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Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome into the Betting Pros Podcast. I'm Ryan,

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Speaker 1: warmly joined by PJ Glasser, my friend and former colleague.

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Speaker 1: As we get together like we do every year, here

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Speaker 1: Pj and talk a little college basketball in March, very

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Speaker 1: very fun time of year. We are getting things started

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Speaker 1: a week earlier than we have the last couple of years.

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Speaker 2: You and I talk at some college hoops.

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Speaker 1: We decided to do a bit of a conference tournament

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Speaker 1: betting preview this week. We will of course be back

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Speaker 1: early next week talking about the bracket itself after selection Sunday.

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Speaker 2: We'll be doing some fun stuff.

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Speaker 1: Throughout the tournament throughout March and into April, but we

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Speaker 1: wanted to start a little bit early here.

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Speaker 2: How you doing, buddy, I'm doing great, Worm.

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Speaker 3: I appreciate you having me, man. I'm excited to talk

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Speaker 3: some conference tournaments. We were talking, you know, we obviously

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Speaker 3: were gonna do our March Menes preview show, and we

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Speaker 3: have the bracket next week and in the later rounds

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Speaker 3: we get into the sweet sixteen, e Lite eight, Final four,

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Speaker 3: all that stuff. But we were talking that the conference

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Speaker 3: tournament is just as exciting to break down because all

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Speaker 3: the games that you get and they obviously have odds

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Speaker 3: for all these conference tournaments that you can bet on.

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Speaker 3: I also love the strategy behind it and trying to

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Speaker 3: get ahead of some of these teams. Like you look

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Speaker 3: at last year with Florida, before they ran through the

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Speaker 3: SEC in Nashville, you could have gotten them like the

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Speaker 3: fourth best, fifth best odds to win the title. They

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Speaker 3: win the SEC tournament, and then they close as one

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Speaker 3: of the co favorites and obviously end up winning the

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Speaker 3: national title. You get a few teams like that every

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Speaker 3: year in a lot of these high major tournaments, and

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Speaker 3: with Michigan, Duke, Arizona, and Florida being kind of the

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Speaker 3: four teams above everybody else, if one of these other

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Speaker 3: is able to win some of these leagues, they're obviously

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Speaker 3: not going to.

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Speaker 4: Be a sleeper anymore.

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Speaker 3: Right, A lot of people are going to be paying

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Speaker 3: attention and their odds are going to shorten. So I'm

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Speaker 3: excited to do this with you break down some of

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Speaker 3: the conference tournament brackets, and I think it'll be valuable

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Speaker 3: to a lot of people that'll obviously be watching these

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Speaker 3: teams and hoping that we can get some good numbers

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Speaker 3: and win some bets.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna go conference by conference for the Power five.

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Speaker 1: Then we'll kind of do a larger discussion on some

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Speaker 1: of the mid major conferences, not going through every single one,

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Speaker 1: but some of the teams that stick out to you

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Speaker 1: as some favorite bets of yours. Before we jump into it, though,

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Speaker 1: let everybody know where they can find some of your work.

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Speaker 2: This year.

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Speaker 1: You're in a new spot, You're doing some work with

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Speaker 1: Game Day Garage. You've got Hoops in five, Roll and

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Speaker 1: tell everybody what you got going on.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Game Day Garage, you'll be able to check us out.

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Speaker 4: We're putting some podcasts out.

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Speaker 3: We'll be doing some live streams on Twitch as well,

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Speaker 3: so just follow Game Day Garage all social platforms, Instagram,

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Speaker 3: x TikTok as well. We'll be having a live selection

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Speaker 3: Sunday Reactions show, and then Hoops in five is something

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Speaker 3: that I've created. It's just five minutes for people to

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Speaker 3: just get caught up on all things college basketball, recap

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Speaker 3: some of the some of the big games from the

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Speaker 3: previous night, some of the biggest storylines, all those sorts

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Speaker 3: of things. So I'll be doing that and creating plenty

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Speaker 3: of content throughout the month of March and with you

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Speaker 3: as well, where I'm obviously doing this and I know

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Speaker 3: we got some stuff coming up in the next couple

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Speaker 4: Then I'm excited.

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Speaker 1: Every year when it gets time to start discussing our

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Speaker 1: college basketball coverage, our producers and everybody are like, would

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Speaker 1: PJ be interested again? I'm like, yeah, he's he loves

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Speaker 1: talking college troops. There's nobody I trust more at talking

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Speaker 1: college troops. So happy to be doing this with you.

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Speaker 1: Let's start things off with the ACC regular season champ,

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Speaker 1: of course, was Duke.

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Speaker 2: They are one of the premier teams.

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Speaker 1: This season, one of the best teams on Ken Palm

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Speaker 1: Their net ratings over forty, that's pretty insane. They're twenty

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Speaker 2: They are minus three point fifty this is as of yesterday.

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Speaker 1: To win the ACC tournament, just starting off at with

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Speaker 1: the favorite, Are they a team that you like to

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Speaker 3: It's it's hard not to like Duke. I mean, the

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Speaker 3: way that they're playing, the role that they're on now.

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Speaker 3: They did lose a couple of guys in that North

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Speaker 4: Them as well. It's gonna be tricky.

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Speaker 3: I mean, we're we're gonna get into a bunch of

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Speaker 4: Do they decide to maybe.

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Speaker 3: We saw them play Carolina on Saturday, who's the four

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Speaker 3: we saw them play Virginia the week before they blew

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Speaker 3: Carolina is the only team that was able to beat them,

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Speaker 3: but without Wilson Again, do you really like them? Miami's

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Speaker 3: been an unbelievable story, one of the best in college

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Speaker 3: I think they could be a potential sleeper as we

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Speaker 3: Duke's a big favorite for a reason. I'd love to

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Speaker 3: one long shot that I like. I think you're just

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Speaker 3: Duke's a big favorite for a reason, and I think

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Speaker 3: they're going to end up winning the ACC.

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Speaker 1: Turn Yeah, I mean the number one team in Ken Palm,

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Speaker 2: Not win their conference tournament.

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Speaker 1: If it feels hard to make that case given the

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Speaker 3: I think Final four National championship up side with Caroline

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Speaker 4: Could they win a game or two?

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Speaker 3: Sure, we're in that game against Duke, I mean they

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Speaker 3: But the fact that you're going to have a potential

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Speaker 1: I was going to ask you before we move off

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Speaker 3: I think the Hokies in SMU would be the two

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Speaker 3: Those would be the two teams that I would look at,

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Speaker 3: But yeah, where it's just you know, Duke Cooper Flag.

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Speaker 3: If you remember they were a big favorite last year

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Speaker 3: in the ACC Tournament. Flag gets hurt and they nearly

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Speaker 4: Nearly gets some in the ACC Championship.

