in basketball one player and it changes your
entire team it's not like that in football it's
just not it's not interesting guests kelly graves
mike parker coach mark waskowski noah eagle melissa
lombardi kenyon barnard jonathan stewart sharp
opinions dana altman probably earned a pass for
a down year after almost 20 years of what he's
done for Oregon basketball. And some smiles.
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program today, we will talk a lot of baseball
and softball. Oregon women just finished their
first game in the Oregon Classic. We will discuss
that at the Jane. The weather cleared up just
for the softballers today. Men are in Vegas at
the Live Like Lou Las Vegas College Baseball
Classic. They'll be taking on a familiar foe,
an old conference foe. Tonight, also Oregon State
baseball trying to bounce back after a rough
start to the season. They will stay in Texas.
And we also will have the Big Kahuna. Kelly Graves
is going to join us in just about 10 minutes
from now. We'll discuss Senior Day for the Oregon
women as they take on Washington. The 8 -9 game
still in their sights in the Big Ten tournament.
And seeding and how they can improve. their resume
for that as well this weekend of course big bets
we'll do that in the last part of the program
thanks for tuning in it is blaze intern blaze
at the controls over to my right i'm doc by the
way is our good friend justin gross right now
we call him baby jay what up boy i'm excited
there's a lot going on today we've already had
action there's action going on right now there's
gonna be action later so action jackson baby
yeah here we go there we go Oregon women, number
20 in the country, depending on what poll you
subscribe to, just defeated Stetson. 10 -1 run
rule game as Lindsey Grine improves to 5 -3 on
the young season. Did not give up a hit in four
innings of work. Her ERA now at 1 .91. As she
set down everyone she pretty much faced against
Stetson. And Stetson only scratched out one hit.
It was a home run in the fifth inning. So Ducks
improve their win -loss. They're now 9 -6 on
the season. And next up, it'll be Idaho State,
which first pitch will be, I think, right around
3 o 'clock. We'll give them a little bit of a
break so you've got some opportunity to head
on out to the chain. Nice sunshine. It was like,
what, 62 degrees when I pulled up to the old
studio, the old radio ranch. So it was a nice
day. And it was a nice day for Lindsey Grine,
too. The first batter was out by contact. She
then struck out the next eight batters. And then
it looks like she had another three contact outs
and they replaced her for the last inning. But
it was a good game for Oregon, obviously, in
terms of the win. It was also a good opportunity
for them to get some players that hadn't been
in the lineup before. Bracey Rosa, Taryn Ho.
They moved Addison Amaral down in the batting
order. I believe that Riley McCoy was also moved
down in the batting order. We were talking before
the show. She's not going to be hitting 0 -34
for the rest of the season. So I think that there's
a lot of excitement for whenever she can get
things going. Good first win today. So as you
take a look, and by the way, Rowan Thompson came
in. I think that's just her second appearance
of the season. Maybe it's just the first in the
circle for the Ducks. So they have now used,
in fact, that was her first appearance, sophomore
out of South Salem High School, so a local kid.
So now the Ducks have, through 15 games, used
all five of their pitchers that they have on
the roster. Matty Millhorn, Taylor Spencer also
going to see action this weekend as the Ducks
take on at 3 .30, by the way, first pitch. Against
Idaho State, the Bengals are 8 -7. That was Stetson's
fourth loss of the season after 12 wins. They'll
play Stetson again tomorrow, first game for the
Ducks at 3 .30, 6 p .m. against Samford. Samford's
son. And then they'll finish up on Sunday at
12 .30 against Samford again to close out the
Oregon Classic. The Ducks do stay home. after
they go up to Corvallis on the 4th of March.
Then they'll have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 straight
games at home at the chain through March the
15th. I'm excited to get out there this weekend
because we couldn't go today. Obviously, it's
right before our show, so it makes it tough for
us. But I'm excited to go this weekend. I'm excited
to get a good look at this team in person. It's
just so much better watching it in person. So
I'm excited. So the Live Like Lou Las Vegas College
Baseball Classic starts tonight. The Ducks, under
Mark Wachowski, have not tasted defeat yet. Started
the season off with eight straight wins, the
most since 2014, when they also won eight straight.
So one more win in a row, and they will get closer.
That's not the record, though, Baby J. You know
what the record is? I do not. 1963, that team
started out 12 -0 to open up their season. Tonight,
6 p .m. first pitch, it's Oregon and Arizona.
Heard of them. Former members of the Pac -12
Conference. They've met 56 times on the diamond.
Wildcats hold a 30 -25 -1 edge in the series.
But Oregon has won five of the last six, ten
of the last 12. Oregon will also play UC Irvine.
You know what their mascot is? Isn't it like
the Armadillos or something? No. I don't know.
Well, I wouldn't want to say it's close. Blaze,
you can pop the microphone on. Come on. The Anteaters.
I knew it was something like that. And then Vanderbilt
on Sunday at 11 a .m. So UC Irvine tomorrow at
noon, Vanderbilt at 11 for Oregon men on the
Diamond. By the way, Arizona is 1 -7 on the season.
Not great. No. And they're in the Big 12. They'll
have losses to Omaha. Omaha! Two to UConn, yeah.
