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Speaker 1: The Big Bets on Campus Podcast podcast podcast.

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Speaker 2: All right, here we.

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Speaker 1: Go spreading the court ten seconds or maining.

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Speaker 3: So he just goes show under the basket, under the basket.

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Speaker 1: It's the true for the wind. God, they go amarracle.

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Speaker 2: I'm just shut the water.

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Speaker 1: Hit that one from the parking lot.

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Speaker 2: What's up the generation? Welcome to the Big Bets on

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Speaker 2: Campus Podcast. This is the midweek college basketball betting preview.

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Speaker 2: I'm stuck in joining me as always my fellow BBOC

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Speaker 2: co hosts, Mike Calabres and Tanner McGrath. We have a

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Speaker 2: lot to get to today. As always, we'll recap what

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Speaker 2: we saw over the weekend, some good and some bad,

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Speaker 2: and then we'll look ahead to Wednesday and Thursday. Gentlemen,

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Speaker 2: we usually start with the good, but we're we're gonna

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Speaker 2: start off with the bad today, starting off with rants.

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Speaker 3: Remember this is a safe space.

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Speaker 1: You know what pisses me off most of all. Okay,

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Speaker 1: you're ranting now, Baby.

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Speaker 3: I'm ran why not?

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Speaker 2: You gotta let it out somehow. I think I jinxed

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Speaker 2: myself last week ten I was you were talking about

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Speaker 2: your betting streak. I went on one of those streaks

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Speaker 2: this weekend where everything was miserable three that my three

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Speaker 2: point variants was horrendous. Every team I bet against except two,

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Speaker 2: shot like forty to fifty from three. My team shot

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Speaker 2: like twenty eight percent I think combined. The only two

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Speaker 2: that didn't that I didn't get three point variants against

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Speaker 2: it two to two and a half. Pitt hits a

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Speaker 2: then Creighton, Uh I don't I mean Fillanova also couldn't

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Speaker 2: And the reth in that Villanova game decides you can

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Speaker 2: guess it's still a football season. And then Steven Ashworth

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Speaker 2: throws up the worst, single, worst shot I've ever seen

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Speaker 2: salt in the wound. I had Houston Christian last night

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Speaker 2: it's one of those weekends. The mats were unbelievable, So

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Speaker 2: you're always gonna have a streak like that during the season.

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Speaker 2: You just have to roll with the punches onto the

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Speaker 2: next day. But the Villanova game, after the pit game

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Speaker 2: with Gonzaga, I mean, can't throw it in the ocean.

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Speaker 2: game Kentucky Arkansas Electric Atmosphere. There they weren't handing out

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Speaker 2: So yeah, it was not the most fun weekend for me.

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Speaker 2: Other bads that I'll just start there before I get

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Speaker 2: to you guys, hit pathetic effort, just a really pathetic

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Speaker 2: Now they have some road games that they could pick

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Speaker 2: And I think, ultimately, I suppose a good coach. I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean you mentioned a bunch of a couple

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Speaker 3: Going to go to the final four.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but the team I wanted to go a few

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Speaker 3: different ways here, Like I mean Colgate losing four in

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Speaker 3: By the way, do you want to hear something else that?

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Speaker 3: How bad my weekend was? My round, Robin, I wrestled

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Speaker 2: I'm sitting there, I'm sitting there watching bc in. I'm like, oh,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, look, the Seminoles, they just they do nothing. Well.

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Speaker 3: But they're super inefficient at both. And now what Leonard

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Speaker 3: But this is just an ugly team. Super unimpressed with

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Speaker 2: What has happened to Florida State Athletics? Rough year for

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Speaker 2: last year Florida State and Miami Man, it's uh, it's

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Speaker 2: you're right. Lest Florida State's causing a turnover, which they

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Speaker 3: Think they're rim protections. Okay too, I think they have

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Speaker 3: It's like Hamilton doesn't run any stuff. I mean, it's

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Speaker 2: It's just kind of But I will always remember Hamilton

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Speaker 2: Florida State just didn't foul down four, and then he

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Speaker 2: What do you mean? What do you mean? Why would

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Speaker 2: Calvary's where you want to go.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, speaking of Leonard Hamilton, that and not fouling, you

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Speaker 1: would think that would automatically trigger some kind of point

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Speaker 1: shaving investigation, which, by the way, everybody's getting investigated for

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Speaker 2: Maybe they did woke up and decided that, hey, we

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Speaker 1: zero on the season on swag bets, just leave on top.

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Speaker 1: In terms of my rants, what I'm frustrated by all

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Speaker 1: this three point talk. This is probably my biggest hot

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Speaker 1: When you're three point dependent, where you can fall in

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at you, Illinois. They couldn't throw it in

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Speaker 1: the frickin' ocean against Nebraska, and they were refuse to change.

