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Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is uptraight firefam,

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Speaker 1: It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Wednesday, March fifteenth.

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Speaker 1: Today supposed to be the day, ladies and gentlemen. Today

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Speaker 1: is the day Aaron Rodgers, thirty nine year old one

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Speaker 1: time Super Bowl champ. Aaron Rodgers is going on a

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Speaker 1: YouTube show hosted by a former punter in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: and he apparently is going to make his decision later

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Speaker 1: this morning. So all hubbub hullaballoo. I love the word hullaballoo.

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Speaker 1: Sounds so funny. All of that is going to come

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Speaker 1: to an end, hopefully today. Now in the interim, while

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Speaker 1: we wait for Aaron Rodgers for the world. You know,

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers has really wanted this for a while. I'll

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Speaker 1: talk about that in depth in a second. While everybody's

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Speaker 1: waiting for the next few hours before Aaron Rodgers makes

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Speaker 1: his decision, I would like to just point out all

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Speaker 1: you need to be doing is listening to today's guest

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Speaker 1: on the NCAA tournament. You will learn more in thirty

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Speaker 1: two minutes with Frand Frachella, the ESPN announcer. You will

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Speaker 1: learn more to win bracket contest Calcutta's I'm trying to

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Speaker 1: get a player point competition going at Fox. I can't

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Speaker 1: run it. I'm running enough crap. You're gonna learn so

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Speaker 1: much about the tournament and it's gonna help you hopefully

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Speaker 1: profit on the NCAA tournament. We're not going to count

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Speaker 1: the plans. I'm sorry. I'm not talking about the two

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Speaker 1: games last night. They were I mean, they were close games, wonderful.

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Speaker 1: Nobody cares. We care about the March Madness Tournament. Meaning

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Speaker 1: when four games start on Thursday at about nine fifteen

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Speaker 1: be mad. I can't wait. So today's interview with fran Frachella,

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Speaker 1: You're gonna absolutely love it. He is a treasure on

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Speaker 1: the college basketball front, and he has some kernels of

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Speaker 1: wisdom about the NBA draft and some players in the tournament.

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Speaker 1: You're just gonna love it all. Now, let me just

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Speaker 1: quickly buzz through the annoying Aaron Rodgers. Can we call

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Speaker 1: him annoying? You guys have to be annoyed, Okay, I

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Speaker 1: had what I thought was a Grand Slam home run

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Speaker 1: analogy on the Herd on Tuesday as Rogers is, you know,

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Speaker 1: doing his thing and making demands. I love this. It

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Speaker 1: and listen to some podcasts about being a better human being.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes I'll listen to an NBA podcast. There's not a

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Speaker 1: lot of college hoops stopped out there, so I haven't

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Speaker 1: really checked. And ultimately I'm getting text messages. I'm calling

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Speaker 1: people that I know connected in the NFL and NBA

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Speaker 1: And it hits me that Rogers never really was courted

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Speaker 1: by anyone. Now he was with the Packers when Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady decided I'm leaving New England and I'm gonna have

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Speaker 1: a free agent, and who's interested. And ultimately, by all accounts,

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Speaker 1: it seems like he chose the Bucks over the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: I thought the Chargers made bore sense. Chargers ended up

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Speaker 1: but for about a three day window Brady left New

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Speaker 1: England on a Tuesday set I'm out and by Friday

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Speaker 1: he made his decision. The genius of Brady he went

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Speaker 1: But the genius of Brady was he was a very

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Speaker 1: try to talk to my kids about this, and I say, listen,

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Speaker 1: That saved that for lunch or after school or whatever,

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady said, you know what, are slot guys are

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Speaker 1: And then the big one, Tom Brady pulled Gronk out

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Speaker 1: demanding the Jets bring Randall Cop. Jets say, well, we

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Speaker 1: We just spent money, Aaron last year on our tight end.

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Speaker 1: don't know, like you could tell us what you think

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Speaker 1: well we'll throw some money at him. What happens a

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Speaker 1: twenty five college player. So they've got two guys in

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Speaker 1: the top twenty five. And I love Kendrick Davis. I

424
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Speaker 1: think he's vastly under it. I think he's the best

425
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Speaker 1: guard in the Country. Yeah, maybe I'm overlooking Houston, Sorry, Memphis.

426
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,159
Speaker 1: I'm looking at their losses. Two losses to Houston, they

427
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Speaker 1: were closed one in overtime to two Lane by one point,

428
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,720
Speaker 1: a double overtime, lost to UFC or UCF. They have

429
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Speaker 1: have no losses by double digits and they only lost

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Speaker 1: by three to Alabama. So I did the Alabama game,

431
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,119
Speaker 1: and Natos as a hell of a coach, and we

432
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Speaker 1: know how good your team is. And I was at

433
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Speaker 1: that game, and they had two guys get hurt in

434
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Speaker 1: that game. Malcolm Jandridge got hurt early second half and

435
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Speaker 1: he missed fifteen games after that. Oh. Um, Natos will

436
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 1: tell you he tried everything he possibly could to slow

437
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Speaker 1: this kid down. And you probably have the numbers in

438
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Speaker 1: front of thirty point Yeah, and how many assists? Five assists,

439
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Speaker 1: four steals? Looks like a monster game? Holy can he