Omaha! Three out of four to UConn, even. And
to Oregon State as well. Not a great Arizona
team, which is surprising. Here's another little
fun fact for you. I like finding these little
nuggets. I like them too. Of the 16 seasons played
since Oregon returned to the diamond for baseball,
the Ducks opening day starter has earned first
team all -conference recognition seven times,
including last year. So almost half. That's pretty
good. So just keep that in mind. Okay. So Berkeley,
Mabeus needs to get the bat going a little bit
right now. It's dipped below 176. I think as
a team, the Ducks are right around 250, 260 batting
average. No, as a team, they're... I don't know.
The starters? See, it's all about how many at
-bats, too. As a team, they're batting 314. So
that's pretty good. So the Ducks will keep our
eye on that. No TV unless you want to stream
it on D1 Baseball. Oregon State men's baseball
is returning, or I think they stayed in Texas.
They were in Humboldt, Texas last week. They're
staying for Frisco, Texas. They take on the Planet
Houston, who's 6 -2. Actually, that game started
at noon, so it should almost be over. Yeah, bottom
of the seventh right now. And the score? 2 -1.
They have runners on first and second with one
out. And man, they have struggled to score runs.
So if they could get a couple runs here, that
would be great for them. Dax Whitney, he has
been very, very good today. He has completed
his outing six innings, 11 strikeouts, so not
the 17 he had. He did get touched up in the first
inning, but then cruised after that. So another
good Dax Whitney outing. And then Scott's come
in for relief with one inning pitch, no earned
runs. So big opportunity here to... Bring a couple
runners home and hopefully get a little bit of
breathing room, which they just have not been
able to do this season. It's not been comfortable
out of the gate. Oregon State and Houston are
playing for the first time ever. They were supposed
to play last year, but it was canceled due to
sub -freezing temperatures in Round Rock, Texas.
Oh, wow. Yeah, freezing. I mean, doesn't it get
cold there? Yeah, because especially if it stays
clear. It can get cold. I just laugh. You know
why I laugh? Why? Because Texas in particular,
as an Alaskan, is a state that there's a little
bit of a competition because Texas is, I think
they're kind of used to being the biggest and
the baddest, but they don't realize that Alaska
is actually bigger and badder. And so, you know,
while they're shutting things down when it's
freezing, in Alaska we're open schools when it's
negative 60. So some of us are built differently.
Sorry. Sorry, not sorry. So we'll keep an eye
on that one. Base is loaded now. What now? Base
is loaded now for the Beavers. All right. Well,
there. Maybe you're just giving them the right
mojo that they need. Let's stay on Oregon State
for a second. And we announced the news yesterday
as it had broke before we got on the air that
Wayne Tinkle is being relieved of his duties
as the OSU men's basketball coach after 12 seasons.
He will not make it to number 13. And then the
only question that was remaining as the two parties,
meaning the coach and the school, mutually parted
ways. I get a chuckle when a school releases
a statement like that, say they were mutually
parting ways. There is no way a coach like Wayne
Tinkle, from what I know of him, would say, yeah,
I'm just going to quit on this team. I'm out
of here before the season's over with or at all.
But he is going to stay to coach however many
games that are left for Oregon State men. And
right now they are still. locked into the number
four seed which would be a buy in the WCC tournament
if they can hold on to it so you got that going
for you yes it just is you know it doesn't even
really add anything to me that he's to be coaching
these last couple games honestly I mean I don't
stay there for your players you I get it I get
it but it just sort of seems like one of these
things where it's like I don't know. Why did
you fire him right then? I guess that's what
my question is. Have you ever quit a job where
you gave the two weeks notice and then the boss
just comes in and says, yeah, you know what?
We don't need you here for the two weeks. There's
the door. You would be willing to stay for two
weeks. I have not had that happen to me, thankfully.
Okay. But I guess they're saying he isn't fired.
They're saying it's a mutual decision. But it
does – I don't know. Like you're saying, it doesn't
seem like it's a mutual decision. I would have
loved to have been in that room. That to me is
framing it the way you want it. to look because
you've just replaced, you know, you fire your
head football coach midway through a disastrous
season. You're trying to revitalize, revamp,
re -energize the Pac -12 next year. You're one
of the legacy schools in the Pac -12, the other
one being Washington State. Everyone else is
going to be new. And that's what the look is.
And the look is that the basketball team was
middling at best. They were 500. Now, are they
on the upswing? They might be. They could go
on another. 2021 run that they had where they
made it to the elite eight you don't know until
there are zeros on the clock you have no clue
what's going to happen so but to say it's mutual
i guess what my thought is is because the school
has obviously come out and said it's mutual and
in turn wayne tinkle hasn't come out and said
that that isn't the case you know by by not saying
anything that's almost saying that he's going
to go along with it and to me i just wonder Does
he benefit in any way by having it be a mutual
thing versus it coming out and just being like,
no, actually, they fired me? Is he in a better
position then? Once he leaves and gets his last
check, I think he can say whatever he wants.
And you think that would be the timing of it
afterwards? I don't think he's going to comment
on it at all unless pressed because that's the
kind of person Wayne Tinkle is. He's not going
to air his laundry out into the media. Right.