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Speaker 3: So again, with Duke being down some guys already, if

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Speaker 3: somebody else were to potentially get injured, maybe that opens

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Speaker 3: it for some other teams. But what makes betting on

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Speaker 3: the ACC Tournament tough this year is maybe you make

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Speaker 3: Virginia plus seven fifty, or maybe I look at betting

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Speaker 3: Miami twenty to one, and then if those teams were

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Speaker 3: a great price on that. But there isn't even a

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Speaker 1: Let's go to the Big East here regular season champ

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Speaker 3: You know, actually, I think i'd probably believe go Saint

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Speaker 4: So I think the bracket is favorable.

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Speaker 1: And it does feel like similar with Duke in the ACC,

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's maybe more of an NCAA tournament thing

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's a combination of that, a combination

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Speaker 3: So I think all those things kind of have Yukon

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Speaker 1: If I forced you to pick somebody other than those two,

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Speaker 3: The job Chris Holtman's doing in Chicago this year has

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Speaker 3: I think there's a great shot that DePaul could make

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Speaker 2: Just so like my.

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Speaker 1: Scott disgust and hatriot of Kevin Willard isn't totally coloring

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Speaker 1: Speaking of the Turps, they are not going to be

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Speaker 2: The Big Ten is interesting.

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Speaker 1: It's so deep, obviously, like the addition of these teams

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Speaker 1: Even though despite the fact that they haven't won a

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Speaker 1: you know thing here. Having said that, Michigan is awesome

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Speaker 3: I actually think that there's some good value on teams

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Speaker 4: So credit to them.

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Speaker 3: I don't know about you, but as we start to

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Speaker 3: So think about the parallels where Auburn last year starts

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Speaker 3: And I'm looking at their path as the one seed,

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Speaker 3: think the Purdue pick is going to shock a bunch

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Speaker 3: of people just because of the way that they're playing

440
00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,080
Speaker 3: two and four in their last six games. They've lost

441
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Speaker 3: four home games this five home games this year at

442
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Speaker 3: Mackie four and Big Ten play. But remember the Big

443
00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,560
Speaker 3: Ten Tournament last year and Michigan was the team that

444
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,280
Speaker 3: ended up winning it. And if you remember, Michigan came

445
00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:40,160
Speaker 3: in to that tournament terrible. Nobody wanted any part of Michigan.

446
00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,119
Speaker 3: They were losing games, their guards looked terrible, and then

447
00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,520
Speaker 3: Dusty May and the Wolverines went on a run. And

448
00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,360
Speaker 3: I think Purdue could kind of do the same thing

449
00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,400
Speaker 3: where they look so bad recently. But now that we've

450
00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,800
Speaker 3: gotten the conference tournament play the preseason number one team,

451
00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:57,200
Speaker 3: all those seniors still a great offense. I think Matt

452
00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,639
Speaker 3: Painters team could potentially make a little run. And the

453
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Speaker 3: fact that you got Indiana potentially Nebraska is the two

454
00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,760
Speaker 3: they're gonna be favored in that game. I like the

455
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Speaker 3: value in those two teams in the bottom of the bracket.

456
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Speaker 3: So if we can get Michigan State and Purdue one

457
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Speaker 3: of those teams in the Big Ten Final, and then

458
00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,760
Speaker 3: if Michigan gets upset, that'd be unbelievable.

459
00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:18,800
Speaker 4: I think that would be the way to attack it.

460
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Speaker 4: So Michigan's the best team in the Big Ten.

461
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Speaker 3: There's no question, wouldn't shock me if they ended up

462
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Speaker 3: winning the Big Ten bracket. I just see some similarities

463
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Speaker 3: in Auburn. I like Illinois and Wisconsin on the top

464
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Speaker 3: half of that bracket, and I think the value are

465
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Speaker 3: getting on Sparti perdue around like seven to one. I

466
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Speaker 3: think both those teams could be worth the.

467
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Speaker 1: I really liked the Auburn comp to Michigan. That makes

468
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Speaker 1: a lot of sense to me. I'm glad you brought

469
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Speaker 1: up Purdue also because I was going to bring them

470
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Speaker 1: up as this was like, you know, a favorite going

471
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Speaker 1: into the the season, like, you know, possible National Player

472
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Speaker 1: of the year, hype for you know, Braden Smith. Just like, oh,

473
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,800
Speaker 1: like a very good team that was expected, you know,

474
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Speaker 1: and a very good coach right with a lot of trust,

475
00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,359
Speaker 1: just expected to be excellent team. For them to be

476
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,040
Speaker 1: the seventh seed in the Big Ten is really surprising

477
00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,479
Speaker 1: compared to where we were at the beginning of the season.

478
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Speaker 1: I do tend to like those types of teams that,

479
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Speaker 1: you know, unless there was an injury that really changed

480
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Speaker 1: the scope of the season.

481
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Speaker 2: I really like those teams.

482
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Speaker 1: That had really big expectations and it wasn't it was

483
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Speaker 1: a disaster maybe relative with the expectations, but it wasn't

484
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Speaker 1: like a disaster.

485
00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:24,639
Speaker 2: It wasn't they completely fell off.

486
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Speaker 1: They're not going to miss a determine or anything like that,

487
00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,200
Speaker 1: and they still are really talented. So I like Purdue

488
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Speaker 1: a lot, especially the fact that they are not on

489
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Speaker 1: Michigan's side of the bracket goes a long way towards

490
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Speaker 1: that because like, like I mean, I know, I know

491
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Speaker 1: Nebraska is the higher seed. Would it shock anybody at

492
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Speaker 1: Purdue beats Nebraska, Like like no, I mean talent wise,

493
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Speaker 1: like right that this is obviously.

494
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Speaker 3: Purdue probably is like a two and a half point

495
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Speaker 3: favorite in that game total total.

496
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Speaker 1: And then I love your call too about like Wisconsin

497
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Speaker 1: Illinois like because they are on that side of the

498
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Speaker 1: bracket being the types of teams that could give Michigan trouble,

499
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Speaker 1: and I'd almost feel better if Michigan had to face

500
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Speaker 1: both of them, Like if Wisconsin and Ohio State were

501
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Speaker 1: switched in the bracket and Michigan would have to go

502
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Speaker 1: through Wisconsin and Illinois, I'd be even more inclined to say,

503
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Speaker 1: like maybe you want to fade them.

504
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Speaker 2: Here, anybody lower.

505
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Speaker 1: I mean I talked about how this conference is so deep,

506
00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 1: you know, you look at the like obviously I would

507
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Speaker 1: I would love to make a joke about Maryland. We're certainly,

508
00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,399
Speaker 1: you know, not picking them. Oregon, Penn State, Northwestern. Those

509
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Speaker 1: are the four teams that start their play on Tuesday.

