1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: This is straight fire with Jason McIntyre. 2 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 2: What is it up, strict fire fire, It's me, Jason McIntyre, 3 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 2: straight for your for Friday, March the twentieth. We made it, folks. 4 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: I'm not listening. I don't expect you to break out 5 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: any tiny violins and be like, oh Jason, oh my goodness, 6 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 2: so tough. It's just it's a it was a rough week. 7 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 2: I know you don't give a rats ask because you're 8 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 2: fired up. We're the picks, so come on, how's a bracket? 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 2: All that stuff, but hosting the herd doing the pod 10 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 2: first week of the NCAA tournament bracket Scalore had the 11 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 2: Calcutta two championship games, won both of them, by the way, 12 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: I in an odd twist, and you can laugh all 13 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 2: you want. Listen, man getting old pretty clear basketball days 14 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 2: near the end. Didn't score in either of the championship games, 15 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 2: a combined over two shooting. But I don't care. It's 16 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: all about just getting the chip. I don't need brags like, 17 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 2: oh hey, I scored eight points sixteen, but it doesn't matter. 18 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 2: You know, if I had a game winner, that'd be amazing. 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 2: But it was just a hell a busy week. And 20 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 2: just when I think like, oh, college basketball will dig 21 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 2: into the tournament, I just lay around Luka Doncic decides 22 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 2: to drop. First of all, I can't believe the Lakers 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 2: played them. So they played at Houston Monday, then they 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 2: played at Houston Wednesday, then they had to fly and 25 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 2: get into Miami. I believe it was something like three 26 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: or four am or five am on Thursday. Rest up, 27 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 2: and everybody expects, Oh, no Reeves, no Luca, no Lebron. 28 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: They all played. I'm stunned. When Dave mcmahontan put it 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 2: out there, I'm like, geez, why are the Lakers doing this? 30 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 2: They don't want to risk injury. This is the long game. 31 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 2: What are they doing? There's a long road trip. Why 32 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: are we forcing this? And then Luca goes out and 33 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 2: puts up a sixty piece in thirty eight minutes. Austin 34 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 2: Reeves plays forty minutes. He's still a little bit on 35 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: the struggle bus Lebron thirty eight minutes on a back 36 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: to back, Are you fing kidding me? Lebron? By the way, 37 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 2: trip dub nineteen fifteen and ten, Like, what is happening now? 38 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 2: I'm not out here saying the Miami Heater. Great. I 39 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 2: don't even know where they are in the East. I'll 40 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 2: look it up real quick. But I'm stunned the Lakers 41 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 2: played there, guys, I'm stunned the Lakers players, Oh the 42 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 2: heater eighth. 43 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: In the ease. 44 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're not good. I'm stunned. Luca went for sixty 45 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 2: How is this for efficiency? Eighteen for thirty nine threes 46 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 2: fifteen of nineteen from the line. Five steals for Luca 47 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: Legend and the Lakers. It looks like they were down 48 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 2: after one, you know, Lakers getting their legs, and then 49 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: they came back and dominated it in the second half 50 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 2: and rolled to victory. Hey about a bio twenty eight 51 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 2: Ted Tyler hero played. Yeah, they I didn't pell Larson 52 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: is in the starting lineup. I was unaware of that. 53 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 2: This is Norman Powell came off the bench. 54 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 3: It's a fine win. 55 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 2: It's on the road. Listen, guys, it's never easy to 56 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: win it back to back. And I know what you're 57 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 2: gonna say, Oh, well, whack. In the eighties and nineties 58 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 2: people had no problems with backs. You guys are just drunk, 59 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 2: I mean, honestly clueless. The pace, the tempo, it's ridiculous. 60 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: Now in the league, it is insane, and that's why 61 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 2: you're seeing a lot of guys get injuries. It's just 62 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 2: it's a much tougher league now and honestly, I would 63 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 2: have had the guys. Rob g has some really funny 64 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 2: quote from bam Adebayo, but at this rate, listen, you 65 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 2: never want to go overboard and overreact. The Lakers have 66 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: won eleven of twelve. They are freaking rolling at this point. 67 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: You look at the standings, they're trying to get some 68 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 2: separation and lock up third face whoever is sixth, and 69 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 2: then bring on the Spurs. It looks like the Spurs 70 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 2: at least because the Thunder of one ten in a row, 71 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: Spurs of one four in a row. Wenby hit a 72 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 2: game winner, and I think the pretty clear line that 73 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 2: those are now the top three teams. Denver's kind of 74 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 2: limping to the finish and Edward's out a few weeks. 