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Speaker 2: PODCA All right, here we go.

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

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Speaker 2: Campus Podcast. This is the College Basketball NCAA Tournament Sweet

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Speaker 2: sixteen betting Preview Part two covering Friday games today. I'm

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Speaker 2: stucky in joining me or my fellow BBOC co host

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Speaker 2: Mike Calibreese, and the one and only Josh Non aka Duck.

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Speaker 2: We will go through each of the games on Friday. Myself,

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Speaker 2: Christian and Greg took care of Thursday days slate. That

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Speaker 2: episode is already out, so make sure you check that out.

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Speaker 2: Really fun episode. Mike and Doc also had a Sweet

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Speaker 2: sixth first weekend recap episode Early look at Sweet sixteen.

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Speaker 2: If you haven't checked that out, make sure you listen

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Speaker 2: to that on the feed as well. Gentlemen, let's dive

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Speaker 2: right in. If you before we get into it, do

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Speaker 2: you have one future that you really want to hit?

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Speaker 4: Left?

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Speaker 2: Anything? You got anything? Doc?

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm long on Houston I've got some Houston

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Speaker 3: futures that are pretty juicy. I took a Purdue future

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Speaker 3: before the tournament started. I think that they have a

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Speaker 1: The final four.

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Speaker 3: So it's really those two Tennessee. I wouldn't be surprised

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Speaker 3: with the way they rebound the ball and the second

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Speaker 3: chance opportunities that they proke here. I wouldn't be surprised

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Speaker 3: to see them continue to be in close games late

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Speaker 3: and so I think the Volunteers can continue winning. But

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Speaker 3: as far as futures I hold in pocket, Houston and

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Speaker 3: Purdue are the two teams I'm rooting hard for.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I have Purdue final four futures, Tennessee final four futures,

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Speaker 2: and Illinois final four futures. I sadly Vandy went down

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Speaker 2: in a road game because the bracket really broke right

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Speaker 2: after that game. But rip to Tyler Tanner and company.

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Speaker 2: How about you.

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Speaker 1: Calvary's seventeen to one on Houston, and I actually think

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Speaker 1: the hedge opportunity lines up perfect. I'm gonna take Illinois

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Speaker 1: plus three and a half. I think it is their

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Speaker 1: most difficult game unless they get to the national title game.

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Speaker 1: I feel good about them in every other matchup. This

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Speaker 1: Illinois team obviously can shoot the lights out things who

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Speaker 1: go south and Houston could essentially dig themselves like a

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Speaker 1: six to eight point hole, and I don't feel great

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Speaker 1: me both to hit Illinois plus the points and Houston

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Speaker 1: to continue on. As you mentioned, in that region, the

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Speaker 1: bracket kind of broke right for them if they can

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Speaker 1: get to the And also just from a pure entertainment standpoint,

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Speaker 1: like we are just absolutely spoiled here in the Sweet sixteen.

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Speaker 1: There are so many good games. I can't wait to

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Speaker 1: talk about all of them. We talked about some of

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Speaker 1: them on the recap show on Sunday night. This is

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Speaker 1: our reward for losing the Cinderellas. You know, be sad

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Speaker 1: and that Cinderella's will never live again. That whole narrative

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Speaker 1: can wait until next year. Now, it's just time to enjoy.

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Speaker 1: I believe thirty like of the Sweet sixteen, the Ken Palm,

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Speaker 1: one of the strongest Sweet sixteens ever. So let's just

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Speaker 2: Have, all right, Let's get into those games, some great,

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Speaker 2: great coaching matchups. I mean, look no further than the

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Speaker 2: Let's start there. Seven to ten Eastern on Friday night

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Speaker 2: in Washington, d C. Duke will take on Saint John's.

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Speaker 2: Duke is a six and a half point favorite total

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Speaker 2: sitting around one forty two ish. I will not Duke

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Speaker 2: did play in Capitol one Arena already this year against Michigan.

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Speaker 2: Maybe a tad bit of familiarity edge there, But with Duke,

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Speaker 2: you do have to mention injuries. What is their roster

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Speaker 2: going to look like? Gungba returned, He's just massive for

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Speaker 1: He was very rusty.

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Speaker 2: Early on, so you know, get an extra almost week here.

