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Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome into betting pros. I'm Ryan Warmley, joined

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Speaker 1: as I have been all tournament long by PJ Glass

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Speaker 1: from Hoops and Five with PJ Glass and Game Day Garage, PJ,

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Speaker 1: we have our national title game set. It is the

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Speaker 1: Yukon Husky's taking on the Michigan Wolverines. We had the

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Speaker 1: Final four action last night. We're gonna break down what

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Speaker 1: we just saw on Saturday night, and then of course

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Speaker 1: we're gonna break down to the betting angles we have

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Speaker 1: here for Michigan versus Yukon on Monday night. First of all,

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Speaker 1: just right off the BATPJ like, how do you feel

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Speaker 1: about this matchup? Obviously we were saying before the Final

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Speaker 1: four that there's really no bad combination of teams here.

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Speaker 1: Now'll we actually have our combo of teams in the

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Speaker 1: title game. How do you feeling about it?

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Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be a really fun tournament, worm

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Speaker 2: because right now you have Michigan, with the tournament they're

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Speaker 2: putting together, they can put themselves in amongst like some

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Speaker 2: of the great teams we've seen in recent years, and

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Speaker 2: Yukon's trying to kind of start this dynasty to win

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Speaker 2: three or four titles in this era college basketball. I

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Speaker 2: think would cement Hurley is maybe a top five coach

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Speaker 2: them all time. You could slowly put him in that conversation.

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Speaker 2: And then Yukon. I know when we throw out the

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Speaker 2: word blue blood we think of Duke and Carolina in

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Speaker 2: Kansas and Kentucky. I think you got to put Yukon

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Speaker 2: s right at the top of that list now, especially

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Speaker 2: if they win number seven tomorrow night. So it should

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Speaker 2: be a great matchup one of these type of tournaments.

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Speaker 2: You know, we see this sometimes in the championship game.

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Speaker 2: It feels like this is kind of the common spread

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Speaker 2: we've gotten the last few years, is anywhere from that

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Speaker 2: six and a half to seven and a half range,

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Speaker 2: and usually the favorite does win. But I know a

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Speaker 2: lot of Yukon fans are looking at the fact that

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Speaker 2: the last time you had a dog this big win

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Speaker 2: outright was in nineteen ninety nine when Yukon upset Duke.

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Speaker 2: So the program's definitely been in this spot before. You're

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Speaker 2: getting Hurley in the Huskies as an underdog yet again,

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Speaker 2: a role that they have known well the last couple

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Speaker 2: of games in the tournament. Should be a lot of

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Speaker 2: fun Tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you mentioned that ninety nine Yukon team taking down Duke.

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Speaker 1: It's ironic because this Michigan team is the strongest non

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Speaker 1: duke team in Ken Palm history, and the types of

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Speaker 1: teams that it's held up against right now, based on

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Speaker 1: just looking at net rating are teams like last year's

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Speaker 1: Duke and that ninety nine Duke team, which is which

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Speaker 1: is number one in ken pom. So an incredibly incredibly

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Speaker 1: good team going up against an incredibly incredibly well coached team.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be really fun. By the way, just thanks

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Speaker 1: everybody for joining us here on this Easter morning. If

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Speaker 1: you celebrate Easter, Happy Easter to you, and thanks for

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Speaker 1: making the time to talk a little national title game

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Speaker 1: and talk some ball here before we dive.

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Speaker 3: Too deep into Yukon Michigan PJ.

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Speaker 1: I do just want to kind of briefly recap what

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Speaker 1: we saw on Saturday night. First of all, Yukon Illinois

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Speaker 1: played out like pretty similarly to how I expected. I mean, obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know I was all too happy to bet on

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Speaker 1: Curly as an underdog. I was even texting you about

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Speaker 1: it during the game, like, how spot on your Yukon

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Speaker 1: as an underdog in March is like getting mahomes plus

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Speaker 1: money in January.

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Speaker 3: And that's really what it felt like.

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Speaker 1: Not that they ran away with it, obviously they had

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Speaker 1: a comfortable lead for a large part of the game,

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Speaker 1: but you know, it just felt like like like from

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Speaker 1: the moment you have to first, like the under sixteen

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Speaker 1: taking plus money early were like that was just so obvious,

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Speaker 1: and it turned out to be right.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it did.

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Speaker 2: I mean, look this match up. The two biggest stances

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Speaker 2: this game was going to favor Yukon, and then the

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Speaker 2: it ended up being a tight game, and both of

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Speaker 2: those things played out. We talked about betting Yukon first

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Speaker 2: to ten, first to fifteen, We talked about betting Yukon

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Speaker 2: first half money line, all those things hit, and then

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Speaker 2: when we talked about how Illinois they're run to the

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Speaker 2: final four, they really bidding control of all these games.

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Speaker 2: There hasn't been a game that Illinois has been involved

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Speaker 2: and Yukon's obviously very comfortable playing in that kind of game.

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Speaker 2: So even though Illinois was making their run when it

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Speaker 2: the DNA of the Huskies would eventually show itself.

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Speaker 4: And yeah, the game.

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Speaker 2: Kind of played out if for the Huskies to win,

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Speaker 2: the game script played out like I thought it would.

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Speaker 2: I think the big takeaway obviously is the shooting discrepancies,

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Speaker 2: especially with Illinois. I have the two worst offensive performances

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Speaker 2: they have had all year of come against Yukon sixty

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Speaker 2: one points in the regular season, sixty two points last night.

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Speaker 2: So you got to give Dan Hurley and Yukon a

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Speaker 2: ton of credit. They only made nineteen field goals last night,

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Speaker 2: thirty four percent from the field, six three pointers, and

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Speaker 2: outside a Wagler and a Visich, I mean, nobody else

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Speaker 2: terrific defensive performance and that experience again just showed for

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Speaker 2: Yukon and Dan Hurley last night.

