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Speaker 1: Welcome to The Favorites, the podcast from the Volume Podcast Network.

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Speaker 1: I am Chad Millman, Chief Content Officer of the Action Network.

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Speaker 1: It is the Thursday of Sweet sixteen of March Madness,

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Speaker 1: and of course we're bringing on the one named Wonder

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Speaker 1: the Action Network OG, a man who has been everywhere

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Speaker 1: across your video, podcast, written, dial social media talking about Stucky.

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Speaker 1: He's going to break down every single give us a

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Speaker 1: my companion, my co host, Michael Padre, professional better Simon Hunter. Hello,

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Speaker 1: So Simon, Hello Chad. It was like a sports overload

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Speaker 1: last weekend. I loved it. I was really basking in it.

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Speaker 1: Ratings for the tournament are higher than they've ever been. Uh.

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Speaker 1: you know, as people want to hate on things, be

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Speaker 1: That's why we love college basketball because it's just you

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Speaker 1: But yeah, they've had some classics in the tournament. I like,

426
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Speaker 1: I like DCLA here to prevail with their seniors leading

427
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Speaker 1: the way. That makes me sad. I want Gonzaga is

428
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Speaker 1: one of those teams that I just want to win

429
00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:29,720
Speaker 1: a national title. Yeah. I root for the program, I

430
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:34,720
Speaker 1: root for the coach. I like um. I admire and

431
00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:39,679
Speaker 1: respect a guy who has stuck around and just built

432
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,480
Speaker 1: greatness in the middle of nowhere, has had many of

433
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Speaker 1: opportunities to go elsewhere and has just decided this is

434
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Speaker 1: where I'm at. We're going to build something substantial. We're

435
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Speaker 1: going to build something that lasts. I think it's really

436
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,720
Speaker 1: impressive what Mark Few has done. And there's honestly no

437
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Speaker 1: other team in the tournament right now that I personally

438
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:05,360
Speaker 1: feel strongly about other than you can so like, I'd

439
00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,840
Speaker 1: love to see Gonzaga actually win a title. It makes

440
00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:13,280
Speaker 1: me sad when you say you feel like UCLA it's

441
00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,359
Speaker 1: going to advance, because I want Gonzaga to do it

442
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,480
Speaker 1: so badly. They're not. They're gonna have a shot. I

443
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,560
Speaker 1: haven't even bet UCLA yet, so yeah, they're they're gonna

444
00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,280
Speaker 1: have a shot. If they're making their outside shots, you

445
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,040
Speaker 1: pretty much need to do against UCLA. Yeah, they're they're

446
00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,359
Speaker 1: They're in the mix, so it's not a bad secondary

447
00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,360
Speaker 1: horse to pick off the root for chat, I could

448
00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:33,960
Speaker 1: see why you just want them to get over the hunt.

449
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:35,880
Speaker 1: I do. I just wanted to get over the hump

450
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,840
Speaker 1: I root. You know, true Cubs fan talking here. It is,

451
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,600
Speaker 1: by the way, you don't think that informs my thinking

452
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:49,160
Speaker 1: when you did a Chicago sports fan, it informs your thinking,

453
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,680
Speaker 1: and honestly, I think it says a lot about who

454
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Speaker 1: you are. Either you are an empathetic person who feels

455
00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,480
Speaker 1: for the rest of fandom who might be struggling with

456
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Speaker 1: the feelings you've had, or you're a bitter person who

457
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 1: was like, fuck them, it took me forever to win.