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Speaker 2: How much better does he look? How many more minutes

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Speaker 2: especially against this pressure. Saint John's they really decreased their

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Speaker 2: a ton of press right, always see it against NC

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Speaker 2: press and the acc At tourney they scored point eight

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Speaker 2: they didn't have Foster for that game, so like not

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Speaker 2: having Foster having the ball in Cayden Boozer's hands against

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Speaker 2: hard to see. And that was in what they got

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Speaker 2: would assume Tina's probably gonna up the press right here,

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Speaker 2: but it's hard to score on Duke. In transition, It's

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Speaker 2: you really do need to make shots against Duke unless

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Speaker 2: injury uncertainty with Duke. I don't have anything yet on

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Speaker 1: but that was to be expected. But the foster element,

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Speaker 1: it's a full month ahead of the shortest recovery time

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Speaker 1: Right, I think it's just full gamesmanship, just to like

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Speaker 2: The money line here.

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Speaker 1: I think there's an opportunity if they get enough shots

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Speaker 2: My fear I same times is going to have to

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Speaker 2: Like their offense, you want to get to the rim.

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Speaker 2: especially with Gungla back an elite defensive rebounding team. They

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Speaker 2: want to get to the line. Duke never fouls, so

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Speaker 2: that's gonna be a lot easier if Foster is in

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Speaker 2: looking forward to the coaching, just in game adjustments in

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Speaker 2: this game that should be just basketball porn. We saw

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Speaker 2: I mean, Shire does a tremendous job on both and

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Speaker 2: but Patina's gonna have some tricks up his sleeve. This

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Speaker 2: will be a great in game adjusting watch from start

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Speaker 2: to finish. Douck, what he's saying here.

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Speaker 3: All that that you just described leads me to like

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Speaker 3: the under in this matchup at one forty two. I

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Speaker 3: definitely do not want to disregard a Rick Patino coach

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Speaker 3: team in the Sweet sixteen with plenty of time to

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Speaker 3: drop a game plan defensively to limit the effectiveness of

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Speaker 3: what Duke wants to do. Zoobie and Dylan Mitchell on

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Speaker 1: It's just gonna be a game.

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Speaker 3: That requires a lot of shot making. And no Saint

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Speaker 3: we see that here against these two elite defenses.

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Speaker 1: I like the under here. Insane stat. By the way,

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Speaker 2: I love this route. I used to love these games

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Speaker 2: to the other early game. It's Head of the United

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Speaker 2: first thing that Alabama needs is Michigan did not have

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Speaker 2: And Michigan just has the second gear they can hit

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Speaker 2: So Balabama hit nineteen threes in their last game against

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Speaker 2: Against Texas Tech? Alabama went nineteen or forty two and

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Speaker 2: Texas Tech went four of twenty five. I just couldn't

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Speaker 2: hit anything. So what happened in that next game? Last

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Speaker 2: by Duke that So there's similar vibes to that. I

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Speaker 2: seeing Alabama Michigan very similar.

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Speaker 3: I don't have a play on this pre flop, but

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Speaker 3: couple of reasons. First of all, if Alabama shoot the

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Speaker 1: Sure, it's hard to.

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Speaker 3: It's hard to project nineteen made threes, but it's a

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Speaker 2: Hot, and they're they're going.

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Speaker 3: To get them up to probably forty three shot in

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Speaker 3: this game. I look at Michigan late in the year.

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Speaker 3: Remember they played with their food a lot close wins

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Speaker 3: routinely Michigan has just found themselves down eight to ten

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Speaker 3: Michigan has been playing offensively. Lende Borg has been a force.

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Speaker 3: at some point. I also might want to look in

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Speaker 3: a live under. We saw it against Saint Louis where

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Speaker 3: the total came out one sixty two and a half

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Speaker 3: in game. That total at one point was all the

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Speaker 3: way up to one seventy nine and a half, and

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Speaker 3: you knew there was one way action on that total.

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Speaker 3: Saint Louis Michigan. The game had a ton of pace,

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Speaker 3: people were hitting shots. It was only one way action

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Speaker 3: on the over. Well, what happened in the second half

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Speaker 3: saw Michigan's offense slow the tempo down significantly. The original

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Speaker 3: total barely snuck over it. All those live totals failed

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Speaker 3: similar trend here. This is a high total already at

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Speaker 3: just know that the truncated pace is coming. Michigan's defense

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Speaker 3: under if we can get ten or twelve points of value,

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Speaker 3: and in Michigan games we see that trend happen. So

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Speaker 2: Yeah, make sure you follow along on the Action Network

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Speaker 2: app for any live that's throughout the weekend. Yeah. In Michigan, though,

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Speaker 2: to need to make threes. Their pick and roll defense

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Speaker 2: has been vulnerable. Curious to see how often Yaks gets

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Speaker 2: the file on assignment. That should be interesting. Calbary's what

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Speaker 1: I'm going to go in a different direction here. I'm

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Speaker 1: going to go with the worlds team total to hit

