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Speaker 1: This is Fox Sports Countdown. We're setting you up for

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Speaker 1: their sports weekend and covering all the action from the

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Speaker 1: stadiums to the arenas. This is this is Fox Sports Countdown,

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Speaker 1: brought to you my MG Naked Legendary. The Countdown starts

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Speaker 1: nine live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. Here's Brian no,

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Speaker 1: Rich Hornberger and Jared Smith.

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Speaker 2: Oh, what's going on? Welcome in, Happy Saturday to you,

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Speaker 2: Happy Final four? How do we get a couple of

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Speaker 2: bangers here tonight? And uh, I just hope that you

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Speaker 2: were betting the under in that Texas c c LA

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Speaker 2: game last night and your account is fully stocked right here,

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Speaker 2: you know, take advantage of that slug sess. Good morning, Jared,

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Speaker 2: Good morning Rich. Everything good with you guys.

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Speaker 3: Paul is well and yeah, you know, Happy Final four. Indeed,

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Speaker 3: it's kind of crazy. It's a little bit of hurry

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Speaker 3: up and wait with the basketball tournament.

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Speaker 4: Every year.

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Speaker 3: I always forget how impatient I am until this time

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Speaker 3: of year comes around. But you have this flurry of

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Speaker 3: activity when we're all together in Vegas. That opening weekend

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Speaker 3: is so magical, and then all of a sudden everything

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Speaker 3: comes to a skidding halt. After that and you don't

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Speaker 3: get as much of the action and you miss it.

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Speaker 3: But I think we've got a couple of really interesting

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Speaker 3: matchups at least, and that'll be worth the wait, we presume,

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Speaker 3: especially with that Michigan Arizona game.

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Speaker 4: My goodness. But yeah, doing well, doing well otherwise.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, everything's great, And I agree it does slow down, right,

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Speaker 5: you get sixty six games in the tournament, and you

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Speaker 5: have forty two of them those the first week, and

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Speaker 5: then it's just you're you're like the judge Judy meme,

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Speaker 5: like pointing to the watch. But in terms of the

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Speaker 5: overall action, I mean, the Sweet sixteen and beyond, its

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Speaker 5: just been has been unbelievable. To Brian's point about the

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Speaker 5: under last night in the women's game, actually the unders

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Speaker 5: have been I.

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Speaker 6: Tweeted this out last night.

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Speaker 5: Eight straight unders in the women's tourney and it hasn't

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Speaker 5: even been close. They've been staying under by like seventeen

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Speaker 5: points per game. The Elite eight went four and oht

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Speaker 5: of the under. The games went to and over of

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Speaker 5: the under last night, and the irony is Brian in

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Speaker 5: the round of thirty two and in the early stages

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Speaker 5: of tournament, the overs were cashing. I think the overs

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Speaker 5: went like ten and I think it was like fourteen

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Speaker 5: or twelve and twelve and four in the in the

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Speaker 5: round of thirty two, So it's kind of flipped. And

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Speaker 5: as things have tightened up, it's been super under ea,

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Speaker 5: if that's a word. I mean, I've been making bank

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Speaker 5: on the unders in the women's tournament the last couple

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Speaker 2: Nice. I'm peaking at it tomorrow the championship game South

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Speaker 2: Carolina UCLA. It's one thirty and a half. And normally

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Speaker 2: if I just said that, you're like, oh, gross, that's

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Speaker 2: so low, But after seeing what we saw last night,

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Speaker 2: you're like, yeah, might be on the under on that one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was rough last night, but that's a great

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Speaker 2: matchup for the title game. And we'll get to the

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Speaker 2: Geno sour grapes here momentarily and all that good stuff,

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Speaker 2: which was that was fun. Whole thing was weird, fun, weird,

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Speaker 2: very weird, uncalled for a lot of adjectives, but fun

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Speaker 2: and a very strange, the strangest way possible kind of fun.

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Speaker 2: But we'll get to that here in about I would

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Speaker 2: say twenty American minutes. But we want to start with

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Speaker 2: the Men's Final Four. The two matchups just a broad view.

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Speaker 2: Illinois Yukon getting it underway. You close it out with

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Speaker 2: the main attraction, Michigan Arizona. Just how we got here

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Speaker 2: to begin with. I can't believe Yukon's still alive. That

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Speaker 2: game against Duke was insanity. Duke is up by nineteen points.

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Speaker 2: I was like driving around. I was with a friend

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Speaker 2: I'm like, I think we're good. I would just bum

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Speaker 2: They're getting closer, closer, closer, and I'm like, all, I

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Speaker 2: I'm not crushing him. I see he had two wide

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Speaker 4: Oh, yeah, you know, and I mean it is crazy.

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Speaker 3: And then you start thinking about you know, who Yukon

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Speaker 3: of stuff where you say, yeah, how is Yukon hearing?

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Speaker 3: I trust me, I've caught myself saying that a couple

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Speaker 3: they're here because they deserve to be here, because they've

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Speaker 3: weathered some unbelievable storms, and so when you look at

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Speaker 3: extremely seriously because again, that pedigree of having been through

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Speaker 4: Of the field left here to play it matters that

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Speaker 4: emotional stamina absolutely matters.

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Speaker 5: It makes for a very tough handicap tonight because of

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Speaker 5: the four teams, Yukon has looked the weakest of the four. However,

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Speaker 5: their strength, which is the intestinal fortitude, might be the

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Speaker 5: They've been in the final four. Their head coaches won

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Speaker 5: Like that game was absolutely insane. But then go back

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Speaker 5: it really struggled, and I don't want to say struggled,

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Speaker 5: four games. Have looked completely dominant Arizona running away from teams.

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Speaker 5: The only game that they really kind of you know,

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Speaker 6: So what do you make it tonight?

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Speaker 5: Like it's It's obviously Yukon is not talent wise on

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Speaker 6: I think that's obvious.

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Speaker 5: But when you roll the ball out and the lights

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Speaker 5: it's about the team that makes their shots and doesn't

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Speaker 5: Of the team's left Brian, I would say Yukon might

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Speaker 5: be the best of the bunch in that category, right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they are. You know, it's funny. I wonder what

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Speaker 6: Know what I mean.

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Speaker 2: Where, Yeah, if you go back to the Chiefs, what

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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl, They're going for a three pete against

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Speaker 2: the Eagles, right, And a big part of that handicap

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Speaker 2: And I feel like there are a lot of people

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Speaker 2: better roster, you know, statistically better offense, statistically better defense.

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Speaker 2: But it's Dandy Hurley. But it's Yukon. They're going for

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Speaker 2: go against that. But I think if you just really

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Speaker 2: look at the here and now, it favors Illinois, and

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Speaker 2: that's the way it breaks down for me is I

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Speaker 2: just don't want to I don't want to back Yukon

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Speaker 2: just based on the mystique based on the track record. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it certainly matters, But does it matter to the point

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Speaker 2: that you're taking the lesser roster. I don't think it does.

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Speaker 2: So little first football compares end of the day, we

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Speaker 2: get scratched it right off the list in the first segment, Rich.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, we can. What is a G five on

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Speaker 6: Is Yeah, it was the first square a mint.

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Speaker 3: But but yeah, to your point, I mean like this

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Speaker 3: the Evil Empire still hasn't been knocked out, sir. You know,

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Speaker 3: it's like we're everybody at your battle station still because

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Speaker 3: the oddities of this tournament. You know, they're they're built

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Speaker 3: and they're really more defense first approach. They have They've

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Speaker 3: had the most efficient defensive tournament of any team in

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Speaker 3: the field from start to finish, you know, of all

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Speaker 4: So this is a.

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Speaker 3: Try hard, work hard, you know, will figure it out,

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Speaker 3: will problem solve you type of squad in Illinois taking

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Speaker 3: on the ice in their veins, you know, emotional iq

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Speaker 3: off the charts, Yukon Huskies team that's been there and

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Speaker 3: done it with you know this coach Dan Hurley, and

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Speaker 3: It's it's really one of those those games where I think,

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Speaker 3: Jared you said it it's a really tough game to handicap.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I completely agree.

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Speaker 3: Because this game can easily zig where you think it's

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Speaker 6: Well.

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Speaker 5: Also, this is a chance, I think, to remake how

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Speaker 5: college basketball is built because of the European flavor. This

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Speaker 5: play for them. But the Balkan five, I mean, it's crazy.

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Speaker 5: You got two twin brothers, Zolmislav and Zavonimir Visovich from Croatia.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a really interesting stat where thirty seven percent

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Speaker 5: Hey, you know, I don't want to give it away

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Speaker 6: In our first segment. Guys, you know you gotta do

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Speaker 2: Taken advantage of that, all right, So we had verbal

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Speaker 2: Gino was upset because they didn't shake hands before the game.

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Speaker 3: being a bride'smaid at a wedding and showing up and

432
00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,080
Speaker 3: because we ran out of time to have the maid

433
00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,080
Speaker 3: of honor speech, you stormed off.

434
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:28,680
Speaker 4: The dance floor.

435
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:29,919
Speaker 6: Right, It's like that.

436
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,159
Speaker 3: I mean, I hate to tell you. You're not the bride.

437
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,800
Speaker 3: You're the lady standing next to the bride. So instead

438
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,440
Speaker 3: of making the reception or everybody attending the reception pay

439
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:47,240
Speaker 3: attention to you because you didn't get to ye, I

440
00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,639
Speaker 3: don't know, tap the fork against the side of your

441
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,840
Speaker 3: champagne glass and steal the attention for five minutes.

442
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 4: Why don't you just sit down, look pretty, take the

443
00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 4: l and maybe one day we'll be attending your wedding.

444
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,680
Speaker 6: Yeah, that that is so well, Brian.

445
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,280
Speaker 5: Obviously you laid it out very well, and I can't

446
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 5: I don't disagree with either of your guys' thoughts on

447
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,600
Speaker 5: the way he handled it. This is the add on

448
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 5: that I'll make that has been I've been thinking about

449
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,720
Speaker 5: for the last hour or so since I woke up

450
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 5: this morning and I was looking at the rundown. Gino

451
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:26,400
Speaker 5: was probably stewing on this the whole game, right, and

452
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,879
Speaker 5: YUKHN didn't exactly put their best foot forward. And to

453
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:32,960
Speaker 5: beat a team like South Carolina, you've got to be

454
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,040
Speaker 5: locked in from the jump. You got to have every

455
00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:40,520
Speaker 5: inch of that game plan covered adjustments. They're trying to

456
00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,320
Speaker 5: do this, let's do this. And I don't know the

457
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 5: answer to this question, only Gino does. How much of

458
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:50,280
Speaker 5: the actual game itself was he thinking about this? If

459
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,040
Speaker 5: it's more than a second, it's a second too long,

460
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 5: And that I think is the most fascinating part to me,

461
00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,920
Speaker 5: because obviously he didn't handle it well postgame, but how

462
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 5: much was he sting and like you know, mythed about

463
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 5: this during the game on the sideline, like staring over

464
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,280
Speaker 5: at Dawn when South Carolina is going on a round,

465
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 5: like I can't believe her. Like that's the part that

466
00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,760
Speaker 5: I'm like, man, like, did this detract it all from

467
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 5: Yukon's chances of winning the game?

468
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:19,960
Speaker 6: Because that would be a real shame.

469
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, it's a great point and to what

470
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 2: you're saying there, Jared, he mentioned this during the game

471
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,880
Speaker 2: and he actually also talked about it afterwards where Don

472
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,920
Speaker 2: Staley was woofing at the officials in the second quarter,

473
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 2: in particular, this is what Gino said, which could have

474
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,400
Speaker 2: like fueled even more of the frustration.

475
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,000
Speaker 10: Really, in the second quarter, Dawn got on the refs

476
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,800
Speaker 10: pretty heavily, and it looked like you came over and

477
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,439
Speaker 10: kind of yell asked if she's allowed to talk to

478
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 10: them like that. I'm wondering if that fed into your

479
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,400
Speaker 10: frustration at the end of the game at all.

480
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:52,760
Speaker 9: I just want to make sure there's not a double

481
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 9: standard that some people are allowed to talk to officials

482
00:25:55,560 --> 00:26:00,240
Speaker 9: like that and other people are not. That's it. So, yeah,

483
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:01,400
Speaker 9: that was pretty frustrated.

484
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,560
Speaker 2: Okay, you're frustrated. You're upset with how maybe Don Staley

485
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 2: got a longer leash to yell at the officials and okay, fine,

486
00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,320
Speaker 2: but you still got to handle it like a pro.

487
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 2: Like at the end of the day, you're the example

488
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,800
Speaker 2: for your players. Would you want your players handling it

489
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 2: the way that Gino handled it? You know what I mean?

490
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,560
Speaker 2: You want to be petty after a game where you lost,

491
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 2: you know, just be a grown up about it, shake

492
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,440
Speaker 2: hands if you got a beef, take it up as

493
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,320
Speaker 2: an adult behind the scenes. That's what he should have done.

494
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 2: But instead he just looks like a baby. I waited

495
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,080
Speaker 2: there for three minutes. Come on, man, how would you

496
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:39,720
Speaker 2: feel if it was the other way around?

497
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:40,200
Speaker 6: Right?

498
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 2: What if you want by fourteen points and the other

499
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,680
Speaker 2: head coach was like, you missed a pregame handshake, Gino

500
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,760
Speaker 2: would be like, are you kidding me right now? You know, so,

501
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 2: you can't have it both ways. You got to be

502
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,399
Speaker 2: a pro. You gotta be a grown up. And he

503
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:52,480
Speaker 2: was neither last night.

504
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:53,359
Speaker 4: No, he wasn't.

505
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,399
Speaker 3: And you know, here's the hard part for Gino, and

506
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 3: it's the part that he's not gonna like to hear.

507
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 3: But when he takes an eye look at what his

508
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 3: team did in this game against South Carolina. I mean

509
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 3: they shot just thirty one percent. Sarah Strong had an

510
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,480
Speaker 3: off night four for sixteen.

511
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:13,920
Speaker 4: This is the.

512
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:18,120
Speaker 3: Lowest scoring output that Yukon has had since the twenty

513
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:19,680
Speaker 3: twenty two title game.

514
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:20,000
Speaker 6: Wow.

515
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 3: I mean so when you think about what South Carolina

516
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,640
Speaker 3: did to this Herald did and for all the right reasons,

517
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:34,400
Speaker 3: Yukon team snapping their streak and defending the way they

518
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,680
Speaker 3: did and finding a way against the team that probably

519
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:44,320
Speaker 3: felt unbeatable on paper. Instead of taking any sort of

520
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 3: immediate self reflection, he was projecting all of this frustration

521
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 3: on don Staley, like she did something wrong. You know what,

522
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 3: Don Staley did everything right, buddy, And I don't care

523
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 3: how tough of a bus ride home that's gonna be,

524
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 3: or how unsatisfactory of a postgame shower that's gonna be,

525
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,399
Speaker 3: or how bad those wheedies are gonna taste for the

526
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,479
Speaker 3: next week and a half. That's on you, bub Like

527
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,160
Speaker 3: this is this is the risk of being a coach

528
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 3: in the big in the big leagues, And I'm pretty

529
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,040
Speaker 3: sure there have been a lot of coaches who you've

530
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 3: soured their wheedies for a week and a half. After

531
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 3: some losses to Yukon, like it just it. It couldn't be.

532
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:35,639
Speaker 3: It couldn't be more wimpy or whinier than what Gino

533
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 3: did postgame. And he and I look, I don't care

534
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 3: if he's embarrassed or not. Should he be that That's

535
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 3: a determination only Gino can make. But I know myself.

536
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 3: I know myself. I know I would be embarrassed. I

537
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 3: know if I acted that way after my team loss,

538
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 3: instead of putting the focus on how great South Carolina played,

539
00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,320
Speaker 3: or maybe again taking some self reflection and saying, man,

540
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,440
Speaker 3: all of the things I could have done better In

541
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 3: this moment, you're focusing on a pregame handshake, a minor

542
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 3: breach of etiquette. And then again, if I'm a player

543
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 3: on this team focusing on the point you just made, Jared,

544
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:19,800
Speaker 3: and I hear this guy talking about handshakes. Meanwhile, we

545
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 3: got it handed to us for two as four quarters.

546
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 4: Give me a break, dude, Like, while you were worried

547
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 4: about the handshake, we were out there fighting for our lives.

548
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 4: Might have been good to have you along for the ride.

549
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 6: Yeah, and that and I don't know. Again, I don't

550
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 6: know the answer to this question. I can't.

551
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,760
Speaker 5: We're just speculating on his mindset. But they were a

552
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 5: seven point favorite in the game you come. So how

553
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 5: much of this kissy fit was actually rooted in the handshake?

554
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 6: And how much of it? Like if you're in a relationship, right.

555
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 5: And I'm not, but when I was, this would happen.

556
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 5: Sometimes you're having a bad day at work, everything's going wrong.

557
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,480
Speaker 5: It's nothing to do with the person that you're with.

558
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:07,120
Speaker 5: The relationship has nothing to do with it. But you know,

559
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 5: John and accounting is really you know, making your day difficult.

560
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,960
Speaker 5: And then this happens, and that happens, and you know,

561
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 5: you missed the train on the way home, and you

562
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 5: had the whole you had this horrible day, and then

563
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 5: you get home to your spouse and they do something

564
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 5: that's just like a minor grievance, like just like like

565
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 5: a misdemeanor, and it explodes not because of the actual

566
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 5: misdemeanor that your your spouse committed. You know, maybe she

567
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 5: was chewing too loudly, or you know, put a little

568
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 5: too much salt in the in your dinner or something

569
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 5: that's just like really silly and minor, but you blow

570
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,520
Speaker 5: it out of proportion because you had a really rough

571
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 5: day at work, and that maybe is part of this

572
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 5: where Yukhn was again a seven point favorite in the

573
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 5: game undefeated should have won, and they didn't.

574
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 6: They got absolutely blasted.

575
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 5: They lost by fourteen, which means they missed the number

576
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 5: by twenty one points, which is a bad loss. Maybe

577
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 5: that is really is what kind of pushed this over

578
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 5: to the edge of it should have been something that

579
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 5: was just maybe they have a quick text message discussion

580
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 5: after the season they have, you know, you probably should

581
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 5: have made it out there for that, or you know,

582
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,320
Speaker 5: maybe they joke about it afterwards and it wouldn't have

583
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 5: gotten to the level that it was because Gino had

584
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 5: a really tough.

585
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:19,480
Speaker 6: Day at work. Yeah.

586
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 2: No, that's really what it comes down to is it's

587
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,800
Speaker 2: my first thought. You can be right and wrong at

588
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 2: the same time. Let's say you're in a relationship and

589
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 2: I don't know, it's her day to bring dinner home,

590
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 2: right Like, let's say you switch days or whatever and

591
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,400
Speaker 2: she just forgets, So you're right to be like, what's

592
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 2: going on with dinner? What You're wrong? If you're like,

593
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 2: what the where's dinner at? What's you know what I mean? Like,

594
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 2: you can be completely wrong with how you handle it.

595
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,959
Speaker 2: That's why I think Gino was I think he was

596
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 2: technically in the right. This is a breach of pregame etiquette,

597
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 2: but the way you handle it's totally wrong. You just

598
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 2: don't handle it that way. But we've made our point known.

599
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 2: I will say this, This is my favorite audio from Gino.

600
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 4: This this report.

601
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 2: Oh, this is classic Geno. The reaction. Here you go,

602
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 2: we have to play this. It's based on principle.

603
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:06,479
Speaker 6: He talked about the handshake.

604
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 2: There's pictures of you guys in videos pregame handshake.

605
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 3: Wizard frustration that it took a while for her to

606
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 3: get over there was this a separate instance pregame versus

607
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 3: the one that was on social media.

608
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 9: No, I think you missed the point of what I'm

609
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 9: talking about, so I'd rather not go into it. Anybody

610
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,479
Speaker 9: that's been in the NCAA tournament you know what I'm

611
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 9: talking about.

612
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 2: I don't know why I get such a kick out

613
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 2: of it. He's basically like, who gave this jackass a credential?

614
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,239
Speaker 2: I mean, anybody who knows the tournament knows what I'm

615
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 2: talking to. This guy excluded completely, you know, like John

616
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 2: and accounting over here, but sticking with coaches. The other

617
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:47,480
Speaker 2: big news yesterday is Tommy Lloyd staying at Arizona. A

618
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 2: lot of speculation, Hey, is he going to North Carolina?

