason, this is the

691
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 2: best day Day Sun's ever been. You can see that

692
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 2: in their non com performance so far. I think most

693
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 2: of the league is profitable this season from an ATS perspective.

694
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 2: One of the teams that's not is Jacksonville State, which

695
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 2: is a bit surprising. Also Liberty, despite having a good

696
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 2: ATS record, they actually have a negative cover margin. But

697
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 2: I'm looking at back basically every team in non conference here.

698
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 2: I think Liberty is still a good bet. I think

699
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,120
Speaker 2: golf Coast a great bet Matt against a team not

700
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 2: in named FAU. I think Queen's is still a great bet.

701
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:13,720
Speaker 1: Kenesaw five and two yea Bellerman.

702
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 2: I mean a lot of these teams are tough, tough

703
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 2: dogs because the talent is a lot better than people think.

704
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 2: No one pays atention to the A Sun, so I

705
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 2: would say for the little remainder of non con here,

706
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 2: look a little bit closer with the A Sun.

707
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 3: I'm in lockstep, kay. I don't have a ton to

708
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 3: add because I've been backing a couple of these teams.

709
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 3: The thing I've run into trouble with is trying to

710
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 3: get Liberty unders. And they did have the disgusting game

711
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 3: down in Mexico that was like the easiest under of

712
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 3: all time. But they also have really struggled to like

713
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 3: it's not struggled. Their offense has been so good at

714
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,960
Speaker 3: home against poor competition that nothing stays under. They put

715
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 3: up eighty points on sixty possessions and you just kind

716
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 3: of have to donate your money to the book and

717
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 3: walk away. So that's something I'm staying away from Matthew.

718
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 3: But like I said, if I'm on the fence about

719
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 3: backing an Ason side, I'm probably going with yes, because

720
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 3: these teams are legit.

721
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, the Asan non con is similar to what we

722
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 1: saw last season with the Swacken Miak non con. Just

723
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 1: a whole league uprising town, acquisition, good coaches, confluence of factors,

724
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 1: and I think there's some runway to back these teams

725
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,280
Speaker 1: for the remainder of the month of December, and then

726
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:25,719
Speaker 1: of course when they get into the conference play, well,

727
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 1: it's sort of all in the gates itself. How about

728
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: Vermont and Bryant, the two perennial powers while I get

729
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 1: Briant the new addition to the America East, both of

730
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 1: whom will be competing with UMass LOLL, and both of

731
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 1: them are currently dogs to outpace LOLL in the conference.

732
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 1: Just based purely on KEM Pomp's overall ranking, Brian's still

733
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 1: better than UMSS LOLL. I firmly believe that I wanted

734
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 1: to say Vermont was firmly better than U mass Locai,

735
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 1: but I don't know. Vermont's played like one gig game

736
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 1: in their last six, so it's hard for me to

737
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 1: trust that with any sort of conference.

738
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 2: They've played one game in the last six, but their

739
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 2: competition is freaking Vermont playing a really hard schedule. They

740
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 2: almost want at USC they lost over time to Fluorton.

741
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 2: They have a good team still, I think, and I

742
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,800
Speaker 2: think in conference play they'll show their true form. But

743
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 2: it is a three horse race now. And before I

744
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,839
Speaker 2: probably have said just Vermont and Bryant, with the US

745
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 2: low the we'd been playing, I think it's definitely a

746
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 2: three horse race now.

747
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,839
Speaker 3: Yeah, just for the competition, I think is a really

748
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 3: good point. They have one opponent in common, and that's Merrimack.

749
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,880
Speaker 3: Vermont won by twenty three at Merrimack. Lowell won by

750
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,800
Speaker 3: twenty six at home. And then outside of that, Lowell

751
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 3: has played a bunch of teams outside of the top

752
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 3: two fifty and Vermont has played zero teams outside of

753
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 3: the top two to fifty. Merrimack is the only bad

754
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 3: team they played all season. It's at least Division one,

755
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 3: So maybe the battle testing will have some element to

756
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 3: it that helps when you get into league play, but

757
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 3: I buy that lowl is better than them right now.

758
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 3: I have not been impressed with Vermont in some of

759
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 3: the more mid level competition games they've had, like Long

760
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 3: Beach and Yale. They got thrown into the trash by

761
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 3: those teams, and that concerned for a mon team that

762
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 3: doesn't really have a front court.

763
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,439
Speaker 1: Right now, two more, let's get to uh, I'm going

764
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: to gym. When your thought on Colgate, Kai, I want

765
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: your thought on Northwestern State.

766
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 3: So Colgate was the clear favorite coming into the season,

767
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 3: and they've been okay so far.

768
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,839
Speaker 1: They're only That's why I am too right.

769
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 3: They're not like a dominant Holy Cow force. But the

770
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 3: rest of the Patriot League is not very good. Navy

771
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 3: has kind of emerged a little bit as the second team,

772
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 3: but they're the only other Patriot squad inside of Ken

773
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:34,280
Speaker 3: Palm's top two hundred. Colgate should be the comfortable favorite

774
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 3: twin elite now. The rest of the non con I'm

775
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 3: not going to be back in Colgate. They lack athleticism.