440
00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,520
Speaker 1: And he didn't force a thing. In fact, he had

441
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Speaker 1: to take over the game in a second half when

442
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,560
Speaker 1: all those guys went down. I'm telling you that's as

443
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Speaker 1: good a player I bet as Nato Oates has played

444
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Speaker 1: all year, if you ask him. So let's pivot to Alabama,

445
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,879
Speaker 1: who beat them way back. Yeah, where are you on

446
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Speaker 1: this team. I don't want to talk about the off

447
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Speaker 1: court stuff. Brandon Miller kind of looks to it like

448
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,080
Speaker 1: a Paul George type player. To me, they kind of

449
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Speaker 1: steamroll the SEC in the tournament. They're loaded, They're at

450
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,680
Speaker 1: running jump kids like they got a squad. And I

451
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 1: love Quinterly. I've liked him for a while, former Villanova guy.

452
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Speaker 1: I know you're intimately familiar with him. Is this team

453
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Speaker 1: have a weakness youth which hasn't really reared his head

454
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Speaker 1: very often? Right, and they go to Oklahoma and they just,

455
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Speaker 1: you know, lay an egg. They laid an egg somewhere else,

456
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Speaker 1: but youth would be the only thing. But look, you

457
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Speaker 1: go through the SEC tournament the way they did in

458
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Speaker 1: front of those crowds, I think they pretty much are

459
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Speaker 1: passed at. Also, what I love about this team is

460
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,720
Speaker 1: they have the balance of experience and youth. You mentioned Quinterly,

461
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Speaker 1: Mark Sears the transfer from ou Ohio. You that is

462
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Speaker 1: where I spent six glorious years in Athens, Ohio as

463
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Speaker 1: a young coach. You've got the freshman, no question, Brandon Miller,

464
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Speaker 1: that's my comparison is Paul George. Noah Clowney, You're ready

465
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Speaker 1: for this. He's eighteen years old. He doesn't turn nineteen.

466
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Speaker 1: I think maybe he either turns nineteen soon or in May.

467
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Speaker 1: But he's a young ready. You'll love this, Jason, because

468
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,160
Speaker 1: you love the draft. A young horse. Grant. Oh, that's good.

469
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Speaker 1: That's who he is. He's six US ten, he's he's

470
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Speaker 1: waited at least twenty three kids nineteen Okay, yeah, you

471
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Speaker 1: know Bradley's good. Betty Ako is a presence inside. Everything

472
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Speaker 1: about this team is screams. Number one seed for obvious reasons.

473
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Speaker 1: They can get beat but you're gonna have to You're

474
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Speaker 1: gonna have to play well to beat him. Yeah, and

475
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Speaker 1: there's a weakness that might be well, maybe they get

476
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Speaker 1: a little nervous if they get deeper into the tournament.

477
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Speaker 1: But they haven't gotten nervous yet. So not a great

478
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Speaker 1: three point shooting team. One hundred and eighty sixth in

479
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Speaker 1: the country. The big kid, Betty Ako, man, he is

480
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 1: a bouncy guy. Holy can he's gotta be is he.

481
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:06,439
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's the first round pick, but

482
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Speaker 1: I just like the way he moves. He's very fluid.

483
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,920
Speaker 1: It'll definitely be on a roster, you know. I think

484
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Speaker 1: they shoot it well enough with Miller and Sears that

485
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Speaker 1: they're okay there. You know, Quinn eally not so much.

486
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,280
Speaker 1: Bradley definitely not. But they've got two guys that can

487
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Speaker 1: really stroke it if you leave them open. And those

488
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Speaker 1: two guys, and they play a lot of minutes, so

489
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Speaker 1: you always got a couple of weapons out there. All right,

490
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Speaker 1: Let's pivot to a team you've seen a lot of.

491
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Speaker 1: I almost feel they're undervalued. Fran Gonzaga last year, all undefeated,

492
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Speaker 1: all amazing, all this stuff. Yeah or two. You know,

493
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Speaker 1: they've been on a rule the last couple of years,

494
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Speaker 1: just totally dominating this year. You know, Saint Mary's got him.

495
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 1: There a little buzz about Gonzaga down. Are they undervalued

496
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Speaker 1: heading into this? I think they're valued about right? Um,

497
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,879
Speaker 1: you know they without a doubt. They got off to

498
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Speaker 1: you know, I say slow start. I had the game

499
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Speaker 1: where they lost to Texas and Texas smashed him, and

500
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Speaker 1: then in respect when you think about it, Texas has

501
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Speaker 1: six guys twenty two years of age and older. So

502
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,919
Speaker 1: what what? Yeah? Really? How about that? So what we

503
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 1: got out of Texas early is what we got out

504
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 1: of him late. Big twelve Champs Ronnie Terry did a

505
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,720
Speaker 1: fabulous job. I said in September, not no December. You

506
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,640
Speaker 1: know my buddy Dickey V is screaming give them the job,

507
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Speaker 1: give them the job. Well in December I said, Rodney

508
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:29,040
Speaker 1: Terry's got a three month job interview. Well he used

509
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Speaker 1: the interview. They ought to give them the job. That's

510
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,679
Speaker 1: another story. But I like Nzaga, I don't love him.