458
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 1: They have to wait forever to win. Listen. Yeah, yeah,

459
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:10,840
Speaker 1: I've read it for the Cups. I always used to

460
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 1: read for the Cups. Now then once they wanted I

461
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 1: said fuck them. Then then that's fine. They got there,

462
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,119
Speaker 1: they got their World series. But I'm just surprised you

463
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,439
Speaker 1: didn't transition that into more Bears talk. Well, we can

464
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,240
Speaker 1: talk about the Bears, but I don't want to lose

465
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Speaker 1: any more listeners than we already have. Uh, San Diego State,

466
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 1: you mentioned visiting Alabama. I love this team, love the

467
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Speaker 1: narrative with the coach and him being a Steve Fisher

468
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,120
Speaker 1: assistant for so many years, both going back to Fab

469
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Speaker 1: five and then at San Diego State and getting this team,

470
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:43,359
Speaker 1: and the team's been really good. I'd love to see

471
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Speaker 1: an upset here, can I tell you? Listen? Nick Saban

472
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,280
Speaker 1: suspended that kid on his team who was driving one

473
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Speaker 1: hundred and forty one miles per hour to day and

474
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Speaker 1: it's it's debating in the internet world this week that

475
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Speaker 1: he threw a little bit of shade and the Alabama

476
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:04,959
Speaker 1: basketball coach and eight oats who didn't suspend Brandon Miller,

477
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,359
Speaker 1: and Nick Saban basically said, there is no such thing

478
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Speaker 1: as being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

479
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,960
Speaker 1: You make your choices, you make your decisions about who

480
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Speaker 1: you hang out with. Um. But there's something about this

481
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Speaker 1: Alabama team that I root against. And I don't know

482
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Speaker 1: if it's the situation or what, but I want San

483
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Speaker 1: Diego State. Yeah, I don't blame it, but it's a

484
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Speaker 1: little easier for Saban with what he's done to suspend

485
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Speaker 1: anybody at any time, and also to do it in

486
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,960
Speaker 1: like in March. Yeah, March's little little different for college

487
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,359
Speaker 1: football and college bastball. But yeah, I like San Diego

488
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Speaker 1: State here. I bet them plus seven and a half

489
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:46,000
Speaker 1: and they I don't know if they have enough firepower

490
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Speaker 1: to win this game out right. But again this goes

491
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Speaker 1: back to San Diego State wants to slow it down,

492
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Speaker 1: slow the game down to a hall. Alabama wants to

493
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Speaker 1: get out and run right, use all their athletes, and

494
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Speaker 1: they want to get out in transition. I think San

495
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:01,920
Speaker 1: Diego State and they have one of the best game

496
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Speaker 1: planned coaches in the entire country. So you get, you know,

497
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Speaker 1: a couple extra days to prep here, which I think

498
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Speaker 1: favors them a bit. But what Alabama is, they are

499
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,880
Speaker 1: like the embodiment of analytics. They just it's three in rim.

500
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,400
Speaker 1: They want to shoot threes and they want to get

501
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Speaker 1: to the rim. They never shoot in the midrange. Well,

502
00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 1: San Diego State is the best three point defense in

503
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Speaker 1: the country, and they have a lot of length at

504
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Speaker 1: the rim and they're really strong at defending there. So

505
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 1: they match up pretty well. On the other side, Alabama,

506
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Speaker 1: you got to kind of beat them in the mid

507
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Speaker 1: range with the way that Alabama plays schematically on defense,

508
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,760
Speaker 1: and that's the entire San Diego State backcourt. So there's

509
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Speaker 1: a lot of variants. Like Matt Bradley and company, he

510
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 1: could shoot them out of this game, but they have

511
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Speaker 1: the talent and prows in the mid range that just

512
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,919
Speaker 1: consistently that jumpers slow this game down. And then most importantly,

513
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,360
Speaker 1: it's one of the best defenses in the country. They

514
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,120
Speaker 1: can defend the three and defend at the rim. That's

515
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Speaker 1: what Alabama does. They want to do it more than

516
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Speaker 1: any other team in the country. They hate shooting two

517
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Speaker 1: two jumpers. So I think San Diego State matches up

518
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Speaker 1: here of it and a half. It's a lot of

519
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 1: points in a game that I think will be lower

520
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,200
Speaker 1: scoring than a normal Alabama game, and they just match

521
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 1: up too well. So yeah, I like the aspects with

522
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,000
Speaker 1: the points here, and yeah, I'm with you. I'll be

523
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 1: rooting for them to pull off the upset as well.

