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Strap in and be prepared. Room for error is much

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slimmer in basketball. You lose one player and

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it changes your entire team. It's not like that

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in football. It's just not. It's not. Interesting

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guests. Kelly Graves, Mike Parker, Coach Mark

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Waszkowski, Noah Eagle, Melissa Lombardi, Kenyon

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Barnard, Jonathan Stewart. Sharp opinions. Dana

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Altman probably earned a pass for a down year

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after almost 20 years. of what he's done for

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Oregon basketball. Guys, I was stuck in a car

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wash. Sounds like an R. Kelly song. It's not

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an R. Kelly song. 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. It's like the saying in Alaska,

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that you don't have to be faster than the bear.

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You just have to be faster than your friend.

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Danny and Justin starts now on Fox Sports Eugene

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and Fox Sports Newport. Sitting in for Danny

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today, it's Goose, Steve Mims. Welcome into the

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Danny and Justin show on a Friday afternoon.

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Yes, Danny remains on the OSA beat at the 2A

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basketball tournament. This is Steve Mims, AKA

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Goose. Here to fill in Justin for the third day

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in a row. Thanks for having me back one more

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time and we'll do another three Pete next week

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as well. Yes we will and uh it's a little bit

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more comfortable today just being in the studio

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not that we didn't have a great time yesterday

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but it was nice just to be able to come to the

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come to the studio and just be able to sit down

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and talk right. Yes it's nice that you didn't

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have to set up a whole studio and uh and and

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and take one down as well and then during the

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show have to wonder about whether or not people

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could hear us or not, but it's glad that everybody

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did. And again, big thanks yesterday too. We

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had a great time out at Track Town USA. The General

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Jeff Oliver set us up in a catbird seat. Big

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appreciation to Aliyah McCormick who joined us,

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the great Oregon hurdler who is going to try

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to win the indoor hurdles title at the NCAAs

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next week, and Luke Tewalt who's a transfer from

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Wake Forest. Those two were two awesome interviews.

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They definitely were. No, sometimes with athletes

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you never know, but both of them very, very well

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spoken. and got to still peek behind the curtain,

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which is always fun. So, yeah, great interviews.

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Yeah, it was fun to have those two. And then

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Jody Smith, the CEO of Track Town USA and Karen

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Ramming, who's the chief marketing officer and

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did it. So again, big thanks to Track Town USA.

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They have, as we talked a lot about yesterday,

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it's a full schedule of events highlighted by

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the pre -classic on 4th of July weekend and the

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World U -20 Championships, not the national,

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but the World U -20 Championships. So Track Town

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USA. go there to get tickets and line up for

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a big summer and I got an idea that the Danny

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and Justin show will be a part of some of those

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events in one way or another as the summer continues

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as well. I think so for sure. All right, so thanks

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to all them Thanks to Josh Wilcox who joined

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us on Wednesday. It's been fun being in here

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for three these three days Appreciate Josh today,

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though. We're going guest free Justin We're gonna

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see if you and I can do 60 minutes without needing

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anybody else to fill in 15 for us You ready to

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go? I think so. I think we can take care of it.

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All right, sounds good Danny is down at the two

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-way tournament and he is covering the Oakland

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Trinity Lutheran semi -final game right now one

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of four games he's doing today so we're hoping

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that Danny will be back on Monday and we hope

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that his voice will come with him because he's

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been calling a lot of games over there and he's

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working hard he has Oakland taking on Trinity

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Christian I'm a big Oakland fan Jeff Clark the

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Oakland coach is somebody who I covered a lot

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during my time at the Register Guard he's been

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there a long time been very successful so go

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Okers as far as I'm concerned on that one All

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right, let's get into the news of the day. And

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Justin, last day yesterday when we talked about

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Oregon going on to take Maryland in the second

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round of the Big Ten tournament, we said, we

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think the win over Purdue got them in, but a

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win over Maryland certainly gets them in. Now

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they're in, right? I know these brackets can

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do weird things. Sometimes brackets pop up in

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weird ways and show you things that they shouldn't.

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But at this point, I feel like not only does

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Oregon comfortably in the tournament, They might

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be getting close to, if not already getting off

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that 8 -9 line that we've talked about. I think

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they're close. At the very least, they have an

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argument because you can make a... Argument that

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yesterday's win was maybe the best one of the

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season. Yeah, I think right on the line with

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the last time exactly Maybe Maryland the first

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time was the best one of the season before then

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but something we talked about was hey would Oregon

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maybe have a little momentum because yes They'd

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played a game previously which three games from

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then if you play five games in five days or whatever

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it might take a toll But would that actually

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help them in this game? I would make an argument.

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Maybe it didn't actually because they didn't

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start off. It wasn't a great first quarter That's

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something that we talked about yesterday as well

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whether or not that would be something that they'd

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be able to do start off strong and it didn't

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seem matter It was the same. It's the same story

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like the identity of this team has been the same

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all season long They don't usually start off.

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Well, they figure things out in the middle two

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quarters They occasionally have a quarter in

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there where they just like can't score But then

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their defense will play well to bring them back

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in it and then in the fourth quarter 21 to 11

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it just was one of those fourth quarters for

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them and they were able to take the victory and

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move on and now they're gonna play Michigan Yeah,

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so it was it was 57 51 head into the fourth and

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it was similar Oregon I think was down double

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digits to Maryland in the second half last time

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they played them Yeah and had a big fourth quarter

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and that was on the road and had a big fourth

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and like you say 21 to 11 in the fourth Oregon

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gets out of there 73 68 they kind of had it in

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control, but then it came back down to the point

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where they got one to Avery Kane with, you know,

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they were leading. It was pretty weird because

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they got the ball with like 33 seconds left and

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a two point lead. And Maryland didn't foul. They

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decided to guard him, which I thought was weird

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because even if you throw up one at the buzzer

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and miss it and they get the rebound, there's

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going to be like two seconds left. They weren't

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going to get a good look anyway. So I thought

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it was a weird decision not to. But then it didn't

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even matter because Oregon runs the clock down,

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gets it to Avery Kane, and she hits a nice thing.