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Speaker 1: They just doubled down. They took forty two threes against

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Speaker 1: shown much life. Shout out to Stuck for sticking with

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Speaker 1: So it's not like their team that choots a lot

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Speaker 1: the second half, zero three point attempts in the final

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Speaker 1: eight minutes. There's nothing worse than yelling at a team

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Speaker 1: and then they learned their lesson. But the next game

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Speaker 1: not the game that you need them. So Brad Underwood,

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Speaker 3: Just wild to think Missouri almost made the segment for me,

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Speaker 3: In conference plays so far, the Bulldogs have a thirty

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Speaker 3: has the conference's best backcourt. I am obsessed with Jim

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Speaker 3: They are a dominant, dominant drop coverage defense. Jackson Price

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the Mac to me, though, a Mac

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So I was there on Sunday the Rider game.

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Speaker 1: You know, Joe Gallows no three zone defense, which for

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Speaker 2: Well, they're also going to you know, slow the game down.

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Speaker 3: SOUTHBA plays the zone that forces other people to beat

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Speaker 2: They just pat me, Yeah, yeah, they I mean they're

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Speaker 2: right after they saw the South Alabama zone and then

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Speaker 2: they played Louisiana Monroe. They lost that game. They played

431
00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,600
Speaker 2: Louisiana Monroe again in a back to back and they

432
00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:22,399
Speaker 2: lost again. Just being able to see that zone and

433
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:23,720
Speaker 2: tell them, I'm kind of has to do that out

434
00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,840
Speaker 2: of necessity in a way, because they just have no

435
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Speaker 2: size and they play in a league where there's not

436
00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,719
Speaker 2: a ton of great three point shooting. But I'm curious

437
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:37,119
Speaker 2: to watch with Merrimac just in conference play on the

438
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,840
Speaker 2: second meetings against teams do they fare better? I think

439
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,879
Speaker 2: they've only played one team twice with someone bad Fairfield,

440
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:49,320
Speaker 2: maybe so, and they won that game convincingly. But does

441
00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 2: the familiarity factor help the second time around? Something that

442
00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:57,240
Speaker 2: I'm looking at. But yeah, that's cool, you've got to

443
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Speaker 2: I saw the video you tweeted out that when you

444
00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,000
Speaker 2: got to see the game winner, But.

445
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Speaker 3: He should be a Fairfield Twice they beat him at

446
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 3: home by thirteen and then beat him on the road

447
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:08,680
Speaker 3: by twenty one.

448
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:12,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that doesn't mean much anything.

449
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:16,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, but yeah, just tting to keep in mind because

450
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 2: if they're new to the league, right and teams aren't

451
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,960
Speaker 2: used to aren't used to seeing them.

452
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Speaker 1: But yeah, the uh, I'll just throw this out quick.

453
00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,679
Speaker 1: If there's plenty of dysfunctional programs in the Northeast, Joe

454
00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,480
Speaker 1: Gallow's got to get a much better job. This is

455
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 1: I would imagine this is going to be his last

456
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,000
Speaker 1: year with Merrimack, Like where would you like to see him?

457
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,960
Speaker 1: Tanner is like is seedonhol too much of a jump?

458
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 1: Like they're obviously not having a good year. I don't

459
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,199
Speaker 1: know if they're gonna pull the ripcord this quickly, but

460
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Speaker 1: there's some programs at the mid major high major level

461
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,639
Speaker 1: that maybe he could get into a bottom team in

462
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:52,840
Speaker 1: that conference, but I think he would be a phenomenal

463
00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,399
Speaker 1: hire based on what he's been able to squeeze out

464
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,879
Speaker 1: of Merrimac, which is he's turned them into a really,

465
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Speaker 1: you know, a really dangerous low major team with almost

466
00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,439
Speaker 1: no resources. So to be able to do that and

467
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,480
Speaker 1: to come from the I believe they're at the Division

468
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,119
Speaker 1: two ranks to be a part of that transition as well.

469
00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,080
Speaker 1: Not only did he has he made them a difficult out,

470
00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,400
Speaker 1: but also he took them to very you know, deep

471
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Speaker 1: runs in the Division two tournaments before they made that transition.

472
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Speaker 1: So what are your thoughts there?

473
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Speaker 3: I think it's a pretty tough jump to come well,

474
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Speaker 3: because also, like he's not just coming from the Metro Lanting,

475
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 3: he's coming from the NEC. That's a really big jump

476
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Speaker 3: to go, even to the biggiast. I mean, like Holloway

477
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,240
Speaker 3: did it from the MAC and now he's kind of

478
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Speaker 3: I never really entirely love that higher. So the question

479
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Speaker 3: is how high of a level could you go? I mean,

480
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Speaker 3: could he maybe get a job in the American which

481
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Speaker 3: has had a ton of coaching turnover in the last

482
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Speaker 3: few years and is always kind of if he I

483
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Speaker 3: don't see him going power conference level, I mean, what

484
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Speaker 3: does he want to stay?