619
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 2: Why hasn't he said no, I'm not interested in the

620
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,520
Speaker 2: North Carolina jet. Well we finally got our answer. This

621
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 2: was what Tommy Lloyd had to say about a new

622
00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 2: contract at the u of A.

623
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 11: I'm happy to announce I'm staying at Arizona. You know,

624
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 11: we've been able to get some things done in the

625
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 11: past couple of days.

626
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 4: You know, Arizona Basketball.

627
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 6: You guys know what it means to me.

628
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 11: And when I say it's a special place, that always

629
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 11: comes from the bottom of my heart. You know, I

630
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 11: didn't want to make this entire Final four about that

631
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 11: because I'm just a small part of something much bigger.

632
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 11: But but on that same note, I'd also like to,

633
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 11: you know, let you know that North Carolina is an

634
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 11: amazing place. I mean, it's a it's a one of one,

635
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 11: and you know, it's an honor to even be you know,

636
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 11: considered for that job. And you know, Michael Jordan, the

637
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 11: phone call never did happen. So I'll with that the rest.

638
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 11: But I mean, come on, I mean, we all idolized MJ.

639
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 4: You know.

640
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 11: With that being said, though, I made a decision that

641
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:49,520
Speaker 11: you know, you know, my Michael Jordan's Steve Kerr and and.

642
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 6: I'm proud to be an Arizona Wildcat.

643
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 2: I could just picture a poster of Steve Kerr instead

644
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,719
Speaker 2: of you know, like the MJ logo dunking. It's like

645
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,960
Speaker 2: Steve Kerr with a set shine or something that's like

646
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 2: Tommy Lloyd's poster growing up. But hey, listen, we finally

647
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:07,200
Speaker 2: got our answer. Everybody. This was the common takeaways like

648
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Speaker 2: why hasn't Tommy Lloyd just put this to rest of like, guys,

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Speaker 2: I'm not leaving Arizona. Well, a brand new contract would

650
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 2: be the reason why. You know, why would you say that?

651
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 2: Why would you just put it out there? This is

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Speaker 2: a negotiating tactic because I'll tell you this. If Tommy

653
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 2: Lloyd immediately says, guys, I'm not leaving Arizona, this is

654
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Speaker 2: where I'm staying. I'm not interested in the North Carolina job. YadA, YadA, YadA, YadA.

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Speaker 2: He doesn't have a brand new contract today. Arizona's probably

656
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 2: like you know, what's let's see after the final four

657
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 2: and then talk turkey over here, right, But he's now

658
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 2: one of the five highest paid coaches in college basketball.

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00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,239
Speaker 2: He's going to average seven point five million dollars over

660
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,400
Speaker 2: the life of this deal. And so, like, make no

661
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,759
Speaker 2: mistake this is there's some business involved in this whole thing.

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00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:57,240
Speaker 2: And I thought Tommy Lloyd played it very well. It's signed, sealed,

663
00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 2: and delivered before the final four. It all works off

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Speaker 2: great all across the board. He gets an extra payday,

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Speaker 2: and I think he would have been silly to misplay

666
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 2: his hand and be immediately like, I'm not leaving. Let

667
00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:09,919
Speaker 2: you lose all your leverage contractually that way.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the three biggest things about this contract is one,

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Speaker 3: the contract itself is astounding and vaults him into, you know,

670
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 3: obviously an echelon of coaching that that you know these

671
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 3: days pays like this. It's just a rarefied air and

672
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 3: it marks him as one of the best in the

673
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 3: game right now, because because that's just the way things

674
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:40,440
Speaker 3: are weighed and balanced and measured these days. Another enormous

675
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,840
Speaker 3: part of this is the fact that that really signals

676
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,839
Speaker 3: that Arizona pays like a blue blood now, and so.

677
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Speaker 4: That puts all the recruits on alert.

678
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Speaker 3: You know, it's like they went toe to toe with

679
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 3: you and c during a coach search and they won.

680
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 3: I mean that's a big deal. That's a big, big deal.

681
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 3: So when you you're a player and you're being wooed

682
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 3: by some of these couch conversations you're having with a

683
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 3: coach because you're the top you know, basketball player out

684
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,880
Speaker 3: of the state of Virginia, or you're the top recruit

685
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 3: in the country, where you're going to go to you

686
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 3: and c where maybe they're paying for their next coaches,

687
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 3: you know, credentials on paper, whereas you literally at Arizona,

688
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 3: you're paying for elite results, Like we know who he

689
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 3: is and what he's been able to do to this program.

690
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 3: You know who you're gonna trust, where you're gonna go.

691
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 3: And then oh, by the way, he can say and look,

692
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 3: you know it's going to be a part of this conversation.

693
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,879
Speaker 3: So I'll head you off at the pass. If they're

694
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Speaker 3: willing to pay me this, well, just imagine what they're

695
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 3: willing to do for my players. It's it's a alluring

696
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 3: proposition to lay that all out.

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Speaker 4: So for for Lloyd, this is like a life changing situation.

698
00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 4: And if you look how this contract is structured, it's

699
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 4: a major commitment from Arizona. Outside of what they're paying

700
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 4: Lloyd up front, we're also talking about an enormous buyout clause.

701
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 4: We're also talking about a commitment to the staff that

702
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 4: he wants to hire around him. And obviously it's gonna

703
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:19,799
Speaker 4: come with nil money and enough resource to chase after

704
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Speaker 4: some of the top talent in the country. So this

705
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,840
Speaker 4: is a game changer of this contract.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, the only thing I'll add is the way it

707
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:31,320
Speaker 5: structured is very unique. He doesn't answer to the ad anymore.

708
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,319
Speaker 5: He answers to the president, so he has a level

709
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 5: of autonomy with the basketball program that is very unique

710
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 5: in college basketball. Small town guy from Kelso, Washington, right

711
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 5: came up under the Mark Few coaching tree, and ironically

712
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 5: he's having significantly more success GA to final fours now

713
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 5: than Few and building programs that are more on the

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Speaker 5: national stage. And take nothing away from Mark Few what

715
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 5: he did again, Zagabat, it would be very unique if

716
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Speaker 5: how close he's gotten over the years, if it's his

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Speaker 5: assistant that ends up getting over that national championship pump

718
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Speaker 5: in his first final four. So congratulations, Tommy. Lloyd's going

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Speaker 5: to be around for a long time in Arizona all right.

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Speaker 6: What do you like?

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Speaker 5: Well, Arizona Michigan looked like the two best offenses in

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Speaker 5: the field.

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Speaker 6: They're running and gunning. So what are we gonna do?

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Speaker 5: We're gonna bet the under tonight because it's just I

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Speaker 6: Game is gonna be tight. I feel like it's gonna be.

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00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 5: Back and forth, and I don't know what the shooting

752
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 5: site lines are gonna be like at Lucas Oil. You know,

753
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 5: you get this weird stadium vibe in Indy. So I

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Speaker 5: would always lean under, especially with an elevated total. So

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Speaker 5: we'll start the parlay plotter under one fifty seven and

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Speaker 5: a half for Arizona and Michigan.

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Speaker 4: All right, Early action Major League Baseball today, Cardinals Tigers,

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00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,319
Speaker 4: no runs first inning. For me, the cleanest case is

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Speaker 4: the setup itself. You got Dustin May on the mount

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Speaker 4: against Jack Flaherty. Full game total is only seven and

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Speaker 3: Detroit just beat Saint Louis, by the way, for nothing

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Speaker 3: in the opener yesterday, low total two rights and a

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Speaker 2: All right, let's let's sauce this up just a little

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Speaker 2: bit here. Give me Arizona on the money line, give

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Speaker 2: me them plus one oh five. Let's get this, let's

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Speaker 2: get this, parlay Bill Tubbe. I really like Arizona. They

771
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:33,799
Speaker 2: get to the free throw line at will. If you're

772
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Speaker 2: able to get Michigan that doesn't have a deep rotation

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Speaker 2: in foul trouble, that's a big, big deal. Now, Michigan

774
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 2: does a good job of defending without fouling. But again,

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Speaker 2: Arizona is so good at getting to the free throw line.

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00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,360
Speaker 2: You gotta like their chances to draw a good amount

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Speaker 2: of fouls tonight. And then you look at Michigan. They

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Speaker 2: shoot a lot more threes than Arizona does. Jared just

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Speaker 2: talked about this is a football stadium. Michigan's a little

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Speaker 2: iffy from three. That can make a big difference. I

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Speaker 2: like Arizon this matchup. Give me them on the money line.

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Speaker 6: I like it. It feels like a coin flip.

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Speaker 5: So you're getting plus money and we're getting plus four

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Speaker 2: Hey wow, alrighty. Coming up next, are you more encouraged

786
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Speaker 2: or discouraged about this team's chances?

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Speaker 6: Oh?

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Speaker 2: What is going on? Happy Saturday too? You hope all

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Speaker 2: We have a key question here coming up is are

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Speaker 2: on Yukon. That's how this party starts with the allion

801
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 2: i and the Huskies. Are you more encouraged or discouraged

802
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 2: about Illinois's chances of winning? Based on how poorly they

803
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 2: shot from three last game against Iowa, They were only

804
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 2: three for seventeen from distance, which is brutal. So you

805
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 2: could look at this both ways. You could be like, well,

806
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 2: they were awful and they still won by twelve, Like

807
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:24,399
Speaker 2: they still won easily, So you could actually be more

808
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,840
Speaker 2: encouraged about that. You could be more discouraged because you're like,

809
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:31,560
Speaker 2: they couldn't buy a shot against Iowa from three. Now

810
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,239
Speaker 2: we're in a football stadium. How can I expect them

811
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,680
Speaker 2: to shoot well at all against Yukon? And it might

812
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:39,320
Speaker 2: come down to that. They might have to do a

813
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 2: lot better than three for seventeen from distance. So just

814
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 2: based on the three point shot with Illinois, are you

815
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 2: more encouraged or discouraged about their chances tonight based on

816
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:51,360
Speaker 2: how poorly they shot against Iowa?

817
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 4: Rich Well, I'll say this.

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Speaker 3: You know, Yukon had a little bit of the same

819
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,279
Speaker 3: problem against Duke, you know, so you know, for as

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Speaker 3: much as we could say that about Illinois, you look

821
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 3: at Yukon's opening nineteen three pointers against Duke. They only

822
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 3: hit one of them, you know, so it's like, turnabout's

823
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 3: fair play. If we're going to evaluate Illinois for this problem,

824
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:16,719
Speaker 3: we gotta say, hey, you know, let me look at

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00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:21,800
Speaker 3: the statue from that that final on Duke Yukon.

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Speaker 4: Oh boy, Yeah, it was a little bit of a stinker.

827
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Speaker 3: So yeah, football stadium, obviously, sight lines are different. Obviously

828
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Speaker 3: it's a way different emotional gauge when you're playing in

829
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Speaker 3: a final four and you really start to feel like man,

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00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 3: losing a Final four that that one, I would say

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Speaker 3: it hurts less than losing an Elite eight game, because

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00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:54,560
Speaker 3: there is something very different to me about having a

833
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 3: banner in your rafters, a Final four banner versus an

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Speaker 3: Elite eight banner. Just I think any basketball player would

835
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Speaker 3: say that to you too, like it's they got here

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Speaker 3: and that's worth something.

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Speaker 4: But it's not worth everything. There's no moral victories here.

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Speaker 3: So getting back to the original question, do I think

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Speaker 3: that my expectations are high that they're going to improve

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00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:24,239
Speaker 3: much or or at all in a in a more

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00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 3: difficult venue to shoot, I would say my guess is no.

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00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 3: But at the same token, this is a resilient team

843
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:35,680
Speaker 3: and they've they've won, and they've won differently than a

844
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Speaker 3: lot of other basketball teams in this tournament with defensive

845
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:46,040
Speaker 3: efficiency and grit and rebounding. So I don't know if Illinois,

846
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 3: if like my metric is going to be. If they're

847
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,880
Speaker 3: hitting threes, they're gonna win this game necessarily, So I

848
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 3: don't I don't think it'll be better, But I also

849
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 3: don't think that's what I'm really rating them the harshest with.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you have to be encouraged that Yukon

851
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:04,800
Speaker 5: was able to win and beat Duke just bite Caravan

852
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:09,400
Speaker 5: going basically oh for the game. That that would encourage

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00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 5: me as a Yukon fan. Listen Illinois, they basically have

854
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:17,360
Speaker 5: only lost overtime games in the last three months. They've

855
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 5: only lost one game in regulation since December thirteenth, and

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00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:26,879
Speaker 5: that was to Michigan. So this is a really good

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00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 5: Illinois team.

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00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 6: Guys. Again, all of the losses.

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00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:32,520
Speaker 5: Have been in overtime pretty much Michigan State, Wisconsin, UCLA,

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00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 5: they lost in overtime in the Big Ten tourney.

861
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 6: This is a very very gritty bunch.

862
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:41,839
Speaker 5: But it does concern me a little bit that their

863
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:44,239
Speaker 5: losses have come in overtime because that means that maybe

864
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,680
Speaker 5: they struggle a little bit in close games, and they

865
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,239
Speaker 5: haven't played any close games in this tournament. And what

866
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 5: does Yukon specialize in gritty close games? Figuring out a

867
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:55,719
Speaker 5: way to pull it out out of your you know

868
00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:57,960
Speaker 5: what I mean? It does kind of feel like Brian

869
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,600
Speaker 5: that it's like a talent versus destiny kind of tonight

870
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:03,000
Speaker 5: in this early game where obviously Illinois is the better

871
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:08,360
Speaker 5: team physically on paper, but Yukon has this aura of destiny.

872
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 5: They have a player on the team that's one two.

873
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 5: How often in college sports today do you have a

874
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 5: player with a chance to win three national championship right? Yeah,

875
00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 5: I mean that's crazy in today's college sports era, that

876
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 5: one player is on three potential national championship teams.

877
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:32,560
Speaker 6: I would argue it might never happen again.

878
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,800
Speaker 5: If we do get a third national championship Rile Caravan,

879
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 5: Now that would be a huge long shot. Obviously there

880
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 5: are dogs tonight, they'll be a bigger dog on Monday.

881
00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:44,759
Speaker 5: But if it does happen, that just speaks to the

882
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,479
Speaker 5: longevity and the talent that this Yukon program has, because

883
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:50,959
Speaker 5: you have to get a little bit lucky to get

884
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 5: back to the championship game in a one and done

885
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:56,880
Speaker 5: or even a Final four. But it also at what

886
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 5: point do we say, all right, maybe it's not luck.

887
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,680
Speaker 5: Maybe this team is just built for these types of moments.

888
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 5: So I think it will be fascinating. I really, you

889
00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:07,240
Speaker 5: can't play better than Yukon did in the final stretch

890
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,320
Speaker 5: of that game against Duke. I mean they only committed

891
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:12,120
Speaker 5: one of the game's final eleven turnovers. I mean that

892
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:14,759
Speaker 5: just means you are locked in on both ends. So

893
00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 5: I think it is going to come down to can

894
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:23,479
Speaker 5: Illinois overcome the moment because they have been the better team,

895
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:26,879
Speaker 5: but this is a big moment and can they Are

896
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:29,600
Speaker 5: they big enough for this moment? That will be the

897
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:31,880
Speaker 5: key for me because I know Yukon is I know

898
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:33,480
Speaker 5: Yukon's big enough for the moment.

899
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:35,759
Speaker 6: So I'll be fascinated to see.

900
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:37,839
Speaker 5: You know, if there's a little TSS, a little tight

901
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:41,000
Speaker 5: sphincter syndrome early in this game for either team, and

902
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:43,200
Speaker 5: which team kind of handles that as we go on

903
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:44,200
Speaker 5: through the course of the game.

904
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:48,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a couple of things. Here is if you

905
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:52,440
Speaker 2: look at Illinois, they attempt almost half of their shots

906
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:55,319
Speaker 2: from three. It's forty nine point eight percent of their

907
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:58,440
Speaker 2: shots come from three point range, So that's a ton

908
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:01,759
Speaker 2: you know, and you think again football Stadium, they were

909
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:04,839
Speaker 2: bad the last game. So if you're looking at just that,

910
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:08,640
Speaker 2: I would be more discouraged about their chances. But I

911
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:10,640
Speaker 2: think a lot of times we make too much out

912
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 2: of the last thing that we saw, Like Illinois couldn't

913
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:15,680
Speaker 2: buy a shot from outside. That doesn't mean they can

914
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:18,080
Speaker 2: never buy a shot from outside. They hit, they shoot

915
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:20,399
Speaker 2: at a pretty good clip. And even though they were

916
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:24,000
Speaker 2: in a football stadium, it doesn't mean you're destined to shoot,

917
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:27,640
Speaker 2: you know, in the teams or the twenties percentagewise from distance,

918
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:30,800
Speaker 2: you know. So I really wouldn't be like, oh my gosh,

919
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,280
Speaker 2: I think it's going to be a catastrophe for Illinois

920
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:36,440
Speaker 2: here tonight. I think that Illinois has the better roster.

921
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:40,399
Speaker 2: And yeah, there's this interesting thing with Yukon, like the

922
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 2: destiny type thing, the belief, the swagger, Like it's just

923
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:49,840
Speaker 2: obvious when when Braylan Mullins hit that legendary shot against

924
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:53,080
Speaker 2: Duke and you just see Dan Hurley like he just

925
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:55,680
Speaker 2: looked more like a peacock, you know. And I don't

926
00:48:55,719 --> 00:48:58,000
Speaker 2: know what the deal was with almost headbutting the official.

927
00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 2: That was random, But like that team exudes confidence. And Jared,

928
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:06,960
Speaker 2: you were talking about Alex Caraban, how about a couple

929
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:11,520
Speaker 2: of stats with him. He's got seventeen tournament wins as

930
00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:15,760
Speaker 2: a starter. So he's got two titles, seventeen tournament wins,

931
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:19,760
Speaker 2: and the only guys he's looking up at Christian Latner

932
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 2: who has twenty one, and Bobby Hurley, who has eighteen.

933
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:26,040
Speaker 2: Those are tournament wins in games that they started. That's

934
00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 2: where Caraban is. They win tonight, he's tied with Bobby Hurley.

935
00:49:30,239 --> 00:49:33,520
Speaker 2: Like these guys are royalty in college basketball. It's so

936
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:35,880
Speaker 2: rare you stick around for that long and have a

937
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:38,799
Speaker 2: career as decorated as Caraban has had. But he's been

938
00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:41,800
Speaker 2: the guy real fast. I wanted to play this audio

939
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:44,640
Speaker 2: for you guys of Danny Hurley. This was so good

940
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:49,280
Speaker 2: and rich. You kind of alluded to this about rings

941
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 2: not watches right and banners and all that stuff. I

942
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,560
Speaker 2: love this SoundBite from Danny Hurley, the Yukon head coach.

943
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 2: Check this out.

944
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:57,879
Speaker 7: I had to let everyone enjoy it. I couldn't come

945
00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:01,640
Speaker 7: in on Monday like a cold, damp blanket and just

946
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:03,920
Speaker 7: start destroying people on Monday.

947
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 4: I mean that just would have been.

948
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:10,399
Speaker 7: Just a cruel thing to do to people's spirit after

949
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 7: such an incredible victory. But Tuesday, you just got to

950
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,560
Speaker 7: bring everybody back to reality, you know, like the reality

951
00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:19,799
Speaker 7: is that moment's over. It's an incredible moment. You'll have

952
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:23,359
Speaker 7: that the rest of your life, you know. But we

953
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:26,200
Speaker 7: came here for rings, not watches. You know. Everyone that

954
00:50:26,239 --> 00:50:29,279
Speaker 7: comes in final four gets a beautiful watch, you know,

955
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:31,560
Speaker 7: but only one, only one group's going to get a ring,

956
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:35,239
Speaker 7: you know. So get off social media, stop injecting the

957
00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:39,320
Speaker 7: dopamine into your arm, and get serious about the preparation

958
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:42,240
Speaker 7: and the practice. Because we don't hang banners for final

959
00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:46,239
Speaker 7: fours at Yukon. We hang national championship banners. And if

960
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:48,080
Speaker 7: you want to hang a banner, you got to get

961
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,200
Speaker 7: your eyes off social media, you get your face out

962
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:52,840
Speaker 7: of the phone, and get locked in on Illinois because

963
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:55,160
Speaker 7: you know, Illinois is one of the best teams in

964
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:56,840
Speaker 7: the country and there as big a threat to winning

965
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:59,919
Speaker 7: this tournament as any of the four teams.