75 00:03:55,200 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: Rockets are proven to be frauds, so this Laker's run 76 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 2: is impressive. There are twelve games left in the season. 77 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 2: They're not going to catch a Spurs. But Rob, I 78 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 2: need you to read this bam out a bio quote 79 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 2: because it's so funny. Bam of course scored eighty three. Recently, 80 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 2: I saw somebody posted that they're selling Bam out of 81 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 2: Bio jerseys with the number eighty three on them. But 82 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 2: he said something goofy afterward. 83 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 3: Yes he did. 84 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 4: Now, Bam himself had a solid game, you know, twenty 85 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 4: eight and ten, you know, which is great for his standards. 86 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 3: Right. 87 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 4: So after the game, he's meeting with the media and 88 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 4: he has the box score in front of him like 89 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 4: they all do, and he's asked about Luka Doncic and 90 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 4: he says, in part here's the quote. 91 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 3: I know what it's like to be in that mode. 92 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 4: As people can see, it's not easy to get eighty 93 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 4: You bastard. 94 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 3: I don't mean to call him. 95 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 4: A bastard, but it's like you, you cannot be serious right. 96 00:04:58,360 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 2: Now, Bam out of Biotilly. 97 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, like you you were there. You know what happened. 98 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 4: You know what you did, you know what you and 99 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 4: SPO did to get to the eighty three. It was 100 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 4: unethical basketball. I don't want to argue at j Max 101 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 4: because that was a week ago, but like that happened, 102 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 4: and then you see what happens when a real ethical 103 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 4: baller shows up and Luca's even on the If there's 104 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 4: like a spectrum between ethical and unethical ballers, if it 105 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 4: goes from like let's say BAM's eighty three is the 106 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 4: worst version and like Josh Hart is the best version, 107 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 4: like even Luca, it tilts more to the n ethical side. 108 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 4: But in this scenario you mentioned eighteen of thirty nine 109 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 4: of seventeen fifteen of nineteen from the free throw line 110 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 4: for sixty points once after the first quarter, once they 111 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 4: finally got their sea legs underneath them and they were 112 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 4: no longer jet lagged, and they weren't, you know, running 113 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 4: in slop after the first twelve minutes. Luca, if he 114 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 4: wanted to, could have got you seventy, no problem. And 115 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 4: you saw what happens like I saw somebody put out 116 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 4: this week where I don't know if you know, the 117 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 4: cat Williams stand up where he says, hey, man, why'd 118 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 4: you get a Chrysler three hundred And he says, cause 119 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 4: it looks like a phantom. It's like, well, it only 120 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 4: looks like a phantom until an actual phantom pulls up, 121 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 4: and then you're like, well, no, look at Christlers three hundred. 122 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 4: That's how you compare what Bam did versus what Luca 123 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 4: did exactly. Yeah, it's really funny if you haven't seen it. 124 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 4: What Bam did looks cool and the box score looks 125 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 4: fantastic until you actually see what a marquee NBA player 126 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 4: looks like when they go off. You're like, oh, yeah, 127 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 4: this is not the same sport. Well, Luca did and 128 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 4: what Bam did are two totally different things. It's like 129 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 4: me going off, you know in NBA two K and 130 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 4: J Mack going off in the Men's league, Like, this 131 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 4: is not the same. 132 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 133 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 134 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 135 00:06:58,440 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: listen live. 136 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 4: To your point, I would not have played those guys. 137 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 4: After getting in it was at five am local time. 138 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 4: They look slow, they look sluggish, and then all of 139 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 4: a sudden, Luca just made a couple of shots. Then 140 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 4: he made a couple of more, and it's like, well, hey, 141 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 4: if he's got it going, maybe we'll do something here. 142 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 4: And I thought that what he said after the game 143 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 4: in all seriousness where they asked them about the decision 144 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 4: to play, because according to all reports. They gave the 145 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 4: players the option whether or not they wanted to play 146 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 4: right and to a man, Luca ar lebron All said, no, 147 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 4: we're gonna play. We're gonna go get this one. And 148 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 4: if that doesn't tell you about where they are mentally 149 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 4: and emotionally heading into the postseason, I don't know what does. 150 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 2: Well, hopefully they're catch the South Beach flu. They've got 151 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 2: the Orlando Magic Saturday. That will not be easy. But 152 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 2: even though the Magic lost last night to Charlotte, I'm 153 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 2: sure you also saw the guys are dropping like flies. 