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Speaker 2: Like you? I think there is like I think some

486
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Speaker 2: of these power conference teams that are at such a

487
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Speaker 2: disadvantage and ilt wise that are going to start to

488
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:13,119
Speaker 2: fall behind, they have you if I'm them, you have

489
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Speaker 2: to almost service Academy, Army, Navy, air Force it and

490
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Speaker 2: compete with a unique scheme. That's really probably your only

491
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 2: chance as you fall back. Like take Seaton Hall right,

492
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:32,120
Speaker 2: Like Seaton Hall doesn't have the money to really compete

493
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Speaker 2: on a night in and night out basis, and that's

494
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Speaker 2: they're probably going to keep falling behind. So there's like

495
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,800
Speaker 2: certain programs out there like that that that just don't

496
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 2: have the money where I think more innovative, unique schemes

497
00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 2: could potentially work where you're just not gonna be able

498
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Speaker 2: to compete on talent.

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Speaker 3: Hey, Brieze, what if Joe Gallo is the Leonard Hamilton replacement?

500
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Speaker 1: That would be a pretty big jump. I mean, FSU

501
00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:03,080
Speaker 1: has apparently, according to legal documents, as some nil issues.

502
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:04,960
Speaker 1: So you know, maybe he can do it on the

503
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Speaker 1: give him a discount, do it on the cheap I'll

504
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Speaker 1: tell you this standard. If Saint Jose does not get

505
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Speaker 1: it together and flames out of the A ten tournament

506
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Speaker 1: in the first game, I'm done with the Billy Lang experience.

507
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,359
Speaker 1: I'm ready to at least kick the tires on Joe Galla.

508
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Speaker 3: I'd be all, I didn't think of A ten, but

509
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Speaker 3: that's a good that's a good shout. A lot of

510
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Speaker 3: A ten teams could use a gallo All right.

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Speaker 2: some midweek looks. I think that from a spot perspective. Tomorrow,

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564
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Speaker 2: recording this like for Eastern lines start to trickle in

565
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 2: right about now. From a spot perspective, does it get

566
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 2: any better than Providence tomorrow against Creighton. Providence seems to

567
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 2: have just they've found the rotations and kind of rolls.

568
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 2: Recently they dealt with injuries, and you're getting Creighton off

569
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:41,800
Speaker 2: that ridiculous Villanova win. They have Marquette and Yukon at

570
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 2: home on deck. Now they're going up to Providence, a

571
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 2: team they already blew out. From a spot perspective, as

572
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 2: good as it gets, I still don't really believe in

573
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 2: this Creighton team. Caugh Runner is great, yes, but some

574
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 2: of their bigs have shot over their head. I think

575
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 2: Providence can win this game. The problem is.

576
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Speaker 3: Providence is so over reliant on the catch and shoot threes,

577
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Speaker 3: and you can't get that against the calcu I was

578
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Speaker 3: because I was, I was so close to pressing that button.

579
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Speaker 3: I just I just don't see. And is hot Hopkins?

580
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Speaker 2: Is he he's out for the year? Yeah?

581
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Speaker 3: Yeah, And without him there's like no reprieve because they

582
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 3: have no interior creation. You got to create in the

583
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Speaker 3: mid range against Creighton. So yeah, the mid range wise,

584
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 3: but they don't really shoot them over Yeah.

585
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, if they don't against Creighton, I don't, So I

586
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 2: don't know, Uh, what do you got?

587
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Speaker 3: Unfortunately, I'm in a tough spot because I was looking

588
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 3: at East Carolina hosts Rice. It just opened six and

589
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 3: a half, though East Carolina mine six and a half,

590
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 3: which is a little bit higher than I wanted. I

591
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 3: was looking for maybe minus five or under if it

592
00:30:55,560 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 3: trickles down overnight, maybe, But I think it's an okay spot.

593
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 3: I mean, ECU has been playing a lot better lately

594
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 3: after a tough.

595
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:04,000
Speaker 2: Mid season swoon.

596
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 3: They played Memphis and North Texas tough before winning three straight,

597
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 3: and now they're in a decent bounced back spot, returning

598
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 3: home after a tough overtime loss to Temple. A little

599
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 3: bit more interesting of a spot for Rice. On one hand,

600
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 3: they've lost seven straight, including three by one possession, and

601
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 3: they really should have beaten Memphis last Sunday. I think

602
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 3: Memphis shot sixty percent from three and they won by three.

603
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 3: But is Rice like fired up after that loss? Or

604
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 3: are they deflated after a forty minute grinder where they

605
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 3: outplayed the class of the league and still came up

606
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Speaker 3: short for you know, the seventh straight time. Schematically, I

607
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 3: like the matchup a lot. Pre Cu Pirates are a

608
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Speaker 3: team I was I was pretty high on in the preseason.

609
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Speaker 3: I thought they had kind of an outside shot of

610
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Speaker 3: competing in the American title race. I think their defense

611
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 3: is super underrated. I think they're a great defensive squad

612
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 3: that's been bitten by tough three point variants. I mean,

613
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 3: Conference opponents are shooting over forty percent from three, and

614
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 3: that's despite them being a very effective three point denial defense.

615
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 3: They lead the American three point right alow. I think

616
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 3: Woodard and Riley are good wing defenders and that's important

617
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 3: against a Rice team that really lives beyond the arc

618
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 3: and in the mid range while generating almost nothing at

619
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Speaker 3: the rim. Also, I don't know if kelln Amos is healthy.