510
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Speaker 1: Any of these Wednesday teams, you know, Iowa, Washington, Indiana.

511
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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm as I'm saying them out loud. It

512
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Speaker 1: kind of feels hard to make the case for them.

513
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Speaker 1: But anybody stick out to you or are you looking

514
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Speaker 1: at these Thursday and Friday teams only?

515
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Speaker 3: The two teams that I love are Ohio State and

516
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Speaker 3: Iowa for next week for when we get to the

517
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Speaker 3: NC DOUBLEA Tournament as potential sleepers. Obviously, it all depends

518
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,399
Speaker 3: on matchups and who they end up getting. But I

519
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,040
Speaker 3: think the backcourt of Ohio State with Mobley and Bruce Thornton,

520
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Speaker 3: who's one of the best players in the Big Ten

521
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Speaker 3: terrific if you haven't watched them. And then Iowa that

522
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Speaker 3: combo of Ben McCollum as head coach and Bennett Starts's

523
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Speaker 3: point guard, with the way that they play at one

524
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,560
Speaker 3: of the slowest paces in the country, good defense, like

525
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Speaker 3: they're going to.

526
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Speaker 4: Throw a lot of people off. And again, I mean.

527
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Speaker 3: They nearly beat Michigan a week and a half ago

528
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Speaker 3: in Iowa City. It's brutal that they're going to have

529
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Speaker 3: to play the Wolverines in the quarterfinals. I wish that

530
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Speaker 3: Ohio State and Iowa were kind of on the bottom

531
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Speaker 3: half of the bracket or maybe even in Illinois's path.

532
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Speaker 3: The fact that they're you know, eight to nine kind

533
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Speaker 3: of stinks. But those would be the teams that I

534
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Speaker 3: like moving forward. But as for long shots with this

535
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,400
Speaker 3: current bracket worm, I just can't see it again. Produce

536
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,359
Speaker 3: is seven if you want to call them a long

537
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,600
Speaker 3: shot again, it wouldn't surprise any of us if they

538
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Speaker 3: made a run, just because of the talent on that team,

539
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 3: and they're still among one of the betting favorites right now.

540
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Speaker 3: But yeah, keep an eye on Ohio State and Iowa

541
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Speaker 3: when the bracket, the NCAA bracket comes out next week.

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Speaker 4: Those would be two teams to watch for me.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to the big twelve here. Obviously, Arizona regular

544
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Speaker 1: season champ, the betting favorite. They were minus one zh

545
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Speaker 1: five when I last looked here. A great team that

546
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Speaker 1: I think the reputation of Arizona, and again this is

547
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Speaker 1: more NCAA Tournament than it is conference tournament.

548
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,360
Speaker 2: I think the reputation.

549
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Speaker 1: Of Arizona is this is always this is a good

550
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Speaker 1: regular season team that chokes in March because they've had

551
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Speaker 1: a couple of these like two seed losing to a

552
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Speaker 1: fifteen seed type of losses, you know, losing to Princeton

553
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Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, that sort of thing.

554
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:27,159
Speaker 2: They've also made the.

555
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Speaker 1: Sweet sixteen before a couple of times that are Tommy

556
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 1: Lloyd like, they're always a very good team, and I'm

557
00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:37,119
Speaker 1: usually a believer in the like the only reason people

558
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,160
Speaker 1: think you can't make a Final fours because you haven't

559
00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,600
Speaker 1: done it yet, Like it can just happen one day

560
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,720
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, like Jay Wright and Tony

561
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:45,200
Speaker 1: Bennett and all this stuff. Again, that's more of the

562
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Speaker 1: NCAA tournament, not conference tournament discussion. But I just want

563
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:50,600
Speaker 1: to bring that up because, like, again, I think Arizona

564
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Speaker 1: is a excellent team.

565
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:52,760
Speaker 2: Right there's one of.

566
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Speaker 1: These like four teams at the top of Ken Palm

567
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Speaker 1: that really look like they've separated from the rest of

568
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Speaker 1: the pack and they're gonna.

569
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Speaker 2: Be a one seed and all that stuff.

570
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Speaker 1: So having said all that, like I said, they are

571
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Speaker 1: the betting favorite in the Big Twelve, is that the

572
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Speaker 1: direction you would go when betting.

573
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,720
Speaker 2: On this conference tournament? Or would you want to look

574
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Speaker 2: for a value play somewhere else.

575
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Speaker 3: I do think we're on a collision course for the

576
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,879
Speaker 3: top two teams with Arizona and in Houston the top two seeds.

577
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,280
Speaker 3: It feels like we're probably set up that way, which

578
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,480
Speaker 3: was the Big Twelve championship last year. Kansas is certainly

579
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,800
Speaker 3: going to interest people with Darren Peterson if he's able

580
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:29,080
Speaker 3: to play Iowa State getting the five, maybe some people

581
00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:30,720
Speaker 3: will look at them. The fact they have to play

582
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Speaker 3: an extra game. You're getting better juice on them. Texas

583
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,400
Speaker 3: Tech is the four without topping, they might look at them.

584
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,439
Speaker 3: But the team that I would keep an eye on

585
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 3: warm and you can get him as high as like

586
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,440
Speaker 3: eighty to one at some spots. I like TCU quite

587
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,960
Speaker 3: a bit As a sixth seed. I bet them to

588
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 3: win the Big Twelve and keep an eye on TCU

589
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,399
Speaker 3: next week when the bracket comes out. Not a lot

590
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Speaker 3: of people are going to talk about the horn Frogs,

591
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,000
Speaker 3: but were if you go back and you look at

592
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Speaker 3: their schedule this season. TCU when they played on a

593
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 3: neutral floor this year, they lost to Michigan by four.

594
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,800
Speaker 3: They beat Florida by four. They beat Wisconsin by eleven.

595
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,160
Speaker 3: That was in the non con Then you get into

596
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,439
Speaker 3: Big Twelve play. They went to Kansas in the fog.

597
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 3: They lost in ot one oh four to one hundred.

598
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,960
Speaker 3: They played Arizona pretty close before the Wildcats pulled away

599
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,160
Speaker 3: and one by thirteen. They lost at BYU by six.

600
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,680
Speaker 3: They lost at here Or they lost to Houston at

601
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,680
Speaker 3: home by nine. They beat Iowa State this year, they

602
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:31,159
Speaker 3: won at Texas Tech. Like this team plays up to

603
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 3: the level of their competition when they face top teams.

604
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 3: This year, especially on a neutral they've been really really good.