Never has. Never. He's been an open book in terms
of his frustrations, been very frank and been
very open with the media. But in this type of
stuff, this is messy. This is like getting divorced
and you're splitting the kids up and and all
that. So you can say all you want. If you're
Oregon State's administration, I don't believe
it was mutual. That's just me. I would completely
agree with you. Oregon State women, by the way,
Scott Rueck, he's not in danger of getting walked
out the door. They roll to an 83 -49 win over
San Diego at Jenny Craig Pavilion, which has
shrunk in several years ago. Did you get the
joke? No. Jenny Craig's a diet thing. It's like
a diet. meal program. So they're smaller. Jenny
Craig Pavilion is smaller than it was a couple
years ago. It's not. Securing the Beavers' fourth
consecutive win with that victory over San Diego.
And that win secured a top four seed at the conference
tournament for the Beavs. And again, that's important
because you get the bye. So if you want to win
the championship, you've got to win three games
in three days instead of four games in four days.
But Beef still have an opportunity for the third
seed if they can pick up a win on Saturday. And
that will be senior day with Loyola Marymount.
So they'd be potentially the two. I think it's
saying what tiebreakers. I don't think they can
get to the two now. Because of what happened
last night with other teams. Then they're locked
into three. They're locked in if they can get
to three. 21 -9 overall now, 13 -4 in the WCC.
It's a nice season for Scott Rooks. It has been.
It has been. It's been a really nice season for
them. It's interesting how last year it was kind
of a little unexpected what they did at the end
of the season. They won the WCC tournament. They
did really well for themselves in the NCAA tournament.
So it's funny because this year I think that
the expectations have been there. kind of just
reached it for me. I expected this team to be
a really competitive team all season long, and
here they are at the end of the season. They
aren't going to be able to win the regular season
title, but they weren't even close to winning
the regular season title last year, and then
they won the WCZ tournament. So you can almost
make the argument that they're further along
this year than they were last year at this time.
Well, they were fighting for the conference regular
season championship up until about a week ago,
a week and a half, two weeks ago. So, yeah, again,
a good season for Scott Rook's squad. All right,
we'll take our break. When we come back, the
Big Kahuna. Lee Graves. We'll talk senior afternoon
for Oregon women's basketball as the dreaded
Huskies come into town. Can you improve your
seating? You certainly can with a win. We'll
talk about that with the coach next on the Danny
and Justin radio program. You know what? You'll
love it. Big bets in the last segment here on
the Danny and Justin radio program for a Friday.
Thanks for tuning in. Beautiful outside. Especially
for February, we turn the page to March and one
of our favorite months of the year with March
Madness coming up, both men's and women's basketball,
as we will be glued to our radios and our TVs
as we head into the middle of March and towards
April. Let's head on over to the Oregon Man Clicks
hotline at 541 -343 -5673 and welcome in our
good friend. He is the coach. You know him. You
love him. It's the Big Kahuna. Kelly Graves joining
us. Coach, how are things? Well, pretty good.
You mentioned how nice it was outside. I looked
out my window. I don't see many clouds. It looks
beautiful, but is it warm? Because if it is,
I might go hit some balls. I knew you would.
It's warm enough, Coach. Yeah, it's not bad.
Well, our practice got over. We got done with
our film session and everything else, so I've
got some time. But I haven't been outside since
this morning around 7 .30. You've still got plenty
of time. You've got plenty of time. Head on out.
I know the clubs are calling you. We'll do. Once
you're done with us, though, give us a couple
minutes. No worries, fellas. Glad to be with
you again. Always, Coach. 20 -10 overall, 12
-4 at home, 6 -5 away. You've got a winning record
away from Matt Knight Arena, 2 -1 in neutral
games. When you look back and you think, and
when we started talking about this team, back
when you started the early workouts and trying
to form this and figure it out. I had asked you
the question about midway through the season,
is the team where you want them to be? So I'm
going to ask this with one game left in the regular
season and then the Big Ten tournament in March
Madness coming up. Is this team where you want
them to be right now? Well, I'm going to give
you a crazy answer, yes and no. Okay. And let
me explain it. I think one of our biggest weaknesses
is our inconsistency. And that shows up game
to game, but sometimes within games. I mean,
we'll have quarters where we score 28 or 29,
and then the next quarter we score five. We just
haven't been able to really sustain throughout
the schedule and in games and the next game and
everything. With just some consistency, you know,
either execution lets down or our energy or,
you know, we're not getting what we need out
of the bench or sometimes, you know, the starter's
trying to do too much, you know, whatever the
case may be. So to answer your question, yes
and no. When we're good, we're a really good
basketball team, and we've shown that. We haven't
always shown up for 40 minutes in a game, but
like the Maryland game, we play a great second
half. Oregon State, when they came down here,
we played as good as we can possibly play in
the first half. We just haven't sustained those
over time. So what I've seen, though, when we're
good is I really like it, and I think we have
a chance to really play some meaningful basketball.
year down the stretch. But we've just got to
try to eliminate those poor stretches. And every
team has them, even the good teams. But sometimes
we have prolonged stretches of ineptitude. So
we've just got to fix that, you guys. But if
you would have told me going into the season,
hey, this is a 20 -win team, I would have said,
okay, yeah, I like that. You win 20 games total
playing in the Big Ten. You've had a pretty good
season. Agreed. And maybe another good example
of that was... Previous game against the Huskies,
you got one more left against them. But that
first game, I mean, that second quarter, 19 points,
not even getting the double digits any of the
other three quarters, and it was kind of the
opposite for Washington. They scored five points
in that second quarter. But was that first game
against Washington just one of the weirder games
that you've been a part of? Because just watching
that game to me, it was like I can't remember
a game where a team just in the first quarter
couldn't score at all, second quarter explodes,
play great defense, and then it just reverts
to the third and fourth quarters. Well, you know,
that was one of those games that, honestly, I
think we set the game of basketball back about
two decades. I mean, neither team looked like
they wanted to win the game. No. I mean, we both
had high turnover numbers. Neither team could
put the ball in the basket. You know, I was joking
with the team today. It was like, you know, in
the international play, you have the pool play,
and then you go into bracketed tournament, right?
