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Speaker 1: So Mick Cronin's UCLA Bruins beat Illinois this year, beat

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Speaker 1: Purdue this year, beat Michigan State this year, and battle

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Speaker 1: with Arizona, who many believes the best team. I think

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Speaker 1: Michigan's the best team. And Mick Cronin, UCLA basketball coach,

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Speaker 1: two time Pack twelve Coach of the Year twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three is joining US. Okay, So you also

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Speaker 1: played Yukon and you beat Michigan State. I think that

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Speaker 1: game is interesting. Cohen Carr is one of my favorite

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Speaker 1: players in the tournament. He's just this relentless guy. I

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Speaker 1: kind of thought, what happened to you in the second

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Speaker 1: half of Yukon, Mick, is what happens to a lot

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Speaker 1: of people with Yukon their physical Uh, you know, you

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Speaker 1: end up it's hard to hit shots Yukon Michigan State.

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Speaker 1: You beat Michigan State, what's the game gonna look like?

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Speaker 1: Do you think tonight?

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Speaker 3: I think it's just gonna be whose defense is better.

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Speaker 4: At the end of the day. They're both built on

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Speaker 4: toughness and defense with great coaches.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 4: At the they do it differently though. Yukon is a

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Speaker 4: real pressure team on the ball, and as you said,

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Speaker 4: you know they our guards didn't finish the kind of

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Speaker 4: wore them down. We didn't have our best player in

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Speaker 4: the game, Tyler Bildeo, And they do wear teams down

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Speaker 4: with that relentless effort on the ball.

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Speaker 3: Defensively, Michigan State is a team defense, uh, but highly

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 4: Obviously both great coaches. Uh, both will end up in

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Speaker 4: the Hall of Fame. One already is, so they may

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Speaker 4: wear football pads tonight.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: The You know, Illinois I think was the best offensive

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Speaker 1: Are you surprised? I don't think anybody surprised. Illinoi's here.

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Speaker 1: They spend a lot of money there, Nil was a lot.

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Speaker 1: They went to Europe. Underwood likes European guys. Michigan State's

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Speaker 1: not a surprise. It's interesting. Matt Painter's interesting. He brings

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Speaker 1: Are you surprised, I'm not surprised because I think they

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Speaker 1: feel a little villanova to me. You know, they kind

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Speaker 1: of they do their own thing. They high school it,

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Speaker 1: the guys stay there. Are you surprised by any of

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Speaker 3: No, Now, I'll give you know.

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Speaker 4: So I've been in the league two years, but Fusher Lawyer,

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Speaker 4: Braden Smith. They said it in an interview in January

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Speaker 4: by far has the most talent and is as good

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Speaker 4: for Purdue mass enjoying it, I think, you know, Colin

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Speaker 4: their preseason number one, it was almost like to me,

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Speaker 4: they just got to get through the regular season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because they've been you know, Smith already one Player

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Speaker 4: Year, they've all been All League already, they've won big games.

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Speaker 3: Not that they didn't care, but you know what I'm.

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Speaker 4: Saying, kind of like a you know, great teams in

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Speaker 1: So I've been defending coaches that bark this week, and

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Speaker 3: No different than before.

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Speaker 4: I think first of all, your players have to know

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Speaker 4: clickbait world that I'll give you a quick one. Rick

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Speaker 4: He was their best player and he got murdered. Murdered,

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Speaker 4: And he may be the best college coach since John wouldn't.

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Speaker 4: He's argued with him, Mike Crchefki, Bob Knight. Obviously John

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Speaker 4: Wooden would be wrong. Okay, Now this year, everybody's celebrating

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Speaker 4: coach Patino because Dylan Darling made a layup. Now if

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Speaker 4: the end of the day, whether Darling makes that lay

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Speaker 3: It's oh, you know this guy's too intense tonight.

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Speaker 4: I heard Dan Hurley and coaches are both getting asked

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Speaker 4: Look, when you win, everybody loves you. When you lose,

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Speaker 4: everybody crushes you. And that's just the look. And we

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Speaker 4: this era because it's twenty four to seven scrutiny.

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Speaker 1: Saint John's's, I mean they beat Kansas, and Kansas outshot

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Speaker 1: John's is a team that just you know, they Beatino laughs.