511
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Speaker 1: I'm still not sold on their guards. Obviously drew Timmy's fabulous.

512
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,359
Speaker 1: I think they were devalued early because there was no

513
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Speaker 1: chet Holmgren there. I think also as much as the

514
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:49,920
Speaker 1: WCC improved, without a doubt, Santa Clara is better. Loyal

515
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 1: Marymount obviously sat Mary's had a good year, and Mark

516
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: is a dear friend. I still think I'm not totally

517
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Speaker 1: sold on them. Interesting like them, I don't love them.

518
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,119
Speaker 1: I don't know that they'll get to the final four. Well,

519
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 1: your heart was early on Desmond Baine, one of the

520
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,760
Speaker 1: best calls you've ever had. Remember on the podcast, you

521
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,479
Speaker 1: know Desmond Baine, the guy to watch, and he's now

522
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 1: a super well not superstar, but he's like borderline all star.

523
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Speaker 1: In the NBA TCU Gonzaga second round, assuming TCU gets by,

524
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,880
Speaker 1: you know, Arizona State, Nevada. Um I like Miles, I don't,

525
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,240
Speaker 1: but the big kid left. The program is transferring. I

526
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Speaker 1: don't know what happened, but don't Can tc you hang

527
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 1: with Gonzaga? Absolutely absolutely? I think you know Eddie lamp

528
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: get nice kid, talented, um was I would say I'm

529
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Speaker 1: gonna be kind here because I really like him. Had

530
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: some issues, not not not attitude, not attitude in the

531
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 1: sense that he was going to get in trouble. A

532
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,600
Speaker 1: lot of personal issues with family deaths and family friends

533
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 1: dying and sad. But also the injury was a distraction

534
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: in and out of the lineup for about a month.

535
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Speaker 1: I don't want to say that they're better, but they're

536
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Speaker 1: more focused, they're more together and Mike. Listen, they were

537
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Speaker 1: one in five without Mike Miles. That's like having no

538
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes. Honestly, that's like Chad Henny playing for seven games,

539
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,080
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It's great for like a

540
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: quarter and a half. But this TCU team is tough, tenacious, athletic,

541
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Speaker 1: long and they definitely can give Gonzaga a problem because

542
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: they are so athletic. Mike is terrific Damian Ball, former

543
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 1: Memphis starter. Very good. This will be a great second

544
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 1: round game, and I do think TCU can get them.

545
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 1: I think TCU was the most underrated of all the

546
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Speaker 1: teams coming out of the Big Twelve, you know, after

547
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 1: Saturday Night. Interesting. Well, I just look, I'm looking at

548
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 1: the roster. They without Lampkin. Their biggest guy is six

549
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 1: seven Timmy. Timmy's gonna eat him up. Well, Cork is bigger,

550
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, sorry, six nine, yeah, yeah, yeah. He

551
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,840
Speaker 1: doesn't play very and again, Cork is a guy that

552
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,640
Speaker 1: no one knows about except the guy coaches in a

553
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 1: Big twelve. He's a six nine athletic defender, shot blocker

554
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 1: at times. And remember now, yes, Drew, Timmy's a handful,

555
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: no doubt, I love him. Dallas kid. I said three

556
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,360
Speaker 1: years ago he would leave Gonzaga as mister Zag Okay,

557
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: I was a Mets fan, Remember, mister Met, He's mister

558
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 1: Zag and you know. And but but this is a

559
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: this is an athletic long team that can give Drew problems.

560
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: And uh, that'll be a if they get by TCU.

561
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 1: I feel a little bit better for Gonzaga to go

562
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 1: go to Houston, but that will be a tough second

563
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: round game. Well he he, You know, UCLA's the two

564
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: seed down there, and I gotta ask you, you know,

565
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 1: without their defensive player of the year. Um, I don't

566
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 1: know what's up with the big guy who turned an

567
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: ankle in the PAC twelve tournament. Like I just, I

568
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 1: don't know what the ceiling is for UCLA. They're very small,

569
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 1: they have no depth. Can they lean on a Marie Bailey?

570
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 1: You keep talking about twenty two twenty three year olds

571
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 1: in the tournament Maury Bailey like ninth. It's a great question.

572
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 1: I actually talked to the coaching staff this morning and

573
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,960
Speaker 1: I'm not not to name drop, but Darren Savino associated coach.

574
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 1: I brought him into college coaching at Saint John, so

575
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 1: I know this program. Well, what a job Mick did

576
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 1: in fact Saturday night, Man, that was almost a miracle

577
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: that they, you know, almost pulled that game out with

578
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 1: two guys down. They definitely missed Jalen Clark. They may

579
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Speaker 1: get Bona back this week. It's touch and go. They

580
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 1: could probably get through the first game or two. I

581
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: just there's something about this team that if they can

582
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: get Bona back, he presents a rim presence It's funny.

583
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:42,560
Speaker 1: When I saw them in November, Mick Cronin, I asked him,

584
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 1: how good can you be? Said? The two X factors

585
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 1: are A Marie Belly and adem Bona, and A Mari

586
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 1: Belly's playing the best basketball of his freshman year. And

587
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: I think that. I still there's something about UCLA and

588
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: mixed toughness that I think they can overcome to Jalen

589
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 1: clark injury. As hard as it is, I don't know

590
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 1: if they can overcome not having Bona for a length

591
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 1: of time. But what a great job Mix done. And

592
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,479
Speaker 1: I think they're dangerous because they just you know, I mean,

593
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 1: let's face it, Arizona won that game and they couldn't score.

