1 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up, 2 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: Drake firefam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Tuesday, 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: March twenty First, I know everybody had four straight days 4 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: and nights of college basketball just draining. Everybody was happy 5 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: to finally break free. I mean to listen, you love it, 6 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: and then you get a break and then all of 7 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: a sudden, the World Baseball Classic. You turn it on 8 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: and what a thriller on Monday night Mexico Japan. Unbelievable game, 9 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: great finished Japan with the walk off. It's just I mean, 10 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: I'm sure you guys were on social media and saw 11 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: the call by the Japanese announcers just freaking out. It's 12 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: a semifinal victory and they were treating it like it 13 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: was the greatest victory of the history of the sport. 14 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: You love it and now tonight a Japan USA in 15 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: the finals should be a good one. On FS one, 16 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: we have a great podcast today. One of my favorite 17 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: guys to bump into in the halls of Fox Sports, 18 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:08,919 Speaker 1: Casey Jacobson, legend at Stanford, total bucket getter, awesome story. 19 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: McDonald's All American goes to Stanford. I believe. In the 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: first month he was playing college basketball, he gave Duke 21 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: twenty five at the Garden. I think it was Duke, 22 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: might have been unc. I have to look it up, 23 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: but it was just an incredible performance. It was like, 24 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: Casey Jacobson can go and then he ends up in 25 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 1: the league and he plays in the NBA and now 26 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: he's an announcer, and I'm not gonna lie. I have 27 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: tried to recruit him to my men's league team. Yes, 28 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: that is the truth. I told him after you know 29 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: this fellow gave us forty seven and we lost a 30 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: couple of weeks back, I said, Casey, you know, next 31 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: season we might meet you. My guy, Matt Liner, by 32 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: the way, has reached out, said Jay Mack. I need 33 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: to get it on the action. We are leveling up 34 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: constantly around here. Just just gotta put that out there. 35 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: Shady McCoy at FS one has swore and he could 36 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: play and dunk. He's like, I will dunk on people, 37 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: but he's like, where's the game's oh, torres man, that's 38 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: a hYP from where I'm at. You know, Shady McCoy, 39 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: young guy. I still think he's young. He's in his 40 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: early thirties and he's like, you know, going out and 41 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: the living the dream, as the young people say out 42 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: here in LA. But a great podcast with Casey Jacobson 43 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: talking college hoops, Perdue fans sit tight. It's a tough 44 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,239 Speaker 1: one about Matt Painter. But Casey Jacobson has some good insight. 45 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: He's even got two teams that will open number one 46 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: and number two next season. Two teams you could not 47 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: guess right now if I gave you five choices. But 48 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 1: before that, just a couple news items will get to 49 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:31,119 Speaker 1: before Casey Jacobson. Number one. Obviously, World Baseball Classic was great. 50 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: I was flipping between some NBA and World Baseball Classic 51 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: and oh, by the way, so my son got into chess, 52 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 1: you know, during the pandemic. We would play and obviously, listen, 53 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: I played a lot of chess growing up. So I 54 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: would crush him, and I would like let him hang 55 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: around and then I would beat him. He's been playing 56 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: a lot on the d L. He's been playing with 57 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: some of his buddies at school. He plays on chess 58 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: dot Com, and all of a sudden he starts telling 59 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: me that, like, listen, I'm beating people. I'm good. Let's play, 60 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: let's play, and I was like, listen, I'm watching see 61 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: a tournament. I can't play you in chess, Brice, I can't. 62 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: He just turned twelve. He's all excited, and so I'm like, 63 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 1: all right, let's play. So we play on Monday and 64 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: I was like, okay, you've gotten a little better. And 65 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: I was kind of asleep at the wheel. We were 66 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: watching catching him on bel air and he beats me. 67 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, we need a rematch. We play again, 68 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 1: and he does this move and he's like telling me 69 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: what the move is called, and I'm like, okay, that's nice. 70 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: I don't know what that is. And next thing I know, 71 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: he's got like four of my pieces with after like 72 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: six moves, and he beats me a second time. And 73 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: at that point I said, okay, I need to pause 74 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: the TV. I gotta strap in. My guy is getting 75 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: good at chess. And then I checkmated him. But it 76 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: was to the point where afterward I started googling like 77 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: chess tournaments in the LA area, and my wife found 78 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: some stuff online like listen, he got good added pretty quickly, 79 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: and he's he's one of the He's kind of like 80 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: me when he gets something. He's like a dog on 81 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: a bone. I'm on it, I'm on it, I'm and 82 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: he is just digging into chess, playing all the time, 83 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: and I don't know. I kind of feel like it's 84 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: fun played my son at chess, but he knows what 85 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: he's doing. Now we'll see how far this goes again. 86 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: I was never a chess expert. I'd like to play 87 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: a lot far from an expert. I like to talk 88 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: a good game. I think I'm better at ping pong 89 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: than I am chess, but I like chess thinking man's game. 90 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: Ping pong is just sheer skilled. And I'm lobbying, by 91 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: the way to get a ping pong table on the 92 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: herd set. I'm getting some pushback, as you would expect, 93 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: but I'm pushing for I'll keep you posted on what 94 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: happens editing rate. I'll get to Cam Newton in a second. 