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Speaker 1: He's like, they don't think we can shoot, and so

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Speaker 1: far we're proving him right. Would you be shown if

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Speaker 1: Saint John's beat Duke tonight, would it shock you?

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Speaker 4: I think everybody has picked Saint John's because coach Bettina's

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Speaker 4: It will be to me it would be a monumental upset. Now,

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Speaker 4: it's because Saint John's is all tried and athleticism. They

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Speaker 3: Because the oldest thing is Colin.

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Speaker 4: You can't press if you don't score, so you can't

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Speaker 4: if you can't get it in the basket. Guess who's

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Speaker 4: number one in defensive efficiency? Hardest team to score on Duke.

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Speaker 4: So it's to me it's gonna be. It would be

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Speaker 4: a big, big upset. Although obviously I'll be wearing red

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Speaker 4: for my man cooas Patino tonight.

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Speaker 1: I think Michigan's the best team. Talk about Michigan, the

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Speaker 1: Michigan you face. You know, Lindenborg's terrific of you obviously know, Maa.

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Speaker 1: You tell me what you think about their roster.

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Speaker 4: We have three first round picks. Lenden Borg's a lottery picked.

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Speaker 4: Mara's going to be a tremendous pro He just needed

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Speaker 4: time to grow up incrementally better each year, and it's

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Speaker 3: He just needed time and growth. He's a great kid.

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Speaker 4: Res Johnson is Montrez Arel, I mean almost, but he's

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Speaker 4: a little taller. Their front line is unbelievable. Now Kason

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Speaker 4: getting hurt took a little punching away from them, but

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Speaker 4: they bring a guy off the best, Trey McKinney's gonna

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Speaker 3: They have the best talent. They have seniors.

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Speaker 4: Rob they haven't got Roddy Dale off the bench and

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Speaker 4: So their talent, I agree with you at times. At

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Speaker 4: I think for them, and they did it against Purdue

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Speaker 4: to death with their size. If they do that and

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Speaker 4: they played to their maximum, I totally agree with you.

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Speaker 1: They're the best team you guys gave Arizona. If I

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Speaker 1: that can start for teams. What is the they don't

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Speaker 4: Well, we have blood basts with them every year, so

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Speaker 4: we kind of know each other so well. The games

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Speaker 4: tend to be really close. Tommy Lloyd is an unbelievable coach.

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Speaker 4: Their front line. If it gets to Michigan Arizona, the

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Speaker 4: front lines are both the best two by far.

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Speaker 3: And because they both have three guys.

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Speaker 4: The Arizona has crebas Co O Pete first round picked

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Speaker 4: It's always been coach Lloyd's styles since he got to Arizona.

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Speaker 4: And they put so much pressure on the rim that

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Speaker 3: Getting foul trouble.

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Speaker 4: We're up seven on them late and they just they

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Speaker 3: And they got a senior point guard. Column.

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Speaker 4: You know, Bradley's is you know, tatting. Bradley's as good

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Speaker 4: he'll play in the NBA. But obviously the freshmen are

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Speaker 4: all the sexy guys for the draft.

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Speaker 3: Havn't that senior point guard?

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Speaker 4: And then a lot of he picked it to two

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Speaker 3: To me, they're they're right there with Michigan.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. The I don't like to beat up on coaches

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Speaker 1: on the Fred Hoiberg had four guys on the floor.

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Speaker 1: It's rare, you know, Listen, I've watched great coaches have

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Speaker 1: third downs, like it happens. This chaos.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I'm glad you said that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it just happens. What do you think

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Speaker 1: happened in your take on it?

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Speaker 4: I'd be willing to bet you on this. Somebody they

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Speaker 1: I didn't think this was controversial when you said it.

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Speaker 1: I defended him. I said, you know, UCLA is kind

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Speaker 3: It is big.

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Speaker 5: Picture wise, third consecutive season not getting into the second

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Speaker 1: I know, different seasons, different reasons, but do you feel

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Speaker 3: Or the way. I have no right now, I'm worried

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Speaker 1: We'll stay here in the front row.

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Speaker 3: I'd like about five more million. There's my answer.

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Speaker 4: Jim Alexander from Orange County Register watching Tyler on the bench.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's let's be honest. These are discussions

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Speaker 4: you know, Colin Like people say it's the death of

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Mick cronin UCLA basketball coach, I imagine

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Speaker 1: Nick, great Seni, you have a great weekend watching it.

