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And the boys are back April 2nd, 2024, Lottie.

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Happy to be back in the studio.

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Lottie's studio.

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Good to see everybody.

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We have the angriest man, Jay.

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The commish coming in hot late.

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The Donfather here.

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Hair looking dapper.

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Studio engineer Brian Furgensen.

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I mean Kevin Ross.

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Crocker.

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Last guy to show up.

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And don't forget about the tax man.

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How about Crocker, GQ tonight?

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He is looking good.

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Man, damn it.

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Studio owner Lottie.

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Lottie, Lottie.

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Thank you.

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Thank you to our sponsors, Joe Morello, Capital Securities.

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And you know his motto, a life well planned.

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TNT remodeling and SkyGaze are brewing, coming in with some.

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How's he got time to do all that stuff?

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Who?

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Our guy.

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Teisser.

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OK, to do what?

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Both those jobs.

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He's a hard worker.

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He works right through lunch.

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Donfather, you know him?

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Did you hang out with him at all the last four months?

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A little bit this weekend, too.

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Oh, this weekend, too.

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Keep the torch going.

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Are you going to miss him?

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I'm not going to.

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In the winter?

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I see him every weekend.

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Kidding me?

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In the winter.

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We're going to go up to Eastern Connecticut,

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watch some boys and men and women's games,

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support Angri Jay and Audrey Teiss.

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Little bromance there.

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It's never going to end.

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Yeah, that's cute.

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Bidwell Tavern or Willington Pizza on the way home?

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Bidwell.

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OK, I'm in.

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We're waiting on some big boy sponsors that are coming in.

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Word has it.

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Commission is bringing in a whale.

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We'll see if that comes to fruition.

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Waiting for the video cameras, too.

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Champ Terresso, a little bit of a call out.

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So our guests, we got a guest tonight.

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And our guests aren't doing too bad out there.

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The charter oak jinx is not a thing.

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Charter oak comes on this, and his status in the draft

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has been elevated.

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With coincidence?

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I don't know.

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Number three, an ESPN.

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Is that what it says?

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Mm-hmm.

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What do you think, man?

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He's been unbelievable.

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Oh, my god.

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I mean, people might say the second game was a dud,

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because I've heard people say it.

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I don't agree.

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Remember back in the days when Rafter, you know,

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those guys you used to invite, Tal,

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they used to talk about intimidation blocks by Ewing?

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And that was a thing, by the way.

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People didn't want to go in there.

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I watched Illinois in person.

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I was thoroughly impressed.

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I cannot believe a 30 to nothing shellacking

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to start that second half.

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That was amazing.

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And they didn't want any part of them.

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And the coach does a great job.

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But he said on the air, I don't care if he blocks 100,

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we're going to keep going in there.

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Buddy, if he blocks 100, don't do the same thing all over again.

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They were all for 19 around the rim when he was in the game.

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What's the definition of insanity?

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All for 19.

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Come on.

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Is it Underwood?

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What's his name?

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Yeah.

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Can we make an adjustment?

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Jeez, you don't want to party.

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And I talked to Angry J earlier today.

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I thought that would be Yukon's toughest game

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in the two-year run they've had.

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We talked about it.

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Yeah, I really did.

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I couldn't have been more wrong.

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I looked pretty good when it was 23-23.

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Then I went, you know, I was at a local establishment.

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And before I turned around, it was 53-23.

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Well, stay home, would you?

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So anyway.

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Raftery.

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The Oak.

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Tonight, we got another basketball guest.

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Division II, Bentley Falcons, Notre Dame of West Haven,

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Zach Laput has gone into the transfer portal,

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looking to make the jump from Division II to Division I.

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And we'll have him on in just a few moments.

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Next week, we have committed eight-year big

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leaker, Jeff Frye.

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In eight years, it seems like he was around longer than that,

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because you know what?

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He was an effective player.

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Number with the Red Sox, anybody?

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I don't think so.

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Crocker?

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Three.

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Three.

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Yeah, Ed Wood.

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Three.

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All right, let's get the sports.

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That's why we're here.

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That is why we're here.

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Does Crocker even try on the Red Sox trivia?

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Supposed to be a die-hard Red Sox fan, him and Dahl.

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They don't even try.

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But Dahl's pretty good.

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He knows some obscure guys.

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They're not a number of people, but whatever.

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Let's get into the sports world.

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It's not baseball weather.

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It's freezing cold.

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It's raining around here.

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But it wasn't freezing cold or raining in Houston

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for four straight days.

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And if you're not paying attention, that's when Yank went

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four and 0.

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Never doubted it, not for a pitch.

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Lottie, I never doubted it.

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They go ahead to Arizona.

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Five and 0.

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I think I just put the hex on them for tonight.

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But we are five and 0.

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And who's hotter than the Yanks?

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Answer?

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Nobody.

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The Pirates are also five and 0.

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And by the way, talk about a bunch of fun, young players.

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And they do have the veteran McCutcheon still DH.

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So they got a little leadership there.

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You see this O'Neill Cruz and a third baseman too.

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These guys are young athletes, man.

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The Pirates are fun.

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But their record is not better than Yank.

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Guys, what do you think about Yank and Donfather?

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Overrated.

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Are the socks playing?

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Like, what's going on?

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They're over 500.

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What are you talking about?

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All right, guys.

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What do you think so far?

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What do you think so far?

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My first thought is Soto has injected so much energy

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into the team that something has been missing over the last

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couple of years that he's really hit the ball, of course.

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He's injecting something.

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Just the energy into the team has kind of moved people in.

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Yeah, obviously, Soto is incredible.

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It kind of reminds me like when Boggs came to the Yanks

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100 years ago, where they just changed their whole philosophy

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and manningly said he was the key to that team.

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I feel like with Soto's approach, they're

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taking more pitches, wearing out the starters.

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And judges having more fun.

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Verdugo's adding some spunk, even though he hasn't started

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to hit yet, but Evope makes that jump after five games.

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It looks like maybe he has, but we'll see.

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And Cumbriera can be that guy.

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Wells can be that guy behind the ditch.

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Bish.

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Now you got that balance between the young guys

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and the veterans.

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So obviously, it's a lot more fun after the two years we've

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experienced, or the three years or four years of boring baseball.

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The Yanks are back.

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I love what you said.

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He's wearing a v-neck Yankee pullover.

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So is the Yankee fan in?

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And Yankee's a point in great.

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So who's the first one to go down?

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When's the injury?

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It's going to happen.

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Hull 3, Stanton.

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Well, it's definitely Stanton or Torres.

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It's hampering April, for sure.

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It's already happened with Cole.

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Lemayhu.

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Lemayhu.

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Hull 3, Stanton's next.

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I'm worried about Lemayhu coming back,

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and then what happens to Cumbriera.

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They're just going to bounce him around?

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Yeah.

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He's playing good where he is.

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But Lemayhu at second, get rid of that bomb.

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Lemayhu's not coming back anytime soon.

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So nah, he'll stay hurt.

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Labor started out 0 for 11.

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He'll stay hurt until Cumbriera cools off.

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But I know you guys are all excited.

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I'm not.

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You've seen this crap before.

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I will say there's one good thing happened.

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One good thing happened.

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And it was Soto after game three or four.

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I think it was game three.

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I don't know.

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He fouled off his ankle or something.

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The reporters were asking him about his ankle.

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And his response, they asked him, is it hurting?

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And he was like, no.

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They asked him, should you see the trainer?

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And he was like, no.

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They just cut him off.

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It was like he kind of knows how the Yankees treat their players.

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And it was like I'm playing every day.

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It was kind of refreshing to see.

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Because any Yankees says, well, it's kind of like I

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got to go see the trainer.

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They ended up on the injured list for freaking 10 days.

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And then they're playing, taking swings in Tampa.

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And then all of a sudden a month has gone by.

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It's awful.

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It was great to see the guy who wants to play baseball.

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He likes playing baseball.

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It's kind of cool.

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Remember what Judge said at the end of the year?

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And talk to me on how frustrated he was.

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I think one of the main things was,

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can we put an everyday lineup out there?

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Because I feel like the first five games,

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the same guys have basically played.

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So maybe they listened to him just a little bit.

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Same thing in the line.

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I saw that.

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Yeah, I saw that.

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Trevino, former All-Star.

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Anyway, Yankees are hot.

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Yankees are hot.

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Lottie, they're back.

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Yankees are back.

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You love it, don't you?

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I do.

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They're fun.

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I like Verdugo.

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I said at the time I liked the trade.

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It's only for one year, but I like them.

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You see him talking about Soto in the post game

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the other day, calling him a dog.

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See that necklace, too.

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That's the biggest number 24 I've ever seen.

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The wife, Peter, tattoos.

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Where's George?

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George is rolling over and engraving out.

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What'd they get?

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Hey, our last three number 24s, him, Cano and Tino.

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I mean, he's not in their stratosphere.

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Let me ask a question to you guys.

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Dominguez comes back and he's not making it back to me.

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You're going to owe me money there.

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I said June 1st.

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You said, come on, man.

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The date's already changing.

282
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It was Memorial Day.

283
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So anyway.

284
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When's Memorial Day?

285
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The day before June 1st?

286
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I don't know.

287
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What are you saying?

288
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So is that a day?

289
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So when he comes back, does he play?

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What are we doing with him?

291
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Is he going to be in triple A?

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Because we got to keep standing.

293
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If we take staying out of the lineup,

294
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we get an excellent mother baseball player in there.

295
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Like we have a baseball team.

296
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That's the thing.

297
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We have a pretty good team.

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Will it happen?

299
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Dominguez a better outfielder than Soto?

300
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Yes.

301
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Oh, yeah.

302
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And he can play center field.

303
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So it works out perfectly.

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For Judging Right?

305
00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,400
Judging Right, Soto, and Verdugo could D8 and play left.

306
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Well, they could just flip those four around.

307
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Yeah, and get rid of this.

308
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It's Stan.

309
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I've been telling you guys this for years.

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Anyway, socks, nothing.

311
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Dodgers look pretty good.

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One quick thing on Ohtani.

313
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I don't know what's true and what's not.

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But if they don't investigate this guy the way they did Pete

315
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Rose, it's a trap.

316
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It's almost a non-story already.

317
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I know.

318
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Because he's making baseball too much money.

319
00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:40,400
Is he going to pull on Michael Jordan?

320
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He's going to weave baseball and try

321
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to play basketball for a couple of years,

322
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like Jordan did with baseball.

323
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Because he just voluntarily decided to weave.

324
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I mean, he's a freaking disgrace.

325
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Can we put him on the Lakers?

326
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He should be kicked out of baseball.

327
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If only we could put him on the Lakers.

328
00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,880
No one in America's happened that bridge claps is Ohtani.

329
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I'll have to take him out of the news for a couple of days.

330
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Sad times, though.

331
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Rest in peace.

332
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Terrible, terrible accident.

333
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Final four.

334
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Yukon Huskies are in on a women's side.

335
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Now, I know you guys probably watched last night.

336
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I did.

337
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Wasn't overly optimistic.

338
00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,280
I heard the great Gilbert Arenas talking about this juju

339
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that like Caitlin Clark couldn't guard her.

340
00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:28,680
She would eat up.

341
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Caitlin Clark.

342
00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,480
I think he said she'd be lunch meat or something like that.

343
00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,160
Well, buddy, your brook guns into the locker room,

344
00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,040
so you're not exactly a genius.

345
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But we're not even going to find out,

346
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because Huskies took them out.

347
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Under the radar, Huskies this year, too.

348
00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,280
With five guys.

349
00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,920
Foul trouble, short bench, all kinds of stuff going on.

350
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They still won, which I think was an unbelievable job of Gino.

351
00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,120
Yep, for sure.

352
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In page buckets.

353
00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,440
I mean, he has the knack to get that one player, the Tarasi

354
00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,720
type player, the Moore type player, who else am I thinking

355
00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:01,220
of?

356
00:11:01,220 --> 00:11:02,080
For Anastor.

357
00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:03,040
Oh, my god.

358
00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,200
Yeah, but you think about South Carolina's undefeated

359
00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,800
and all the LSU drama and all that stuff.

360
00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,800
And then the Caitlin Clark, people weren't even.

361
00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,360
They don't even talk about beckers, right?

362
00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:14,280
Oh, no.

363
00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,560
Obviously, we appreciate how good she is.

364
00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:20,520
But I don't think anybody even, she's on everybody's radar.

365
00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:21,320
Don't get me wrong.

366
00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:21,960
She's fantastic.

367
00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,400
But she's kind of taking a back seat this year

368
00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:26,680
to some of those other kids.

369
00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:28,800
I don't think she minds what the money she's bringing home.

370
00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,960
I don't remember rooting for a Yukon women's team this hard

371
00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,440
at this point in the season in years, just because of what

372
00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:35,720
they overcame.

373
00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:41,240
Yeah, I care big time about their chances on the weekend.

374
00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,520
And I'm not, again, not overly optimistic.

375
00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:44,440
They got to play Iowa.

376
00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:44,920
Is that right?

377
00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:45,360
Yeah.

378
00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:46,960
I mean, who's chasing that kid around?

379
00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:48,240
I think they got a chance Friday.

380
00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:49,360
It's the next game, I don't think.

381
00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:50,120
Anybody else?

382
00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:50,760
I would agree with you.

383
00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:52,000
I think I got a shot on Friday, too.

384
00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,960
Gino figured out something defensively

385
00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,480
to make her think maybe just a little bit more than Ellis.

386
00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:57,000
You did.

387
00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:57,500
Jeez.

388
00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:58,680
Iowa doesn't guard at all.

389
00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:00,920
Like, I mean, I can tell you, I've

390
00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,320
watched a lot of Iowa games, but watching a little bit

391
00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,960
the other day, it was kind of like watching Summer League

392
00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:07,460
almost.

393
00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:09,280
They jack up NBA threes and stuff,

394
00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,400
and it's cool that she makes jumpers.

395
00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:16,200
But Yukon at least guards a little bit, so I can't see them.

396
00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,160
Don File, I know you were talking about beforehand.

397
00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,840
They had 12.3 million viewers or 13 million viewers

398
00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,080
for the Iowa LSU game.

399
00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:25,880
Yep.

400
00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:26,600
That's crazy.

401
00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,160
Men's tournament had 10.1, I think, for the first weekend.

402
00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,400
I didn't see what they had over for this past weekend.

403
00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:33,320
I'm asking you, I don't know.

404
00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:40,040
Well, the reason for that is the show that wasn't basketball.

405
00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:41,640
And you're not supposed to say it.

406
00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,720
You're not supposed to say what you see.

407
00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:45,360
And I don't know what the reason is.

408
00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,400
You can't say it, but I see a bunch of LSU players.

409
00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:53,520
And I don't care whether they're number 30, whatever, or 10,

410
00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:54,960
or they're regarded it forward.

411
00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:56,760
I see a bunch of punks out there.

412
00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,320
And I see the coach running around like a jackass.

413
00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:00,920
And she's got that stupid code on,

414
00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:02,600
flipping out about a charge call.

415
00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,320
And everybody's against them.

416
00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,960
And it's so unfair, and they're so treated.

417
00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,920
However, they're a bunch of punks.

418
00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,680
So when they lose, we can smile about it.

419
00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:15,560
But if you smile about it, you're not sympathizing with them.

420
00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:17,440
And they're a victim.

421
00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:21,600
And I'm against everything LSU.

422
00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:23,920
I pretty much always have been in every sport.

423
00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:25,920
I mean, baseball players are cocky.

424
00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:26,680
I like Shaq.

425
00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:29,440
And that's where it ends.

426
00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,360
But this thing, if you're following social media today,

427
00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:36,400
we're now this angel, whatever her name is, is a victim.

428
00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,200
Dude, take all your money that you made.

429
00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,480
Take your sports-illustrated money.

430
00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,960
And take your mocking of people on national TV

431
00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:44,400
in front of millions of viewers.

432
00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,680
Take that mockery and cry about it, because you'd lost.

433
00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:49,600
You're not a Ben Simmons fan?

434
00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:50,560
You cried about it.

435
00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:51,520
Hell no.

436
00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,240
Go cry about it, and then you're trying to be gracious

437
00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:55,400
with a hug after you lose.

438
00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,520
But when you're winning, you can taunt like that?

439
00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:04,080
I know we have a shortage of officials on youth levels.

440
00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:09,400
But can we start enforcing these taunting things?

441
00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,160
I mean, in the NFL, you do a dance

442
00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,160
to allow a negata, a 15-yard penalty.

443
00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,440
But this kid can walk around and mock.

444
00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,720
I hate the fact that even high school players

445
00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,000
are taunting after every shot.

446
00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:20,800
Yeah, so I agree with that.

447
00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:21,760
You're not that good, man.

448
00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,400
But no, I 100% agree with you.

449
00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,400
But the coaches could stop that.

450
00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,760
Well, not that LSU coach don't want to stop it.

451
00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:30,600
No, exactly.

452
00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,640
But I'm saying, if you want to stop it,

453
00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:35,600
never remind the officials that the coaches got to take them

454
00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:35,920
out.

455
00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,120
It's not really that hard.

456
00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,480
I mean, do you see the Yukon Girls act like that?

457
00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:40,480
No.

458
00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:41,120
I agree.

459
00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,160
I agree with everything you just said,

460
00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:44,920
but you're also going to do the Katelyn Clark last year

461
00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:45,600
doing that.

462
00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,520
I mean, she did dumb stuff again.

463
00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:50,520
She shouldn't do any more, though.

464
00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:52,280
She's been also complaining to the restaurant.

465
00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:52,840
I don't say that.

466
00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,720
Yeah, the Iowa coach could just say, hey, grab some pine.

467
00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:56,320
It works.

468
00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,720
Listeners that don't bother you did the face thing.

469
00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:01,360
What's the name for it?

470
00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:02,000
Can't see me.

471
00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:02,600
Can't see me, Johnson.

472
00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:03,600
Yeah, they can't see me thing.

473
00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,560
I know you couldn't see it because this is just a podcast,

474
00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:07,680
and we don't have cameras.

475
00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:08,160
That's right.

476
00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:09,040
There's no cameras yet.