95 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: NBA it's you know, you don't pay attention to the 96 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 1: NBA four days because the NCA tournament actually was like 97 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: six days because the lead in the brackets, the Calcutta, 98 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: the everything. All of a sudden, there's like ten games 99 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: left in the NBA regular season. My buddy texts me 100 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: regular listener the podcast, He's like, hey, can you go 101 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: to the Lakers game with me Wednesday night? I was like, well, 102 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: I don't know who are they playing. He's like Sons. 103 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: I was like, Oh my gosh, I don't think I 104 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: can make it. It's my son, you know, we got 105 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 1: the semi finals onchampionship this weekend and in his local 106 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: basketball league, so you know, Wednesdays our final practice, and 107 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: so I'm like, I'm a TBD. Maybe at rains we'll see. 108 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: And then I'm like, oh, you'll let me see what's 109 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,119 Speaker 1: going on in the NBA. And all of a sudden, 110 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 1: like the Lakers fans were so excited a few days ago, 111 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: and then after the results of Monday night, you wake 112 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: up on Tuesday morning, Lakers fans, you're officially out of 113 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: the playoffs. You are now the eleven seed because the 114 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,239 Speaker 1: Utah Jazz beat the Kings. They were destroying the Kings 115 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: by like forty. Kings came back, took the lead, then 116 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: the Jazz pulled away and you look at the box score, 117 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: You're like, who are these guys playing for the Jazz? 118 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 1: And then it's oh, Chai Jobbaji. Remember the kid who 119 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: was in Kansas last year in the Final four, hitting 120 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: a bunch of threes. Yeah, he's starting for the Utah 121 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: Jazz at twenty seven points. Crazy. You look at the lineup, 122 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: You're like, are these guys tanking? How are they? How 123 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: on earth are they competing with the Lakers. It was 124 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: a bit of a wild night. So Julius Randolph fifty 125 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: seven for the Knicks and they lose at home to Minnesota, 126 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: and Minnesota doesn't have an anthem Edwards, no Karl Anthony 127 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: Towns and they lose with Randall having fifty seven and 128 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: they played no defense whatsoever. Minnesota's out like sixty percent 129 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: from the field, some insane numbers. But this is March 130 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: NBA for you. Nobody's trying. This was my favorite thing. Oh, 131 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: I got a bunch of texts about this. You've got 132 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: to see this Kyrie Irving bucket. I'm like, oh, maybe 133 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: dunked on someone and it's like a pretty ridiculous land 134 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: and he's got all the jelly, you know, he like 135 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: with the English off the glass. It looks cool. I 136 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: look at the score later and they lose to the Grizzlies. 137 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving, are you ready for this? Point guard? Kyrie 138 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: Irving twenty eight points, zero assists, Like, what what kind 139 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: of game? What is he doing? Twenty eight points? Nosis 140 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: for Kyrie Irving. I'll leave it at that. The Warriors, 141 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: for the seven of you that care, won their first 142 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 1: gate road game in two months. It's funny. I looked 143 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: at this line. Not that I'm betting on NBA, but 144 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: I was like out a betting high from the weekend. Hey, 145 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: I was winning three out of four days betting on 146 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,799 Speaker 1: the tournament, and I felt that the Warriors were favored 147 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: by like eleven and eleven and a half and they 148 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: had not won a road game in two months. And 149 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: I'm like, well, I know the Rockets are like tanking, 150 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: but this is ridiculous eleven and a half. I didn't 151 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: touch it, and they win by thirteen, and I was like, damn, Vegas. 152 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: That's uh, that's pretty impressive. Listen. I know it's the 153 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: Houston Rockets and they want to make sure they're in 154 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: the Woman Yama Sweet Stakes. But nevertheless, eleven is a 155 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: lot to lay on the road for a team, as 156 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: at one on the road in two months. At any rate, Lakers' 157 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: Sons Wednesday is now a big, big game, all right, 158 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: And Finally, let's quickly get to Cam Newton, who announces 159 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: that he's going to be throwing at Auburn's pro day. Yes, 160 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: that's thirty three year old Cam Newton, who turns thirty 161 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: four in May, who did not play in the NFL 162 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: last season. Repeat, Cam Newton wants to get back in 163 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: the NFL. Did not throw in the NFL last season, 164 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: didn't play, wasn't I don't think he was on a roster. 165 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: And he said there aren't thirty two m first better 166 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: than me in the NFL. And of course you know 167 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: the reaction as well. Of course he's Cam Newton. He 168 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: want an MVP. And let me check the calendar here, 169 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. Was TikTok even around in twenty fifteen? I mean, 170 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: let's be serious. A twenty fifteen MVP in the NFL. Wonderful, Well, 171 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan was the MVP more recently than that. He 172 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: ain't even on a roster, And all these people are like, well, 173 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: do you think Kim could get a spot in the NFL? 174 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: What do you mean? Do I think? He's thirty four 175 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: in May, so it'll be thirty four and a half 176 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: when the season starts. What is he going to do. 177 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: Hold a clipboard. He gonna be the backup quarterback. If 178 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,119 Speaker 1: you're talking about him as like a gold line specialist, 179 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 1: maybe somebody could get creative there. He did have twelve 180 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns with Belichick and the Patriots in the COVID year. 181 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 1: But he turns thirty four in May. Are you guys 182 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:53,239 Speaker 1: can't be serious between injuries bouncing around? He was Carolina, 183 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: New England and back in Carolina in the last four years, 184 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: and one of them he didn't even play. He has 185 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: twelve touchdown passes and in the immortal words of Jerry Seinfeld, 186 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: and you want to be my latex salesman, like, seriously, 187 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: Cam Newton's gonna start no way. I mean, if your 188 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: goal is to tank for Caleb Williams and you want 189 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: to maybe sell some tickets, sell sub merged, sell some jerseys, okay, 190 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: maybe you've got something, but you're definitely not trying to 191 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: win if you bring on Cam Newton as your starting quarterback. 192 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: I mean, hell, I don't even know that, Like, who's 193 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: he is? He beating out Desmond Ritter And you guys 194 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: can Scott Scoff and be like, oh, Desmond Ritter, give 195 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: me a break, Desmond rig is like a young kid 196 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: who was in the system last year and is like 197 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: a capable thrower of the quarterback of the football. Desmond 198 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: Ritter could be a quarterback in the NFL. Is he 199 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 1: a starter next year for like a winning team? I 200 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: don't know how to land him? Won seven games last 201 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: year they started Mariota, who's bounced from the team they 202 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: were they were able to win seven Like, where is 203 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: there an opening for Cam if the thought is, hey, 204 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 1: we'll make him our goal line specialist. I just I 205 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: don't know if rosters even keep a third quarterback most weeks, 206 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: because you know you need to special teams guys defense, 207 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: offensive line, like the premium positions. You know, you can't 208 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: have Cam Newton active. And then maybe he's he gets 209 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: in and