154 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 2: Giannis of course injured again. I saw the collapse lung, 155 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 2: collapsed lung for uh, what's his name, Kid Cunningham, Like 156 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 2: it's just a tough time to be an NBA player now, 157 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards down and it's late And I, frankly, I 158 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 2: was going to open with the NCAA tournament if Luga 159 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 2: didn't drop sixty. And I think a lot of people 160 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: over the next four days will largely, you know, miss 161 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 2: out on NBA results. I know I will, especially if 162 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 2: things happened like the way what went down with the 163 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 2: Duke Sienna game. And you know, it sounds like North 164 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 2: Carolina could be making a move. Let's just quickly start 165 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 2: with Duke, since I watched that and I think I 166 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 2: told you guys, we got Duke in the Calcutta you know, 167 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 2: forty four thousand, second highest team at for Arizona. And 168 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 2: to get our you know, to get our money back, 169 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 2: make a little bit. They need to get to the 170 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 2: final four, and that's well within reach. And I knew 171 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 2: that they were vulnerable. I didn't think they were lose 172 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 2: to freaking Sienna vulnerable, and that nearly happened. Down thirteen 173 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: in the second half, down five, with seven minutes left. 174 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 2: It was like, geeze, guys, what the hell is happening? 175 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 2: And frankly, I saw a lot of takes hot takes 176 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 2: flying about cam Boozer. 177 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: Rob. 178 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 2: You know a lot of people aren't really locked in 179 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 2: on cam Boozer, and you know they watched him kind of. 180 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't want to say he struggled. He's 181 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 2: eighteen and a half going up against Sienna, which siena Weirdly, 182 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 2: I've never seen this, Rob. They didn't sub once the 183 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 2: whole game. All five of their starters play forty minutes. 184 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 2: Now I guess they have a suspension and an injury 185 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 2: and that made it tough. But it's like you can't 186 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 2: spell a guy for two minutes before the under eight 187 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 2: time out or what have you. I was stunned at that, 188 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 2: and they wore down late. But you know, Boozer, he 189 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 2: was good. He wasn't dominant. I think people are expecting, oh, 190 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 2: this guy could be the number one pick. Oh j 191 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 2: Max calling him, you know, on the Jokis path. His 192 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 2: dad said he could be a Tim Duncan type player 193 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 2: because he's not athletic. And Boozer comes out with twenty 194 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 2: two thirteen and three, only four of eleven shooting, settle 195 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 2: for five threes, which was dumb, but did make thirteen 196 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 2: or fourteen free throws, and it was like, you know, 197 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 2: he's not totally dominant. Well, I'll tell you her this 198 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 2: right now, Rob, he's gonna have to be against TCU. 199 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 2: They played TCU Saturday and TCU won with some bullyball 200 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,719 Speaker 2: against Ohio State. You know, these are grown ass men, 201 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 2: and Cam Boozer is an eighteen year old. So I 202 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 2: do think Duke's got its work cut out. I already 203 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,319 Speaker 2: bet them minus ten to beat TCU. I think they 204 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 2: bounced back. You know, that was their one. I mean 205 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 2: one of their players did. Like the halftime interview was 206 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 2: like we thought it would be a cakewalk, you know, 207 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 2: you know these are they start three freshmen, Okay, and 208 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 2: Boozer's brother, the point guard, didn't. I don't think he 209 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 2: started any games this year at all until the injury 210 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 2: to Foster, so he was coming off the bench. Now 211 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 2: he's starting. And you could just tell they were not 212 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 2: totally locked in early and it was dicey for way 213 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 2: too long. I'm not going to overreact to an eighteen 214 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 2: and a half year old debut in the NCAA tournament 215 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 2: against a pesky opponent. Let's see TCU and then after 216 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 2: that where it gets its real interesting. Is it looks 217 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 2: like they will be facing Kansas or Saint john. Saint 218 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 2: John's is a tough team with some bad ass dudes 219 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 2: inside Kansas, they have a couple. But I think this 220 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 2: is a wake up call Duke needed, rob but really 221 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 2: unimpressive stuff. 