477
00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:14,600
But anyway, yeah, what an annoying bunch of people,

478
00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,920
and what a great bit of karma it was for women's hoops.

479
00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:20,120
You know what's not to talk about.

480
00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,160
What's not to talk about enough is the LSU,

481
00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,160
they are hard to root for.

482
00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,960
But you mentioned the baseball team, and it's both of them.

483
00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,880
Like, they're paying their athletes more than anybody.

484
00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:35,160
And you kind of get what you get.

485
00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:36,760
That's the way it works.

486
00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,400
You see that you talk about the baseball team.

487
00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,440
I mean, they act like buffoons, too.

488
00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:43,720
Yeah, which I'm not a fan of it.

489
00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,280
Yeah, as I was saying, so the coaches get rid of it.

490
00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,760
Yeah, it used to be the coaches that run the show, but not me.

491
00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,240
And now all the money being in LSU is shown off.

492
00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,040
Yeah, the athletes run the show now.

493
00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,640
Let me hear what Savin said the other day.

494
00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,360
Studio engineer.

495
00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:00,640
Oh, yeah, Nick Savin.

496
00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:01,480
He said what?

497
00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:05,000
Like, his wife came to him and said, why are we doing this?

498
00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,320
He's like, what are you talking about?

499
00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,720
She goes, they just want to know how much you're paying.

500
00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:10,560
I mean, this is it.

501
00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,440
Sure, Jay writes, thought the same thing.

502
00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,440
Roy Williams, there's a reason why these guys aren't coaching.

503
00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,640
I want to say, how many times are you watching a men's game?

504
00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:21,040
And they're saying, so and so, who played in Wichita State

505
00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,800
last year, and then before that was Alabama,

506
00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,440
they got three schools they all played in.

507
00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:27,480
It's unbelievable, like, where they came from.

508
00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,360
Lottie has a good solution to that,

509
00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:31,720
to give everybody one freebie.

510
00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:32,760
And after that, he's sitting out.

511
00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:33,640
And you've got a city area.

512
00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:34,640
You've got to have a window.

513
00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,480
You can't be like 26 anymore.

514
00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,160
I'm playing quarterback for Miami, man, or whatever the freak.

515
00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,960
Yeah, I'll give you one free transfer.

516
00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,120
It's an open market.

517
00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,560
But after that, I wouldn't even say it's a penalty.

518
00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:50,240
It's just, you should have to sit a year.

519
00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:54,200
These guys are like, you guys just said, four schools, four years.

520
00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,160
I know we're old school.

521
00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:56,440
We love college basketball.

522
00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:58,120
We want it to go back to the way it used to be.

523
00:16:58,120 --> 00:16:59,760
It's never going to go back to the way it used to be.

524
00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,480
But can we regulate it and control it just a little bit?

525
00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:04,240
Just a little bit.

526
00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,040
I hope so, or we're going to really ruin it,

527
00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,640
because the only good part about it right now is this tournament.

528
00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:09,960
Yeah.

529
00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:10,960
Everything else sucks.

530
00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,880
Regular season is unwatchable.

531
00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:14,560
To me, regular season is unwatchable.

532
00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,000
Yeah.

533
00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,560
And we used to set our clock to it.

534
00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:18,160
Right.

535
00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:19,840
And you don't care.

536
00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:21,800
And then the offseason stuff and the season

537
00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,400
is what, like 18 months long now.

538
00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:28,480
Like, short it up, tighten up some rules,

539
00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:29,680
and let us care about the kind.

540
00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,360
And you, Lottie, I want to give you too much credit.

541
00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:35,480
But you also said, regular season champion

542
00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,000
should get an automatic.

543
00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,080
I'm a big fan of that.

544
00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:39,520
I know I would be in the minority,

545
00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,360
because it kind of takes away from the three, four, five day

546
00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:44,640
excitement of the team coming out of nowhere.

547
00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,840
Like an NC State who had 14 losses

548
00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:49,880
and was a free throw away of not making it,

549
00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,720
and that coach getting canned.

550
00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:57,240
I just, I'm a big fan of over a three, four months

551
00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:02,000
ban, rewarding that team that won their conference championship

552
00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,720
over that three or four months rather than three or four days.

553
00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,920
You still get the little guy in the tournament that way.

554
00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,320
Those smaller schools are still getting in.

555
00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,320
Then if the conference wants to still have a little tournament

556
00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:17,200
to make a moneymaker, make some money for their league,

557
00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:17,920
I'm all for it.

558
00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,800
But I just, I'm a big fan of the other way.

559
00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,320
And I know I'm in the minority.

560
00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:23,400
So I'll tell you what.

561
00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:24,400
Hold on.

562
00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,040
There's one thing that's been really, really hard.

563
00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,120
And I'll suppose you for division one teams is,

564
00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:32,360
like it's really hard to build a program.

565
00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:36,360
Like if you're starting out, like what Hurley has done is amazing.

566
00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:39,440
Because he kind of has the family atmosphere going,

567
00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,400
even with kids who have transferred in.

568
00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,000
But like some of these guys, I mean,

569
00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,840
the guys are mentioned three or four.

570
00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,800
It's a team for one year.

571
00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,040
And it's an entire new team.

572
00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,480
Like how do you build like any kind of connection with a kid

573
00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:55,400
and build a program when he's leaving in April or May or something?

574
00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,280
I've heard a bunch of coaches come out and say that every player

575
00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,320
now that you recruit is on a one year contract.

576
00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:01,040
I mean, it sucks.

577
00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:02,480
Like how do you build a program like that?

578
00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:03,360
Scholarship, man.

579
00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:06,520
But look at the two teams that are one team, seeds left.

580
00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,640
Both those teams are pretty much consistently.

581
00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:10,480
They're a program, yeah.

582
00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,960
The program guys, they're freshmen who came into the program

583
00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,160
that were recruited.

584
00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:15,440
There's one transfer for you.

585
00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:21,120
And I think Purdue has maybe one that's like a player.

586
00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:24,800
UConn last year had one that was a bench player that was huge.

587
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,520
But still, it was still consistency for those two programs.

588
00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,280
And I think if you look at some of the other programs that were good,

589
00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,960
Houston, I believe, didn't have a ton of transfers either.

590
00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:38,520
So it isn't showing that the full transfer team is better than.

591
00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,160
Well, that's going to have to show over time,

592
00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:42,960
though, and we're going to have to put up with this year

593
00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,080
until teams see the blueprint.

594
00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,200
Well, Kentucky's the kid.

595
00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:52,280
Speaking of Kentucky, we were talking off, well, Oakland beating Kentucky.

596
00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,480
You guys saw what Jay Wright said.

597
00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,520
He's like, now, Oakland's a better team.

598
00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,320
They won because they're a better team.

599
00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:05,920
They have 22 or 23, in some cases, 24-year-olds against 18, 19-year-old kids.

600
00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:10,120
And he's like, yeah, Kentucky kids will be better NBA players,

601
00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:10,760
and they'll get paid.

602
00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:17,160
But right now, Oakland's a better basketball team because they have men.

603
00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,200
And let's be honest, too, a guy's transferring, right?

604
00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,480
He's getting paid.

605
00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:21,400
He's transferring.

606
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,520
How long you going to school for?

607
00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,400
A month for the entire year?

608
00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:25,880
The entire school?

609
00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,560
Yeah, school is a non-factor.

610
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:28,840
It's a non-entity now.

611
00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,880
These kids aren't going.

612
00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,560
We're not going there for the academic piece, that's for sure.

613
00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,840
Things need to change.

614
00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,440
I know I'm definitely not ruined against you, Ken.

615
00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:47,080
But it's hard not to root for a painter because it kind of seems like he does it

616
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:48,520
the right way, right?

617
00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:54,440
So what Kevin said and angry Jay, he doesn't have a lot of movement in and out

618
00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:55,680
of his program.

619
00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,000
Those guys, they just, he develops them.

620
00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,400
They get a little bit better each year.

621
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,480
And then once every four years, you make your big run.

622
00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,200
And this was his first final four.

623
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,800
I fell happy for him.

624
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,040
Lottie, I don't want to give them too much credit.

625
00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,120
I actually feel bad for what's happened to them over the past few years with the Carson

626
00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:14,120
Edwards team.

627
00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:15,120
So like that.

628
00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:18,800
This Edie, they have two, they had two seven-footers before him.

629
00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,400
One was the guy Harms, you remember that guy?

630
00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:21,400
Yeah, Lefty, right?

631
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,120
And did they have two of them at one time?

632
00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:24,120
Was it?

633
00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:25,120
Two seven-footers.

634
00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:27,120
Before Edie got there, they had two seven-footers.

635
00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:29,760
Well, Caleb Swanigan was there for a while.

636
00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,160
Am I going back too far?

637
00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:32,160
No, I'm not.

638
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,160
There was another guy.

639
00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,600
We saw them play at Rutgers and they almost beat them.

640
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:37,600
Yes.

641
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,120
With two monster guys.

642
00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:41,840
Yeah, they were kind of platooning them in and out.

643
00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:43,760
And the other name escapes me.

644
00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:48,840
Guys, Bama Connecticut.

645
00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,800
What Connecticut just did to this team was amazing.

646
00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:56,520
Have you ever seen a 30-nothing run at any level?

647
00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:00,840
Girls, boys, travel, I've never seen anything like it.

648
00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:02,040
I've never seen a 30-nothing run.

649
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,400
It was a machine.

650
00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,160
Does Alabama have a shot?

651
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:07,440
God, you see the number?

652
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:08,440
Was it 11 and a half?

653
00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:09,440
Down five?

654
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:10,440
Already?

655
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:11,440
12?

656
00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:12,440
I agree.

657
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,440
They're not big enough.

658
00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:16,880
Can't go down on them either.

659
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:17,880
I'll say this.

660
00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,480
I was talking to the commission.

661
00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,720
We were talking in the league game.

662
00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,960
He's crapping himself because he's nervous.

663
00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:28,160
You guys can disagree with me.

664
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,760
But in the last 10 to 15 years, I don't think I've seen a better

665
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:32,760
defensive team.

666
00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,280
Are there more talented teams that we've seen?

667
00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:37,280
Absolutely.

668
00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,040
But they don't make mistakes, man.

669
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:44,920
Any small mistake they do make on defense, they got the giant back.

670
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,000
He's a human eraser.

671
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:50,440
I've been saying it for the last two years.

672
00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,280
For me, they're really fun to watch on defense.

673
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,560
Their guards are so physical.

674
00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:56,560
Big guards.

675
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,880
Those guys rebound.

676
00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,800
I think Hurley's done an incredible job with this.

677
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:06,080
The guys, they had four guys play terrible in the first half the other day, other than

678
00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:07,080
Donovan.

679
00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,640
They had an all-American, first team all-American who did nothing.

680
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:11,640
They're up five.

681
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:16,400
To me, it doesn't happen, especially when you're playing.

682
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:20,680
Illinois was the 10th team, ranked 10th in the country at that point.

683
00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,800
It's amazing, but the guys are so unselfish.

684
00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:25,800
It's fun to watch.

685
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,560
They've bought into whatever he's selling.

686
00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:32,000
Life shot 28% from three in this tournament.

687
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000
28%.

688
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,880
Like, Carribean started shooting a little bit better last game, but he had really done

689
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,200
nothing up until then.

690
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,440
And Castle had two points, and Newton had seven points.

691
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,320
How many bad shots did they take?

692
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,840
How many bad shots did they take?

693
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,160
They're unselfish in that regard.

694
00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,080
The ball movement and player movement is phenomenal.

695
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,240
I always think that the freshman's going to go renegade every once in a while.

696
00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:56,240
He does, though.

697
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:57,240
He does.

698
00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,240
You're right.

699
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,320
It's like he's kind of realizes his role.

700
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:05,040
Anytime the offense is not clicking, defense is there.

701
00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:06,040
That's one thing.

702
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,040
They defend the ball no matter what's going to happen.

703
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,160
Will their shots go in or not, they're going to defend the ball.

704
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,120
Reminds me of an old Syracuse team, Don, father.

705
00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:14,120
No.

706
00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:19,800
To that point, somebody's going to have to shoot really well, or beat them.

707
00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:26,840
So in the other game, it seems like we deserve going through this nonsense in college basketball.

708
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:32,080
Players like we and every college basketball fan out there deserves to produce a UConn matchup.

709
00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,560
Everyone wants to see it.

710
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:35,560
The dogs play first.

711
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:36,560
Is that right?

712
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:37,560
No, UConn's got the late game.

713
00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,400
What time is the late game?

714
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:42,400
8.49 or something.

715
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:43,400
Oh, the time.

716
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:44,400
That hurts.

717
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,400
Right at the stadium.

718
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:46,400
Does anyone worry?

719
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,400
We think it's probably UConn producing the finals, right?

720
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:48,400
Does anyone worry that Donovan's got two fouls in the first half against the big guy

721
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:49,400
here?

722
00:24:49,400 --> 00:25:00,840
I think Purdue's got to worry that their guys got two fouls in the first group because

723
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:01,840
they play through.

724
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,200
They don't call fouls in that guy though.

725
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,800
He lives at the foul line too.

726
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:11,800
But here's the thing though, they run through him.

727
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:17,280
UConn plays basketball and occasionally one guy benefits, occasionally it's another guy.

728
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,920
It's like an equal opportunity offense.

729
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,280
Purdue has to throw the ball in there to that guy.

730
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,800
He touches it a ton.

731
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:25,800
Donovan doesn't see it.

732
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,400
He only plays half the game for crying out loud.

733
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:32,600
So we do other, UConn does other things.

734
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:33,760
They're a one-trick pony.

735
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,320
They got to play without him for a stretch.

736
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:36,320
They're in trouble.

737
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:37,320
Well, they won't.

738
00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,400
But if Donovan's got two fouls of 10 minutes in the game, then Samson's in there and it's

739
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,520
going to be like back and down, back and down score.

740
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,000
This is B. Alabama first.

741
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,000
Yeah, I know.

742
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,440
We want to see Ewing versus Samson.

743
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,760
No, it seems like we deserve it.

744
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:57,160
They got to have the tempo and get Samson down the court ahead of E.D. and dunk the

745
00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:58,160
balls.

746
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,840
Yeah, I do love the way we're talking ahead of what's going to happen.

747
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,000
Well, yeah, I'm not getting ahead, but I was talking to my father-in-law on Sunday.

748
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:09,400
He said, watch Donovan, how he gets from rim to rim at that size.

749
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,360
At 7-2, that's not common.

750
00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:13,920
It doesn't happen.

751
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,520
He runs 90 feet.

752
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,120
Yeah, and he's going by guards and forwards.

753
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:20,120
E.D.

754
00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,120
Looks like he's walking through the dorms at DePaul.

755
00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:23,120
Yeah.

756
00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:24,120
Yeah, I did see that.

757
00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:26,120
Yeah, I did see that.

758
00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:28,120
Leave the kid alone.

759
00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:32,960
All right, so anyway, you guys.

760
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:33,960
I didn't bring it up.

761
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,640
I don't know what you're talking about.

762
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:42,960
Okay, so I can remember a few times when going into the Saturday semifinal where you're

763
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,680
rooting for one team and the other because you wanted to see them play against each other.

764
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:51,640
Okay, and obviously it was Duke, you know, V1.

765
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:52,640
Was that a final?

766
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:53,640
Yeah, it was.

767
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,520
The first year and then the next year was a final four.

768
00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:02,520
Yeah, so UConn Duke was another one with the first one.

769
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:03,520
99.

770
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,560
And the America team, right?

771
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:06,560
So both of those.

772
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,320
That was a final four game, the Mecca one.

773
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:13,920
And how about Kansas, Carolina with, was it Grant Hill's team?

774
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,520
Yeah, when he had the alley-oop above the back part, basically.

775
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:18,520
Yeah.

776
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,520
Yeah, I mean, this one I think America is rooting for.

777
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:21,520
I am, yeah, definitely.

778
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:22,520
I'm not.

779
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:27,520
I want to see stay in there so we can just beat him by 20.

780
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:28,520
20?

781
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,520
Might be done by 50.

782
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,080
Anyway, can't wait for this weekend.

783
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:42,040
We're welcoming in our guest, Zach LePuit from Beacon Falls, Connecticut, Notre Dame,

784
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:46,320
West Haven, and most recently Bentley College, where he was one of the best Falcons of all

785
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:47,320
time.

786
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,000
Jay, did you say he was a leading scorer already after three years?

787
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,000
No, he is.

788
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,720
He was a leading scorer, obviously, the last couple of years for them.

789
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:59,440
He was the Northeast 10 player of the year and he's 10th all time at Bentley after three

790
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,440
years already on our scoring list.

791
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,440
Yeah, he's 1,600 points in three years.

792
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:05,440
Pretty incredible.

793
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:06,440
That's crazy.

794
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:10,840
He started 87 in 90 games, so he can start three games as a freshman and of course,

795
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,200
Lawson figured out he probably should be in a...

796
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:18,160
Guys, this next segment is sponsored by Capital Securities and their vice president, Joe

797
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:19,520
Morello.

798
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:26,120
And as we've planned out this interview really well, it reminds me of their motto, a life.

799
00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:28,320
Well planned.

800
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:32,520
Zach Laput, Beacon Falls, Connecticut, Notre Dame, West Haven, and the Bentley College

801
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:37,120
Falcon Northeast 10 player of the year this year.

802
00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:40,000
Zach, welcome.

803
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,000
Thanks for joining us.

804
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:42,880
Let's talk some basketball.

805
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:49,240
Zach, we're going to start with the spicier stuff.

806
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:53,800
This portal is hot news for everybody.

807
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:54,800
Full transparency.

808
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,800
We don't love a lot of things about it.

809
00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:02,480
So, I think one of the best things about it is for somebody such as yourself to go from

810
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:07,760
a Division II program and try to test the waters and see how far you can take this basketball

811
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:08,760
thing.

812
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:14,320
So, guys, at your level, and I don't know if you know anyone else who's gone in the portal,

813
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:18,920
but what's your take on the whole portal business?

814
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:23,280
Well, I think it's completely out of control.

815
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:30,480
I think about 90% of the people in it roughly are probably entering it for the wrong reasons.