I'll play on the goal line. Is it 210 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: gonna move to tight end? Like I just don't see 211 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: the value. Like at Arizona Cardinals team, I don't know 212 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 1: what they're doing at quarterback. Kyler Murray definitely wouldn't be 213 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: around early Like La Rams, do you have Cam as 214 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: the backup for for Stafford? I mean Baker's gone. I 215 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: don't know. I just I can't find a team and 216 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: I can't find a situation where he is the backup 217 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: quarterback and takes that as like, Hey, I'm gonna be 218 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: the backup and then you know he's sitting for seven 219 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: weeks not playing at all. I just I don't see that. 220 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: Cam Newton has made a lot of money. I'm sure 221 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: he's got a lot of opportunities post football, and I 222 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 1: just I don't see him cracking back in the NFL. So, 223 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: you know, good luck at the Pro Day Show. Show 224 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: everybody what you which you were capable of throwing against air, 225 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: and Cam Newton will always be a legend in my mind. 226 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: The dab I give full credit to that, to Cam Newton. 227 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: That was like a thing, big time for a couple 228 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: of years. I mean even it was in a bunch 229 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: of rap songs. I'll never forget him courtside dabbing players. 230 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: It was cool, it was very fun. It was a 231 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: cultural moment, and I'm happy for Cam Newton. But the 232 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: NFL ship is sale, buddy, all right, Without further ado, 233 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 1: let's get to our guest, the legendary Stanford sniper Casey Jacobson. 234 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 235 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports 236 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search f 237 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: SR to listen live. Jason likes to think he knows 238 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: everything when it comes to sports. I know what sports 239 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: dance want, but for everything he doesn't. He knows a 240 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: guy who does. Let's just say I know a guy 241 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: who knows a guy who knows another guy. All right, 242 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: let's welcome into straight fire. A Fox Sports college basketball analyst. 243 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: He was a legend at Stanford. I think he's been 244 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: on the podcast every March Badness, so we got to 245 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: bring him back playing the NBA. Casey Jacobson, what is up, 246 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: my man? Jay Mack. It's really good to be with you. 247 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: A lot is up If you're watching in front of 248 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: the man, none of the stuff makes sense, you know. 249 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: One of the hardest things to be is a college 250 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: basketball expert for analyst. Man, I know a lot about 251 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: these teams, j Mac, but I have no idea how 252 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: this is all going to play out. Man. It seems 253 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: like it's totally random at times, but fun. Nonetheless, Yeah, 254 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 1: I've seen some of the ratings have been massive. I mean, 255 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: listen upsets help you know when Purdue's losing an FDU 256 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: historic stuff people are tuning in when Princeton shocking Arizona. 257 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: You know, the interest is up. Obviously, brackets are torched. 258 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: I am in your buddy Josh Willis's group for a 259 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: bracket challenge? Are you in that one by any chance? 260 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: I am not? No, Okay, I just so happen to 261 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: be leading it. That's why I brought it up. You know. 262 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: So I don't have it in front of me. I'll 263 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: call it up in a moment. But I think I 264 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: might have Texas in that one Ka and Texas Houston, 265 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: assuming Texas gets by a pretty damn good Xavier Xavier team. UM, 266 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be a great matchup. I do 267 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: want to start here. The parody seems to be as 268 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: good as it's ever been. Um. I saw that eleven 269 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: different conferences are represented, some some insane number like that. 270 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: I think that might be a record. Um what's jumped 271 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: out to you is like the big takeaway from opening weekend. UM, yeah, 272 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 1: I would agree with you on that. And by the way, 273 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: Jay Mac, that is a record. Eleven different conferences in 274 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: a in a sweet team is a record. Also a 275 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:50,199 Speaker 1: record before this tournament started, over two hundred and twenty 276 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,959 Speaker 1: times a ranked team. So a team ranked in the 277 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: APP twenty five lost um. That is a record since 278 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: the AP started keeping track of this, I think in 279 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: like the nineteen fifty or something like that. Wow, So 280 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: that narrative of there is more parody. There is no 281 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: clearly dominant team is out there. I would push back 282 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: a little bit on it, you know, I think Alabama 283 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: is clearly I think established themselves on the floor as 284 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: the most balanced team and the most dangerous team. Now 285 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: they have vulnerabilities, and we can get into that if 286 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: you want. And then I would put Houston second on 287 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: that list. Despite their injury, whether or not Marcus Sassor 288 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: is healthy, Jamal shed their point guard, also dealing with 289 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: the knee issue. You know, their health is a problem. 290 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: But those two guys both played Jammack in the round 291 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: of thirty two. They both played, and they both played 292 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: pretty well. I think that that region is Houston's to 293 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: win or lose. But doesn't surprise me that Perdue and 294 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: Kansas both lost. No. In fact, in my personal bracket, 295 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: I had both of those number one seeds losing in 296 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: the second round. It didn't predict. It happened to Purdue 297 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: in the first round. Couldn't see that coming, but I 298 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: did see some vulnerabilities there for whatever reason, and other teams. 299 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: The last thing I'll say about it, Jason, is this 300 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: these teams fairly, Dickinson and Princeton whatever. College basketball is 301 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: older at the mid major level and has been older 302 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: for the last two years, as old as it's ever been. 303 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 1: And when you get that old, you are less likely 304 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: to you know, succumb to um you know, bad shots 305 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: or weird mistakes that younger teams have at the end 306 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: of games. And I think we're seeing that unfold. Yeah, 307 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: Virginia fans wishes wish Key Hey Clark had been thinking 308 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: like a veteran on his grenade against Furman. Terrible mistake. 309 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: Who do you think more susceptible, Houston or Alabama. I 310 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: don't think Alabama's in that much trouble against SDSU, but 311 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: you've seen a lot of craton it. I think they 312 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: match up really well with Bama Coloma on Miller. You 313 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: get the seven footer against Betty Betty Yanko, I hope 314 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: I said his name right, and then the garden matchups 315 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: like Betty Ako thinks that the Creton guards have played 316 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: tremendous I thought they were better than the Baylor guards. 