966
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:02,520
Speaker 2: Oh well said, And you can just rich. You can

967
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 2: hear the confidence, you can hear the swagger, eat the cockiness. Right,

968
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:10,560
Speaker 2: that's what's at steak here, that's what's at play here.

969
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:13,800
Speaker 2: It goes beyond analytics and numbers and all this stuff.

970
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:18,400
Speaker 2: It's belief. It's confidence. Yukon has it what Illinois can't.

971
00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:19,160
Speaker 4: You know, Like.

972
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 2: Wogler looks pretty confident out there himself, you know, right,

973
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:25,120
Speaker 2: So I think Illinois can play like a confident basketball

974
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:27,880
Speaker 2: team as well. So it's not just Yukon, But I

975
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:30,399
Speaker 2: think that's a hurdle that Illinois has to get over

976
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:34,879
Speaker 2: and match that confidence from Yukon tonight, for sure. That's

977
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:37,120
Speaker 2: that's part of the breakdown here in this game.

978
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:40,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's no doubt, and there are certain coaches and

979
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:45,800
Speaker 3: certain messages that sound so much better coming from the

980
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:50,440
Speaker 3: bully pulpit when you have a Dan Hurley or a

981
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 3: Bill Belichick for that matter, at the very height of

982
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:58,680
Speaker 3: a sport operating, you know, the way Yukon has operated recently,

983
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:02,640
Speaker 3: or the way the Patriot it's were operating when Brady

984
00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:06,040
Speaker 3: and Belichick were there together and the dynasty was intact.

985
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:10,439
Speaker 3: When when those guys spoke, you know, there are going

986
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:12,799
Speaker 3: to be tons of people out there who are going

987
00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:14,959
Speaker 3: to say things like I am so tired of hearing

988
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:15,880
Speaker 3: from Dan Hurley.

989
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:16,879
Speaker 4: There's gonna be.

990
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:20,080
Speaker 3: There were tons of people out there during the Patriots

991
00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:23,640
Speaker 3: dynasty that said, I am so tired of hearing what

992
00:52:23,880 --> 00:52:27,719
Speaker 3: limited things we hear from Bill Belichick, because that that

993
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:34,399
Speaker 3: is that is such an unbelievably cocky and arrogant and

994
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:39,920
Speaker 3: lofty expectation type of style of delivery and and content

995
00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:40,720
Speaker 3: to deliver.

996
00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:42,439
Speaker 4: Budd He's right.

997
00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:48,400
Speaker 3: I mean when when when when you are literally the

998
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 3: the targeted uh alpha on the on on the map

999
00:52:54,080 --> 00:52:57,879
Speaker 3: that everybody is chasing after for years, That's the way

1000
00:52:57,920 --> 00:53:00,879
Speaker 3: you have to sound that you you have to buy

1001
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:03,480
Speaker 3: your own brand. You have to believe in yourself the

1002
00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:07,479
Speaker 3: way Dan Hurley believes in Yukon and have such high

1003
00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:11,600
Speaker 3: expectations that you know, listen, watchers are cool, We're in

1004
00:53:11,640 --> 00:53:12,400
Speaker 3: it for the rings.

1005
00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:16,080
Speaker 4: We don't hang Final four banners are some of the

1006
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:20,120
Speaker 4: things that he said. Our goal is national championship or

1007
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:24,359
Speaker 4: bust every season. How dare you get too caught up

1008
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:26,800
Speaker 4: with yourself for beating Duke?

1009
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:27,840
Speaker 6: Wow?

1010
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:29,320
Speaker 4: Congrats.

1011
00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:32,000
Speaker 3: Meanwhile, the rest of the country would be going, oh

1012
00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:34,600
Speaker 3: my god, we beat Duke in the Elite eight, like

1013
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:37,719
Speaker 3: we're a pretty good basketball team. To Dan Hurley goes,

1014
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:40,960
Speaker 3: you haven't proved anything yet, been here, done a kid,

1015
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:46,759
Speaker 3: so get back to work. He is, unfortunately for the

1016
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:50,480
Speaker 3: rest of the field, the perfect coach to have in

1017
00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:54,680
Speaker 3: this situation. Because that is exactly what you're supposed to

1018
00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:59,720
Speaker 3: say in this situation if you're Yukon, if you're Dan Hurley,

1019
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:02,600
Speaker 3: and if you're preparing for this next matchup against a

1020
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:04,240
Speaker 3: real scrappy Illinois team.

1021
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:06,919
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, I would just take a tournament win.

1022
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:09,799
Speaker 6: As a Penn State fan. I haven't win once. I mean,

1023
00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:12,160
Speaker 6: it happened since the Crispin days and then in the

1024
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:14,880
Speaker 6: early nineties. Like it's said, he's.

1025
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:16,600
Speaker 5: Just like, eh, you know, beat Doogan the Elea at eight,

1026
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:18,319
Speaker 5: No big deal, most of I would come back.

1027
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:20,319
Speaker 6: Maybe in the history of college basketball, no big deal.

1028
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:22,160
Speaker 6: These teams played.

1029
00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:25,960
Speaker 5: How about that They played each other back on November

1030
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:29,160
Speaker 5: twenty eighth, and and it's crazy because at the end

1031
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:31,239
Speaker 5: of the day, it doesn't happen obviously in the non

1032
00:54:31,239 --> 00:54:33,719
Speaker 5: conference where you get high major teams facing each other.

1033
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,439
Speaker 5: But they played at Madison Square Garden, which I would

1034
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:42,080
Speaker 5: consider a semi home game for Yukon, and Yukon was

1035
00:54:42,200 --> 00:54:44,600
Speaker 5: a four and a half point favor in that game.

1036
00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:47,640
Speaker 5: So if you give Yukon maybe a point for being

1037
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:50,799
Speaker 5: at the garden, maybe it's a three and a half

1038
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,080
Speaker 5: point line, right, maybe that was like the true number

1039
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 5: they won seventy four to sixty one. They played pretty

1040
00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:58,160
Speaker 5: well in the game. Illinois did not shoot it well

1041
00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:02,319
Speaker 5: in that game. Yukon did. So you flash forward five

1042
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:06,880
Speaker 5: months later and now Illinois is basically.

1043
00:55:06,560 --> 00:55:08,000
Speaker 6: A two to two and a half point favorite.

1044
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:09,640
Speaker 5: I see, I think MGM's at one and a half,

1045
00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:11,960
Speaker 5: but it's juice to the one and a half. So

1046
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:14,880
Speaker 5: it's kind of a five point upgrade on Illinois throughout

1047
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:16,920
Speaker 5: the course of the season. I guess because we're not

1048
00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:20,240
Speaker 5: downgrading Yukon. I mean, I think you either keep Yukon

1049
00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:23,400
Speaker 5: the same or you know, you slightly increase them. I mean,

1050
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:24,799
Speaker 5: they did just be Duke, who was like the number

1051
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:28,080
Speaker 5: one team in the country. But it shows how much

1052
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:32,280
Speaker 5: the market has increased Illinois rating over the last five months.

1053
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:33,520
Speaker 6: The total is intriguing.

1054
00:55:33,520 --> 00:55:34,880
Speaker 5: I mean, the total was one fifty one and a

1055
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:36,359
Speaker 5: half when they played at the Guard and now we're

1056
00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:38,400
Speaker 5: down at one thirty nine and a half. So that

1057
00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:40,960
Speaker 5: is a big adjustment on the total. And I know,

1058
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:42,920
Speaker 5: five months a really long time. These teams are very

1059
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:47,640
Speaker 5: different teams. Their rotations are pretty different. Actually, to be fair,

1060
00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:50,759
Speaker 5: not that different, but you change as a team over

1061
00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:52,080
Speaker 5: the course of five months. So I don't want to

1062
00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:54,160
Speaker 5: say they're the same teams that they were when they

1063
00:55:54,239 --> 00:55:58,480
Speaker 5: faced each other basically Thanksgiving. But it is interesting, Brian

1064
00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:00,839
Speaker 5: to kind of see how the market it shifts on

1065
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,560
Speaker 5: teams throughout the course of the year. I mean, Illinois,

1066
00:56:03,920 --> 00:56:06,279
Speaker 5: you know, is the hot to trot team right now

1067
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:08,600
Speaker 5: and they're the favorite, but they were not the favorite

1068
00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:09,480
Speaker 5: five months ago.

1069
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:10,200
Speaker 6: Yukon was.

1070
00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:12,880
Speaker 5: So it's kind of flipped the narratives flip the totals

1071
00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 5: decreased dramatically. It would lead me to the over and

1072
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:19,359
Speaker 5: it would lead me to Yukon. But man, it's tough

1073
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:22,000
Speaker 5: for me to bet into what I think is the

1074
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:24,319
Speaker 5: better roster, even though Yukon does have this kind of

1075
00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:25,480
Speaker 5: destiny vibe about them.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's so much has changed. It's wild how how

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00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:32,560
Speaker 2: much things can change in just that amount of time.

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Speaker 2: Where if you go back, let's let's slick at our

1079
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:38,720
Speaker 2: guy Woggler over here, he had he played fourteen minutes,

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Speaker 2: he was one for three.

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Speaker 6: From the fat's the biggest change. He's gotten much better.

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00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:45,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's so much better. You had three points in

1083
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:48,879
Speaker 2: that game, you know, And so he's their main guy now.

1084
00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:52,440
Speaker 2: So he was just a daisy fresh you know, freshman.

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00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:55,200
Speaker 2: That was his what I'm trying to do quick math

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Speaker 2: over here.

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Speaker 6: That was like the eighth career game.

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00:56:57,600 --> 00:56:59,520
Speaker 2: Basically, yeah, his eighth game.

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00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:03,040
Speaker 5: They're not freshman anymore. That's the that's the cliche, a right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And look at the non conference schedule Jackson State, Florida,

1091
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:13,360
Speaker 2: Gulf Coast, Colgate, LU Texas Rio, Grand Valley, you know

1092
00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:16,080
Speaker 2: what I mean. Like they did play Texas Tech and Alabama.

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00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:19,600
Speaker 2: But that's one of his first big games and is

1094
00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:22,280
Speaker 2: taken on Yukon. He's come a long way since then.

1095
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Speaker 2: So yeah, a lot has changed since that previous matchup.

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Speaker 2: So very excited to get to Seamus here momentarily. And uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, I don't know which. I don't want to

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Speaker 2: No more philipbustering shamous. Good morning here, buddy. Uh you know,

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Speaker 2: let's go to the Marquee matchup. Let's go with Michigan Arizona.

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00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:25,240
Speaker 2: Tight point spread, high total, anything that you like in

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Speaker 2: this matchup.

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Speaker 12: Hey, guys, good to be back. I'd like Michigan all

1133
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:32,640
Speaker 12: year and I'm not going away from them now. I

1134
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:34,600
Speaker 12: think they have enough to win. This game. Should be

1135
00:59:34,640 --> 00:59:37,480
Speaker 12: an awesome game. Really looking forward to it. But I

1136
00:59:37,560 --> 00:59:39,440
Speaker 12: have Michigan with the slight edge here. I like them

1137
00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:40,000
Speaker 12: to win the game.

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00:59:40,920 --> 00:59:41,160
Speaker 4: Yeah.

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00:59:41,320 --> 00:59:43,840
Speaker 5: It's funny when we get these these matchups of the

1140
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:47,200
Speaker 5: behemoths and there's just not a whole lot separating these teams.

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00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:49,600
Speaker 5: You know that leads me to want to take the

1142
00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:52,920
Speaker 5: dog in that spot. But I appreciate you you sticking

1143
00:59:52,920 --> 00:59:53,480
Speaker 5: to your guns.

1144
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:54,080
Speaker 6: The other games.

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00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:56,280
Speaker 5: In drinking uter is talking about big upgrade on the

1146
00:59:56,280 --> 00:59:58,480
Speaker 5: a Lini over the last five months. Right, these teams

1147
00:59:58,480 --> 01:00:01,520
Speaker 5: played back on November t twenty eighth at the Gaden

1148
01:00:02,160 --> 01:00:04,720
Speaker 5: at MSG kind of a home game for Yukon. They

1149
01:00:04,720 --> 01:00:06,320
Speaker 5: were a four and a half point favorite in the game,

1150
01:00:06,360 --> 01:00:08,520
Speaker 5: so maybe you give them a point for being close

1151
01:00:08,560 --> 01:00:10,360
Speaker 5: to home, which would make him about a three to

1152
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,160
Speaker 5: three and a half point favorite. But now you know,

1153
01:00:12,360 --> 01:00:15,360
Speaker 5: you flip it five months later in Illinois. He's playing

1154
01:00:15,440 --> 01:00:17,560
Speaker 5: kind of a home game right in Indianapolis, so maybe

1155
01:00:17,560 --> 01:00:19,520
Speaker 5: you give them a point, but it's still like a

1156
01:00:19,560 --> 01:00:22,000
Speaker 5: four to five point upgrade on Illinois in that span.

1157
01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:25,440
Speaker 5: Is that too much of an upgrade considering how tenured

1158
01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:28,160
Speaker 5: and how good Yukon is in these moments, or do

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01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:30,080
Speaker 5: you think that's fair considering what we've seen from Illinois

1160
01:00:30,080 --> 01:00:31,160
Speaker 5: the last five months.

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Speaker 12: I think it's fair. I mean, this has been a

1162
01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:36,880
Speaker 12: highly rated Illinois team all year long, and that game

1163
01:00:37,880 --> 01:00:41,040
Speaker 12: against Yukon earlier in the year, Yukon pulled away at

1164
01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:43,960
Speaker 12: the end, but there was a pretty controversial four point

1165
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:47,680
Speaker 12: play call that really swung momentum the other way for Yukon.

1166
01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:50,440
Speaker 12: So I know there were some Illinois fans who fell

1167
01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:52,840
Speaker 12: hard done by that game. This is going to be

1168
01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:56,520
Speaker 12: an awesome game too, and an interesting tidbit here if

1169
01:00:56,560 --> 01:00:59,960
Speaker 12: you backed Michigan or Arizona in the state of Illinois

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Speaker 12: with BEMGM, if Illinois wins tonight, we pay out the

1171
01:01:04,840 --> 01:01:07,760
Speaker 12: runner up of the game if Illinois cuts down the

1172
01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:12,000
Speaker 12: nets on Monday. So very interesting game for any Michigan

1173
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:13,840
Speaker 12: or Arizona backers in Illinois.

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Speaker 3: When we get to the final four and we we

1175
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:20,920
Speaker 3: you know, obviously we've been watching these teams all tournament,

1176
01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:24,160
Speaker 3: but there's gonna be certain betters who come to the

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Speaker 3: window who really haven't you know, who are just caught

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01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:29,840
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01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:35,400
Speaker 3: and so they're like, yeah, you know what I'm gonna

1181
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:39,600
Speaker 3: start here. Is there a data point or any data

1182
01:01:39,680 --> 01:01:44,080
Speaker 3: points that you look to in these games when we

1183
01:01:44,120 --> 01:01:47,160
Speaker 3: whittle the field to only four teams left, it's only

1184
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:50,800
Speaker 3: a matter of three games to decide a champion. There

1185
01:01:51,080 --> 01:01:53,480
Speaker 3: is there a data point that sticks out to you

1186
01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:57,840
Speaker 3: as like AH, teams that do this typically earn their

1187
01:01:57,880 --> 01:01:59,560
Speaker 3: way into the championship game.

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Speaker 12: I mean it, it can be said the same thing

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01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:05,640
Speaker 12: for pretty much any sport.

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Speaker 7: Here.

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Speaker 12: I mean, we have so much so many data points

1192
01:02:09,480 --> 01:02:12,600
Speaker 12: going back this year for all these teams, and these,

1193
01:02:12,760 --> 01:02:16,120
Speaker 12: in my opinion, are probably probably an argument. Duke is

1194
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:18,320
Speaker 12: a top four team in the country, but Yukon did be.

1195
01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:20,600
Speaker 12: But I mean this has been a really good Yukon

1196
01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:23,160
Speaker 12: team all year. I mean, it felt like it was

1197
01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:27,680
Speaker 12: Michigan or Arizona and Duke for a while this year,

1198
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Speaker 12: and it's you know, it's really something. We get Michigan

1199
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Speaker 12: Arizona in a semi final, not the national championship. But

1200
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Speaker 12: it's going to be really interesting. I'm not really sure

1201
01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:42,080
Speaker 12: you know how to you know, answer that question at

1202
01:02:42,120 --> 01:02:44,600
Speaker 12: the end, but I mean, this is going to be

1203
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:47,560
Speaker 12: a great night of hoops and we're really looking forward

1204
01:02:47,600 --> 01:02:48,919
Speaker 12: to the handle we're seeing coming in.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm curious what you think Illinois Yukon. The way

1206
01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:56,840
Speaker 2: I think of it, Seamus, is you've got Yukon in

1207
01:02:56,880 --> 01:03:01,520
Speaker 2: this aura right, this Dan Hurley cop in swagger aura

1208
01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:05,480
Speaker 2: like past success. But I think Illinois has the better roster.

1209
01:03:05,960 --> 01:03:09,120
Speaker 2: I'm catching like a Chief's Eagles Super Bowl vibe over

1210
01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:12,160
Speaker 2: here where Like the Chiefs have the credentials and the aura,

1211
01:03:12,240 --> 01:03:14,200
Speaker 2: but the Eagles had a better roster and the better

1212
01:03:14,320 --> 01:03:16,920
Speaker 2: roster played out. Do you think the better roster with

1213
01:03:17,040 --> 01:03:21,440
Speaker 2: Illinois arguably wins out in this matchup against Yukon and

1214
01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:23,120
Speaker 2: their credentials and their aura.

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Speaker 12: I definitely agree that it feels like Illinois has the

1216
01:03:26,960 --> 01:03:30,520
Speaker 12: roster to match up with Yukon. But I will say

1217
01:03:30,600 --> 01:03:33,960
Speaker 12: in my bracket that is in the ninety ninth percentile

1218
01:03:34,080 --> 01:03:38,320
Speaker 12: right now, I am Michigan over Yukon in the Championship.

1219
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:43,000
Speaker 12: I think we need to talk about Dan Hurley in

1220
01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:45,760
Speaker 12: terms of him being the new Tom Izzo. You know,

1221
01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:51,040
Speaker 12: January February, Hurley, this team just knows how to do

1222
01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:54,200
Speaker 12: it in March. This is now. This is another March

1223
01:03:54,280 --> 01:03:57,880
Speaker 12: or another Final Four for Hurley. This team looks like nails.

1224
01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:01,560
Speaker 12: I mean, any other team of the Dead to rights

1225
01:04:01,800 --> 01:04:04,200
Speaker 12: down that much against Duke and they managed to come

1226
01:04:04,240 --> 01:04:07,360
Speaker 12: back and probably and win that game. I have a

1227
01:04:07,480 --> 01:04:10,120
Speaker 12: very hard time fading Yukon and Hurley tonight.

1228
01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:13,960
Speaker 5: I think I'm in the same boat. I agree, I'm

1229
01:04:14,080 --> 01:04:17,320
Speaker 5: leaning that way. You guys have moved the number in

1230
01:04:17,320 --> 01:04:20,000
Speaker 5: that direction. It looks like and you don't see right,

1231
01:04:20,040 --> 01:04:21,760
Speaker 5: you don't see a ton of line movement at this

1232
01:04:21,840 --> 01:04:24,720
Speaker 5: time of year, at the end of the rainbow when

1233
01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:26,320
Speaker 5: the games are pretty set and we kind of know

1234
01:04:26,360 --> 01:04:29,320
Speaker 5: what these teams are, but that game has moved about

1235
01:04:29,360 --> 01:04:33,760
Speaker 5: a point in Yukon's favor despite the fact. And that's

1236
01:04:33,800 --> 01:04:35,760
Speaker 5: and I think that's the big reason why, because when

1237
01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:38,040
Speaker 5: when two teams face each other for the second time,

1238
01:04:38,360 --> 01:04:39,640
Speaker 5: and I know it was a long time ago, I

1239
01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:42,040
Speaker 5: think Wagler's play has improved dramatically. Brian made that point

1240
01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:44,120
Speaker 5: in the last segment. I think that's that's spot on.

