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in basketball one player and it changes your

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entire team it's not like that in football it's

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just not it's not interesting guests kelly graves

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mike parker coach mark waskowski noah eagle melissa

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lombardi kenyon barnard jonathan stewart sharp

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opinions dana altman probably earned a pass for

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a down year after almost 20 years of what he's

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done for Oregon basketball. And some smiles.

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Guys, I was stuck in a car wash. Sounds like

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an R. Kelly song. It's not an R. Kelly song.

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It's Danny Havel. I can't remember, and I've

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been doing this for longer than you've been alive.

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which is really horrible that I have to say that,

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but it's the truth. Justin Grossweiner. It's

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like the saying in Alaska that you don't have

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to be faster than the bear. You just have to

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be faster than your friend. Danny and Justin

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starts now on Fox Sports Eugene and Fox Sports

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Newport. Hello, neighbors. Welcome. high top

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welcome to friday friends on the danny and justin

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with us if you can't listen to it live On the

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program today, we will talk a lot of baseball

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and softball. Oregon women just finished their

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first game in the Oregon Classic. We will discuss

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that at the Jane. The weather cleared up just

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for the softballers today. Men are in Vegas at

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the Live Like Lou Las Vegas College Baseball

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Classic. They'll be taking on a familiar foe,

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an old conference foe. Tonight, also Oregon State

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baseball trying to bounce back after a rough

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start to the season. They will stay in Texas.

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And we also will have the Big Kahuna. Kelly Graves

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is going to join us in just about 10 minutes

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from now. We'll discuss Senior Day for the Oregon

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women as they take on Washington. The 8 -9 game

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still in their sights in the Big Ten tournament.

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And seeding and how they can improve. their resume

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for that as well this weekend of course big bets

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we'll do that in the last part of the program

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thanks for tuning in it is blaze intern blaze

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at the controls over to my right i'm doc by the

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way is our good friend justin gross right now

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we call him baby jay what up boy i'm excited

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there's a lot going on today we've already had

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action there's action going on right now there's

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gonna be action later so action jackson baby

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yeah here we go there we go Oregon women, number

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20 in the country, depending on what poll you

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subscribe to, just defeated Stetson. 10 -1 run

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rule game as Lindsey Grine improves to 5 -3 on

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the young season. Did not give up a hit in four

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innings of work. Her ERA now at 1 .91. As she

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set down everyone she pretty much faced against

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Stetson. And Stetson only scratched out one hit.

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It was a home run in the fifth inning. So Ducks

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improve their win -loss. They're now 9 -6 on

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the season. And next up, it'll be Idaho State,

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which first pitch will be, I think, right around

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3 o 'clock. We'll give them a little bit of a

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break so you've got some opportunity to head

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on out to the chain. Nice sunshine. It was like,

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what, 62 degrees when I pulled up to the old

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studio, the old radio ranch. So it was a nice

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day. And it was a nice day for Lindsey Grine,

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too. The first batter was out by contact. She

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then struck out the next eight batters. And then

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it looks like she had another three contact outs

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and they replaced her for the last inning. But

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it was a good game for Oregon, obviously, in

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terms of the win. It was also a good opportunity

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for them to get some players that hadn't been

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in the lineup before. Bracey Rosa, Taryn Ho.

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They moved Addison Amaral down in the batting

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order. I believe that Riley McCoy was also moved

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down in the batting order. We were talking before

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the show. She's not going to be hitting 0 -34

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for the rest of the season. So I think that there's

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a lot of excitement for whenever she can get

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things going. Good first win today. So as you

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take a look, and by the way, Rowan Thompson came

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in. I think that's just her second appearance

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of the season. Maybe it's just the first in the

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circle for the Ducks. So they have now used,

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in fact, that was her first appearance, sophomore

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out of South Salem High School, so a local kid.

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So now the Ducks have, through 15 games, used

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all five of their pitchers that they have on

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the roster. Matty Millhorn, Taylor Spencer also

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going to see action this weekend as the Ducks

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take on at 3 .30, by the way, first pitch. Against

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Idaho State, the Bengals are 8 -7. That was Stetson's

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fourth loss of the season after 12 wins. They'll

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play Stetson again tomorrow, first game for the

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Ducks at 3 .30, 6 p .m. against Samford. Samford's

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son. And then they'll finish up on Sunday at

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12 .30 against Samford again to close out the

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Oregon Classic. The Ducks do stay home. after

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they go up to Corvallis on the 4th of March.

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Then they'll have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 straight

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games at home at the chain through March the

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15th. I'm excited to get out there this weekend

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because we couldn't go today. Obviously, it's

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right before our show, so it makes it tough for

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us. But I'm excited to go this weekend. I'm excited

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to get a good look at this team in person. It's

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just so much better watching it in person. So

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I'm excited. So the Live Like Lou Las Vegas College

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Baseball Classic starts tonight. The Ducks, under

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Mark Wachowski, have not tasted defeat yet. Started

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the season off with eight straight wins, the

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most since 2014, when they also won eight straight.

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So one more win in a row, and they will get closer.

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That's not the record, though, Baby J. You know

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what the record is? I do not. 1963, that team

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started out 12 -0 to open up their season. Tonight,

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6 p .m. first pitch, it's Oregon and Arizona.

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Heard of them. Former members of the Pac -12

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Conference. They've met 56 times on the diamond.

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Wildcats hold a 30 -25 -1 edge in the series.

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But Oregon has won five of the last six, ten

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of the last 12. Oregon will also play UC Irvine.

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You know what their mascot is? Isn't it like

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the Armadillos or something? No. I don't know.

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Well, I wouldn't want to say it's close. Blaze,

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you can pop the microphone on. Come on. The Anteaters.

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I knew it was something like that. And then Vanderbilt

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on Sunday at 11 a .m. So UC Irvine tomorrow at

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noon, Vanderbilt at 11 for Oregon men on the

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Diamond. By the way, Arizona is 1 -7 on the season.

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Not great. No. And they're in the Big 12. They'll

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have losses to Omaha. Omaha! Two to UConn, yeah.

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Omaha! Three out of four to UConn, even. And

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to Oregon State as well. Not a great Arizona

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team, which is surprising. Here's another little

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fun fact for you. I like finding these little

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nuggets. I like them too. Of the 16 seasons played

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since Oregon returned to the diamond for baseball,

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the Ducks opening day starter has earned first

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team all -conference recognition seven times,

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including last year. So almost half. That's pretty

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good. So just keep that in mind. Okay. So Berkeley,

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Mabeus needs to get the bat going a little bit

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right now. It's dipped below 176. I think as

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a team, the Ducks are right around 250, 260 batting

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average. No, as a team, they're... I don't know.

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The starters? See, it's all about how many at

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-bats, too. As a team, they're batting 314. So

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that's pretty good. So the Ducks will keep our

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eye on that. No TV unless you want to stream

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it on D1 Baseball. Oregon State men's baseball

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is returning, or I think they stayed in Texas.

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They were in Humboldt, Texas last week. They're

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staying for Frisco, Texas. They take on the Planet

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Houston, who's 6 -2. Actually, that game started

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at noon, so it should almost be over. Yeah, bottom

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of the seventh right now. And the score? 2 -1.

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They have runners on first and second with one

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out. And man, they have struggled to score runs.