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Speaker 1: All right, Mick cronin UCLA basketball coach. They beat Michigan State,

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Speaker 7: Really good interview, Colin. And you know who's gonna be

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Speaker 6: I don't know when Gervin got it, maybe in the seventies. Colin.

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Speaker 7: This is a controversy, big one in Chicago. Who you

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Speaker 6: I'm the Iceman.

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Speaker 1: Let me as somebody who formed a company four years ago.

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Speaker 6: Promise you he's never heard of George Durdat.

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Speaker 6: All right, let's move on to the next story, Colin.

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Speaker 7: That is the Pittsburgh Steelers and Aaron Rodgers. Now you

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Speaker 6: This is original and fresh. Take a listen.

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Speaker 8: When it comes to Aaron, this is the guy who

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Speaker 3: And I will stand by this.

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Speaker 8: And there's not many people out there, may be the

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Speaker 3: Hope that somewhere you meet in the middle.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that. I think Charlie's right and I

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Speaker 7: So I did not expect that take from you. I

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Aaron Rodgers at thirty two.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he gave you that. And then he outplayed his contract,

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Speaker 1: So he gave you that at thirteen. Okay, he made

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Speaker 6: Yeah, why because he's stunk with the Jets.

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Speaker 1: He's there now, he doesn't stink.

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Speaker 6: Well he had one good year.

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Speaker 1: Well sorry, who's got the leverage?

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Speaker 7: So here's my counterard, here's my counter erin thank you

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Speaker 7: Hey man, do you want to win again? Do you

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Speaker 7: want to try to win again? We'll let it all seen.

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Speaker 1: I'll say there's a difference between a small number and

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Speaker 6: Fine, what about twenty erin? Will you do twelve for twenty?

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Speaker 6: How about twenty with incentives?

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Speaker 1: How about twenty eight with incentives that are easy to

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Speaker 6: Fine?

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Speaker 7: How about going to your career? Your last pass was

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Speaker 7: a pick six. I enjoy the irrelevance.

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Speaker 1: Through three hundred million dollars in the bank Hall of Famer.

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Speaker 1: In your last year, you were darn good.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, you know this is a guy who craves the spotlight.

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Speaker 7: He's going on podcasts talking about Fauci and all this

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Speaker 6: Hey man, play football, lock in, come play, Come.

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Speaker 7: Play your final year. Let's make a run play for

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Speaker 7: eighteen mil. Sacrifice Aaron Rodgers, that's who you.

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Speaker 6: Are, do it you in? That's a firm not from Calherd.

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Speaker 7: All right, final story, Let's go back to the UFL

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Speaker 7: season kicks off tonight Birmingham Stallions versus Louisvio Kings, eight

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Speaker 7: Eastern on Fox tomorrow the Gamblers take on the Renegades.

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Speaker 7: We had Renegade's head coach Rick Neuheisel on the show

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Speaker 7: earlier today about why he loves the UFL.

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Speaker 9: This is the purest form of football. You were just

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Speaker 9: talking about, nil. These kids are on scholarship. Everybody makes

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Speaker 9: the same Everybody just wants one more chance to play.

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Speaker 9: And I promise you, having been on the practice field

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Speaker 9: for now the last five weeks, there's plenty of guys

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Speaker 9: that can play on Sundays.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, forty six guys in the UFL were on NFL

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Speaker 1: rosters at some point last year, So I don't think

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Speaker 1: of any question. The quality of football had gotten better

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Speaker 1: every year, for sure. Totally agree jmck with the news.

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Speaker 3: Well, that's the news, and thanks for stopping that.

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Speaker 1: The herd Line News Carl's Headlines today.

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Speaker 2: Next, be sure to catch live editions of the weekdays

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Speaker 2: in noon eastern non am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio

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Speaker 2: FS one and the iHeartRadio app.

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Speaker 1: Well, our very own professor of bracketology is here. J

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Speaker 1: mack loves his college basketball. Let's find out who's going

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Speaker 1: to advance before the buzzer sounds. We like to call

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Speaker 1: it Jmack Tomorrow's headlines today. All right, Jmack, what's the

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Speaker 1: headline for the lock of the Sweet sixteen?