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Speaker 1: one hundred points, so over ninety nine and a half

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Speaker 1: it's plus two forty three. They hit triple dig just

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Speaker 1: A and M. This all happened in the past seven weeks,

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Speaker 1: Every possession is going to be a scoring opportunity for

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Speaker 1: at five to two. I think it's too good to

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Speaker 1: it against Saint Louis. I agree with Duck that I

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Speaker 1: think from a game flow perspective, they could maybe come

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Speaker 1: It's like, I think there's a bit of gamesmanship and

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Speaker 1: You don't see this very often in college hoops, but

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Speaker 1: I think they're starting to play like it. So let

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Speaker 2: Here, All right, good stuff there. Before we move on

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447
00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:36,879
Speaker 2: for Michigan State, Yukon. This is the two three matchup

448
00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:41,040
Speaker 2: in the East Regional Yukon, sitting around a one and

449
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:45,600
Speaker 2: a half point favor total. We'll call it one thirty

450
00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:50,840
Speaker 2: six consensus. Very intriguing game here. I played some Yukon.

451
00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:53,720
Speaker 2: I'll get into my reasons why I don't. I didn't.

452
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:54,600
Speaker 1: I don't I like.

453
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 2: I prefer to do these blind, so I don't know.

454
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:58,439
Speaker 2: I don't even look at the docks. I have no

455
00:22:58,480 --> 00:22:59,959
Speaker 2: idea what you guys like. I think it's better that way.

456
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,880
Speaker 2: So I'll Calbury's curiosity, which side do you like here?

457
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 1: So I'm going with a player prop because I kind

458
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,479
Speaker 1: of talked myself into and out of both sides of this,

459
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,879
Speaker 1: but zeroing in on tris Reed Junior his combo for

460
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,680
Speaker 1: points and rebounds twenty two and a half. He surpassed

461
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 1: this number in five of six. They're giving him every

462
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,320
Speaker 1: opportunity to score points in the paint in terms of

463
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,160
Speaker 1: you know, post touches, and he's said double digit SIOD

464
00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 1: attempts in eight of his last thirteen games. Like we

465
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:32,760
Speaker 1: all have essentially chronicled Yukon's offensive struggles, it's been you know,

466
00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,240
Speaker 1: their guards have been able to knock down shots when

467
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,520
Speaker 1: it's crunch time. They give him the opportunity. So I

468
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,199
Speaker 1: think he's a shoe in for ten plus shot attempts

469
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,920
Speaker 1: in this game, assuming that he doesn't get himself into

470
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Speaker 1: foul trouble. And I think this is sitting in the

471
00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,480
Speaker 1: low twenties because Michigan State is the best rebounding team

472
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 1: remaining in this field now that Florida has been ounsted.

473
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,159
Speaker 1: But like, let's look for direct comps. Michigan's Yaxel and

474
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 1: Morez Johnson Junior both went over this combo. Eric Daily

475
00:23:56,119 --> 00:24:00,400
Speaker 1: for UCLA went over against Michigan State. David Murkovic for

476
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:05,480
Speaker 1: Illinois as well. I think the super talented guys, it's

477
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 1: even though they're a very good rebounding team, I think

478
00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,040
Speaker 1: it's just difficult to keep a guy like this off

479
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,000
Speaker 1: the glass, and the offense is going to funnel through him.

480
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,119
Speaker 1: And really it just comes down to foul trouble. You know,

481
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,159
Speaker 1: is Michigan State a team that draws a ton of

482
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,440
Speaker 1: fouls just looking at the resume, No, they don't get

483
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,760
Speaker 1: to the line an incredibly you know, high volume, but

484
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,800
Speaker 1: you know, whistle goes one way or the other. It's always.

485
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:27,880
Speaker 1: I mean, we talked to doctor Nick and Sean Kerner

486
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,960
Speaker 1: about this with the player props. When you get into

487
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,720
Speaker 1: bed with you know, a power forward or a center

488
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,119
Speaker 1: in college, hoops two fouls in the first half, it

489
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,399
Speaker 1: sinks any over. But I think if he stays on

490
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 1: the floor and plays thirty minutes, this one's going to fall.

491
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:42,720
Speaker 1: So I'll go over twenty two and a half on

492
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Speaker 1: the combo.

493
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Speaker 2: What are you seeing here, Eileen?

494
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,760
Speaker 3: Under the total, you've got Izzo and Hurley. In an

495
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,440
Speaker 3: NCAA tournament neutral setting, the pace should be slow. Here

496
00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,919
Speaker 3: Yukon is three hundred and twenty second in offensive operating tempo,

497
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,159
Speaker 3: and no games played in the Big East Tournament or

498
00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,960
Speaker 3: the NCAA Tournament have a cliped sixty five total possession.