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So if they could get a couple runs here, that

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would be great for them. Dax Whitney, he has

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been very, very good today. He has completed

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his outing six innings, 11 strikeouts, so not

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the 17 he had. He did get touched up in the first

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inning, but then cruised after that. So another

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good Dax Whitney outing. And then Scott's come

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in for relief with one inning pitch, no earned

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runs. So big opportunity here to... Bring a couple

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runners home and hopefully get a little bit of

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breathing room, which they just have not been

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able to do this season. It's not been comfortable

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out of the gate. Oregon State and Houston are

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playing for the first time ever. They were supposed

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to play last year, but it was canceled due to

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sub -freezing temperatures in Round Rock, Texas.

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Oh, wow. Yeah, freezing. I mean, doesn't it get

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cold there? Yeah, because especially if it stays

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clear. It can get cold. I just laugh. You know

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why I laugh? Why? Because Texas in particular,

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as an Alaskan, is a state that there's a little

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bit of a competition because Texas is, I think

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they're kind of used to being the biggest and

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the baddest, but they don't realize that Alaska

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is actually bigger and badder. And so, you know,

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while they're shutting things down when it's

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freezing, in Alaska we're open schools when it's

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negative 60. So some of us are built differently.

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Sorry. Sorry, not sorry. So we'll keep an eye

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on that one. Base is loaded now. What now? Base

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is loaded now for the Beavers. All right. Well,

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there. Maybe you're just giving them the right

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mojo that they need. Let's stay on Oregon State

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for a second. And we announced the news yesterday

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as it had broke before we got on the air that

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Wayne Tinkle is being relieved of his duties

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as the OSU men's basketball coach after 12 seasons.

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He will not make it to number 13. And then the

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only question that was remaining as the two parties,

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meaning the coach and the school, mutually parted

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ways. I get a chuckle when a school releases

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a statement like that, say they were mutually

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parting ways. There is no way a coach like Wayne

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Tinkle, from what I know of him, would say, yeah,

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I'm just going to quit on this team. I'm out

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of here before the season's over with or at all.

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But he is going to stay to coach however many

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games that are left for Oregon State men. And

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right now they are still. locked into the number

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four seed which would be a buy in the WCC tournament

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if they can hold on to it so you got that going

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for you yes it just is you know it doesn't even

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really add anything to me that he's to be coaching

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these last couple games honestly I mean I don't

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stay there for your players you I get it I get

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it but it just sort of seems like one of these

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things where it's like I don't know. Why did

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you fire him right then? I guess that's what

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my question is. Have you ever quit a job where

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you gave the two weeks notice and then the boss

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just comes in and says, yeah, you know what?

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We don't need you here for the two weeks. There's

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the door. You would be willing to stay for two

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weeks. I have not had that happen to me, thankfully.

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Okay. But I guess they're saying he isn't fired.

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They're saying it's a mutual decision. But it

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does – I don't know. Like you're saying, it doesn't

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seem like it's a mutual decision. I would have

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loved to have been in that room. That to me is

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framing it the way you want it. to look because

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you've just replaced, you know, you fire your

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head football coach midway through a disastrous

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season. You're trying to revitalize, revamp,

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re -energize the Pac -12 next year. You're one

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of the legacy schools in the Pac -12, the other

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one being Washington State. Everyone else is

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going to be new. And that's what the look is.

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And the look is that the basketball team was

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middling at best. They were 500. Now, are they

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on the upswing? They might be. They could go

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on another. 2021 run that they had where they

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made it to the elite eight you don't know until

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there are zeros on the clock you have no clue

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what's going to happen so but to say it's mutual

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i guess what my thought is is because the school

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has obviously come out and said it's mutual and

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in turn wayne tinkle hasn't come out and said

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that that isn't the case you know by by not saying

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anything that's almost saying that he's going

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to go along with it and to me i just wonder Does

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he benefit in any way by having it be a mutual

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thing versus it coming out and just being like,

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no, actually, they fired me? Is he in a better

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position then? Once he leaves and gets his last

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check, I think he can say whatever he wants.

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And you think that would be the timing of it

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afterwards? I don't think he's going to comment

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on it at all unless pressed because that's the

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kind of person Wayne Tinkle is. He's not going

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to air his laundry out into the media. Right.

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Never has. Never. He's been an open book in terms

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of his frustrations, been very frank and been

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very open with the media. But in this type of

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stuff, this is messy. This is like getting divorced

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and you're splitting the kids up and and all

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that. So you can say all you want. If you're

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Oregon State's administration, I don't believe

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it was mutual. That's just me. I would completely

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agree with you. Oregon State women, by the way,

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Scott Rueck, he's not in danger of getting walked

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out the door. They roll to an 83 -49 win over

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San Diego at Jenny Craig Pavilion, which has

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shrunk in several years ago. Did you get the

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joke? No. Jenny Craig's a diet thing. It's like

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a diet. meal program. So they're smaller. Jenny

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Craig Pavilion is smaller than it was a couple

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years ago. It's not. Securing the Beavers' fourth

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consecutive win with that victory over San Diego.

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And that win secured a top four seed at the conference

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tournament for the Beavs. And again, that's important

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because you get the bye. So if you want to win

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the championship, you've got to win three games

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in three days instead of four games in four days.

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But Beef still have an opportunity for the third

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seed if they can pick up a win on Saturday. And

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that will be senior day with Loyola Marymount.

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So they'd be potentially the two. I think it's

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saying what tiebreakers. I don't think they can

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get to the two now. Because of what happened

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last night with other teams. Then they're locked

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into three. They're locked in if they can get

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to three. 21 -9 overall now, 13 -4 in the WCC.

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It's a nice season for Scott Rooks. It has been.

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It has been. It's been a really nice season for

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them. It's interesting how last year it was kind

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of a little unexpected what they did at the end

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of the season. They won the WCC tournament. They

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did really well for themselves in the NCAA tournament.

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So it's funny because this year I think that

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the expectations have been there. kind of just

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reached it for me. I expected this team to be

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a really competitive team all season long, and

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here they are at the end of the season. They

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aren't going to be able to win the regular season

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title, but they weren't even close to winning

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the regular season title last year, and then

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they won the WCZ tournament. So you can almost

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make the argument that they're further along

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this year than they were last year at this time.

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Well, they were fighting for the conference regular

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season championship up until about a week ago,

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a week and a half, two weeks ago. So, yeah, again,

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a good season for Scott Rook's squad. All right,

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we'll take our break. When we come back, the

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Big Kahuna. Lee Graves. We'll talk senior afternoon

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for Oregon women's basketball as the dreaded

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Huskies come into town. Can you improve your

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seating? You certainly can with a win. We'll

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talk about that with the coach next on the Danny

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and Justin radio program. You know what? You'll

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love it. Big bets in the last segment here on

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the Danny and Justin radio program for a Friday.

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Thanks for tuning in. Beautiful outside. Especially

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for February, we turn the page to March and one

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of our favorite months of the year with March

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Madness coming up, both men's and women's basketball,

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as we will be glued to our radios and our TVs

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as we head into the middle of March and towards

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April. Let's head on over to the Oregon Man Clicks

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hotline at 541 -343 -5673 and welcome in our

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good friend. He is the coach. You know him. You

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love him. It's the Big Kahuna. Kelly Graves joining

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us. Coach, how are things? Well, pretty good.