1241
01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:47,960
Speaker 5: But Yukon was the favorite and now they're not. And

1242
01:04:48,040 --> 01:04:50,400
Speaker 5: I think these two teams are kind of evenly, but

1243
01:04:50,520 --> 01:04:54,640
Speaker 5: both matchups feel even. But the Yukon game, especially the

1244
01:04:54,720 --> 01:04:56,560
Speaker 5: fact that they are the more tenured team in the

1245
01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:59,920
Speaker 5: final four and you're catching points it That's where I'm

1246
01:05:00,320 --> 01:05:02,160
Speaker 5: in that direction. So I think that's a solid point

1247
01:05:02,520 --> 01:05:04,520
Speaker 5: is had the public made their claim in any direction

1248
01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:07,240
Speaker 5: so far with these of these games over under side total,

1249
01:05:07,280 --> 01:05:09,240
Speaker 5: with any of the games tonight.

1250
01:05:09,760 --> 01:05:11,760
Speaker 12: We're going to need the unders in these games. A

1251
01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:14,600
Speaker 12: lot of over money coming in which to be expected

1252
01:05:14,600 --> 01:05:18,480
Speaker 12: honestly this come this weekend of the year. But in

1253
01:05:18,560 --> 01:05:20,640
Speaker 12: terms of the action on the game, it's a lot

1254
01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:23,640
Speaker 12: of Arizona money line coming in I think the book

1255
01:05:23,680 --> 01:05:27,440
Speaker 12: would like to see Michigan win. Regardless. It's a really

1256
01:05:27,520 --> 01:05:29,880
Speaker 12: really good result on the futures book, so it'd be

1257
01:05:29,960 --> 01:05:32,480
Speaker 12: nice to have that going into a championship game with Michigan.

1258
01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:35,160
Speaker 12: Arizona is a good result too, but Michigan is a

1259
01:05:35,160 --> 01:05:38,120
Speaker 12: bigger winner for us in that standpoint there, and then

1260
01:05:38,160 --> 01:05:41,680
Speaker 12: it's Illinois. A lot of people taking Illinois minus one

1261
01:05:41,680 --> 01:05:44,400
Speaker 12: and a half, but there's a lot of Yukon money line.

1262
01:05:44,920 --> 01:05:48,040
Speaker 12: That's one where I kind of go to the futures

1263
01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:52,240
Speaker 12: need there and right now the futures it's anyone, but

1264
01:05:52,360 --> 01:05:55,400
Speaker 12: Yukon is what we're happy with. So I think if

1265
01:05:55,400 --> 01:05:59,880
Speaker 12: Illinois wins this game, that would be pretty good for

1266
01:05:59,880 --> 01:06:03,120
Speaker 12: the book because I do expect more Yukon money line

1267
01:06:03,120 --> 01:06:05,920
Speaker 12: to come in throughout the day going into tip and

1268
01:06:05,960 --> 01:06:09,120
Speaker 12: even in the instance where Yukon wins the national title

1269
01:06:09,400 --> 01:06:11,680
Speaker 12: and we have to pay out either Michigan or Arizona

1270
01:06:11,880 --> 01:06:14,480
Speaker 12: backers in the state of Illinois because you can't bet

1271
01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:18,240
Speaker 12: on Illinois to win the national championship there, that's still

1272
01:06:18,360 --> 01:06:20,280
Speaker 12: a drop in the ocean for what we take on

1273
01:06:20,360 --> 01:06:22,080
Speaker 12: Illinois winning the National championship.

1274
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:25,720
Speaker 3: Would love your thoughts on just sort of the state

1275
01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:29,240
Speaker 3: of the game of college basketball, especially if Illinois ends

1276
01:06:29,320 --> 01:06:32,439
Speaker 3: up taking home the chip here when we all wake

1277
01:06:32,520 --> 01:06:38,280
Speaker 3: up Tuesday morning, does that change the way basketball teams

1278
01:06:38,280 --> 01:06:41,840
Speaker 3: are built at the collegiate level because of the amount

1279
01:06:41,880 --> 01:06:46,240
Speaker 3: of international flavor on that roster and maybe somewhat of

1280
01:06:46,240 --> 01:06:49,760
Speaker 3: an improbable run when you look at the top programs

1281
01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:54,640
Speaker 3: heading into the tournament this year, if Illinois wins it all,

1282
01:06:55,400 --> 01:06:59,440
Speaker 3: do we start seeing a lot more teams playing copycat

1283
01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:04,520
Speaker 3: and scouring for international players where they don't have a

1284
01:07:04,600 --> 01:07:08,160
Speaker 3: perceived edge to start their recruiting process, but they may

1285
01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:12,000
Speaker 3: end up building who knows, the next championship rosser with

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Speaker 3: you Eastern Bloc players.

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Speaker 12: I think if you're not seeing it already, you're going

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01:07:17,440 --> 01:07:20,520
Speaker 12: to regardless if Illinois wins it or not. I think

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01:07:20,520 --> 01:07:22,360
Speaker 12: the fact that they're already in the final four is

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01:07:22,360 --> 01:07:23,960
Speaker 12: shown a lot of teams that this is a way

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Speaker 12: to do it. I mean, Virginia's the tournament last year,

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Speaker 12: they go out and sign Joan Brunlow and ties to Renter.

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Speaker 12: They're a three seed the next year, two of the

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Speaker 12: better players on the team. There's a lot of teams

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Speaker 12: already taking advantage of it. In terms of the state

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Speaker 12: of college basketball. My only gripe is that it sounds

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Speaker 12: like we're going to seventy six teams next year. I

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01:07:41,400 --> 01:07:43,760
Speaker 12: don't know why you got to break what's not broken.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, totally all right, it's signed for the sham as special.

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Speaker 2: What do you have for us today, Seamus?

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Speaker 12: I like Michigan money line, and I think that's my

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01:07:54,520 --> 01:07:57,320
Speaker 12: favorite play on the board today. If you're looking for

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01:07:57,480 --> 01:08:04,280
Speaker 12: something a little more my speed today UV Lacrosse has

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01:08:04,280 --> 01:08:08,760
Speaker 12: not one at Dukes in two thousand. They'd beat Notre

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01:08:08,840 --> 01:08:11,040
Speaker 12: Dame number one in the country last week. They're getting

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01:08:11,040 --> 01:08:14,040
Speaker 12: some momentum. Another win in the a c C would

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01:08:14,080 --> 01:08:17,679
Speaker 12: help book their ticket to the national tournament. The streak

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Speaker 12: ends today you being lacrosse outright at Duke. Also, Michigan

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Speaker 12: money one.

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Speaker 2: How many how many Michigan money line U v A

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Speaker 2: Lacrosse parlays do you anticipate today?

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Speaker 12: Out there?

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01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:38,960
Speaker 2: You got who's coming with me?

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01:08:40,040 --> 01:08:40,479
Speaker 6: Let's go?

1315
01:08:40,560 --> 01:08:45,280
Speaker 12: There's thousands of my dad on the same thing.

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01:08:45,640 --> 01:08:48,599
Speaker 4: Yeah, she was like, all I need is one? All right, guys.

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Speaker 2: Anyways, have a great day as great stuff as always, man,

1318
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Speaker 2: enjoy the games. We'll catch you soon.

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Speaker 12: Enjoy the games, guys.

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Speaker 2: Very nice there he is shame Miss McGee, team lead

1321
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Speaker 2: of sports trading at bet MGM. That is awesome. UVA lacrosse.

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01:09:05,680 --> 01:09:09,960
Speaker 2: He never disappoints man, never never never. Now, how about

1323
01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:13,920
Speaker 2: this ball always on the brain, always football on the brain.

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Speaker 2: How about the Raiders signing Kirk Cousins to a one year,

1325
01:09:18,560 --> 01:09:22,040
Speaker 2: fully guaranteed I know, shocker. Kirk Cousins fully guaranteed deal

1326
01:09:22,120 --> 01:09:26,360
Speaker 2: gets twenty million dollars. And this at least sets up

1327
01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:30,280
Speaker 2: a potential path to Fernando Mendoza not starting week one.

1328
01:09:30,479 --> 01:09:33,920
Speaker 2: He can ease in, digest the playbook, get all the checks.

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01:09:33,960 --> 01:09:37,360
Speaker 2: You know, maybe Kirk starts the first half of the season.

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01:09:37,400 --> 01:09:39,640
Speaker 2: I don't know how many starts he has, But a

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01:09:39,640 --> 01:09:42,880
Speaker 2: lot of teams talk about, hey, no, rush, let's not

1332
01:09:43,240 --> 01:09:46,200
Speaker 2: that race out there and get our guy, and they

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01:09:46,240 --> 01:09:48,360
Speaker 2: never do it. Yeah, it's very rare that they do

1334
01:09:48,400 --> 01:09:50,519
Speaker 2: it these days. So it looks like there's at least

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01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:54,880
Speaker 2: a path toward the Raiders not rushing Mendoza out there

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01:09:54,920 --> 01:09:57,800
Speaker 2: before he's ready. Makes some sense to me. Rich What

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01:09:57,800 --> 01:09:59,000
Speaker 2: do you think about this whole thing?

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Speaker 4: I think a lot about it.

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01:10:01,800 --> 01:10:06,280
Speaker 3: I think that this is a bridge quarterback contract wrapped

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01:10:06,360 --> 01:10:09,680
Speaker 3: up in what looked like a blockbuster deal. It's essentially

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01:10:10,000 --> 01:10:14,160
Speaker 3: a one year, twenty million dollar deal, which it sounds ridiculous,

1342
01:10:14,240 --> 01:10:17,840
Speaker 3: but that is the going rate to pay competent quarterback

1343
01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:22,639
Speaker 3: to groom an incoming starting drafted quarterback. Like that is

1344
01:10:22,720 --> 01:10:25,559
Speaker 3: the reality of the NFL and where the pace structure

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01:10:25,600 --> 01:10:30,720
Speaker 3: has gone, especially at that position. The real attraction is

1346
01:10:30,760 --> 01:10:34,800
Speaker 3: scheme fluency. When you look at Kirk Cousins and the operator,

1347
01:10:34,880 --> 01:10:38,800
Speaker 3: he is in a system he's comfortable in. I mean,

1348
01:10:39,160 --> 01:10:42,160
Speaker 3: he's still a very effective quarterback, even at thirty seven

1349
01:10:42,280 --> 01:10:45,920
Speaker 3: years old. He worked with Clint Kubiak, he coached him

1350
01:10:46,120 --> 01:10:50,400
Speaker 3: in Minnesota twenty nineteen through the twenty twenty one season,

1351
01:10:50,840 --> 01:10:53,519
Speaker 3: so he knows how this guy works, how this guy

1352
01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:57,920
Speaker 3: thinks he had success in that system. So all the

1353
01:10:57,960 --> 01:11:02,000
Speaker 3: pieces fit right, the planets aligned for this to make

1354
01:11:02,040 --> 01:11:06,000
Speaker 3: the most sense, and I do think that more than

1355
01:11:06,120 --> 01:11:09,519
Speaker 3: likely he will be the weak one starting quarterback unless

1356
01:11:10,040 --> 01:11:14,720
Speaker 3: you know, obviously he can never predict injury or Mendoza

1357
01:11:15,360 --> 01:11:18,240
Speaker 3: comes into the building, assuming he is the first drafted

1358
01:11:18,280 --> 01:11:23,639
Speaker 3: player and the Raiders do select him and absolutely stuns

1359
01:11:23,680 --> 01:11:26,760
Speaker 3: everybody with his ability to catch up on the fly

1360
01:11:26,920 --> 01:11:30,080
Speaker 3: and drink from the fire hose that is the NFL

1361
01:11:30,120 --> 01:11:33,360
Speaker 3: when you're a drafted rookie quarterback. So we'll see. But yeah,

1362
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:36,360
Speaker 3: I would, I would. I would put a large wager

1363
01:11:36,400 --> 01:11:38,920
Speaker 3: on the fact that he will be there their Game

1364
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:42,000
Speaker 3: one starter, and we'll see Mendoza at some point in

1365
01:11:42,040 --> 01:11:45,040
Speaker 3: the season, and and it'll be a lot of what

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01:11:45,280 --> 01:11:49,040
Speaker 3: he was doing for Penix in Atlanta, you know, after

1367
01:11:49,400 --> 01:11:51,519
Speaker 3: after they brought him in on a free agent contract

1368
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:55,640
Speaker 3: that really was kind of a blockbustery free agent contract

1369
01:11:55,760 --> 01:12:00,960
Speaker 3: and oddly drafted a top ten rookie quarterback the same season,

1370
01:12:01,120 --> 01:12:03,880
Speaker 3: you know it. I don't think Atlanta did it the

1371
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:06,519
Speaker 3: right way. I would argue the Raiders did do it

1372
01:12:06,560 --> 01:12:07,080
Speaker 3: the right way.

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01:12:07,840 --> 01:12:10,360
Speaker 5: Yeah, And Kirk cousins Man's had one hell of a career.

1374
01:12:10,680 --> 01:12:15,000
Speaker 5: So three hundred and forty one million in career NFL

1375
01:12:15,080 --> 01:12:15,879
Speaker 5: salary earnings.

1376
01:12:15,880 --> 01:12:18,840
Speaker 6: Wow? Ye of that, three point thirty nine of it

1377
01:12:18,920 --> 01:12:21,360
Speaker 6: was fully guaranteed. Crazy.

1378
01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:22,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean.

1379
01:12:23,160 --> 01:12:26,320
Speaker 5: Listen, that's a lot of Coole's gift cards for Kirkwood.

1380
01:12:27,840 --> 01:12:32,040
Speaker 5: I love the move for Vegas. I mean, let's be honest, guys,

1381
01:12:32,080 --> 01:12:35,040
Speaker 5: They're building a very interesting roster here. So remember they

1382
01:12:35,040 --> 01:12:38,000
Speaker 5: had the Max Crosby situation where they traded him to

1383
01:12:38,040 --> 01:12:40,759
Speaker 5: Baltimore and then that didn't happen, so they got him back.

1384
01:12:41,320 --> 01:12:44,320
Speaker 5: And in that span they signed Tyler Linda Bomb, Kway Walker,

1385
01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:47,599
Speaker 5: n Kobe Dean, Jalen Naylor, Quitty pay, Eric Stokes, Malcolm Koonz,

1386
01:12:47,600 --> 01:12:50,719
Speaker 5: they traded for Terren Johnson. They're going to be drafting Mendoza,

1387
01:12:50,720 --> 01:12:52,240
Speaker 5: They're going to have another pick at the top of

1388
01:12:52,240 --> 01:12:54,360
Speaker 5: the second round. And now you bring in a quarterback

1389
01:12:54,400 --> 01:12:58,160
Speaker 5: who I know it can be a little goofy sometimes,

1390
01:12:58,240 --> 01:13:01,160
Speaker 5: but when he's getting the all out quick and things

1391
01:13:01,200 --> 01:13:04,080
Speaker 5: are on time, I could think of worse quarterbacks to

1392
01:13:04,120 --> 01:13:07,519
Speaker 5: have than Kirk Cousins. So the Raiders, who are at

1393
01:13:07,520 --> 01:13:09,360
Speaker 5: a five and a half win total for the year,

1394
01:13:10,240 --> 01:13:12,760
Speaker 5: the roster doesn't reflect five and a half wins, that's

1395
01:13:12,800 --> 01:13:17,280
Speaker 5: for damn sure. So I'm intrigued by this. I don't

1396
01:13:17,280 --> 01:13:19,720
Speaker 5: know when Mendoza takes over. Probably when Kirk kind of

1397
01:13:19,760 --> 01:13:22,280
Speaker 5: hits a wall, and your guess is as good as

1398
01:13:22,280 --> 01:13:25,120
Speaker 5: mine on when that is. But they have a last

1399
01:13:25,120 --> 01:13:29,720
Speaker 5: bloay schedule. They signed a bounty of players in the offseason,

1400
01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:32,080
Speaker 5: and they still have Max Crosby on their roster and

1401
01:13:32,120 --> 01:13:34,760
Speaker 5: they have Ashon Genty and Brock Bowers. I mean, I

1402
01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:37,680
Speaker 5: think you could make worse over bets in the win

1403
01:13:37,800 --> 01:13:39,960
Speaker 5: total markets for the NFL this year than the Raiders.

1404
01:13:40,360 --> 01:13:43,680
Speaker 2: The Raiders. I like this move more than I dislike it.

1405
01:13:44,160 --> 01:13:47,600
Speaker 2: The rate is signing Kirk Cousins because everything that we

1406
01:13:47,720 --> 01:13:50,360
Speaker 2: just talked about, you can ease Mendoza in there, all

1407
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:52,800
Speaker 2: that stuff. You know, Kirk Cousins a lot of starts.

1408
01:13:53,160 --> 01:13:55,479
Speaker 2: I think he's a good mentor too. It is not

1409
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:57,960
Speaker 2: one of these guys. It's like I'm the starter, that's

1410
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:00,040
Speaker 2: all I'm geared toward. I think that he could be

1411
01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:03,680
Speaker 2: a good mentor for Fernando Mendoza as well. So I

1412
01:14:03,800 --> 01:14:05,760
Speaker 2: like it more than I dislike it. Does it if

1413
01:14:05,800 --> 01:14:08,799
Speaker 2: I'm looking at this critically, does it sort of feel

1414
01:14:08,840 --> 01:14:10,440
Speaker 2: a little bit like a prenup?

1415
01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:11,080
Speaker 6: Right?

1416
01:14:11,479 --> 01:14:13,759
Speaker 2: It's like, Babe, I love you, it's you and me forever,

1417
01:14:14,040 --> 01:14:16,559
Speaker 2: but let's sign a prenup? Does it like a little

1418
01:14:16,960 --> 01:14:21,160
Speaker 2: if you were convinced Fernando Mendoza was the guy, would

1419
01:14:21,200 --> 01:14:24,439
Speaker 2: you be signing Kirk Cousins to ease Mendoza in? I

1420
01:14:24,479 --> 01:14:27,080
Speaker 2: don't know that you would So I mean, just like

1421
01:14:27,120 --> 01:14:30,800
Speaker 2: the critical part of this is like, are you over

1422
01:14:30,920 --> 01:14:34,120
Speaker 2: the moon sold on Mendoza? And to me, this indicates

1423
01:14:34,120 --> 01:14:35,120
Speaker 2: that you're not quite there.

1424
01:14:35,560 --> 01:14:39,360
Speaker 3: Interesting, Yeah, yeah, I would I would say this. I

1425
01:14:39,360 --> 01:14:43,000
Speaker 3: would say it's a smart rebuild move because you never

1426
01:14:43,160 --> 01:14:46,599
Speaker 3: know what you're getting with the drafted rookie. And this

1427
01:14:46,680 --> 01:14:51,640
Speaker 3: doesn't necessarily blast the ceiling off of the Raiders' expectations

1428
01:14:52,080 --> 01:14:55,320
Speaker 3: because I mean that's not who Kirk Cousins is, but

1429
01:14:55,400 --> 01:14:56,280
Speaker 3: it certainly.

1430
01:14:56,040 --> 01:14:56,920
Speaker 4: Raises the floor.

1431
01:14:57,560 --> 01:15:01,400
Speaker 3: You know, this is an amazing improvement from the and

1432
01:15:01,439 --> 01:15:05,320
Speaker 3: this isn't too long from when Aiden O'Connell was like

1433
01:15:06,080 --> 01:15:08,559
Speaker 3: the next big hope for the Raiders, like it was.

1434
01:15:08,840 --> 01:15:10,559
Speaker 4: I mean, it got a little bleak there.

1435
01:15:10,800 --> 01:15:13,439
Speaker 3: Gino Smith certainly didn't do anything to help this team

1436
01:15:13,479 --> 01:15:17,120
Speaker 3: a season ago. So this raises the floor. This gives

1437
01:15:17,160 --> 01:15:21,280
Speaker 3: you an insurance plan, which I mean is smart for

1438
01:15:21,320 --> 01:15:24,839
Speaker 3: the Raiders, especially the way they've drafted in recent memory.

1439
01:15:25,360 --> 01:15:28,760
Speaker 3: And again, it's a system fit because Kirk knows this

1440
01:15:28,880 --> 01:15:30,360
Speaker 3: offense like the back of his hand.

1441
01:15:30,800 --> 01:15:31,880
Speaker 4: I think it's a smart move.