605
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,119
Speaker 3: So because of how top heavy the Big Twelve has

606
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Speaker 3: been this year and all everybody here is Peterson, Arizona,

607
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,200
Speaker 3: Texas Tech, Iowa State, not a lot of people are

608
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:52,320
Speaker 3: talking about TCU, And maybe because of the familiarity of

609
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,240
Speaker 3: all these teams, maybe they don't make a run in

610
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Speaker 3: the Big Twelve. But I certainly think because of their

611
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,199
Speaker 3: track record this season, the price that you're getting, I

612
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 3: think they're worth a liar but again, keep an eye

613
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,679
Speaker 3: on TCU for next week, because just go back and

614
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,680
Speaker 3: look what they did when they were playing a bunch

615
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 3: of these great teams on neutral floors. They were either

616
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 3: winning those games or they were super competitive.

617
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,160
Speaker 4: So I like TCU.

618
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 3: But yeah, if I had to pick, like, who do

619
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Speaker 3: I think wins this tournament, I think it is Arizona.

620
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 4: I mean, they're just they're they're so good.

621
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:26,680
Speaker 3: They've probably been the most consistent team all season. Duke

622
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,159
Speaker 3: probably has an higher upside, Michigan probably has an upside,

623
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 3: but in terms of just consistency, like never really having

624
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,720
Speaker 3: a dud this season, Arizona has been as consistent as

625
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 3: you could want, and they're healthy going into this tournament.

626
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,320
Speaker 3: Cole peaks back, Bradley by Barry's Berry's they got they

627
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:45,679
Speaker 3: got their full force of guys.

628
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,119
Speaker 4: So I like Arizona win the Big Twelve.

629
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, it's funny because like Arizona is just

630
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:55,160
Speaker 1: so clearly the best team. But like Houston, it feels

631
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 1: like the way, like the way people think about them

632
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 1: is that they're having a down year. They're still sixth

633
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 1: in ken right, Like this is still an excellent team.

634
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 1: Iowa State is not even like they're a five seed.

635
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,639
Speaker 1: They're not even in the top four seeds here they

636
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,640
Speaker 1: have to play on Wednesday. They're seventh and Ken Palm right,

637
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,800
Speaker 1: Like I know, obviously Texas Tech they lose top in

638
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,199
Speaker 1: like that's that's a different story for them. But like

639
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: the top six, like you could make it. I think

640
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: you can at least squint and make a case that

641
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,840
Speaker 1: like Darren Peterson could just go nuclear, right, Like we

642
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 1: think like he has the upside to be the best

643
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,679
Speaker 1: player in the country when he's healthy and playing, Like

644
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 1: it's been a really weird regular season for him. Could

645
00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 1: he just like go on one of these crazy runs

646
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,679
Speaker 1: that we see lead guards do all the time. Like

647
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 1: there's just so much I mean, obviously this is like

648
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 1: the best conference most years. I know it wasn't last year,

649
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 1: but like it feels like most year is the Big

650
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: Twelve at least statistically is considered the best best conference,

651
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,959
Speaker 1: and like the reason is looking at how good all

652
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 1: these teams are at the top, Like I think the

653
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 1: top six seeds besides Texas Tech, Like you could squint

654
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 1: and make a really interesting case, I think. But at

655
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 1: the same time, like Arizona is just the best team

656
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 1: and Heuston's really good. When we were talking about that

657
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Speaker 1: conference pickspool that I mentioned earlier in the show, you

658
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 1: were like, Yeah, it's Arizona and Houston.

659
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 2: They're gonna meet in the title game here.

660
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 1: Like, for as much as it's fun to paint a

661
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: picture for TCU or Kansas or Iowa State or whoever,

662
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 1: it's Houston and Arizona.

663
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 4: I think so.

664
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Speaker 3: And you know, Arizona's funny worm. Again, Like we all

665
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 3: talk about the top four teams in the country Michigan, Duke, Arizona,

666
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,640
Speaker 3: and Florida, and it kind of feels like Arizona is

667
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 3: the one that's flying under the radar, right. It kind

668
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 3: of feels like the four, they're the one that's getting

669
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 3: the least talked about. And you just have to wonder

670
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:30,280
Speaker 3: if this year is the year that Tommy Lloyd has

671
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 3: like his Dan Hurley moment, where before Hurley and Yukon

672
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 3: won the title, he was a coach that you just

673
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,120
Speaker 3: never trusted in March, and Lloyd has been that way

674
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 3: so far for Arizona. But as we know, it really

675
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 3: just takes kind of one run for teams for people

676
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 3: to change their perception of you.

677
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 4: He certainly got the team to do it.

678
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 3: And you wonder if this is the start of a

679
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 3: great potential next three four weeks for Arizona winning the

680
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 3: Big Twelve and then maybe winning the NCAA Tournament as well.

681
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Speaker 1: Those four teams at the top, Duke, Michigan, Arizona, Florida.

682
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: I forced you to pick one that was not going

683
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 1: to win their conference tournament. Is it Michigan based on

684
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 1: what we talked about before with just the depth of

685
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 1: the Big Ten and the matchups with teams like Wisconsin

686
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: and Illinois. Or is it Arizona because they have to

687
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 1: go up against presumably Houston or where to be Florida

688
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 1: the conference We're about to get to you and haven't

689
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: talked about you. If I if I fortunately pick one

690
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 1: of those four to not win their conference tournament, who

691
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:21,480
Speaker 1: are you picking?

692
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 4: I think it would be Michigan. Again.

693
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 3: You could make the argument for Arizona because, like you said,

694
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 3: how top heavy the Big Twelve is. But Florida and

695
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 3: we're getting ready to talk about the SEC, they have

696
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 3: just been running roughs shot through that league.

697
00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 4: Nobody's really been able to.

698
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 3: Keep it close with the Gators, and I just I

699
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 3: don't know, there's something about Michigan the way that they're playing,

700
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 3: even though they are the best team in the Big Ten.

701
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,160
Speaker 3: I just I kind of got a feeling that somebody

702
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 3: might get them this week in Chicago. So I think

703
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 3: it would be those two. But if that made me pick, yeah,

704
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 3: I think I would take Michigan.

705
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 1: Florida is the regular season champ at the SEC. Obviously

706
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 1: they're there defending national champions. They're minus one eighty to

707
00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 1: win the SEC Conference tournament. You just kind of alluded

708
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 1: to the fact that Michigan is the one of these

709
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 1: top teams you would picked to not win. So does

710
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 1: that mean that you are picking Florida to win here?

711
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 1: And if you are, do you like them as a

712
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 1: bet at minus one eighty?

713
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 4: Yeah? I do.

714
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 3: To be honest, I think anything below minus two hundred

715
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 3: is good price on Florida. Again, where you just look

716
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 3: at what they've done really ever since that home loss

717
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 3: to Auburn, They've beaten everybody in this league, and they

718
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,120
Speaker 3: beat them pretty convincingly. And then you go down the

719
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 3: line and it's like, okay, let's look at some of

720
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 3: the other top teams in the league. Well, Arkansas, we

721
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 3: just saw them beat them by thirty four with a

722
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 3: cuff and he might not even play in this tournament.