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You mentioned how nice it was outside. I looked

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out my window. I don't see many clouds. It looks

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beautiful, but is it warm? Because if it is,

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I might go hit some balls. I knew you would.

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It's warm enough, Coach. Yeah, it's not bad.

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Well, our practice got over. We got done with

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our film session and everything else, so I've

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got some time. But I haven't been outside since

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this morning around 7 .30. You've still got plenty

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of time. You've got plenty of time. Head on out.

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I know the clubs are calling you. We'll do. Once

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you're done with us, though, give us a couple

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minutes. No worries, fellas. Glad to be with

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you again. Always, Coach. 20 -10 overall, 12

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-4 at home, 6 -5 away. You've got a winning record

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away from Matt Knight Arena, 2 -1 in neutral

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games. When you look back and you think, and

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when we started talking about this team, back

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when you started the early workouts and trying

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to form this and figure it out. I had asked you

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the question about midway through the season,

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is the team where you want them to be? So I'm

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going to ask this with one game left in the regular

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season and then the Big Ten tournament in March

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Madness coming up. Is this team where you want

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them to be right now? Well, I'm going to give

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you a crazy answer, yes and no. Okay. And let

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me explain it. I think one of our biggest weaknesses

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is our inconsistency. And that shows up game

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to game, but sometimes within games. I mean,

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we'll have quarters where we score 28 or 29,

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and then the next quarter we score five. We just

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haven't been able to really sustain throughout

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the schedule and in games and the next game and

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everything. With just some consistency, you know,

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either execution lets down or our energy or,

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you know, we're not getting what we need out

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of the bench or sometimes, you know, the starter's

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trying to do too much, you know, whatever the

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case may be. So to answer your question, yes

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and no. When we're good, we're a really good

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basketball team, and we've shown that. We haven't

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always shown up for 40 minutes in a game, but

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like the Maryland game, we play a great second

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half. Oregon State, when they came down here,

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we played as good as we can possibly play in

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the first half. We just haven't sustained those

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over time. So what I've seen, though, when we're

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good is I really like it, and I think we have

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a chance to really play some meaningful basketball.

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year down the stretch. But we've just got to

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try to eliminate those poor stretches. And every

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team has them, even the good teams. But sometimes

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we have prolonged stretches of ineptitude. So

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we've just got to fix that, you guys. But if

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you would have told me going into the season,

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hey, this is a 20 -win team, I would have said,

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okay, yeah, I like that. You win 20 games total

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playing in the Big Ten. You've had a pretty good

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season. Agreed. And maybe another good example

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of that was... Previous game against the Huskies,

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you got one more left against them. But that

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first game, I mean, that second quarter, 19 points,

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not even getting the double digits any of the

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other three quarters, and it was kind of the

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opposite for Washington. They scored five points

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in that second quarter. But was that first game

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against Washington just one of the weirder games

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that you've been a part of? Because just watching

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that game to me, it was like I can't remember

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a game where a team just in the first quarter

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couldn't score at all, second quarter explodes,

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play great defense, and then it just reverts

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to the third and fourth quarters. Well, you know,

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that was one of those games that, honestly, I

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think we set the game of basketball back about

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two decades. I mean, neither team looked like

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they wanted to win the game. No. I mean, we both

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had high turnover numbers. Neither team could

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put the ball in the basket. You know, I was joking

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with the team today. It was like, you know, in

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the international play, you have the pool play,

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and then you go into bracketed tournament, right?

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There are times, let's say in basketball, you

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want to avoid the Americans at all costs in that

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bracketed tournament. And so my assistant who

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played for the Spanish national team told us

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a story. They were playing like the Netherlands,

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and the winner was. placed in the Americans'

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bracket. Both teams were trying to lose in the

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same game, and they kept throwing the ball away

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and shooting air balls, and it was obvious that

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neither wanted to win. They finally had to stop

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the game. The referees called the coaches over

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and said, hey, we're either stopping the game

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now or, you know, we play it differently. So

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it was that game against the Huskies kind of

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looked like neither team wanted to win the game.

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But we played well defensively. We just couldn't

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throw it in the ocean. I think our top four scores

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were a combined six of 39 from the field. Well,

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that's not going to beat anybody, let alone your

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rival on their home floor. So I'm anticipating

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a much better game this time. for both teams

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and it's going to continue to be competitive,

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but I'm guessing both of us played better. The

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Big Kahuna, Kelly. Hopefully the crowd might

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leave by halftime. Yeah, for the right reasons.

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We're with you there, Coach. The Big Kahuna.

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Kelly Graves joining us on the Danny and Justin

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radio program. It's senior afternoon at MKA Sunday

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as Washington comes to town. The last regular

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season game in the Big Ten for both these schools

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and then the Big Ten tournament in the offing.

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And, Coach, you discussed it in your media availability

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after practice about seeding, and I know you

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got the question, but I'm going to throw it a

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little differently to you. is that there's a

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good chance if things fall the way we think they

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would, and I know you're not going to be doing

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the scoreboard watching. You're just going to

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concentrate on Washington one game at a time.

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But you could see Washington again immediately

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in the Big Ten tournament and for the third time

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in a couple of weeks. So I guess I would ask

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you this way is how do you game plan this time?

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I mean, shooting better is going to be one thing,

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but were there other things that you picked up

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on that you've been working on with this team?

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to take on Washington and set them down on Sunday?

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Well, yeah. I mean, today we spent a lot of time

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on their offense, so how we want to defend them.

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And like I said, we did a great job. You know,

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one thing that they rely on cutting. They get

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open cutters a lot. We didn't get scored on on

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a backdoor cut. Not one time during that game.

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We did an excellent job there. Now they also

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have some actions on the perimeter where they

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make two or three screening motions in a row.

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And we did have some trouble on that. So, you

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know, we spent some time on that. Tomorrow we'll

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do a lot more with our offense. And we did have

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some success. You know, we had some open looks.

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And there were some things that we did offensively

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that did work, and we'll try to accentuate that,

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adjust it. You know, Mia Jacobs we may not have

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tomorrow or, excuse me, Sunday. So that changes

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a lot of what we do. It changes who we are and

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how we play, which could be, you know, to our

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benefit. So, yeah, we're already game planning

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for Sunday. And like you said, there's different

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scenarios. I know we could be as high as eighth

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in the conference tournament, which eighth or

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ninth gets us that first round by. Or we could

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be, I think, no lower than 11th, which means

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you're playing the first day against the 14 seed.

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So, you know, there's a lot to play for for us.

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And, you know, I told the team also today, you

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know, there's some urgency. We could have as,

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you know, we're guaranteed three more games.

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That's it. Our game against Washington, one in

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the Big Ten tournament and one in that postseason

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tournament, we feel like we've done enough to

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make the NCAA. I don't think that will change.