499
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,399
Speaker 3: We've got a match up here between the eleventh and

500
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 3: thirteenth most effective defenses in the entire country. I think

501
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,000
Speaker 3: both these defenses keep this game in the half court here.

502
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:13,119
Speaker 3: I think the transition opportunities and the ability to create

503
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 3: offense off of turnovers in the fast break should be

504
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,399
Speaker 3: fairly limited. I look at Yukon offensively. They're not a

505
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 3: team to just flippantly throw up a ton of bad

506
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,200
Speaker 3: three point shots. I think we'll see really methodical work

507
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 3: from them to get the ball where they want it

508
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 3: in the paint, play the high low game here. I

509
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,600
Speaker 3: just expect long positions from Yukon. But this is a

510
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,560
Speaker 3: game where the whistle is really going to be important

511
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,760
Speaker 3: here because Yukon does foul quite often and if fears

512
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,560
Speaker 3: car and cooler are getting to the stripe, this total

513
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,000
Speaker 3: could go haywire after the under eight time out in

514
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,919
Speaker 3: the second half, but as is, I lean under the

515
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:48,200
Speaker 3: post total one thirty six.

516
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,400
Speaker 2: All right, I like Yukon here. Now it's scared they're

517
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,960
Speaker 2: going to need someone to make some shots. So it's

518
00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:59,520
Speaker 2: very scary because solo ball, like what has happened to

519
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,639
Speaker 2: him under thirty percent of the year. Now he only

520
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:05,920
Speaker 2: played thirteen minutes against UCLA they did get Silas back,

521
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 2: but Mullins they I mean, they just have a bunch

522
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,920
Speaker 2: of guys that seemingly don't have much confidence from the outside.

523
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,119
Speaker 2: Now I do like that Ross is getting more minutes

524
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,159
Speaker 2: and they're just overdue to make some shots. And if

525
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 2: they make a couple early, then I think Yukon wins

526
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,639
Speaker 2: this game semi easily. And meanwhile, Michigan State over their

527
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,200
Speaker 2: past three games is shooting thirty two of sixty nine

528
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,880
Speaker 2: from three, like Cohen Carr making threes. You're getting Trey

529
00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:35,719
Speaker 2: fort hitting threes, you know, four threes as he's falling

530
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 2: down like Steph Curry on all of them. Some major

531
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,359
Speaker 2: potential shooting regression for Sparti coming. But the main reason

532
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,879
Speaker 2: I like Yukon here, Number one, I'm getting early, just

533
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,800
Speaker 2: laying I played some money on. I'm winning a game

534
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,040
Speaker 2: on a neutral court in the tournament. This is a

535
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Speaker 2: guy who's what fifteen to one against the spread over

536
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 2: his past sixteen tournament games. But here's some of the

537
00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,680
Speaker 2: things I like. Both these teams are excellent two way

538
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,120
Speaker 2: rebus teams. I don't think either is going to completely

539
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 2: dominate the glass. I think there's kind of going to

540
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:09,000
Speaker 2: neutralize each other in that aspect. The Read Cooper matchup

541
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 2: in the interior, that's pretty fast, and that'll be like

542
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,199
Speaker 2: who can stay out a foul trouble, who can go?

543
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,760
Speaker 2: Can Cooper really contain him one on one? That'll be

544
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 2: must see TV. But here's the thing, you can Connecticut

545
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,000
Speaker 2: has turnover issues. Michigan State never turned you over, so

546
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 2: they don't have to worry as much about their turnover issues.

547
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 2: And Michigan State can't defend off the ball. I mean

548
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:38,439
Speaker 2: you're talking one of this beautiful motion Yukon offense that

549
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,640
Speaker 2: runs everything off screens, multiple screens, different layers. You're talking

550
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,639
Speaker 2: about a Michigan State defense that ranks in the second

551
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:50,200
Speaker 2: percentile defending off ball screens. That is very troubling. They've

552
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 2: struggled defending off drible off handoffs. I mean, there's some

553
00:27:55,600 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 2: very worrying metrics for this Michigan State defense. And Yukon

554
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,919
Speaker 2: also is an elite transition defense. So I mean, if

555
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 2: you can limit Michigan State in transition and you have

556
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 2: the offense to beat them with all their off ball stuff,

557
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 2: I think that spells trouble for Michigan State, especially at

558
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:21,959
Speaker 2: the outside shots dry up. Yukon is basically Minnesota on

559
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,120
Speaker 2: steroids with all of the actions they run and their

560
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 2: ability to limit transition, and we saw Michigan State struggle

561
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 2: with Minnesota, so I think there's paths if Yukon just

562
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 2: gets any shooting from the outside and then Michigan State

563
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 2: doesn't continue this toward recent pace. I think Yukon wins

564
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 2: this game. I'm gonna trust early in company to get

565
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 2: it done and in another great, great coaching matchup anything that, gentlemen, no, I.