723
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 3: They beat Bama by twenty five and Todd Golden's really

724
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,680
Speaker 3: had nat So, NATO's and Alabama's number the last few

725
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 3: years because they just dominate them on the glass. Vanderbilt

726
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 3: is a solid team. They're probably gonna be a four

727
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 3: or five seed in the tournament. I just I really

728
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 3: can't see them beating Florida. So it's just like you

729
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 3: go down through the list and it's like, who are

730
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 3: some of these teams that you like to beat Florida,

731
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 3: And nobody's really the answer. Tennessee, who's the five seed,

732
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 3: might not have Nate a meant for this tournament as well.

733
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 4: So you're talking about Arkansas.

734
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 3: And Tennessee, two teams that maybe people would want to

735
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 3: buy a ticket on. They could be without two of

736
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 3: their best players, two lottery picks. I just think it's

737
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 3: really all setting out for Florida if you did won

738
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 3: a couple of long shots. And again, I would only

739
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 3: take this with the caveat that somehow Florida does get upset,

740
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 3: because I don't think these two teams can beat Florida

741
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 3: head to head. But Bama would be the first one,

742
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 3: because even though Bama cannot beat Florida, they can beat

743
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 3: everybody else in the SEC. NATO's has already won two

744
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 3: SEC tournaments, and they've been playing pretty good ball down

745
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 3: the stretch. They have a terrific backcourt. They've been good

746
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,720
Speaker 3: in neutral psyche games this season. They've wins over Illinois,

747
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 3: wins over Saint John's. So I think Bama could be

748
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 3: an interesting team to watch. And then Texas the ten seed,

749
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 3: Sean Miller's team. They've lost their last couple of games

750
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 3: to Arkansas and then they lost it home to Oklahoma.

751
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,239
Speaker 3: But where in there are so many teams in the

752
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 3: SEC that are really good offensively, like to play at

753
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 3: a fast pace and struggle defensively. Those teams are Bama, Georgia, Arkansas,

754
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 3: and A and M. Texas has had great success against

755
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 3: all those teams this year. They've beaten Georgia at home,

756
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 3: they've won it Tuscaloosa. Those are going to be the

757
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 3: next two opponents that they face. If they get by

758
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 3: Ole Miss, then you got Arkansas potentially waiting for you,

759
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 3: and Texas, A and M. So all those teams that

760
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 3: Texas has had success against that face kind of that

761
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 3: profile of great offense, played a fast paced struggle on defense.

762
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 3: That's all the teams that Texas is playing. So again,

763
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 3: they could be a fun like money line rollover option

764
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 3: this week. Maybe you just want to take them as

765
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 3: a long shot, bet them one hundred to one to

766
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 3: win the SEC, hoping by some miracle that maybe Florida

767
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,719
Speaker 3: gets upset. But it's kind of like the Duke thing

768
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 3: where Florida's on such a role right now. They're so

769
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 3: much better than everybody else in the SEC. And from

770
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 3: a motivation standpoint, this was a team won the SEC

771
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 3: tournament last year and.

772
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 4: The national championship they got.

773
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 3: They got opportunity to do the same thing and go

774
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 3: back to back in both the SEC and the NCAA,

775
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 3: So plenty of motivation for Florida. They're playing their best ball.

776
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 3: I think they're gonna win it. But again, Bama seven

777
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 3: to one, Texas at one hundred to one. You're looking

778
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,400
Speaker 3: for teams outside of the Gator ZoZ would be the

779
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 3: two i'd look at.

780
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you on Bama.

781
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 1: You know, when I was looking at Ken Pom, it's

782
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 1: you know, interesting that outside of Florida the top three

783
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 1: teams are Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Bama. They're back to back to

784
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,759
Speaker 1: back in ken Pom at thirteen fourteen to fifteen, and

785
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:37,800
Speaker 1: then Arkansas is just a little bit lower at eighteen.

786
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 1: And Bama, of course they have the elite offense that

787
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 1: if you get hot, you get hot, like I think

788
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,320
Speaker 1: you put it well where like I could see Bama

789
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,840
Speaker 1: be like I could see Bama blowing out anybody in

790
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: this tournament except for Florida. That's just the rud where

791
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: it's just it is not gonna go well for them.

792
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,560
Speaker 1: I think when I'm looking at the bracket on Florida's side,

793
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: so like a team that would have to upset them

794
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,919
Speaker 1: before they get to the championship.

795
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:04,000
Speaker 4: I feel like.

796
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 2: Tennessee is my favorite of those, like just having the

797
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 2: best shot at it.

798
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: I like them a little bit better than Vanderbilt, and

799
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,240
Speaker 1: you know, I like to I am pretty confident Tennessee

800
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: is gonna beat one of Mississippi State or Auburn. I

801
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: think they can, you know, will beat Vanderbilt and then

802
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,800
Speaker 1: like if they lucky, if Florida's upset in the quarterfinals,

803
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 1: you know that would be really lucky for them. They

804
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 1: maybe have the best chance of doing it. I don't

805
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:30,280
Speaker 1: think they will, but you know, an experienced coach, experience

806
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: point guard and Jacoby Gillespie. You know there's talent on

807
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: that team. But that feels like I'm just making a

808
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,439
Speaker 1: case for the sake of making a case, right, Like.

809
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 2: It's it is remarkable.

810
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: It's a different team, but it's remarkable how similar it

811
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: feels to Florida last year, where it's not like they

812
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: were the single best team the entire season, but then

813
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 1: you get to March and it's like this team feels

814
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 1: not unbeatable, but not that far off either.

815
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 3: Agreed, And I think Tennessee again, if you're as we

816
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 3: were talking about, Michigan in the Big Ten, is like

817
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 3: Wisconsin Illinois probably being the team's best equipped to maybe

818
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 3: pull the upset. I think Tennessee, like you said, you

819
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 3: hit the nail on the head. If Nate Ament is

820
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 3: ruled to go, especially if we get that news before

821
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,920
Speaker 3: their first game that they play on Thursday, then all

822
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,440
Speaker 3: of a sudden, again you feel better about maybe betting

823
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,000
Speaker 3: some teams on the bottom side of that bracket, because

824
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 3: I really think that is the only team that could

825
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 3: maybe give Florida chance worm the only chance you have

826
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 3: against Florida is if you match their physicality and you

827
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 3: can somewhat limit their rebounding, and Tennessee's really the only

828
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 3: team that can kind of do that in the SEC.

829
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 3: And then if Jacobe Gillespie gets hot, if Ament gets hot,

830
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,319
Speaker 3: if they're able to knock down their threes, we all

831
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 3: know Rick Barnes' team's gonna play defense, they're gonna be physical,

832
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:43,760
Speaker 3: and they're gonna rebound.