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Speaker 7: There's a big one tonight, Colin is great game. Two

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Speaker 7: legendary coaches. Did you know Dan Hurley has won his

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Speaker 7: last fourteen twenty games by double digits. The headline for

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Speaker 7: Yukon and Michigan will be leash we forget Husky's still

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Speaker 7: best in show. I didn't like either of these teams

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Speaker 7: coming into the tournament, but Yukon is starting to look

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Speaker 7: pretty good. I was surprised they pulled away from UCLA

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Speaker 7: with the nice win. Alex Caravan is one of these

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Speaker 7: legendary players, kind of like not quite Christian Latner, but

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Speaker 7: he's been around for many years.

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Speaker 6: Really good player at a great game against Ucla.

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Speaker 7: They're getting healthier, and I just don't like this Michigan

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Speaker 7: State offense. I know is theo's a big watcher. We

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Speaker 7: talk about them a lot, Colin, I see them struggling here.

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Speaker 7: These two teams, by the way, played an exhibition game.

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Speaker 7: That's how in the weeds I am.

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Speaker 6: It was ugly.

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Speaker 7: They were like fifty five fouls and forty baskets and

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Speaker 7: Yukon prevailed. I see this as like a first to

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Speaker 7: sixty wins. I think Mick Cronin said it is going

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Speaker 7: to be like a bring bring your straight jacket, Like

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Speaker 7: this is going to be a really really tough, physical game.

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Speaker 6: So I'll go Yukon in a close one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Same, I feel the same. Tomorrow's headlines today, watch the

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Speaker 1: headline for the South Region.

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Speaker 6: Man, this Iowa team, I love them, Colin.

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Speaker 7: They have been extremely profitable in the tournament, but they're

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Speaker 7: going up against a juggernaut.

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Speaker 6: The headline on Saturday in the.

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Speaker 7: Elite eight, will me orange, you glad Eli and I

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Speaker 7: squeeze the pulp from opponents. I'm going Illinois. I got

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Speaker 7: some buddies watching who are going to be ticked off.

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Speaker 7: There's just too many weapons on this team, Colin. I mean,

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Speaker 7: I think it was Bill rad After who had the

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Speaker 7: great call, take me to the Balkans after one of

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Speaker 7: these dunks by one of these Euros. They've got so

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Speaker 7: many dudes, it's unbelievable. And by the way, Keaton Woggler

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Speaker 7: entered his name in that top five for the draft.

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Speaker 6: Did you see him last night? Number twenty three?

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Speaker 7: Like a long six to six guard can handle Houston

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Speaker 7: is like, they're gonna pressure the hell.

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Speaker 6: Out of you.

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Speaker 7: He was undaunted and as shaky first half and adjusted

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Speaker 7: second half was huge. I think Mick Cronin said like

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Speaker 7: he was a Murray State recruit and he was like going,

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Speaker 7: like Minnesota was after him. He goes to Illinois, he

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Speaker 7: could be a top five pick. He's really lethal. They

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Speaker 7: got Stoyokovica's son, who I liked, six seven foot one twins.

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Speaker 7: I mean, Colin, this team's loaded Illinois needs. They're gonna

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Speaker 7: they could win the title.

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Speaker 1: Honestly, tomorrow's headlines today, what's the headline gonna be in

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Speaker 1: the Midwest region?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, this is a controversial team simply because

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Speaker 7: that's how things work in the NCAA tournament. When you're popular,

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Speaker 7: they give you controversy.

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Speaker 1: The headline for the.

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Speaker 6: Midwest region will be Dust.

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Speaker 7: Gets the win. All we know is Dust gets the win. Colin,

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Speaker 7: I am my singing hopefully trying to impress you. Yes,

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Speaker 7: I like I like them for sure. The Michigan Wolverines.

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Speaker 7: How can you not love to seem, Colin? I mean,

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Speaker 7: I mean they were number one most of the season,

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Speaker 7: absolute juggernaut.

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Speaker 6: Where's the weakness? You tell me where they're weak.

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Speaker 1: No, I mean it's it's their front line is just

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Speaker 1: overwhelms college teams.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, when you got a seven foot three center and

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Speaker 7: you got Lendeborg who's like a wing, somebody said he

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Speaker 7: his NBA comp is like Obi Toppin.