594
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: The problem in that championship game for UCLA is they

595
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 1: couldn't score. So you know, I think Mick's going to

596
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 1: be doing everything he can to keep this team together

597
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 1: with Scotch tape and some toughness. And still, all right, friend,

598
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 1: I love how you have pointed out this age factor.

599
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 1: That's like a big one. You're right, because freshman have

600
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: been so dominant in college hoops. The oldest team, according

601
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 1: to Ken Palm by a considerable amount is Penn State.

602
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: Oldest team in the field. I'm looking at their matchup

603
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: with A and M. Okay, I guess I would take

604
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: them over A and M. But can they take down Texas,

605
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: who you said has six twenty two year olds. Well,

606
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 1: I think that game is and you know that if

607
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 1: that's a second round game, Yeah, Penn State Texas Jason

608
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: is emblematic of what does tournament's all about. Because if

609
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 1: you look at all these teams, and I know in

610
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 1: the Big twelve, I'm familiar with Iowa State's old, a

611
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 1: lot of fifty year guys t's to use old. Texas

612
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 1: is old. You know, there's probably a few others in

613
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 1: the K State. You know with Markisnel, fourth year guy

614
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: kyat D Johnson, who's a pro by the way, if

615
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 1: he can get through the heart issues the NBA, you know, doctors,

616
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:23,480
Speaker 1: he's gonna play in the NBA. This tournament is old.

617
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,760
Speaker 1: That second round matchup between Texas and Penn State is

618
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 1: gonna be like a G League game. You know, I

619
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 1: like it. Yeah, you know, You've got a lot of

620
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 1: good older college players out there, and no offense. Maybe

621
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Speaker 1: pick It plays in the NBA, but most of the

622
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 1: rest of those guys on both teams are G League guys,

623
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 1: which is not a knock at just to say that

624
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 1: they're old and talented college guys who will end up

625
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 1: in a G league And that's not all bad. You know,

626
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 1: second or third best league in the world. But that's

627
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 1: what you've got in this tournament. A bunch of Penn

628
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: States and Texas is sprinkled all over the place. Where

629
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Speaker 1: are you on? I had Tucker Richardson on the pod

630
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: from Coolgate. You know he mentioned two years ago they

631
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Speaker 1: had to face Mark Moody and Arkansas. They led by

632
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 1: fourteen before collapsing. Last year they had to face Wisconsin

633
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Speaker 1: and Johnny Davis. This year they got to face Texas,

634
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 1: which I don't think has a lottery pick, but they

635
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 1: got They got a lot of good dudes. Is cole

636
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 1: get like a fifteen seed? Remember the last two years? Yes,

637
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 1: fifteen seeds have got the victory. I don't see Princeton

638
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 1: beating Arizona. I don't see UCLA going down. I don't

639
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: think Marquette's in that much trouble. Is Colgate the one

640
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,040
Speaker 1: they'll be, they'll be. They'll be dangerous by the way,

641
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,280
Speaker 1: I think before the Gate teams you mentioned I believe

642
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 1: they took Texas down to the wire. If you go

643
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 1: back and check, I know the little they had a

644
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 1: great little point guard. I think it was Jordan Burns

645
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: for San Antonio who drove Grant Williams and those guys

646
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:51,320
Speaker 1: Looney if you check so maybe eight nineteen maybe okay,

647
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 1: but yeah, great coach, good players. Um haven't studied them

648
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,080
Speaker 1: this year since the early part of the year. But

649
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: if you gave me one team, I would say cold

650
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,440
Speaker 1: Gate would be a problem. You know, they make some threes.

651
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 1: Texas doesn't always shoot it well. Now what helps Texas

652
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:14,399
Speaker 1: is they are very, very battle tested. Yeah, but if

653
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: you if you want to take a flyer on a

654
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: two fifteen, I don't have a problem with cold Gate.

655
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 1: That guy should be the next coach at Temple or

656
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: Notre Dame. He's a great basketball coach. Those who know

657
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: no so to speak, Yeah, yeah, yeah. If you know,

658
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 1: you know. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk

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662
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,440
Speaker 1: I'm doing this thing is called a Calcutta fran with

663
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 1: a bunch of guys where you bid on teams to

664
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,919
Speaker 1: see how far they go, and you know, without giving

665
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: away too much of our strategy, you're looking for undervalued assets.

666
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 1: Of course, everybody's gonna want to jump on the one seats,

667
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 1: give me Houston. One of the fashionable fours is Connecticut.