222 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 4: You know what's funny is I watched that whole game 223 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 4: as I was prepping for my own podcast, which I 224 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 4: know you never listened to, so I appreciate it. I 225 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 4: did listen to the first one, Oh you did, thank you. 226 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 3: I appreciate you. Wow, I feel like a dick mate. 227 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 2: I didn't listen to the second with this one. 228 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 4: No, but I watched that whole game, and to your point, 229 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 4: everybody was expecting the highlights that the showcase game from 230 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 4: from Cameron Boozer, and I actually came away wildly impressed 231 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 4: with him for two reasons. Number one to year point, 232 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 4: he didn't have it right. This was not a Cameron 233 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 4: Boozer type of game. He did not look like the 234 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 4: best version of himself. He really struggled there from the 235 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 4: field four to eleven shooting. But then you look at the 236 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 4: box scoring, You're like, well, twenty two and thirteen on 237 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 4: an off night sounds pretty damn good. 238 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 3: To me, right, yeah, and then you I also were. 239 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 4: I remember thinking to myself more than once watching these 240 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 4: two teams play, and it's like, are they really having 241 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 4: Cameron Boozer at you know, generously listed at what is 242 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 4: it six eight? You know, six nine two? He's not 243 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 4: six nine two fifty. I can tell that, right, I 244 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 4: think he I think he might be taller. No, I 245 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 4: think he might be smaller. I think he's six seven 246 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 4: two thirty five. 247 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 2: Well, now that's not if he's six, come on, six seven? 248 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 4: Really he his hair maybe adds the couple inches, right, 249 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 4: you know what I mean? But they had him dead 250 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 4: center of the defense having to defend against a physical 251 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 4: front line that cienad like was it Folliac from Sienna? 252 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 3: Six seven two. 253 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 4: Fifty, Like, that's what that's what a tank looks like 254 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 4: when you sign out, They're like, the two guys look 255 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 4: totally different. And he's having to anchor their defense inside 256 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 4: as an undersized five man because their center is currently out. 257 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 4: And it was tough early, but the second half when 258 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 4: they got down and they knew they had to get stops, 259 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 4: he's anchoring the defense that's getting all the stops, he's 260 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 4: getting every single rebound on the defensive end, and he's 261 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 4: still finding ways to score when his SHOT's not falling. 262 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 4: So if you can have a game like that, which 263 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 4: I would consider to be maybe what his C level game, 264 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 4: and you don't look good and he finds a way 265 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 4: to get things done, that's impressive because you don't know 266 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 4: how many times we've watched a player, maybe not of 267 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 4: his caliber, but the best team, a best player on 268 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 4: a team on a higher ranked team in this tournament 269 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 4: not have their best stuff and they can't find ways 270 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 4: to impact winning if their shots not falling. 271 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 2: And he did. 272 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, so you know, if and when you know their 273 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 4: center comes back, maybe comes back in round two, we'll see. 274 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 2: I think they're projecting sweet sixteen, so that would be 275 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 2: next Thursday, next week. 276 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 4: So if they are able to get that far, that's 277 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 4: going to be a huge step in the right direction 278 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 4: for him and then that team. 279 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, it felt like if you watched aj debonsa Carrie 280 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 2: and I mean Carrie b Wallam again, he was awesome Texas. 281 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 2: He had thirty five ten of eighteen shooting, could not 282 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:08,839 Speaker 2: hit the three day, he was one of seven. They 283 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 2: were four of twenty two from deep. It killed him. 284 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 2: Made all twelve of his three throws, but he had 285 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 2: thirty five and nine only one assist. Not great. He 286 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 2: clearly is a playmaker, but he's not playing with NBA 287 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 2: level guys, and ultimately they can't get over the hump. 288 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 2: Texas just murdered them in the offensive last sixteen offensive rebounds. 289 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 2: They had some big guy who I think had maybe 290 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 2: won double double in his career, and he went off 291 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 2: for twenty three and sixteen, but he was three of 292 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 2: eleven from the line. He just dominated inside it and 293 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 2: by he gets eliminated, stinks to boons and goes to 294 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 2: the pros. But he looked like the part right that guy. 295 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 2: He could get to the rim anytime he wants to 296 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 2: get He did everything. And then if you watched any 297 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 2: Darius Acuff as Arkansas took a part Hawaii, a Cuff 298 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 2: was the real deal. He had twenty four seven or 299 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 2: fourteen shooting and twenty four and seven assists. Terrific game. 300 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 2: They've played without like their third best player, depending on 301 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 2: the second or third, and they smash Hawaii. So it 302 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 2: was an interesting opening salvo for the guys who were 303 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 2: big time picks. 