524
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Speaker 1: You nailed it last week saying the ACC is having

525
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Speaker 1: a down year. Who would have thought our last team

526
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Speaker 1: from the ACC left would be Miami and they're going

527
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,640
Speaker 1: up against Houston here, another big matchup of a big spread.

528
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Speaker 1: You have the same feelings for a dog. Here is

529
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 1: Miami's luck about the run out because man, are they

530
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,879
Speaker 1: on a crazy run right now? Yeah, I tend to

531
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 1: lean Houston. I think the stift line is pretty close

532
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,920
Speaker 1: to fair. I'm making a tad higher. But there's also

533
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 1: the injury risk with Houston's guard too, if they flex

534
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,920
Speaker 1: their depth last week when their their guards were in

535
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,080
Speaker 1: foul trouble and hurt and then they just they really

536
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 1: just turned it on in the second half without them.

537
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,280
Speaker 1: But they have a couple extra days to get healthy

538
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: and rest up here, so we'll see if Sasser and

539
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,040
Speaker 1: shed are one hundred percent healthy. If they are, I

540
00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: think this line is a little short, but because if

541
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 1: you look at this matchup that I mean, the Miami

542
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,680
Speaker 1: defense has been their problem all year. They're outside the

543
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,320
Speaker 1: top one hundred and an adjusted defensive efficiency. You never

544
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,439
Speaker 1: really see a team make a deep, deep run in

545
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,280
Speaker 1: the tournament with a flawed unit. And look, they want

546
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 1: to pressure you, and they have excellent guards, which does

547
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: play in March, and we saw it last year. They

548
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 1: their guards went on a run and they're well coached

549
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: as well. But Houston's not bothered by pressure. And you know,

550
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: Houston's gonna get every offensive rebound in this game, which

551
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,240
Speaker 1: is a problem for Miami, and I don't think that Miami.

552
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,719
Speaker 1: Since Houston's not bothered by pressure, I don't see how

553
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 1: Miami's going to consistently get shots. And mainly because also

554
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 1: Houston's gonna get a ton of offensive rebounds they can

555
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 1: defend their guards on the other end. This is an experienced,

556
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,720
Speaker 1: well coached Houston team. With the injury risk, it's probably

557
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 1: a stay away. But I don't I can't. It's hard

558
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 1: for me to see Miami pulling off this upset. I

559
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,360
Speaker 1: think San Diego State actually has a better shot of doing. So,

560
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Speaker 1: why do you think jim Ler Niggah is a good coach?

561
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 1: And how do you how does he seem to connect

562
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 1: with his players? Yeah, he's like a He's all into

563
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 1: like psychology, psychology books and he gets deep into that

564
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,160
Speaker 1: stuff on like how to connect on a personal level

565
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 1: with his players. And he's every year his players seem

566
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: to love playing for them, which I think goes a

567
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 1: really long way. I think about this like the Illinois

568
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 1: team when I was watching them this year, like I

569
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 1: was like, Brad Underwood and this day he hates this

570
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 1: team and this team hates him, and everyone hates each other.

571
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 1: You never really see a Miami team like that. And

572
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 1: I think that goes a long way into some of

573
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 1: the things that Larenega incorporates that aren't necessarily basketball related

574
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 1: but do impact, you know, from a team perspective, and

575
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: that that goes a long way. Building camaraderie and just

576
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:51,840
Speaker 1: having a locker room where everyone likes each other. It

577
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 1: can go through the grind of a season. So he's

578
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: that's one of his biggest strengths for sure. He's a

579
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 1: great coach. Yeah, that's such an interesting comp Illinois. You know,

580
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 1: as a Chicago guy, I watched Illinois. I've always liked

581
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:08,400
Speaker 1: Illinois basketball. I've been pretty surprised that Underwood has been

582
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 1: able to recruit the talent he's been able to recruit