620
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 3: He missed the game recently, has barely played since. I

621
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 3: think he's played twenty minutes in his last two games.

622
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 3: And he's a really important offensive piece for them. And

623
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 3: East Carolina could mix in some zone. They mix in

624
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 3: a lot of zone, and Rice's dreadfull zone offense. Now,

625
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 3: the worry there is that Rice smashes the offensive glass

626
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,760
Speaker 3: against an extended zone because the Owls they live by

627
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,239
Speaker 3: just chucking and crashing the glass. But ECU has been

628
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 3: a really good two way rebounding team in conference play.

629
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Speaker 3: They actually lead the American in second chance points per

630
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 3: game and second chance points per games allowed, and a

631
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 3: good data point for this matchup. Both played FAU to

632
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 3: a near draw. Rice did it on the road, well,

633
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 3: ECU did it at home. But Rice did it by

634
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 3: shooting thirteen for twenty five from three. Well, ECU did

635
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 3: it by grabbing twenty five offensive rebounds. I expect more

636
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 3: of that. And finally, like the Pirates stuff.

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Speaker 1: R J.

638
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 3: Felton, who I think is a dog. He's one of

639
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 3: my favorite guards at that level. In the half court.

640
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 3: The Owls will isolation funnel a lot, which is what Felton,

641
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:09,960
Speaker 3: Riley and c. J.

642
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 2: Walker want to do. And the Pirates are sneaky talent.

643
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,000
Speaker 2: There's sneaky talented on offense. I mean, just can't shoot.

644
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 3: But yeah, that's why that's why I kind of bought them,

645
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 3: because I was like, they they're good on defense, they

646
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 3: have good guard play, but you're right, their half court

647
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 3: offense is it's flawed. But they could live in transition

648
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 3: here against the worst transition defense in the American Rice

649
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 3: cannot get back in defending transition, and they also can

650
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,320
Speaker 3: be a bit shaking in their ball handling. WHI will

651
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 3: allow Riley and Felton, who combined for three steals per

652
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 3: game nearly four steals per game, to get those easy

653
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 3: buckets speed the owls up. And I mean the one

654
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 3: where here is that Rice is able to mismatch Hunt

655
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 3: in isolation exploit a weaker ECU isolation defense. But if

656
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 3: I can get a slightly lower number, I quite like

657
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 3: that matchup.

658
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 2: Calvary's what do you go?

659
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 4: So?

660
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: You mentioned stuck? Was this the spot of spots? Can

661
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: I interest you guys in Fading, Arkansas? Coming off of

662
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 1: their Super Bowl win over the Wildcats. You know, great

663
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 1: for coach cal I'm sure he's still basking in that victory.

664
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: But let's look at what they've done. They're going on

665
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,880
Speaker 1: the road here to the forty Acres to play Texas.

666
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 1: Their last three conference road games before winning in Lexington

667
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 1: lost by twenty four to Tennessee, lost by four to LSU,

668
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,560
Speaker 1: lost by eighteen to Missou. They didn't cover in any

669
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: of those. Now defensively, they're rounding into solid shape. They're

670
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,799
Speaker 1: nearly top thirty and ken Pump, but it's hard to

671
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 1: win with any consistency when you struggle in three key areas.

672
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 1: They're not a three point great three point shooting seam.

673
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,280
Speaker 1: I understand. They just shot over fifty percent from three,

674
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 1: so I want to fade in this spot to see

675
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: them fall back to earth. They don't get to the

676
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 1: line very much. They're two hundred and twenty eighth in

677
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: foul shot rate nationally and they just get eight offensive

678
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: rips per game. So I don't know. I look at this.

679
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 1: You know, Kentucky also left nine points from the foul

680
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,760
Speaker 1: line on the table. I think they shot nine for eighteen.

681
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:50,880
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that.

682
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 2: Arkansas had been higher three point percentage than Kentucky did

683
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:54,240
Speaker 2: at the line.

684
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 1: It's crazy, that's absolutely wild. And also it's if Bears

685
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: mentioning Boogie Flann done for the year now with his

686
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,440
Speaker 1: thumb injury. He was someone that could get them twenty

687
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,800
Speaker 1: points in a given night or get them tennis sists.

688
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 1: That's a lot of playmaking and productivity to lose from

689
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 1: a lineup that wasn't exactly humming before that. Kentucky win

690
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 1: and now here comes Texas at home. They're nine to

691
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,360
Speaker 1: four against the spread on their home floor. I trust

692
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 1: them to be way more consistent because they have a

693
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 1: super low turnover rate. They're very strong shooting team across

694
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 1: the board. Their weakness is on the glass, but it

695
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 1: doesn't matter as much against Arkansas. So I just see

696
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,279
Speaker 1: this as you know, when you don't want to play

697
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:35,360
Speaker 1: the comparison game all that much. But the teams I mentioned, Tennessee, LSU, Miszoo,

698
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: they all handled Arkansas on their home floor. You look

699
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: at what Texas did against those teams. You know, they

700
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: lost to Tennessee, but they covered. They drilled LSU by

701
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: thirty one. They beat Mazoo by eight and covered. And

702
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,840
Speaker 1: Trey Johnson, at least I think is pulled out of

703
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,400
Speaker 1: his mini mid season slump. He's a capable leader as

704
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,439
Speaker 1: an offensive engine for the Longhorns. He gave twenty six

705
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: to Tennessee, he gave thirty to A and M, and

706
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 1: he was efficient in their recent blowout win over LSU.