776
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,240
Speaker 3: That's why they got smashed by Auburn. They had trouble

777
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,240
Speaker 3: with Buffalo on opening night. They lost a du Cane

778
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,439
Speaker 3: and they're still figuring out the point guard situation. Braden Smith,

779
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 3: the freshman, has played there a lot. He's looked really

780
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 3: good for a freshman, Like tip of the cap to him,

781
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,360
Speaker 3: and I think he'll be fine for Patriot play. But

782
00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 3: it's still a little bit of a problem when they

783
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 3: play up in competent, the lack of a dynamic creator

784
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:06,720
Speaker 3: the way that Nelly Cummings was before and Jordan Burns

785
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:10,280
Speaker 3: before him. They lacked that guy to plug the offense.

786
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 1: This is the one team, Kay, you mentioned Furman as

787
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: a team that you thinks over valued. Colgate's another team

788
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,400
Speaker 1: in that same nan where it's like, yeah, I like

789
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: him a lot. I just think they're being priced like

790
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,560
Speaker 1: a high end Big ten team. I'm just not I

791
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: can't can't quite get there.

792
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 2: Yeah.

793
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 3: I wrote the Patriot for the Almanac and was like,

794
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 3: this is the clear favorite, and I've bet against them

795
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 3: like five times in the non come because it's just

796
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,400
Speaker 3: they were a little inflated for my taste.

797
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,720
Speaker 1: High Northwestern State is I like to call them Missouri

798
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 1: State South.

799
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 2: Yeah.

800
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 1: They've won seven or row six in row, including a

801
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,520
Speaker 1: win at TCU. They won at SFA, and they just

802
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,919
Speaker 1: beat Southern miss who looked invincible until well until NW

803
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 1: State beat them.

804
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, seven to one. It gets to spread one of

805
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 2: the best cover margins in the country.

806
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 3: Yeah.

807
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:54,240
Speaker 2: There, Missouri State light because their new coach, Cory Gibson

808
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 2: was a Missouri State assistant and he took guys from

809
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 2: that team with him somehow to I'm going to say

810
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 2: it wrong. I just had the pronunciation of my head.

811
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 2: It's very fresh Nata something like that. The place for

812
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:16,479
Speaker 2: Northwestern State is down there in Louisiana. But Demarki, Jamonte Black,

813
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 2: it's a lot more talented team that we're used to

814
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,359
Speaker 2: seeing here at Northwestern State. I think it's sustainable. I'm

815
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 2: not sure they've hit their ceiling quite yet. I'm intrigued

816
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,880
Speaker 2: to see them against south Land competition, probably be inclined

817
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 2: to back them, and we'll see these next couple of

818
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,879
Speaker 2: games in the non kin against Louisiana and Roe and Rice,

819
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 2: among others. I think they're pretty darn feisty.

820
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:38,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, they beat Southern mess without Dane Prim, Gage Prim's

821
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:42,879
Speaker 3: brother the old Star State who's similar to Gage Prim,

822
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 3: only he's like fifty pounds lighter, so he's not quite

823
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 3: the same space eater, but yeah, I mean the three

824
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 3: headed monster of Missouri State transfers. The freshmen that they

825
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 3: brought in are really really good Hampton and Greedy Williams.

826
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 3: Great name, Greedy Williams.

827
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:56,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, Greedy.

828
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 3: So yeah, I think it is fully stable for them

829
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 3: going forward to that. That's I think that team is

830
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 3: still a bye despite how much they've already risen in

831
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 3: analytical rankings.

832
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 1: Nacketish, nakotish, naketoush, naketosh, nakeotush. And we'll get off the podcast.

833
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,239
Speaker 1: They have five times fast so we can engrave that

834
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:18,680
Speaker 1: in our memories. Great breakdown, gentlemen, let's recap our best

835
00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 1: bets quickly from this segment. I guess from all six segments,

836
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: I'll hit mine first. I am going to take Jacksonville

837
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 1: and SMU on the money Line Dog as we talked about,

838
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 1: and I will probably be taking FGCU against Florida Atlantic

839
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 1: despite my Florida Atlantic fears.

840
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 2: Kai, what do you got uh, Sienna Utah Valley for

841
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 2: my live dogs the week. I do like the San

842
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 2: Francisco Dons and blow out City section. Yeah, leaning towards

843
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 2: Michigan State and Iowa State in the in the Games

844
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,799
Speaker 2: of the week TVD on the spreads there and then

845
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 2: the mid major games of the week. I'm gonna back

846
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 2: you mess Well. I'm going with the River Hawks. I'm

847
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 2: tired of fading this team and not being on them.

848
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 2: It's time I get some money.

849
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,320
Speaker 3: Yeah. Think it's the right time for him too. With

850
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 3: the way U Mass is trending, I guess they've been solid.

851
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:09,280
Speaker 3: But I'm in Colorado State, Alabama State in Siena outright,

852
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 3: and I'll be taking the spreads there strongly considering Iowa

853
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 3: State in the Syhawk. I want to see what happens

854
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 3: with Iowa Duke though, so unfortunately we don't have that

855
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 3: result in our holster as we record this. But I'm

856
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 3: all in for sure on U mess Well. I think

857
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 3: it's just a perfect spot against the little brother with

858
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 3: or against Big Brother, and Big Brother has a coach

859
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 3: that might want to teach his team a bit of

860
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 3: a lesson and is okay with them not coming all

861
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,760
Speaker 3: the way through there. I think that's it for me, Matthew,

862
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:37,799
Speaker 3: That's it from all of us.

863
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Speaker 1: That concludes another weekly episode of the Big Bets on

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Speaker 1: Campus every Wednesday morning. Come back next week, same time,

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Speaker 1: join us. Until then, Good luck, take care,