304 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 305 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 306 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 307 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: listen live. 308 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:32,479 Speaker 2: I think outside of Duke's struggles, the biggest stories probably 309 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 2: North Carolina and choking away a nineteen point second half 310 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 2: lead and losing to Virginia Commonwealth in just a devastating loss. 311 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 2: And it's so bad that you've got former UNC players 312 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 2: coming out and wondering if Hubert Davis can survive this. 313 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 2: They literally could not inbound the basketball when it mattered 314 00:15:55,320 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 2: most in the last five minutes. Well, that's unacceptable. They 315 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 2: got outscored in like the essentially the fourth quarter, twenty 316 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 2: three to eleven. Now, I know it's just halves in 317 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 2: college basketball, but they break it down by ten minute segments. 318 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 2: They got outscored twenty three eleven down the stretch. VCU 319 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 2: storms back, it ends up winning in overtime. Now to 320 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 2: defend Hubert Davis, and I'm not defending him because he 321 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 2: went to my high school, which he did. I didn't 322 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 2: know him, of course, I was way younger. They didn't 323 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 2: have their best player, Killer Wilson, right, the guy who's 324 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 2: going with the pros. He's wearing a pretty cool shirt 325 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 2: on the sideline. Actually, but you're still up nineteen, you know, like, 326 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 2: even without your best player, you're up nineteen. I thought 327 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 2: I thought Tremble looked like a good player and VSAR 328 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 2: was good. They just missed a billion fritros. You know, 329 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 2: it's a devastating loss. But the worst part is so 330 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 2: Hubert Davis essentially starts his career in year one, taking 331 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 2: the tar Heels to the Final Four in twenty twenty two. 332 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 2: They end up losing to Kansas in that when they 333 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 2: had a big lead. And I remember because that was 334 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 2: the first year we did at Calcutta and had Kansas 335 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 2: and it was a big sweat. And I remember we 336 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 2: were on spring break and we were in Mexico with 337 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 2: the family, and it was super difficult to find a 338 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 2: television and watching it on my phone was like a 339 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,360 Speaker 2: bit of a hurdle. Not that you care about any 340 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 2: of this, but I remember like, oh my gosh, we 341 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 2: got to get back to the hotel so I can 342 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 2: fire this up on the TV. And you know, if 343 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,679 Speaker 2: we're being real, like I got lucky. North Carolina blew it, 344 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 2: and that's kind of I don't want to say it's 345 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 2: been his thing, but Rob did do some digging, and 346 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 2: Hubert Davis has blown his fair share of leads. Huh. 347 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, he definitely has blown his fair share lead. No, 348 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 4: you're underselling what happened to him in North Carolina. All right, 349 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 4: so he starts off like gangbusters. Now you recall he 350 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 4: was the hand picked successor to Roy Williams at UNC. 351 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 4: That's one of the plumb jobs in all of sports, 352 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 4: not just in college. Right, he beats coach K in 353 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 4: Coach K's final game, which if you're a Carolina fan, 354 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 4: like that holds major Wait, Like that's like if you're 355 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 4: a Michigan man and you beat Ohio's A three straight years, like. 356 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 3: That's that's a huge deal. 357 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 4: Takes down Coach Kane's final game mixes the National championhip game. 358 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 4: They blow the big lead and lose that game. We're like, hey, 359 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 4: first year they made it to the title game, they 360 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 4: lost the lead, but they'll be back. 361 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,919 Speaker 3: Watch the next season. 362 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 4: They become the first team in NCAA history up until 363 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 4: that point to be the preseason number one and miss 364 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 4: the tournament outright, Oh Jesus Okay. Then in twenty twenty 365 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 4: four they're the one seed or a one seed again, 366 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 4: losing the Sweet sixteen. All right, twenty twenty five last 367 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,159 Speaker 4: season and now twenty twenty six. Back to back years 368 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 4: they lose in the first round, including Thursday night blowing 369 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 4: a nineteen point lead. 370 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's not great. 