707
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 1: So the fact that popped in the market at seven

708
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 1: and a half, I play this up to nine. I

709
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 1: think Texas is going to be able to handle Arkansas.

710
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 1: I think that's going to be a hangover effect for

711
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:08,439
Speaker 1: the Hogs.

712
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 3: Also on the road, awful on the road. Before that,

713
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 3: Kentucky went. I think they're one and six against the

714
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 3: spread on the road.

715
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely an emotional I mean that was emotional of

716
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 2: the game as you're going to get. Probably took a

717
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,959
Speaker 2: lot out of them. Are we not talking about Texas enough?

718
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,000
Speaker 2: Like this is a team that seems to be rounding

719
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,359
Speaker 2: into form, like they're I mean, they've won three or four,

720
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 2: they beat Missouri, Texas A and M, they destroyed LSU

721
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 2: and what I thought was a tricky spot and then

722
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 2: they're one loss over. That truck was in a game,

723
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 2: that coin flip game at all miss It was a

724
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,279
Speaker 2: team that has had a lot of new pieces that

725
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 2: they put together. And you know that Trey Johnson seems

726
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 2: to only be getting better. But it seems like everyone

727
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:56,359
Speaker 2: you know, Kolooma, Larry Mark, all these pieces that they

728
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 2: kind of assembled or are starting to find their roles.

729
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 2: And I don't know this Texas team. I'm not a

730
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 2: huge Rodney Terry guy, but uh, they're they could be

731
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 2: dangerous there.

732
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 3: I love them. I love their defense. I think their

733
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 3: defense is awesome. From Shderick Cup. But I'm not a

734
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,360
Speaker 3: big Terry fan because I don't like how he runs offense,

735
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,320
Speaker 3: and I think this Texas team has some offensive continuity issues.

736
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 2: But they're so good defensively.

737
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:24,400
Speaker 3: They're thirteenth in defensive efficiency since mid January.

738
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 2: Yep. But I've I've I've liked what I've liked a little.

739
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 2: I mean a lot of it is just Johnson is

740
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 2: is so good. But definitely a team that keep my

741
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,320
Speaker 2: eye on. That I don't think is Uh. It's easy

742
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 2: to get lost in in the SEC because you have

743
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,840
Speaker 2: Alabama and Auburn at the top, which is why I

744
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:46,880
Speaker 2: Missouri should be being talked about more. I mean Texas

745
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 2: A and M is slowly putting together like an elite resume.

746
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,919
Speaker 2: Like if TEXA and UP keeps winning, like they could

747
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 2: be like a two seed, and like they have Tennessee

748
00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 2: at their next five, they're at Missouri. If they win

749
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 2: that game in their home against Georgia home against Arkansas,

750
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 2: you know you got Tennessee at home, Bandy at home.

751
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 2: They have a really tough stretch at the end at

752
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,719
Speaker 2: Florida home against Auburn and then close that LSU. But

753
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 2: if they keep winning, I mean, how many this team

754
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:15,880
Speaker 2: has as many I think quad one and quad two

755
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:19,880
Speaker 2: wins as anybody. They have a semi away win at Purdue.

756
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 2: You know, they beat who else, they beat creating on

757
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:31,320
Speaker 2: a neutral Texas Tech on a neutral teams quietly putting

758
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 2: together a really good resume. And especially they're seventeen to five.

759
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 2: You got to remember that they lost to Alabama by

760
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 2: six when they missed twenty free throws and Wade Taylor

761
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 2: didn't play, and then they lost to Kentucky when Wade

762
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 2: Tail didn't play, so you know, one of the best

763
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 2: players was out for two of their losses. And then

764
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,239
Speaker 2: you know, against Alabama they probably still wouldn't have won,

765
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,480
Speaker 2: but they did go twenty eight or four eight from

766
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 2: the line, which is pretty hard to do it, and

767
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 2: they were down like fifteen, I think, with a key

768
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 2: to go.

769
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,400
Speaker 3: But the agis are twelve and five and quad and

770
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,840
Speaker 3: one two, which is the third best record byd Auburn Alabama.