1442
01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:34,800
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I agreed, And you know what it kind

1443
01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:37,559
Speaker 5: of reminds me of. It's like when you're cooking and

1444
01:15:37,600 --> 01:15:40,080
Speaker 5: you're making the meal, but you have a little snack

1445
01:15:40,120 --> 01:15:41,920
Speaker 5: while you're making it. I do this all the time,

1446
01:15:42,040 --> 01:15:44,080
Speaker 5: Like I pull out, you know, jar olives or something else,

1447
01:15:44,120 --> 01:15:46,120
Speaker 5: and I'm like snacking on something while I'm making this

1448
01:15:46,200 --> 01:15:48,639
Speaker 5: gigantic meal. Where Like when you go through the fast

1449
01:15:48,680 --> 01:15:50,400
Speaker 5: food drive through and you get that big thing of

1450
01:15:50,439 --> 01:15:52,040
Speaker 5: fries and you're eating the fries on the way home,

1451
01:15:52,080 --> 01:15:54,559
Speaker 5: it's not the main event. You're snacking on the fries

1452
01:15:54,560 --> 01:15:56,599
Speaker 5: on the way home. That's Kirk cousins. But the main

1453
01:15:56,600 --> 01:15:58,920
Speaker 5: event still is Mentos. I think they're putting their hopes

1454
01:15:58,920 --> 01:16:01,519
Speaker 5: with him. We'll see how it goes. I don't know how.

1455
01:16:01,800 --> 01:16:03,080
Speaker 5: We'll find out how.

1456
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:03,559
Speaker 6: It plays out.

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Speaker 2: Yes, the prop betting market shared. We start with you.

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Speaker 2: We've been feverishly in anticipating this, preparing. What do you

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Speaker 6: Let's go bets some baseball today, ladies.

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Speaker 5: Michael Soroka over four and a half strikeouts, minus a

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01:17:36,600 --> 01:17:39,160
Speaker 6: The market agrees with me. We have seen some money

1486
01:17:39,160 --> 01:17:41,120
Speaker 6: come in on the over. He looked really good in

1487
01:17:41,160 --> 01:17:43,439
Speaker 6: his season debut against the Dagas last week.

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01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:46,959
Speaker 5: Ten strikeouts in just ninety pitches, five shutout innings.

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Speaker 6: Why did he look better, Well, you look at again

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Speaker 6: early numbers from his pitch count and pitch usage.

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Speaker 5: He has increased the whip rate on the slurve. The

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Speaker 5: using his sinker as a putaway pitch more and again.

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Speaker 5: This is a guy that was the first round pick

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Speaker 5: of the Braids. By the way, he's facing the Brakes

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Speaker 5: today revenge angle. So you get this evolution of a

1497
01:18:10,320 --> 01:18:12,800
Speaker 5: starting pitcher over time, where the sinker goes from an

1498
01:18:12,800 --> 01:18:15,080
Speaker 5: early count pitch to now he put away pitch. And

1499
01:18:15,560 --> 01:18:18,080
Speaker 5: I think we might have a breakout year for Michael Soroka.

1500
01:18:18,160 --> 01:18:20,040
Speaker 5: So over four and a half strikeouts in a very

1501
01:18:20,479 --> 01:18:23,040
Speaker 5: tasty matchup. He was traded from the Braids to the

1502
01:18:23,040 --> 01:18:24,960
Speaker 5: White Sox a couple of years ago.

1503
01:18:25,080 --> 01:18:26,800
Speaker 6: I'm sure he wants to get back at the Brakes tonight.

1504
01:18:26,840 --> 01:18:29,000
Speaker 6: Over four and a half pitch all right.

1505
01:18:28,840 --> 01:18:32,639
Speaker 3: I like show hey Otani today getting an RBI now

1506
01:18:32,720 --> 01:18:36,799
Speaker 3: on BETMGM, you have to bet the over half RBI

1507
01:18:37,160 --> 01:18:39,120
Speaker 3: in today's game against the Nats.

1508
01:18:39,600 --> 01:18:42,439
Speaker 4: But Otani, he feels like he's waking up.

1509
01:18:43,000 --> 01:18:46,360
Speaker 3: And when that guy wakes up, when the bat gets hot,

1510
01:18:46,720 --> 01:18:49,439
Speaker 3: it usually stays hot. Hit his first homer of the

1511
01:18:49,479 --> 01:18:54,599
Speaker 3: twenty twenty six season just a night ago, and he's

1512
01:18:54,640 --> 01:18:55,160
Speaker 3: a monster.

1513
01:18:55,439 --> 01:19:01,920
Speaker 4: If you don't love Otani very least respect him and

1514
01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:05,639
Speaker 4: the offense he creates can win the Dodgers games on

1515
01:19:05,720 --> 01:19:09,240
Speaker 4: their own, on his own, and and that will happen

1516
01:19:09,360 --> 01:19:13,360
Speaker 4: all season long. So yeah, give me Otani generating one

1517
01:19:13,680 --> 01:19:14,800
Speaker 4: Rivy today.

1518
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:18,519
Speaker 3: And that's good for minus one fifteen. I did check

1519
01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:21,040
Speaker 3: the odds on this, so we are. We are all set, guys,

1520
01:19:21,080 --> 01:19:23,640
Speaker 3: though there will be no makeup that's a week from that.

1521
01:19:24,760 --> 01:19:27,320
Speaker 2: I thought, for some reason, Joe, if you don't like Otani,

1522
01:19:27,560 --> 01:19:30,599
Speaker 2: you've got mental problem. I just heard that in my head.

1523
01:19:32,200 --> 01:19:35,600
Speaker 6: This guy that screw you, right, just bet him to

1524
01:19:35,600 --> 01:19:36,240
Speaker 6: win the MVP.

1525
01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:40,879
Speaker 5: It's like, basically like a certificate of deposit on your money.

1526
01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:43,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, all right, I'm gonna look at this Michigan

1527
01:19:43,800 --> 01:19:49,439
Speaker 2: Arizona game and look win in doubt back of Lithuanian, right,

1528
01:19:49,479 --> 01:19:52,520
Speaker 2: don't we all know this. Give me Clevis.

1529
01:19:53,800 --> 01:19:56,040
Speaker 4: Exactly what Mema used to say.

1530
01:19:56,280 --> 01:20:00,320
Speaker 2: That's exactly right. So mem said, theots you don't take.

1531
01:20:00,360 --> 01:20:03,160
Speaker 2: And then back of Lithuania when you're in doubt right there,

1532
01:20:03,200 --> 01:20:06,519
Speaker 2: right right, neck and neck, give me Krevas. Give me

1533
01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:09,040
Speaker 2: the seven to big man from Arizona. I'm gonna go

1534
01:20:09,080 --> 01:20:12,519
Speaker 2: over seven and a half rebounds here, a little risky

1535
01:20:12,920 --> 01:20:15,439
Speaker 2: if you will, Just if you look at the last

1536
01:20:16,120 --> 01:20:20,000
Speaker 2: rebounding you know numbers for him. He's gone under seven

1537
01:20:20,040 --> 01:20:23,400
Speaker 2: and a half in four of his last six games.

1538
01:20:23,600 --> 01:20:28,000
Speaker 2: But the fine print last game twelve rebounds. Earlier in

1539
01:20:28,040 --> 01:20:32,200
Speaker 2: the tournament, fourteen rebounds in a win against Utah State.

1540
01:20:32,560 --> 01:20:36,960
Speaker 2: The way I look at this, listen, Lindenborg plays along

1541
01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:40,080
Speaker 2: the perimeter a lot, and so you still have Mo Johnson,

1542
01:20:40,120 --> 01:20:42,680
Speaker 2: you still have Mara to deal with. But I think

1543
01:20:42,720 --> 01:20:46,760
Speaker 2: Krevas gets a lot of rebounds in this game. He's

1544
01:20:46,760 --> 01:20:49,040
Speaker 2: gonna get a ton of minutes. I would also look

1545
01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:51,840
Speaker 2: at CoA Pete here, but he's gonna be out along

1546
01:20:51,880 --> 01:20:54,640
Speaker 2: the perimeter every now and then. I think Karl Shankov's

1547
01:20:54,640 --> 01:20:56,800
Speaker 2: gonna be guarding Lendeborg a little bit more so, I

1548
01:20:56,800 --> 01:21:00,320
Speaker 2: think Pete I think Krevas are both live in their

1549
01:21:00,360 --> 01:21:03,040
Speaker 2: rebounding props. Give me Crebas, give me over seven and

1550
01:21:03,040 --> 01:21:03,400
Speaker 2: a half.

1551
01:21:03,640 --> 01:21:05,240
Speaker 6: That is what I'll go with you today.

1552
01:21:05,520 --> 01:21:08,280
Speaker 2: All right, coming up next the main attraction, we break

1553
01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:12,160
Speaker 2: it on down. Oh, what's going on? Happy Saturday to you?

1554
01:21:12,240 --> 01:21:18,520
Speaker 2: Oh we got a double header of Final four action. Huh.

1555
01:21:17,840 --> 01:21:21,479
Speaker 2: You could parlay if you so see fit the Michigan

1556
01:21:21,560 --> 01:21:26,320
Speaker 2: Wolverines money line with UVA Lacrosse, as our guy Seamus

1557
01:21:26,400 --> 01:21:29,080
Speaker 2: McGee did last hour. You could do that he With

1558
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1559
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1560
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1561
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1562
01:21:38,840 --> 01:21:40,960
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1563
01:21:41,240 --> 01:21:43,320
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1564
01:21:43,360 --> 01:21:46,120
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1565
01:21:46,120 --> 01:21:47,559
Speaker 2: pop up at the top of your screen.

1566
01:21:47,960 --> 01:21:48,280
Speaker 4: All right.

1567
01:21:48,360 --> 01:21:54,120
Speaker 2: The marquee event Michigan Arizona closing us down tonight right

1568
01:21:54,160 --> 01:21:59,080
Speaker 2: around nine pm ish Eastern time. TBS be there or

1569
01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:02,920
Speaker 2: B Square. Huh, great, great matchup. I wish this was

1570
01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:05,880
Speaker 2: the title game. That's the common takeaway what a title

1571
01:22:05,920 --> 01:22:07,800
Speaker 2: game matchup this would be. But hey, they're on the

1572
01:22:07,800 --> 01:22:10,599
Speaker 2: same side of the bracket, so we'll have to, I guess,

1573
01:22:10,920 --> 01:22:14,679
Speaker 2: first world problem, settle for a measly final four matchup,

1574
01:22:14,760 --> 01:22:17,200
Speaker 2: you know, and we'll make do with whatever the championship

1575
01:22:17,240 --> 01:22:20,280
Speaker 2: game matchup is. But I can't wait for this. A

1576
01:22:20,320 --> 01:22:22,280
Speaker 2: little bit of a clash of styles. Just from the

1577
01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:25,120
Speaker 2: three point line. Michigan shoots a lot more threes than

1578
01:22:25,160 --> 01:22:28,840
Speaker 2: Arizona does. Arizona gets to the foul line at will,

1579
01:22:29,200 --> 01:22:31,880
Speaker 2: number one in the country and doing so. So that's

1580
01:22:31,920 --> 01:22:35,200
Speaker 2: the first part is how well does Michigan shoot it

1581
01:22:36,160 --> 01:22:39,360
Speaker 2: from distance? And how often can Arizona get to the

1582
01:22:39,360 --> 01:22:41,840
Speaker 2: foul line Because Michigan does do a good job of

1583
01:22:41,880 --> 01:22:46,000
Speaker 2: defending without fouling. So who will win out in that battle?

1584
01:22:46,160 --> 01:22:49,600
Speaker 2: Can Michigan defend without foling or will Arizona do what

1585
01:22:49,640 --> 01:22:52,080
Speaker 2: they do best and draw a ton of fouls Because

1586
01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:54,839
Speaker 2: if they can get Michigan in foul trouble, that changes

1587
01:22:55,120 --> 01:22:56,559
Speaker 2: all the math in this matchup.

1588
01:22:56,720 --> 01:22:58,479
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, there's no doubt about it.

1589
01:22:58,560 --> 01:23:02,280
Speaker 3: I mean, there are strategies when you enter a matchup

1590
01:23:02,360 --> 01:23:08,080
Speaker 3: that can exploit certain weaknesses or give you a perceived edge.

1591
01:23:08,560 --> 01:23:12,200
Speaker 3: But it's just like Mike Tyson used to say, or said,

1592
01:23:12,240 --> 01:23:15,120
Speaker 3: once you know, you can have a plan until you

1593
01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:17,800
Speaker 3: get punched in the nose, and then you got to

1594
01:23:17,840 --> 01:23:20,920
Speaker 3: just start reacting on the fly. Everybody's got a plan

1595
01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:23,880
Speaker 3: until they're punching the nose. It's it's a part of sport.

1596
01:23:23,920 --> 01:23:28,519
Speaker 3: It's what's what makes it the most compelling television we

1597
01:23:28,720 --> 01:23:31,840
Speaker 3: have left on this planet. I mean, that's the truth.

1598
01:23:31,920 --> 01:23:35,160
Speaker 3: That's the reason why the NFL, which is a goliath

1599
01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:42,759
Speaker 3: of a viewership ratings monster even in the regular season,

1600
01:23:43,479 --> 01:23:47,320
Speaker 3: it trumps everything else because they've they've created the world's

1601
01:23:47,400 --> 01:23:51,280
Speaker 3: best mouse trap. Well arguably, when when we really look

1602
01:23:51,320 --> 01:23:56,599
Speaker 3: at the pantheon of sports viewing products, that we have

1603
01:23:57,240 --> 01:24:00,759
Speaker 3: a great semifinal or final matchup on the colle hardwood,

1604
01:24:01,040 --> 01:24:04,280
Speaker 3: it's pretty tough to beat. Gonna be a lot of

1605
01:24:04,280 --> 01:24:07,639
Speaker 3: eyes on this one. And so yeah, I mean, grand

1606
01:24:07,680 --> 01:24:14,280
Speaker 3: plans are being hatched right now in hotel ballrooms. But man,

1607
01:24:14,800 --> 01:24:18,200
Speaker 3: the margins here are razor thin. So you better have

1608
01:24:18,240 --> 01:24:21,200
Speaker 3: a good plan. B plant C. You better have a

1609
01:24:21,240 --> 01:24:25,400
Speaker 3: great halftime speech, you know, either back pocketed or or

1610
01:24:25,439 --> 01:24:28,080
Speaker 3: you better drum one up during the first half because

1611
01:24:28,360 --> 01:24:30,679
Speaker 3: it's gonna take everything you got for this one.

1612
01:24:30,920 --> 01:24:33,879
Speaker 4: Arizona's edge is they play an.

1613
01:24:33,760 --> 01:24:40,600
Speaker 3: Old school style of pressure basketball that is uncommon in

1614
01:24:40,640 --> 01:24:43,679
Speaker 3: this era. They don't really rely on the three point shot.

1615
01:24:43,840 --> 01:24:46,000
Speaker 3: You know, this team that's going to just win with

1616
01:24:46,479 --> 01:24:50,360
Speaker 3: great talent from two point land and they have all

1617
01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:54,880
Speaker 3: tournament long. Michigan's edge is depth and ball movement and

1618
01:24:54,960 --> 01:24:59,920
Speaker 3: finding the open man. It's an offense that confounds defenses

1619
01:25:00,160 --> 01:25:05,040
Speaker 3: because they seemingly always get the ball ultimately into the

1620
01:25:05,080 --> 01:25:09,479
Speaker 3: hands of the player not only who's the most skilled

1621
01:25:09,520 --> 01:25:11,760
Speaker 3: to make the shot that they're creating for him, but

1622
01:25:11,800 --> 01:25:15,840
Speaker 3: also is typically making that shot. So it's gonna be

1623
01:25:15,840 --> 01:25:19,040
Speaker 3: a really really fun watch. And like you said, like

1624
01:25:19,080 --> 01:25:21,920
Speaker 3: it's kind of been worn out this week. It really

1625
01:25:21,920 --> 01:25:25,400
Speaker 3: does feel like the final is being played a game

1626
01:25:25,439 --> 01:25:25,960
Speaker 3: too early.

1627
01:25:27,000 --> 01:25:29,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, not a lot separating these teams. When you look

1628
01:25:29,000 --> 01:25:31,080
Speaker 5: at their Kent Pond profiles, it's a lot of green,

1629
01:25:31,800 --> 01:25:34,120
Speaker 5: which means that they are in the upper echelon of

1630
01:25:34,760 --> 01:25:39,160
Speaker 5: statistical categories. I think it's fair to say they are

1631
01:25:39,200 --> 01:25:40,880
Speaker 5: not only the two best teams in the country, but

1632
01:25:40,920 --> 01:25:44,240
Speaker 5: by far right Like Duke I think was in that category. Right,

1633
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:48,320
Speaker 5: We talked about the Big Three coming into the tournament. Duke,

1634
01:25:48,400 --> 01:25:50,400
Speaker 5: I think, you know the game against Sienna where they

1635
01:25:50,479 --> 01:25:52,960
Speaker 5: kind of tripped themselves up. They were in a dogfight

1636
01:25:53,000 --> 01:25:54,880
Speaker 5: against Saint John's, and then of course blowing the lead

1637
01:25:54,920 --> 01:25:55,559
Speaker 5: against Yukon.

1638
01:25:55,720 --> 01:25:56,920
Speaker 6: Not quite ready.

1639
01:25:56,640 --> 01:25:59,680
Speaker 5: For the big stage like these other two teams are.

1640
01:25:59,760 --> 01:26:02,000
Speaker 5: So we remove Duke from the equation and now we

1641
01:26:02,040 --> 01:26:03,240
Speaker 5: have two remaining.

1642
01:26:02,880 --> 01:26:04,240
Speaker 6: Elites in college basketball.

1643
01:26:04,280 --> 01:26:06,160
Speaker 5: That's not to say Illinois or Yukon can't win on

1644
01:26:06,200 --> 01:26:09,120
Speaker 5: Monday Night. Anything can happen, but it is fair to

1645
01:26:09,160 --> 01:26:11,400
Speaker 5: say right now that it is Michigan in Arizona, and

1646
01:26:11,400 --> 01:26:14,040
Speaker 5: then there's a gap, and then I think it's Illinois

1647
01:26:14,040 --> 01:26:17,200
Speaker 5: and Yukon after that. I think when you look at

1648
01:26:17,520 --> 01:26:22,160
Speaker 5: both teams's run through the tourney, it's been pretty dominant.

1649
01:26:22,439 --> 01:26:24,679
Speaker 5: Seven of the eight wins have been blowouts. The only

1650
01:26:24,960 --> 01:26:29,680
Speaker 5: relatively close game was Utah State against Arizona, and that

1651
01:26:29,840 --> 01:26:33,120
Speaker 5: was because they forced turnovers. They forced the Arizona into

1652
01:26:33,120 --> 01:26:35,400
Speaker 5: eleven turnovers, and Arizona did not shoot it well from

1653
01:26:35,439 --> 01:26:37,840
Speaker 5: the interior fifteen to thirty nine from the paint the

1654
01:26:37,880 --> 01:26:41,760
Speaker 5: two point range. That's Arizona's strength. They are very good

1655
01:26:41,800 --> 01:26:46,160
Speaker 5: on the interior. Well, Michigan, despite their offensive prowess in

1656
01:26:46,200 --> 01:26:48,400
Speaker 5: this tournament they scored ninety plus in all four games.

1657
01:26:48,680 --> 01:26:52,040
Speaker 5: They're not an elite rebounding team, and they're giving up

1658
01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:56,000
Speaker 5: fifty seven percent from two point range in their three

1659
01:26:56,080 --> 01:26:58,640
Speaker 5: losses this year. So they haven't lost a lot of

1660
01:26:58,640 --> 01:27:01,760
Speaker 5: games this year, but when they have lost, it's been

1661
01:27:01,920 --> 01:27:05,200
Speaker 5: the painted area that's been kind of a bugaboo. Maybe

1662
01:27:05,200 --> 01:27:06,920
Speaker 5: they're kind of like an M and M, you know,

1663
01:27:06,960 --> 01:27:09,160
Speaker 5: a hard candy shell, maybe a little bit softer in

1664
01:27:09,200 --> 01:27:12,600
Speaker 5: the middle. So I think if if Arizona attacks the

1665
01:27:12,640 --> 01:27:16,040
Speaker 5: paint and Michigan can't defend it, that's the one.

1666
01:27:15,800 --> 01:27:17,360
Speaker 6: Week spot I see with Michigan.