317 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,359 Speaker 1: Is Creton a major problem? I think they're like plus three, 318 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: maybe like plus one eighty five to win their win 319 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: that region. Man love, I've loved Creton since the start. 320 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: You know, you remember, Jim. They were ranked in top 321 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: ten in the preseason for a reason, right because last 322 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: year they lost to the national champions Kansas in the 323 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: second round, and they looked every bit as an up 324 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: and comer, and they brought back the entire starting five 325 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: from a season agoum. Creton has all the pieces. I 326 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: would say the one thing that that maybe you could 327 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: say where they're shaky Compared to an Alabama, Creton is 328 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: one of the least deep, or let's call them the 329 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: most shallow team that is still in the NCAA tournament. 330 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: They rely so heavily on their starting five of Baylor 331 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: Shireman and Ryan kulk Brenner, Trey Alexander, Ryan Nempard, and 332 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: they bring h Francisco Farabello off the be Mason Miller 333 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: who's injured, but they don't really ask those guys to 334 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: do a lot and Graving Thurma at their head coach, 335 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: gives them kind of a short leash if they're not 336 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 1: producing or they're not playing well right away, he's going 337 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: to pull them out and ride those five and Alabama, 338 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 1: I think can wear you down. I mean, they bring 339 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 1: in Javon Quinny out the bench, one of the better 340 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: and older point guards in the tournament still left. They 341 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: have him coming off the bench for them. That's kind 342 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: of where those two teams stack up. The thing with 343 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: Alabama is what's impressed me, Jason, is they are They 344 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: shoot a lot of threes. That's Nate Oates, their head coach. 345 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: His style is kind of like a Villanova style. Let's 346 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: shoot the threes as much as we can in transition 347 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 1: in half court, we want to shoot it up. And 348 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: but even when they have struggled, and they of course 349 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: any team in the country is going to struggle and 350 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 1: have those bad nights every now and then, they are 351 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,959 Speaker 1: still able to win games with a top five defense 352 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: in the country. That's what separates Alabama from Houston and 353 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 1: everybody else and from Craydon is they can really push 354 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 1: through an offshooting night with athleticism and defense that's on 355 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: a string and offensive rebounds and all that stuff. That's 356 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: why I'm really bullish on Alabama after watching them, and yeah, 357 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: Brandon Miller didn't even play well in his first game. 358 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: He went scoreless in the first round, and they didn't 359 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: even seem to miss him. They still put up ninety 360 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: plus points. Yeah, I don't want to go too deep 361 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: on the Big East. Here three teams in the Sweet six, 362 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: team Xavier and Yukon, which looks really, really good. I'm 363 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 1: just so disappointed in marquette I don't know how close 364 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 1: do you watch that game? Colac got in early foul 365 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,680 Speaker 1: trouble and was a total non factor. Did you watch 366 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,680 Speaker 1: much of that? Because I thought, I really didn't think 367 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: Sparty would be able to pull that off, and they 368 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: played tremendous. I watched the whole game, Jason, I'm a 369 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: I'm a total basketball junkie. I can't watch every single 370 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: second of every single game, but when it comes to 371 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: Big East teams, I'm all in, right. I covered for 372 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 1: FS one and those aren't a game. That's not a 373 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: game I'm gonna miss. Um. I was really fascinated to 374 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: see how marquete A deal with the pressure of being 375 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 1: a top ten team in the country and coming in 376 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: like I don't know if we talked about this before, 377 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: but not a single player in a Marquete uniform had 378 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 1: ever won a postseason game going into the Big East 379 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 1: Tournament last week in New York City. Now, they won 380 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: the Big East Tournament, so that was great, but none 381 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: of them had ever won a NCUBA tournament game. And 382 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: so this is a different stage. You can't deny that. 383 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 1: It comes with a different kind of pressure. And what 384 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: I noticed about the Marquette game was Tyler Cohlak. I 385 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: thought he looked a little bit tentative. Now I've seen 386 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: him perform in the first half and kind of be 387 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 1: a non factor, whether it be from foul trouble or 388 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: he has a tendency of being a guy that's I'm 389 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 1: going to create and passing the first half, I'm gonna 390 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: set everyone else up, make sure they're all good, they're 391 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: all their bellies are nice and full. And then in 392 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: the second half, I can now be the one to 393 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: be a little bit more aggressive with my shot. I've 394 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: seen him, I've seen that pattern from him throughout this 395 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: season and done it really well. He could never get 396 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 1: in a rhythm the other night, and then in the 397 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: end he kind of looked like he was not only 398 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: a non factory, he looked a little bit overwhelmed by 399 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: the moment and wasn't even close to his normal self. 400 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: It happens, it happened to Arizona against Princeton as well. 401 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 1: A lot of guys in the Arizona Wildcats were playing 402 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: hot potato at the end of in the last four 403 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: months my game, Jay Mactor were like, no, you take it, 404 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 1: I don't want it. Somebody else shoot it. And that 405 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: was sad to see it because Marquette, look, man, Marquete 406 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: has been a solid team. And last thing I'll say 407 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: about this, I understand that Shaka Smart has lost eight 408 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 1: of his last nine tournament games and the one that 409 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: he won was the first round game this year. Like, 410 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 1: I understand it. That's a badly co Yeah, yeah, so 411 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: I get it that that's a large sample size, Like 412 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 1: we have to ask some questions about what's going on there. However, 413 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: let me just say about this Marquette team. They were 414 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: unranked to start the preseason. They were selected ninth by 415 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: the coaches, not by us or you, but by the 416 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: Big East coaches to finished ninth in the Big East 417 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: this season. What Shaka Smart did was truly remarkable. They achieved, 418 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:11,959 Speaker 1: they shot above their level and so because of that, 419 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: they got a two seed. Because of that, expectations ramped up, 420 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 1: and they lost in the second round, which happens to 421 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,400 Speaker 1: a lot of good teams in the tournament. It happens. 