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Agreed. Yeah, no. You know, that's it. So we

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could play as few as three games. And I think

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you could tell by the way we practiced today,

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there was some urgency and focus. And I think

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our kids are excited. We want to continue to

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play. And we also talked about every game now

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that we play is going to be against an NCAA tournament

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team. So every win we can get probably affects

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our seed in the big dance. You know, each win

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could. mean as much as one seed. So I think right

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now they've got us somewhere in the 8 -9. I don't

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really pay that much attention to that. But,

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you know, you certainly don't want to be on those

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seed lines when you get to the NCAA, the way

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our tournament is structured. So, you know, we've

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got something to prove and we've got a lot to

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play for. And hopefully Sunday you're going to

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see the best that the Ducks have to offer. Does

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your coaching approach change at all when you

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have, heading into the postseason, a younger

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team versus an older team? It does. Oh, there's

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no question. You know, you want to keep them

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relaxed and loose, no doubt. But we still are

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teaching a lot at this point in the season with

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such a young team. Whereas, you know, when we

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had Sabrina and Ruthie and they'd been to an

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Elite Eight the first year and an Elite Eight

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the second year, Final Four the third year, you

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know, you just didn't have to teach quite as

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much. You know, just manage their bodies. make

00:25:08.769 --> 00:25:10.569
sure that we're healthy, make sure that we're

00:25:10.569 --> 00:25:15.009
crisp. Practices weren't nearly as long. But

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I think this time of year, you try to keep things

00:25:18.930 --> 00:25:23.710
as loose as possible, you know, because these

00:25:23.710 --> 00:25:26.240
games are important. They know it. You know,

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:28.819
you impress upon them that a little bit, but

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:31.339
at the same time, you don't want them uptight.

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:35.660
You want them playing loose. At this point, teams

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:37.960
aren't changing. Everybody knows what everybody

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:41.019
else is going to do. It's just a matter of going

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:44.200
out with great energy. and then executing. So

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:47.039
the two E's become really important this time

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:49.799
of year. Last two games have been season high

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:52.799
in minutes for Estera Tahina. What have you seen

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:54.640
for her and her development throughout the season

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:57.859
that led to those minutes? Well, number one,

00:25:57.960 --> 00:26:00.579
it's a long season, and Katie physically has

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:03.039
worn down a little bit, right? It's natural.

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:06.200
It's somebody, her body type. So playing Estera

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:09.900
more, it kind of means Katie can either rest

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:12.460
or if she's in the game when they're in there

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:14.539
together, she doesn't always have to handle the

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:17.200
ball against full court pressure. You know, we

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:20.779
can give that to A .T. And quite frankly, A .T.'s

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:22.680
playing well. She's shooting the ball well. She's

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:25.299
been one of our most consistent shooters. And

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:28.319
she's earned the extra time. And we're better

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:32.420
for it. You know, we sometimes rely too much

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:35.900
on our big three, our big top three scorers.

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:39.400
I think we're better when we can kind of share

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:41.980
the wealth, and Purdue was a good example of

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:44.039
that. We had six different players score eight

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:46.380
or more points. That makes us more difficult

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:49.799
to guard, and I think in the end makes us better.

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:52.740
Just a question or two more for you, Coach. Kelly

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:54.380
Graves joining us on the Danny and Justin Radio

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:56.660
program. It's senior afternoon as Washington

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:59.940
comes to town, the last game at MKA for this

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:03.000
season for Kelly Graves' squad. And so it's always

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:05.259
bittersweet, Coach, I know, especially one more

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:07.140
lap around. The only thing we know for sure is

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:09.599
it's going to be the last home game of the season.

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.920
So talk about your seniors a bit, and I know

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:16.660
this group especially has seen a bit over the

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:18.920
last few years especially, but what they mean

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:22.190
to you. Well, this is going to be a more typical

00:27:22.190 --> 00:27:25.289
senior day for a lot of schools. You know, we

00:27:25.289 --> 00:27:27.609
just experienced two senior days on the road

00:27:27.609 --> 00:27:31.569
in Indiana, and it's funny how few four - or

00:27:31.569 --> 00:27:34.190
five -year players you have anymore. You know,

00:27:34.210 --> 00:27:36.970
our three seniors, Mia Jacobs, Estera Tahina,

00:27:37.049 --> 00:27:40.450
and Amina Muhammad. played in a duck uniform

00:27:40.450 --> 00:27:44.670
a grand total of four years combined. But they've

00:27:44.670 --> 00:27:47.509
meant a lot. Mia Jacobs obviously has been one

00:27:47.509 --> 00:27:49.769
of our best players this year, and we wouldn't

00:27:49.769 --> 00:27:53.309
be where we are without her. Estera, we just

00:27:53.309 --> 00:27:56.210
talked about, she has meant a lot to our program.

00:27:56.329 --> 00:27:58.809
What I love about her is she is genuinely and

00:27:58.809 --> 00:28:02.450
uniquely her, with her hairstyles and things

00:28:02.450 --> 00:28:05.069
like that, just the confidence she has and the

00:28:05.069 --> 00:28:08.349
impact she's made as well as Mia. You know, Amina

00:28:08.349 --> 00:28:11.150
has had a lesser role this year on the basketball

00:28:11.150 --> 00:28:13.549
court, but she still means a lot to our program.

00:28:13.809 --> 00:28:16.730
And I, you know, I always try to impress upon

00:28:16.730 --> 00:28:19.029
the team. You never know when your number's called

00:28:19.029 --> 00:28:22.470
and how we need you. We saw it the other night

00:28:22.470 --> 00:28:25.069
with Janiah Williams comes in and has an amazing

00:28:25.069 --> 00:28:28.089
game. We don't win that game without her, right?

00:28:28.750 --> 00:28:31.650
It was unexpected. Well, last year in the NCAA

00:28:31.650 --> 00:28:33.890
tournament, you know, we don't win the Vanderbilt

00:28:33.890 --> 00:28:36.589
game without Amina. You know, she started for

00:28:36.589 --> 00:28:39.170
us last year. People, I think, may forget that.

00:28:39.730 --> 00:28:42.250
But she got an offensive rebound on a missed

00:28:42.250 --> 00:28:44.809
free throw late in the game that iced the Vanderbilt

00:28:44.809 --> 00:28:48.309
game. And just little plays make a big difference.

00:28:48.410 --> 00:28:51.369
And Amina is, I think, classic in that way. She

00:28:51.369 --> 00:28:54.710
makes small little plays that lead to big success.

00:28:54.990 --> 00:28:58.089
So, collectively, it's a really good group. They're

00:28:58.089 --> 00:28:59.970
great students. They're all going to graduate.

00:29:01.069 --> 00:29:04.450
And, you know, they're going to have duck. degrees

00:29:04.450 --> 00:29:06.549
oregon degrees and that means something and i'm

00:29:06.549 --> 00:29:08.849
really proud of them for that so hopefully our

00:29:08.849 --> 00:29:12.569
fans come out and show their appreciation uh

00:29:12.569 --> 00:29:14.890
you know for this group and knowing that hey

00:29:14.890 --> 00:29:17.369
we still have a lot of basketball yet to be played

00:29:17.369 --> 00:29:19.930
but this is a chance for them to honor those

00:29:19.930 --> 00:29:21.880
three And by the way, Coach, you, and I know

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:23.500
you know this, you've got 10 players that average

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:27.980
double -digit minutes. So you have used all of

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:31.039
the talent to their best abilities, and I know

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:34.019
it's led by everyone can just focus in on a Katie

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:37.000
or a Mia or a Sophia, but at the same time, there

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:39.099
are a lot more, the Ari Longs of the world, the

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:41.579
Amino Mohamas, the Avery Canes, and you just

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:44.259
mentioned Janiyah Williams. At any moment, any

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.680
one of these players can step up. You're going

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:47.259
to need every one of them to pull on the rope

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.460
the same way if you're going to make it deep

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:51.240
into a tournament. And you just can't expect

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:53.819
your players over a long season like this to

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:57.380
be robots and to give you exactly the same night

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:59.299
in and night out. You're going to have ups and

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:02.339
downs. And so you rely on that. That's what a

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:05.940
team is about, right? You know, those players

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:10.319
stepping up when their time is called. You know,

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:12.440
and I look, you know, one of our unsung heroes,

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:15.119
you know, we know who our stars are. And even

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:17.140
though she starts for us, I think she's an unsung

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:19.880
hero, and that's Ari Long. Against Purdue the

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:22.380
other night, she set a record. You know, I've

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:25.359
been tracking what we call disruptions for 30

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:29.799
years, you know, disrupting on defense in different

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:35.640
ways. She had 22 disruptions by herself. Our

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:40.750
team goal is 32. And we win about 95 % of our

00:30:40.750 --> 00:30:43.670
games over the last 25 years when my team has

00:30:43.670 --> 00:30:48.609
32 or more disruptions. She had 22 by herself.