There are times, let's say in basketball, you
want to avoid the Americans at all costs in that
bracketed tournament. And so my assistant who
played for the Spanish national team told us
a story. They were playing like the Netherlands,
and the winner was. placed in the Americans'
bracket. Both teams were trying to lose in the
same game, and they kept throwing the ball away
and shooting air balls, and it was obvious that
neither wanted to win. They finally had to stop
the game. The referees called the coaches over
and said, hey, we're either stopping the game
now or, you know, we play it differently. So
it was that game against the Huskies kind of
looked like neither team wanted to win the game.
But we played well defensively. We just couldn't
throw it in the ocean. I think our top four scores
were a combined six of 39 from the field. Well,
that's not going to beat anybody, let alone your
rival on their home floor. So I'm anticipating
a much better game this time. for both teams
and it's going to continue to be competitive,
but I'm guessing both of us played better. The
Big Kahuna, Kelly. Hopefully the crowd might
leave by halftime. Yeah, for the right reasons.
We're with you there, Coach. The Big Kahuna.
Kelly Graves joining us on the Danny and Justin
radio program. It's senior afternoon at MKA Sunday
as Washington comes to town. The last regular
season game in the Big Ten for both these schools
and then the Big Ten tournament in the offing.
And, Coach, you discussed it in your media availability
after practice about seeding, and I know you
got the question, but I'm going to throw it a
little differently to you. is that there's a
good chance if things fall the way we think they
would, and I know you're not going to be doing
the scoreboard watching. You're just going to
concentrate on Washington one game at a time.
But you could see Washington again immediately
in the Big Ten tournament and for the third time
in a couple of weeks. So I guess I would ask
you this way is how do you game plan this time?
I mean, shooting better is going to be one thing,
but were there other things that you picked up
on that you've been working on with this team?
to take on Washington and set them down on Sunday?
Well, yeah. I mean, today we spent a lot of time
on their offense, so how we want to defend them.
And like I said, we did a great job. You know,
one thing that they rely on cutting. They get
open cutters a lot. We didn't get scored on on
a backdoor cut. Not one time during that game.
We did an excellent job there. Now they also
have some actions on the perimeter where they
make two or three screening motions in a row.
And we did have some trouble on that. So, you
know, we spent some time on that. Tomorrow we'll
do a lot more with our offense. And we did have
some success. You know, we had some open looks.
And there were some things that we did offensively
that did work, and we'll try to accentuate that,
adjust it. You know, Mia Jacobs we may not have
tomorrow or, excuse me, Sunday. So that changes
a lot of what we do. It changes who we are and
how we play, which could be, you know, to our
benefit. So, yeah, we're already game planning
for Sunday. And like you said, there's different
scenarios. I know we could be as high as eighth
in the conference tournament, which eighth or
ninth gets us that first round by. Or we could
be, I think, no lower than 11th, which means
you're playing the first day against the 14 seed.
So, you know, there's a lot to play for for us.
And, you know, I told the team also today, you
know, there's some urgency. We could have as,
you know, we're guaranteed three more games.
That's it. Our game against Washington, one in
the Big Ten tournament and one in that postseason
tournament, we feel like we've done enough to
make the NCAA. I don't think that will change.
Agreed. Yeah, no. You know, that's it. So we
could play as few as three games. And I think
you could tell by the way we practiced today,
there was some urgency and focus. And I think
our kids are excited. We want to continue to
play. And we also talked about every game now
that we play is going to be against an NCAA tournament
team. So every win we can get probably affects
our seed in the big dance. You know, each win
could. mean as much as one seed. So I think right
now they've got us somewhere in the 8 -9. I don't
really pay that much attention to that. But,
you know, you certainly don't want to be on those
seed lines when you get to the NCAA, the way
our tournament is structured. So, you know, we've
got something to prove and we've got a lot to
play for. And hopefully Sunday you're going to
see the best that the Ducks have to offer. Does
your coaching approach change at all when you
have, heading into the postseason, a younger
team versus an older team? It does. Oh, there's
no question. You know, you want to keep them
relaxed and loose, no doubt. But we still are
teaching a lot at this point in the season with
such a young team. Whereas, you know, when we
had Sabrina and Ruthie and they'd been to an
Elite Eight the first year and an Elite Eight
the second year, Final Four the third year, you
know, you just didn't have to teach quite as
much. You know, just manage their bodies. make
sure that we're healthy, make sure that we're
crisp. Practices weren't nearly as long. But
I think this time of year, you try to keep things
as loose as possible, you know, because these
games are important. They know it. You know,
you impress upon them that a little bit, but
at the same time, you don't want them uptight.