1667
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:20,599
Speaker 5: Arizona doesn't shoot a lot of threes, as rich mentioned,

1668
01:27:21,360 --> 01:27:23,639
Speaker 5: I think they're going to have to shoot some threes though,

1669
01:27:23,720 --> 01:27:26,479
Speaker 5: because again Michigan does have a lot of bigs. And

1670
01:27:27,479 --> 01:27:30,800
Speaker 5: if Michigan does pack the paint knowing that it right.

1671
01:27:30,840 --> 01:27:32,439
Speaker 5: Because I think Dusty May is a really good coach,

1672
01:27:32,439 --> 01:27:34,479
Speaker 5: I think we all can agree on that. So he

1673
01:27:34,640 --> 01:27:37,000
Speaker 5: knows that Arizona's really good in the paint and that's

1674
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:38,720
Speaker 5: what they do. They go inside. So what do you

1675
01:27:38,760 --> 01:27:40,639
Speaker 5: think Dusty May is gonna try to take away He's

1676
01:27:40,640 --> 01:27:42,760
Speaker 5: gonna probably try to take away the paint and force

1677
01:27:42,840 --> 01:27:44,000
Speaker 5: Arizona to shoot threes.

1678
01:27:44,320 --> 01:27:46,479
Speaker 6: So that's what I would do if I was Dusty May.

1679
01:27:46,560 --> 01:27:48,479
Speaker 5: So if that's the case, then Arizona's gonna probably have

1680
01:27:48,479 --> 01:27:50,080
Speaker 5: to make some threes in this game to win. That's

1681
01:27:50,120 --> 01:27:53,600
Speaker 5: why I'm leaning under Brian. But I'm not ready to

1682
01:27:53,640 --> 01:27:55,559
Speaker 5: fire right now because what a chain is just tell

1683
01:27:55,600 --> 01:27:57,439
Speaker 5: us a lot of people are betting over, which means

1684
01:27:57,439 --> 01:27:59,880
Speaker 5: the total might go up before game time. And that

1685
01:28:00,120 --> 01:28:03,080
Speaker 5: means especially considering it's the second game, so I think

1686
01:28:03,120 --> 01:28:05,080
Speaker 5: we might get a better number closer to tip on

1687
01:28:05,160 --> 01:28:08,760
Speaker 5: an under. But that's my initial vibe on the game

1688
01:28:08,800 --> 01:28:10,439
Speaker 5: is Dusty May is gonna take away the paint and

1689
01:28:10,479 --> 01:28:12,800
Speaker 5: force Arizona to shoot threes. Whether or not those threes

1690
01:28:12,800 --> 01:28:16,240
Speaker 5: go in will determine how the game pace wise is played.

1691
01:28:16,880 --> 01:28:19,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's the old brave heart with betting unders, right,

1692
01:28:19,680 --> 01:28:23,959
Speaker 2: just hold hold wait up until game time, man, especially

1693
01:28:24,080 --> 01:28:26,400
Speaker 2: depending on how the first game goes, right, that can

1694
01:28:26,439 --> 01:28:29,719
Speaker 2: influence betters and like, hey, man, Yukun's making shots, let's

1695
01:28:29,760 --> 01:28:32,240
Speaker 2: bet the over in the next game. So yeah, you're

1696
01:28:32,240 --> 01:28:35,599
Speaker 2: smart to wait. I got a question for you guys.

1697
01:28:35,640 --> 01:28:39,320
Speaker 2: I've got comments, but I've got a question. How many

1698
01:28:39,880 --> 01:28:44,160
Speaker 2: three point makes for Michigan would make you feel very

1699
01:28:44,200 --> 01:28:46,960
Speaker 2: comfortable about their chances of winning the game, Like, for instance,

1700
01:28:47,439 --> 01:28:51,320
Speaker 2: they were ten of twenty seven from distance against Tennessee

1701
01:28:51,520 --> 01:28:53,880
Speaker 2: in their last game they blew the doors off of them.

1702
01:28:54,200 --> 01:28:57,360
Speaker 2: But what would be the number like ten, eleven, twelve?

1703
01:28:57,640 --> 01:29:00,360
Speaker 2: What would make you very confident that Michigan is winning

1704
01:29:00,400 --> 01:29:02,240
Speaker 2: this game based on how many threes they make?

1705
01:29:02,400 --> 01:29:05,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, without knowing the number off the top of my

1706
01:29:05,439 --> 01:29:07,080
Speaker 3: head or having it in front of me, like you

1707
01:29:07,240 --> 01:29:11,519
Speaker 3: just mentioned between Michigan and Tennessee, Brian, my number was

1708
01:29:11,560 --> 01:29:16,400
Speaker 3: already at ten, and I could argue maybe maybe that

1709
01:29:16,800 --> 01:29:20,320
Speaker 3: number needs to be slightly higher depending on the way

1710
01:29:20,960 --> 01:29:24,519
Speaker 3: it's looking in the paint. Both of these teams are

1711
01:29:24,560 --> 01:29:28,640
Speaker 3: gonna employ a similar strategy defensively. I mean, if I

1712
01:29:28,680 --> 01:29:34,639
Speaker 3: were Michigan or Arizona, my credo or mentality going into

1713
01:29:34,720 --> 01:29:38,720
Speaker 3: this game was, you're going to have to earn every

1714
01:29:38,760 --> 01:29:41,719
Speaker 3: single point when you step inside the three point line.

1715
01:29:41,920 --> 01:29:44,960
Speaker 3: Like I'm there aren't gonna be very many gimmes from

1716
01:29:45,080 --> 01:29:47,280
Speaker 3: three point land, but you know, if you're looking for

1717
01:29:47,360 --> 01:29:49,439
Speaker 3: one that's where you're gonna find it, because it will

1718
01:29:49,560 --> 01:29:52,320
Speaker 3: not be anywhere near the hoop. And and there was

1719
01:29:52,400 --> 01:29:56,160
Speaker 3: this piece written on this final four, you know, talking

1720
01:29:56,200 --> 01:29:59,680
Speaker 3: about all these teams are many Illinois, Yukon, Michigan, Arizona,

1721
01:30:00,080 --> 01:30:02,800
Speaker 3: and the length that these teams have. This is one

1722
01:30:02,800 --> 01:30:08,479
Speaker 3: of the largest, tallest, longest groups of basketball players to

1723
01:30:08,520 --> 01:30:12,160
Speaker 3: ever contend for the four remaining spots. To whittle it

1724
01:30:12,200 --> 01:30:15,320
Speaker 3: down to a national champion in the history of the game.

1725
01:30:15,600 --> 01:30:19,400
Speaker 3: You have rim protectors, you have talented scorers, you have

1726
01:30:19,479 --> 01:30:22,800
Speaker 3: guys who are going to make it hard all night

1727
01:30:22,840 --> 01:30:26,799
Speaker 3: on you. If the mission is to shut down the paint,

1728
01:30:26,960 --> 01:30:30,880
Speaker 3: it is going to be a difficult night. So yeah,

1729
01:30:30,920 --> 01:30:33,160
Speaker 3: having said all of that, you know, and painting the

1730
01:30:33,200 --> 01:30:34,800
Speaker 3: picture the way I think this game is going to

1731
01:30:34,840 --> 01:30:38,439
Speaker 3: be like Arizona trying to ugly up the game, Michigan

1732
01:30:38,560 --> 01:30:42,240
Speaker 3: trying to shut down the paint. I think ten to

1733
01:30:42,320 --> 01:30:45,560
Speaker 3: eleven three pointers is probably what the Wolverines need to

1734
01:30:45,640 --> 01:30:46,439
Speaker 3: hit well.

1735
01:30:46,439 --> 01:30:48,320
Speaker 5: If you go back and look at again the three losses.

1736
01:30:48,320 --> 01:30:50,599
Speaker 5: And I always like to analyze losses more than wins

1737
01:30:50,880 --> 01:30:52,639
Speaker 5: because when you especially a team that.

1738
01:30:52,560 --> 01:30:54,200
Speaker 6: Doesn't look that doesn't lose often.

1739
01:30:54,400 --> 01:30:56,839
Speaker 5: Yeah, and then you analyze the losses and you're like, Okay,

1740
01:30:56,880 --> 01:30:58,439
Speaker 5: why did they lose if you're.

1741
01:30:58,280 --> 01:31:03,959
Speaker 6: Analyzing the win mm hmm, well.

1742
01:31:08,040 --> 01:31:12,679
Speaker 5: Yeah, freason those games, So that that's kind of the number. Brian,

1743
01:31:12,840 --> 01:31:16,520
Speaker 5: I'd say under eight and a half threes, you lean Arizona.

1744
01:31:16,640 --> 01:31:19,439
Speaker 5: If Michigan is unable to crack nine, ten, for sure,

1745
01:31:19,920 --> 01:31:22,240
Speaker 5: I think ten are over and then Michigan's probably gonna win.

1746
01:31:22,600 --> 01:31:25,000
Speaker 5: If if it stays in single digits, I think Arizona's

1747
01:31:25,000 --> 01:31:27,400
Speaker 5: probably gonna win. And I know that sounds super rudimentary, like, oh,

1748
01:31:27,439 --> 01:31:29,360
Speaker 5: if well they make their threes, they're gonna win. Like, yeah,

1749
01:31:29,479 --> 01:31:32,320
Speaker 5: that's that's kind of the game, guys.

1750
01:31:32,120 --> 01:31:34,679
Speaker 6: It's very similar to turnovers in the NFL.

1751
01:31:35,040 --> 01:31:37,559
Speaker 5: If you win the turnover battle, you're probably gonna win

1752
01:31:37,600 --> 01:31:39,840
Speaker 5: the football game, even if you get out gained. So

1753
01:31:40,160 --> 01:31:43,400
Speaker 5: if you make threes in college basketball, because of how

1754
01:31:43,520 --> 01:31:47,599
Speaker 5: more impactful they are against the number, you are probably

1755
01:31:47,640 --> 01:31:49,840
Speaker 5: going to win. That's just the way that it works.

1756
01:31:49,880 --> 01:31:52,880
Speaker 5: That's why what Illinois did in their last game is

1757
01:31:52,920 --> 01:31:57,200
Speaker 5: so damn impressive because they were able to win despite.

1758
01:31:56,920 --> 01:32:00,320
Speaker 6: Not making a lot of threes. And we'll see how

1759
01:32:00,360 --> 01:32:01,479
Speaker 6: that bodes well for this game.

1760
01:32:01,520 --> 01:32:03,040
Speaker 5: And I know we're not talking about the Illinois game

1761
01:32:03,080 --> 01:32:05,080
Speaker 5: right now, but it's kind of bringing it back to

1762
01:32:05,080 --> 01:32:07,920
Speaker 5: Brian's original question about the three point line and just

1763
01:32:07,960 --> 01:32:11,040
Speaker 5: how important the three point line is in determining the game.

1764
01:32:11,120 --> 01:32:14,320
Speaker 5: I mean, Illinois got absolutely destroyed on the three point

1765
01:32:14,360 --> 01:32:18,639
Speaker 5: line against Iowa eleven to three. I mean that's eight

1766
01:32:18,840 --> 01:32:21,640
Speaker 5: more May threes in the game for Iowa. That is

1767
01:32:21,680 --> 01:32:24,160
Speaker 5: a I'm no math major, but eight times three that's

1768
01:32:24,200 --> 01:32:26,760
Speaker 5: a twenty four point margin on the three point line.

1769
01:32:27,160 --> 01:32:29,360
Speaker 5: And Illinois still not only won the game, but they

1770
01:32:29,400 --> 01:32:32,840
Speaker 5: covered a seven and a half point spread. So that's

1771
01:32:32,880 --> 01:32:35,719
Speaker 5: how important the three point line is, or maybe isn't,

1772
01:32:35,760 --> 01:32:38,800
Speaker 5: I guess in a certain game, but I do think

1773
01:32:39,479 --> 01:32:41,240
Speaker 5: nine and a half is where I set the number.

1774
01:32:41,280 --> 01:32:42,840
Speaker 5: If it goes over nine and a half May threes

1775
01:32:42,880 --> 01:32:44,880
Speaker 5: from Michigan, I think the Wolverines are gonna fel pretty

1776
01:32:44,880 --> 01:32:45,880
Speaker 5: good about winning this one.

1777
01:32:46,280 --> 01:32:49,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's just I love this matchup so much because

1778
01:32:49,040 --> 01:32:51,800
Speaker 2: there are so many things to think about. I want

1779
01:32:51,800 --> 01:32:54,479
Speaker 2: to see how the battle of the backcourt plays out,

1780
01:32:54,760 --> 01:32:58,240
Speaker 2: because Bury's and Bradley have been sensational and you look

1781
01:32:58,240 --> 01:33:00,840
Speaker 2: at Elliott Cado, it sounds like an April Day joke,

1782
01:33:00,880 --> 01:33:04,360
Speaker 2: but he was hospitalized on April first. He suffered an

1783
01:33:04,400 --> 01:33:09,080
Speaker 2: allergic reaction to Cashews. Yeah right, So like he's doing fine,

1784
01:33:09,120 --> 01:33:11,960
Speaker 2: rejoined the team and everything, But how will this Cado

1785
01:33:12,080 --> 01:33:15,960
Speaker 2: play and Linda Borg? He plays like a perimeter guy, right,

1786
01:33:16,160 --> 01:33:20,280
Speaker 2: he plays more like a guard offensively, and he's been

1787
01:33:20,479 --> 01:33:24,240
Speaker 2: sensational in the tournament and the whole season. He's been

1788
01:33:24,360 --> 01:33:26,960
Speaker 2: one of their main guys. He's been off, he's been

1789
01:33:27,000 --> 01:33:30,800
Speaker 2: awesome offensively, and so you definitely, I think you're gonna

1790
01:33:30,800 --> 01:33:32,479
Speaker 2: see a little bit more car chank Off on him

1791
01:33:32,560 --> 01:33:35,679
Speaker 2: co Opete. This is a bad, bad matchup for Arizona.

1792
01:33:35,680 --> 01:33:37,559
Speaker 2: If you're like, yeah, let's put Coopede on there. It's

1793
01:33:37,600 --> 01:33:39,639
Speaker 2: like CoA doesn't like to go out to the three

1794
01:33:39,680 --> 01:33:42,200
Speaker 2: point line and play defense. It's like, well that's a

1795
01:33:42,240 --> 01:33:44,840
Speaker 2: problem because Linda Borg will let him fly over this.

1796
01:33:45,040 --> 01:33:46,519
Speaker 2: I think you're gonna see a little bit more kar

1797
01:33:46,640 --> 01:33:49,760
Speaker 2: Chenkoff on Lndeborg. But that's one of the matchups to

1798
01:33:50,280 --> 01:33:53,800
Speaker 2: look at and Arizona what they do best. Look at

1799
01:33:53,800 --> 01:33:57,600
Speaker 2: what they did last game against Purdue, sixty points inside

1800
01:33:57,600 --> 01:34:00,400
Speaker 2: the paint and at the free throw line. That's not

1801
01:34:00,439 --> 01:34:02,840
Speaker 2: going to happen against Michigan. They'd have to get to

1802
01:34:02,840 --> 01:34:05,760
Speaker 2: the free throw line at will because they're not going

1803
01:34:05,840 --> 01:34:10,120
Speaker 2: to score that much in the paint against Michigan with

1804
01:34:10,160 --> 01:34:13,000
Speaker 2: all those trees down there, No way. So I really

1805
01:34:13,080 --> 01:34:16,040
Speaker 2: want to see who the whistle favors. If this is

1806
01:34:16,080 --> 01:34:20,479
Speaker 2: a closely officiated game, little contact, that's a file. If

1807
01:34:20,479 --> 01:34:23,160
Speaker 2: you could get Michigan's bigs in foul trouble, that is

1808
01:34:23,200 --> 01:34:25,720
Speaker 2: a huge, huge deal in this game. That's the main

1809
01:34:25,760 --> 01:34:28,479
Speaker 2: thing I'm looking for is who does the whistle benefit

1810
01:34:28,520 --> 01:34:29,040
Speaker 2: in this one?

1811
01:34:29,560 --> 01:34:32,479
Speaker 4: That is such an interesting story.

1812
01:34:32,560 --> 01:34:35,920
Speaker 3: By the way, about the allergic reaction to the cashews,

1813
01:34:36,000 --> 01:34:40,640
Speaker 3: and keep your eye on the first half, because I

1814
01:34:41,160 --> 01:34:45,040
Speaker 3: don't have much what do you call it experience. I'm

1815
01:34:45,120 --> 01:34:49,000
Speaker 3: allergic to nothing that I'm aware of. I've never had anything,

1816
01:34:50,120 --> 01:34:55,320
Speaker 3: you know, like anything anything that would even come near

1817
01:34:55,560 --> 01:34:57,439
Speaker 3: an anaphyleaxis reaction.

1818
01:34:57,560 --> 01:34:58,200
Speaker 4: But I've had.

1819
01:34:58,080 --> 01:35:01,679
Speaker 3: Family members who are, you know, fa allergic to nuts

1820
01:35:01,800 --> 01:35:05,360
Speaker 3: or shellfish. And one of the things I can tell

1821
01:35:05,400 --> 01:35:08,040
Speaker 3: you is there are lingering effects. You know, there are

1822
01:35:08,080 --> 01:35:12,160
Speaker 3: times where because of the the inflammatory response from something

1823
01:35:12,240 --> 01:35:14,920
Speaker 3: like that, it can take days or weeks to feel

1824
01:35:14,920 --> 01:35:17,200
Speaker 3: like one hundred percent normal after an event like that,

1825
01:35:17,320 --> 01:35:20,360
Speaker 3: especially if you're you know, an athlete who is now

1826
01:35:20,400 --> 01:35:23,240
Speaker 3: going to be relying on their body and a lot

1827
01:35:23,280 --> 01:35:26,080
Speaker 3: of the drugs that they give you to combat these

1828
01:35:26,439 --> 01:35:30,480
Speaker 3: you know, the the histamine blocker blocker drugs to combat

1829
01:35:30,600 --> 01:35:34,800
Speaker 3: these these overreactions of your immune system. You know, they're

1830
01:35:34,840 --> 01:35:39,280
Speaker 3: they're they're drowsy inducing, you know, So there's that side

1831
01:35:39,320 --> 01:35:44,160
Speaker 3: of effect as well. Look the the gameplay itself, though,

1832
01:35:44,479 --> 01:35:47,000
Speaker 3: if we sort of distill it down to what Michigan

1833
01:35:47,120 --> 01:35:50,639
Speaker 3: does well and what Arizona does well, Michigan has pretty

1834
01:35:50,680 --> 01:35:56,840
Speaker 3: much been, you know, a ruthless competitor all tournament long. Arizona,

1835
01:35:57,000 --> 01:36:00,240
Speaker 3: especially in that comeback win over Purdue, has sort of shown,

1836
01:36:00,800 --> 01:36:03,599
Speaker 3: you know, through this long winning streak that they've piled

1837
01:36:03,680 --> 01:36:05,880
Speaker 3: up now through the end of their regular season into

1838
01:36:05,920 --> 01:36:09,000
Speaker 3: the tournament, there's a variety of ways they can win.

1839
01:36:10,400 --> 01:36:15,559
Speaker 3: But Michigan shooting fifty one percent from the field and

1840
01:36:15,800 --> 01:36:21,040
Speaker 3: Arizona holding opponents to thirty nine percent on the year,

1841
01:36:21,840 --> 01:36:27,400
Speaker 3: that's the matchup. That's the matchup. It's Arizona's defensive discipline

1842
01:36:27,400 --> 01:36:32,799
Speaker 3: and rim pressure against Michigan's shot creation and offensive rhythm.

1843
01:36:33,360 --> 01:36:37,280
Speaker 3: If Arizona finds a way to shut down easy touches

1844
01:36:37,800 --> 01:36:42,200
Speaker 3: from two and finds ways to not make every kickout

1845
01:36:42,640 --> 01:36:45,920
Speaker 3: three pointer or a gimme. It's gonna be a much

1846
01:36:46,040 --> 01:36:52,400
Speaker 3: harder game for Michigan than they're anticipating. They Arizona must

1847
01:36:52,479 --> 01:36:55,680
Speaker 3: and they're both very talented, and you could argue are

1848
01:36:55,840 --> 01:37:01,439
Speaker 3: equally talented, but Arizona must drag mission Michigan into an

1849
01:37:01,520 --> 01:37:06,240
Speaker 3: Arizona game in order for Arizona win there. I feel

1850
01:37:06,240 --> 01:37:09,080
Speaker 3: like the onus is on the Wildcats to make to

1851
01:37:09,560 --> 01:37:11,360
Speaker 3: muddy up the script a little bit here.