668
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,399
Speaker 1: According to Ken pom Pom has Connecticut's the fourth best

669
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: team in the country. Right, They're a fourth seat, So

670
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: are they under seated or do the stats say too

671
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 1: many great things about Connecticut. I haven't seen enough of them,

672
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,720
Speaker 1: but I know they kill it on the offensive glast. Yeah,

673
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,760
Speaker 1: they're They're interesting because they got off to the great

674
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 1: start and then you know, for whatever reason, I do

675
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: think they had a couple of injuries. The one thing

676
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 1: I know about Connecticut is their point guard play is

677
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:32,400
Speaker 1: not great. Yeah, you know, it's not great. And Hawkins

678
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 1: can shoot it, so no goes a beast. The freshman

679
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 1: bigs are very good, but they are one there. But

680
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: but I will say this, in this tournament, especially in

681
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 1: the first you know, until you get to Houston, so

682
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 1: you got four games it takes you to get to Houston.

683
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 1: There's always one or two grind it out games where

684
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: you just don't play well, or the other team makes

685
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: you play poorly. Maybe they pack a zone in, you know,

686
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 1: slow the game down, make you play it their tempo,

687
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: and you just have to find a way to win,

688
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:08,240
Speaker 1: like you know, fifty seven fifty four. Connecticut is built

689
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 1: for that because they can beat you with your defense

690
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,239
Speaker 1: and rebounding. Yeah, you know, and they're not going to

691
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: be pretty, but they can do that. And uh, it

692
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: reminds me of Villanova Houston last year in San Antonio.

693
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: I was at the game and Villanova could not make

694
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:29,800
Speaker 1: a three, and I believe Houston went one for twenty, right, Yeah,

695
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: and so that's one of those games where you're just

696
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 1: not making shots and you have to find a way

697
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,920
Speaker 1: to win. Villanova did it. Um, Houston will never have

698
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: a one for twenty again. Now, granted, both teams left

699
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,719
Speaker 1: the guys open that should shoot it and they didn't

700
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 1: make them. But that's what that's what tournament play is

701
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 1: all about. Like we're gonna we're gonna lose the Yukon,

702
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 1: but we're packing five guys in delay and you better

703
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: make some shots. Yeah, you're right, Houston. They're capable of money.

704
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 1: Holy ca'ah, they're capable of winning that kind of game

705
00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: because of their toughness, they're defense and they're rebounding. Interesting, Um,

706
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 1: Villanova had somebody to get hurt in that game, right,

707
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: Uh no, let's see, yes. Uh. And then he more

708
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 1: tragically got hurt in the final minute of that game.

709
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: The game and yeah, yeah, it was a ten point

710
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,880
Speaker 1: game like a minute ago, and Justin fell down in

711
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 1: the corner. I remember I was there, and uh, you know,

712
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,840
Speaker 1: tragically for him that that was all all right. A

713
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 1: couple more so, you mentioned Yukon my lasting moment of

714
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 1: the Big East tourt him because I had money on

715
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 1: Yukon against Marquette and and Klek, who's a really good

716
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,399
Speaker 1: story man. I've been reading about this. There's a lot

717
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: to like about this guy. You know. He's like everything

718
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 1: I want to be as a guard in basketball, right,

719
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 1: just tough and gritty, backing down from nobody, making clutch shot.

720
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,799
Speaker 1: Just he's an awesome player. He killed Connecticut. They had

721
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 1: to go to zone because they couldn't guard him, and

722
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 1: there's zone. Two years ago, he was my favorite. I

723
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,920
Speaker 1: don't want to say I discovered him. I did not. Uh.

724
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,839
Speaker 1: Dave Paulson, the coach at George Mason recruited him out

725
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,799
Speaker 1: of Cumberland. Rhode Island, by the way. I and I'm

726
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: one of the few people in history to coach at

727
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,560
Speaker 1: both r I and Providence, so I know my Rhode

728
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: Island basketball. Yeah, and this kid went to George Mason.

729
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 1: PC could have taken him. I think they took Al

730
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 1: Durham instead. That worked out pretty good, but not as good.

731
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: This kid grew up a Providence fan. I swear he did. Oh,

732
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: and they didn't want a man that's I love this

733
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: kid man, I said a few weeks ago, he's a

734
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: modern day John Stockton, oh, half jokingly. I'm not sure

735
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: he can't play in the league. Now. I think I

736
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 1: think he's Uh, you think he's a problem. I think

737
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Speaker 1: I think he's a better t. J. McConnell coming out

738
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: I Donny Kenny, b Fred Van Vleet. Yes, yes, the

739
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,799
Speaker 1: kid is the first of all, he's he's big, you know,

740
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 1: at six three is probably right around the size of

741
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,399
Speaker 1: an NBA point guard. He shoots it, which he didn't

742
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,360
Speaker 1: do last year, but he did all through high school

743
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 1: and George Mason, and he is maybe with the exception

744
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,479
Speaker 1: I would say this, I would say he's the best

745
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 1: passing point guard in college basketball. The kid at Saint

746
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 1: Louis is close Jury Collins. This kid is a magician.

747
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: He destroys defenses he does. And I saw them beat

748
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 1: Notre Dame early, and I see you go back and

749
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,799
Speaker 1: check my twitter feed. I really thought they were a

750
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,359
Speaker 1: final four team, and I feel more strongly about that

751
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 1: today than I did in December. They got precocious young

752
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,959
Speaker 1: wings who can shoot it. Cam Jones is terrific. They've

753
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:31,239
Speaker 1: got two guys inside Igadoro and Mac Sense prosper I

754
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,719
Speaker 1: believe I haven't seen him in a while. I love

755
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 1: this team. Chaka Smart one of my favorite people, and

756
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 1: they did everything I thought they might be capable of doing.