You want them playing loose. At this point, teams
aren't changing. Everybody knows what everybody
else is going to do. It's just a matter of going
out with great energy. and then executing. So
the two E's become really important this time
of year. Last two games have been season high
in minutes for Estera Tahina. What have you seen
for her and her development throughout the season
that led to those minutes? Well, number one,
it's a long season, and Katie physically has
worn down a little bit, right? It's natural.
It's somebody, her body type. So playing Estera
more, it kind of means Katie can either rest
or if she's in the game when they're in there
together, she doesn't always have to handle the
ball against full court pressure. You know, we
can give that to A .T. And quite frankly, A .T.'s
playing well. She's shooting the ball well. She's
been one of our most consistent shooters. And
she's earned the extra time. And we're better
for it. You know, we sometimes rely too much
on our big three, our big top three scorers.
I think we're better when we can kind of share
the wealth, and Purdue was a good example of
that. We had six different players score eight
or more points. That makes us more difficult
to guard, and I think in the end makes us better.
Just a question or two more for you, Coach. Kelly
Graves joining us on the Danny and Justin Radio
program. It's senior afternoon as Washington
comes to town, the last game at MKA for this
season for Kelly Graves' squad. And so it's always
bittersweet, Coach, I know, especially one more
lap around. The only thing we know for sure is
it's going to be the last home game of the season.
So talk about your seniors a bit, and I know
this group especially has seen a bit over the
last few years especially, but what they mean
to you. Well, this is going to be a more typical
senior day for a lot of schools. You know, we
just experienced two senior days on the road
in Indiana, and it's funny how few four - or
five -year players you have anymore. You know,
our three seniors, Mia Jacobs, Estera Tahina,
and Amina Muhammad. played in a duck uniform
a grand total of four years combined. But they've
meant a lot. Mia Jacobs obviously has been one
of our best players this year, and we wouldn't
be where we are without her. Estera, we just
talked about, she has meant a lot to our program.
What I love about her is she is genuinely and
uniquely her, with her hairstyles and things
like that, just the confidence she has and the
impact she's made as well as Mia. You know, Amina
has had a lesser role this year on the basketball
court, but she still means a lot to our program.
And I, you know, I always try to impress upon
the team. You never know when your number's called
and how we need you. We saw it the other night
with Janiah Williams comes in and has an amazing
game. We don't win that game without her, right?
It was unexpected. Well, last year in the NCAA
tournament, you know, we don't win the Vanderbilt
game without Amina. You know, she started for
us last year. People, I think, may forget that.
But she got an offensive rebound on a missed
free throw late in the game that iced the Vanderbilt
game. And just little plays make a big difference.
And Amina is, I think, classic in that way. She
makes small little plays that lead to big success.
So, collectively, it's a really good group. They're
great students. They're all going to graduate.
And, you know, they're going to have duck. degrees
oregon degrees and that means something and i'm
really proud of them for that so hopefully our
fans come out and show their appreciation uh
you know for this group and knowing that hey
we still have a lot of basketball yet to be played
but this is a chance for them to honor those
three And by the way, Coach, you, and I know
you know this, you've got 10 players that average
double -digit minutes. So you have used all of
the talent to their best abilities, and I know
it's led by everyone can just focus in on a Katie
or a Mia or a Sophia, but at the same time, there
are a lot more, the Ari Longs of the world, the
Amino Mohamas, the Avery Canes, and you just
mentioned Janiyah Williams. At any moment, any
one of these players can step up. You're going
to need every one of them to pull on the rope
the same way if you're going to make it deep
into a tournament. And you just can't expect
your players over a long season like this to
be robots and to give you exactly the same night
in and night out. You're going to have ups and
downs. And so you rely on that. That's what a
team is about, right? You know, those players
stepping up when their time is called. You know,
and I look, you know, one of our unsung heroes,
you know, we know who our stars are. And even
though she starts for us, I think she's an unsung
hero, and that's Ari Long. Against Purdue the
other night, she set a record. You know, I've
been tracking what we call disruptions for 30
years, you know, disrupting on defense in different
ways. She had 22 disruptions by herself. Our
team goal is 32. And we win about 95 % of our
games over the last 25 years when my team has
32 or more disruptions. She had 22 by herself.
That's crazy. I've never had a player do that.
And, you know, that's a huge – again, it won't
show up huge in the stats, you know, with points,
rebounds, assists. Yeah. But that young woman
helped us win that game. We don't win it without
that kind of energy. Well, Coach, finish strong.
You've got Washington coming in on Sunday afternoon.
Let's pack out MKA. Maybe the weather will just
turn rotten, so everyone will want to stay inside
and come on out to MKA. Yeah, I hope so. And,
hey, if nothing else, you've been to a number
of our games, and those fans that do come to
our games, they know it's going to be exciting.