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Speaker 1: The other game was, of course, like the main course

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Speaker 1: history going into the game, Michigan Arizona, and it just

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Speaker 1: did not live up to that. I mean, Michigan lived

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Speaker 1: up to it, right, but Arizona gets blown out ninety

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Speaker 1: one to seventy three is the final and frankly.

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Speaker 3: It didn't feel all that close even.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it was just a dominant performance from start

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Speaker 1: to finish. And you know, I mentioned Michigan being the

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Speaker 1: number one non duke team in Ken Palm history.

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Speaker 3: Number two going into the game was Arizona.

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Speaker 1: This is a legitimately great, historic, all time team that

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Speaker 1: looks like they didn't belong on the same floor as

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Speaker 1: Michigan for pretty much the entire game. Do you think

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Speaker 3: To you? Did it say more about the Wolverines or

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Speaker 2: It was definitely a little of both, but I think

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Speaker 2: it's more Michigan. I think you definitely have to give

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Speaker 2: them credit because nobody has made Arizona look like that

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Speaker 2: all year, even in their losses. They've been close for

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Speaker 2: the Wildcats, but nobody has gotten up by nearly thirty

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Speaker 2: without really y Axel Landenberg the entire game, especially healthy,

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Speaker 2: he hits a couple threes, but he's really not effective.

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Speaker 2: So for Michigan to lose the big ten player of

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Speaker 2: be able to do what they were doing against Arizona

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Speaker 2: was super impressive. We talked about how these teams were

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Speaker 2: pretty much mirror images of each other. Unbelievable offensive defensive teams,

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Speaker 4: The big kind of area of.

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Speaker 2: Discrepancy was the three point line, and Michigan hit six

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Speaker 2: more threes in Arizona, which is eighteen points. Michigan ended

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Speaker 2: up winning the game by eighteen points, so that's really

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Speaker 2: what it was. It was gonna be tough for Arizona Michigan.

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Speaker 2: If Michigan's knocking down double digit threes, like, they're just

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Speaker 2: and Arizona was missing a lot of shots that they

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Speaker 2: the thing with Michigan were in so many of these

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Speaker 2: wins in the Big Ten against great teams, they're always

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Speaker 2: up by like sixteen points at halftime. It's unbelievable. And

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Speaker 2: they did it again last night. Obviously, Duke is really

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Speaker 2: able to beat them Wisconsin.

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Speaker 4: Same thing.

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Speaker 2: They're only two losses, so have to battle against Michigan

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Speaker 2: is just surviving the first twenty minutes. Arizona wasn't able

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Speaker 2: to do it, and it just it just got worse

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Speaker 2: from there, but it was. It was definitely got to

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Speaker 2: give all the credits to Michigan last night.

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Speaker 1: You're forgetting another team that held him in check in

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Speaker 1: the first half. Maryland Terrifins at Maryland December thirteenth. Let's

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Speaker 1: not forget about that game where they were really close

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Speaker 1: at halftime.

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Speaker 3: No, you're right, it is. It is.

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Speaker 1: Do you think it's a side of better coaching in general?

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Speaker 1: To be like, I think the kind of standard way

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Speaker 1: can make the halftime adjustments. I feel like an ability

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Speaker 1: to coach your guys up well enough to come out

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Speaker 1: that is maybe a little less heralded than the guys

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Speaker 1: make that halftime adjustment, like looking at your opponent with

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Speaker 1: whatever degree of prep time you have and coming out

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Speaker 1: you know, not needing to get punched in the mouth

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Speaker 1: to kind of get going, but being motivated right off

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Speaker 1: the bat, playing hard early. I mean again, I was

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Speaker 1: like so many times under Turgent, I can remember being frustrated, like,

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Speaker 1: why aren't these guys ready to play at tip off?

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Speaker 1: A coach that can get his guys to do that

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Speaker 1: as valuable as the guy who can make the halftime adjustments.

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Speaker 2: For sure, especially in the tournament setting when it's one

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Speaker 2: and done, if you can put pressure on that team

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Speaker 2: to help your chances. And I think another reason it

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Speaker 2: speaks to coaching is worm how many times do you

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Speaker 2: hear coaches doing interviews during the game or after the

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Speaker 2: game talking about how impressed they were with the other

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Speaker 2: team that they just played. Like you can watch all

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Speaker 2: the film you want, until you get out there and

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Speaker 2: you face it and you see it in person. It's

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Speaker 2: just like it can be kind of startling to a sense.

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Speaker 2: Cali Pari was talking about that when he faced Arkansas.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, Arkansas played some great teams in

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Speaker 2: the non conference, played in the SEC. It's like they

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Speaker 2: had their look. They played Florida, but even Arizona. I

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Speaker 2: mean you just tell by the way he was talking

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Speaker 2: for Michigan to come out and do what they did,

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Speaker 2: I thought. Dusty May made some really interesting comments too

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Speaker 2: about Michigan beat Gonzaga by forty earlier this year, and

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Speaker 2: he thought the Arizona game was very similar to where

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Speaker 2: Gonzaga has also got a really strong front court.

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Speaker 4: They're good defensively, but.

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Speaker 1: All right, PJ, Let's get into the game itself. Yukon

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Speaker 1: Michigan Michigan number one team on Kenpom. As mentioned, they

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Speaker 1: straight wins in the Sweet sixteen or later, which is

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Speaker 3: That should not be possible in any era.

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Speaker 1: It feels like, basically since you know UCLA in the seventies,

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Speaker 2: Just looking at Michigan spread. We're going to be honest

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Speaker 2: with you. I like the six and a half man.

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Speaker 2: I just I think they're on a different level right

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Speaker 4: I haven't changed my stance.

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Speaker 2: I understand again betting against Yukon when you're getting them

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Speaker 4: Plus the points.