1852
01:37:13,400 --> 01:37:14,800
Speaker 6: Yeah, styles definitely make fights.

1853
01:37:14,840 --> 01:37:18,000
Speaker 5: I remember when I was watching the Michigan Alabama game,

1854
01:37:18,640 --> 01:37:20,960
Speaker 5: and I remember watching Mara the big Man, the seven

1855
01:37:20,960 --> 01:37:24,240
Speaker 5: foot floor, seven foot three behemoth, run up and down

1856
01:37:24,280 --> 01:37:25,760
Speaker 5: the floor with Alabama in that game.

1857
01:37:25,800 --> 01:37:28,000
Speaker 6: He did not look comfortable in that style in that

1858
01:37:28,080 --> 01:37:28,800
Speaker 6: pace of game.

1859
01:37:29,560 --> 01:37:33,760
Speaker 5: So if Arizona does want to take Michigan out of

1860
01:37:33,800 --> 01:37:38,360
Speaker 5: their big style, I would say that the tempo will

1861
01:37:38,360 --> 01:37:42,479
Speaker 5: be interesting here. Michigan does like the run, they play fast,

1862
01:37:42,600 --> 01:37:45,000
Speaker 5: they can shoot the three, all of those good things,

1863
01:37:45,360 --> 01:37:48,240
Speaker 5: but I don't think defensively.

1864
01:37:47,640 --> 01:37:49,200
Speaker 6: They like to be in that style.

1865
01:37:49,240 --> 01:37:51,760
Speaker 5: When Marazon the floor and he looked again, very uncomfortable

1866
01:37:51,800 --> 01:37:53,719
Speaker 5: when Alabama was running up and down the floor shoot

1867
01:37:53,720 --> 01:37:54,320
Speaker 5: a bunch of threes.

1868
01:37:54,320 --> 01:37:55,640
Speaker 6: That was a very perimeter.

1869
01:37:55,360 --> 01:37:59,840
Speaker 5: Game, and the threes didn't go in for Alabama. But

1870
01:38:00,720 --> 01:38:04,760
Speaker 5: if Arizona can get into that style of tempo, I

1871
01:38:04,800 --> 01:38:07,320
Speaker 5: think that would benefit them. And again you go back

1872
01:38:07,320 --> 01:38:09,360
Speaker 5: and look at their two losses this year, they all happened,

1873
01:38:09,400 --> 01:38:13,040
Speaker 5: and they both happen in a cluster. They did not

1874
01:38:13,160 --> 01:38:16,000
Speaker 5: shoot very many threes against Kansas and they lost that game,

1875
01:38:16,680 --> 01:38:18,800
Speaker 5: but they did make six of them. They shot forty percent,

1876
01:38:18,840 --> 01:38:20,519
Speaker 5: but they only attempt at fifteen and then the loss

1877
01:38:20,560 --> 01:38:23,760
Speaker 5: of Texas Tech, they only made four. So I think

1878
01:38:23,800 --> 01:38:26,240
Speaker 5: Arizona's gonna have to shoot some threes in this game.

1879
01:38:26,280 --> 01:38:27,800
Speaker 5: I think they're gonna have to run a little bit.

1880
01:38:28,080 --> 01:38:30,120
Speaker 5: I think they're gonna have to bring Mara and Johnson

1881
01:38:30,160 --> 01:38:33,200
Speaker 5: and Yaxell's comfortable playing on the perimeter, but I know

1882
01:38:33,280 --> 01:38:36,040
Speaker 5: Johnson and Mara are not. So how can you get

1883
01:38:36,040 --> 01:38:38,960
Speaker 5: those two guys away from the paint, draw them outside

1884
01:38:38,960 --> 01:38:41,760
Speaker 5: of the paint and make this a little bit more

1885
01:38:41,800 --> 01:38:44,960
Speaker 5: of a perimeter game. I think Arizona's got the better backcourt.

1886
01:38:45,000 --> 01:38:47,040
Speaker 5: I mean, Jayden Bradley's the Big twelve Player of the year.

1887
01:38:47,240 --> 01:38:48,840
Speaker 5: He is a freaking rock star. He saw the shot

1888
01:38:48,840 --> 01:38:50,519
Speaker 5: he made in the bigdolch Championship game and that dude

1889
01:38:50,560 --> 01:38:53,080
Speaker 5: is unbelievable. And Burry's the freshman is gonna have to

1890
01:38:53,160 --> 01:38:56,120
Speaker 5: be sensational today. He's their best three point shooter Bradley.

1891
01:38:56,160 --> 01:38:58,400
Speaker 5: Both of those guys can shoot the three effectively. We

1892
01:38:58,439 --> 01:39:02,160
Speaker 5: talk about Arizona not choosing to shoot the three, right

1893
01:39:02,240 --> 01:39:04,880
Speaker 5: We look at the style components on Ken Palm's chart

1894
01:39:05,320 --> 01:39:07,680
Speaker 5: three hundred and sixty five teams in college basketball.

1895
01:39:07,760 --> 01:39:10,240
Speaker 6: Arizona's ranked three to sixty three, and three.

1896
01:39:10,040 --> 01:39:14,240
Speaker 5: Point attempts into overall field goal attempts, only twenty six

1897
01:39:14,280 --> 01:39:17,160
Speaker 5: percent of their attempts from the floor are from three,

1898
01:39:17,960 --> 01:39:20,519
Speaker 5: So that's a good metric to look at. Let's say

1899
01:39:20,560 --> 01:39:23,160
Speaker 5: Arizona shoots fifty field goals in this game, if they

1900
01:39:23,200 --> 01:39:26,240
Speaker 5: shoot more than twenty six percent of them from three,

1901
01:39:26,960 --> 01:39:29,200
Speaker 5: I think that favors Arizona in my opinion.

1902
01:39:29,640 --> 01:39:30,000
Speaker 6: I do.

1903
01:39:30,160 --> 01:39:34,040
Speaker 5: I think if Arizona wants to play against the grain here,

1904
01:39:35,280 --> 01:39:38,040
Speaker 5: I'm assuming that Dusty May is going to pack the

1905
01:39:38,080 --> 01:39:42,000
Speaker 5: paint and force Arizona to be a perimeter team. If

1906
01:39:42,000 --> 01:39:44,120
Speaker 5: they make those threes, and if they take those threes,

1907
01:39:44,160 --> 01:39:47,360
Speaker 5: and if they're willing to buck their trend of not

1908
01:39:47,520 --> 01:39:51,479
Speaker 5: wanting to shoot inside, I think that favors Arizona. Now,

1909
01:39:51,520 --> 01:39:52,920
Speaker 5: I don't know if the shots are going to go in.

1910
01:39:53,520 --> 01:39:55,240
Speaker 5: If I knew that, I'd be living on a desert

1911
01:39:55,280 --> 01:40:00,000
Speaker 5: island somewhere. But if I'm Arizona, I would be very

1912
01:40:00,200 --> 01:40:02,320
Speaker 5: willing to take those threes because I think they're gonna

1913
01:40:02,320 --> 01:40:04,080
Speaker 5: be open threes. I think you're gonna have a chance

1914
01:40:04,080 --> 01:40:06,599
Speaker 5: to hit some open shots tonight. I just I don't

1915
01:40:06,640 --> 01:40:07,640
Speaker 5: know they're gonna go in.

1916
01:40:08,200 --> 01:40:11,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a great breakdown, all right. We've got Rich Orenberger,

1917
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Speaker 4: All the drought cheering Nouse Cooper brings it up.

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Speaker 13: We should be feeding Windell shouts up. Come on, Cooper

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Speaker 13: Flagg has got himself for career high and he's got

1927
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Speaker 13: a fifty fiece. They'll try to make it fifty one

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Speaker 13: at the free throw line, and this crowd is appreciating

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Speaker 13: every minute as well they should.

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Speaker 2: There you go, compliments of KFAA TV as Cooper Flagg.

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Speaker 2: He did make the free throw. He has fifty one points.

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Speaker 2: Kind of like MAVs basketball in twenty five twenty six, right,

1933
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Speaker 2: MAVs lose by eleven, but hey, Cooper Flag had a night. Right,

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Speaker 2: That's kind of how it goes goes down for Dallas

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Speaker 2: in this season. So there you go. But good stuff

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Speaker 2: from Cooper Flagg. Career high. Very nice, all right? Coming

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Speaker 2: up next, There's one thing about March Madness that I

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1958
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Speaker 2: of things. One thing I think is really cool, another

1959
01:42:32,680 --> 01:42:35,400
Speaker 2: thing I think is not cool at all. Tonight, how

1960
01:42:35,400 --> 01:42:38,360
Speaker 2: about this the Alt cast. We got the Fab five

1961
01:42:39,120 --> 01:42:42,160
Speaker 2: calling the Michigan game. So we've got Chris Weber, Jalen Rose,

1962
01:42:42,240 --> 01:42:47,280
Speaker 2: Juwan Howard Jimmy King, Ray Jackson, the Fabulous Five Freshmen.

1963
01:42:47,520 --> 01:42:50,040
Speaker 2: They'll be on True TV. I think it's cool. Man,

1964
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Speaker 2: if you're a Michigan fan, why wouldn't you check that

1965
01:42:52,640 --> 01:42:54,880
Speaker 2: out at least some of it, see what they have

1966
01:42:55,000 --> 01:42:57,680
Speaker 2: to say, just get a little nostalgia going on. I

1967
01:42:57,680 --> 01:43:00,160
Speaker 2: think that's a really cool thing. You know, you you

1968
01:43:00,200 --> 01:43:02,240
Speaker 2: blend the past with the present, right, I like the

1969
01:43:02,280 --> 01:43:04,400
Speaker 2: fab five aultcast. I think that's a cool thing.

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Speaker 4: I agree.

1971
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Speaker 3: I think that as opposed to changing up traditions and

1972
01:43:10,600 --> 01:43:16,600
Speaker 3: making everybody feel uncomfortable with, you know, a main broadcast

1973
01:43:16,720 --> 01:43:22,559
Speaker 3: replacement super serving a more niche audience with arguably one

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Speaker 3: of the most culturally relevant moments college basketball has ever

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Speaker 3: had or has gotten to enjoy.

1976
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Speaker 4: Is a good idea.

1977
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Speaker 3: You know, I don't know how popular the alternate broadcast

1978
01:43:36,040 --> 01:43:39,360
Speaker 3: will be overall. I do know that there will be

1979
01:43:39,600 --> 01:43:46,400
Speaker 3: a pocket of extraordinarily interested viewers. And I also know

1980
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Speaker 3: that from a social media standpoint, there's undoubtedly when you

1981
01:43:51,600 --> 01:43:53,960
Speaker 3: get you know, all those voices back in the room

1982
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Speaker 3: for maybe only less than a handful of meetings, as

1983
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Speaker 3: they were sort of astrained from estranged from each other

1984
01:44:01,320 --> 01:44:04,360
Speaker 3: for years following their final game played together at the

1985
01:44:04,360 --> 01:44:08,439
Speaker 3: collegiate level. You have to imagine there's going to be

1986
01:44:08,439 --> 01:44:11,720
Speaker 3: at least one or two viral moments from this broadcast,

1987
01:44:12,040 --> 01:44:14,120
Speaker 3: you know, where a story gets told that has never

1988
01:44:14,160 --> 01:44:19,880
Speaker 3: been heard, or a new perspective emerges about you know,

1989
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Speaker 3: life during that time as a member of that group

1990
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Speaker 3: and that special team. Yeah, I mean, just to put

1991
01:44:27,320 --> 01:44:31,120
Speaker 3: it in plain words, this is really cool. They should

1992
01:44:31,479 --> 01:44:33,960
Speaker 3: Television network should do more of these type of things.

1993
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Speaker 5: I think the all casts are the future of sports broadcasting.

1994
01:44:38,320 --> 01:44:41,240
Speaker 5: We see them at the high profile games often. I

1995
01:44:41,280 --> 01:44:44,080
Speaker 5: think they are a great way for niche audiences to

1996
01:44:44,240 --> 01:44:47,800
Speaker 5: better connect with their specific niches. Like if remember in

1997
01:44:47,800 --> 01:44:49,680
Speaker 5: the National Championship game, I think they had one that

1998
01:44:49,840 --> 01:44:52,639
Speaker 5: was for you know, the album or the Indiana side

1999
01:44:52,640 --> 01:44:54,920
Speaker 5: and the Miami side like and it's very it's very

2000
01:44:55,080 --> 01:44:59,120
Speaker 5: tailored specifically for your niche because I think what a

2001
01:44:59,160 --> 01:45:01,240
Speaker 5: lot of people don't like. And this isn't a knock

2002
01:45:01,280 --> 01:45:03,559
Speaker 5: on the national broadcast. I think they serve their purpose

2003
01:45:03,720 --> 01:45:06,800
Speaker 5: as well. But the national broadcasts are very macro. If

2004
01:45:07,400 --> 01:45:10,280
Speaker 5: you're an Indiana fan tuning in for the National Championship game,

2005
01:45:10,680 --> 01:45:12,760
Speaker 5: you are interested to hear Indiana storylines.

2006
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Speaker 6: That is what you that's what you're interested in. So

2007
01:45:15,640 --> 01:45:17,839
Speaker 6: to get that perspective I think is unique.

2008
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Speaker 5: We've seen McAfee do his alt cast on the field,

2009
01:45:20,320 --> 01:45:22,680
Speaker 5: like that's like the super fan vibe, Like this is

2010
01:45:22,800 --> 01:45:25,479
Speaker 5: kind of the super fan from Michigan vibe. We've seen

2011
01:45:25,560 --> 01:45:28,280
Speaker 5: betting all casts become very popular. I would love it

2012
01:45:28,320 --> 01:45:31,040
Speaker 5: if we hosted a betting all cast for a major

2013
01:45:31,080 --> 01:45:33,840
Speaker 5: game at some point. Like, I just think they are

2014
01:45:33,920 --> 01:45:36,479
Speaker 5: very because we have the second screen experience now, which

2015
01:45:36,479 --> 01:45:39,000
Speaker 5: has become very popular in sports, and I think that

2016
01:45:39,080 --> 01:45:42,000
Speaker 5: has opened the door for these alternate broadcasts to.

2017
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Speaker 6: Become very popular.

2018
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Speaker 5: And I don't think they're going to slow down in

2019
01:45:44,080 --> 01:45:47,040
Speaker 5: popularity because let's be honest, every single game has some

2020
01:45:47,680 --> 01:45:50,800
Speaker 5: alternate narrative where you could gather a group of very

2021
01:45:50,880 --> 01:45:53,680
Speaker 5: hyper specific people for that niche and put on a

2022
01:45:53,680 --> 01:45:57,080
Speaker 5: pretty damn good broadcast where most people aren't as interested

2023
01:45:57,160 --> 01:45:59,719
Speaker 5: in the play by play and they're not as interested

2024
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Speaker 5: in that commentary. They want to hear from their people

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Speaker 5: about the game, and they want to live and die

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Speaker 5: with their people.

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Speaker 6: This is one of the reasons why barstools become so popular.

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Speaker 5: I mean, they just put a camera in their living

2029
01:46:09,800 --> 01:46:12,000
Speaker 5: room and just record themselves watching the games.

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Speaker 6: And it's become very very popular.

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Speaker 5: So I think these are not going away, and we'll

2032
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Speaker 5: continue to add on layers of them as we move forward.

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Speaker 2: I do love the idea of alt casts featuring us.

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01:46:22,280 --> 01:46:26,040
Speaker 2: That's a great listen. Oh yeah, because it's so different

2035
01:46:26,120 --> 01:46:29,120
Speaker 2: than you know, you can picture the traditional like wem

2036
01:46:29,120 --> 01:46:32,519
Speaker 2: bin Yama, He's on fire, and our alt cast is

2037
01:46:32,560 --> 01:46:36,920
Speaker 2: like Fadom, Now, Fadom, time to fad the progression of

2038
01:46:36,960 --> 01:46:40,519
Speaker 2: the man, Like, yeah, that is so funny. Yeah. The

2039
01:46:40,600 --> 01:46:42,439
Speaker 2: other thing that I don't think is cool at all.

2040
01:46:43,600 --> 01:46:46,719
Speaker 2: Looks like the Big Dance will be expanding to seventy

2041
01:46:46,840 --> 01:46:49,960
Speaker 2: six teams. Looks like that is going to be a

2042
01:46:50,000 --> 01:46:52,960
Speaker 2: thing any day now. It looks to be official. I

2043
01:46:53,000 --> 01:46:55,439
Speaker 2: don't know if this is going into effect next season.

2044
01:46:55,800 --> 01:46:59,040
Speaker 2: Very well could, but we're looking at seventy six teams now.

2045
01:46:59,640 --> 01:47:01,840
Speaker 2: The one thing is you're gonna get a bunch more

2046
01:47:02,240 --> 01:47:05,960
Speaker 2: first four games like those Tuesday Wednesday, the beginning of

2047
01:47:05,960 --> 01:47:09,360
Speaker 2: the tournament, probably gonna have six games total, I guess

2048
01:47:09,400 --> 01:47:12,240
Speaker 2: it would be so probably gonna have three on each day.

2049
01:47:12,439 --> 01:47:14,240
Speaker 2: I don't know what they're gonna do. They're gonna stagger

2050
01:47:14,280 --> 01:47:17,000
Speaker 2: all these games, and you're gonna have a lot more

2051
01:47:17,080 --> 01:47:20,519
Speaker 2: games to begin the tournament. The problem, though, is you're

2052
01:47:20,520 --> 01:47:23,640
Speaker 2: gonna have a lot more teams sneak in to the

2053
01:47:23,680 --> 01:47:26,720
Speaker 2: field that wouldn't be there, and you're gonna have some

2054
01:47:26,800 --> 01:47:30,040
Speaker 2: of these teams that didn't make the tournament this season. Well,

2055
01:47:30,040 --> 01:47:32,479
Speaker 2: they're gonna win their first game and then they're gonna

2056
01:47:32,520 --> 01:47:35,200
Speaker 2: be playing in the first round and you're gonna have

2057
01:47:35,320 --> 01:47:39,040
Speaker 2: lesser matchups, a better opportunity for blowouts or dog games.

2058
01:47:39,320 --> 01:47:40,960
Speaker 2: I don't like this at all. It's fine the way

2059
01:47:41,000 --> 01:47:41,280
Speaker 2: it is.

2060
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Speaker 6: I know, you.

2061
01:47:42,439 --> 01:47:44,680
Speaker 2: Gotta make more money. We gotta make more. We're not

2062
01:47:44,720 --> 01:47:46,960
Speaker 2: making enough money. We gotta make more money. It's like, dude,

2063
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Speaker 2: the tournament is fine the way it is. Don't screw

2064
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Speaker 2: with it. And they're screwing with it.

2065
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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: The most important nuance to all this is the NCAA

2067
01:47:54,920 --> 01:47:58,960
Speaker 3: keeps insisting that thirty two automatic bids are safe. So

2068
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Speaker 3: the real battle is just about more at large access

2069
01:48:02,160 --> 01:48:06,920
Speaker 3: for power conferences, so they have less of these arguments about.

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01:48:06,600 --> 01:48:10,360
Speaker 4: How, hey, you know a.

2071
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Speaker 3: League champion, why is in but nine loss? You know,

2072
01:48:15,840 --> 01:48:20,439
Speaker 3: big big conference team B is out of it, and

2073
01:48:20,960 --> 01:48:25,280
Speaker 3: that seems better than the conference champion, you know, from

2074
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Speaker 3: the mid major.

2075
01:48:26,600 --> 01:48:28,960
Speaker 4: And I get it. I get that argument.

2076
01:48:29,120 --> 01:48:35,640
Speaker 3: I completely understand how you're going to have better competition

2077
01:48:36,360 --> 01:48:38,920
Speaker 3: entering the Fray on an annual basis than you do

2078
01:48:39,000 --> 01:48:41,960
Speaker 3: with the current system. Having said that, it's going back

2079
01:48:41,960 --> 01:48:43,800
Speaker 3: to what Sham has said about it. It's going back

2080
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Speaker 3: to what you were just saying about it, Brian, which is,

2081
01:48:46,560 --> 01:48:49,200
Speaker 3: if it isn't broken, I'm not sure why we're trying

2082
01:48:49,240 --> 01:48:50,960
Speaker 3: to fix it and win.