It'll be like going to Disneyland. It's riding
a roller coaster for 40 minutes, and we'll make
it exciting for them. for sure absolutely coach
best of luck i know we're going to talk again
as we get closer to the ncaa tournament we'll
be interested i know that's a long ways off in
your mind to uh seating and all of that where
you're going to be slotted but go get them on
sunday oh you got it i appreciate it fellas take
care take care all right go swing them straight
coach here he goes all right great kelly kelly
craze the big kahuna uh yeah he's i guarantee
he's gonna be out swinging the clubs now it's
beautiful outside oh look who's shown up it's
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his presence big bets is right around the corner
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going to pick up the phone. I'm just telling
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at 5 -4 -1 -3 -4 -3 -5 -6 -7 -3. I will tell
you when you can call. We'll get as many people
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Resort. Goose is in his perch. Baby J is over
there, along with intern Blaze. The last two
winners, we've got three winners. I'm the only
one that hasn't won. I heard your overall record.
There's no surprise you haven't won when I heard
your overall record. Thanks a lot, Goose. You
know what, Smart Alec? Here's the thing, and
Justin knows this from football season. I'm kind
of like the Oregon Williams basketball team at
times. I have to get down, and then I come rocketing
back up. Yes, I'm 11 -19. You're 21 -9. Baby
J is 14 -16. You guys ready to go? You know what
that's called? I don't know what it's called.
Regression to the mean. All right, Goose, you
picked the games this week, right? I did. All
right, here we go. I will say the home team lasts
in this, by the way, okay? So we'll start out
Michigan and Illinois. And, sir, since you picked
the games, you can pick the first game. And this
is the only tonight game. Michigan -Illinois
is tonight. I was off Michigan last week, and
it worked for me taking Duke. I'm going to stay
off Michigan and take Illinois. Okay, Baby J?
I am going to do the opposite, and I did the
opposite last week, and it didn't work out for
me, but I don't think Michigan's going to lose
another one, so I think I'm going to take Michigan,
despite me saying a couple weeks ago that I was
going to take Illini. Blaze? It's hard for me
to pick against Michigan, but I'm choosing Illinois
because they're at home, and I think their frontcourt's
going to dominate them. So here's the problem.
They're a one -and -a -half point favorite. Wolverines
have had a history of struggles against Illinois.
They've lost nine consecutive games to them since
2019 on the road. That's research. I research
every game right now. You know what? Because
I am tired of getting my brains beat in on this
game. But that would tell you, though, that the
odds are that that won't continue. It's a tough
matchup for Michigan's defense against Illinois.
They're averaging... Michigan is 89 points a
game, but the Illini also score in big buckets.
But I'm going Michigan here. I have to do a little
bit of contrarian thing against Goose. All right,
so next game is Vanderbilt, Kentucky. Kentucky
among the best defensive teams in the SEC. They
lead the all -time series. Vanderbilt's got a
six -and -a -half point spread difference. They're
getting back a couple of players. I've been on
Kentucky a couple of times, and they mess with
me every time. So you know what? I'm staying
off Kentucky. I'm going with the visitors. I'm
going Vanderbilt. Goose. I've been on Kentucky
a couple of times, and I feel like they've won
a couple of times that pick. So I'm staying on
Kentucky. Give me the home Wildcats. Blaze. I
dislike these teams both greatly. Vanderbilt's
25th for a reason. They're the worst top 25 team.
Give me Kentucky. Wow. All right, baby J, bring
it home. All right, well, I think this is an
easy one for me. I'm going to go Vandy because
I could see it going either way, and I'll take
an opportunity to try to pick up a game on Goose.
You do realize I've gone one and four twice this
season already, okay? And now you've picked the
same games I have. I know. Just letting you know.
You know, you got to go with what your gut is.
By the way, the coin takes Illinois in the first
game. They take Vanderbilt in the second game.
Third game is Alabama at Tennessee. Baby J, you
get to start us off. All right. Tennessee beat
Alabama earlier in the season. So I think these
teams are both really good. I don't think that
Tennessee is going to beat them twice. So I'm
going to go with Alabama, even though, as you
all know, that pains me dearly. Blaze. Tennessee
is picking up steam. Tennessee easily. Tennessee
easily. Tennessee easily. Alabama. is coming
off a 25 -point win against Mississippi State.
The Volunteers, though, have gone 14 -1 at home,
and they rank second in the SEC in rebounding
with almost 40 boards a game. I like Tennessee
at home. Even though Rick Barnes looks like a
ghoul, I will take Tennessee in a close game
over Alabama. All right, Goose. Baby J said that
Tennessee won at Alabama, so that tells me they
can win at Tennessee, so give me the Vols and
the ghoul. I certainly hope there aren't any
Rick Barnes fans. Do I have exactly the opposite
picture as the goose? I think I do. Yeah, right
now. All right, I love it. This is the first
game we disagree on. The coin, by the way, takes
Alabama. Louisville and Clemson. You've got to
say that with marbles in your mouth. Louisville
in the ACC, number 24, Louisville, in desperate
need of a victory. The Tigers are 20 -8, 10 -5
in the ACC. They've lost four straight, including
a five -point loss to Florida State. However,
they're still locked in a three -team time for
fourth in the final double -bye in the ACC tournament.
So there's something to play for with these two
teams. Saying all of that, Blaze, we'll start
out with you. You know, Louisville is really
good at beating teams that they're supposed to
be better than, so Louisville. Louisville. Goose?
Louisville. There we go. Just right to the point.
Baby J? I'm just going to go with Louisville.