816
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:34,800
I think a lot of people enter it because they're not happy with their situation instead of

817
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,720
doing something about it themselves to get better.

818
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:43,840
But I would say the people that go in it for the right reasons or at least have given it

819
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:44,840
a lot of thought.

820
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:50,840
It could end up potentially being a great thing down the road, and I think it's definitely

821
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:52,840
got its pros and cons.

822
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:57,360
There's going to be a lot of people that benefit from it and a lot of people that don't.

823
00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:02,480
I think, for example, the COVID year, it ended up benefiting me tremendously because I got

824
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:08,360
the extra year because of COVID, but the class below me, it hurt them pretty bad because

825
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:13,600
there weren't any scholarships for college from the high school kids in that graduating

826
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:14,600
class.

827
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:17,080
So, it's really just all high, but you look at it.

828
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:21,400
Yeah, it's certainly trickled down to these high school graduating seniors where it seems

829
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:27,880
like it's a game for men at the Division I level and Division II and Division III for

830
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:28,880
that matter.

831
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:34,720
It seems like programs want experience, bigger, older guys.

832
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,840
And you would fit that, Bill.

833
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:41,600
So can you talk about your experience at Bentley and your legendary coach?

834
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:42,600
Yeah.

835
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:51,760
So, I mean, it definitely isn't as smooth as it may seem from a resume standpoint of

836
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,480
my time here at Bentley.

837
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,040
I've been so blessed to play for Coach Lawson.

838
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,840
When I admitted here, I just really trusted him.

839
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:05,480
I knew that I was going to be able to count on him to tell me the truth and everything

840
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:09,160
and to hold me to the standard that I had for myself.

841
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:13,960
It's been better than I ever could have possibly imagined playing for him.

842
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,680
My freshman year, we didn't have a season.

843
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:21,440
It was COVID and we were practicing every day with Mass on.

844
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:25,200
And it felt like I didn't know how to play basketball every single day.

845
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:30,720
I was just playing against older men and the game was moving really fast for me.

846
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,080
And I wasn't going to let that.

847
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:37,720
You know, Stombi, I had my goals and I was going to get it one way or another no matter

848
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,640
how long it took or what I had to do to get there.

849
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:41,640
That's just how I'm wired.

850
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:46,600
I'm going to make happen or I'm at least going to give everything I possibly have.

851
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,760
And I would go in every morning at 6 a.m. and luckily, I was blessed.

852
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,680
My assistant coach would come in that early and he would work me out to train me on the

853
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:57,320
right things I needed to do to get better here at Bentley.

854
00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:03,000
And every day after practice, you know, I'd be like my head would be just like running

855
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,760
a million miles an hour during practice, I never was making the right decisions.

856
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:09,080
It was just a different game.

857
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,880
But I was playing in the CIA.

858
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:17,040
And I had always worked on like my one-on-one skills and trainers.

859
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,240
Like I would train like six to eight hours a day.

860
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:23,440
I still do, but I wasn't working on the right things then.

861
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:28,560
And after practice, I would watch film with my assistant coach every single day of our

862
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:34,280
practice to just learn about what are the right decisions, you know, really learning

863
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,120
the game.

864
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:41,360
And that year was a blessing for me because it really was a prep year that I never took

865
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:42,360
coming from the CIA.

866
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:46,240
And it was just a great development year for me.

867
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:47,240
That's awesome.

868
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:48,880
Wherever I go.

869
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,400
And I just knew what I had to work on going into that next year.

870
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:56,040
And so it became my greatest blessing that I was able to save a year and just really

871
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,040
develop.

872
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,520
I was going to ask you about that COVID year.

873
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,440
It's probably the first time in your life that you didn't have, you know, a competitive

874
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,080
season, but you answered it perfectly.

875
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,680
I want to get back to your coach for a little bit.

876
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,800
He started as a head coach in 1990.

877
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:10,800
All right.

878
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:12,200
Now it's 2023.

879
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,520
That's a 33-year span.

880
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:19,800
Did you ever talk to him or did he have conversations with your team about how he's adapted and

881
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:24,280
adopted his style over a 33-year span?

882
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:27,280
Because 1990 and 2023, the game is not the same.

883
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:28,920
Can you talk a little bit about that?

884
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,760
Not to mention 2024 this year, Zach, but go ahead.

885
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,160
23-24 season.

886
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:36,560
Don't listen to him, Zach.

887
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:37,560
Don't listen to him.

888
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:38,560
I got it.

889
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:45,440
Well, I could say I obviously don't know firsthand how he was with the coach back then, but I

890
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:53,280
know he's made it clear that he, it seems like he's not been easier on us at all.

891
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:59,600
That's not the word, but he's definitely come a lot more mature, I guess, and is a way to

892
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,040
go about things, I guess, back in the day.

893
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:08,360
They used to run a lot, and now we just play pick-up as our conditioning, but it's not,

894
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,120
we don't play pick-up like most other programs.

895
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,960
I'm sure there's a lot of programs that play really good pick-up, but our pick-up games

896
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:18,880
are highly, highly competitive, and we're, everyone's pushing their conditioning in that

897
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,520
because that ultimately is the conditioning that translates to the games.

898
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:30,320
You know, I don't go on runs, but I'm able to play 40 minutes in a lot of our games

899
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:34,160
because of just pushing myself in live play every single day.

900
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,760
I know that's one way that he's adapted, but I mean, he's going to be one of the greatest

901
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:44,320
coaches in Division II history, just one of the greatest coaches of all time.

902
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:50,520
I've just been so lucky to play for him, and I know that, I mean, he's had to adapt in

903
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:54,880
a lot of ways, you have to adapt if you want to keep being successful, which he has, and

904
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,600
he'll always be at the top as long as he's coaching.

905
00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,680
And, you know, there's a lot more three-point shooting now.

906
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,440
I'm sure like the games called a lot differently.

907
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:08,120
I know his best teams back in the day used to be defensive monsters who could hold teams

908
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,720
to like 40 every single game.

909
00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:13,880
They could just shut teams down, but you know, they allowed handshacking back then.

910
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,840
It was just a lot of different games.

911
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:21,520
Now our teams are scoring like 85 and above.

912
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:25,520
We could just really score the ball because we have a great free-flow motion offense.

913
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:30,520
So, I mean, he's adjusted based off of how the game is being called, what it is, and

914
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:34,960
you know, it just speaks to just the legend that he is, I guess.

915
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:41,360
Zach, if the Bentley Falcons could hang their hat on a word or a phrase or something that

916
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:45,160
their program is all about, like a model, what would that be?

917
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,560
Yeah, it's definitely every ability.

918
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:52,280
So every ability is every ability.

919
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:59,240
It's the ability to basically give your best at everything that you do.

920
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:05,080
So that's just like for basketball.

921
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,280
I think it also like, I think it's who I want to be as a person.

922
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:13,600
It's kind of how my mindset's wired to reach my goals because you have to have it.

923
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:18,000
Like if you're playing a 40-minute game, you have to play hard every possession.

924
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:19,000
You have to be locked in.

925
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,080
You have to cut hard.

926
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:26,520
You've got to go offense-rebound every single time because every single time, like, you

927
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,360
two extra offense rounds would actually be the difference in a game.

928
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:36,720
And the talent is so, there's so much parody of the talent in college basketball that every

929
00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:42,800
ability really comes down to be the difference maker in most scenarios.

930
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:51,360
Like, are you going to give your best every single day to get better as a friend at basketball?

931
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,560
It just speaks to everything you do in life, honestly.

932
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:58,080
Hey, Zach, so you had a great resume in high school.

933
00:36:58,080 --> 00:36:59,440
You have a great resume in college.

934
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:00,600
We got it all in front of us.

935
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,880
So you're going to have options just like you had options, I'm sure, where you're in

936
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:05,320
order to be in West Haven.

937
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:09,080
So what are you looking for now for your next opportunity?

938
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,680
What is it playing time?

939
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,720
Is it just an opportunity to win?

940
00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:15,880
What's, what, how was, what are you looking for now compared to where you were looking

941
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,400
for, you know, four years ago when you were looking for a college to play for?

942
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:25,200
Yeah, so my ultimate goal has always been to be the best basketball player I could possibly

943
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:26,200
be.

944
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:31,960
And to see what the highest level I could possibly reach.

945
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:36,280
And I definitely have already exceeded whatever I thought I could do when I started my, when

946
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,320
I started dedicated myself to basketball my freshman year.

947
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,040
But I'm not going to, I'm never going to stop.

948
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,080
I'm not going to ever set a feeling for myself.

949
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:49,200
And so for this next year, I will say I am, I'm used to winning everywhere I've been.

950
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:53,560
So I'm, I'm going to go to a program that has the same mentality as me and expects to

951
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:55,760
win and make a run in March.

952
00:37:55,760 --> 00:38:00,880
I have to feel that from the coaching staff and know it from their history.

953
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,600
That is very important for me.

954
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:06,840
And it is important for me if I'm going to leave the situation to have your belly to

955
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:12,240
go to a place where it fits me and there's a need for me rather than a want, I'm not

956
00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:15,120
going to go somewhere where they just want me because they like me.

957
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:19,600
I'm going to go somewhere where they really need me to help them win and take them over

958
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:23,000
the top.

959
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,840
So I would say those are the biggest things.

960
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,440
As to fit in the style of play, the level is important.

961
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:32,080
I would ideally go to the highest level possible because that is ultimately what I want to

962
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:35,480
do challenge myself because I got to be uncomfortable to grow.

963
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:40,640
I've got to put myself in the best possible environment to grow and what place is going

964
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:46,480
to help me become a pro just as much as I'm going to help them win championships.

965
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:47,480
I love it.

966
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,600
There is a power five on the list of schools I've seen.

967
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:50,600
So maybe that's a possibility.

968
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,160
I got to throw this out there, Zach.

969
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:57,640
For some of our listeners, I got, I got to see you playing high school a bunch too because

970
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:02,040
I know coach Shay and we're, you guys had that prep team that was going on there for

971
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:05,600
a while for some of our listeners that don't know that Zach is the Northeast 10 player

972
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,080
of the year, which division two is incredible.

973
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,560
1600 points in three years there.

974
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:11,560
Right.

975
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:12,560
Incredible.

976
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:13,560
Pass the ball, Zach.

977
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:14,560
Yeah.

978
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:15,560
He does that too.

979
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,320
Because he's got every ability but passing.

980
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:19,320
Yeah.

981
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,520
So I mean, I'm not, I'm not taking a light of it.

982
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:28,280
So can you like go into like, I knew you mentioned about practicing like three days, three times

983
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,880
a day and stuff like the one thing I thought when I saw you in high school.

984
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,480
I was just like, well, I'm not sure how great he shoots.

985
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:39,000
I'm like, obviously he's going to be a good college player, but like following you from

986
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,000
a distance.

987
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,960
I'm like, like you're, you're shooting percentages are for, for a college player.

988
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:49,240
Like they're off, they're like the Steve Nash thing where it's 50% from the field, 90 from,

989
00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:50,960
you know, you're right around those numbers.

990
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,960
I mean, how much time do you put into that?

991
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:58,920
And if you don't mind like when you, when you were getting recruited out of Notre Dame

992
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,760
in West Haven, you were saying you wanted to play at your highest level.

993
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,440
Who else recruited you besides event?

994
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:08,520
Because I do remember seeing a bunch of schools there and what ultimately was your decision?

995
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:12,720
I just asked you about six questions, but what ultimately decided you would coach

996
00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:14,720
Austin and Bentley?

997
00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:15,720
Yeah.

998
00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:16,880
I'll start with the shooting thing.

999
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:22,640
So I think my, I definitely didn't shoot the ball that well in high school by any means.

1000
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:25,400
Funny my sophomore year, I was purely just a catch and shoot guy.

1001
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:26,400
Yeah.

1002
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:30,240
And I was in defense and then junior year I had like an elbow injury.

1003
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:31,680
So I couldn't shoot for the whole summer.

1004
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:35,280
So I just became really explosive and that's all I focused on was driving.

1005
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,160
So then I became a little bit of 50, 50 in senior year.

1006
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,080
You know, it's just so easy for me to get to the basket.

1007
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,160
I just did that because I wanted our team to win.

1008
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:45,760
And that's, I knew I could get whatever I wanted at the rim and the CISC.

1009
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,240
So I didn't really run the shooting that much.

1010
00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:52,000
And that kind of hurt me a lot in my recruiting because I didn't play on a big AAU team.

1011
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,160
I played with all my high school buddies because I wanted to build a chemistry to win.

1012
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:56,160
That's awesome.

1013
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,560
That's awesome by the way.

1014
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:03,360
And then for my high school team, you know, I just was doing what we had to do to win.

1015
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:07,120
So coach they would always tell me shoot the ball more like you need to show these schools.

1016
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:10,920
But I was just, I couldn't get my head to not do it because I just knew what would

1017
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,520
work for us to win.

1018
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:18,280
So when I got to college, I wasn't even looking to shoot like that first year.

1019
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:21,720
And coaches like to play off your shot, play off your shot.

1020
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:25,280
I had to learn like a different way to work in my shooting than I was used to.

1021
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:30,280
I could shoot spot shots and shoot like a super high percentage, but that wasn't going to

1022
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:31,440
necessarily translate to the game.

1023
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:36,360
The game's fast and you know, sometimes you're not ready to shoot, but you're open and you

1024
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:37,520
don't realize it's too late.

1025
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:42,360
And you got to be able to shoot off all different footwork and different reactions and different

1026
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:43,360
angles.

1027
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:49,480
So I just completely changed my training regimen to be a lot more reactionary based rather

1028
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:54,520
than three plan drills because I don't think those translate at all.

1029
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:59,760
I think they can't then like you want to get your handle stronger or in better condition,

1030
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:00,760
stuff like that.

1031
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:04,680
I think they could be really beneficial, but I think for the grand scheme of things, what's

1032
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,600
ultimately going to translate to the game the most, I think you got to do reactionary

1033
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:13,480
based work at game speed and just try to make the workouts as much like the game as possible.

1034
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:17,160
And so I might work out for the same amount of time, but I've cut down the reps, but make

1035
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,320
it way higher intensity.

1036
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,520
And I think that really helped my shooting ability.

1037
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:27,000
And yeah, I would say that's what helped my shooting abilities the most was just making

1038
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,720
it as game like as possible and playing a lot of one on one.

1039
00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:33,240
You got that little step back, right?

1040
00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:36,120
I know like if you're driving and the guy actually cuts you off, you do that little

1041
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:39,880
like fall away, which is pretty much like automatic range.

1042
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:40,880
Yeah.

1043
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:45,040
I mean, what I think I think I built a pretty good package.

1044
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,480
I like to say like between my shot, you got to play that.

1045
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:52,240
And if you don't, I think I've my first step is quick enough to get by anybody if I'm

1046
00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:57,160
off the catch and I get to the paint when I play off the two feet.

1047
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:01,200
I think I used to get whatever I want to with my pivots, my touch and my footwork.

1048
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:05,680
So if I'm playing under control like that, I think that's what I'm on my best.

1049
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:12,440
But yeah, as for why I chose Bentley, so I said I, I felt I was under recruited, but

1050
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:13,840
you know, maybe I wasn't for the time.

1051
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:17,760
Maybe I just wasn't ready and I was deciding between Bentley and St. Anselm.

1052
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:20,920
I had two other division two schools, Pace and Adelphi, which are really good schools

1053
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:25,040
in my conference, but I was deciding between Bentley and St. Anselm.

1054
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:28,920
And it was, I mean, those were rivals.

1055
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:30,000
Those are our biggest rivals.

1056
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:36,320
I have a lot of respect to that program and tower, our buckles, same shot, same fall.

1057
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,000
We became, we became friends.

1058
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:42,560
I would say playing against each other, just a lot of respect for each other.

1059
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:43,560
Yeah.

1060
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:50,320
I've been playing with Bentley for three years and I just, I just trusted Coach Lawson more,

1061
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:51,320
honestly.

1062
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:57,280
Like I really just felt like I trusted him and you know, it definitely was the best decision

1063
00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:58,280
for me.

1064
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:02,600
I'm sure if I went there, I would have probably enjoyed playing with Tyler and all those guys

1065
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:08,960
and Coach Dixon, but Bentley, I just had a feeling like I just really had a feeling

1066
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,640
about Bentley and definitely was the best thing in my life.

1067
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,080
That would have been quite a one-two punch.

1068
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:15,080
Kamish?

1069
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,800
Yeah, Zach, I know both your parents were student athletes, Trinity.

1070
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:20,400
I want to know what you took away from each of them.

1071
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:21,400
Yeah.

1072
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:26,600
So I would say from my mom, I mean, my mom's just an angel.

1073
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:31,440
You know, every kid will say that about their mom, but I mean, it's just definitely true

1074
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:33,960
about my Sheila.

1075
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:45,000
She is the most caring, selfless, giving person to her family, like in every way possible.

1076
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:51,320
And I would say just her ability to, like she really is great at understanding people

1077
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:52,320
and listening.

1078
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:59,160
And I would say my ability to really just listen and understand and hear people out

1079
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:01,080
and just understand where they're coming from.

1080
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:07,000
I think I would say from my mom, from my dad, except with the competitiveness, there's

1081
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:08,000
no doubt about it.

1082
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:16,440
Like when I was a kid, we'd play sports together and he would purposely just completely dominate

1083
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:19,280
me at whatever we possibly played.

1084
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:23,960
And he would talk trash the entire time doing it just to get me mad.

1085
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,400
And it instilled like a fire in me when I was little.

1086
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:29,800
Like I just hated losing because of him.

1087
00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:31,440
It was a football player, right?

1088
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:32,440
Because of that.

1089
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:33,440
Yep, football.

1090
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:37,840
And I would say like he would just beat the crap out of me like on the field.

1091
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:42,360
And I just, we're just every day, like I'm going to win it.

1092
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:46,200
Like every sport I do, I just looked at it like winning is all that matters, which is

1093
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,640
like, you know, good and bad in some ways, but it's the way I look at it.

1094
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,720
Like it is everything for me.