2083
01:48:51,160 --> 01:48:51,920
Speaker 6: Yeah, I hate it.

2084
01:48:52,000 --> 01:48:55,680
Speaker 5: But also the one constant in college sports is that

2085
01:48:55,720 --> 01:48:59,080
Speaker 5: everything keeps changing. So I'm gonna get mad about this

2086
01:48:59,320 --> 01:49:01,320
Speaker 5: and then in another year or two they're gonna expand

2087
01:49:01,360 --> 01:49:05,080
Speaker 5: it again, you know. So it just it just feels

2088
01:49:05,120 --> 01:49:06,880
Speaker 5: like and just if you think this is a lot

2089
01:49:06,920 --> 01:49:08,479
Speaker 5: of change, I mean, we've been doing this show now

2090
01:49:08,520 --> 01:49:10,600
Speaker 5: for four years. Think about all that's changed in the

2091
01:49:10,640 --> 01:49:12,799
Speaker 5: four years of us doing this show with college sports.

2092
01:49:12,800 --> 01:49:15,040
Speaker 5: We went from you know, a playoff of four to

2093
01:49:15,160 --> 01:49:17,920
Speaker 5: now playoff of twelve. And guess what, it ain't getting

2094
01:49:17,960 --> 01:49:20,920
Speaker 5: any smaller. Yeah, it's gonna keep getting bigger on the.

2095
01:49:20,880 --> 01:49:24,439
Speaker 6: Football side, and just wait until they limit on football.

2096
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Speaker 2: We got problems.

2097
01:49:25,600 --> 01:49:31,320
Speaker 6: Yeah, that would be wild on football. But you know

2098
01:49:31,360 --> 01:49:33,599
Speaker 6: the story in the news this week on the football side,

2099
01:49:33,800 --> 01:49:35,360
Speaker 6: I mean, listen, we got to bring it back.

2100
01:49:35,400 --> 01:49:38,040
Speaker 5: The ball at some point is the conference championship games

2101
01:49:38,040 --> 01:49:40,640
Speaker 5: and the SEC one specifically, And I've been saying on

2102
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Speaker 5: this show for years, I think conference championship games. Once

2103
01:49:42,640 --> 01:49:45,320
Speaker 5: they start expanding the playoff, conference championship games become irrelevant.

2104
01:49:45,439 --> 01:49:48,680
Speaker 5: It's just the nostalgia point and an extra game for

2105
01:49:48,720 --> 01:49:50,960
Speaker 5: TV money. But once you expand the playoff, that TV

2106
01:49:51,000 --> 01:49:54,360
Speaker 5: money won't be necessary. So conference championship games on the

2107
01:49:54,400 --> 01:49:57,720
Speaker 5: chopping block. Tournament's changing. I mean, it's the goalpost will

2108
01:49:57,720 --> 01:49:59,479
Speaker 5: continue to get moved. And then you have the executive

2109
01:49:59,520 --> 01:50:01,759
Speaker 5: order from Trump about college sports come down yesterday.

2110
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Speaker 6: That is going to be.

2111
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Speaker 5: A legal fight for years years. People are going to

2112
01:50:06,160 --> 01:50:09,760
Speaker 5: be fighting those battles and courts. So I just think

2113
01:50:09,800 --> 01:50:13,120
Speaker 5: the the culture of college sports is changing so much

2114
01:50:13,680 --> 01:50:16,120
Speaker 5: for me to just continue to be upset about these

2115
01:50:16,120 --> 01:50:18,960
Speaker 5: types of things. And it's the goalposts are going to

2116
01:50:19,080 --> 01:50:21,639
Speaker 5: keep getting moved, and it's it ain't gonna stop anytime soon.

2117
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Speaker 4: Guys.

2118
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's uh yeah, conference championship games. I just

2119
01:50:26,080 --> 01:50:28,800
Speaker 2: have you know, the Notre Dame fan comes in me.

2120
01:50:28,840 --> 01:50:31,280
Speaker 2: There was just a way to troll in defense with

2121
01:50:31,360 --> 01:50:33,920
Speaker 2: bammacating wrecked, and it's like it doesn't matter put them

2122
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Speaker 2: in anyway.

2123
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Speaker 10: No.

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Speaker 2: I I was on the edge of my seat. I

2125
01:50:37,560 --> 01:50:40,000
Speaker 2: was standing the whole game, like, come on, Georgia, just

2126
01:50:40,040 --> 01:50:42,639
Speaker 2: crush them, give Notre Dame a chance. And it happened

2127
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Speaker 2: and it still didn't matter. So I have no problems

2128
01:50:45,040 --> 01:50:48,760
Speaker 2: with those conference championship games going relevant. They are, they

2129
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Speaker 2: are with an expanded field, they just are. Okay, any

2130
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Speaker 2: last minute thoughts on the final four games, let's bring

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Speaker 2: it back to that. I thought you hit on a

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01:50:57,560 --> 01:51:01,040
Speaker 2: really good point, Jared, just in passing. When you look

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01:51:01,080 --> 01:51:04,639
Speaker 2: at a Diemarra, one of the bigs from Michigan, is he,

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01:51:05,120 --> 01:51:08,320
Speaker 2: you know, like sort of phased out lesser minutes tonight?

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Speaker 2: If Arizona is just often running running gun, let's move

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Speaker 2: move move, you know, Mara, he might not be getting

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Speaker 2: his normal minutes tonight. So I had something to keep

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Speaker 2: an eye on. Anything else that's on your watch list

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Speaker 2: over there, Rich.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean no specific player, but just you know

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01:51:24,840 --> 01:51:29,559
Speaker 3: the fact that we have two exceptional games here Michigan

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01:51:29,600 --> 01:51:33,360
Speaker 3: Arizona in lead up is going to steal a lot

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01:51:33,479 --> 01:51:37,960
Speaker 3: of the attention for obvious reason. Those two are I

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01:51:38,560 --> 01:51:41,440
Speaker 3: really do believe those two teams are head and shoulders

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01:51:42,000 --> 01:51:44,479
Speaker 3: above the rest of the field and have been basically

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Speaker 3: since tip off of this tournament. Arizona was tested a

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01:51:48,439 --> 01:51:52,840
Speaker 3: little bit more than Michigan throughout. But I do think

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01:51:52,920 --> 01:51:58,720
Speaker 3: this Yukon Illinois game is rock solid. I think this

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01:51:58,880 --> 01:52:03,520
Speaker 3: matchup is somewhat unheralded and it may end up producing

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Speaker 3: the better watch, and so I'm pretty excited for that game.

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Speaker 3: I think that the Chiefs comparison you made earlier, Brian

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01:52:16,200 --> 01:52:19,960
Speaker 3: his is apt. I think it really does work. I

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01:52:19,960 --> 01:52:24,519
Speaker 3: think Dan Hurley, even though I find him somewhat likable,

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01:52:24,640 --> 01:52:27,160
Speaker 3: like when I really like me too, Yeah yeah, when

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01:52:27,240 --> 01:52:30,479
Speaker 3: I really listen to what he says, and I've seen

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01:52:30,520 --> 01:52:35,600
Speaker 3: some now multiple long form interviews with him. He's a

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01:52:35,600 --> 01:52:39,240
Speaker 3: good coach with a good message. He clearly has won

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01:52:39,320 --> 01:52:42,080
Speaker 3: that locker room time and time again, and he gets

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01:52:42,120 --> 01:52:44,240
Speaker 3: these players fighting hard for him, and I can see

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Speaker 3: why I like him. I think he's good for the

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01:52:47,840 --> 01:52:50,880
Speaker 3: game of basketball, but he has he has become a

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01:52:50,960 --> 01:52:55,240
Speaker 3: villain because people they and this is true in every sport.

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01:52:55,320 --> 01:52:58,600
Speaker 3: People do not like dynasties. And if Yukon finds a

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Speaker 3: way to pull this off, and I don't know if

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01:53:00,600 --> 01:53:02,760
Speaker 3: they can, I don't I just don't know if they

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01:53:02,760 --> 01:53:05,400
Speaker 3: have the firepower even if they win here in the Semis,

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Speaker 3: to take take down one of these two teams on

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Speaker 3: the other side of the bracket in the final. But

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Speaker 3: you know, if they do, my goodness, you know, we're

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Speaker 3: getting the car pretty far in front of the horse.

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01:53:17,520 --> 01:53:21,160
Speaker 3: But that'll be that'll be a story we'll talk about

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01:53:21,200 --> 01:53:24,880
Speaker 3: for years to come because nobody saw it coming this year.

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Speaker 6: That would be dynastic.

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Speaker 5: If they're able to win this year with the uphill

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01:53:29,680 --> 01:53:33,280
Speaker 5: battle that they faced against Duke and the behemoths of

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01:53:33,400 --> 01:53:37,839
Speaker 5: the NFC Championship game on the other side of Arizona Michigan,

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Speaker 5: the Rams and the Seahawks. They ain't messing around up

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01:53:40,240 --> 01:53:44,160
Speaker 5: there with Arizona Michigan. I think betting strategies for the game,

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Speaker 5: Seamus hit on it in our last hour. If you

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Speaker 5: didn't join us, but I would say, if you like

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01:53:49,360 --> 01:53:52,600
Speaker 5: the Unders tonight, wait until tip off, until literally the

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01:53:52,680 --> 01:53:55,400
Speaker 5: breath before tip off, and then bet the Unders because

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01:53:55,439 --> 01:53:57,439
Speaker 5: I think you might get a little increase in the totals.

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Speaker 5: The favorites have done really well in this tournament. And

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01:54:00,640 --> 01:54:03,400
Speaker 5: if you're just betting favorites, you're you're about fifty five

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01:54:03,439 --> 01:54:05,400
Speaker 5: fifty six percent win rate and you're and you're up

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01:54:05,680 --> 01:54:08,080
Speaker 5: about eight to ten percent ROI. So if that's the

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01:54:08,120 --> 01:54:11,920
Speaker 5: case tonight, then Michigan and Illinois are the picks. And

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01:54:12,000 --> 01:54:13,920
Speaker 5: I know they they're very slight favorites, but they are favorites,

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01:54:13,960 --> 01:54:15,880
Speaker 5: So that would be my leans. I'm not going to

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01:54:15,920 --> 01:54:18,920
Speaker 5: give you the totals in rapid fire, because again we

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01:54:18,960 --> 01:54:20,800
Speaker 5: want to wait to bet the unders later, but I

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01:54:20,880 --> 01:54:22,559
Speaker 5: might give you, might give you a couple of sides,

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01:54:22,720 --> 01:54:24,519
Speaker 5: just because we got to pick the final four, right,

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Speaker 5: we got it?

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Speaker 6: All right?

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Speaker 2: You don't have to, but welcome.

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Speaker 4: Everybody says this side.

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Speaker 6: Guy the final four?

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01:54:33,800 --> 01:54:34,080
Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: Who would I be?

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Speaker 5: Would I be a good betting guy if I didn't

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01:54:36,960 --> 01:54:38,760
Speaker 5: give you two picks for the final four tonight?

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01:54:39,160 --> 01:54:39,440
Speaker 6: Well?

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Speaker 2: Would you be a good betting guy if you pick

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Speaker 2: an NBA winner but you give a Yeah, I would

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Speaker 2: be a loser, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 6: That's true.

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Speaker 5: I do have a baseball pick. I want to share

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Speaker 5: with you in that next segment. But I'll I'll play nice.

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01:54:52,360 --> 01:54:55,000
Speaker 6: I'll give you a couple sides for the F four tonight.

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Speaker 6: Like it.

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Speaker 2: By the way, can we see some threes made in

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01:54:58,800 --> 01:55:01,280
Speaker 2: the Illinois Yukon game? I know it's just the last

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01:55:01,280 --> 01:55:06,120
Speaker 2: games that each played. They combined from distance eight for

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01:55:06,120 --> 01:55:10,040
Speaker 2: forty that's twenty percent. So I hope it's better than

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Speaker 2: twenty percent combined from distance tonight. That's all I'm saying

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Speaker 2: in that game. Hey, we've got rich Orenberger, Penn State

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Speaker 2: All American, Jared Smith FSR betting analyst, I'm Brian No

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Speaker 2: So you're eligible this round, right, Final four Championship game.

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Speaker 2: Get on in there, all right? Coming up next, rapid Fire.

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Speaker 2: We'll each share a bushel of picks for you, including

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Speaker 2: ten American minutes. And before we get to the picks,

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Speaker 2: hardcore statistical analysis. I was looking at your March record,

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01:57:09,960 --> 01:57:13,480
Speaker 2: rich Props to you. What does rich O do in March?

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01:57:13,800 --> 01:57:15,920
Speaker 2: He gets out of the gate storming to a three

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Speaker 2: and oh start, unreal, Then in boom or bust fashion,

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Speaker 2: he was zero for three. Yeah, next week, but he

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Speaker 2: rallies week after that, three and oh last week, three

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Speaker 2: and oh three out of four perfect unblemished records. Huh

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01:57:29,360 --> 01:57:32,320
Speaker 2: nine and three for March. Anybody would take that props

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Speaker 2: press show. With that being said, we got some picks

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Speaker 2: to make.

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Speaker 4: Let's do it rapid fire.

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01:57:43,200 --> 01:57:44,720
Speaker 2: Okay, Jared, we start with you.

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Speaker 6: What do you like? Well, I'll start with the baseball game.

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01:57:47,120 --> 01:57:48,760
Speaker 5: I'm gonna take the Pirates on the money line against

2266
01:57:48,760 --> 01:57:52,280
Speaker 5: the Orioles Land of Dollar fifteen Shane Baz against Carmen Maldlinski.

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01:57:52,640 --> 01:57:55,440
Speaker 5: Bazz's k rate looked down in his first start, and

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01:57:55,480 --> 01:57:57,920
Speaker 5: I'm gonna ride this Connor Griffin train, nineteen year old

2269
01:57:57,960 --> 01:57:59,120
Speaker 5: rookie made his debut yesterday.

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01:57:59,200 --> 01:58:01,760
Speaker 6: Awesome story. Pirates won yesterday.

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01:58:01,760 --> 01:58:04,200
Speaker 5: I think they went again today against the O's The

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01:58:04,240 --> 01:58:06,520
Speaker 5: Big Ten hasn't won a national title since two thousand

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01:58:06,520 --> 01:58:07,440
Speaker 5: in college basketball.

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01:58:07,480 --> 01:58:09,240
Speaker 6: I think that's gonna change this year. Guys.

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01:58:09,680 --> 01:58:12,520
Speaker 5: I'll take Illinois laying a buck and a half one

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01:58:12,560 --> 01:58:15,840
Speaker 5: and a half points against Yukon later tonight. I think

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01:58:15,880 --> 01:58:17,720
Speaker 5: the fact that Yukon was the favorite in the last

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01:58:17,760 --> 01:58:20,280
Speaker 5: game and they won, and the fact that Illinois has

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01:58:20,360 --> 01:58:22,680
Speaker 5: raised their levels since, I think they're gonna win this game.

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01:58:22,960 --> 01:58:26,560
Speaker 5: And I think the mystique of Yukon dissipates tonight. And

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01:58:26,600 --> 01:58:29,320
Speaker 5: I'll take Michigan minus one and a half against Arizona.

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01:58:29,760 --> 01:58:31,840
Speaker 5: I just think this Michigan team, I think Dusty May's

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01:58:31,880 --> 01:58:33,520
Speaker 5: got the coaching edge over Tommy Lloyd.

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01:58:33,760 --> 01:58:35,320
Speaker 6: And I think this Michigan team is just.

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01:58:35,240 --> 01:58:37,760
Speaker 5: A little bit better, a little more polished in those

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01:58:37,840 --> 01:58:40,720
Speaker 5: key areas. So in all Big Ten national title between

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01:58:40,760 --> 01:58:42,920
Speaker 5: Illinois Michigan on Monday, and I think Michigan does win

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01:58:43,040 --> 01:58:44,560
Speaker 5: in that one on a Monday.

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01:58:44,240 --> 01:58:48,240
Speaker 4: All right, I'm gonna start off with Michigan as well,

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01:58:48,320 --> 01:58:51,760
Speaker 4: but not to win the game to win the race

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01:58:51,840 --> 01:58:55,160
Speaker 4: to ten. Okay, I love this bet.

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01:58:55,840 --> 01:58:59,000
Speaker 3: I heard that our boy Crack cleaned up the opening

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01:58:59,040 --> 01:59:01,920
Speaker 3: weekend of the turn and so I'm gonna try my

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01:59:02,040 --> 01:59:05,560
Speaker 3: lot here. Michigan just looks like the better first punch team.

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01:59:05,760 --> 01:59:09,960
Speaker 3: Wolverine score eighty seven point seven points per game, and

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01:59:11,360 --> 01:59:13,920
Speaker 3: this is that type of offense that can jump out

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01:59:13,920 --> 01:59:17,000
Speaker 3: to an early lead. All right, Yankees Marlins, shifting to

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01:59:17,120 --> 01:59:21,160
Speaker 3: Major League Baseball. The run total is seven and a half.

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01:59:21,880 --> 01:59:26,360
Speaker 3: Give me the under. Okay, So check this out with

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01:59:26,720 --> 01:59:32,240
Speaker 3: Max Meher against Ryan Weathers. I think Weathers is off

2301
01:59:32,240 --> 01:59:36,040
Speaker 3: to a pretty incredible start. He's got pedigree, his father

2302
01:59:36,240 --> 01:59:39,120
Speaker 3: was in the major leagues. I think the young pitcher

2303
01:59:39,200 --> 01:59:41,000
Speaker 3: is doing pretty good to start this season.

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01:59:41,040 --> 01:59:42,320
Speaker 4: So I like the under in that game.

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01:59:42,400 --> 01:59:45,240
Speaker 3: I also liked the under in the Cardinals Tigers game

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01:59:46,360 --> 01:59:47,000
Speaker 3: seven and a half.

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Speaker 4: Also, so give me a couple of run totals. I'll

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01:59:49,920 --> 01:59:52,520
Speaker 4: keep it under the number. Give me the race to ten.

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01:59:52,880 --> 01:59:56,360
Speaker 4: I like the Wolverines, and maybe by the next time

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01:59:56,360 --> 01:59:59,320
Speaker 4: we talk him, twelve to three. Well wow, wow.

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01:59:59,240 --> 02:00:03,760
Speaker 2: Calling your this bold is confidence. It's paying Hurley like confidence.

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Speaker 4: I mean, this is this is this is rich Hornberger

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Speaker 4: in March, guys.

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Speaker 5: I mean.

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Speaker 2: I like it, but I wouldn't be I wouldn't be

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02:00:18,280 --> 02:00:22,760
Speaker 2: heartbroken over Owen three. I gotta be honest with you, right, Uh,

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02:00:22,840 --> 02:00:25,320
Speaker 2: I'm gonna start it off with Illinois. Give him on

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02:00:25,360 --> 02:00:28,640
Speaker 2: the money line, give me a minus one thirty. I'm

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02:00:28,680 --> 02:00:32,760
Speaker 2: getting Chiefs like vibes from Yukon right, Like, think of

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02:00:32,760 --> 02:00:34,400
Speaker 2: the Chiefs going for a three beat? How do we

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Speaker 2: bet against Mahomes and Andy Reed? How do you bet

2322
02:00:36,840 --> 02:00:39,160
Speaker 2: against Danny Hurley? It's like, will you back the team

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Speaker 2: with the better roster? That's that's what you do. I'm

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Speaker 2: going with Illinois. I think they're better. I'm gonna take Arizona.

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Speaker 2: I think they win the game out right, I'll take

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Speaker 2: the point in a half. I like their backcourt better.

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02:00:50,160 --> 02:00:52,200
Speaker 2: I I like that they're not relying on threes in

2328
02:00:52,200 --> 02:00:54,920
Speaker 2: a football stadium as much as Michigan is. I'll take

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Speaker 2: them and give me. As I said before, went in doubt.

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02:00:57,880 --> 02:01:02,200
Speaker 2: Back to Lithuanian. Okay, back in crevas over seven and

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02:01:02,280 --> 02:01:05,840
Speaker 2: a half rebounds. I think Lithuania comes through for me

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02:01:06,000 --> 02:01:09,440
Speaker 2: in rapid fire. How about them? Everybody, enjoy the hoops.

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Speaker 2: We'll catch you next week. Have a good one.