566
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,640
Speaker 1: Think this is But like everyone's assessment on the game,

567
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,480
Speaker 1: I think it really does come down to if Yukon

568
00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:01,280
Speaker 1: can get some confidence from their shooters. I think this

569
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: is there to lose. I don't really see how Michigan

570
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 1: State is going to be better than them in multiple

571
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: facets of the game to make up for that. But

572
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 1: it's a little bit scary because they have shown that

573
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 1: they can go ice cold multiple times really in the

574
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 1: past three weeks. So that's why I'm keeping my money

575
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: on the sideline. But it's it's a clear path to

576
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,480
Speaker 1: victory with an excellent tournament coach. So at some point

577
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 1: you think someone's got to give these guys a lot

578
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 1: of them are career thirty five plus percent shooters from deep.

579
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Speaker 1: It's not for them to turn it on.

580
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, you have to feel good if your Yukon too.

581
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 3: I think if you've last five games, you've had poor

582
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 3: shooting efforts from nearly everybody, and so you've shot the

583
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 3: ball poorly. The defense has kept you in games. You

584
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 3: know what you can run, and these guys can turn

585
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 3: it on. I think you have to feel somewhat confident

586
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 3: if you're Yukon that you're going to see better positive

587
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 3: shooting regression towards that mean at some point.

588
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, and Michigan, I mean Michigan State. Look, they're

589
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,440
Speaker 2: a half court offense, can get stuck in the mud.

590
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 2: They're best hats to offen offensive rebounding, which is going

591
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 2: to be tough against Yukon. A very good defensive rent team.

592
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 2: And then in transition they're elite eighty second percentile frequency,

593
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 2: ninety first percentile efficiency. It's a tom Izzo team. They're

594
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 2: great in transition well Connecticut twenty nine percent frequency, ninety

595
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 2: first percentile efficiencies. They're really really good transition defense, and

596
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 2: they're very good on the defensive boards. And they're also

597
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 2: ninety eighth percentile defending at the rim. So like Ken

598
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 2: Michigan State keep hitting shots, I'll bet that they can't.

599
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,719
Speaker 2: And someone on someone on yukon the solo ball, he's

600
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 2: I need you to make your first three. I mean

601
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:44,200
Speaker 2: it was very telling against Furman. He was him and

602
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 2: Mullins went one and fourteen I think combined, and Hurley

603
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 2: like went out of his way to like fist pump

604
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 2: him at half court, like ran out of the court

605
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 2: because he made one. Like so you know that his

606
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 2: confidence is definitely shaken. So I can't wait for that

607
00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 2: one ninety five Eastern on Saturday, and then the super

608
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:06,000
Speaker 2: late game ten ten Eastern between Tennessee and Iowa State

609
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 2: in Chicago. Iowa State four, let's call it again, let's

610
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 2: call it four and a half. Maybe do some fours

611
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 2: out there as well. Point favor total one thirty eight

612
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:24,120
Speaker 2: and a half. The big news here is Jefferson. His status.

613
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 2: Is he going to play? Is he not? How healthy

614
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 2: is he is he going to be? I was dead

615
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 2: wrong on Kentucky. They just couldn't handle the Iowa State pressure.

616
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 2: I don't think that Jefferson is going to play. And

617
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 2: if that's the case, I mean That's why I've got

618
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 2: Tennessee plus four and a half. That this number is

619
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 2: way way way too high for me. Jefferson will be

620
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 2: He's their best defensive rebounder two and that is now

621
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 2: there is questions ken Tennessee handle the pressure. Turnovers have

622
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 2: been an issue for them. That is the big question here,

623
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 2: because if as long as they can get into their

624
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 2: half court offense, if Jefferson isn't there, they can do

625
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 2: some damage at the women on the offense of glass,

626
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 2: and then I mean, I just I trust Gillespie to

627
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 2: keep them in this. I thought Boswell was great in

628
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 2: their last game. He's gaining confidence. This will be a war.

629
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Speaker 2: And if Jefferson doesn't play, I mean, I'm close to

630
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 2: like one on this game. I have to play four

631
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 2: and a half. A lot of respect for Atts and

632
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 2: there was kind of like a ewing theory against Kentucky.