1095
00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:54,680
And it's why I play like not the only reason I play the game, but is one of the biggest

1096
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:59,240
reasons why I play the game is to win because there's no better feeling than winning.

1097
00:45:59,240 --> 00:46:04,760
And I would say that I would say that's definitely the biggest thing I got from him.

1098
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:10,120
And like in fifth grade, for example, like I saved up all my birthday money growing up.

1099
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,840
Like from like third grade up, I knew I wanted to bat in cage.

1100
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:15,120
Like baseball was my main sport growing up.

1101
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:19,880
And like from that early even, they just show like what, like how I've been wired from like

1102
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:24,120
my parents and just like naturally, since I was a kid, like I knew I wanted to save my

1103
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:29,120
money to get a bat in cage for baseball so I could take swings every single day.

1104
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:32,000
And then in fifth grade, I got enough money to get one.

1105
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:36,040
And then every single day, I would take 300 swings in my batting cage when I was in fifth

1106
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:39,280
grade, my dad would pitch.

1107
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,280
What position you play baseball?

1108
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:46,920
For a little shortstop for AU center field, I could really hit.

1109
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:47,920
That was what I was good at.

1110
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:52,720
I was fast so I could play like the outfield and shag down whatever.

1111
00:46:52,720 --> 00:46:55,480
Who was your AU team?

1112
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:59,840
I played for the Connecticut OWLs first and then the Connecticut Gators and then the CT

1113
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:02,560
grind were the programs I played for.

1114
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:09,440
And that was like my, yeah, I was, I was all in on baseball, like up until high school,

1115
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:10,880
I was like, this is what I'm going to do.

1116
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:13,200
I'm going to go to school for free doing this.

1117
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:15,200
Like this is, there was no limits.

1118
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:17,600
I didn't have any limits for baseball.

1119
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:19,400
Like I knew I could do whatever I wanted with that.

1120
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,360
And I, and I was like, it's all I did.

1121
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:27,440
Like even then, like for middle school, but it was just boring for me and I eventually

1122
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:33,000
fizzled out because it's just not, it's basketball and the coach, he's honestly the one that

1123
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:39,040
made me love basketball because my dad are really close friends at Notre Dame.

1124
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:45,080
And I just was like in love with like the way he looked at the game and like it's fast

1125
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:51,960
pace and I just like want to play for him and then so freshman year I decided to do

1126
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:52,960
only basketball.

1127
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:57,080
My parents were like, they weren't like, they were always going to support me whatever

1128
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:59,880
I did, but they were like, you should play baseball.

1129
00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:01,520
Like you shouldn't quit baseball.

1130
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:02,600
I'm like, I don't want to.

1131
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:04,480
I want to do basketball.

1132
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:06,520
And they're like, well, at least do one more sprain.

1133
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:07,520
I'm like, I won't.

1134
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:09,600
And they're like, all right, well, you're too good at an athlete to not play in a sport

1135
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:10,600
realm.

1136
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:11,600
Like I'm not playing football because I'm going to get hurt.

1137
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:12,600
Don't tell me lacrosse.

1138
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:17,760
Oh, no, they would, you know, they want me to play across and like, no, I'm not doing

1139
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:18,760
that.

1140
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:22,920
Like, so I did like track freshman year to like make him happy like in the spring.

1141
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:25,520
But that was, I was just all in on basketball.

1142
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:27,240
That's not really a sport anyway.

1143
00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:28,240
But yeah.

1144
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:30,000
No, man, angry Jake.

1145
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:31,000
Come on, man.

1146
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,040
You guys are the runners out there.

1147
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:39,680
It takes forever, but Zach, I want, I want to get back to Tyler, our buckle and saying

1148
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:42,800
to them, I know you had two really close games with them this year.

1149
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:47,320
If you could talk a little bit about him as a player and the way he played like his competitive

1150
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,920
style, just coaching him for a couple of years.

1151
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:52,440
I know it's there.

1152
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:53,640
I know the intensity.

1153
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:58,280
I know how hard he's worked to become the player that he was and is.

1154
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:02,680
Can you also talk a little bit about Justice Ellison, the kid from South Windsor that

1155
00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:07,200
was AIC because a lot of our listeners are from Connecticut that are very familiar with

1156
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:08,200
those two guys.

1157
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:10,440
Tyler overcoming the two ACLs.

1158
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:11,440
Yeah, two ACLs.

1159
00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,440
That's on the perseverance and determination.

1160
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:14,960
He had a shoulder too, right at one point.

1161
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:19,200
He was never healthy just because of his style of play and how hard he trained.

1162
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:23,160
So if you could talk a little bit about those Connecticut guys, Ty and Ellison.

1163
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:25,800
Yeah, I'll start with Ty.

1164
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:34,440
Like the words I would use to describe him are just competitor, a winner and just a bucket.

1165
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:42,240
He's just the workhorse and that's why I think we have the ultimate respect for each other.

1166
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:50,520
Being rival schools, like he just every time I play him, like I know I'm I prepare for

1167
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:54,720
the same every game about the same way, but I'm preparing for San Diego is a little bit

1168
00:49:54,720 --> 00:49:56,120
more when I know I'm playing him.

1169
00:49:56,120 --> 00:50:00,880
Like I know that he's going to give his best and I don't want him to have any edge on me.

1170
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:05,720
I want to have the edge because I know that he's going to bring it and when the when the

1171
00:50:05,720 --> 00:50:10,440
light shine braids when he plays his best and you know, it's because all the work he

1172
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:17,320
puts in behind the scenes and you know, for someone like his talent that is him, he had

1173
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:20,920
a I had an inexperienced team this year.

1174
00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:27,080
He had even more so an inexperienced team, just a bunch of transfers and I don't think

1175
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:30,760
he could have handled the situation this year any better than he did.

1176
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:36,840
It was a pretty it was a pretty tough situation over there for them to win, but like there

1177
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:40,040
was no better leader and unselfish person.

1178
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:46,760
He could eat could easily average like 24 25 a game and put up a ton of shots, but you

1179
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:50,480
know, they wouldn't have wanted he just tried to make his team play the right way.

1180
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:54,760
And I think he just really speaks to the person how much he's grown.

1181
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:58,960
I know my coach thinks a lot of how much he's grown like with his attitude.

1182
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:04,760
I know he would get a little like emotional when he was younger, but he's really like

1183
00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:13,880
turned it into a very mature like passion that I think everyone has a very large respect

1184
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:18,160
and admiration for and that's why I definitely am looking forward to getting a lot of work

1185
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:19,160
with him this offseason.

1186
00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:23,200
He becomes a professional and can have an amazing career doing that because of just

1187
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:24,840
the person he is.

1188
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:29,080
And then just with Ellison, he's actually my grade in Connecticut.

1189
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:30,440
He played a Windsor in my senior year.

1190
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:33,760
We definitely would have seen them in the state championship or the state semi finals

1191
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:36,480
or something.

1192
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:43,240
And he clearly is a workhorse and also bucket as well.

1193
00:51:43,240 --> 00:51:48,200
Like I know last year you like 13 or 14 a game or something like he was good.

1194
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:51,560
Like he was a good player in our league, like clearly talented.

1195
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:54,320
And then just this year, just completely different.

1196
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:56,440
Yeah, like 21 or 22, right?

1197
00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:59,000
Again, yeah, 21 or 22.

1198
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:03,800
You just move in different like he can get to any mid-range pull up he wants and just

1199
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:05,400
elevate over guys.

1200
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:08,600
And you know, he's in a tough situation over there.

1201
00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:14,040
See like there, I have a lot of respect for the coach over there.

1202
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:20,840
He's a great guy, but the program, I mean, they didn't have enough to be a really competitive

1203
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:23,840
team this year.

1204
00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:28,800
He definitely made the most of his season and I mean, it shows off to his work ethic.

1205
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:34,120
Like I know being in that situation, it could be easy for a lot of guys to, you know, just

1206
00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:38,160
give in and you know, their career could easily come to an end.

1207
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:44,480
But he just, I mean, he just took no prisoners and he just was not going to make any excuses.

1208
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:48,520
And I think at a, I'm definitely looking forward to getting in some work with him this summer

1209
00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:51,960
too as well because I'm going to have a lot to learn from those two guys that what they

1210
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:56,320
do really well because I mean his last game of his season this year, he had like almost

1211
00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:57,320
40 against other Connecticut.

1212
00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:01,840
I want to say at least playoff like he was one of them in the game.

1213
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:05,200
It was insane watching how it was like what, how was it, why did they keep letting him

1214
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:06,200
go one on one?

1215
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:07,200
Like this is crazy.

1216
00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:08,720
Like he's just going to keep scoring.

1217
00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:09,720
And he did.

1218
00:53:09,720 --> 00:53:10,720
It was crazy.

1219
00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:13,560
So he's a, he's super, super talented.

1220
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:15,920
And you know, I saw you just enter the portal.

1221
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:18,640
So whatever school lands him is going to be very lucky.

1222
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:22,080
Guys, is that the great Sean Ellison's son?

1223
00:53:22,080 --> 00:53:23,080
Yes.

1224
00:53:23,080 --> 00:53:24,360
So he started at South Windsor.

1225
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:25,360
Yep.

1226
00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:26,360
Then went to Windsor.

1227
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:28,360
I think he went to Woodstock too.

1228
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:29,840
He said a few stops.

1229
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:30,840
Yeah.

1230
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:32,480
Good luck to him.

1231
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:34,040
So he's in a portal too.

1232
00:53:34,040 --> 00:53:39,760
Hey, I don't want to get too personal here, but like I'm just thinking as a, as a coach,

1233
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:44,440
if I were in a position to coach a college team and you know, one of my kids came to me

1234
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:48,320
and you know, or I found out he went to the portal, whether he came to me or not.

1235
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:53,120
I'm thinking I'm taking his five back for the workout facility and I'm, I'm, I'm kind

1236
00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:57,560
of drawing a, can you speak to, to where you're going to visit?

1237
00:53:57,560 --> 00:53:58,760
I mean, it's all over the internet.

1238
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:02,880
So I mean, the ones we know, but could you just speak on the pot about that?

1239
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:03,880
Yeah.

1240
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:06,240
So the schools I'm definitely going to visit.

1241
00:54:06,240 --> 00:54:11,120
I've already unofficially visited Northeastern and Quinnipiac.

1242
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:15,880
I'm going to visit officially, I might officially visit Quinnipiac.

1243
00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:23,200
You got to see, but I'm going to officially visit Iona, Bradley, Liberty and Furman.

1244
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:27,880
Those are the ones I'm definitely going to visit.

1245
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:35,040
There's a couple others I may like Rutgers, I'm a Davidson, I may Vermont, maybe my, I'm

1246
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:36,040
definitely two.

1247
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:38,320
So I don't want, I don't want these will be a sender.

1248
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:39,640
Oh, Belmont, maybe.

1249
00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:45,560
So we'll see like there and the portal changing every day, like William and Mary, maybe like

1250
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:47,800
the portal changing every single day.

1251
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:52,040
And there's going to be new schools coming in maybe.

1252
00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:55,240
And you know, school that's talking to me now may fizzle out.

1253
00:54:55,240 --> 00:55:03,120
So we'll see, but that's basically kind of what it looks like to any extent right now

1254
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:04,120
of the visit.

1255
00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:05,640
What it may look like.

1256
00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:07,120
That's a lot of visits.

1257
00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:08,120
It's extensive lists.

1258
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:10,240
Is there a limit or can you go on whatever?

1259
00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:14,480
Well, I definitely wouldn't visit all of them.

1260
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:18,120
I'm going to have to narrow it down to a group of like four or five something.

1261
00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:19,120
Okay.

1262
00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:20,120
And we'll see from there.

1263
00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:22,960
But I would say all those are in consideration right now for visits.

1264
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:23,960
All right.

1265
00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:27,240
I want to get back to real quick because we forgot one guy.

1266
00:55:27,240 --> 00:55:30,400
We're big on the Connecticut high school basketball and one of your teammates is Aaron

1267
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:32,400
Latham, who out of.

1268
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:33,400
Oh yeah.

1269
00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:34,400
Yeah.

1270
00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:35,400
Out of Glassenberg High School.

1271
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:38,320
And he actually went to Taft for a PG year.

1272
00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:40,120
You play with Tyler?

1273
00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:41,120
Yeah.

1274
00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:43,120
He, I don't know if he played that.

1275
00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:44,120
No, he didn't.

1276
00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:45,120
He did.

1277
00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:47,120
He did, but I think they're a part.

1278
00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:48,120
Yeah.

1279
00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:51,000
So anyway, I know his high school coach really well, Jimmy Vaughan.

1280
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:54,920
And he, Aaron has had a remarkable career too.

1281
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:57,800
Like he didn't play, I believe, like in the beginning of Bentley.

1282
00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:00,280
And now he's turned out to be a really good player.

1283
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,040
Can you just want to say a few words about him?

1284
00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:03,600
Because we're a Connecticut guy.

1285
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:04,600
We're a Connecticut guy.

1286
00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:05,600
Like he's the hell of a player.

1287
00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:08,600
I mean, I actually wrote him a letter, his senior, Glassenberg.

1288
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:11,440
And listen, Zach, there was crickets back from him.

1289
00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:14,320
So you can make fun of him for me.

1290
00:56:14,320 --> 00:56:20,000
Must have been a great letter.

1291
00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:23,600
I'm very glad you asked about him because that is my best friend.

1292
00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:28,640
He, freshman year, we both didn't know how good a friend we were going to be.

1293
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:34,280
We were a little different in some ways and weren't really sure how much we were going

1294
00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:35,280
to get along.

1295
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:38,680
But, you know, we started competing on the court.

1296
00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:43,840
And there, you could easily point out the two most competitive guys on the court.

1297
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:44,840
Yeah, I'm going to cut you off.

1298
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:46,560
But like, that's the one thing I love the bottom.

1299
00:56:46,560 --> 00:56:49,120
Like he had that little edge when he played.

1300
00:56:49,120 --> 00:56:51,520
Like you see him and he's like this really skinny kid in high school.

1301
00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:53,160
And like, there was a loose ball man.

1302
00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:55,560
He was biting, kicking, elbowing people for it.

1303
00:56:55,560 --> 00:56:56,560
It was awesome.

1304
00:56:56,560 --> 00:56:58,560
Oh, sorry, you made a cut.

1305
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:02,080
No, there's no one you want more on your side than him.

1306
00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:08,600
And we, when we would play, you know, if someone would do something to someone on

1307
00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:13,120
his team, he'd be the first person to stick up for him or vice versa for my team.

1308
00:57:13,120 --> 00:57:14,520
And that's kind of how we really got along.

1309
00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:18,560
Cause we could, you know, we might butt heads on the court cause we're just so competitive

1310
00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:24,400
and you know, it could turn into whatever, uh, in pick up games and practice and whatnot.

1311
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:31,680
But as soon as we get off and we talk, it's just like, it's why, it's why we're roommates

1312
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:33,200
and best friends.

1313
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:36,400
And we're just very like minded in that aspect.

1314
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:40,080
And we both just get what it takes to win.

1315
00:57:40,080 --> 00:57:45,600
And um, I mean, off the court, you're just hanging out like there's no better friend.

1316
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:51,840
And like he's extremely, extremely loyal to the people he's close with.

1317
00:57:51,840 --> 00:57:58,240
And um, I would say because of it, there may not be a lot of relationships, but the relationships

1318
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:01,560
that he has are very genuine and wholesome.

1319
00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:03,640
That will go a long way in his life.

1320
00:58:03,640 --> 00:58:08,160
And whatever he chooses to do, he's going to be super successful because of his mindset.

1321
00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:12,120
Like the, like the competitiveness I'm talking about and you were talking about, he will

1322
00:58:12,120 --> 00:58:13,640
do whatever it takes.

1323
00:58:13,640 --> 00:58:14,640
Yeah.

1324
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:15,640
No, he was from the Washington high school.

1325
00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:17,120
He was definitely from the Washington high school.

1326
00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:18,120
Oh yeah.

1327
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:22,840
He's going to outwork anyone at whatever he chooses to do, whether it's like finances

1328
00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:28,520
or whatever, this last year, badly, like that's someone you definitely want on your

1329
00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:30,720
team at whatever you do in life.

1330
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:36,320
Did you get a chance to watch our honor when a state championship this year?

1331
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:37,320
To watch Notre Dame.

1332
00:58:37,320 --> 00:58:38,320
Yeah.

1333
00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:39,320
Of course I did.

1334
00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:41,640
Were you there in person?

1335
00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:42,640
I was though.

1336
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:47,320
I actually, my summer job this year, I trained the Notre Dame West Haven team.

1337
00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:49,320
Oh, here we go.

1338
00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:52,880
It's a commercial.

1339
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:57,800
I was their skills coach for about an hour and a half every week day.

1340
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:01,240
And then their strength coach for about an hour and then for the summer league I was

1341
00:59:01,240 --> 00:59:03,160
their coach for the games.

1342
00:59:03,160 --> 00:59:07,640
And I had those my guys, like I had to make sure I went down to the Quinnipiac game where

1343
00:59:07,640 --> 00:59:12,240
they won the S.D. Championship and I went to the semis and the state championship because

1344
00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:14,240
our season had ended.

1345
00:59:14,240 --> 00:59:19,280
So I made sure to support my guys and yeah, they have an awesome group.

1346
00:59:19,280 --> 00:59:21,640
I can speak forever about the world of those guys.

1347
00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:24,080
I think they have an amazing group.

1348
00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:25,840
Like there's not a bad kid in that program.

1349
00:59:25,840 --> 00:59:31,640
Like honestly, like all those guys love basketball and they live in the gym and they're just

1350
00:59:31,640 --> 00:59:32,640
all really good friends.

1351
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:34,800
So yeah, I love the program.

1352
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:38,160
I love Coach Shea and they definitely earned it this year.

1353
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:42,600
Hopefully they were all reactionary drills that you did with the guys this summer.

1354
00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:47,280
They played a lot of live basketball, that's for sure.

1355
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:48,280
That's the key man.

1356
00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:50,280
Where's that gone man?

1357
00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:51,280
No sticks.

1358
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:52,280
No stick defenders.

1359
00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:56,560
I'll tell you what, they definitely played five on five almost every single day.