583
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: the past few years and put this team in a

584
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:20,560
Speaker 1: position to sort of be a potential number one seed

585
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 1: for the past three or four years. I think he's

586
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 1: been there five or six years. It makes no sense

587
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 1: to me because it doesn't seem joyful when he's coaching

588
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 1: Liternega seems joyful. Yep, agreed. I think that's what it is,

589
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 1: all right. We got the Blue Jays. They're ten point favorites,

590
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:44,320
Speaker 1: are big favorites against Princeton. We love the Tigers, we

591
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: love watching him play. It's a Cinderella story. But I

592
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: also love Creighton, and I love McDermott, and I love

593
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: this team. I want this team to do well. Yeah,

594
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,640
Speaker 1: this will be a tough task for Princeton. I don't

595
00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,400
Speaker 1: know if I can like ten but if I had

596
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 1: to bet it, that's where I would I would go.

597
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 1: But look Princeton. In the first two rounds, they played

598
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 1: Arizona and Missouri, two teams who want to run, get

599
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 1: out half to play fast, don't really love playing in

600
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: the half court and grinding, and Princeton slowed the game

601
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 1: down again, another example of one of these teams that

602
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:19,800
Speaker 1: wants to slow the game down, and then they were

603
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: able to dictate tempo against the team that wants to

604
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 1: get out and run. Missouri also missed every three. But

605
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 1: Craton's comfortable in the half court. They're not a team

606
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 1: that needs to get up and down there. You know,

607
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 1: I think middle of the pack as far as adjust

608
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 1: a tempo, their offense is excellent. Princeton isn't going to

609
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 1: get any offensive rebounds here, which they were able to

610
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 1: do against Missouri's every one of the worst rebound teams

611
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 1: in the country. Creton is elite when defensive rebounds. Prince

612
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,400
Speaker 1: is going to make shots. It's not a great shooting team.

613
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: They're capable, but a lot of times you see these

614
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 1: fifteen seeds, great story, magical run the first weekend, and

615
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: then you know, the second weekend, new location kind of

616
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,719
Speaker 1: come crashing back down to earth and he sets in.

617
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: So yeah, I don't think this is a great matchup

618
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 1: for Princeton because if they if they were able to

619
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 1: slow it down, that's perfectly fine with Creyton, who just

620
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 1: has much better athletes, much better players, and just much

621
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,880
Speaker 1: better talent overall. So I think this is the end

622
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: of the Cinderella run for the Princeton Tigers. I was

623
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 1: just gonna say, is New Jersey an absolute powerhouse? We

624
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,719
Speaker 1: had Saint Peter's last year. I think we had Ryder

625
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 1: one year. How many basketball schools have we got? Rutgers

626
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 1: is an afterthought, Um, well, look it was a fifteen seed,

627
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 1: went to the Sweet sixteen for the second time ever

628
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: two years ago in or Roberts. Last year is the

629
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 1: first time I went to lead eight and maybe maybe

630
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 1: we're doing we want to go to the final four.

631
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 1: I don't say it, but who it's the beauty of

632
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: the tournaments. The best hot hot from three and Creton

633
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: can't hit a shot, and then guess what, there's six

634
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: minutes to go in the game and it's tied. The

635
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 1: crowd is going to turn and then they're gonna be

636
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 1: rooting for Princeton and then Craton's gonna get tight and

637
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 1: then everything can work against them from that point on.

638
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Speaker 1: So that's yeah, that's that's the beauty of it. You

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Speaker 1: then I think some of the rims last week. We're

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Speaker 1: like this weekend. But both Xavier is an elite offense

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Speaker 1: And Texas. You know, you think about this Texas team,

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Speaker 1: They've been in a lot of like slogs, but that's

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Speaker 1: in the Big Twelve. You get in those kind of

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Speaker 1: grinders again and they just become these physical matches. But

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Speaker 1: I liked the Xavier over last weekend after there was

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Speaker 1: So I could see this being up and down whole way.

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