633
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 2: Right without Jefferson, everyone else stepped up. And but Tennessee's

634
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 2: much better than Kentucky and on the glass, Jefferson could

635
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:33,120
Speaker 2: be sorely missed. So I like Tennessee or plus four

636
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 2: and half. I think this goes right down on the wire.

637
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 2: Calvary's what are you.

638
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 1: Saying, well, he set me up right for what I

639
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: want to talk about, because Barnes, I don't know if

640
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: you caught it. In the post game, he was talking

641
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: about like if he was a college football coach, he'd

642
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 1: run a single wing or wing t offense, and his

643
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 1: direct quote was, I don't mind shooting threes with the

644
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 1: right guys shooting it, but I believe playing inside out.

645
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: I still believe there's great value on putting teams and

646
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 1: felt trouble trying to get people to the bench by

647
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 1: doing that.

648
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 2: What I think that.

649
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: Indicates is this is a Nate a met game going

650
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 1: to go combos. I think this one is low by

651
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: about three. It's twenty and a half on points and rebounds.

652
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: If you take out the game at the end of

653
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 1: the regular season where he got injured against Bama, he

654
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 1: went above this number six times. To close out the

655
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,239
Speaker 1: regular season, they drill Miami, Ohio. They didn't need him,

656
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 1: didn't get the minutes, didn't get the touches. Then he

657
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,600
Speaker 1: lands on twenty in this combo against Virginia. I think

658
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 1: that's suppressing this number. But he has this skill set

659
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 1: to obliterate this thing because he's naturally called upon in

660
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: this offense to take fifteen shots, and without Jefferson in

661
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,960
Speaker 1: the middle, you get Blake Buchanan who's a foul machine.

662
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 1: You get Mam Chilovich who you can out muscle on

663
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 1: the glass, or you get Piazza Pizza who struggles with

664
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 1: fouls as well. Mens is a super skilled player in

665
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Speaker 1: terms of getting to the line.

666
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 2: He's rated a.

667
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: Plus by Evan Miha in scoring volume, which puts in

668
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: of the ninety nine percentile. Barnes is going to give

669
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: him every opportunity to break this Cyclone team in the

670
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 1: half court. Can they get there to all these half

671
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 1: court possessions without turning it over? That's the only rub.

672
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 1: But if they are able to control turnovers and keep

673
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: them once call up below twelve or thirteen, I think

674
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,040
Speaker 1: he's going to get closer to twenty five or thirty

675
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: on this combo and not where it's currently sitting at

676
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,440
Speaker 1: twenty and a half. The loss of Jefferson can't be

677
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 1: overstated because the front court for the Clones are just

678
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: no one can fill his shoes on the glass or

679
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,880
Speaker 1: defensively as a combination of the two. So I'm going

680
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: to go with a men here who I think remains

681
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: one of the most underrated freshmen in this class.

682
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,799
Speaker 2: I also will say something worth noting. Yeah, I think

683
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 2: a man can have a big game here. There's if

684
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,239
Speaker 2: you're betting this live, this doesn't happen often, but it's

685
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 2: happened a couple of games this year. Gillaspie cannot cannot,

686
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:40,160
Speaker 2: under any circumstances get in foul trouble like that cannot happen.

687
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 2: There's been a couple games where he has gotten in

688
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,439
Speaker 2: foul trouble. He had four against Auburn and Georgia, found

689
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 2: out against Texas A and m to Illinois, Kansas Houston.

690
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 2: Against some of these more physical teams, he's gotten to

691
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:58,399
Speaker 2: four fouls. They you can't have Boswell and ethan Berg

692
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,240
Speaker 2: trying to to bring the ball up against Iowa State.

693
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 2: They it is mandatory that Gillespie stays out of foul trouble.

694
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 2: And if you're live betting in Tennessee's up and he

695
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 2: gets invoultrable, I would be looking prior with state, especially

696
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 2: high some Tennessee futures. That is something that might not

697
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,359
Speaker 2: it's a little under the radar, but might not get

698
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 2: talked a lot about. But if he goes out of

699
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,800
Speaker 2: this game for any long stretch, it's gonna be messy

700
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 2: for the Tennessee offense. Duck what he's seeing here very similar.

701
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 3: I mean, the health of Joshua jeff Person is huge here,

702
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 3: so monitor his status closely. I don't know that he's

703
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 3: gonna play with the type.

704
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 2: I don't think he's gonna APay that's my boy.

705
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 3: It gets worse as more time goes by, so he'll

706
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,759
Speaker 3: really be in some pain this week. It would be

707
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,759
Speaker 3: stunning if he goes. I really think Tennessee can hang here.