1360
00:59:56,560 --> 00:59:57,560
Good for you.

1361
00:59:57,560 --> 00:59:59,880
They definitely played at least one and three.

1362
00:59:59,880 --> 01:00:04,120
They played some form alive at least double the amount that they did skills.

1363
01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:05,840
I can promise you that.

1364
01:00:05,840 --> 01:00:11,280
So you're speaking of your high school program and by the way, you saw Coach Shea's jacket.

1365
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:13,400
Oh my God, that thing was miserable.

1366
01:00:13,400 --> 01:00:14,400
He had on the state finals.

1367
01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:16,240
It looked like he won the Masters.

1368
01:00:16,240 --> 01:00:17,240
But anyway.

1369
01:00:17,240 --> 01:00:18,240
He was rocking it.

1370
01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:19,240
He was rocking it.

1371
01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:20,240
Yeah.

1372
01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:22,360
He had a great things to say about you.

1373
01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:23,440
I talked to him today and I'll tell you this.

1374
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:28,880
He said, wherever Zach goes, he will establish a winning culture or build on an existing

1375
01:00:28,880 --> 01:00:30,640
culture.

1376
01:00:30,640 --> 01:00:36,160
He cannot tolerate losing and he's all about winning is exactly kind of how we put it.

1377
01:00:36,160 --> 01:00:38,240
Do you want to say a few words about him?

1378
01:00:38,240 --> 01:00:39,840
Oh my God.

1379
01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:47,880
I mean, he is, he will be a close friend of mine and a mentor forever.

1380
01:00:47,880 --> 01:00:51,480
I attribute my love for basketball to him.

1381
01:00:51,480 --> 01:00:53,400
Like 100%.

1382
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:59,400
I chose basketball because of him and I've always wanted to play for him.

1383
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:04,240
And so my sophomore year, freshman year, I was only on the freshman team.

1384
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:06,360
I was about like five, nine only play freshman.

1385
01:01:06,360 --> 01:01:08,160
That was it.

1386
01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:10,240
And sophomore year, I had a little gross for it.

1387
01:01:10,240 --> 01:01:12,320
And I got, I was really in the gym a lot.

1388
01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:15,280
I was getting better and it was in the fall.

1389
01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:22,200
I was like six, three now and I was like the ace man, the nice man on our varsity team.

1390
01:01:22,200 --> 01:01:24,840
But I saw I was good enough to start and I would go to him every day.

1391
01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:26,640
Like, what do I got to do to start?

1392
01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:27,880
And he was like, what do you got to do this?

1393
01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:29,600
You're not good enough yet.

1394
01:01:29,600 --> 01:01:32,720
And he's always just been 100% honest with me.

1395
01:01:32,720 --> 01:01:36,320
And that's, and he's the reason why I can get coached the way I do because he would

1396
01:01:36,320 --> 01:01:38,240
tell me exactly what I have to do better.

1397
01:01:38,240 --> 01:01:43,440
He's like, if you, if you could do this, then you can be considered to start or you could

1398
01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:45,040
be considered to have this role.

1399
01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:47,560
And if you don't, then you're not.

1400
01:01:47,560 --> 01:01:49,960
And so I just did exactly that.

1401
01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:53,360
Like the stuff he told me I need to get better at, I did.

1402
01:01:53,360 --> 01:01:59,080
And I eventually earned the roles of that sophomore year of star varsity.

1403
01:01:59,080 --> 01:02:02,880
And like he's always just held me to the same standard that I hold myself to.

1404
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:05,480
I would always ask questions, what do I have to do to do this?

1405
01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:07,040
What do I have to do to do that?

1406
01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:11,360
And he always just tells me the straight truth and it's why I can get coached the way I do

1407
01:02:11,360 --> 01:02:12,360
now.

1408
01:02:12,360 --> 01:02:14,040
And now it should be, that's the way it should be.

1409
01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:19,680
Yeah, Zach, Zach in today's high school game or even in other levels, that kind of honesty

1410
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:25,320
is frowned upon because mommy or daddy will call and say you're bullying or favoring one

1411
01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:26,320
person or another.

1412
01:02:26,320 --> 01:02:31,640
And, you know, kudos to you and you gave credits to your parents about some other things.

1413
01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:36,240
And they obviously raised it the right way because you can be coached, you can be criticized,

1414
01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:37,960
you can't accept feedback.

1415
01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:41,400
And we're going to wrap this up, buddy.

1416
01:02:41,400 --> 01:02:42,520
This was, this has been great.

1417
01:02:42,520 --> 01:02:45,920
We're going to have you down here once the dust settles, whether that be in the summer

1418
01:02:45,920 --> 01:02:48,960
or whatever, it's not that far of a drive for you.

1419
01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:49,960
What do we got?

1420
01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:54,400
Woodlands like couple, couple, couple, 40 minutes, 30, 30, dude, we're good.

1421
01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:55,400
We'll get you down here.

1422
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:59,120
Maybe we'll grab one of your teammates if they're in Connecticut and you could both come down.

1423
01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:00,640
Yeah, that'd be cool.

1424
01:03:00,640 --> 01:03:02,720
Yeah, we could do that.

1425
01:03:02,720 --> 01:03:04,640
Hey, who's going to win the final four?

1426
01:03:04,640 --> 01:03:07,960
Yeah, we'll go, we'll get Aaron down there for sure.

1427
01:03:07,960 --> 01:03:08,960
He's in.

1428
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:09,960
Who's going to win the final four?

1429
01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:16,920
I mean, come on, it's Yukon, and Yukon, Yukon just completely head over heels above everybody

1430
01:03:16,920 --> 01:03:17,920
else.

1431
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:19,480
Yeah, there's something, aren't they?

1432
01:03:19,480 --> 01:03:22,480
All right, LeBron or Jordan?

1433
01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:26,560
I'll say they're both the go at it.

1434
01:03:26,560 --> 01:03:28,480
Oh no, he's young, he's young.

1435
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:30,600
Yeah, you're just a kid.

1436
01:03:30,600 --> 01:03:32,320
I'm a 23.

1437
01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:34,320
No, no, no.

1438
01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:37,080
Oh, jeez, I don't even know.

1439
01:03:37,080 --> 01:03:38,080
That's all right.

1440
01:03:38,080 --> 01:03:39,080
We don't know.

1441
01:03:39,080 --> 01:03:40,080
We're 35, you said LeBron.

1442
01:03:40,080 --> 01:03:41,880
We're three at curveball, that's all right.

1443
01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:42,880
Yankees or Red Sox?

1444
01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:43,880
A Red Sox for sure.

1445
01:03:43,880 --> 01:03:44,880
Get that out of here, Jordan.

1446
01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:49,880
All right, how about, do you have an NBA team?

1447
01:03:49,880 --> 01:03:55,360
I guess I would root for the bigs, but I just more so root for players.

1448
01:03:55,360 --> 01:03:58,960
I like Steph Curry, Damler, Jalen Brunson, and those are my favorite players.

1449
01:03:58,960 --> 01:03:59,960
Brunson, there you go.

1450
01:03:59,960 --> 01:04:00,960
Did anyone see this coming?

1451
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:01,960
Brunson, did anyone see this coming?

1452
01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:03,960
Plays off two feet, like you said earlier.

1453
01:04:03,960 --> 01:04:08,880
Yeah, that's, I kind of, I want to model a lot of my game.

1454
01:04:08,880 --> 01:04:11,720
One side to two points after him.

1455
01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:12,720
That's awesome, man.

1456
01:04:12,720 --> 01:04:14,240
All right, parting words.

1457
01:04:14,240 --> 01:04:20,120
Give advice, let's say give some advice to young players.

1458
01:04:20,120 --> 01:04:27,000
Young players, I would just say, I mean, whatever you, whatever you love, doesn't have to be

1459
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:32,440
basketball, just give your best towards that and it's going to create relationships and

1460
01:04:32,440 --> 01:04:38,040
connections that you won't even imagine that you'll have the rest of your life and just

1461
01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:44,720
go for it every day because all the friends and the parties or whatever, like that's always

1462
01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:45,720
going to be there.

1463
01:04:45,720 --> 01:04:49,720
Like the better you get at things, the more it's going to be presented to you.

1464
01:04:49,720 --> 01:04:53,440
So I would just say go for whatever you're passionate about and don't have, don't be

1465
01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:56,560
embarrassed about it or have any regrets about it, just go all in.

1466
01:04:56,560 --> 01:05:00,760
And I think you'll be really happy with whatever happens from that.

1467
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:01,760
What a message.

1468
01:05:01,760 --> 01:05:07,120
Beacon Falls, Notre Dame West Haven, we won't hold that against you.

1469
01:05:07,120 --> 01:05:10,360
The Bentley Falcons and we look forward to following you in the next chapter and we're

1470
01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:11,360
rooting for you hard.

1471
01:05:11,360 --> 01:05:13,120
We got another guy we're going to root for.

1472
01:05:13,120 --> 01:05:14,360
Make sure you follow us back.

1473
01:05:14,360 --> 01:05:16,880
Don't tell all your buddies, okay?

1474
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:17,880
Very impressive, Zach.

1475
01:05:17,880 --> 01:05:18,880
Thanks for coming on.

1476
01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:21,920
We'll see you in the summer or something like that.

1477
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:22,920
I'd love to.

1478
01:05:22,920 --> 01:05:23,920
Yeah, thanks for having me.

1479
01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:27,560
I'll come on, I'll get Aaron on there with you guys hopefully and we'll chop it up soon,

1480
01:05:27,560 --> 01:05:28,560
hopefully.

1481
01:05:28,560 --> 01:05:29,560
All right, man.

1482
01:05:29,560 --> 01:05:30,560
Go Yanks.

1483
01:05:30,560 --> 01:05:31,560
Thanks, Zach.

1484
01:05:31,560 --> 01:05:32,560
Go Yanks.

1485
01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:33,560
See ya.

1486
01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:35,560
Zach, best of luck.

1487
01:05:35,560 --> 01:05:36,560
Man.

1488
01:05:36,560 --> 01:05:41,120
I know what I'm rooting for.

1489
01:05:41,120 --> 01:05:44,280
Take it as high as you can.

1490
01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:54,600
We root for one of the teams you're visiting, but that was a hell of a job.

1491
01:05:54,600 --> 01:05:55,600
We got to do it again.

1492
01:05:55,600 --> 01:05:56,600
Come on, guys.

1493
01:05:56,600 --> 01:05:57,600
What the hell is the laugh about?

1494
01:05:57,600 --> 01:05:58,600
They have it.

1495
01:05:58,600 --> 01:05:59,600
You can call a tank.

1496
01:05:59,600 --> 01:06:00,600
I think Zach favored that one.

1497
01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:01,600
I thought it was father.

1498
01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:02,600
Are you going to be able to cut that out?

1499
01:06:02,600 --> 01:06:03,600
Yeah.

1500
01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:08,360
Let's talk some basketball.

1501
01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:12,120
Are we good then?

1502
01:06:12,120 --> 01:06:13,120
Yeah.

1503
01:06:13,120 --> 01:06:18,000
So we can just keep going.

1504
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:19,000
I'll make it work.

1505
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:20,000
Are you sure?

1506
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:21,000
It'll blend right in.

1507
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:22,000
All right, guys.

1508
01:06:22,000 --> 01:06:23,000
What's up with the driving along?

1509
01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:24,000
We're good.

1510
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:25,000
What else are we doing?

1511
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:31,000
We're going to do some 90s NBA talk and then we're going to do a little bit of the

1512
01:06:31,000 --> 01:06:34,000
same thing.

1513
01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:41,000
We're going to be a little bit of a drag.

1514
01:06:41,000 --> 01:06:51,000
We're going to be a little bit of a drag.

1515
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:57,000
We're going to be a little bit of a drag.

1516
01:06:57,000 --> 01:07:04,000
We're good, right?

1517
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:08,000
We're back, Zach.

1518
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:11,600
Guys, X, is that what it's called?

1519
01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:12,600
Formerly Twitter?

1520
01:07:12,600 --> 01:07:13,600
Call it Twitter.

1521
01:07:13,600 --> 01:07:16,600
All right, Twitter.

1522
01:07:16,600 --> 01:07:23,240
I'm really bothered by this 90s NBA stuff that they keep on keeping on with.

1523
01:07:23,240 --> 01:07:24,560
Now the new thing for kids.

1524
01:07:24,560 --> 01:07:29,000
I had a 15-year-old son of mine tell me that he read that or saw a video that Jordan had

1525
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:34,120
no left hand and he was playing against a bunch of plumbers that beat you up and they

1526
01:07:34,120 --> 01:07:37,280
weren't basketball players.

1527
01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:46,680
Can I just get your guys' thoughts quickly on how dumb young people are to not appreciate

1528
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:54,760
what we watched, which was a league where you couldn't score because you were going

1529
01:07:54,760 --> 01:07:59,080
to be tackled if you were any good as opposed to what happens now.

1530
01:07:59,080 --> 01:08:04,160
Can I just get your thoughts on the 90s NBA versus today and the ridiculous debate that

1531
01:08:04,160 --> 01:08:05,960
it wasn't a good league back then?

1532
01:08:05,960 --> 01:08:07,840
So I'm jumping right in.

1533
01:08:07,840 --> 01:08:09,360
So there are different areas now.

1534
01:08:09,360 --> 01:08:15,680
Back in the 90s, there was hand-checking, there was hard of fouls.

1535
01:08:15,680 --> 01:08:19,560
The scores are obviously much lower.

1536
01:08:19,560 --> 01:08:22,240
The NBA wanted more offense.

1537
01:08:22,240 --> 01:08:25,320
Every professional sports league wants more offense.

1538
01:08:25,320 --> 01:08:26,320
They want a self-tick.

1539
01:08:26,320 --> 01:08:29,200
They want the casual fan to pay attention to it.

1540
01:08:29,200 --> 01:08:32,440
Their idea is more scoring leads to more fans.

1541
01:08:32,440 --> 01:08:33,720
It doesn't matter what's more.

1542
01:08:33,720 --> 01:08:41,240
The NBA has taken it to extremes where guys run with the ball basically sometimes now.

1543
01:08:41,240 --> 01:08:43,200
We had a free throwathon a few years ago.

1544
01:08:43,200 --> 01:08:44,680
They're trying to get rid of that a little bit.

1545
01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:50,920
But the scores now are in the 120s, 130s.

1546
01:08:50,920 --> 01:08:54,880
Every night you'll see multiple teams up there sometimes in the 140s now.

1547
01:08:54,880 --> 01:08:55,880
140s.

1548
01:08:55,880 --> 01:08:56,880
Pacers, yeah.

1549
01:08:56,880 --> 01:08:57,880
Yeah.

1550
01:08:57,880 --> 01:08:59,680
The guys are super talented.

1551
01:08:59,680 --> 01:09:00,680
They're super talented.

1552
01:09:00,680 --> 01:09:03,400
I'm not taking anything away from them.

1553
01:09:03,400 --> 01:09:07,520
Some of the shot-making today is crazy.

1554
01:09:07,520 --> 01:09:10,480
They're just different areas.

1555
01:09:10,480 --> 01:09:15,160
If they were playing by the rules in the 90s where you could hand-check and there was hard

1556
01:09:15,160 --> 01:09:17,600
fouls, there's no way the scores would be that high.

1557
01:09:17,600 --> 01:09:23,720
I'm not saying guys couldn't play back then, but it's just different areas with the officials

1558
01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:27,080
and the NBA wants out of their nightly basis.

1559
01:09:27,080 --> 01:09:28,080
Yeah.

1560
01:09:28,080 --> 01:09:30,200
I would agree wholeheartedly.

1561
01:09:30,200 --> 01:09:33,920
Who's to say who could play back then and who could play now?

1562
01:09:33,920 --> 01:09:35,440
You're the biggest Leary Bird fan.

1563
01:09:35,440 --> 01:09:41,360
I know he can shoot the threes, but it wasn't like a huge part of his game.

1564
01:09:41,360 --> 01:09:46,760
I think the evolution of the three-point shot has completely changed the game.

1565
01:09:46,760 --> 01:09:50,000
Like in the 90s, for me, you had the bad boy pistons.

1566
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:51,480
You had the Rockets.

1567
01:09:51,480 --> 01:09:53,400
You had the Jazz, right?

1568
01:09:53,400 --> 01:09:56,880
You had a young magic team that really didn't live up to their expectations.

1569
01:09:56,880 --> 01:10:01,280
You had the bullies, the Knicks that were always competitive.

1570
01:10:01,280 --> 01:10:06,400
None of those teams relied on the three-ball and the open-style offense.

1571
01:10:06,400 --> 01:10:09,160
It was a grind in the half-court where you used the post guy.

1572
01:10:09,160 --> 01:10:10,840
Yeah, there's no post play.

1573
01:10:10,840 --> 01:10:13,560
There's no such thing as post play anymore.

1574
01:10:13,560 --> 01:10:16,040
It is tough to compare eras.

1575
01:10:16,040 --> 01:10:21,800
When you have these type of arguments on the social media stuff, it's based on almost your

1576
01:10:21,800 --> 01:10:23,120
age, right?

1577
01:10:23,120 --> 01:10:27,280
We're all similar ages, so we gravitate toward the 80s and 90s.

1578
01:10:27,280 --> 01:10:29,600
That's what we really grew up watching.

1579
01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:31,520
It's ingrained in our head.

1580
01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:35,760
I can't blame the guys that are younger that think today's game is better.

1581
01:10:35,760 --> 01:10:40,520
I just really wholeheartedly think when we were growing up, the game was better.

1582
01:10:40,520 --> 01:10:41,520
Everybody can shoot.

1583
01:10:41,520 --> 01:10:42,840
Everybody can pass.

1584
01:10:42,840 --> 01:10:47,240
There were still some high-scoring games, but there was also good defense.

1585
01:10:47,240 --> 01:10:52,400
They're just the shot-making from outside 15 feet to 20 feet.

1586
01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:57,320
That range in the post play was just so much better than it is today.

1587
01:10:57,320 --> 01:10:58,640
There's no mid-range game today.

1588
01:10:58,640 --> 01:11:00,960
Raise on Arondo.