833
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 4: If they knock down their shots, then they got a

834
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 4: chance of pulling off the upset.

835
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,319
Speaker 3: So agree with you. Missouri's not doing it, Kentucky's not

836
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,720
Speaker 3: doing it. Van He's not doing it. If you're betting

837
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 3: anybody else in this league, Tennessee's your best shot to

838
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 3: beat Florida.

839
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,120
Speaker 4: And if that happens, then then maybe we get some chaos.

840
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Speaker 1: to some mid major badness. Of course, a lot of

853
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,720
Speaker 1: mid major conference tournaments are already underway or have already

854
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 1: wrapped up, but there are some more to come in

855
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: this upcoming week. Rather than go through conference by conference,

856
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:52,239
Speaker 1: I want you to kind of just take this in

857
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,240
Speaker 1: the direction you want to go. Give me your favorite

858
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,839
Speaker 1: bets across the smaller leagues wherever you want to start

859
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 1: first as your favorite.

860
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 2: Who do you like here at the mid major level?

861
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, let's start with the Mountain West because again,

862
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 3: if you want a group like a Power six together,

863
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 3: I think probably the Mountain West would.

864
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 4: Be the other team.

865
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 3: I took a piece of New Mexico plus four eighty.

866
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 3: I think they're like five to one now at some spots.

867
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 2: March.

868
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 3: The Mountain West Conference tournament is always a fun one

869
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,240
Speaker 3: because you can really go a number of different direction

870
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 3: with this league. Most of the time, Utah State ended

871
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,880
Speaker 3: up being the one seed, the two seed is San

872
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:31,360
Speaker 3: Diego State, New Mexico's the three Grand Canyon, who's in

873
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 3: their first leg year in the Mountain West is the

874
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 3: four seed. But then you got into that of the five,

875
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 3: Boise six, Colorado State to seven. For me, what this

876
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,800
Speaker 3: comes down to is Eric Olan. I'm just a massive

877
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 3: fan of him, of him as a head coach. He

878
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 3: was the coach worm at UC San Diego last year

879
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:51,440
Speaker 3: when they won thirty games, they were a twelve seed,

880
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:54,360
Speaker 3: nearly upset Michigan in the first round. I'm just a

881
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 3: big fan of the job that he's done. Now, they've

882
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 3: had a difficult time of beating some of the top

883
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 3: teams in the mount West.

884
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 4: This year.

885
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:06,840
Speaker 3: They've lost to San Diego State, they've lost to Utah

886
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 3: State twice, they've lost to Boise State twice, They've lost

887
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 3: to Colorado State.

888
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:12,800
Speaker 4: So these are all the top teams in the league.

889
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 3: But I think again, on a neutral floor, they're just

890
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 3: like they're solid. You know, they don't do anything extremely well,

891
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,879
Speaker 3: but they play offense and defense both very well this

892
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 3: time of the year. I trust coaching and I rely

893
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 3: on coaching so heavily, and I think Olin Outside a

894
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 3: Dutcher for San Diego State, might be the best coach

895
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 3: in that league. So I took a piece of New

896
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,879
Speaker 3: Mexico at five to one. I like the price on them.

897
00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:40,440
Speaker 3: And then the Atlantic ten, which should be an interesting

898
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 3: bracket as well as let me pull up that bracket

899
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 3: here with you have Saint Louis, who was unbelievable to

900
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,359
Speaker 3: start the year, but they've really faded as of late.

901
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 3: VCU has been on a tear recently. They just want

902
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:58,160
Speaker 3: at Dayton to end the regular season. I'm looking at

903
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 3: George Mason though the five at thirty five to one.

904
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,720
Speaker 3: George Mason's had to deal with some injuries this season.

905
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 3: They play at one of the slowest paces in the country.

906
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,920
Speaker 3: They like to play games in the sixties and in

907
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 3: the seventies. But you're getting thirty five to one worm

908
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:17,480
Speaker 3: forty to one for a team that has beaten Saint

909
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 3: They just beat Saint Louis by thirty. They just they've

910
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 3: lost a VCU by five and by six this season.

911
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,399
Speaker 3: You know, Dayton, they did lose two, but they were

912
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 3: going through a rough stretch towards the end of the season.

913
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 3: I just think the price on George Mason. I'm a

914
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 3: real big fan of Tony skin. I think he's done

915
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 3: a great job in his first couple of years there

916
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 3: with the Patriots.

917
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:40,880
Speaker 4: I like the value on them. Vcus the hot.

918
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 3: Team, they're the favorite. Dayton is a team that shoots

919
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 3: free throws extremely well. Also a well coached team that

920
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:48,840
Speaker 3: could make a run. But a lot of times in

921
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:52,360
Speaker 3: the A ten we do get upsets George Mason. The

922
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,279
Speaker 3: fact that they are playing a struggling Saint Louis team,

923
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 3: they're on the top side of that bracket. They do

924
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:01,239
Speaker 3: get Dayton as well. I think that's the team that

925
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,800
Speaker 3: I would probably look at. So if you wanted a

926
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 3: long shot in the A ten, George Mason, I like them.

927
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,920
Speaker 1: It's funny you keep mentioning all these coaches names that

928
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 1: I want Maryland to look at when they hopefully inevitably fire.

929
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 1: Buzz Williams all In is like probably my single top choice, honestly,

930
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,319
Speaker 1: of the attainable guys right now. So I love the

931
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 1: new Mexico call framing it a different way. Who are

932
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 1: some of the favorites at the mid major level that

933
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,839
Speaker 1: you don't want to bet on, Like, who are some

934
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 1: of the teams that you say, like, listen, I know

935
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,760
Speaker 1: this is a fun storyline. This is the mid major

936
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,800
Speaker 1: that everybody thinks could make a run in the NCAA tournament.

937
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:38,239
Speaker 1: This is the one seed in their conference and we're

938
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,920
Speaker 1: all expecting them to be the automatic qualifier, but you

939
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:42,880
Speaker 1: could see them getting upset along the way. Does anybody

940
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:44,280
Speaker 1: stand out to you from that perspective?

941
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 3: Well, there, we got to talk about the MAC Conference

942
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,480
Speaker 3: because I'm sure plenty of people know that Miami of

943
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,040
Speaker 3: Ohio is thirty one and oh and yes they should

944
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 3: be in the NC DOUBLEA Tournament. Regardless of what happens

945
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:57,840
Speaker 3: in the MAC tournament. You go thirty one and oh,

946
00:41:57,920 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 3: you should be in the NC Double A Tournament. So

947
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,840
Speaker 3: we'll get that out of the way there. They should

948
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,399
Speaker 3: be in worm. I think if people go to look

949
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 3: at the odds market, they will be stunned to see

950
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,879
Speaker 3: that a thirty one and oh team is plus two

951
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:13,799
Speaker 3: twenty five to win their conference tournament and Akron is

952
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 3: minus one ten to win the MAC. That's telling you

953
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 3: a lot. Miami, Ohio did beat Akron. Obviously earlier this

954
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 3: year they beat him in overtime. Akron's the better team.