757
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 1: I just didn't think of what happened in a tough league. Man,

758
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 1: They're gonna be hard to beat. I could see them

759
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: in the final four. Let me ask, though, Shaka Smart

760
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 1: historically in the tournament has been amazing as a dog,

761
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 1: as a favorite, he didn't quite perform. I don't know

762
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:58,360
Speaker 1: what you read into that. Maybe nothing, But what do

763
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,600
Speaker 1: you take away? I think they're I'll tell you what

764
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,799
Speaker 1: he did. Um, he's a very smart young guy. He's

765
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 1: still a young guy. To me, Um, he doesn't know,

766
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 1: he knows what he doesn't know. Um, you know, he

767
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 1: knows havoc, he knows defense. He's got a coaching staff

768
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 1: that he's allowed to help him with the offense. Uh

769
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 1: Nevada Smith comes to mind, a guy with G League experience,

770
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:24,959
Speaker 1: and that is a really good offensive team. And so

771
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,759
Speaker 1: I think Shock is evolved as a coach. Um, he

772
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: was a great coach at VCU. He was a dumb

773
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,640
Speaker 1: coach of Texas. Now he's a great coaching And then

774
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 1: they start by the way, five sophomores. I'm seeing that

775
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 1: that team, that team is really good. M I like them. Um, okay,

776
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,640
Speaker 1: so real quick back to Yukon. They have a second

777
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: round matchup, assuming they get by Iona, which I don't

778
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,759
Speaker 1: know much about having looked in Ione yet. Um, it's

779
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,279
Speaker 1: gonna be Saint Mary's or VCU. Now Saint Mary's has

780
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,880
Speaker 1: one of the best freshman in the country, Quiet the

781
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:01,560
Speaker 1: kid Mahaney. Um he's he the kind of guard that

782
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,759
Speaker 1: can have a collect type game against Yukon or is

783
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 1: it just like come on, he's a freshman. Ja. I

784
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 1: think they're gonna get in his face and you know,

785
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 1: mark at him all night, you know, figuratively, you know

786
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 1: what I mean? Um No, I actually like VCU against

787
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,440
Speaker 1: Saint Mary's. Okay, all right. I love Mike, I love

788
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 1: Mike Rhodes. I love the toughness of their team. I

789
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: like Ace Baldwin being back he missed last year. I

790
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: think Saint Mary's VCU is a dog fight. I think

791
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 1: that's gonna be a tough I'm thinking that's a tough game.

792
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,399
Speaker 1: It's a rough one for for Saint Mary's. Man, they

793
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:36,440
Speaker 1: got screwed by the committee. I don't want to play

794
00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:39,359
Speaker 1: those games, but it just feels like they got chaptered.

795
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 1: All right, just a couple more real quick. I'll tell

796
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,240
Speaker 1: you another team that got screwed, Jason. I think Charleston

797
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 1: got screwed because there they would be a really sneaky,

798
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 1: like you know, sexy pick. But they got to play

799
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 1: against a team in San Diego State that never takes

800
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 1: a night off, you know. And when you're at Charleston

801
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:57,279
Speaker 1: and you're playing like the fifth best team in a

802
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 1: Big ten or Big twelve, that's when you sneak up

803
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 1: on people. It's hard to sneak up on San Diego

804
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 1: State because they're so you know, defense and toughness is

805
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: in their DNA. But that will be a very tough

806
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: game for both teams. I just wish either one of

807
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,479
Speaker 1: those teams was playing like one of those fifth place

808
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,319
Speaker 1: teams in a power conference. Yeah, it's like the mid

809
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,640
Speaker 1: major versus mid major. That doesn't feel right, you know,

810
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 1: I don't like it all right. So the other one seed,

811
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,600
Speaker 1: we haven't touched on his Kansas defending champs. Not a

812
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,360
Speaker 1: lot of buzz about them. You know, they got smacked

813
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 1: around by Texas in the final. They're the Big twelve tournament. Yeah,

814
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:34,560
Speaker 1: favorable first round game obviously against Howard, but the second

815
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 1: round matchup. Arkansas has maybe two first round picks. There's

816
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 1: some chatter maybe three. Can Arkansas get him, assuming you

817
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,439
Speaker 1: think Arkansas is better than Illinois or gets by them, Yeah,

818
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,400
Speaker 1: I think they can. But I'm not betting against Bill self,

819
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 1: especially if he's back. I'm hoping that he's back this week.

820
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,200
Speaker 1: The word is he will be. You know, no Kevin

821
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:58,680
Speaker 1: McCuller this weekend because the back spasm. So he played

822
00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: I think maybe a few minutes in one of those games. Um, now,

823
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:04,400
Speaker 1: I'm I'm a I'm a I'm a Kansas guy. I

824
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:07,960
Speaker 1: think you know, Jaalen Wilson is so good. Um, if

825
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,480
Speaker 1: it wasn't for Zach Eaty's phenomenal year, it is yao

826
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:13,960
Speaker 1: ming like presidence, like that point ywbing. They I always

827
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,359
Speaker 1: drop him on. You tell you hey, By the way,

828
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,440
Speaker 1: I haven't done the draft in a few years because, hum,

829
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:21,640
Speaker 1: I don't know what happened. But they never told me why.