422 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: But because of the expectations changed. Now we expect now. 423 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: It's a huge deal. If you would have asked Shaka 424 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: Smart and Marquette fans before the season started, hey, you 425 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: guys are gonna get make the tournament. You're gonna get 426 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: win at least one game, would you have taken it? 427 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 1: They probably would have said, yes, neck, yeah, I'm just looking. 428 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: I didn't even realize this. They did not have a 429 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: senior in the starting lineup. Cam Jones is a sophomore 430 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: cole like a junior. They have on their entire roster. 431 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: Marquette is going to be either the number one or 432 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: the number two ranked preseason team in the country next year. 433 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: Damn you know. I wish I had noticed that. That's 434 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: a great nugget. No no, no experience in March, and 435 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: it showed against as soon as they fell down early 436 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: against Michigan State, it was like oof lights out wrapping 437 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 1: up the big East yukon Um. I thought Saint Mary's 438 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 1: would have a chance. They had that mysterious injury. The 439 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: guy went down with the back injury, and I feel 440 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: like that kind of flipped the game. And then Hawkins 441 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: when when Bonkers late, Um, where are you on Yukon? 442 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: Which the question for them is guard play And I 443 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: don't know. Everybody seems to like them against Arkansas, but 444 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 1: those Arkansas guards have a big advantage in this one. 445 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. Man, Yeah, it's one of my favorite. Um, 446 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: there's a lot of really good sweet six team matchups, 447 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: but this, this Yukon Arkansas one is right up there. 448 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: To me. The number one is UCLAG and ZAGA. For me, 449 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,439 Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm a West Coast I can't wait to 450 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: watch that matchup. But probably number two on my list 451 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 1: is the Arkansas Yukon game. I like Yukon a lot. 452 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: Look that this is nothing like a four seed. This 453 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: is the best four seed in an NCAA tournament that 454 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: I can remember in a really long time. And I've 455 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: been I've been working nine years with Fox and like 456 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: they're they're a top five team in the country. Yet 457 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: they got a four seed because they took on some 458 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: some losses in January and the Big East Conference. But 459 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: this team is healthy. They play inside out, um And, 460 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: so your point as well as taking jack like I 461 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 1: am concerned about the backcourt, um I had. I have 462 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: similar questions about Yukon's backhourt as I did about Arizona's 463 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: backcourt with kir Cresa and Courty Ramy. Kind of like 464 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: that when they go up against these really big teams 465 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: that can take them away and force the guards to 466 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 1: be the decision makers. Yeah, can Tristan Newton do it? Can? 467 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,880 Speaker 1: Is Jordan Hawkins going to have a good shooting night, 468 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,360 Speaker 1: Joey Calcata that bring him off the bench and when 469 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 1: he's going, it's it's pretty cool. But when he's not, 470 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: they attack him on defense and whatnot. But I Yukon 471 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 1: is so good defensively and Andre Jackson Junior is as 472 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: good athletically as a role player as you'll find. They 473 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,719 Speaker 1: check a lot of boxes. But look, man, in one 474 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: game scenario, it's uh like absolutely in Arkansas, um and 475 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 1: and Devo Davis is one of my favorite guards in 476 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: the country. The game we'll see um so on on 477 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: this West Coast thing. Where are you on UCLA Gonzaga 478 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 1: because the UCLA big guy, Um, I'll let you say 479 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: his name, the guy with the mask. Yeah him, He 480 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: played like twenty minutes, did not look one hundred percent. 481 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: And now a brutal matchup against Drew Timmy, who's like 482 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 1: the quintessential college basketball player. Um, I just feel like 483 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: that's a big edge for Gonzaga. Man, you are right 484 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: on it, and I'll go even deeper, Jay mack on a. 485 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: Den Bona is really important to what UCLA does. However, 486 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: what his strength is his athleticism, his high motor. He 487 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: plays super hard, He's really long and active. Watch him 488 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: guard pick and rolls like he's up showing his body, 489 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: his chest to the to the ball handler, and then 490 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: he recovers really quickly in a way that you don't 491 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: see a lot of big guys do. But what is 492 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: the den Bona's weakness on defense? He is undisciplined and 493 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: I would I would categorize him as wild. And what 494 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: can't you do when you're guarding Drew Timmy is be 495 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 1: undisciplined and wild Because this guy's Kevin mc a man, 496 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,199 Speaker 1: he's the Kevin McHale of college basketball. His footwork is 497 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 1: just perfect, his patience is amazing. I mean, if you 498 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,680 Speaker 1: watched Drew Timmy operate against TCU, who's a pretty dang 499 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: good and physical and strong defensive team. They had no 500 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: answers for him. You cannot guard Drew Timmy one on one. 501 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: So to your point for UCLA, and they hold Drew 502 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: Timmy too about twenty. To me, if if Drew Timmy 503 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: scores twenty ish like twenty eighteen points, US is gonna win. 504 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: If he scores twenty eight thirty points, UCLA is in big, 505 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: big trouble. But like to me, Ucla is that they 506 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: are a better team. I understand that Jalen Clark is 507 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 1: not in the lineup. I get it. There's still a 508 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: better overall team. And I love what Amari Bailey has 509 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: been bringing to the table. The freshman from from Sierra 510 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: Canyon has taken over that role that Johnny Juzan and 511 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: Jules Bernard kind of vacation last year's team that score 512 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 1: And had you noticed jamac that that Amari Bailey has 513 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: had six assists in both of the tournament games. He's 514 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: not just a score, He's also a creator. He is 515 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 1: he has grown leaps and bounces. When I first saw 516 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: him in November and December, yeah, he was tentative. I mean, 517 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: I would look at the box score because I remember 518 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: he was playing with Lebron's son, and I would see 519 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: the box score UCLA and he's like barely doing anything. 