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Speaker 2: I just think Michigan there, they're looking like the team

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Speaker 2: We were just talking about something clicked. Whor in that

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Speaker 2: Yukon's offense is already difficult enough, and Yukon's one of

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Speaker 2: But again, the strength with the Huskies is Tris Reid.

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Speaker 2: They won both those games. He was great last night

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Speaker 2: So you know, Terris Reid going up against that front

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Speaker 2: a little bit, but certainly not have the impact that

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Speaker 2: I think Hurley and Yukon could make this game interesting

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Speaker 2: maybe for a half, for the first twenty five minutes,

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Speaker 2: I would expect I would expect Michigan to.

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Speaker 4: Pull away and cover the spread. So I'm laying six

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Speaker 4: and a half over.

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Speaker 3: You beat me to it.

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Speaker 1: What I was gonna say is, to me, the only

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Speaker 1: even with taking the points let you know, let alone

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Speaker 1: that the quick turnaround, because that those are the games

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Speaker 3: Between these two teams.

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Speaker 1: And like one of these teams is an all time

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Speaker 1: but it just it's a step down from the Yukon

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Speaker 1: and you're going up against this behemoth analytically and just

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Speaker 3: I like your thought.

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Speaker 1: I mean, even for as much as we talk about

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Speaker 3: So yeah, like I.

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Speaker 1: Think we said, regardless of who won Michigan Arizona and

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Speaker 1: anything under then I think. I think on on Thursday

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Speaker 3: It came in under.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I I it and it still is right

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Speaker 1: now at six and a half and that hasn't gone up.

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Speaker 1: We actually do have a comment saying that Yukon has

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Speaker 1: no business being in the finals. Michigan should be a

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Speaker 1: minus twelve favorite to take Michigan now before the line

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Speaker 1: adjusts up. Do you think that between now and Monday

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Speaker 2: So it opened at seven and a half in some spots,

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Speaker 2: So I think it would reach seven and a half

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Speaker 2: I don't think it would ever get below six. So

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Speaker 2: I think, if you like Michigan. I would bet it now.

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Speaker 2: I think there's a good chance that it could move

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Speaker 2: let's be honest, Yukon is fortunate to be in this game.

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Speaker 2: They easily could have lost to Michigan State. They could

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Speaker 2: have lost to Duke, and if Illinois just has a

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Speaker 2: lost to the ALIGNI as well. I don't compare it

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Speaker 2: to the Florida run from last year, right, because that

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Speaker 2: Like that Florida team is way better than this Yukon

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Speaker 2: like when you shouldn't be in this game, but you

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Speaker 2: found a way to make it to this game and

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Speaker 2: now you're just forty minutes away from winning a title again.

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Speaker 2: I don't hate the look with Yukon in the first

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Speaker 2: certain teams and certain coaches their systems are so hard

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Speaker 2: Alabama is the same way in the round of thirty two,

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Speaker 2: Bama with their offense is really hard to cover on

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Speaker 2: You keep waiting for somebody to slow down their offense,

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Speaker 2: not a train that I want to stop in front of. So, yeah,

438
00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,800
Speaker 2: I like Michigan and I laid the six and a

439
00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:01,280
Speaker 2: half with.

440
00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,119
Speaker 1: I feel like, my it is not the same team

441
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,320
Speaker 1: at all in terms of how they're built or their

442
00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,000
Speaker 1: style of play, but in terms of the tournament run

443
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:15,160
Speaker 1: they're on. I feel reminded of that Villanova team when

444
00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:19,920
Speaker 1: Jay Reich finally broke through, where you're like, you can't

445
00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,040
Speaker 1: have six just incredible shooting games in a row.

446
00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:24,240
Speaker 3: Can you in the tournament?

447
00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,400
Speaker 1: Like you're gonna have a dud eventually have to rely

448
00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,199
Speaker 1: on some and it just keeps not happening because I

449
00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,600
Speaker 1: remember like looking because going into that tournament, it's like, well,

450
00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,280
Speaker 1: this is like, yeah, Villanova can get hot in any game,

451
00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,720
Speaker 1: but like, can they sustain it over a full tournament?

452
00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,680
Speaker 1: You know, Michigan again, different team, better team, different built,

453
00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,199
Speaker 1: but like it feels similar looking back in hindsight to

454
00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,680
Speaker 1: how we look back in hindsight at that Villanova team

455
00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,520
Speaker 1: as just like you can stay hot for.

456
00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,920
Speaker 3: An entire I mean Michigan. Let's talk about the total.

457
00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,359
Speaker 1: It's one forty four and a half. Michigan has not

458
00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,000
Speaker 1: scored under ninety points in a game this tournament. Their

459
00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,680
Speaker 1: point totals are one hundred and one against Towered, ninety

460
00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,280
Speaker 1: five against Saint Louis, ninety against Alabama, ninety five against Tennessee,

461
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,040
Speaker 1: ninety one against Arizona. Their lowest total in a game

462
00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,080
Speaker 1: is one fifty seven in that Tennessee game. That's thirteen

463
00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,240
Speaker 1: points higher than what this line is at one forty

464
00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,159
Speaker 1: four and a half. Do you think Yukon, you know,

465
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,760
Speaker 1: with Hurley's coaching and I think we talk more about

466
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,800
Speaker 1: the offensive sets they run as being hard to turn

467
00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,080
Speaker 1: around he is a good defensive coach as well. Do

468
00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,440
Speaker 1: you think that either through the Hurley coaching and just

469
00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,280
Speaker 1: the Yukon defense in general, which you know has been

470
00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,800
Speaker 1: better than Yukon's offense this year they're eighth and ken

471
00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,399
Speaker 1: Palmon defense. Do you think that is enough for you

472
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,399
Speaker 1: to be interested in the under here? Or are you saying, like, again, Michigan,

473
00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,679
Speaker 1: mission's walking into this game with ninety points, or at

474
00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:38,360
Speaker 1: least that's how it's been so far in the tournament.