771
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:20,520
Speaker 2: Yep. So yeah, And if if A and M gets

772
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 2: seven for ten from three from Wade Taylor like they

773
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 2: did on Saturday night, they're unstoppable. Now you're gonna get

774
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:35,320
Speaker 2: that once every three or four games if you're lucky

775
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 2: but if they're making their threes, then good luck. Another

776
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:45,520
Speaker 2: one I'll throw out are we. I tried it on

777
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 2: Saturday and failed, Although I'd make the bet again. I've

778
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 2: faded Saint Mary's. I mean, I think I bet at

779
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 2: a pick it closed two and a half. Was fine

780
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,359
Speaker 2: with the bet. Ki Zagnas went three of seventeen from three.

781
00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 2: They also had to eighty five percent free throw shooters,

782
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,600
Speaker 2: missed free throws, some killer free throws down the stretch.

783
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 2: Am I fading Saint Mary's again? They go to San Francisco?

784
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,040
Speaker 2: I think I might. I mean, I think that's a

785
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 2: good spot. Suck. I mean San Francisco is I mean,

786
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:19,960
Speaker 2: it's as good as spot as you're gonna get San

787
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 2: Francisco at home. It's been an absolute wagon this year.

788
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 2: And I know that Malie Thomas didn't play against Washington State,

789
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,799
Speaker 2: but in some aspects they might be better without him,

790
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 2: especially defensively. It also forces more more minutes for Beasley,

791
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 2: who I like. The problem is they can't defend at

792
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 2: the rim, which is concerning against Saint Mary's. But look

793
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 2: at some of these results for San Francisco. Because San

794
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,320
Speaker 2: Francisco lost earlier this year to Saint Mary's by twenty,

795
00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 2: like two weeks ago. And then Saint Mary's gets a huge,

796
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 2: huge win over Gonzaga. They basically lock up the West

797
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 2: Coast Conference. Like now you're hitting the road for San

798
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 2: Francisco looking for revenge. It's a great spot. But San

799
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 2: Francisco lost by twenty three at Santa Clara at home,

800
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 2: they beat them by three. They lost by nine. At

801
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 2: Washington State at home, they beat them by twenty four.

802
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:27,399
Speaker 2: What's another one. I think that's the only teams they

803
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,719
Speaker 2: lost to. And then here you have Saint Mary's. They

804
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 2: lost to twenty by twenty on the road. I think

805
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,320
Speaker 2: they have a good shot to win this game. I

806
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,360
Speaker 2: Saint Mary's is good, but this is like the peak

807
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 2: of their market. I'm still not all the way sold

808
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 2: on their offense if they're not just getting every offensive rebound.

809
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 2: I get their defenses good, but teams are shooting twenty

810
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:51,399
Speaker 2: eight percent from three in conference play. I mean last

811
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 2: year their defense was even better, and you know that

812
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 2: number was like thirty two percent, which is where you

813
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 2: probably should be and in the play too, and right

814
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 2: now it's at twenty eight percent. We just saw Gonzaga

815
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 2: go three of seventeen from three. So San Francisco has

816
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 2: some shot makers. I think it's a great spot for

817
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 2: the Dons. You were you were nod in your head tooner.

818
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree. I'm just trying to figure out how

819
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:20,439
Speaker 3: how they score. I mean, because they shoot a lot,

820
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 3: it's tough to get threes off. They have a good

821
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,879
Speaker 3: picking pop pig, don't they what's his.

822
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 2: Name who San Francisco?

823
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 3: Yeah?

824
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 2: You know what they? Who San Francisco misses is? I

825
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 2: mean ling guard can Yeah, he can prop out.

826
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 3: But that's a good lady.

827
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 2: Mary's they miss, Uh, they miss Newberry defensively.

828
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, but I wrote it down because I think it's

829
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,479
Speaker 3: it's an awesome spot, one of the best spots a little.

830
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:52,840
Speaker 3: But I just how do you score on Mary's. I

831
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 3: don't understand how you score on them?

832
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:59,800
Speaker 2: Their defense is. But here's the other thing, Saint Mary's

833
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 2: the other spot to fade them. There's two this week,

834
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 2: and especially if they win that game at Oregon State.

835
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,959
Speaker 2: I'm curious to see if San Francisco, who doesn't play zone,

836
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 2: do they mix in zone? You can press. I don't

837
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 2: know why Gonzaga didn't pressed Mary's. I thought they were

838
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 2: going to press them more like we saw that last

839
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,040
Speaker 2: year and Gonzaga actually has been pressing a little bit more.

840
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 2: But Kenzaga threw the zone out in the second half

841
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 2: and Mary's offense is lost. They can't run any of

842
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:30,879
Speaker 2: their stuff. What are they going to see against Oregon State?

843
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:33,640
Speaker 2: You're going to see pressure and zone. That is the

844
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 2: good thing is that I think their offense will be

845
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:43,200
Speaker 2: stifled in that game. But what else? What do you

846
00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 2: got to in or anything else?

847
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:49,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, little Amy's tidbit from me, as you're always going

848
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:51,680
Speaker 3: to get on this podcast. I have been betting a

849
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,840
Speaker 3: ton of main Black Bear unders recently because their defense

850
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 3: is unreal, but their offense has been and likely still

851
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:02,400
Speaker 3: is overvalued thanks to crazy hot three point shooting. But

852
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 3: the unders they've been hitting lately because Maine has shot

853
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:08,799
Speaker 3: a much more reasonable thirty eight percent from three over

854
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:10,959
Speaker 3: the past five games, and four of those went under.