830
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 1: I think it was because I love Wolch, But I

831
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:25,800
Speaker 1: think Woach came on board and brought his own guys.

832
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,080
Speaker 1: But you and I know the draft will never be

833
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 1: the same. But having said that, having said that, this

834
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: is a little shot there. Um, I just think I

835
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 1: just I have too much confidence in Jalen Wilson. Um,

836
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: it's Kansas, it's Bill self. I don't see them having

837
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,799
Speaker 1: a problem until later on in the tournament. I don't

838
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: have them going to the final four. As I recall, Yeah,

839
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:49,360
Speaker 1: someone is beating them in the in the in the

840
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 1: elite eight. Is Jalen Wilson a pro for you? Like?

841
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 1: Is he a Draymond Green type guy? You know why?

842
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:56,239
Speaker 1: It's a good you know, I don't even know if

843
00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:58,919
Speaker 1: he's on anybody. I can't. Yes, he is a pro.

844
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:03,040
Speaker 1: He reminds finds me of Sedick Bay. Hum. And here's

845
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 1: what happened. If you remember, see thank you for the

846
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:08,319
Speaker 1: credit for Desmond Baine. But I also told you that

847
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 1: Sadiq Bay was under value. And I also told you

848
00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 1: Jalen Brunson was under valued. Oh gosh, that was that

849
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 1: was criminal. That he was the consensus national player of

850
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 1: the year and went thirty fourth. That that's but that.

851
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 1: But the rest is history. He's he just signed for

852
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:30,400
Speaker 1: one hundred and ten millions. But but this kid is uh,

853
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:32,960
Speaker 1: you know, Bill self said this thing about this Bill

854
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 1: self has said on more than one occasion, this kid,

855
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,359
Speaker 1: Jalen Wilson, has the greatest will to win of any

856
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 1: player he's ever coaching us. That's twenty years worth of

857
00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:47,720
Speaker 1: Thomas Robinson, Stavante Graham's, Andrew Wiggins, O Chaya Boji, Frank Mason,

858
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:52,879
Speaker 1: Wayne Simeon, you know, Durrell Arthur, the Morris twins Um.

859
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 1: And so he's gonna find his way onto a team.

860
00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 1: He'll definitely be a rotation guy and he'll play in

861
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,040
Speaker 1: the league for a long time. Now. Whether anybody figures

862
00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: out to take him in the first round, I haven't

863
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,920
Speaker 1: really studied it. Much. But that kids, that kid has

864
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:12,319
Speaker 1: become a very very good college player. He's he's to

865
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 1: me right there with Zach Eaty. Although I think Zach

866
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:18,440
Speaker 1: got such a head start that he'll win thee he's played.

867
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 1: I think Wilson's like a played three or four years

868
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,040
Speaker 1: and they ditch automatically dinged according to the NBA because

869
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:25,839
Speaker 1: you've been in college so long. I think that's dumb.

870
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm not in the front office. All right,

871
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:30,479
Speaker 1: I need to ask about my Creton Blue Jays after

872
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 1: they have great Creton Blue Jays. Yeah, I listen, man,

873
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:39,200
Speaker 1: last year they pushed Kansas hard that I thought they

874
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 1: played Kansas as well as anyone, right, would you agree

875
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 1: here it? Yeah? So then they add the transfer the

876
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: shooter the left and I'm like, all right, I'm I'm

877
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:50,560
Speaker 1: betting on Creton to win the title. And they open

878
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,879
Speaker 1: the season five, they beat Arkansas on like here we go,

879
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:55,799
Speaker 1: and then they lose six straight. Now, Fran, you have

880
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: access to all sorts of people in locker rooms and stuff.

881
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:04,200
Speaker 1: I've to believe something happened internally that threw this team

882
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:06,880
Speaker 1: off the off the snide. Was it Kamula? You know,

883
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:08,759
Speaker 1: in his NBA because he was thinking as he was

884
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 1: tracking as like an NBA first round guy, you're pretty small,

885
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,000
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, they're pretty was terrible

886
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 1: this season, Man, I don't know if they got selfish.

887
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,279
Speaker 1: Um the seven footer is like a good defensive player.

888
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:20,800
Speaker 1: What's up at the guard? Tell me what's happening. Well,

889
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,080
Speaker 1: first of all, I saw them moves to Texas earlier

890
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:26,759
Speaker 1: in the year, and man, you just said some things

891
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: that are very smart, which is not surprising. Jason. By

892
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:32,600
Speaker 1: the way, when I watched them first of all, they

893
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 1: by the way, I'm in Denver with them, so I

894
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 1: studied them all all morning. Uh and, and I have

895
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:39,919
Speaker 1: a good feel for them. I have a good feel

896
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:42,319
Speaker 1: for coach McDermot. He's a great coach. So they win

897
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 1: the first six, they lose their next sixth um Three

898
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:49,080
Speaker 1: of the losses were with Kalk Brenner, who's Big East

899
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,399
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year second year in a row.