475
00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,600
Speaker 1: I'm sure you know you kind of can get to

476
00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,960
Speaker 1: another fifty and see it as an over.

477
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,040
Speaker 3: What direction are you taking this?

478
00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,680
Speaker 2: I kind of think if you like Yukon, I would

479
00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,320
Speaker 2: bet the under. I think their path to victory is

480
00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,880
Speaker 2: how Duke beat Michigan. How that was like a sixty

481
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,479
Speaker 2: three to fifty seven game late or something like that. Like,

482
00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,040
Speaker 2: that's their path. They have to muck it up, they

483
00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,159
Speaker 2: have to keep it ugly. It has to be a

484
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,720
Speaker 2: low scoring game. I think if you like Yukon, I

485
00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,080
Speaker 2: would bet the under. I think that's correlated if you

486
00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,480
Speaker 2: like Michigan. I don't know if I bet the full

487
00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,400
Speaker 2: game over, because again, when they get on this type

488
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,920
Speaker 2: of role like they could beat Yukon ninety to you know,

489
00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,760
Speaker 2: ninety to fifty, and it like maybe that would shock people,

490
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:20,840
Speaker 2: but you know what I mean, they could win like

491
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,760
Speaker 2: eighty to fifty or something like that, and Yukon wouldn't

492
00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,720
Speaker 2: do enough to get you over the total. So I

493
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,240
Speaker 2: think if you like Michigan to cover like I do,

494
00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,200
Speaker 2: and like it sounds like you do a little bit,

495
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,720
Speaker 2: I think you bet the Michigan team total over. That

496
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,199
Speaker 2: would be the way that I would attack kind of

497
00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,840
Speaker 2: the total. And if you like Yukon, I would bet

498
00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,000
Speaker 2: the full game under at one forty four and a half.

499
00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,000
Speaker 2: But I mean, worm, you brought it up again, man,

500
00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,400
Speaker 2: Michigan has scored ninety points in every game this tournament.

501
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,520
Speaker 2: It's it's seventy five and a half for their team total,

502
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,040
Speaker 2: Like that's a fifteen point adjustment.

503
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,480
Speaker 3: Is that just saying like.

504
00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,879
Speaker 1: Oh, we don't believe Michigan can sistain this, or is

505
00:22:57,880 --> 00:22:59,639
Speaker 1: that saying like we think Yukon has the.

506
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,240
Speaker 3: Special sauce to slow him down.

507
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,760
Speaker 1: Because you just said that's a huge difference in what

508
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 1: they've been doing.

509
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,280
Speaker 2: It's just a total respect for Hurley to the and

510
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,720
Speaker 2: they the odds makers know, like he just wants to

511
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:12,440
Speaker 2: completely take the air out of this ball.

512
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:14,640
Speaker 4: Yukon's not gonna want to run with them. They'll take

513
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:15,200
Speaker 4: their chances.

514
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:16,720
Speaker 2: Sure, if they get a rebound, you have a chance

515
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,720
Speaker 2: for a guy breaking, obviously, But I don't think they're

516
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,679
Speaker 2: gonna run. They want to keep this game in the

517
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,919
Speaker 2: half court again. They want to try and beat Michigan's

518
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,720
Speaker 2: half court defense because they want to run Yaxel off

519
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,000
Speaker 2: of screens. They want to work that ankle and all

520
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,080
Speaker 2: those sorts of things. They want to make those guys

521
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 2: exert energy on the defensive side of the floor. This

522
00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,080
Speaker 2: is a team that plays at a top twenty five pace.

523
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 2: There's no team ever in the history of basketball that

524
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,920
Speaker 2: plays that fast that wants to go slow, you know

525
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 2: what I mean. So they know that if you're Yukon,

526
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,359
Speaker 2: obviously you're an underdog. Obviously the other team's better. You

527
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,639
Speaker 2: gotta slow it down. So that's why again the total

528
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,440
Speaker 2: is that low, because the thought is, if Yukon does

529
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:02,439
Speaker 2: cover the number, Michigan probably not getting to seventy five points.

530
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,440
Speaker 4: I just I think they're just too good.

531
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 2: I don't even with Yukon taking the air out of

532
00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 2: the ball, I don't know how you limit that team

533
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,600
Speaker 2: to not score in at least seventy six when they've

534
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,119
Speaker 2: been scoring ninety on everybody. So I do like the

535
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,359
Speaker 2: Michigan team total over. But again, I think if you

536
00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,840
Speaker 2: like Yukon, it would be tough for me to see

537
00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,680
Speaker 2: Yukon lose like an eighty to seventy five type game.

538
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,760
Speaker 2: I think if they're gonna cover, if they're gonna win,

539
00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:25,280
Speaker 2: it would go under the total.

540
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,760
Speaker 1: When I'm thinking about betting a game, the first thing

541
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,800
Speaker 1: that I look at just right off the bat is

542
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,520
Speaker 1: like the you know, the ken Pon numbers and kind

543
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:34,520
Speaker 1: of where they're ranked. But the second thing I look at,

544
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 1: and the thing that I find more fascinating to look at,

545
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,480
Speaker 1: is that adjusted tempo, And I think it's really can

546
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,440
Speaker 1: oftentimes tell the story of the game and which team

547
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,000
Speaker 1: gets uncomfortable. Like you point out, Michigan top twenty five,

548
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,000
Speaker 1: they're twenty second in adjusted tempo on ken Pum Yukon

549
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,600
Speaker 1: three hundred and nineteenth. And not only is that the

550
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 1: way these teams like to play, respectively, but it also

551
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 1: plays into Hurley's hand. He tried so down and muck

552
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 1: it up and take the airut of the ball. Like

553
00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,440
Speaker 1: you said, to try and win a game against superior

554
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,359
Speaker 1: you know, talent wise opponent, So like who succeeds in

555
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 1: that battle of keeping this a fast paced game versus

556
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,120
Speaker 1: slowing it down. I think we'll go a long way

557
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,639
Speaker 1: towards not maybe who wins, because I think Michigan will

558
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,320
Speaker 1: win regardless, but who covers it. Who just looks like

559
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,360
Speaker 1: they kind of had the right game plan and we're

560
00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,639
Speaker 1: successfully able to execute that game plan. That is a

561
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,679
Speaker 1: really fascinating contrast of styles for sure.