708
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 3: I mean, you look at the best offensive rebounding team

709
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:53,240
Speaker 3: in the country. They're rebounding offensive rebounding forty five percent

710
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 3: of their misses. And when you stack together the second

711
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 3: chance opportunities and you win the shot volume metric, it's

712
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 3: gonna be huge here in a game like this.

713
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:03,760
Speaker 1: And Tennessee's been doing.

714
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 3: This without Nate Ament really playing his best basketball. It's

715
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 3: been Jalen Carey and JP Astrella that have really stepped up.

716
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,799
Speaker 3: But I go back to how Tennessee made Virginia look

717
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,840
Speaker 3: like jumps. Uva had such an exquisite rim protecting defense,

718
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 3: and Grumlow and Ugana were just completely neutralized defensively against Tennessee,

719
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 3: and Tennessee.

720
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 1: Does very good. They're very efficient in varying their temple.

721
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 3: They don't really seek to run, but they'll run when

722
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 3: they have a significant advantage. And Rick Barnes has really

723
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 3: done well throttling down the tempo, like you had said,

724
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,360
Speaker 3: playing inside out.

725
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:38,720
Speaker 1: Really pounding the paint.

726
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 3: And it's just tough to prepare for and it's going

727
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 3: to be really tough without Jefferson. I think it's a

728
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 3: tough go for Iowa State here. I think Tennessee has

729
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 3: the goods to win this game. I think the way

730
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,799
Speaker 3: that they play defense is really going to frustrate Iowa State.

731
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 3: And I think when you have a team that has

732
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 3: three guys with the significant height advantage, they pound the post,

733
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 3: they can offense, rebound everything, probably get some trips to

734
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 3: the foul line that Iowa State wouldn't have necessarily expected.

735
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,319
Speaker 3: This game is going to be razor tight late, and

736
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 3: I think Tennessee has a real chance to win it.

737
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, I agree, I completely agree there. I'll be

738
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 2: on the balls. Don't mind a little money on there

739
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 2: if you don't have any futures exposure. Curious gentlemen, before

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00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,439
Speaker 2: we go through just favorite bets recap. You have any

741
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 2: thing you love or like on Thursday, call grease anything

742
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 2: you want to mention.

743
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 1: Let me, let me go back in the way back

744
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 1: machine here take a look at the Thursday slates. I mean,

745
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 1: I really like Purdue. If you can get six and

746
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:40,879
Speaker 1: a half, I think the floor is going to fall

747
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: out for Texas. We mentioned it on the recap show

748
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: on Sunday night. Prdue has four different guys that can

749
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: lead them on the offensive ends. And the fact that

750
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 1: Lawyer got a lot of confidence win in a sales

751
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: shot eight for twelve from three in the first two rounds.

752
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:54,840
Speaker 1: I think he needed a little bit of that, and

753
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,320
Speaker 1: Kluff having done so much in the Big Ten tournament,

754
00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: they didn't need him through those first two games. I

755
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: think this is opportunity to be really impactful in so

756
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 1: many different ways. The other piece of it, like I said,

757
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,280
Speaker 1: I'm going to be on Illinois plus the points against Houston.

758
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: I just think that the range of outcomes and their

759
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: ability to storm back with their perimeter shooting. There's a

760
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:18,920
Speaker 1: lot of teams that if you get down six or

761
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,480
Speaker 1: seven to Houston, it feels more like twelve or fifteen

762
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 1: they are one of the few teams in the entire

763
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,799
Speaker 1: country that the ammunition. So I don't think at any

764
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: point you're going to be drawing dead catching points with

765
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 1: the fighting line. I so, but if I had a

766
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 1: stack it, I would say Purdue at the top of

767
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 1: the list. If you can get six and a half

768
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 1: or seven, and then Illinois plus the.

769
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:38,799
Speaker 2: Points, doc you anything you want have for Thursday.

770
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, I like Purdue.

771
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:41,840
Speaker 3: I mean, if we walk through Texas's path, there's a

772
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,360
Speaker 3: chance they're a bit over their skis here really fortunate

773
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,840
Speaker 3: to face an NC State team that has so many holes.

774
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 3: We saw it all season down the stretch for the

775
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 3: wolf Pack, but then they catch Byu who was banged

776
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,480
Speaker 3: up no Richie Saunders, and that team really suffered badly

777
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,240
Speaker 3: as a result on both ends of the floor.

778
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:58,880
Speaker 1: And even Gonzaga was banged up.