But I just also wanted to add, if you say Louisville
in anywhere near that area, you will be. It is
Louisville. I've been there, and they tell you.
It is Louisville. No, I know. You did a good
job. I was going to say that. You did a good
job. But if you say Louisville, you are going
to be frowned upon. It's like saying Willamette.
If you're out here, right? I've had people do
that before. If you're in Louisville, you can
go to the KFC Museum as well and see Colonel
Davis. Oh, really? There's a little fun factoid
for you. I didn't know that. The Danny and Justin
radio program, Big Bats, will open the phones
up in a minute. Do not call yet. I will tell
you when you can call. By the way, I've got to
pick the game. Coyne says Clemson. Clemson boasts
the ACC's second -best scoring defense. They
allow just 65 points a game. I don't think Louisville
is going to be able to hang with that. I think
Clemson is going to pull this one out at home.
Important game for them. So I'm going with the
Tigers. Again, so does the coin. All right, last
game. This is our tiebreaker game. Total points.
The over -under on total points for Gonzaga and
St. Mary's is 146. So just so you know, when
you do your goose is going to pick like 42 points.
So let's start out with Blaze. You got to get
to the phone. So go. Give me Gonzaga. I don't
see them losing this game. Give me my point total
as 155. 155. Thanks, Blaze. He'll be out there
answering the phone. So if you want to get on
the line now, go ahead and call the Oregon Man
Clinics hotline at 541 -343 -5673. Goose, what
say you? Two weeks ago, I went 4 -1, just a little
pimp myself there. But my only loss was I took
Santa Clara over Gonzaga on the road. Have you
learned your lesson? I've learned my lesson.
I'm taking Gonzaga on the road. Okay. I think
I also took Santa Clara, and I'm also learning
my lesson with going with Gonzaga. And I will
go with a cool 130 points. So you're also on.
The Zags. The Zags, yeah. What was your total
points? Let's go 180. Let's do a reversal. Are
you serious? No. This is a shootout. Shootout
at the CU. Gonzaga and St. Mary's are staring
at each other in the standings for the WCC. They
do get the Graham E .K. has been playing well.
Okay. They played back on January 31st, not that
long ago, in Spokane, and it was a win for the
Zags, 73 -65. They're trying to sweep the Gales
for the first time since 2020 -2021. So another
fun fact for you. 14 -game winning streak for
Gonzaga, and it comes to an end in Moraga. I'm
taking St. Mary's, and I will go a little bit
lower scoring game. I like that 143 -146 line,
so I am going to go 142. Okay. The coin says
Gonzaga, by the way, and we're going to keep
them on the line at 146. All right, so now your
turn to call in the Danny and Justin radio program
with Goose. It's Big Bets. Who do we got? We
got Brad. Oh, Brad. We were just talking about
Brad, who's been away for a couple of weeks.
Thanks for calling in, buddy. You ready? Yeah,
totally. I was out of town. That's why I missed
it. We missed you greatly. We just thought maybe
you were embarrassed by your picks the last few
weeks. I mean, maybe there's a little of that,
too. All right, you ready? Yep. All right, here
we go. Michigan, Illinois. Michigan. Vanderbilt,
Kentucky. Give me KY. Alabama, Tennessee. Tennessee.
Like that. Louisville, Clemson. Louis V. Hay.
We can always count on him. Best pronunciation
of the day. We can always count on Brad. All
right. Battle of the WCC. Regular season title
on the line. Gonzaga in Moraga, California. Take
on St. Mary's. I'm going with Gonzaga on the
road. And total points, bud? Let's go 160. 160.
So you and Goose have the highest point totals.
Thanks for listening as always, bud. Yep. There
he goes. Take care. You too. There goes the great
Brad. In and out, man. He knows the brevity of
radio works. The Danny and Justin Radio Program,
a lot to talk about on Monday. We're going to
have baseball, softball, basketball, senior day,
last week of the regular season for Oregon men's
basketball. There's going to be a whole lot going
on. And discussing how we all fared in these
games. I'm excited to listen just to that part.
Because you guys have picked it. Somebody can
either. It's a make -or -break week. I can either
really extend or you guys can really close this
thing up. I would like to see you come back to
the pack just a little bit. We're going to start
chipping away at the lead. 21 -9. I think that's
the most impressive start we've ever had for
anybody in Big Bets. By far. 70 % according to
my math. Not that I need to tell Goose that,
but, you know. Back to the phones we go in a
minute. Yes, we got Chris from Junction City.
What up, Chris? Hey, what's going on, fellas?
It's Goose's best friend sitting in the parking
lot of the Viking Inn holding a water waiting
for Goose to show up. Chris, you ready? I'm ready.
All right, here we go, bud. We'll start out with
Michigan, Illinois. Give me Michigan. Michigan.
Vanderbilt, Kentucky. Kentucky. Alabama, Tennessee.
Good old Rocky Top. Have you ever picked against
Tennessee, Chris? I just really like Conway Twitty.
Louisville, Clemson. Louisville. Louisville.
And finally, the WCC matchup, Gonzaga and St.
Mary's. Go with the Zags and give me 152. 152
just underneath Blaze. Buddy, as always, you
have a great weekend. All right. Thank you. You
too. All right. There he goes, the great Chris,
who was a past winner as well. In fact, I think
when he called last time, he was on his way down.