520 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,439 Speaker 1: I was like, what's going on? But I guess you know, 521 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 1: he's got to defer to the older guys. Let me 522 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: quickly ask you have you heard anything about the Singleton injury? 523 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 1: Is it an ankle? It is an ankle? And he 524 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 1: said after the game. He was walking around in the 525 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: locker room post game and he said he's gonna be fine. 526 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: They have four days fare, so he will be playing. Yes, okay, 527 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: because that's big as they talk about no depth, the 528 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 1: big Nowaba, I mean he he If Bona is wild, 529 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,439 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know what what Nouaba is. 530 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: He's just a foul machine out there every two minutes. 531 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: I just do wonder how do they match up with Hakiz? 532 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: Like who on Gonzaga can take Himzagas? Their wings are good, 533 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: but they don't seem like they play a lot of defense. 534 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: I mean nobody on the team does. Yeah, it is 535 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: one of their weaknesses. Yeah, Julie's strathor um it has 536 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: the size, uh, either him or Anton Watson um but 537 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: neither one. I think Watson is a better defensive player 538 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: than strathor Strother is one of their better scores. You 539 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 1: have just like eighteen points a game for the Zags. Um. 540 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: They have the height, UM, but again, do they have 541 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: the discipline and the defensive chops to be able to 542 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: do that for forty minutes? UM. No one's been able 543 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: to slow down Haimy Hawks junior. UM. He affects the 544 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 1: game in so many ways. One of my favorite college 545 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: basketball players over the last two years. I would say, 546 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: a guy that like, I would love to be Hawk 547 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: as his teammate. Sometimes I wish he would shoot more 548 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: and be a little bit more selfish, But he's just 549 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: an awesome winning player. UM. And yeah, he's a winning player. 550 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,239 Speaker 1: And he's a heart and soul. I mean people want 551 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: to say Tiger Campbell's the heart and soul, kiss the 552 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: point guard, but Honey hawk Is junior is the heart 553 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 1: and soul of UCLA. And you remember last year when 554 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: you still lost to North Carolina in the Sweet sixteen. 555 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 1: His ankle was shot. He was like, I think it 556 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: was one for ten from the field or something. He 557 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: was hobbling around. They win that game last year they 558 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: eliminate the tar Heels from the tournament. If Hommy Hawks 559 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: junior is healthy, he is now healthy, I'm picking the 560 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: Bruins in this one. That was the game Caleb Love 561 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 1: went bonkers late that one hurt. I had money on Ucla. 562 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,199 Speaker 1: I had them in my brackets. I don't I know 563 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 1: Ucla is favored by a little bit, but it just 564 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: feels like, I mean, Casey, this is an offensive sport 565 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: at this point basketball, and it seems like everybody's taking 566 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: the defensive mind to Bruins, but we no offense. Better 567 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: offense wins, right, Yeah, Well, I'm always of the opinion 568 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 1: that you gotta have some balance. Don't give me a 569 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: team that can only play defense or a team that 570 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: can only play offense. That's why Iowa gets bounced in 571 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: the first or second round every year. They're a top 572 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: ten offense, but they can't play d And that's why 573 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: some teams, like like Tennessee's in the sweet sixteen this year, 574 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: but like Rick Barnes, has had some trouble getting Tennessee 575 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: had of the first couple rounds because they're always really good, atively, 576 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: they can't put the ball in the basket. So I 577 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: want balance. And that's why I like Alabama, That's why 578 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: I like Houston, and that's why I like UCLA. All 579 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 1: three of those teams are the most balanced teams left 580 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: in the fields. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports 581 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 1: talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows 582 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: at Fox Sports Radio dot com and within the iHeartRadio 583 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 1: app search FSR to listen live. I want to go 584 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 1: off the board real quick. So I got up a 585 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: couple of buddies here out here who went to Purdue, 586 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 1: and they are just over Matt Paynter and I need again. 587 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: He's been there for like fifteen years, and they've had 588 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: some really good seeds. They've had some brutal postseason losses, 589 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: and it's not necessarily just losing a tournament game. But 590 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: the biggest complaint that I've heard is he's unyielding when 591 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: he needs to change. He refuses to come out of 592 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: Mandaman with the seven foot four kid Edie and play 593 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: zone when all they were doing fdu putting him in 594 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: action and just abusing them. And I guess offensively down 595 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: the stretch some of the numbers, I mean, Casey, it 596 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: was brutal. They only were jacking threes. Now they were 597 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: not terrible shocked. But they're missing all of them, and 598 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 1: you've got the tall let's player in college basketball. It 599 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: gets the shortest team. I don't I don't know. I 600 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: don't expect you to kill Painter here, but any thoughts 601 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: on just you know, how he should deal with this 602 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: going forward, and maybe he doesn't need to change, Maybe 603 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: Perdue needs a new cap. I don't know. Hey, I'm 604 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: I'm of the opinion that we're all unfinished products. J Mack. 605 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 1: You are still learning and growing as a broadcast. Most 606 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: of these coaches should be taking the stance where I'm 607 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: an unfinished product. What I do can be tweaked, it 608 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: can be adjusted for the better. If what I'm doing 609 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: worked five years ago, but it's not working now, why 610 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,959 Speaker 1: is that? And let's change one of my favorite coaches ever, 611 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 1: Jay Wright. You know Villanova, What you saw Villanova do 612 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: in the last let's say, eight years under Jay Wright 613 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 1: was not what they were doing the first five years 614 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: that he coached at Villanova. He changed his philosophy based 615 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: on analytics and based on studying the game and saying, 616 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: you know what, the players that I bring in the 617 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 1: caliber of players I bring in, they're not five stars 618 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: Jay Wright didn't have a lot of five stars, right, 619 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: Jalen Brunson was the only McDonald's All American he had 620 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: during that stretch of run with the caliber athlete that 621 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: I have. What is the best way to play and 622 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: win titles in the Big East and in in the NCUBA Tournament. 