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Speaker 1: And I was like, oh, I think he's a better

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Speaker 1: player than Obi top.

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Speaker 6: He's a more well rounded player.

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Speaker 1: He can hit threes. He's ad Obie was good at Dayton.

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Speaker 1: He was a good player. Lennenberg's a different level play.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, he's a little more well rounded coming out of college.

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Speaker 7: Michigan is just deep, strong, fast. They can play at

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Speaker 7: any pace. So they'll play the winner of Iowa State Tennessee.

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Speaker 6: And you know Iowa State's best players down don't love them.

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Speaker 6: So I think Michigan prevails.

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Speaker 1: Tomorrow's headlines today, How about the headline for the West Region?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, they keep Everybody keeps trying to put this coach

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Speaker 7: over to North Carolina, and you and I are in lockstep,

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Speaker 7: like why would he leave the headline for the West

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Speaker 7: And the NCAA tournament will be But for real, this time,

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Speaker 7: Cats deserve a round of a pause. Yes, Arizona, how

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Speaker 7: good is this team? Man, I said they had four

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Speaker 7: first round picks last week, and your audience got so

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Speaker 7: angry at me. Now people watch him drop one hundred

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Speaker 7: and nine on Arkansas. Oh oh okay, this team is loaded,

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Speaker 7: co Opete. Last night, I felt like they were dunking

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Speaker 7: anything near the rim. Some of that's Arkansas doesn't protect

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Speaker 7: the rim at all, but their guards are incredible.

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Speaker 6: I just I don't see who's stopping this team. I

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Speaker 6: know Purdue.

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Speaker 7: Some numbers say that Purdue should be able to hang

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Speaker 7: with them, but everything Purdue does, Arizona does better.

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's a great matchup for Purdue, and

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Speaker 1: I think Matt Painter's terrific, but I think there's limitations

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Speaker 1: on personnel. I think it could get ugly.

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Speaker 7: And you saw Purdue struggle with the Texas athleticism. They

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Speaker 7: couldn't contain the guards off the dribble. Arizona's got two

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Speaker 7: pros in the back court, so I know, you know.

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Speaker 7: Braden Smith is the all time assist leader in college basketball,

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Speaker 7: great career, the kid Lawyer is gunning from three. I

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Speaker 7: just think Arizona's gonna be too much. I may bet

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Speaker 7: them with the lines up to six, six and a

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Speaker 7: half already.

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Speaker 1: I don't know tomorrow's headlines today. Now let's finish it off.

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Speaker 1: What do you make of the East Region?

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Speaker 7: Well, this is a big game. Everybody loves to hate Duke.

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Speaker 7: Can they prevail? The headline for the East Region tonight

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Speaker 7: will be you Booze, you don't lose. I'm going with

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Speaker 7: Carlo Boozer's twins. I think they prevail tonight against Saint John's. Now, Colin,

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Speaker 7: this should be, on paper, a great game. Saint John's

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Speaker 7: has a lot of pressure, and Duke's got a freshman

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Speaker 7: point guard boozer Son. There is a report in the

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Speaker 7: last thirty minutes from a sideline reporter at CBS that

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Speaker 7: Caleb Foster is going to be available tonight, three weeks

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Speaker 7: after surgery on his foot, so he could I don't

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Speaker 7: know if he's going to start, but he could play,

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Speaker 7: which would help alleviate some of that pressure. Caleb Foster

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Speaker 7: really solid player in the backcourt, Smart and Eddie. I

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Speaker 7: just think Duke's a better offensive team. I think they

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Speaker 7: contain Saint John's and I remember Saint John's is here

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Speaker 7: because they beat a bad Kansas team with a career

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Speaker 7: high six threes from a guy who doesn't make threes.

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Speaker 6: Okay, that's what it took.

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Speaker 7: To get by Kansas and a buzzer shot from a

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Speaker 7: kid who had not scored a basket all games.

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Speaker 6: So I'm going with Duke over the Johnnies tonight.

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Speaker 1: Well, I'm gonna tap my head. It's time for a challenge.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna do the I'm going to challenge Duke over

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Speaker 1: Saint John's with our new herd automatic bad take system,

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Speaker 1: bad take system. I love this, I don't love I'm

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Speaker 1: going to take Saint John's in the points.