00:30:49.009 --> 00:30:51.609
That's crazy. I've never had a player do that.

00:30:51.890 --> 00:30:55.410
And, you know, that's a huge – again, it won't

00:30:55.410 --> 00:30:58.009
show up huge in the stats, you know, with points,

00:30:58.109 --> 00:31:01.009
rebounds, assists. Yeah. But that young woman

00:31:01.009 --> 00:31:03.309
helped us win that game. We don't win it without

00:31:03.309 --> 00:31:05.869
that kind of energy. Well, Coach, finish strong.

00:31:05.950 --> 00:31:08.349
You've got Washington coming in on Sunday afternoon.

00:31:08.470 --> 00:31:12.250
Let's pack out MKA. Maybe the weather will just

00:31:12.250 --> 00:31:14.349
turn rotten, so everyone will want to stay inside

00:31:14.349 --> 00:31:18.390
and come on out to MKA. Yeah, I hope so. And,

00:31:18.410 --> 00:31:20.410
hey, if nothing else, you've been to a number

00:31:20.410 --> 00:31:22.390
of our games, and those fans that do come to

00:31:22.390 --> 00:31:24.710
our games, they know it's going to be exciting.

00:31:25.109 --> 00:31:27.450
It'll be like going to Disneyland. It's riding

00:31:27.450 --> 00:31:32.869
a roller coaster for 40 minutes, and we'll make

00:31:32.869 --> 00:31:36.250
it exciting for them. for sure absolutely coach

00:31:36.250 --> 00:31:38.130
best of luck i know we're going to talk again

00:31:38.130 --> 00:31:40.349
as we get closer to the ncaa tournament we'll

00:31:40.349 --> 00:31:42.349
be interested i know that's a long ways off in

00:31:42.349 --> 00:31:45.009
your mind to uh seating and all of that where

00:31:45.009 --> 00:31:46.769
you're going to be slotted but go get them on

00:31:46.769 --> 00:31:50.390
sunday oh you got it i appreciate it fellas take

00:31:50.390 --> 00:31:52.089
care take care all right go swing them straight

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coach here he goes all right great kelly kelly

00:31:55.390 --> 00:31:58.210
craze the big kahuna uh yeah he's i guarantee

00:31:58.210 --> 00:32:00.460
he's gonna be out swinging the clubs now it's

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:03.220
beautiful outside oh look who's shown up it's

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:07.400
goose which only means if he's gracing us with

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his presence big bets is right around the corner

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00:33:27.410 --> 00:33:30.349
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00:33:30.349 --> 00:33:32.769
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Resort. Goose is in his perch. Baby J is over

00:33:43.109 --> 00:33:46.210
there, along with intern Blaze. The last two

00:33:46.210 --> 00:33:48.329
winners, we've got three winners. I'm the only

00:33:48.329 --> 00:33:51.650
one that hasn't won. I heard your overall record.

00:33:51.730 --> 00:33:53.390
There's no surprise you haven't won when I heard

00:33:53.390 --> 00:33:55.609
your overall record. Thanks a lot, Goose. You

00:33:55.609 --> 00:33:59.549
know what, Smart Alec? Here's the thing, and

00:33:59.549 --> 00:34:02.650
Justin knows this from football season. I'm kind

00:34:02.650 --> 00:34:04.410
of like the Oregon Williams basketball team at

00:34:04.410 --> 00:34:07.829
times. I have to get down, and then I come rocketing

00:34:07.829 --> 00:34:11.090
back up. Yes, I'm 11 -19. You're 21 -9. Baby

00:34:11.090 --> 00:34:13.389
J is 14 -16. You guys ready to go? You know what

00:34:13.389 --> 00:34:15.130
that's called? I don't know what it's called.

00:34:15.210 --> 00:34:18.940
Regression to the mean. All right, Goose, you

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:20.400
picked the games this week, right? I did. All

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:22.659
right, here we go. I will say the home team lasts

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:24.739
in this, by the way, okay? So we'll start out

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:27.199
Michigan and Illinois. And, sir, since you picked

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:29.000
the games, you can pick the first game. And this

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:30.800
is the only tonight game. Michigan -Illinois

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:34.460
is tonight. I was off Michigan last week, and

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:36.480
it worked for me taking Duke. I'm going to stay

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:39.059
off Michigan and take Illinois. Okay, Baby J?

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:41.840
I am going to do the opposite, and I did the

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:43.260
opposite last week, and it didn't work out for

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:44.780
me, but I don't think Michigan's going to lose

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:46.739
another one, so I think I'm going to take Michigan,

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:48.619
despite me saying a couple weeks ago that I was

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:52.599
going to take Illini. Blaze? It's hard for me

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:55.019
to pick against Michigan, but I'm choosing Illinois

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:57.960
because they're at home, and I think their frontcourt's

00:34:57.960 --> 00:35:00.500
going to dominate them. So here's the problem.

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:02.659
They're a one -and -a -half point favorite. Wolverines

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:04.760
have had a history of struggles against Illinois.

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:08.039
They've lost nine consecutive games to them since

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:12.940
2019 on the road. That's research. I research

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:15.260
every game right now. You know what? Because

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:18.360
I am tired of getting my brains beat in on this

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:20.639
game. But that would tell you, though, that the

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:24.199
odds are that that won't continue. It's a tough

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:26.000
matchup for Michigan's defense against Illinois.

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:29.400
They're averaging... Michigan is 89 points a

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:33.519
game, but the Illini also score in big buckets.

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:35.340
But I'm going Michigan here. I have to do a little

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:38.500
bit of contrarian thing against Goose. All right,

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:42.079
so next game is Vanderbilt, Kentucky. Kentucky

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:44.639
among the best defensive teams in the SEC. They

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:47.960
lead the all -time series. Vanderbilt's got a

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:51.619
six -and -a -half point spread difference. They're

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:54.800
getting back a couple of players. I've been on

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:56.880
Kentucky a couple of times, and they mess with

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:58.539
me every time. So you know what? I'm staying

00:35:58.539 --> 00:36:02.260
off Kentucky. I'm going with the visitors. I'm

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:06.039
going Vanderbilt. Goose. I've been on Kentucky

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:07.460
a couple of times, and I feel like they've won

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:09.239
a couple of times that pick. So I'm staying on

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:12.679
Kentucky. Give me the home Wildcats. Blaze. I

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:16.300
dislike these teams both greatly. Vanderbilt's

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:19.260
25th for a reason. They're the worst top 25 team.