900
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 1: Three were without him because of an injury. They are

901
00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:59,200
Speaker 1: fifteen and six since then. Uh And, and if you

902
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 1: discount the beating they took against Davier as an ol liier,

903
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:06,160
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you something crazy. I ran through the

904
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:09,880
Speaker 1: bracket this morning quickly, and I've got Marquette and Craton

905
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 1: in the final four. Him, yeah, how about that? And

906
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 1: here's what happened. I think Coloma in Maui. Somebody must

907
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:22,919
Speaker 1: have told him you got to shoot jump shots. You're

908
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:25,960
Speaker 1: an NBA two guard. And he's not. He's a small

909
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:29,880
Speaker 1: power forward. And I don't know that he's back on track.

910
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,680
Speaker 1: I think the rest of the team is somewhat stable now.

911
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 1: Shireman has had a very good year as a transfer.

912
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:41,200
Speaker 1: Ryan Nemard, I love Alexander. Like you mentioned, they're all young. Still,

913
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:45,439
Speaker 1: I like this team. I think they're ironically enough, they're

914
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:50,239
Speaker 1: actually better defensively right now than they are offensively. They

915
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,319
Speaker 1: have a guy in the back line that makes it

916
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 1: difficult to score. M Coloma's athletic, he can switch. Alexander's

917
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:01,239
Speaker 1: tough he can you know he can play good defense. Shireman,

918
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:03,160
Speaker 1: by the way, through for fifty nine touchdowns as a

919
00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:07,839
Speaker 1: high school senior. Just just thought I dropped that. You know, uh,

920
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 1: you know, that's that's what I call. I'm a I'm

921
00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:13,920
Speaker 1: a font of useless information that's valuable. Yeah, but he's

922
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 1: got that toughness. So I like this team. I I

923
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:20,439
Speaker 1: believe in Greg McDermott. I believe in this team. Um.

924
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 1: I took a fire on them, gunning get into the

925
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: final four, and it wouldn't shock me. I want to

926
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:27,120
Speaker 1: ask you about Greg McDermott. What what what kind of

927
00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:29,839
Speaker 1: guy is he? Offensive life? Because I remember this might

928
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,520
Speaker 1: be his best, his most talented team. Now the team

929
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,640
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, I had them in a in

930
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: a cal cut up and I like the guy Zagarowski

931
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:42,239
Speaker 1: remember him, I don't know in the league. Okay, he's

932
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:44,560
Speaker 1: an awesome player, man, I love that kid. Yeah, and

933
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:48,080
Speaker 1: then Bishop is now in Texas. UM, but that's the

934
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:50,400
Speaker 1: only other great team that he's had, right or am

935
00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:52,200
Speaker 1: I missing somebody? I think this team is better, but

936
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:54,920
Speaker 1: they's He's certainly won a lot of games there. But

937
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:57,759
Speaker 1: he had a kid named McDermott that was pretty good. Yeah, yeah,

938
00:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,640
Speaker 1: I know, I know, but come on, That's he wasn't

939
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:06,080
Speaker 1: that good? Were there? No? Ethan? Oh you don't like Ethant? Yeah? No, no, no,

940
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:08,360
Speaker 1: I think I think this is the most talented team,

941
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:10,880
Speaker 1: and I do think they had to sort out some

942
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:14,919
Speaker 1: chemistry stuff. But how about this. There aren't many teams

943
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,640
Speaker 1: in this tournament that can they have five guys averaging

944
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:21,920
Speaker 1: almost twelve points a game or more. Think about that. Yeah,

945
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,840
Speaker 1: and so that's a lot of firepower. And then you

946
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:27,000
Speaker 1: know calk Printer is just a low he's just hard

947
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:29,960
Speaker 1: to score on. You know, he's a he's a defensive president.

948
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:32,879
Speaker 1: So there's a lot to like about this team. They're young,

949
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 1: but they're veterans, and um, I think they got a

950
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:39,279
Speaker 1: chance to make noise. I this is this is the

951
00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:42,840
Speaker 1: perfect year for teams like Creton and Marquette because there's

952
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:46,280
Speaker 1: no one dominant team. There's like fifteen Creton's in this tournament.

953
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:49,680
Speaker 1: I love it all right, Listen, Fran, I've taken up

954
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:52,279
Speaker 1: way too much of your time. Um uh, you know,

955
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:54,839
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for I know you're calling games this week. Uh,

956
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:57,319
Speaker 1: people don't know the hoops I'm jumping through, I'm moving

957
00:50:57,360 --> 00:50:59,719
Speaker 1: stuff around. I told the Katy you might have to

958
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:02,640
Speaker 1: skip soccer practice. I gotta get this interview with Fran.

959
00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:04,399
Speaker 1: He's one of the best in the business. Hey, thanks

960
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:07,240
Speaker 1: a lot, man, And you know you sucsess with everything.

961
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,120
Speaker 1: It's always a pleasure. I love talking about with you.

962
00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:13,560
Speaker 1: You're very knowledgeable, you have great questions and you let

963
00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,040
Speaker 1: me wax poetic, and on occasion I get a few

964
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:19,439
Speaker 1: right on accasion. All right, man, thanks a lot, Fran

965
00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:21,560
Speaker 1: look forward to your great insight and they'll talk to

966
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,239
Speaker 1: you leading up to the draft. You gotta Jason, thank you,

967
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:25,000
Speaker 1: thank you,