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Speaker 7: So that's a good bet by you. I like the

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Speaker 7: bad take system. Are we gonna employ this like all

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Speaker 7: the time now?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I just whenever you have a take, it's outside.

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Speaker 6: It's not just me. I mean what coaches. I mean,

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Speaker 6: we could do this for do you can't go for it.

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Speaker 1: Duke's better, but it's just potato in these games. Keeps

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Speaker 1: it close and the pressure's all I mean, yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean it's house money. I mean the pressure is all

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Speaker 1: on Duke. They're supposed to win it. I'm telling you

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Speaker 1: it between if that kid's healthy, Duke Arizona, Michigan, those

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Speaker 1: are and I'll say this, go look at who you.

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Speaker 1: Yukon had one stinker against Marquette, then they lost to Arizona.

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Speaker 1: Saint John's Yeah, I think Creighton beat him once. Would

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Speaker 1: you be shocked if Yukon won it? No, wait, beat

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Speaker 1: Duke or won the whole title. They're not winning the title.

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Speaker 1: You could have stop winning the championship. They could take

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Speaker 1: down Duke. But by the way, to go back to

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Speaker 1: the challenge, I really like that Colin. A coach decides

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Speaker 1: to kick the field goal instead of go for a

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Speaker 1: fourth down, you could throw up your challenge.

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Speaker 6: Terrible take, terrible decision.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so I'm gonna take I don't know Michigan's winning

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Speaker 1: Yukon favored. I take Iowa State Illinois over I kind

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Speaker 1: of feel like it gets easier now because I feel

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Speaker 1: like the top three or four, I don't think there's

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Speaker 1: a big gap between a lot of teams. I think Michigan,

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Speaker 1: Arizona there's a gap Illinois. The problem is Iowa just

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Speaker 1: can't keep up. I mean, Illinois is gonna score seventy.

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Speaker 6: Who's going to control the pace in that one.

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Speaker 7: But I will say if Iowa somehow gets to the

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Speaker 7: final four and they played Duke Colin, that has shades

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Speaker 7: of Gordon Hayward all over again, from Butler making the

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Speaker 7: run and Duke can slow it down or Iowa can

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Speaker 7: slow down Duke.

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Speaker 6: I do believe you're onto something.

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Speaker 7: If those three ones advance Duke Arizona, Michigan, that's huge

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Speaker 7: for the TV audience, the interest nationwide.

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Speaker 6: And then you've got Iowa bringing up the heartland.

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Speaker 7: Remember Caitlin Clark got to the final four and the

639
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 7: ratings were off the charts. Iowa doesn't have a Caitlin Clark,

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Speaker 7: but everybody likes his kid. Bennett starts. Ben McCollum the coach. Yeah,

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Speaker 7: this is just a great tournament.

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Speaker 1: All right, we had a good week. I'll be watching tonight.

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Speaker 1: You'll be watching tonight. Michigan State. Yukon's great. Hey, Yukon.

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Speaker 1: Yukon did the UCLA because UCLA beat Michigan State this

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Speaker 1: year in Purdue and Illinois and then Yukon took them apart.

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Speaker 1: Is Yukon just puts pressure on you and UCLA's guards

647
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Speaker 1: couldn't hit shots and it got ugly fast. Yukon has

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Speaker 1: been If I said to you best college basketball program

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Speaker 1: in America today, is it not Yukon.

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Speaker 6: Look they got two titles in the last three years.

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Speaker 1: I mean, but it's just I mean, it's so interesting.

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Speaker 1: They have the best women's program. And I'm gonna say

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Speaker 1: this for about the third different time in my life.

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Speaker 1: I think Yukon has both the best men's and women's program.

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Speaker 1: That's crazy. It's in stores, Connecticut, that's crazy.

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Speaker 7: Well, they don't care about their football team, so they

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Speaker 7: invest everything into basketball, which is smart. Even if you

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Speaker 7: invested in the football team, they're not going to.

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Speaker 1: Go anywhere, right, It's just amazing. It's like Nebraska dominating

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Speaker 1: football in the mid nineties. Of all the places in

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Speaker 1: the country, Yukon has the best men's and women's program.

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Speaker 1: Now again, they may have the best two coaches. You know,

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Speaker 1: Gino and Dan. You're not gonna beat that much. All Right,

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Speaker 1: we're done. Have a great weekend. Third