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:22.820
Give me Kentucky. Wow. All right, baby J, bring

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:24.519
it home. All right, well, I think this is an

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:26.000
easy one for me. I'm going to go Vandy because

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:28.099
I could see it going either way, and I'll take

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.840
an opportunity to try to pick up a game on Goose.

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:33.599
You do realize I've gone one and four twice this

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:36.000
season already, okay? And now you've picked the

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:38.219
same games I have. I know. Just letting you know.

00:36:38.650 --> 00:36:40.230
You know, you got to go with what your gut is.

00:36:40.309 --> 00:36:42.710
By the way, the coin takes Illinois in the first

00:36:42.710 --> 00:36:44.530
game. They take Vanderbilt in the second game.

00:36:44.610 --> 00:36:47.650
Third game is Alabama at Tennessee. Baby J, you

00:36:47.650 --> 00:36:49.969
get to start us off. All right. Tennessee beat

00:36:49.969 --> 00:36:52.710
Alabama earlier in the season. So I think these

00:36:52.710 --> 00:36:54.250
teams are both really good. I don't think that

00:36:54.250 --> 00:36:55.610
Tennessee is going to beat them twice. So I'm

00:36:55.610 --> 00:36:57.530
going to go with Alabama, even though, as you

00:36:57.530 --> 00:37:01.369
all know, that pains me dearly. Blaze. Tennessee

00:37:01.369 --> 00:37:04.590
is picking up steam. Tennessee easily. Tennessee

00:37:04.590 --> 00:37:08.619
easily. Tennessee easily. Alabama. is coming

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:11.360
off a 25 -point win against Mississippi State.

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:14.760
The Volunteers, though, have gone 14 -1 at home,

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:17.480
and they rank second in the SEC in rebounding

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:20.739
with almost 40 boards a game. I like Tennessee

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:24.659
at home. Even though Rick Barnes looks like a

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:28.340
ghoul, I will take Tennessee in a close game

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:30.719
over Alabama. All right, Goose. Baby J said that

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:32.980
Tennessee won at Alabama, so that tells me they

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:35.119
can win at Tennessee, so give me the Vols and

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:38.519
the ghoul. I certainly hope there aren't any

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:40.019
Rick Barnes fans. Do I have exactly the opposite

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:43.260
picture as the goose? I think I do. Yeah, right

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:44.619
now. All right, I love it. This is the first

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:46.460
game we disagree on. The coin, by the way, takes

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:49.059
Alabama. Louisville and Clemson. You've got to

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:51.300
say that with marbles in your mouth. Louisville

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:56.539
in the ACC, number 24, Louisville, in desperate

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:59.840
need of a victory. The Tigers are 20 -8, 10 -5

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:03.079
in the ACC. They've lost four straight, including

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:06.369
a five -point loss to Florida State. However,

00:38:06.550 --> 00:38:08.309
they're still locked in a three -team time for

00:38:08.309 --> 00:38:10.750
fourth in the final double -bye in the ACC tournament.

00:38:10.849 --> 00:38:12.929
So there's something to play for with these two

00:38:12.929 --> 00:38:15.250
teams. Saying all of that, Blaze, we'll start

00:38:15.250 --> 00:38:18.349
out with you. You know, Louisville is really

00:38:18.349 --> 00:38:20.010
good at beating teams that they're supposed to

00:38:20.010 --> 00:38:23.869
be better than, so Louisville. Louisville. Goose?

00:38:24.389 --> 00:38:27.489
Louisville. There we go. Just right to the point.

00:38:27.909 --> 00:38:31.369
Baby J? I'm just going to go with Louisville.

00:38:31.730 --> 00:38:34.309
But I just also wanted to add, if you say Louisville

00:38:34.309 --> 00:38:38.210
in anywhere near that area, you will be. It is

00:38:38.210 --> 00:38:40.210
Louisville. I've been there, and they tell you.

00:38:40.210 --> 00:38:42.349
It is Louisville. No, I know. You did a good

00:38:42.349 --> 00:38:43.630
job. I was going to say that. You did a good

00:38:43.630 --> 00:38:46.369
job. But if you say Louisville, you are going

00:38:46.369 --> 00:38:48.670
to be frowned upon. It's like saying Willamette.

00:38:49.070 --> 00:38:51.329
If you're out here, right? I've had people do

00:38:51.329 --> 00:38:52.769
that before. If you're in Louisville, you can

00:38:52.769 --> 00:38:55.030
go to the KFC Museum as well and see Colonel

00:38:55.030 --> 00:38:56.989
Davis. Oh, really? There's a little fun factoid

00:38:56.989 --> 00:38:58.389
for you. I didn't know that. The Danny and Justin

00:38:58.389 --> 00:39:00.489
radio program, Big Bats, will open the phones

00:39:00.489 --> 00:39:02.230
up in a minute. Do not call yet. I will tell

00:39:02.230 --> 00:39:04.230
you when you can call. By the way, I've got to

00:39:04.230 --> 00:39:07.730
pick the game. Coyne says Clemson. Clemson boasts

00:39:07.730 --> 00:39:10.010
the ACC's second -best scoring defense. They

00:39:10.010 --> 00:39:12.969
allow just 65 points a game. I don't think Louisville

00:39:12.969 --> 00:39:15.730
is going to be able to hang with that. I think

00:39:15.730 --> 00:39:18.230
Clemson is going to pull this one out at home.

00:39:18.650 --> 00:39:21.429
Important game for them. So I'm going with the

00:39:21.429 --> 00:39:24.869
Tigers. Again, so does the coin. All right, last

00:39:24.869 --> 00:39:26.570
game. This is our tiebreaker game. Total points.

00:39:26.730 --> 00:39:29.750
The over -under on total points for Gonzaga and

00:39:29.750 --> 00:39:35.309
St. Mary's is 146. So just so you know, when

00:39:35.309 --> 00:39:37.909
you do your goose is going to pick like 42 points.

00:39:37.989 --> 00:39:40.550
So let's start out with Blaze. You got to get

00:39:40.550 --> 00:39:42.710
to the phone. So go. Give me Gonzaga. I don't

00:39:42.710 --> 00:39:45.230
see them losing this game. Give me my point total

00:39:45.230 --> 00:39:49.610
as 155. 155. Thanks, Blaze. He'll be out there

00:39:49.610 --> 00:39:51.969
answering the phone. So if you want to get on

00:39:51.969 --> 00:39:53.869
the line now, go ahead and call the Oregon Man

00:39:53.869 --> 00:39:59.309
Clinics hotline at 541 -343 -5673. Goose, what

00:39:59.309 --> 00:40:02.590
say you? Two weeks ago, I went 4 -1, just a little

00:40:02.590 --> 00:40:05.389
pimp myself there. But my only loss was I took

00:40:05.389 --> 00:40:07.889
Santa Clara over Gonzaga on the road. Have you

00:40:07.889 --> 00:40:08.969
learned your lesson? I've learned my lesson.

00:40:09.010 --> 00:40:11.550
I'm taking Gonzaga on the road. Okay. I think

00:40:11.550 --> 00:40:13.710
I also took Santa Clara, and I'm also learning

00:40:13.710 --> 00:40:16.230
my lesson with going with Gonzaga. And I will

00:40:16.230 --> 00:40:22.269
go with a cool 130 points. So you're also on.