623 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: And he thought it was all right, Well, we're gonna do. 624 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: We're gonna go smaller. Maybe we'll have a shot blocker, 625 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: but we're mostly gonna go smaller. We're gonna play one 626 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: on one basketball. We're gonna shoot a ton of threes. 627 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: We're gonna keep our turnovers low. We're gonna get to 628 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: the foul line. That's our formula. And they did it, 629 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: and they replicated it, so he changed. He adjusted. So 630 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: going back to Matt Painter, First of all, that game 631 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: was brutal to watch. Um, they were so scared the 632 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 1: backcourt of Purdue. We're so scared to make any plays. 633 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 1: They couldn't get you're telling me you can't get the 634 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 1: ball to the seven four guy, Just throw a lollipop pass. 635 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: I don't care how it looks. Get Zach Eady touches. 636 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: That is half on Matt Painter. It's half on the 637 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: players that were on the floor. I don't care what 638 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:07,479 Speaker 1: your coach is telling you, what kind of players are 639 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: drawing up. You gotta get your big man some touches. 640 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: Even if he gets double or triple teamed, we gotta 641 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 1: get him some touches. So that was flat out embarrassing 642 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 1: what I saw for him to not get a shot 643 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 1: attempt and over nine minutes, the last nine and a 644 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: half minutes of that game was embarrassing. And it's on everybody, 645 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: not just Matt Painter, but I guess he's the coach 646 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 1: and the leader of this program. But but Jamte Can. 647 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: I also say, similar to Shaka Smart, this Purdue team 648 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: shouldn't have been any good to start this year, has 649 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,520 Speaker 1: been a top twenty five team. They should not even 650 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: have been in the running for Big Ten Conference regular 651 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: season championship or tournament. Like it's ridiculous that Zach Eady, 652 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: surrounded by just jags, just another Jag, got this far. 653 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 1: And so it's all says, it's the same thing I 654 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: feel with Shaka Smart. What what Matt Painter did with 655 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: this Purdue team and built them up is the same 656 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: thing that Shaka Smart did with a young Marquette team 657 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,239 Speaker 1: that wasn't expect to do anything. You build them up, 658 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: and then they come to the tournament and you're asking 659 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,479 Speaker 1: them to change now, like they want to bunch games 660 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: playing a certain way, and now all these fans want 661 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:24,719 Speaker 1: them to change. Now, it just seems unlikely these fans 662 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 1: that are asking for Matt Painter to change mid game. 663 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, Like, weren't those the same fans that were 664 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: cheering them on as they won the Big Ten regular 665 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 1: season and tournament championship. Do you know what I'm saying? 666 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: So that truth, there's some truth to what they're saying, 667 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 1: but there's also Look, man, this Purdue team shouldn't even 668 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 1: have been a number one seed. I don't even it's 669 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: a miracle that they that they were a number one 670 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: seed to begin with. I know it's hindsight, but damn, 671 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: I just again, you put it out with Marquette Purdue 672 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: starting lineup backcourt, freshman, freshman, wing, junior, Gillis, junior, d junior, 673 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 1: no seniors in the starting lineup, and then it looks 674 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: like one guy off the bench as a senior. Now 675 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: maybe they announced that in the telecast. I'm like watching 676 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: at a bar or you know, with friends or whatever. 677 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 1: So I wasn't listening, but that's staggering to me. So 678 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 1: I think your point is spot on. I think fran 679 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 1: for Sheila mentioned this on the pod last week, that 680 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 1: this is, you know, the tournament for twenty two and 681 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: twenty three year olds. A lot of old dudes, a 682 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,360 Speaker 1: lot of old heads are really crushing. Um, I do 683 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:22,719 Speaker 1: want before you get out of here, I have to 684 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,319 Speaker 1: ask because I just love this stuff. I hope it's 685 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: not too prying too much, but I love the recruiting stories. 686 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 1: So obviously I've done my homework on you. I know 687 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 1: you you work with me and everything, but like when 688 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: you were you know, torching it in high school and 689 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:39,800 Speaker 1: dominating how many schools out west, Like did the entire 690 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: pack ten at the time come after you? Because I 691 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 1: know your brothers had gone to college. I'm assuming you 692 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: would maybe visited them and there was a lure to 693 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 1: go there. But you know you had you were great, 694 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,839 Speaker 1: great point average, and everything was Stanford like a no, no, 695 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 1: no brainer for you. It wasn't a no brainer because 696 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 1: you know you remember Stanford wasn't really that good until 697 00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,680 Speaker 1: Brevin Knight got into the Sweet sixteen. I think it 698 00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: was eighteen ninety six like Stanford wasn't. But I was 699 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 1: teammates with that dog, so we're in the same Okay, yeah, 700 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 1: it was Bred and Knight, that to me is the 701 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: most important player in Stanford basketball history. He kind of 702 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 1: showed what it was possible, got them to a sweet sixteen, 703 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: and then he thought, Okay, they're not just a bunch 704 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:19,279 Speaker 1: of nerds, actually can play ball and compete. And then 705 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: Arthur Lee, Mark Matts and Peter Sauer. Those guys kind 706 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,880 Speaker 1: of came in and changed everything. It's the reason when 707 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: I went there. But to answer your question, I was 708 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:31,399 Speaker 1: recruited by everybody except one school and amongst all the top, 709 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,720 Speaker 1: and that was North Carolina. For whatever reason, North Carolina 710 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,040 Speaker 1: never reached out and never sent me a letter. Nothing 711 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: like the word yeah. So I don't know why that is, um, 712 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: but yeah, just nothing at all, nothing like My dad 713 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 1: was like, dude, do you know that every team in 714 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:49,960 Speaker 1: the top twenty five in the country has sent you 715 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 1: a letter except one. I was like, really, no, He's 716 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 1: like North Carolina. They never either they have somebody in 717 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,439 Speaker 1: your position or they hate your guts one of the two. 718 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,399 Speaker 1: What do you recall. I don't remember who they had 719 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 1: in like nine D. Joe Forte was their shooting guard, 720 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,040 Speaker 1: A really good player actually, so we I played against 721 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,880 Speaker 1: North Carolina my my freshman year in the NCAA tournament 722 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 1: and they beat us. So uh, probably probably probably better 723 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:17,480 Speaker 1: that they signed Joe Porte and said that guy left college. 