1589
01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:01,960
We're tired today.

1590
01:11:01,960 --> 01:11:02,960
Firstly, we're tired.

1591
01:11:02,960 --> 01:11:06,960
We listened to a podcast with him the other day, and he was saying the NBA doesn't really

1592
01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:07,960
want it.

1593
01:11:07,960 --> 01:11:12,760
The stars don't want to play defense, but the NBA doesn't want low-scoring games anymore.

1594
01:11:12,760 --> 01:11:14,520
He says it kind of stinks for the...

1595
01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:18,200
He was talking about the 3&D guys.

1596
01:11:18,200 --> 01:11:21,960
The stars, he said, should be all-around players.

1597
01:11:21,960 --> 01:11:24,880
He even said they're not, which is sad, actually.

1598
01:11:24,880 --> 01:11:27,080
That sucks for the game, though, man.

1599
01:11:27,080 --> 01:11:28,720
That sucks for the game.

1600
01:11:28,720 --> 01:11:31,280
Yeah, but you play what you're taught now, right?

1601
01:11:31,280 --> 01:11:32,280
I mean...

1602
01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:33,280
No, I'm not disagreeing there.

1603
01:11:33,280 --> 01:11:34,800
They're different eras.

1604
01:11:34,800 --> 01:11:36,720
I hate the...

1605
01:11:36,720 --> 01:11:37,720
You can play in this or you can...

1606
01:11:37,720 --> 01:11:39,760
Well, Brown could play in any error.

1607
01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:41,160
Jordan could play in any error.

1608
01:11:41,160 --> 01:11:42,160
Bird.

1609
01:11:42,160 --> 01:11:43,800
Bird could play in any error, any day, any team.

1610
01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:45,080
I mean, whatever he wanted to.

1611
01:11:45,080 --> 01:11:46,840
Well, Brown is still the goat, but...

1612
01:11:46,840 --> 01:11:47,840
Oh, my God.

1613
01:11:47,840 --> 01:11:48,840
Of course he is.

1614
01:11:48,840 --> 01:11:49,840
Kidding me?

1615
01:11:49,840 --> 01:11:50,840
Not a Jordan to Dr. J.

1616
01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:51,840
Jordan couldn't guard him.

1617
01:11:51,840 --> 01:11:54,040
Well, Brown would snap him in half.

1618
01:11:54,040 --> 01:11:56,200
Oh, he would kill Jordan.

1619
01:11:56,200 --> 01:11:57,200
Come on.

1620
01:11:57,200 --> 01:11:59,200
Brown's not competitive enough to handle Jordan.

1621
01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:00,200
Of course he is.

1622
01:12:00,200 --> 01:12:01,200
All right, let's go.

1623
01:12:01,200 --> 01:12:02,200
Come on.

1624
01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:03,200
Get to some of them.

1625
01:12:03,200 --> 01:12:04,200
One limb bare foul.

1626
01:12:04,200 --> 01:12:05,200
The crybaby, dude.

1627
01:12:05,200 --> 01:12:06,200
He's a rare win to be as long.

1628
01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:07,200
Who?

1629
01:12:07,200 --> 01:12:08,200
It's a crybaby.

1630
01:12:08,200 --> 01:12:11,920
He played it at the lot, like Bird and those guys who were getting tackled to the ground.

1631
01:12:11,920 --> 01:12:12,920
He couldn't do that.

1632
01:12:12,920 --> 01:12:13,920
Who?

1633
01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:14,920
Well, Brown?

1634
01:12:14,920 --> 01:12:15,920
Of course he couldn't.

1635
01:12:15,920 --> 01:12:16,920
He's built like a truck.

1636
01:12:16,920 --> 01:12:17,920
Dude, he gets touched on the head.

1637
01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:18,920
He runs around like he got stabbed.

1638
01:12:18,920 --> 01:12:19,920
It's because they let him do it.

1639
01:12:19,920 --> 01:12:20,920
It's because they let him do it.

1640
01:12:20,920 --> 01:12:21,920
It's because he's defense.

1641
01:12:21,920 --> 01:12:23,760
Because guys like you will call him great if he doesn't.

1642
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:28,200
He doesn't complain about every time he didn't get a call, he complained that Jordan rules.

1643
01:12:28,200 --> 01:12:32,200
Every time he called, every time he didn't make a shot, he'd go like this and he'd get

1644
01:12:32,200 --> 01:12:33,200
a foul call.

1645
01:12:33,200 --> 01:12:34,200
That wasn't the Jordan rules.

1646
01:12:34,200 --> 01:12:35,200
The Jordan rules was the best.

1647
01:12:35,200 --> 01:12:37,200
Well, Jordan rules were the pistons to put him on the ground.

1648
01:12:37,200 --> 01:12:39,640
But Jordan would complain and get every single call.

1649
01:12:39,640 --> 01:12:42,320
Well, Brown complains every call and he gets it.

1650
01:12:42,320 --> 01:12:43,320
You're wrong about that.

1651
01:12:43,320 --> 01:12:44,320
No, I'm not.

1652
01:12:44,320 --> 01:12:45,320
Jordan didn't complain.

1653
01:12:45,320 --> 01:12:47,280
You think Dr. J was a good player?

1654
01:12:47,280 --> 01:12:48,280
Yep.

1655
01:12:48,280 --> 01:12:49,680
Do you respect him as a basketball guy?

1656
01:12:49,680 --> 01:12:50,680
Yep.

1657
01:12:50,680 --> 01:12:55,400
He said if LeBron wasn't a ring chaser, he would put him at number five all time.

1658
01:12:55,400 --> 01:12:59,320
But because he is, he has him at 16 right behind Scotty Pippen.

1659
01:12:59,320 --> 01:13:00,840
That's what he said this week.

1660
01:13:00,840 --> 01:13:01,840
Boom.

1661
01:13:01,840 --> 01:13:02,840
Look at him.

1662
01:13:02,840 --> 01:13:03,840
Dr. J.

1663
01:13:03,840 --> 01:13:04,840
Oh, no, he doesn't like that.

1664
01:13:04,840 --> 01:13:05,840
Bobby Max.

1665
01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:06,840
He's not a real doctor, right?

1666
01:13:06,840 --> 01:13:07,840
I mean, we can get this out there, right?

1667
01:13:07,840 --> 01:13:08,840
I mean, he's a doctor of basketball.

1668
01:13:08,840 --> 01:13:09,840
He's got a PhD.

1669
01:13:09,840 --> 01:13:10,840
No, it's a nickname.

1670
01:13:10,840 --> 01:13:11,840
Player-hater degree in basketball.

1671
01:13:11,840 --> 01:13:14,680
Commissioner, let me ask you a question.

1672
01:13:14,680 --> 01:13:21,680
As a beat writer for UConn, the college game, let's just specifically UConn, back in those

1673
01:13:21,680 --> 01:13:26,160
late 90s with the Rip Hamilton and the stuff they used to run.

1674
01:13:26,160 --> 01:13:33,080
And I know Hurley runs fantastic stuff, but how can you compare college basketball when

1675
01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:38,480
you were on the beat mid to late 90s, early 2000s to what you see today at the college

1676
01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:39,480
level?

1677
01:13:39,480 --> 01:13:41,680
Well, for UConn now, it's definitely a defense.

1678
01:13:41,680 --> 01:13:46,680
I mean, that's been the difference maker in Hurley's infuse that defensive mentality

1679
01:13:46,680 --> 01:13:47,680
to them.

1680
01:13:47,680 --> 01:13:51,680
I mean, are you going to compare 2004 and this year's team?

1681
01:13:51,680 --> 01:13:56,280
I might go with 2004 talent-wise, but that team didn't play defense like that.

1682
01:13:56,280 --> 01:13:59,880
They had a Mecca racing shots of the basket, but I mean, they didn't guard like they do

1683
01:13:59,880 --> 01:14:00,880
now.

1684
01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:03,680
I don't know how much is different with the game.

1685
01:14:03,680 --> 01:14:08,680
Obviously, you know, we're relying on the three, I think now.

1686
01:14:08,680 --> 01:14:12,680
But as far as comparing those two teams and those errors, I think it's pretty similar.

1687
01:14:12,680 --> 01:14:17,680
I just think that Hurley's got something special now and UConn is special above everyone else.

1688
01:14:17,680 --> 01:14:18,680
So we're seeing that.

1689
01:14:18,680 --> 01:14:20,680
But I think it's pretty comparable.

1690
01:14:20,680 --> 01:14:21,680
That's fair.

1691
01:14:21,680 --> 01:14:24,680
When did they start the shot clock in the NBA?

1692
01:14:24,680 --> 01:14:25,680
I don't know.

1693
01:14:25,680 --> 01:14:26,680
I'm just passing.

1694
01:14:26,680 --> 01:14:27,680
My whole life.

1695
01:14:27,680 --> 01:14:29,680
More to three point was what?

1696
01:14:29,680 --> 01:14:30,680
Late 70s, 79?

1697
01:14:30,680 --> 01:14:32,680
79, 80s, first year for the 3.1.

1698
01:14:32,680 --> 01:14:33,680
Chris Ford?

1699
01:14:33,680 --> 01:14:35,680
It made the first three points.

1700
01:14:35,680 --> 01:14:38,680
Michael Cooper, Koopa Looper.

1701
01:14:38,680 --> 01:14:45,680
But when you're talking like the bird, the bird era, how many three pointers did he make

1702
01:14:45,680 --> 01:14:47,680
a game over his career on average?

1703
01:14:47,680 --> 01:14:48,680
I would say 2.3.

1704
01:14:48,680 --> 01:14:49,680
No, less than that.

1705
01:14:49,680 --> 01:14:51,680
Like one, one and a half.

1706
01:14:51,680 --> 01:14:52,680
It's crazy.

1707
01:14:52,680 --> 01:14:53,680
1.8 maybe.

1708
01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:54,680
That guy was a prolific shooter.

1709
01:14:54,680 --> 01:15:00,680
For some reason, I was looking up the 87 conference finals when they played the Pistons.

1710
01:15:00,680 --> 01:15:06,680
And game seven, the cell looks as a team was 1 for 6.

1711
01:15:06,680 --> 01:15:07,680
That's crazy.

1712
01:15:07,680 --> 01:15:08,680
87.

1713
01:15:08,680 --> 01:15:09,680
As a team?

1714
01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:10,680
That was year nine.

1715
01:15:10,680 --> 01:15:13,680
Year nine of the three point line.

1716
01:15:13,680 --> 01:15:14,680
Weird comparison.

1717
01:15:14,680 --> 01:15:15,680
They beat the Pistons.

1718
01:15:15,680 --> 01:15:16,680
They lost to the Lakers in the finals.

1719
01:15:16,680 --> 01:15:17,680
Nanna, of course.

1720
01:15:17,680 --> 01:15:18,680
1 for 6.

1721
01:15:18,680 --> 01:15:19,680
Nanna, who would you rather?

1722
01:15:19,680 --> 01:15:25,680
But like people love Luca's full bag, right?

1723
01:15:25,680 --> 01:15:28,680
There's no ways a better facility.

1724
01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:32,680
There's no way he's a better facilitator and scorer than Bird was.

1725
01:15:32,680 --> 01:15:36,680
And I think, you know, Luca's knock is his athleticism.

1726
01:15:36,680 --> 01:15:42,680
So if you're going to compare the then bird to the now Luca, I mean, I think Bird would

1727
01:15:42,680 --> 01:15:45,680
smash it today because he'd be better than Luca would be today.

1728
01:15:45,680 --> 01:15:50,680
And the court is, they play wider because they're playing further out.

1729
01:15:50,680 --> 01:15:54,680
Like, you know, so there's more lanes to pass into when you're, they played down inside

1730
01:15:54,680 --> 01:15:56,680
the, inside the three point line.

1731
01:15:56,680 --> 01:15:57,680
Oh, so why don't, Larry would carve junk up.

1732
01:15:57,680 --> 01:15:58,680
He'd be like Troy Aikman.

1733
01:15:58,680 --> 01:16:01,680
He's better than Luca at every single aspect of basketball.

1734
01:16:01,680 --> 01:16:05,680
And he was with second team all NBA two or three times.

1735
01:16:05,680 --> 01:16:09,680
Luca's not even all Maverick's defensive team.

1736
01:16:09,680 --> 01:16:10,680
I got a question for you guys.

1737
01:16:10,680 --> 01:16:15,680
And I'm basing it on like Lakers Celtics of the 80s because I love that style of play.

1738
01:16:15,680 --> 01:16:18,680
There was more fast break points back then, right?

1739
01:16:18,680 --> 01:16:19,680
Yeah.

1740
01:16:19,680 --> 01:16:20,680
Yeah.

1741
01:16:20,680 --> 01:16:21,680
You know what I'm saying?

1742
01:16:21,680 --> 01:16:25,680
I just, I just remember the hit ahead passes, the Celtics would score in two passes, the

1743
01:16:25,680 --> 01:16:29,680
Lakers would score in two passes off a main or miss shots.

1744
01:16:29,680 --> 01:16:33,680
I just, I don't see that transition piece as much anymore.

1745
01:16:33,680 --> 01:16:34,680
Well, that's the difference now.

1746
01:16:34,680 --> 01:16:37,680
Like back then the teams would actually try to offensive rebound.

1747
01:16:37,680 --> 01:16:38,680
Like there's not many teams that.

1748
01:16:38,680 --> 01:16:39,680
Right.

1749
01:16:39,680 --> 01:16:41,680
So there's more guys in the paint and there's more.

1750
01:16:41,680 --> 01:16:42,680
Yeah, I got you.

1751
01:16:42,680 --> 01:16:43,680
Good point.

1752
01:16:43,680 --> 01:16:46,680
I mean, they shoot just, you know, like most teams now like maybe one guy.

1753
01:16:46,680 --> 01:16:47,680
Shot goes up.

1754
01:16:47,680 --> 01:16:48,680
Everybody's going back.

1755
01:16:48,680 --> 01:16:49,680
There you go.

1756
01:16:49,680 --> 01:16:50,680
Right.

1757
01:16:50,680 --> 01:16:52,680
And you've seen lots of stuff back three's now.

1758
01:16:52,680 --> 01:16:56,680
It's almost like women's college basketball imagine more of old NBA than anything else.

1759
01:16:56,680 --> 01:16:59,680
They'll post the post players, they'll make a couple of fast break, couple of diagonal

1760
01:16:59,680 --> 01:17:03,680
passes, Caitlin Cork last night is throwing those long passes in the fast break like that.

1761
01:17:03,680 --> 01:17:06,680
See more at NBA than the men's game to me.

1762
01:17:06,680 --> 01:17:08,680
All right.

1763
01:17:08,680 --> 01:17:10,680
All right.

1764
01:17:10,680 --> 01:17:13,680
Moving on to the next segment sponsored by Skygazer Brewing.

1765
01:17:13,680 --> 01:17:16,680
This is called Don Father trivia time.

1766
01:17:16,680 --> 01:17:17,680
It's called Don Father trivia.

1767
01:17:17,680 --> 01:17:18,680
I got my own segment out.

1768
01:17:18,680 --> 01:17:19,680
It's nice.

1769
01:17:19,680 --> 01:17:20,680
Nice.

1770
01:17:20,680 --> 01:17:23,680
All right. So we had a no hitter last night for the Astros.

1771
01:17:23,680 --> 01:17:25,680
So we'll have a couple of questions real at end.

1772
01:17:25,680 --> 01:17:26,680
I'll be quick though.

1773
01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:31,680
What and in MLB team has the most no hitters thrown.

1774
01:17:31,680 --> 01:17:34,680
Well, that's a good one.

1775
01:17:34,680 --> 01:17:35,680
Rangers.

1776
01:17:35,680 --> 01:17:36,680
Yeah.

1777
01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:37,680
No one.

1778
01:17:37,680 --> 01:17:38,680
Yanks.

1779
01:17:38,680 --> 01:17:40,680
Rangers or Yanks.

1780
01:17:40,680 --> 01:17:42,680
It's got to be a team that's been in existence.

1781
01:17:42,680 --> 01:17:44,680
It is like 120 years.

1782
01:17:44,680 --> 01:17:45,680
Dodgers.

1783
01:17:45,680 --> 01:17:46,680
I was going to go die.

1784
01:17:46,680 --> 01:17:47,680
Dodgers.

1785
01:17:47,680 --> 01:17:48,680
There's a Colfax.

1786
01:17:48,680 --> 01:17:49,680
What about the least three teams are top?

1787
01:17:49,680 --> 01:17:51,680
Three teams are tied with one.

1788
01:17:51,680 --> 01:17:52,680
Mets.

1789
01:17:52,680 --> 01:17:53,680
I know one of them.

1790
01:17:53,680 --> 01:17:54,680
Mets have one.

1791
01:17:54,680 --> 01:17:55,680
No, Mets have more than one.

1792
01:17:55,680 --> 01:17:56,680
Mets have two.

1793
01:17:56,680 --> 01:17:57,680
Johan and who else?

1794
01:17:57,680 --> 01:17:58,680
Shall we get another one?

1795
01:17:58,680 --> 01:17:59,680
Says two.

1796
01:17:59,680 --> 01:18:00,680
Oh, they had a team one.

1797
01:18:00,680 --> 01:18:01,680
Team.

1798
01:18:01,680 --> 01:18:02,680
They had a team one.

1799
01:18:02,680 --> 01:18:03,680
Yeah.

1800
01:18:03,680 --> 01:18:04,680
One.

1801
01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:05,680
Three teams have one.

1802
01:18:05,680 --> 01:18:06,680
Colorado.

1803
01:18:06,680 --> 01:18:07,680
Nope.

1804
01:18:07,680 --> 01:18:08,680
Expansion for one.

1805
01:18:08,680 --> 01:18:09,680
Marlins.

1806
01:18:09,680 --> 01:18:11,680
No, because.

1807
01:18:11,680 --> 01:18:12,680
Reyes.

1808
01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:13,680
Burnett.

1809
01:18:13,680 --> 01:18:14,680
Reyes is one.

1810
01:18:14,680 --> 01:18:15,680
Burnett and lighter.

1811
01:18:15,680 --> 01:18:16,680
One AO East.