955
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,360
Speaker 3: They're gonna be favorite if these.

956
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 4: Teams match up.

957
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 3: And again, Miami of Ohio, you think it's been harder

958
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 3: to go thirty one and Oh, they're gonna have to

959
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 3: go thirty four and oh if they want to get

960
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:34,840
Speaker 3: by Akron and win the MAC Tournament. So again, Minae

961
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 3: of Ohio isn't the favorite, but I think a lot

962
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,920
Speaker 3: of people because they're thirty one and oh would think

963
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:41,120
Speaker 3: of them as the favorite. That would be a team

964
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 3: that I would look at. Outside of that, you know,

965
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:46,720
Speaker 3: we got a lot of conference tournaments that are underway

966
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 3: right now for some of the mid majors. We have

967
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 3: some that still have uh to take place late. I

968
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 3: will say the Southland Conference tournament's an interesting one too.

969
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 3: You have two really good teams in McNeice and Steven F.

970
00:42:58,520 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 4: Austin.

971
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:02,000
Speaker 3: Mcneice's minus one thirty five and Steven F. Austin is

972
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:04,840
Speaker 3: plus one ninety Where I'm the winner of that conference

973
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 3: tournament if it's those two teams are going to be

974
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:10,799
Speaker 3: a twelve seed. Probably two really good teams, And I

975
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 3: think the value on SFA at plus one ninety is

976
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 3: a good one. So if you're looking for another mid

977
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:19,360
Speaker 3: major conference tournament that hasn't started yet, I think getting

978
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 3: near getting steven have Austin in nearly two to one,

979
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 3: I think.

980
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 4: Is a good bet as well.

981
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,439
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987
00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 1: I got two more questions for you here, PJ before

988
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,359
Speaker 1: we get out of here. One of them is, who

989
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 1: are some teams that you think are going to see

990
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 1: their odds get shorter between now and Selection Sunday. We

991
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 1: are obviously going to have a deeper breakdown early next

992
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:59,320
Speaker 1: week once we have the official bracket after Selection Sunday,

993
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 1: we'll be taping that night. But right now, are there

994
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:04,400
Speaker 1: any teams you see, and you kind of allude to

995
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 1: this at the top of the show, that you think

996
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:09,879
Speaker 1: we could see their odds, you know, maybe significantly maybe

997
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:13,960
Speaker 1: at least just marginally change that we could take advantage

998
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:16,359
Speaker 1: of a betting now because you think they're going to,

999
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 1: you know, go up a seed line between now and Sunday,

1000
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 1: or see those odds drop or what have you.

1001
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,640
Speaker 3: So the two teams that I'd probably keep an eye on,

1002
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:26,840
Speaker 3: maybe there's three teams. Actually the first one would be

1003
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,399
Speaker 3: Michigan State at forty to one. We were talking about

1004
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 3: the Big Ten earlier, Sparty would be my pick to

1005
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,320
Speaker 3: win the Big Ten. We gave out Purdue as well,

1006
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 3: but Michigan State. I used to work at the bet

1007
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:41,000
Speaker 3: MGM network with a good friend of mine named Ken Barkley,

1008
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:44,680
Speaker 3: and he would always frame teams as late bloomers. And

1009
00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:48,279
Speaker 3: it's something I always look at in conference tournament time,

1010
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 3: is who's a team that was good for much of

1011
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:54,359
Speaker 3: the year, but they really got good towards the end,

1012
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:57,560
Speaker 3: went on to win their conference tournament, and then everybody

1013
00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:59,239
Speaker 3: fell in love with them. Right. So the first two

1014
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 3: examples that come to mine are teams out of the

1015
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 3: Big Ten. That Illinois team with Io Desumu and Kofe

1016
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 3: Coburn that was great at the end of the year,

1017
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:08,800
Speaker 3: won the Big Ten, got the one seed lost to

1018
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 3: Loyal to Chicago. Keegan Murray's Iowa team that went through

1019
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 3: the Big Ten lost to Richmond in the opening round. Like,

1020
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 3: those are the kind of teams that I look for.

1021
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:19,840
Speaker 3: Who are the teams that are playing well late, that

1022
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 3: can go on a run that maybe people aren't talking

1023
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 3: about right now but will be after we get through

1024
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,400
Speaker 3: conference tournament play. And I think Michigan State could be

1025
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,320
Speaker 3: that team at forty eight to one because of Izzo's

1026
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 3: track record. They did just play Michigan really well in

1027
00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 3: ann Arbor, they went to Purdue, they went to Indiana

1028
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:40,239
Speaker 3: and won, They'd beaten Illinois at home. Like, Michigan State

1029
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:42,759
Speaker 3: is playing really well down the stretch, and right now

1030
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,800
Speaker 3: at forty to one again, worm, if they beat Nebraska,

1031
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 3: if they beat Perdue, if they beat Michigan, if they

1032
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,399
Speaker 3: beat Illinois, whatever it may be, and they get three

1033
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:53,440
Speaker 3: quad one wins, their odds are going to shrink pretty quickly.

1034
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:56,360
Speaker 3: So I'd look at Michigan State as a team. Potentially,

1035
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 3: Gonzaga would be another team at fifty five to one.

1036
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 3: They are not gonna have a lot of opportunities playing

1037
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:05,319
Speaker 3: in the WCC, and Saint Mary is going to be

1038
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 3: really the only big game that they get. But considering

1039
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,919
Speaker 3: the fact that they just lost to Saint Mary's, they're

1040
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 3: probably gonna get the Gaels again. Braydon Huff, one of

1041
00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:16,440
Speaker 3: their big men who has been out for an extended

1042
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:19,000
Speaker 3: period of time, should come back, if not for the

1043
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:22,240
Speaker 3: conference tournament, but in the NCAA tournament. I think having

1044
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 3: him back in the mix could shrink the Zagzods a

1045
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:25,759
Speaker 3: little bit.

1046
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 4: And then again I would take a crack at the SEC.

1047
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:32,359
Speaker 3: I'd maybe look at potentially Bama at eighty to one.

1048
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 3: I don't think Bama is going to win the national title,

1049
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:38,520
Speaker 3: but I think with the right path, they could go

1050
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:42,399
Speaker 3: to the final four. It's real simple with them, they

1051
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:45,920
Speaker 3: just cannot beat teams that have elite big men. If

1052
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 3: they play against teams with an elite seven footers or

1053
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:50,080
Speaker 3: an elite front court, they.