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:24.679
The Zags. The Zags, yeah. What was your total

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:26.980
points? Let's go 180. Let's do a reversal. Are

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:30.460
you serious? No. This is a shootout. Shootout

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:34.380
at the CU. Gonzaga and St. Mary's are staring

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:37.500
at each other in the standings for the WCC. They

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:40.840
do get the Graham E .K. has been playing well.

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:45.420
Okay. They played back on January 31st, not that

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:48.840
long ago, in Spokane, and it was a win for the

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:52.309
Zags, 73 -65. They're trying to sweep the Gales

00:40:52.309 --> 00:40:56.309
for the first time since 2020 -2021. So another

00:40:56.309 --> 00:40:59.289
fun fact for you. 14 -game winning streak for

00:40:59.289 --> 00:41:03.550
Gonzaga, and it comes to an end in Moraga. I'm

00:41:03.550 --> 00:41:06.530
taking St. Mary's, and I will go a little bit

00:41:06.530 --> 00:41:10.730
lower scoring game. I like that 143 -146 line,

00:41:10.849 --> 00:41:15.630
so I am going to go 142. Okay. The coin says

00:41:15.630 --> 00:41:17.289
Gonzaga, by the way, and we're going to keep

00:41:17.289 --> 00:41:20.869
them on the line at 146. All right, so now your

00:41:20.869 --> 00:41:24.610
turn to call in the Danny and Justin radio program

00:41:24.610 --> 00:41:26.809
with Goose. It's Big Bets. Who do we got? We

00:41:26.809 --> 00:41:29.289
got Brad. Oh, Brad. We were just talking about

00:41:29.289 --> 00:41:32.670
Brad, who's been away for a couple of weeks.

00:41:32.750 --> 00:41:35.239
Thanks for calling in, buddy. You ready? Yeah,

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:37.800
totally. I was out of town. That's why I missed

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:40.519
it. We missed you greatly. We just thought maybe

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:42.099
you were embarrassed by your picks the last few

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:44.280
weeks. I mean, maybe there's a little of that,

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:48.579
too. All right, you ready? Yep. All right, here

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:51.940
we go. Michigan, Illinois. Michigan. Vanderbilt,

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:59.980
Kentucky. Give me KY. Alabama, Tennessee. Tennessee.

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:04.679
Like that. Louisville, Clemson. Louis V. Hay.

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:08.820
We can always count on him. Best pronunciation

00:42:08.820 --> 00:42:11.420
of the day. We can always count on Brad. All

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:14.219
right. Battle of the WCC. Regular season title

00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:17.320
on the line. Gonzaga in Moraga, California. Take

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:20.280
on St. Mary's. I'm going with Gonzaga on the

00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:27.639
road. And total points, bud? Let's go 160. 160.

00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:29.579
So you and Goose have the highest point totals.

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:32.340
Thanks for listening as always, bud. Yep. There

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:34.239
he goes. Take care. You too. There goes the great

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:36.440
Brad. In and out, man. He knows the brevity of

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:38.780
radio works. The Danny and Justin Radio Program,

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:40.400
a lot to talk about on Monday. We're going to

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:44.139
have baseball, softball, basketball, senior day,

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:46.820
last week of the regular season for Oregon men's

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:48.940
basketball. There's going to be a whole lot going

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:52.619
on. And discussing how we all fared in these

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:55.820
games. I'm excited to listen just to that part.

00:42:56.179 --> 00:42:58.260
Because you guys have picked it. Somebody can

00:42:58.260 --> 00:43:00.800
either. It's a make -or -break week. I can either

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:03.179
really extend or you guys can really close this

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:05.059
thing up. I would like to see you come back to

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:06.360
the pack just a little bit. We're going to start

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:09.619
chipping away at the lead. 21 -9. I think that's

00:43:09.619 --> 00:43:11.300
the most impressive start we've ever had for

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:14.000
anybody in Big Bets. By far. 70 % according to

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:17.900
my math. Not that I need to tell Goose that,

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:21.300
but, you know. Back to the phones we go in a

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:23.119
minute. Yes, we got Chris from Junction City.

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:26.369
What up, Chris? Hey, what's going on, fellas?

00:43:26.590 --> 00:43:28.989
It's Goose's best friend sitting in the parking

00:43:28.989 --> 00:43:31.570
lot of the Viking Inn holding a water waiting

00:43:31.570 --> 00:43:34.230
for Goose to show up. Chris, you ready? I'm ready.

00:43:34.469 --> 00:43:35.989
All right, here we go, bud. We'll start out with

00:43:35.989 --> 00:43:38.929
Michigan, Illinois. Give me Michigan. Michigan.

00:43:39.690 --> 00:43:43.750
Vanderbilt, Kentucky. Kentucky. Alabama, Tennessee.

00:43:44.349 --> 00:43:48.550
Good old Rocky Top. Have you ever picked against

00:43:48.550 --> 00:43:51.829
Tennessee, Chris? I just really like Conway Twitty.

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:58.500
Louisville, Clemson. Louisville. Louisville.

00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:01.840
And finally, the WCC matchup, Gonzaga and St.

00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:06.880
Mary's. Go with the Zags and give me 152. 152

00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:10.059
just underneath Blaze. Buddy, as always, you

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:12.719
have a great weekend. All right. Thank you. You

00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:14.440
too. All right. There he goes, the great Chris,

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:16.460
who was a past winner as well. In fact, I think

00:44:16.460 --> 00:44:18.280
when he called last time, he was on his way down.

00:44:18.760 --> 00:44:20.500
What? By the way, Dylan Thienemann just ran a

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:22.739
4 -3 -7 in his first attempt at the 40 in the

00:44:22.739 --> 00:44:24.280
combine. Okay, so he's going to be a first -round

00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:26.739
pick. First -round pick. Probably late. Now,

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:28.940
they're projecting Dylan Thienemann possibly

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:32.260
to the Chargers, by the way, with number 28 on

00:44:32.260 --> 00:44:34.480
the whole pick scale. So the phone line open,

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:37.280
the Oregon Mad Clinics hotline at 541 -343 -5673.

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:39.360
You guys did a great job getting through the

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:42.280
picks, by the way. We've got probably time for

00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:44.860
three or four more phone callers. Easy if you

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:46.260
want to get in. Let's get some new blood, some

00:44:46.260 --> 00:44:47.820
new folks. If you haven't called in, give us

00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:51.340
a buzz. 5 -4 and 3 -4 -3, 5 -6 -7. That Coquille

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:54.280
suite is pretty sweet. You've been to the Coquille

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:56.300
suite? I haven't. I've been to the Coquille Casino.

00:44:56.300 --> 00:44:59.800
I have not been invited into the suite, but I

00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:02.800
would be more than happy to be invited into the

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:04.800
suite for a night. So, by the way, I am the only

00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:09.460
one on St. Mary's. Not surprising. Yeah, with

00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:13.250
my 11 -19 sparkling record. So we have actually,

00:45:13.369 --> 00:45:15.010
Baby J, you and I have three games we're different

00:45:15.010 --> 00:45:16.849
on. The only two games we're same on is Michigan

00:45:16.849 --> 00:45:18.969
and Vanderbilt. The first two. And then we're

00:45:18.969 --> 00:45:21.650
opposite. We're opposite field on the next three.