What? By the way, Dylan Thienemann just ran a
4 -3 -7 in his first attempt at the 40 in the
combine. Okay, so he's going to be a first -round
pick. First -round pick. Probably late. Now,
they're projecting Dylan Thienemann possibly
to the Chargers, by the way, with number 28 on
the whole pick scale. So the phone line open,
the Oregon Mad Clinics hotline at 541 -343 -5673.
You guys did a great job getting through the
picks, by the way. We've got probably time for
three or four more phone callers. Easy if you
want to get in. Let's get some new blood, some
new folks. If you haven't called in, give us
a buzz. 5 -4 and 3 -4 -3, 5 -6 -7. That Coquille
suite is pretty sweet. You've been to the Coquille
suite? I haven't. I've been to the Coquille Casino.
I have not been invited into the suite, but I
would be more than happy to be invited into the
suite for a night. So, by the way, I am the only
one on St. Mary's. Not surprising. Yeah, with
my 11 -19 sparkling record. So we have actually,
Baby J, you and I have three games we're different
on. The only two games we're same on is Michigan
and Vanderbilt. The first two. And then we're
opposite. We're opposite field on the next three.
Let's see. I'm going to take a look here at Goose
today. Goose, you and I only pick one game in
common. We have the ghoul in Tennessee. Could
be a separation Saturday one way or the other.
I think this is a pivotal week. I think so, too.
Man, I'm just going to give up on this game.
If I go one and four again, that's it. I'm going
to quit the game. I'm going to just walk away.
You're going to take your ball and go home? 5
-4 -1 -3 -4 -3 -5 -6 -7 -3 is the Oregon Man
Clicks Hotline, the Danny and Justin Radio Program.
Live from the Bigfoot Beverages Studios, Fox
Sports Eugene, Fox Sports Newport. What big clients
you got going on this weekend, Goose? Nothing?
You're going to hang around the house? Yeah,
nothing too big. And I heard you saying things
on Monday about me, so I'm here to defend myself.
Me and my wife did leave a little wine in Newport.
You asked if there was any wine left in Newport.
You said a little, though. We took a lot of it,
but we did leave some behind. Was that fun? It
was great. We had a great time. Saw some friends
there. Woody had a couple tickets he gave me,
and I was sitting at Nana's Irish Pub one night,
and the people next to me were like, yeah, we
were thinking about going, we're not sure, and
I handed them two tickets, and they got to go
on the... on Fox Sports Newport's behalf, so
it was cool. That's awesome. And I listened to
Fox Sports Newport while I was over there. I
got to listen to you guys. We were driving in
on Friday and got to listen to my voice. That
freaked my wife out. I'm in the car with her,
and she's listening to my voice on the radio
thing, so it was pretty good. Probably cool,
though. It was great, yeah. I felt like a celebrity
sitting in the car. The line is open right now.
We've got time for maybe one or two more phone
calls. At 5 -4 -1 -3 -4 -3 -5 -6 -7 -3, it's
Big Bets. Again, how you play it, you just bet
on the games straight up and down. Give us the
total points for the Gonzaga -St. Mary's game.
Listen, we have proven this is not a rocket science,
okay? I mean, the coin went 4 -1 the first week.
I did a lot of prep this week, though. I was
proud of myself for the prep. Especially since
I didn't send them over until this morning, so
you had to jump right on them. Listen, you know
what that prep is? That's desperation. That smells
of desperation. Do you want to know the only
person that did more prep than I think you've
done for this week? Dom. My mom. Oh, your mom.
Oh, yeah. When she was on football, she was on
fire. She was locked in. She was en fuego. All
right, so I got like 15 seconds. If you're not
going to hop on. Then we're going to close off
the phones and we'll wrap it up. If you wanted
to get in, you can still go to Bigger Bets. We
should put the games up on Bigger Bets. I think
Michigan -Illinois is 5 o 'clock tonight. So
you've got to get them in before 5 o 'clock.
And you'll be eligible, okay? There you go. That'll
do it. All right, we'll close it off. So a good
time, boys. Well done. Okay, we'll see. So, by
the way, at least I haven't gone 0 -5 yet on
the season. Have any of us gone 0 -5 yet? Dom
went 0 -5. That's right. We've had one that's
gone, and the coin went 0 -5 one week. We had
the interns go a combined 1 -9, I think, that
one week. Yeah, they were. That was last week.
Oh, that's right. Oh, a joke! I got fired from
the bank today. A woman asked me to check her
balance, so I pushed her. Dad jokes! How do you
cook an alligator? How do you cook an alligator?
I'm glad we have Goose for these. He gets them.
Sometimes I do that one. I don't have my amphibian
puns ready. Of course. It's a crock pot. A crock
pot. That was easy. That was a good one. Crock
pot. All right, kids. All right, so lots of action.
In fact, you've got about a half hour, 35 minutes,
first pitch at Jane for Idaho State and Oregon.
Softball? Do I have that right? Yeah. It's the
Bengals, right? I think it's Stanford. No. Uh
-oh. No. No. It's Idaho State. You're right.
It is Idaho State. You do all that prep on the
basketball, and then you can't get the softball
right. Put a smile on your face. Someone else
says they deserve it. So do you. For the entire
crew, I'm Doc. Peace.