1054
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:50,799
Speaker 4: Don't have any chance.

1055
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:54,560
Speaker 3: That's why they got destroyed by Florida, Gozaga, Arizona, like

1056
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 3: all these teams. They lost to Purdue with kaufin Ren.

1057
00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:00,040
Speaker 3: If Bama faces a team with elite big men and

1058
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,719
Speaker 3: they're just not gonna beat them. But again, if they

1059
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:04,880
Speaker 3: avoid Florida, they play some of these other teams in

1060
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:07,600
Speaker 3: the SEC and then they get a good droll in March.

1061
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:10,840
Speaker 3: There their odds could potentially shrink as well. So those

1062
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:13,320
Speaker 3: those would be the three teams that I would look at, Bambagan, Zaga,

1063
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:16,359
Speaker 3: Michigan State. Maybe that by the time we're talking this

1064
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:19,959
Speaker 3: time next week, maybe previewing the NCAA tournament, maybe they're

1065
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:20,800
Speaker 3: odds shortened.

1066
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,480
Speaker 1: World, Yeah, can Zaka, I actually didn't realize that they

1067
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:24,359
Speaker 1: were fifty five to one.

1068
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 2: I mean that like a top ten Ken Palm.

1069
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 1: Team, a coach that has you know, been to the

1070
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: Final four before, A team that is better on defense.

1071
00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 1: I feel like than like the U. I was thinking

1072
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 1: of them as an offensive team. They're they're better defensively

1073
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:43,080
Speaker 1: this year. I like that as a value play that

1074
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,040
Speaker 1: could improve between now and then. That's an interesting one.

1075
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:49,360
Speaker 1: I didn't realize what those odds were. All right, we

1076
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:50,680
Speaker 1: got one more question before we get out of your

1077
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: Pj's signed for a hard Rock Best Bet of the

1078
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,400
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1079
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:58,640
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1080
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,359
Speaker 1: week right now. I'll first year, so I didn't prep

1081
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:02,799
Speaker 1: you for this one. You're shooting from the hip fai.

1082
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:04,640
Speaker 1: I'll give you second to decide what your favorite is.

1083
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:07,280
Speaker 1: My single favorite bet is actually gonna be Florida minus

1084
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,439
Speaker 1: one to eighty. It feels a little weird to pick

1085
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,800
Speaker 1: a team that is minus those odds as my single

1086
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:15,279
Speaker 1: favorite thing to bet, not just my favorite pick, but

1087
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 1: I just again, I get so many vibes of last

1088
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Speaker 1: year's Florida just in terms of the way I feel

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Speaker 1: about this Florida team as starting to feel more and more.

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Speaker 2: Inevitable as the season went along.

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Speaker 1: I'm a huge fan of Todd Golden, and we talk

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Speaker 1: about coaches I want Maryland to have. I really wanted

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Speaker 1: them to sign him the year that he went to Florida,

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Speaker 1: So I'm very jealous of all the success the Gators

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Speaker 1: are having. He's really good. We think it's a very

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Speaker 1: winnable conference for them. I mean, this is obviously not

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Speaker 1: as last year was like maybe the strongest conference ever

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Speaker 1: in the SEC.

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Speaker 2: This year is certainly not that.

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Speaker 1: So I think I just really genuinely they're the team

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Speaker 1: I most believe is going to win besides Duke, and

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Speaker 1: I just like the.

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Speaker 2: Odds of Florida a little bit better.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm gonna go with Florida here because I

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Speaker 1: think they're really really good. They're playing really excellent basketball.

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Speaker 1: It's a winnable conference, and you said it, if you

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Speaker 1: can get anything under two to one or you know,

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Speaker 1: my two hundred, I mean, then yeah, I like that,

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Speaker 1: and that's where they are right now.

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Speaker 2: So I'll go Florida for mine.

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Speaker 4: PJ.

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Speaker 1: What is your single favorite play during conference tournament week

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Speaker 1: this year?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll give people a little bit of a longer play.

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Speaker 3: I'll go with Michigan State Man plus six twenty five.

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Speaker 3: I just really like them in the Big Ten Tournament

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Speaker 3: this week, I really do. I know it's scary betting

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Speaker 3: against Michigan their minus money for a reason. They went

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Speaker 3: seventeen and one in Big Ten play, But I just

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Speaker 3: think they're gonna lose in that semi final game to

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Speaker 3: Illinois or Wisconsin. I think one of those teams are

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Speaker 3: gonna take them out.

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Speaker 4: And then where how.

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Speaker 3: Many times do you see the team that pulls off

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Speaker 3: the big up set that.

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Speaker 4: They don't go yeah and then lose right?

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Speaker 3: Happens all the time. So another reason why I kind

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Speaker 3: of like those teams in the bottom half. But against

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Speaker 3: the Spartans are playing some of their best ball all

1130
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Speaker 3: year is Thoh. You know, his teams are always going

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Speaker 3: to battle in any game that they play, but especially

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00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:55,880
Speaker 3: during tournament time. And I just think their offense is

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00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,480
Speaker 3: getting hot at the right time. Kirk Tang's knocking down threes,

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00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:01,320
Speaker 3: the BIG's Cooper and Kohler been good. You're always a

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Speaker 3: highlight dunk away from Cohen car just getting the crowd

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Speaker 3: going nuts. So Michigan State on that three line about

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Speaker 3: plus six twenty five.

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Speaker 4: I like them to win the Big Ten.

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Speaker 1: What is Michigan States? What is what are their odds

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Speaker 1: going to be the moment Michigan loses. Let's just like

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Speaker 1: pretend that that does happen, and you know, Wisconsin Illinois

1142
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Speaker 1: beats Michigan the moment that happens, what are Michigan State's

1143
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Speaker 1: odds gonna because it's going to be a lot better

1144
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Speaker 1: than they are now.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, it's a good question.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, we have to see, like who plays first, Well,

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Speaker 3: so Michigan would play first on semi final Saturday. If

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Speaker 3: Michigan loses, Let's say it is Michigan State and Purdue,

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Speaker 3: like we're hoping that it is. I think that game's

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Speaker 3: probably gonna be close to a pick them if those

1151
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Speaker 3: teams match up in the semis and then it's let's

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Speaker 3: say Illinois ends up beating Michigan, then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 3: you're talking about Michigan State's odds to win the Big

1154
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Speaker 3: Ten is like you know, they're down to like two

1155
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Speaker 3: have some some pretty good odds.

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Speaker 2: We will wrap things up there.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, this is not us wrapping up our

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Speaker 1: and preview the whole way. The madness is here, PJ.

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Speaker 1: This is the best time of year for a reason.

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Speaker 1: PJ Glasser.

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Speaker 2: For PJ, I'm Ryan Warmley. Thanks for tuning in everybody.

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