00:45:21.750 --> 00:45:23.530
Let's see. I'm going to take a look here at Goose

00:45:23.530 --> 00:45:26.969
today. Goose, you and I only pick one game in

00:45:26.969 --> 00:45:30.449
common. We have the ghoul in Tennessee. Could

00:45:30.449 --> 00:45:32.590
be a separation Saturday one way or the other.

00:45:33.260 --> 00:45:35.440
I think this is a pivotal week. I think so, too.

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:37.219
Man, I'm just going to give up on this game.

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:40.900
If I go one and four again, that's it. I'm going

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:43.840
to quit the game. I'm going to just walk away.

00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:45.099
You're going to take your ball and go home? 5

00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:48.579
-4 -1 -3 -4 -3 -5 -6 -7 -3 is the Oregon Man

00:45:48.579 --> 00:45:50.320
Clicks Hotline, the Danny and Justin Radio Program.

00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:53.059
Live from the Bigfoot Beverages Studios, Fox

00:45:53.059 --> 00:45:55.539
Sports Eugene, Fox Sports Newport. What big clients

00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:58.039
you got going on this weekend, Goose? Nothing?

00:45:58.099 --> 00:45:59.099
You're going to hang around the house? Yeah,

00:45:59.099 --> 00:46:01.340
nothing too big. And I heard you saying things

00:46:01.340 --> 00:46:03.059
on Monday about me, so I'm here to defend myself.

00:46:03.260 --> 00:46:05.280
Me and my wife did leave a little wine in Newport.

00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:07.179
You asked if there was any wine left in Newport.

00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:09.260
You said a little, though. We took a lot of it,

00:46:09.300 --> 00:46:12.900
but we did leave some behind. Was that fun? It

00:46:12.900 --> 00:46:15.460
was great. We had a great time. Saw some friends

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:17.880
there. Woody had a couple tickets he gave me,

00:46:18.079 --> 00:46:20.639
and I was sitting at Nana's Irish Pub one night,

00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:22.119
and the people next to me were like, yeah, we

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:23.380
were thinking about going, we're not sure, and

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:25.699
I handed them two tickets, and they got to go

00:46:25.699 --> 00:46:28.820
on the... on Fox Sports Newport's behalf, so

00:46:28.820 --> 00:46:30.780
it was cool. That's awesome. And I listened to

00:46:30.780 --> 00:46:32.380
Fox Sports Newport while I was over there. I

00:46:32.380 --> 00:46:33.920
got to listen to you guys. We were driving in

00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:36.639
on Friday and got to listen to my voice. That

00:46:36.639 --> 00:46:38.199
freaked my wife out. I'm in the car with her,

00:46:38.280 --> 00:46:39.780
and she's listening to my voice on the radio

00:46:39.780 --> 00:46:41.719
thing, so it was pretty good. Probably cool,

00:46:41.860 --> 00:46:44.559
though. It was great, yeah. I felt like a celebrity

00:46:44.559 --> 00:46:46.960
sitting in the car. The line is open right now.

00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:48.940
We've got time for maybe one or two more phone

00:46:48.940 --> 00:46:52.739
calls. At 5 -4 -1 -3 -4 -3 -5 -6 -7 -3, it's

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:54.340
Big Bets. Again, how you play it, you just bet

00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:57.019
on the games straight up and down. Give us the

00:46:57.019 --> 00:46:59.579
total points for the Gonzaga -St. Mary's game.

00:46:59.619 --> 00:47:02.000
Listen, we have proven this is not a rocket science,

00:47:02.199 --> 00:47:05.179
okay? I mean, the coin went 4 -1 the first week.

00:47:07.210 --> 00:47:09.570
I did a lot of prep this week, though. I was

00:47:09.570 --> 00:47:11.989
proud of myself for the prep. Especially since

00:47:11.989 --> 00:47:13.590
I didn't send them over until this morning, so

00:47:13.590 --> 00:47:15.309
you had to jump right on them. Listen, you know

00:47:15.309 --> 00:47:17.610
what that prep is? That's desperation. That smells

00:47:17.610 --> 00:47:19.789
of desperation. Do you want to know the only

00:47:19.789 --> 00:47:21.929
person that did more prep than I think you've

00:47:21.929 --> 00:47:24.409
done for this week? Dom. My mom. Oh, your mom.

00:47:24.489 --> 00:47:27.269
Oh, yeah. When she was on football, she was on

00:47:27.269 --> 00:47:29.809
fire. She was locked in. She was en fuego. All

00:47:29.809 --> 00:47:32.550
right, so I got like 15 seconds. If you're not

00:47:32.550 --> 00:47:34.800
going to hop on. Then we're going to close off

00:47:34.800 --> 00:47:37.619
the phones and we'll wrap it up. If you wanted

00:47:37.619 --> 00:47:40.440
to get in, you can still go to Bigger Bets. We

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:42.659
should put the games up on Bigger Bets. I think

00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:44.880
Michigan -Illinois is 5 o 'clock tonight. So

00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:46.400
you've got to get them in before 5 o 'clock.

00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:49.719
And you'll be eligible, okay? There you go. That'll

00:47:49.719 --> 00:47:52.280
do it. All right, we'll close it off. So a good

00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:55.860
time, boys. Well done. Okay, we'll see. So, by

00:47:55.860 --> 00:47:59.119
the way, at least I haven't gone 0 -5 yet on

00:47:59.119 --> 00:48:03.070
the season. Have any of us gone 0 -5 yet? Dom

00:48:03.070 --> 00:48:05.550
went 0 -5. That's right. We've had one that's

00:48:05.550 --> 00:48:07.090
gone, and the coin went 0 -5 one week. We had

00:48:07.090 --> 00:48:09.690
the interns go a combined 1 -9, I think, that

00:48:09.690 --> 00:48:12.110
one week. Yeah, they were. That was last week.

00:48:12.650 --> 00:48:16.909
Oh, that's right. Oh, a joke! I got fired from

00:48:16.909 --> 00:48:18.769
the bank today. A woman asked me to check her

00:48:18.769 --> 00:48:22.610
balance, so I pushed her. Dad jokes! How do you

00:48:22.610 --> 00:48:26.539
cook an alligator? How do you cook an alligator?

00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:28.460
I'm glad we have Goose for these. He gets them.

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:31.820
Sometimes I do that one. I don't have my amphibian

00:48:31.820 --> 00:48:37.699
puns ready. Of course. It's a crock pot. A crock

00:48:37.699 --> 00:48:40.400
pot. That was easy. That was a good one. Crock

00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:43.480
pot. All right, kids. All right, so lots of action.

00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:46.840
In fact, you've got about a half hour, 35 minutes,

00:48:46.860 --> 00:48:51.619
first pitch at Jane for Idaho State and Oregon.

00:48:52.799 --> 00:48:55.840
Softball? Do I have that right? Yeah. It's the

00:48:55.840 --> 00:49:00.079
Bengals, right? I think it's Stanford. No. Uh

00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:04.179
-oh. No. No. It's Idaho State. You're right.

00:49:04.219 --> 00:49:08.239
It is Idaho State. You do all that prep on the

00:49:08.239 --> 00:49:10.320
basketball, and then you can't get the softball

00:49:10.320 --> 00:49:11.760
right. Put a smile on your face. Someone else

00:49:11.760 --> 00:49:13.760
says they deserve it. So do you. For the entire

00:49:13.760 --> 00:49:15.800
crew, I'm Doc. Peace.