562
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:24,880
Speaker 3: I want to talk about.

563
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Speaker 3: All right, let' she threw up another comment here, this

576
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 3: from Scott.

577
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,760
Speaker 1: Is it Yukon or Khan because if they win, they

578
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 1: will be the worst champion in college basketball history.

579
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 3: They are not that good, Piji.

580
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 1: I haven't gone back and reminded myself of literally every champion.

581
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 1: Do you feel like that's a reasonable stance. I do

582
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,199
Speaker 1: feel like it will be shocking just because of how

583
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,200
Speaker 1: good Michigan is. But to me, that's more of a

584
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 1: compliment to Michigan and not a knock on Yukon, which

585
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,720
Speaker 1: is still a top ten team and ken Pom, which

586
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,240
Speaker 1: just will have, you know, arguably the best coach of

587
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:33,720
Speaker 1: college I mean, maybe not even arguably, but like the

588
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 1: best coach to college basketball. What is in the last

589
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,440
Speaker 1: few years, guy who's pacing to be one of the

590
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:39,960
Speaker 1: best college basketball coaches.

591
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:40,200
Speaker 3: Of all time?

592
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,159
Speaker 1: Like I guess, I guess that becomes more of a

593
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,879
Speaker 1: philosophical question of if it's a bad team that's dragged

594
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,240
Speaker 1: here by great coaching, is it still a bad team?

595
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,280
Speaker 1: Or you know, does the coach you get the credit?

596
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: So how do you read that comment? And do you

597
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 1: agree with Yukon as one of the worst or maybe

598
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 1: even the worst possible champions in the history of the tournament.

599
00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,560
Speaker 2: So the first team that immediately came to mind was

600
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,120
Speaker 2: the Yukon team with Shabez and Ryan boat right that won.

601
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 1: It was just gonna say, it's probably another Yukon team,

602
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: another Yukon team.

603
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,399
Speaker 2: They were twenty They were the fifteenth ranked team that

604
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,639
Speaker 2: year in Ken Palm. Their net rating was twenty two.

605
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,200
Speaker 2: They were the thirty ninth ranked offense in the tenth

606
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,119
Speaker 2: best defense. So that team on paper, and I think, like,

607
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,199
Speaker 2: if you think back and you remember that team, like

608
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,440
Speaker 2: I think this Yukon team is a little bit better.

609
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,440
Speaker 2: But to his point, I don't think other than that one,

610
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,160
Speaker 2: like I would agree if this Yukon team wins the title,

611
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,440
Speaker 2: those would probably be the two worst we've had.

612
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 4: In a while.

613
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,200
Speaker 2: And that's why I just I kind of think Michigan's

614
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 2: gonna win. They should have lost to Duke. Let's call

615
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 2: it what it was. Duke was up nineteen in that game. Like,

616
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,440
Speaker 2: Duke shouldn't lose that game. Michigan State, they were right there.

617
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,199
Speaker 2: They could easily beat him. Furman had him in the

618
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 2: in the first game. That game was right there for

619
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,400
Speaker 2: the taking. So Yukon has been kind of, you know,

620
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,440
Speaker 2: because of whatever it is, the championship, DNA early.

621
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 4: The culture.

622
00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 2: This is why you have all those trends in college basketball,

623
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:02,960
Speaker 2: of all these teams that have to fit this criteria

624
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,600
Speaker 2: to win a championship, because eventually you just run into

625
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 2: too many good teams. And Duke was a really good team.

626
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,879
Speaker 2: Yukon was able to get by them. I just I

627
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 2: don't see it against Michigan. So yeah, I agree with Scott.

628
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 2: I think if this Yukon team wins it, they'd be

629
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,760
Speaker 2: the worst one we've had since the Shabaz Yukon team.

630
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 4: But I don't think they will. I think Michigan's gonna

631
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 4: win the title tomorrow.

632
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,400
Speaker 1: Now that we're here, are you bummed to Yukon beat

633
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 1: Duke and that we don't have a Michigan Duke match

634
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 1: rematch here in the championship game? Or you fine saying

635
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 1: like we've already seen that game at least once.

636
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 3: Yes, those would be a.

637
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 1: Better opponent for Michigan, but you know, now we kind

638
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 1: of get the hurly storyline and all that.

639
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I would have liked to see the rematch.

640
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 2: I think I think it would have been a really

641
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 2: fun game for sure, But I also love this storyline

642
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 2: of seeing like can Hurley like actually do this, Like

643
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 2: can he win a third and the fourth year with

644
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 2: this team? Because the two titles that he's won, he's

645
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,600
Speaker 2: had the best teams and it's not even like up

646
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 2: for debate. Those teams covered every spread. They every game

647
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 2: by double digits, and again, this Michigan team feels like

648
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 2: those Yukon teams did. So if he can win it

649
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 2: with this team, I like to me that that in

650
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 2: itself is a super interesting storyline. It just puts him

651
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 2: in rarefied air of coaches that have won three titles,

652
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 2: guys that have won three and four years. I mean,

653
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 2: that's like John Wooden stuff. So I'm excited for this matchup.

654
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,400
Speaker 2: I probably would have preferred the Duke one, but from

655
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 2: the historical standpoint, I'm just excited to see if can

656
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,440
Speaker 2: Yukon can can they still just continue to do it

657
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 2: and find ways to win.