724 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 1: I think he left school early, was drafted by the 725 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 1: Celtics in the lottery, and then I never heard from 726 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 1: him again. I don't know. Yeah, it's uh, this is 727 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 1: breaking news, j Mac. But it's really hard to make 728 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,719 Speaker 1: it any the NBA. Man, it's very very difficult. Yeah yeah, 729 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,239 Speaker 1: but um, one other thing, go to back to Zach Ed. 730 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: So let's say, Zach Ed, you know, here's this podcast 731 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,239 Speaker 1: is man Casey, you said some smart stuff. Hey, I 732 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:39,680 Speaker 1: don't know what I'm gonna do, go to the NBA 733 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,040 Speaker 1: or come back to Purdue. What do you think what 734 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,439 Speaker 1: advice would you give him? So? Well, I mean every 735 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 1: guy is different, um, and I don't know what his 736 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:52,200 Speaker 1: motivations are, right, So if he wants to move on 737 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 1: and get paid, um, you know, he can go to 738 00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: the NBA. I do think, By the way, I do 739 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:00,840 Speaker 1: think Zach Eti will a place in the NBA. I 740 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:02,680 Speaker 1: do think he's an NBA player, not an NBA starter. 741 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,480 Speaker 1: But I actually think that a lot of teams could 742 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,640 Speaker 1: use somebody who's really smart, really big, and just an 743 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,360 Speaker 1: awesome locker room guy as well. Like I think Zachie 744 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,959 Speaker 1: would be a really nice, solid bench player and would 745 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:18,279 Speaker 1: be worthy of a bottom of a first round pick. 746 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 1: I would totally take take a chance on him. I 747 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 1: absolutely would do that. But with a name, image and likeness. Now, 748 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:28,680 Speaker 1: Jay McK it's such a different decision. Drew Timmy made 749 00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,000 Speaker 1: over a million dollars this year. From everything that I've 750 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:36,160 Speaker 1: under yeah, he made over a million dollars playing atkin 751 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,200 Speaker 1: Zaga Oscar. Sheebway really close to it. I think it 752 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 1: was a close, like seven hundred thousand dollars after Sheebway 753 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,480 Speaker 1: made this year playing for Kentucky. I mean, these are 754 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,719 Speaker 1: the top of the sport, like the first team All Americans, 755 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,840 Speaker 1: the faces of their respective programs. Zach Dye is on 756 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,120 Speaker 1: that level, and I don't know if if that kind 757 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,680 Speaker 1: of money is available to him, but it's been available 758 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 1: the last year to some of the big faces in 759 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:03,759 Speaker 1: the sports. So Zachie has a real real choice to 760 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:05,440 Speaker 1: make there if he wants to run this back and 761 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 1: and see if they can improve on the disappointment of 762 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,600 Speaker 1: this season and make some coin while he's at Purdue. 763 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 1: I think it'd be a cool Uh. It's a good 764 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:15,880 Speaker 1: spot for him to be in. You mentioned none of 765 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,520 Speaker 1: his other guys are our seniors that produce is gonna 766 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,120 Speaker 1: be awesome if if Zachie comes back, it'll be Marquette 767 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,600 Speaker 1: and Purdue probably one and two, which is interesting. The 768 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,200 Speaker 1: two teams that, like we're we're talking right now, is 769 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 1: the most disappointing. Yeah, Arizona is going to lose the 770 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,839 Speaker 1: big guy to the pros. Last question, Marquise I think 771 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,360 Speaker 1: Marquise Noel, Kansas State point guard. Is he your favorite 772 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,560 Speaker 1: or second favorite player left in the tournament. So it's 773 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:40,680 Speaker 1: so funny like I've been talking about Marquise Noel. Yeah, 774 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 1: season long on FS one, you can roll the tape. 775 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,879 Speaker 1: Kansas State and Jerome Tang, their head coach. I think 776 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:50,040 Speaker 1: I think it's a perfect marriage. Jam Mack Jerome Tang. 777 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:54,200 Speaker 1: It's his first coaching job. He's so free and loose 778 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,000 Speaker 1: with his guys. He has made an instant connection with 779 00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:00,200 Speaker 1: Marquise Noel, his point guard, and said, man, the team 780 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,359 Speaker 1: is yours. When you're on the floor. You can take 781 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,480 Speaker 1: a bad shot, I'm still gonna wrap my arms around you. 782 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:06,680 Speaker 1: You can throw behind the back passes, I'm all good 783 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 1: with it. Be who you are. I'm not gonna try 784 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:12,239 Speaker 1: and rain you in. And it's been truly remarkable to 785 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,800 Speaker 1: see one of the smallest players in the country. Marquise 786 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,440 Speaker 1: is five foot eight inches tall. I don't know how 787 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 1: tall you are, j Mac. I think you're a little 788 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: bit taller than that. But we root for underdogs, we 789 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,560 Speaker 1: root for little guys. And when little guys are the 790 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:30,360 Speaker 1: most impactful player on the floor and they have a 791 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,919 Speaker 1: flare and a salsa about their game, then I can't 792 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,040 Speaker 1: take my eyes off him. And then you pair him 793 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:40,279 Speaker 1: with Keyante Johnson, one of the more athletic man in 794 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,600 Speaker 1: the game, and you got a team that not only 795 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:46,000 Speaker 1: is good, but they play with a passion, a joy, 796 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:50,759 Speaker 1: a love that other teams simply don't. I'm rooting for him, yeah, 797 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:56,080 Speaker 1: Keyte Johnson. He's gonna turn twenty four here in two months. 798 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: Like that's how he's a grown man. You know, these 799 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,760 Speaker 1: guys are a lot old. And by the way, Noel, 800 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,120 Speaker 1: you were spot on, definitely right about him. I do 801 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,239 Speaker 1: think there is a place in the league for him, 802 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,719 Speaker 1: even if it's the end of the bench, the small guard. 803 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:12,040 Speaker 1: He tries so hard, tenacious. I was seeing him grabbing 804 00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:16,040 Speaker 1: rebounds against the Kentucky bakes Man. That guy's awesome. He 805 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,800 Speaker 1: is so fun to watch. Yeah, I hope, so, I 806 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,959 Speaker 1: hope he'll get a chance for certain. If he doesn't 807 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,479 Speaker 1: get drafted, he'll get a chance for certain in summer league. 808 00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:25,880 Speaker 1: And you know, we're a We've seen like guys like 809 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:27,800 Speaker 1: a Tyler Euless who played a couple of years for 810 00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:31,520 Speaker 1: the Phoenix Suns. They get chances and they got to 811 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,279 Speaker 1: run with their chances. But you should make a lot 812 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,439 Speaker 1: of money overseas, for sure. There's a lot of money 813 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: to be made in international ball. Anyways, I've taken up 814 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,439 Speaker 1: a lot of your time, Casey Jacobson, Fox Sports great 815 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,920 Speaker 1: stuff on college basketball all season and continued successful. Man, 816 00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:46,920 Speaker 1: it's you two