371 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 4: So this is not an aberration. This is not a blip. 372 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 4: I don't even think the Caleb Wilson excuses gonna old 373 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 4: water for Tario faithful. When you have you know, yeah, 374 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 4: I mean when you have Tyler. You know here, Tyler 375 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 4: Hansborough say, Tyler Hero Tyler Hansborough saying on his podcast 376 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,400 Speaker 4: with Jeff Goodman, you know, I wasn't surprised. I've seen 377 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 4: this story before. Yeah, like that that kind of speaks 378 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 4: volumes because they say here in LA after the infamous 379 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 4: Lane Kiffin situation, remember Arizona State, they lose, they get embarrassed, 380 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 4: and he gets fired on the Tarmaco Hubert Davis. If 381 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 4: they had to fly home with things with the South Carolina, 382 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 4: this may have been a tarmac game for him. UNC 383 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 4: is too good of a job, with too much money, 384 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 4: too big an nil and the Jordan Brown behind them. 385 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 4: There is no way he makes it to April first 386 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 4: as the coach. 387 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 2: Wow, you think he's cooked? Absolutely, absolutely interesting. I haven't 388 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 2: looked at like the recruiting pipeline or what they have 389 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 2: on the horizon. It's a bad loss, that's undeniable. But 390 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 2: he is a tar heel grad, right, what do U 391 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 2: n c H? That's tough. I mean, listen, that's a 392 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 2: bad loss. But you know, frankly, Dan's beaten Illinois. Let 393 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 2: me look at the line for Illinois. They weren't gonna 394 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 2: win that game anyway, but it's you're right, it's you 395 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 2: can't really lose that. Illinois probably gonna favoraby about ten 396 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 2: against VCU. Let's see here, Ken Palm has it at nine. 397 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 2: Illinois looked amazing, so everybody's gonna bet them. I mean 398 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 2: they hammered pen By like thirty five. Let's see if 399 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 2: the lines are out. Sorry for the delay. I know 400 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 2: this is riveting podcast people love. Oh yeah, let's hear 401 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 2: that line, Jay fire it okay, So Illinois is minus 402 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 2: minus ten. I mean, I think they'll be fine. The 403 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 2: other lines for Saturday, Arkansas minus eleven. I think they 404 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 2: murder High Point, Gonzaga, Texas six and a half. Nothing there, 405 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 2: Houston A and M A and M really throttled. There 406 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 2: was a lot of blowouts at night. During the day, 407 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 2: there was a couple of good games. You had a 408 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 2: high Point taking down Wisconsin, and I called Wisconsin during 409 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 2: the Big Ten Tournament the biggest boom Bus team ever. 410 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 2: They make a lot of threes, they play no defense. 411 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 2: If the threes aren't falling, they're vulnerable there. It is 412 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 2: Michigan twelve and a half against Saint Louis. That Saint 413 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 2: Louis think team scares me. I don't know if you 414 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 2: saw this, Rob sixty six points in the paint, the 415 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 2: most in the tournament in seven years, and now they 416 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 2: got to face Michigan. They Saint Louis has that transfer. 417 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 2: The white guy with goggles and his nickname is cream 418 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 2: c r e A. M Abdul Jabbar familiar with his work. 419 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 3: I love that guy. 420 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 2: That's I mean he you know, he's he's basically like 421 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 2: a Doe Jokicic with glasses, and he's he's a really 422 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 2: good college basketball player. So Saturday lines up at some 423 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 2: good I'm just listen. I'm excited to just lay around 424 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 2: all weekend and watch basketball. I gotta walk my dog 425 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 2: because i haven't been able to really walk him this 426 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 2: week because I'm up at you know, bud Crack at dawn. 427 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 2: Today is a big one. I know you guys care 428 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 2: deeply about the Calcutta teams obviously Michigan and do survive. 429 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 2: But you know this is going to be a big wet. 430 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 2: I will do my best to not lose my mind 431 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 2: on social media. We got a good week of content though, Rob, Right, 432 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 2: we had Luca and the Lakers going off. You have 433 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 2: Giannis beefing with the Bucks. Did we get into the 434 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 2: Tracy McGrady comments, we did a little bit yesterday. 435 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 3: A little bit, a little bit. 436 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, there's just so many good things happening now. 437 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 2: Max Crosby popping off about the Raiders and the Raven situation. 438 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 2: I will say your Raiders have got interesting. They're more 439 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 2: interesting than the Jets. Yes, I mean sure as heck 440 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,239 Speaker 2: hope so well, they got men Doza. The Jets, uh, 441 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 2: they got Gino Smith and it's uninspiring. Anyways, all right, everybody, 442 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 2: have a great weekend. We are back on Monday. Hopefully 443 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 2: the bracket contest is going well. Putting the picks online 444 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 2: as usual. See you tomorrow.