1812
01:18:16,680 --> 01:18:18,680
Well, besides the Reyes.

1813
01:18:18,680 --> 01:18:20,680
There's Boston on everyone.

1814
01:18:20,680 --> 01:18:21,680
Come on.

1815
01:18:21,680 --> 01:18:22,680
Orioles.

1816
01:18:22,680 --> 01:18:23,680
White your tongue.

1817
01:18:23,680 --> 01:18:24,680
Blue Jays and one.

1818
01:18:24,680 --> 01:18:25,680
Who had it?

1819
01:18:25,680 --> 01:18:26,680
Henke and L West.

1820
01:18:26,680 --> 01:18:27,680
Padres.

1821
01:18:27,680 --> 01:18:28,680
Boom.

1822
01:18:28,680 --> 01:18:33,680
What teams have the most thrown against them?

1823
01:18:33,680 --> 01:18:35,680
The victim of a no hitter?

1824
01:18:35,680 --> 01:18:36,680
Socks easily.

1825
01:18:36,680 --> 01:18:38,680
Shouldn't ask any baseball questions.

1826
01:18:38,680 --> 01:18:41,680
That's a tough one.

1827
01:18:41,680 --> 01:18:42,680
I'm going to go.

1828
01:18:42,680 --> 01:18:43,680
It's going to be Eagles.

1829
01:18:43,680 --> 01:18:44,680
That would be would never get Eagles.

1830
01:18:44,680 --> 01:18:45,680
You would never get that.

1831
01:18:45,680 --> 01:18:47,680
Football's on my mind already.

1832
01:18:47,680 --> 01:18:50,680
I wouldn't be surprised if it was the Eagles.

1833
01:18:50,680 --> 01:18:52,680
So Bama got that.

1834
01:18:52,680 --> 01:18:54,680
No, we're pivoting to a Coward basketball.

1835
01:18:54,680 --> 01:18:56,680
Bama, their first time in the Final Four.

1836
01:18:56,680 --> 01:19:03,680
So who was the last team to win NCAA championship on their first trip to the Final Four?

1837
01:19:03,680 --> 01:19:05,680
Was it you, Con?

1838
01:19:05,680 --> 01:19:06,680
It was.

1839
01:19:06,680 --> 01:19:09,680
I was waiting for commission to be all over that.

1840
01:19:09,680 --> 01:19:10,680
When the eyes were open up.

1841
01:19:10,680 --> 01:19:12,680
What would they be in the summer?

1842
01:19:12,680 --> 01:19:13,680
Ohio State.

1843
01:19:13,680 --> 01:19:15,680
Skuny, Pan, and Michael Red.

1844
01:19:15,680 --> 01:19:17,680
Another Final Four team.

1845
01:19:17,680 --> 01:19:19,680
By the way, Purdue.

1846
01:19:19,680 --> 01:19:20,680
It was the one.

1847
01:19:20,680 --> 01:19:25,680
Purdue could be the second team ever to go from losing to a 16 seed to winning a championship

1848
01:19:25,680 --> 01:19:26,680
in the following year.

1849
01:19:26,680 --> 01:19:27,680
Virginia.

1850
01:19:27,680 --> 01:19:29,680
That was too easy for you guys.

1851
01:19:29,680 --> 01:19:30,680
It was too easy.

1852
01:19:30,680 --> 01:19:31,680
All right, all right.

1853
01:19:31,680 --> 01:19:32,680
You guys are all over it.

1854
01:19:32,680 --> 01:19:34,680
Another one, NC State.

1855
01:19:34,680 --> 01:19:40,680
Could be the first on ranked team with the one that title since.

1856
01:19:40,680 --> 01:19:41,680
I'm going way back.

1857
01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:42,680
Not way back.

1858
01:19:42,680 --> 01:19:44,680
I mean, our lifetime.

1859
01:19:44,680 --> 01:19:47,680
NC State.

1860
01:19:47,680 --> 01:19:49,680
Just not much after that.

1861
01:19:49,680 --> 01:19:50,680
Jimmy V.

1862
01:19:50,680 --> 01:19:53,680
Not much after that.

1863
01:19:53,680 --> 01:19:54,680
Oh, Kansas.

1864
01:19:54,680 --> 01:19:55,680
Kansas.

1865
01:19:55,680 --> 01:19:56,680
Danny and the Miracles.

1866
01:19:56,680 --> 01:19:57,680
Danny and the Miracles.

1867
01:19:57,680 --> 01:19:58,680
They weren't ranked.

1868
01:19:58,680 --> 01:19:59,680
88, yeah.

1869
01:19:59,680 --> 01:20:00,680
Not ranked.

1870
01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:01,680
Were the guy Newton in Atlanta?

1871
01:20:01,680 --> 01:20:02,680
Milton Newton.

1872
01:20:02,680 --> 01:20:03,680
Chris Piper.

1873
01:20:03,680 --> 01:20:04,680
Oh, I love this question.

1874
01:20:04,680 --> 01:20:11,680
So Matt Painter could be the fifth coach to win a national championship at his alma mater.

1875
01:20:11,680 --> 01:20:13,680
Who were the other four?

1876
01:20:13,680 --> 01:20:14,680
Roy.

1877
01:20:14,680 --> 01:20:15,680
Roy is one.

1878
01:20:15,680 --> 01:20:16,680
That was a good one.

1879
01:20:16,680 --> 01:20:17,680
I forgot about him.

1880
01:20:17,680 --> 01:20:18,680
Gary Williams.

1881
01:20:18,680 --> 01:20:20,680
Did Krajewski win one at Army?

1882
01:20:20,680 --> 01:20:21,680
Gary Williams at Maryland.

1883
01:20:21,680 --> 01:20:22,680
Great answer.

1884
01:20:22,680 --> 01:20:23,680
Gary Williams at Maryland.

1885
01:20:23,680 --> 01:20:24,680
What did Bobby Max say?

1886
01:20:24,680 --> 01:20:26,680
Krajewski to the Army.

1887
01:20:26,680 --> 01:20:27,680
That's true, right?

1888
01:20:27,680 --> 01:20:29,680
Not a lot of sheriff gifts.

1889
01:20:29,680 --> 01:20:30,680
This is the biggest.

1890
01:20:30,680 --> 01:20:31,680
Bayheim, the greatest coach of all time.

1891
01:20:31,680 --> 01:20:32,680
Jim Bayheim, yes.

1892
01:20:32,680 --> 01:20:33,680
Also won one.

1893
01:20:33,680 --> 01:20:34,680
So who's the other coach that did?

1894
01:20:34,680 --> 01:20:35,680
First son won.

1895
01:20:35,680 --> 01:20:37,680
That's actually team.

1896
01:20:37,680 --> 01:20:39,680
Hank Iba.

1897
01:20:39,680 --> 01:20:40,680
Dean?

1898
01:20:40,680 --> 01:20:41,680
No.

1899
01:20:41,680 --> 01:20:44,680
You went to the camp.

1900
01:20:44,680 --> 01:20:45,680
Did Wooden play?

1901
01:20:45,680 --> 01:20:46,680
Or was it an event?

1902
01:20:46,680 --> 01:20:47,680
I'm going to give 10 seconds.

1903
01:20:47,680 --> 01:20:48,680
No, no, no.

1904
01:20:48,680 --> 01:20:49,680
Give us a second.

1905
01:20:49,680 --> 01:20:50,680
Oh, you're going to.

1906
01:20:50,680 --> 01:20:51,680
Okay, I don't know.

1907
01:20:51,680 --> 01:20:52,680
Hang on.

1908
01:20:52,680 --> 01:20:53,680
I like the question.

1909
01:20:53,680 --> 01:20:54,680
Who do we have?

1910
01:20:54,680 --> 01:20:55,680
Who do we have so far?

1911
01:20:55,680 --> 01:20:56,680
Bayheim, Gary Williams.

1912
01:20:56,680 --> 01:20:57,680
Roy Williams.

1913
01:20:57,680 --> 01:20:58,680
Roy Williams.

1914
01:20:58,680 --> 01:20:59,680
And there's one more.

1915
01:20:59,680 --> 01:21:00,680
Krajewski.

1916
01:21:00,680 --> 01:21:01,680
Nolan Richardson.

1917
01:21:01,680 --> 01:21:06,680
40 minutes a heck.

1918
01:21:06,680 --> 01:21:08,680
A little hint, man.

1919
01:21:08,680 --> 01:21:10,680
A little hint.

1920
01:21:10,680 --> 01:21:12,680
Big East.

1921
01:21:12,680 --> 01:21:14,680
John Thompson.

1922
01:21:14,680 --> 01:21:16,680
No, he went to.

1923
01:21:16,680 --> 01:21:18,680
Went to Providence.

1924
01:21:18,680 --> 01:21:19,680
Yeah.

1925
01:21:19,680 --> 01:21:20,680
PJ?

1926
01:21:20,680 --> 01:21:22,680
Yeah, we went to.

1927
01:21:22,680 --> 01:21:23,680
Oh, they lost to Michigan.

1928
01:21:23,680 --> 01:21:26,680
Did he play at Philadelphia as well?

1929
01:21:26,680 --> 01:21:29,680
Was Rolly the point guard for the 42 Nova team?

1930
01:21:29,680 --> 01:21:30,680
Say it again.

1931
01:21:30,680 --> 01:21:31,680
Massimino.

1932
01:21:31,680 --> 01:21:32,680
No.

1933
01:21:32,680 --> 01:21:33,680
Oh, come on.

1934
01:21:33,680 --> 01:21:34,680
Louis.

1935
01:21:34,680 --> 01:21:35,680
Kevin Owie.

1936
01:21:35,680 --> 01:21:36,680
Oh my God.

1937
01:21:36,680 --> 01:21:37,680
Oh my God.

1938
01:21:37,680 --> 01:21:40,680
I've been Husky Homerville right here.

1939
01:21:40,680 --> 01:21:42,680
Nobody got that question right.

1940
01:21:42,680 --> 01:21:43,680
That's horrible.

1941
01:21:43,680 --> 01:21:45,680
Last quick question.

1942
01:21:45,680 --> 01:21:46,680
Good one, Don.

1943
01:21:46,680 --> 01:21:47,680
Last quick one.

1944
01:21:47,680 --> 01:21:49,680
Redeem yourself with the Bronx.

1945
01:21:49,680 --> 01:21:53,680
Zach Eadie, who's had a monster tournament.

1946
01:21:53,680 --> 01:21:56,680
He could have, you know, 30 and 30 in the last two games.

1947
01:21:56,680 --> 01:21:58,680
What if they lose to Yukon?

1948
01:21:58,680 --> 01:22:01,680
Would he win the most outstanding player of the NCAA tournament?

1949
01:22:01,680 --> 01:22:02,680
No.

1950
01:22:02,680 --> 01:22:04,680
No, because they don't do that.

1951
01:22:04,680 --> 01:22:06,680
Who's the last player that did?

1952
01:22:06,680 --> 01:22:11,680
The last player that did not win, but won the most outstanding player.

1953
01:22:11,680 --> 01:22:12,680
Steph Curry.

1954
01:22:12,680 --> 01:22:13,680
Steph Curry.

1955
01:22:13,680 --> 01:22:14,680
Who's Hakim?

1956
01:22:14,680 --> 01:22:15,680
Hakim.

1957
01:22:15,680 --> 01:22:16,680
Yeah.

1958
01:22:16,680 --> 01:22:17,680
Against Louisville.

1959
01:22:17,680 --> 01:22:18,680
When they lost to Louisville.

1960
01:22:18,680 --> 01:22:22,680
He averaged 21, 20 and 7 and a half blocks.

1961
01:22:22,680 --> 01:22:23,680
21, 20.

1962
01:22:23,680 --> 01:22:25,680
Didn't they also lose to Georgetown?

1963
01:22:25,680 --> 01:22:27,680
Hey, what number was he at Houston?

1964
01:22:27,680 --> 01:22:28,680
35.

1965
01:22:28,680 --> 01:22:29,680
Yep.

1966
01:22:29,680 --> 01:22:30,680
He lost to Georgetown.

1967
01:22:30,680 --> 01:22:31,680
What was his name at Houston?

1968
01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:32,680
The dream.

1969
01:22:32,680 --> 01:22:33,680
Hakim.

1970
01:22:33,680 --> 01:22:34,680
Hakim.

1971
01:22:34,680 --> 01:22:35,680
Oh, he changed it to Hakim.

1972
01:22:35,680 --> 01:22:37,680
Or is it the other way around?

1973
01:22:37,680 --> 01:22:38,680
It was Hakim, right?

1974
01:22:38,680 --> 01:22:40,680
It was Hakim, then became Hakim.

1975
01:22:40,680 --> 01:22:43,680
I think Angry's got some stuff, right?

1976
01:22:43,680 --> 01:22:45,680
He's got a lot of stuff running down there.

1977
01:22:45,680 --> 01:22:46,680
That was good, that was good, down Father.

1978
01:22:46,680 --> 01:22:47,680
This final segment.

1979
01:22:47,680 --> 01:22:48,680
Not bad.

1980
01:22:48,680 --> 01:22:50,680
Yeah, that was one of your best except the Eagles.

1981
01:22:50,680 --> 01:22:52,680
That last one.

1982
01:22:52,680 --> 01:22:54,680
The Eagles had the most.

1983
01:22:54,680 --> 01:22:58,680
This next segment is brought to you by TNT.

1984
01:22:58,680 --> 01:23:00,680
Angry J.

1985
01:23:00,680 --> 01:23:01,680
It's time.

1986
01:23:01,680 --> 01:23:02,680
Let's go, let's go.

1987
01:23:02,680 --> 01:23:03,680
For who'd you rather?

1988
01:23:03,680 --> 01:23:06,680
We're starting with Lottie, we're going to go that way.

1989
01:23:06,680 --> 01:23:11,680
Damian Lillard, Clay Thompson.

1990
01:23:11,680 --> 01:23:13,680
Currently your career.

1991
01:23:13,680 --> 01:23:17,680
Come on, Max's a system, you choose, just pick a guy.

1992
01:23:17,680 --> 01:23:19,680
Pick a guy.

1993
01:23:19,680 --> 01:23:21,680
You want to be a knicker, Parker?

1994
01:23:21,680 --> 01:23:22,680
Lillard.

1995
01:23:22,680 --> 01:23:24,680
Lillard.

1996
01:23:24,680 --> 01:23:25,680
Splash.

1997
01:23:25,680 --> 01:23:28,680
Clay, play some defense.

1998
01:23:28,680 --> 01:23:29,680
Mama Callum Clay also.

1999
01:23:29,680 --> 01:23:30,680
Mama Callum Clay.

2000
01:23:30,680 --> 01:23:31,680
Did play some defense.

2001
01:23:31,680 --> 01:23:33,680
Don't move.

2002
01:23:33,680 --> 01:23:36,680
Mama Callum Clay, I'm going to call him Clay.

2003
01:23:36,680 --> 01:23:38,680
I'm not going to call him Clay, I'm not going to call him Clay.

2004
01:23:38,680 --> 01:23:39,680
I'm going the other way.

2005
01:23:39,680 --> 01:23:41,680
Don Father, you're starting with Jason Kidd, John Stockton.

2006
01:23:41,680 --> 01:23:45,680
Yeah, Stockton.

2007
01:23:45,680 --> 01:23:47,680
That's tough.

2008
01:23:47,680 --> 01:23:49,680
I'm going to go Kidd.

2009
01:23:49,680 --> 01:23:52,680
I'll go Stockton.

2010
01:23:52,680 --> 01:23:53,680
I'm going to go Jake Kidd as well.

2011
01:23:53,680 --> 01:23:55,680
Loved him.

2012
01:23:55,680 --> 01:23:57,680
Oh, I'll end it with Stockton.

2013
01:23:57,680 --> 01:23:58,680
All right, Lottie going back.

2014
01:23:58,680 --> 01:23:59,680
He played with a jerk.

2015
01:23:59,680 --> 01:24:00,680
I don't like that guy.

2016
01:24:00,680 --> 01:24:01,680
I'm going Paul Pierce.

2017
01:24:01,680 --> 01:24:02,680
Molester too, by the way.

2018
01:24:02,680 --> 01:24:04,680
Paul Pierce.

2019
01:24:04,680 --> 01:24:08,680
Reggie Miller.

2020
01:24:08,680 --> 01:24:10,680
Hate to say it, Pierce.

2021
01:24:10,680 --> 01:24:11,680
Reggie.

2022
01:24:11,680 --> 01:24:13,680
Reggie all day.

2023
01:24:13,680 --> 01:24:14,680
Pierce.

2024
01:24:14,680 --> 01:24:15,680
Yeah, play some defense.

2025
01:24:15,680 --> 01:24:16,680
Paul Pierce.

2026
01:24:16,680 --> 01:24:18,680
We've been three so far.

2027
01:24:18,680 --> 01:24:19,680
They've all been three to two.

2028
01:24:19,680 --> 01:24:20,680
Hold on, you took the truth?

2029
01:24:20,680 --> 01:24:21,680
Oh, hell yeah.

2030
01:24:21,680 --> 01:24:23,680
I just want to say that the truth said that

2031
01:24:23,680 --> 01:24:26,680
Caitlin Clark's performance last night

2032
01:24:26,680 --> 01:24:28,680
was the best performance in the NC Tournament's history,

2033
01:24:28,680 --> 01:24:30,680
men's or women's.

2034
01:24:30,680 --> 01:24:31,680
I didn't ask him for commentators.

2035
01:24:31,680 --> 01:24:33,680
I'm not who I want for a basketball play.

2036
01:24:33,680 --> 01:24:34,680
Paul, stop it.

2037
01:24:34,680 --> 01:24:35,680
All right, here we go.

2038
01:24:35,680 --> 01:24:36,680
He's a terrible player.

2039
01:24:36,680 --> 01:24:37,680
Donfather.

2040
01:24:37,680 --> 01:24:40,680
Charles Barkley, Dirk DeWittsy.

2041
01:24:40,680 --> 01:24:41,680
Oh, angry, Jade.

2042
01:24:41,680 --> 01:24:44,680
These are great.