855
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 3: And that includes their game at NJIT a few weeks ago.

856
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 3: They host NJIT on Thursday. That game finished with one

857
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,279
Speaker 3: hundred and one total points on sixty one possessions, after

858
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 3: the total close one to thirty one. It was it

859
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:26,240
Speaker 3: was an education day early afternoon tip, so that's worth mentioning.

860
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 3: But the key matchup here is to guard friendly, dribble

861
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:34,760
Speaker 3: heavy ballscreen offenses facing off against two excellent ballscreen coverage unions.

862
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:37,920
Speaker 3: I don't need to explain myself about Maine. Most of

863
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 3: you who have listened to or Red Meat before know

864
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 3: that Maine is a swarming perimeter ball screen coverage defense

865
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,080
Speaker 3: behind the best defensive backcourt in the league, Kellen Tines

866
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 3: and Jay and Clayton. But NGI t has been surprisingly

867
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:52,719
Speaker 3: good in ball ballscreen coverage, especially on the perimeter, where

868
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:56,280
Speaker 3: Tarik Francis and Sebastian Robinson have taken massive steps forward

869
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:59,440
Speaker 3: as point of attack defenders. As a result, these two

870
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:01,759
Speaker 3: teams ranked first and second in the America East in

871
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,200
Speaker 3: pick and roll points per game allow and the first

872
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:07,360
Speaker 3: game saw the two combined for thirty two points on

873
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:11,520
Speaker 3: forty eight ball screens. That's point sixty seven points per possession. Also,

874
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:15,040
Speaker 3: I mean man's gonna throw in there. Chris Markwood's patented

875
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 3: aggressive pressing two three zone and ngiit is among the

876
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 3: worst zone offenses in the nation. An offense built around

877
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 3: Robinson Francis in isolation and ball screen sets with no

878
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 3: playmaking forwards is not good. Against zone, and they are

879
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:32,359
Speaker 3: the literal worst press offense in the nation point six

880
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:36,240
Speaker 3: points per possession. The finally, the pace will be plotting.

881
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 3: Neither team really gets out and transition much. Main forces

882
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:43,320
Speaker 3: opponents in these long, methodical half court sets, while NGIT

883
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,640
Speaker 3: takes forever to do anything on offense, so we'll regularly

884
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 3: see thirty second highlander possessions that end in brick to

885
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:52,239
Speaker 3: the mid range jump shot, and Main again is still

886
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 3: due for negative for shooting aggression from beyond the arc.

887
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:55,879
Speaker 3: I still don't think there are a thirty eight percent

888
00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 3: three point shooting team against an NGIT team that ranks

889
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 3: top twenty five nation in low quality. Three is forced

890
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 3: per shot quality. So and as you know, as I

891
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:07,360
Speaker 3: consistently say about the Main Black Bears, and I was

892
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 3: all keep saying, as we get to March, when the

893
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,399
Speaker 3: three point shots aren't falling, those interior ballscreen lanes start

894
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 3: to clog up, and then the offense just turns into

895
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 3: Kellent Tin's dribbling into crowded lanes for twenty seconds and

896
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:19,439
Speaker 3: pulling up from two. That's what happened in their forty

897
00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 3: nine point effort at Vermont last Saturday. So unless main

898
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:26,160
Speaker 3: Forces one hundred turnovers and scores twenty five fast break points.

899
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 3: This is going to be a total rock fight, just

900
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,839
Speaker 3: like it was in the first matchup. I would bet

901
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:32,960
Speaker 3: like under one fifteen. Honestly, I think we're seeing another

902
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:34,040
Speaker 3: one hundred point effort here.

903
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 2: By the way, I something just clicked in my head

904
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 2: while you're talking about that, not American America eastwise, but

905
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:43,800
Speaker 2: got a shout out. I'd forgotten the good New Mexico.

906
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 2: Their defense you're talking about either, Their defense is really

907
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:53,399
Speaker 2: rounding into form. Dent is amazing, really impressive win as

908
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:55,760
Speaker 2: far as especially when you consider the margin at Utah

909
00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 2: State to kind of stamp themselves as the class of

910
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:01,040
Speaker 2: the league. Least as of this moment.

911
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:08,280
Speaker 1: The yep I got two low major looks. Fairley Dickinson

912
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:11,799
Speaker 1: back on my card, catching over ten points against Central

913
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:14,800
Speaker 1: Connecticut State. The Knights are twelve and two against the spread.

914
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 2: On the road.

915
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: One of the best road warrior teams in the entire country.