658
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: I know that Hurley is really good at at this

659
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: right and like, I don't want to just totally dismiss

660
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,760
Speaker 1: this Yukon team. I just can't get over the fact that,

661
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 1: like I really felt like Arizona was just an absolute,

662
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: like unstoppable force. And it's and it's not that my

663
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 1: jaws on the floor that they lost, it's that they

664
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 1: lost so convincingly. Is just really like I find it

665
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 1: very hard to look past that when ben this game, Like,

666
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 1: for whatever credit you want to give Yukon, like this

667
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 1: Michigan team, which has looked good for a lot of

668
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 1: the year, it's not like there's some fluky team on

669
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:09,560
Speaker 1: on just a hot run of their own.

670
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 3: They've been, you know, one.

671
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 1: Of the three best teams in college basketball the entire season,

672
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 1: and they just destroyed the team that I thought was

673
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 1: the best team in the sport and one of the

674
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: best teams I'd ever seen, and they made them look

675
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,160
Speaker 1: like they didn't belong on the same floor for a

676
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: lot of that game. Like, I just don't understand how

677
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 1: I flawed Yukon team, for all of Hurley's brilliance, can compete,

678
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 1: like it will not surprise if Hurley just comes out

679
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 1: and is a genius master tactician and they keep it

680
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 1: close and muck it up, Like credit to them. And

681
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: I'm not saying there's no world where that happens. But

682
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 1: I feel like the most likely outcome here, PJ. Is

683
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 1: we're like halfway through the second half of this game,

684
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 1: and we're all looking at each other, like, were we

685
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 1: really talking ourselves up for the last forty eight hours

686
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 1: pretending this was going to be a game like Michigan

687
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 1: is so much better than this team. We called it

688
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 1: that Saturday night was the real national title game in

689
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 1: Michigan and dominated that. Like, I think the most likely

690
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 1: outcome here is it's gonna be very obvious in hindsight

691
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 1: that like, yeah, you kind of did not stand a chance,

692
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: but just because Michigan.

693
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 2: Is that good, agreed, And it's it's not a knock

694
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,239
Speaker 2: on Yukon because again, not many teams have been able

695
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 2: to put up a fight against Michigan this year, but

696
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 2: they are just that good. And not only are they

697
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 2: that good, but as we were talking about it from

698
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 2: the top, it just feels like they've found it again

699
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 2: and they look like that team that we saw around

700
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 2: Thanksgiving time when they became the overwhelming favorites to win

701
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 2: the title. They were blowing teams out. They beat San

702
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 2: Diego State and Gonzaga by forty. They beat Auburn by thirty.

703
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 2: These games were over at halftime. Like if people go

704
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,719
Speaker 2: back and look at the stretch that Michigan went on

705
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 2: for about a month, these games were over in the

706
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 2: first half. You couldn't set a line large enough for

707
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 2: them not to cover a spread. And then obviously you

708
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 2: can't continue that. You can't sustain that play, so they

709
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 2: come back down to earth. But man, ever since that

710
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 2: second half against Alabama Elite eight Tennessee and then last night,

711
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 2: it's just it's felt like the same old Michigan and

712
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 2: when they play like that, you just you cannot beat

713
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 2: them there. That's why they were favorite over Arizona was

714
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 2: because their A game is the best A game in

715
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,400
Speaker 2: the country, with the way that they can shoot threes

716
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 2: and how they can go on spurts, and everybody saw

717
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 2: that last night. So they don't even need to play

718
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 2: their A game to be Yukon. They might not even

719
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 2: need to play their B game. I mean they could

720
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 2: maybe play their like C plus, maybe be minus game,

721
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 2: and it could still be good enough.

722
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,720
Speaker 1: To be Yeah, we talked about this on Thursday. Arizona's

723
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: C plus is better than Michigan C plus, but Michigan's

724
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 1: A is second to none.

725
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 3: I mean, their a game is is truly unbeatable.

726
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 1: The three losses they have two to conference opponents, which

727
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: are always you know, weird games, especially in the Big Ten.

728
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 1: You know, they lost by three to Wisconsin, who just

729
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 1: can't get hot any night and take down anybody. They

730
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 1: lost by eight, you know, in that conference title game

731
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 1: to Purdue, who you know is very experienced, right and

732
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: was playing well at that time. And then the loss

733
00:32:58,120 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 1: of Duke, which is you know, one of these other

734
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: animal politically like one of the best teams we've had

735
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: in recent years, teams from this season. So like, those

736
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 1: are the only three losses they have this year. Most

737
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: of the other wins have been by a pretty wide

738
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 1: margin relative to the competition, So yeah, this is just

739
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: like one of those teams that's kind of on a different.

740
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 3: Level player wise.

741
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,360
Speaker 1: You know, you mentioned Terris Reid has been like arguably

742
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 1: the best player in the entire tournament so far. Going

743
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: up against you know, these behemoths from Michigan that their

744
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: front court will be really fascinating. You know, a couple

745
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 1: of injuries to note of with the axel and ball. Obviously,

746
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,480
Speaker 1: Yukon's like shooting has been a big storyline in a

747
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 1: lot of their games, like whether it's the big shot

748
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 1: from Brayln Mullins to win it against Duke, or the

749
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 1: fact that they were won for eighteen you know, prior

750
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 1: to that stretch at the end of that game, you know.

751
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 3: Their shooting has been a real storyline.

752
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: Are there any individual players that you're like particularly keeping

753
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 1: an eye on, either for betting purposes or just for

754
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: how they will match up and impact the game.

755
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, Caravan, I'm going to keep an eye on his

756
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 2: last college game, senior play in his third title game.

757
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 2: It feels like if Yukon's gonna keep this close and

758
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 2: play well, he's gonna have a big part of it.

759
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 2: So I would think Caravan would be a guy to

760
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 2: target on Yukon Michigan. Again, it's really tough, and this

761
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 2: Yaxle injury kind of throws a wrench into things.