2043
01:24:44,680 --> 01:24:47,680
Neewitzky.

2044
01:24:47,680 --> 01:24:50,680
I got to go Sir Charles, man.

2045
01:24:50,680 --> 01:24:52,680
Bodywork, I go Sir Charles, I think.

2046
01:24:52,680 --> 01:24:54,680
No, I'm going Dirk.

2047
01:24:54,680 --> 01:24:56,680
Ooh, I'm going Barkley too.

2048
01:24:56,680 --> 01:24:57,680
Too tough.

2049
01:24:57,680 --> 01:24:59,680
All right, Lottie, here we go.

2050
01:24:59,680 --> 01:25:03,680
Rashid Wallace, Chris Weber.

2051
01:25:03,680 --> 01:25:05,680
NBA or college?

2052
01:25:05,680 --> 01:25:07,680
NBA.

2053
01:25:07,680 --> 01:25:09,680
NBA.

2054
01:25:09,680 --> 01:25:12,680
I'm going to go Weber.

2055
01:25:12,680 --> 01:25:16,680
I'm going to go Rashid.

2056
01:25:16,680 --> 01:25:19,680
Rashid got a title with the pistons.

2057
01:25:19,680 --> 01:25:21,680
Yeah, he was on that rip team.

2058
01:25:21,680 --> 01:25:22,680
With Ben.

2059
01:25:22,680 --> 01:25:23,680
Ben Gordon.

2060
01:25:23,680 --> 01:25:26,680
He came back to the Hartford.

2061
01:25:26,680 --> 01:25:27,680
That's a tough one, Jay.

2062
01:25:27,680 --> 01:25:29,680
I got to go Sheed.

2063
01:25:29,680 --> 01:25:31,680
I'm going Sheed.

2064
01:25:31,680 --> 01:25:32,680
Who you got?

2065
01:25:32,680 --> 01:25:33,680
I'll go Weber.

2066
01:25:33,680 --> 01:25:34,680
Him with the key.

2067
01:25:34,680 --> 01:25:37,680
When he was on the Kings, he was unbelievable.

2068
01:25:37,680 --> 01:25:39,680
Because the team was pretty good.

2069
01:25:39,680 --> 01:25:41,680
All this goes to show you is that we hit each other.

2070
01:25:41,680 --> 01:25:44,680
I know, and I should have beat the Lakers that one year.

2071
01:25:44,680 --> 01:25:45,680
We're talking women's basketball today.

2072
01:25:45,680 --> 01:25:49,680
We'll go Katelyn Clark, Paige Beckers.

2073
01:25:49,680 --> 01:25:50,680
Katelyn Clark.

2074
01:25:50,680 --> 01:25:52,680
Clark.

2075
01:25:52,680 --> 01:25:55,680
Go Paige.

2076
01:25:55,680 --> 01:25:57,680
I'm a home Marago Paige too.

2077
01:25:57,680 --> 01:25:58,680
Ready to again?

2078
01:25:58,680 --> 01:26:03,680
Paul Pierce is talking about her being so great.

2079
01:26:03,680 --> 01:26:05,680
This is probably really easy then.

2080
01:26:05,680 --> 01:26:06,680
Katelyn Clark.

2081
01:26:06,680 --> 01:26:07,680
Tarazzi.

2082
01:26:07,680 --> 01:26:08,680
Tarazzi.

2083
01:26:08,680 --> 01:26:09,680
No doubt.

2084
01:26:09,680 --> 01:26:10,680
Tarazzi.

2085
01:26:10,680 --> 01:26:11,680
Everybody.

2086
01:26:11,680 --> 01:26:12,680
Tarazzi.

2087
01:26:12,680 --> 01:26:13,680
How about Maya Moore?

2088
01:26:13,680 --> 01:26:15,680
Just for the help of it.

2089
01:26:15,680 --> 01:26:17,680
I'll still go Maya Moore too.

2090
01:26:17,680 --> 01:26:18,680
She won.

2091
01:26:18,680 --> 01:26:19,680
She won man.

2092
01:26:19,680 --> 01:26:20,680
Can I ask you a question?

2093
01:26:20,680 --> 01:26:21,680
You're doing a great job by the way.

2094
01:26:21,680 --> 01:26:24,680
Best female UConn player.

2095
01:26:24,680 --> 01:26:25,680
All time.

2096
01:26:25,680 --> 01:26:26,680
Tarazzi.

2097
01:26:26,680 --> 01:26:27,680
That's what it is.

2098
01:26:27,680 --> 01:26:28,680
It goes Tarazzi Stewie.

2099
01:26:28,680 --> 01:26:29,680
One, two.

2100
01:26:29,680 --> 01:26:30,680
Yeah.

2101
01:26:30,680 --> 01:26:31,680
I will say.

2102
01:26:31,680 --> 01:26:32,680
And Maya Moore.

2103
01:26:32,680 --> 01:26:38,680
I will say Tarazzi because he's one of the few people I've ever seen that actually didn't

2104
01:26:38,680 --> 01:26:40,680
have to take a lot of shots to be the best player on the floor.

2105
01:26:40,680 --> 01:26:41,680
Okay.

2106
01:26:41,680 --> 01:26:45,680
And you can't like, I'm not saying she's better than Michael Jordan, but Jordan had to take

2107
01:26:45,680 --> 01:26:46,680
a million.

2108
01:26:46,680 --> 01:26:48,680
Like Magic Johnson was a guy who didn't take a lot of shots.

2109
01:26:48,680 --> 01:26:49,680
Could be the best player.

2110
01:26:49,680 --> 01:26:50,680
Bird was the best.

2111
01:26:50,680 --> 01:26:51,680
Bird to your credit.

2112
01:26:51,680 --> 01:26:52,680
Yeah.

2113
01:26:52,680 --> 01:26:53,680
Okay.

2114
01:26:53,680 --> 01:26:56,680
I'm talking to think about finding another player that wasn't, that doesn't take much.

2115
01:26:56,680 --> 01:26:57,680
James Hard.

2116
01:26:57,680 --> 01:26:58,680
Yeah.

2117
01:26:58,680 --> 01:26:59,680
He wouldn't.

2118
01:26:59,680 --> 01:27:01,680
We got four to go.

2119
01:27:01,680 --> 01:27:04,680
Joe Johnson, Mitch Richmond.

2120
01:27:04,680 --> 01:27:07,180
Mitch Richmond.

2121
01:27:07,180 --> 01:27:10,960
Joe Johnson, like the next Hawks, Joe Johnson.

2122
01:27:10,960 --> 01:27:11,960
What a career.

2123
01:27:11,960 --> 01:27:13,680
I mean, long career, great scorer.

2124
01:27:13,680 --> 01:27:17,080
It's got to be Mitch Richmond though, man.

2125
01:27:17,080 --> 01:27:18,080
Kansas State, Jay?

2126
01:27:18,080 --> 01:27:19,080
Yes.

2127
01:27:19,080 --> 01:27:20,080
Mitch Richmond.

2128
01:27:20,080 --> 01:27:21,080
Run TMC.

2129
01:27:21,080 --> 01:27:22,080
Definitely.

2130
01:27:22,080 --> 01:27:23,880
I go with Joe Johnson.

2131
01:27:23,880 --> 01:27:24,880
This was career was longer.

2132
01:27:24,880 --> 01:27:28,080
Mitch Richmond was probably like a better player for a shorter time.

2133
01:27:28,080 --> 01:27:33,720
And this one's probably not great, but in honor of Ray John Rondo, because I was a big

2134
01:27:33,720 --> 01:27:34,720
fan.

2135
01:27:34,720 --> 01:27:36,760
Rondo or Geary Peyton?

2136
01:27:36,760 --> 01:27:37,760
The glove.

2137
01:27:37,760 --> 01:27:39,440
Yeah, I was like Peyton too.

2138
01:27:39,440 --> 01:27:40,440
Glove all day.

2139
01:27:40,440 --> 01:27:41,440
Glove me.

2140
01:27:41,440 --> 01:27:42,440
Man, I'm going Rondo.

2141
01:27:42,440 --> 01:27:43,440
Just because I love him.

2142
01:27:43,440 --> 01:27:44,440
I'm a homer.

2143
01:27:44,440 --> 01:27:45,440
I'll admit it.

2144
01:27:45,440 --> 01:27:46,440
Derek Rose.

2145
01:27:46,440 --> 01:27:47,440
Isaiah Thomas.

2146
01:27:47,440 --> 01:27:48,440
Isaiah Thomas.

2147
01:27:48,440 --> 01:27:49,440
Which Isaiah Thomas?

2148
01:27:49,440 --> 01:27:50,440
Yes, that's good.

2149
01:27:50,440 --> 01:27:52,440
Which Isaiah?

2150
01:27:52,440 --> 01:27:53,440
Zeke?

2151
01:27:53,440 --> 01:27:54,440
The good one.

2152
01:27:54,440 --> 01:27:56,160
Isaiah Thomas.

2153
01:27:56,160 --> 01:27:57,160
Or Derek Rose?

2154
01:27:57,160 --> 01:27:58,160
Yeah.

2155
01:27:58,160 --> 01:27:59,160
Derek Rose won MVP.

2156
01:27:59,160 --> 01:28:00,160
I know.

2157
01:28:00,160 --> 01:28:02,760
I just got to, I have to throw this out there.

2158
01:28:02,760 --> 01:28:09,800
Like, I got to go, I'm imagining a healthy Rose for 14 years.

2159
01:28:09,800 --> 01:28:11,720
I'm going Rose.

2160
01:28:11,720 --> 01:28:12,720
More electric.

2161
01:28:12,720 --> 01:28:14,400
I'm with you, Bobby Mack.

2162
01:28:14,400 --> 01:28:18,320
If he stayed healthy, I think he would have been one of the best of all time.

2163
01:28:18,320 --> 01:28:21,760
I'm going Zeke just because he was healthy.

2164
01:28:21,760 --> 01:28:23,600
I didn't even make the Olympic team.

2165
01:28:23,600 --> 01:28:25,280
I knew that was coming.

2166
01:28:25,280 --> 01:28:26,280
Oh, two titles.

2167
01:28:26,280 --> 01:28:27,280
Two titles.

2168
01:28:27,280 --> 01:28:29,800
I'm going to ask Emdre.

2169
01:28:29,800 --> 01:28:31,200
I would go Isaiah too.

2170
01:28:31,200 --> 01:28:34,440
And the last one, going back to John Stockton.

2171
01:28:34,440 --> 01:28:37,120
John Stockton or Steve Nash?

2172
01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:41,840
You guys, Steve Nash won a couple of them.

2173
01:28:41,840 --> 01:28:42,840
That is hard.

2174
01:28:42,840 --> 01:28:43,840
Yeah, I got to go Nash.

2175
01:28:43,840 --> 01:28:44,840
I'm going Nash.

2176
01:28:44,840 --> 01:28:45,840
Shackle saves shouldn't have won one of them.

2177
01:28:45,840 --> 01:28:47,040
I'll go Stockton.

2178
01:28:47,040 --> 01:28:52,000
I'm definitely saying Nash just because he's got more to it than the pick and roll.

2179
01:28:52,000 --> 01:28:53,000
I'll go Stockton.

2180
01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:54,000
I'm going Stockton too.

2181
01:28:54,000 --> 01:28:55,000
What a winner.

2182
01:28:55,000 --> 01:28:56,000
I'll go Stockton.

2183
01:28:56,000 --> 01:28:57,000
3-2.

2184
01:28:57,000 --> 01:28:58,160
More, Nash had more range.

2185
01:28:58,160 --> 01:28:59,960
He definitely was a better shooter.

2186
01:28:59,960 --> 01:29:00,960
Better passer.

2187
01:29:00,960 --> 01:29:03,960
Not even close.

2188
01:29:03,960 --> 01:29:04,960
He made a Murray Stottemare.

2189
01:29:04,960 --> 01:29:05,960
OK.

2190
01:29:05,960 --> 01:29:06,960
Meyer, good.

2191
01:29:06,960 --> 01:29:07,960
What the hell is that guy's name?

2192
01:29:07,960 --> 01:29:08,960
No, no, no.

2193
01:29:08,960 --> 01:29:09,960
No, no.

2194
01:29:09,960 --> 01:29:10,960
Murray Stottemare.

2195
01:29:10,960 --> 01:29:11,960
Mike, yeah.

2196
01:29:11,960 --> 01:29:12,960
I'm not saying, again, I'm not saying.

2197
01:29:12,960 --> 01:29:13,960
He made Brock Marion look good.

2198
01:29:13,960 --> 01:29:14,960
Is that his name?

2199
01:29:14,960 --> 01:29:15,960
It was Sean Marion.

2200
01:29:15,960 --> 01:29:16,960
Who's Brock Marion?

2201
01:29:16,960 --> 01:29:17,960
Yeah.

2202
01:29:17,960 --> 01:29:21,480
I think he was a wrestler and then with UFC and then.

2203
01:29:21,480 --> 01:29:23,120
Played for the Vikings.

2204
01:29:23,120 --> 01:29:25,840
The system that Nash played in.

2205
01:29:25,840 --> 01:29:26,840
With Dan Tony's system.

2206
01:29:26,840 --> 01:29:29,480
He made Jeremy Lin look good.

2207
01:29:29,480 --> 01:29:31,320
For two weeks he did, yeah.

2208
01:29:31,320 --> 01:29:32,600
Yeah, he got him a lot of money.

2209
01:29:32,600 --> 01:29:35,400
And he was also James Harden's coach in Houston.

2210
01:29:35,400 --> 01:29:37,440
Made a lot of point cards look really good.

2211
01:29:37,440 --> 01:29:39,600
But he didn't just play for that guy.

2212
01:29:39,600 --> 01:29:41,960
No, but that's when he was at his best.

2213
01:29:41,960 --> 01:29:44,840
He was pretty good as a maverick.

2214
01:29:44,840 --> 01:29:46,400
He was so good they traded him.

2215
01:29:46,400 --> 01:29:48,240
So you don't trade good players anymore?

2216
01:29:48,240 --> 01:29:51,280
Well, they do, but was he really a good player before he got traded?

2217
01:29:51,280 --> 01:29:52,520
Brian Dawkins, he got traded.

2218
01:29:52,520 --> 01:29:53,520
He goes free agent.

2219
01:29:53,520 --> 01:29:55,080
Oh, he was a free agent.

2220
01:29:55,080 --> 01:29:56,080
See?

2221
01:29:56,080 --> 01:29:57,080
Exactly.

2222
01:29:57,080 --> 01:29:58,080
Kermal got traded.

2223
01:29:58,080 --> 01:29:59,080
Fools.

2224
01:29:59,080 --> 01:30:01,080
No, Jay, those are tremendous, man.

2225
01:30:01,080 --> 01:30:03,440
All right, guys, last night.

2226
01:30:03,440 --> 01:30:04,440
I had him off again.

2227
01:30:04,440 --> 01:30:05,440
I'm ready.

2228
01:30:05,440 --> 01:30:07,640
Well, you only got a week before Jeff Fry.

2229
01:30:07,640 --> 01:30:08,640
But hey, guys.

2230
01:30:08,640 --> 01:30:09,640
Who wins?

2231
01:30:09,640 --> 01:30:11,120
Who's Jeff Fry on a Monday night at 9?

2232
01:30:11,120 --> 01:30:12,120
Who wins the Natty?

2233
01:30:12,120 --> 01:30:13,120
Let's go.

2234
01:30:13,120 --> 01:30:14,120
Come on.

2235
01:30:14,120 --> 01:30:15,120
Who wins the Natty?

2236
01:30:15,120 --> 01:30:16,120
Huskies.

2237
01:30:16,120 --> 01:30:17,640
Husky in the squeaker.

2238
01:30:17,640 --> 01:30:19,440
Huskies in a walk.

2239
01:30:19,440 --> 01:30:21,560
I think Huskies in a walk, too.

2240
01:30:21,560 --> 01:30:22,560
Angry?

2241
01:30:22,560 --> 01:30:23,560
Walk?

2242
01:30:23,560 --> 01:30:24,560
Con.

2243
01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:25,560
We're going con.

2244
01:30:25,560 --> 01:30:26,560
They guard, man.

2245
01:30:26,560 --> 01:30:27,560
They guard.

2246
01:30:27,560 --> 01:30:31,280
Guys, it was April 2nd when we recorded this.

2247
01:30:31,280 --> 01:30:32,280
Who knows when it comes out?

2248
01:30:32,280 --> 01:30:35,480
Studio engineer Kevin Ross is busy heading to Arizona.

2249
01:30:35,480 --> 01:30:38,840
He's going to watch the Huskies in person.

2250
01:30:38,840 --> 01:30:40,600
He's doing a hell of a job here.

2251
01:30:40,600 --> 01:30:44,680
And we want to say it's a sad ending to college basketball.

2252
01:30:44,680 --> 01:30:47,720
The only thing that can make it great is a Huskies win.

2253
01:30:47,720 --> 01:30:50,280
And the greatest sport of all time is underway.

2254
01:30:50,280 --> 01:30:54,480
And we're going to talk a lot of Yankees coming up in the next few weeks.

2255
01:30:54,480 --> 01:30:55,480
Angry J?

2256
01:30:55,480 --> 01:30:56,480
Soap it soft bar, right?

2257
01:30:56,480 --> 01:30:59,720
Special thanks to Zach LaPute for coming on today.

2258
01:30:59,720 --> 01:31:01,840
Zach LaPute, man.

2259
01:31:01,840 --> 01:31:02,840
Good for him.

2260
01:31:02,840 --> 01:31:03,840
We're going to root for him.

2261
01:31:03,840 --> 01:31:05,340
Dude, strong, too.

2262
01:31:05,340 --> 01:31:06,340
I love his highlights.

2263
01:31:06,340 --> 01:31:07,920
I can't believe how strong he was.

2264
01:31:07,920 --> 01:31:09,320
Zach, good luck, buddy.

2265
01:31:09,320 --> 01:31:11,320
Hopefully you shared this with all your buddies.

2266
01:31:11,320 --> 01:31:14,920
Thanks, get them all to follow us and your check will be in the mail.

2267
01:31:14,920 --> 01:31:41,280
Missile boys, out.