779
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 3: I mean, braydon Huff we know out, but even Braden

780
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 3: Smith was injured against Santa Clara played just two minutes

781
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 3: against Kennesaw and was in effective the entire tournament. In

782
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 3: Assante went down and was ineffective after be tweaking an injury,

783
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 3: And so I just feel like Texas has had some

784
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,800
Speaker 3: fortuitous breaks go their way with their opponents in the personnel.

785
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 2: But yeah, and Kazager's Uyu were overseated because Gonzagie's is

786
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,839
Speaker 2: not the same team without huff Eyu's not the same

787
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 2: team without Saunders.

788
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, and there's a real chance Purdues offense can torch

789
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 3: these guys defensively. I think when you look at what

790
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 3: Purdue's problem was, they went through a little bit of

791
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,640
Speaker 3: a mid season loll and it was their offense not

792
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 3: making shots. But when you look at Smith and you

793
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 3: look at Tray Coffman, Renn and how he's been playing

794
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 3: during this tournament, Fletcher Lawyer has been baring the long ball,

795
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 3: It's like this Purdue offense is just such a well

796
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,239
Speaker 3: oiled machine right now. I think it's really going to

797
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,839
Speaker 3: be tough for Texas to match that. And I think

798
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 3: Purdue's defensive skill set can take away what Texas wants

799
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,719
Speaker 3: to do operating out of the post. So I like

800
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 3: the look laying six and a half with Purdue here.

801
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, coverage against Purdue and Smith is not ideal. All right,

802
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:13,880
Speaker 2: let's recap Friday Sweet sixteen action. Just say what you like.

803
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:19,320
Speaker 2: You can go in any order. Calbury's you can recap props, total,

804
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 2: switch sides whatever you like.

805
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,880
Speaker 1: Saint John's money line five to two over Duke. I

806
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,960
Speaker 1: like the terrorist read you know over twenty two and

807
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,920
Speaker 1: a half. As of recording, you're gonna have to lay

808
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,960
Speaker 1: little juice minus one twenty five. I think it's worth

809
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,280
Speaker 1: it as opposed to playing it at you know, plus

810
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: one hundred at twenty four. The Wolverines hit triple digits

811
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 1: against Alabama, that's almost five to two, So make sure

812
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: to shop around there get the best number. If Alabama

813
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 1: has to speed them up to try to play their

814
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 1: their brand of basketball, I think that just plays right

815
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 1: into Michigan's hands. And then finally Aments over twenty and

816
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 1: a half points and rebounds. I also just logged in

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Speaker 1: pro because you're gonna get the best bets at the

819
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 1: best number. I like Tennessee plus the four and a

820
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:01,800
Speaker 1: half and then parlay it with Aments over on that combo.

821
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,879
Speaker 2: I'm going to check the payout on that.

822
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:08,920
Speaker 1: It is plus two to seventy five. So I think

823
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: if he has a big game and they're catching those points,

824
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,560
Speaker 1: I think that's a correlated event. So I'm happy that

825
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:15,360
Speaker 1: you can get that out in the in the market

826
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 1: at that number.

827
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:17,399
Speaker 2: Duck quickly goat.

828
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, Saint John's duke under one forty two and a

829
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 3: half is a play. I'm going to look live in

830
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,319
Speaker 3: the Michigan game to try to pluck Michigan lay in

831
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 3: a little less there or potentially a live under. I

832
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,359
Speaker 3: like the under in Michigan state Yukon at one thirty

833
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 3: six and a half and Tennessee plus four and a

834
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,319
Speaker 3: half is very very close, and we'll see that come

835
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 3: across here later on this week.

836
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, my favorite two bets are Yukon front cheap money

837
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:42,879
Speaker 2: line one one and a half is fine, and then

838
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:45,279
Speaker 2: Tennessee plus four and a half. I don't mind. If

839
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,160
Speaker 2: I had to bet that duke Saint John's game right now,

840
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:50,160
Speaker 2: I would side with you. Duck in the under Michigan

841
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 2: Alban I don't have anything pregame. I will be also

842
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 2: looking live there, so good stuff there. We'll be live show.

843
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 2: By the way, we'll cover the Elite eight Saturday, ten

844
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 2: thirty am Eastern. Make sure you check that out. As

845
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:07,279
Speaker 2: I mentioned before, Greg Christian and myself already did the

846
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,560
Speaker 2: Thursday slate, So go listen to that if you haven't,

847
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,880
Speaker 2: appreciate Duck and Mike for joining me. Thanks to our

848
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 2: producers on the back end, shout out David. Most importantly,

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Speaker 1: someone you care about has a gambling problem, help is

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Speaker 1: available twenty four to seven at one eight hundred Gambler