762
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:15,759
Speaker 4: Mara was the man last night.

763
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 2: They're probably gonna feature him a lot, but the fear

764
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:20,480
Speaker 2: with Mara is always getting in a foul troubled, especially

765
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 2: guarding a guy like Reid. You know, that's exactly what

766
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 2: Hurley wants to do. He wants to run Yaxel off

767
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 2: screens and get his ankle a little sore, and then

768
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 2: he also wants to attack Mara and try and get

769
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 2: him out of foul trouble. Michigan's depth is what makes

770
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 2: them so good. But if you can slow down those

771
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 2: two guys, you're you're doing the job and you're definitely

772
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 2: have a better chance of trying to win the game.

773
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 2: So I think it would be Caravan for yukon Michigan Mara.

774
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,799
Speaker 2: But the fear again is the foul trouble potentially guarding Reid.

775
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 2: It's just too tough trying to figure out the guards though,

776
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,479
Speaker 2: really for both teams. Because it's so hot or cold,

777
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 2: you really like it could be a Cadot game. It

778
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 2: could be a McKinney game, it could be a gael

779
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 2: game of Burnett. You just don't know. So I would

780
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 2: say Caravan would be the best that I would feel at.

781
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 2: I do feel like he's going to get his opportunity.

782
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 2: He's going to shoot a lot of shots, and if

783
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 2: he knocks down a couple early, he could be hunting

784
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 2: his shot and he could be shooting a bunch. So

785
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 2: Caravan's probably the guy that I would feel the best about.

786
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 2: From a player prop department.

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Speaker 1: We very strongly agree on this game, and I think,

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00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,040
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Speaker 1: Like I said, we kind of aret in unison here

825
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: on the game itself. So I want to just take

826
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 1: a step back before I wrap up and think about

827
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: Michigan in the bigger picture. If Michigan wins this game

828
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 1: and say they went comfortably, it doesn't need to be

829
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: a huge blowouf, but like the way we kind of

830
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: expect them to win, this will be the best team

831
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: in Ken Palm history other than ninety nine Duke. They

832
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: also have surpassed last year's Duke team, which they already

833
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 1: are sitting ahead of them in net rating, and every

834
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: other team in the history of Ken Palm's rankings. It

835
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 1: will be a team that has gone on a fantastic,

836
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,880
Speaker 1: specifically tournament run, playing some of their best ball in March.

837
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: To you, does that sound right when I say, like, oh,

838
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 1: Michigan might be like the best teams to sign and

839
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:31,880
Speaker 1: nine Duke, like, at least in terms of the numbers,

840
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:34,360
Speaker 1: do you feel like, you know, if they were facing

841
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 1: some of those early twenties Gadaga teams, you know, or

842
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: like that Baylor champion or some of those Villanova teams,

843
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: like you might pick differently or do you think that

844
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:46,239
Speaker 1: they belong in the conversation as like, again, strictly looking

845
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 1: at the numbers, the best team of the century.

846
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 2: Yeah. Again, Their a game is as good as I've

847
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,799
Speaker 2: seen in a while, you know, I think you have

848
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 2: to put them in that conversation. What they did Arizona

849
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 2: last night was a pretty strong statement. You bring up

850
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 2: some of those Villanova teams that won the title really good.

851
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:08,319
Speaker 2: That Yukon team, the second one that won hurley Is

852
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 2: second title was really really good too. The Baylor team

853
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 2: with Mitchell and Butler.

854
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 4: Was really good as well.

855
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 2: We've had a lot of really solid championship teams. It's

856
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 2: recency biased, right, and we all get caught up in it,

857
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 2: obviously with what we're seeing in the moment. But yeah,

858
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 2: I mean, the numbers don't lie. It's just math, and

859
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 2: the math is telling you they certainly should be in

860
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 2: the conversation. And then the eye test, I think would

861
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,759
Speaker 2: tell you the same thing. So it dependent on what

862
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 2: they do against Yukon and how they look. Let's say

863
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,840
Speaker 2: they win that game by twenty points, I think they're

864
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:40,399
Speaker 2: going to be in the conversation for sure.

865
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, if they blow out Yukon, then I think it

866
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 1: becomes even more unassailable. I feel like the matchups I

867
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,440
Speaker 1: would most want to have seen this Michigan team go up.

868
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 3: Against the past years.

869
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,440
Speaker 1: I think that second Yukon title team from Hurley is

870
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,360
Speaker 1: number one on the list that I think would be

871
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: really fun. I think that Baylor champion, or even the

872
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,279
Speaker 1: Gonzaga team they beat in the title game, would be

873
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,760
Speaker 1: really fun to match up with this Michigan team. If

874
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: I'm thinking about teams that I think could like beat

875
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,360
Speaker 1: this Michigan team in a title game, I think you

876
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,759
Speaker 1: would look at like experience, you know, like the O

877
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,400
Speaker 1: two Maryland team, you know, had a backcourt that had

878
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: been there before in the Final four and played together

879
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,399
Speaker 1: for several years in a row. Like that is one

880
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 1: thing that this Michigan team doesn't have, because no team

881
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:22,600
Speaker 1: really has it in the modern era. So I think

882
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:24,600
Speaker 1: if you go back, you know, twenty years, that's when

883
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 1: you start looking at teams that like could give them

884
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 1: a run just because of that cohesiveness and the experience,

885
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,319
Speaker 1: but really really just in terms of like how this

886
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: team is built, Like it's such an impressive job by

887
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,279
Speaker 1: Dusty May, which is the other angle I wanted to

888
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 1: ask you about, Like, if Dusty gets his title here

889
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 1: and let's say again in convincing fashion, where does he

890
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 1: rank for you in terms of the coach, Like obviously,

891
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: if Hurley wins were like kind of throwing out any

892
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,759
Speaker 1: arguments against him, just in terms of like where he

893
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,440
Speaker 1: plays right now and historically for three and four years.