916
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: They covered his big road dogs at Creighton Nebraska Boston College. Now, yes,

917
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:24,959
Speaker 1: they lost by eleven at home to the same Blue

918
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:27,520
Speaker 1: Devil's team, but the huge caveat there is Terrence Brown

919
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:29,759
Speaker 1: didn't play if you look at the players in the

920
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:32,160
Speaker 1: entire country that average over twenty points and have six

921
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,239
Speaker 1: rebounds per game, it's Dawson Garcia, it's Ace Bailey, it's

922
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: Cooper Flag, it's Max Raino and Brown that's it. End

923
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:41,480
Speaker 1: of the list. So in terms of a guy being irreplaceable,

924
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:45,080
Speaker 1: Brown is that he is back now and Central Connecticut State.

925
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:47,080
Speaker 1: I'm not going to say that they don't deserve to be,

926
00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:49,200
Speaker 1: you know, the class of this conference. But they've been

927
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:52,319
Speaker 1: crushing awful teams lately. They've won and covered five in

928
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:54,720
Speaker 1: a row. I think that's what's inflating this number. Hopefully

929
00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 1: we get closer to twelve. But the average ranking of

930
00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 1: the teams that they beat in this five game stretch

931
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,360
Speaker 1: three hundred and twenty ninth by Ken Pom and then

932
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:04,840
Speaker 1: includes the win over FDU without Brown. They're below average

933
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:06,440
Speaker 1: from the line in terms of the Blue Devils, they

934
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 1: barely shoot seventy percent there. They're flat out bad from

935
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:11,520
Speaker 1: three point range. But they never give away free points,

936
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:13,880
Speaker 1: they never foul, they never give away free points. First

937
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:17,799
Speaker 1: in free throw attempts and made three throws per game surrendered.

938
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 1: But I just trust an FDU, you know, in terms

939
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: of playing on the road. They've already been good on

940
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 1: the road. And if you want to look at ken

941
00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:27,640
Speaker 1: palm non existent home court advantages, that's Central Connecticut State

942
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:29,759
Speaker 1: three hundred and sixty first out of three hundred and

943
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,600
Speaker 1: sixty four eligible teams, and then the last one here

944
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:35,840
Speaker 1: over I'm gonna Tanner gave you, you know, a plodding

945
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 1: rock fight under this will be the palate cleanser. I

946
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:40,440
Speaker 1: go over all the way up to one hundred and

947
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:42,919
Speaker 1: fifty five and a half between Saint Thomas and South

948
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 1: Dakota State over is cash in seventy percent of the

949
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:48,279
Speaker 1: Tommy's games this year. They are the offensive class in

950
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 1: the Summit, at least in my opinion, because of their

951
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 1: elite guard play. They have four guards who average over

952
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:56,880
Speaker 1: eleven points per game. In their first meeting, the total had,

953
00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:58,839
Speaker 1: you know, they were flirting with it in the first step,

954
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:01,200
Speaker 1: nearly eighty points in the first but because it was

955
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 1: close a one point victory for the Tommies, there wasn't

956
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:07,720
Speaker 1: those foul shots, those extra points in the last ninety seconds,

957
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,359
Speaker 1: everything really slowed down. It ends at one forty five.

958
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:14,520
Speaker 1: I'm hoping that pulls this total closer to one fifty. Now,

959
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:17,040
Speaker 1: the other element of it is I think the strengths

960
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,240
Speaker 1: of both teams are going to shine through. South Dakota

961
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,040
Speaker 1: State is going to kill them on the line. Oscar

962
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:24,120
Speaker 1: Cluff finished with thirteen and nineteen against them the last

963
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:26,759
Speaker 1: time that they played. The Tommies struggle in terms of

964
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:29,760
Speaker 1: their interior defense and keeping teams off the offensive glass.

965
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:32,719
Speaker 1: And then when you look at the three point rate

966
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:35,360
Speaker 1: first time they played, these two teams fired up fifty

967
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:38,200
Speaker 1: six triples. So I feel confident that Saint Thomas is

968
00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:40,880
Speaker 1: going to continue to fire away from three and you

969
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:42,719
Speaker 1: can just do that against South Dakota State, that you're

970
00:49:42,719 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 1: gonna have an opportunity to fire them up and hopefully

971
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:47,399
Speaker 1: the three point variance goes in our favor. I think

972
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:49,319
Speaker 1: this game is going to be played closer to the

973
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:51,960
Speaker 1: eighties than the seventies. So, like I said, played up

974
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,160
Speaker 1: to one fifty five and a half, let's hope that

975
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:55,880
Speaker 1: we get a better number, a little bit closer one

976
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:56,320
Speaker 1: to fifty.

977
00:49:56,719 --> 00:50:00,360
Speaker 2: All right, good stuff, that'll do it for us. It's

978
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:02,360
Speaker 2: we have the Super Bowl. We'll have an episode of

979
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:04,919
Speaker 2: later in the week, but pretty much from here on out,

980
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:07,840
Speaker 2: it's nothing but hoops. March will be here before we

981
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:11,640
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982
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:13,319
Speaker 2: Mike for joining me. Thanks to our plucer David on

983
00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:14,960
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984
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:16,840
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985
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987
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:26,400
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988
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:29,800
Speaker 2: Tanner will have his weekly America East segment as well.

989
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:33,440
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990
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:36,200
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991
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992
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