894
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 1: If Dusty gets his title here, We're not putting him

895
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 1: up there historically quite yet, but like, where does he

896
00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,919
Speaker 1: kind of rank for you in terms of just current

897
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 1: active coaches if he gets his title.

898
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 4: Certainly in the top five.

899
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,560
Speaker 2: I mean what he did at Florida Atlantic, what he's

900
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,719
Speaker 2: already done in his first couple of years in Michigan.

901
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 2: He's a terrific Ex's and O's coach. He does a

902
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 2: great job of assembling talent and again they even though

903
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 2: they play fast, they can beat teams that play any style,

904
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,919
Speaker 2: which I think is always the sign of a great coach. So, yeah, Hurley,

905
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 2: I think it's solidified himself at one at this point.

906
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 2: But then kind of that next tier with like Patino,

907
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:31,400
Speaker 2: Bill self, Dusty May I think those would be the coaches,

908
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,960
Speaker 2: probably Kelvin Sampson that you would look at as kind

909
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 2: of that next tier. I think Dusty is certainly in

910
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 2: the conversation, but he's definitely top five for me, and

911
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:41,799
Speaker 2: I think you can make an argument he could even

912
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:42,479
Speaker 2: be top three.

913
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's one of those things where just like just

914
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,000
Speaker 1: doing it once is kind of enough to cement you

915
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,759
Speaker 1: pretty high on the list, and not just winning a

916
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 1: title once, but winning a title with this type of

917
00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:54,719
Speaker 1: a dominant team is like, if you have it in

918
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 1: you to build a team like this, especially in the

919
00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 1: modern era, like it is already on a sailable right

920
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,360
Speaker 1: like that, you are kind of placed really highly in

921
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 1: those rankings.

922
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's that's kind of a what we got.

923
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 1: Do you have any other final thoughts here just on

924
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: the tournament, on this matchup, on the title game, on

925
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:10,879
Speaker 1: anything before we get out of here.

926
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 4: Been an awesome tournament, you know.

927
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 2: I'm glad we got to see that Michigan Arizona game

928
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 2: so we could really kind of see who who the

929
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 2: best team was. I'm glad we got to see we

930
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 2: got to see Michigan play Duke this year, and we

931
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:25,759
Speaker 2: got to see Michigan play Arizona, So I'm glad we

932
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 2: kind of got to see those top teams at least

933
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:31,319
Speaker 2: play each other a little bit. And yeah, man, we'll

934
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,720
Speaker 2: just see if if Yukon can can keep it rolling.

935
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 2: I just I'm just hoping they can keep it competitive, right,

936
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 2: I think is as nobody in the fight. As neutral observers,

937
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 2: we all want a great championship game. We all want

938
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 2: it to be competitive, and hopefully Yukon is able to

939
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 2: give us that. But I just I think Michigan is

940
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 2: too good. They are they are awesome.

941
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,319
Speaker 1: It will be a bit of a bummer if we

942
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: wrap up this season with like, like such an amazing

943
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,959
Speaker 1: tournament and like such great teams and so much excit.

944
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:01,520
Speaker 1: I mean, for the sweet sixteen of the lead day

945
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,320
Speaker 1: in the final four, and then it's like, can you

946
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,399
Speaker 1: cond kind of won pretty clearly over Illinois, Michigan blows

947
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,799
Speaker 1: out Arizona. If Michigan also blows out Ukon, it'll be

948
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,640
Speaker 1: like a little bit of a disappointing, you know, anti

949
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: climactic finish to the season and to what has been

950
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:17,319
Speaker 1: in a fantastic tournament. But when that happens, it's hard

951
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,440
Speaker 1: not to just sit back and say, like I mean,

952
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 1: it's it's less even about not having a fun finish

953
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:24,840
Speaker 1: of the tournament and more about just a witnessing greatness

954
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 1: with this Michigan team.

955
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 3: When something like that happens.

956
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:28,240
Speaker 4: No question.

957
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,799
Speaker 2: So yeah, and I appreciate you having me all tournament long,

958
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 2: been a lot of fun. Hopefully we've made some people

959
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,759
Speaker 2: some money along the way.

960
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 4: And I know.

961
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:39,360
Speaker 2: This is this is the time of year when it

962
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 2: starts to get sat. We got the Masters, which I'm

963
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 2: looking forward to this week, and then NBA NHL season.

964
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 4: But after the.

965
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 2: Tournament ends, it's always like that kind of hitting the

966
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,720
Speaker 2: gut a little bit where you're like, oh, man, now.

967
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: I just gotta go bet on the Orioles every day

968
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 1: now and no fade the Oriols every day.

969
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 4: That's what you gotta do.

970
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,600
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971
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:01,920
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975
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976
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Speaker 1: This tournament third straight profitable tournament, ironically lining up with

977
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 1: the third straight year that I've done some of these

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Speaker 1: shows with you, so I wonder if there's any correlation there, Buddy,

979
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: Thanks for Ray coming on.

980
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,879
Speaker 3: All tournament long. I hope everybody enjoys yukon Michigan. Hope

981
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:23,359
Speaker 3: it is a.

982
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 1: Good fun game and we get an exciting finish to

983
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,320
Speaker 1: the year, but yeah, you should go bet on Michigan.

984
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:30,840
Speaker 1: And by the way, we did to mention this gonna

985
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:32,960
Speaker 1: we think snap the streak of the Big Ten not

986
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:34,640
Speaker 1: winning a title game. They've had a lot of chances,

987
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: They've been in a lot of title games this century,

988
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 1: but they have not won one since Michigan State in

989
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 1: two thousand. Michigan could of course break that here and

990
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:44,960
Speaker 1: we think likely will, so keep an eye on that

991
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:46,480
Speaker 1: as well, and we can finally get rid of that

992
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 1: talking point for Big Ten teams. Thanks everybody for hanging

993
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