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It was her fourth three pointer of the game.

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She hit a big three pointer, a career night kind

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of for Avery. Cain off the bench, which we talked

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about in a tournament like this. You're not going

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to get in a day, day, day playing day after day.

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You're going to need some people to step up because

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some people aren't going to be right on. And

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Avery Cain hits that one. That sealed the win.

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You could see a little fist pump from the big

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Kahuna on the sideline there. And he enjoyed

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that one. So that gave Oregon the win. Like you

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say, moved him into the quarterfinals tonight

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against Michigan. But Katie Fiso, we talked about

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scoreless last night in the first half. 12 points

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in the third quarter, 14 points in the game.

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Fiso, and it's funny, the big Kahuna said, he

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told her at halftime, hey, you've rested the

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entire first half, maybe you should be fresh

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to go out here and have a nice second half, which

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is exactly what she did. Ehis Etute, 20 points,

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10 rebounds, continuing her revenge tour against

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the coaches who did not vote for the all -conference

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team. And again, I saw Graves said afterwards,

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she's out to prove them wrong. And as we mentioned,

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Avery Kane, CLA transfer comes off the bench

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and hits for 13 points, including three three

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points. She was three of three on three pointers

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and she has 13. So that gets Oregon a 73 -68

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win. That brings them into a game tonight against

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Michigan. Michigan is a team that is the third

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seed in this tournament. Michigan ranked in the

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country, they're ranked number eight, so a chance

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for a top 10 win. This is why I say if Oregon

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can win tonight, it definitely moves them off

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that eight, nine line. From what we talked about

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yesterday, we talked about how, yeah, sometimes

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in a tournament, if you play day one, you get

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to see the rims and get some energy going. On

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day two, you have an advantage. I say that didn't

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pay off. That also no longer exists now, because

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now you're playing day three, and it's still

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day one for Michigan. I look back at the old

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days of the Pac -12 tournament. You had a first

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round by it, but nobody had more than that. So

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like Michigan's now coming in fresh, and Oregon's

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playing. And even Graves said last night, I don't

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know what we're going to have left. We played

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two days in a row and played three in a row,

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and Michigan doesn't. But we've seen Oregon play

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Michigan well before. Oregon's riding some momentum.

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We've seen them showing some depth. I think it's

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kind of a night, hey, we've wrapped up basically

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an NCAA tournament. at birth, you know, the old

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Dana Altman line, go out there and take a swing

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and see what you can do because there's not a

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lot to lose at this point. Not a lot to lose.

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I think that's the key right there. There is

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pressure because of course you want to win but

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I think the pressure is off of them They're kind

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of playing with house money at this point and

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if they can win this game Which by the way last

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game against Michigan tell me you've heard this

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story before They were down and after the first

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quarter 11 points at halftime. They were down

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15 points or 16 points and then big third quarter

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big fourth quarter They actually were leading

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in the first overtime probably should have closed

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the deal in that one and then in Michigan ends

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up taking it but it's a really really good Michigan

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team, but But like you say I think that this

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is a team that like Katie Fiso Takes the night

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off like not the night off, but she has the half

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off as Kelly Graves says and When she's attacking

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and she's at her best Then this is when the team

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is at their best and I think they've kind of

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figured it out where he's just kind of like she's

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like the you know She cleans up the boards and

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she's kind of doing all that you know they have

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a player here and there that can Add to what

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they're doing scoring wise. It's really been

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those two sophomores But then it's like someone

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else in their wins every single game has been

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that third player So I'm that's kind of what

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I'm interested in tonight and Michigan obviously

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hasn't been playing Maybe Oregon still has the

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energy that Michigan sort of it has to figure

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out early on and you know We said that before

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yesterday's game. So that might not be the case

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Yeah Yeah, and Michigan, as we mentioned, coming

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in. It's Michigan's 24 -5. They went 15 -3 in

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the Big Ten, again, the third seed in this tournament.

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24 -5 overall, ranked eighth in the country.

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So in addition to moving you into the semifinals,

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it would give you a huge win. Maryland's a ranked

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team. Again, that was a nice one for the resume.

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I think if you knock off Michigan and get in

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the semifinals, I think you're off that eight

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-nine line. You might even be up to a six -type

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thing, which would be great, because if you're

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the sixth that second round, you're playing on

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the road against a home team, but it's... three

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seed. So now you're looking at, you know, maybe

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the ninth to 12th best team in the country, not

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and for folks who don't know what we're talking

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about, as we mentioned before, if you're the

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eight, nine, your second game is at Yukon or

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South Carolina or UCLA or Texas. Basically, you're

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at the one seed and those are not places you

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want to try to win to advance to the second week.

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But if you could go like Oregon did last year

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when they went and played at Duke, I believe

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it was and gave them a pretty good, you know,

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they faced them and Duke was again, similar thing,

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a two, three seed Oregon gamer run. didn't advance

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out of there, but you give yourself kind of a

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shot, whereas there's kind of those one seeds

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in women's basketball this year. And not just

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because you're playing them, you're playing them

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in their home court. You're playing at UConn.

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You're playing at South Carolina. These are places

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that are going to be sold out and a miserable

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place for a visiting team to go. So I think with

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a win tonight, again, with a loss tonight, I

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think Oregon's probably moved themselves up to

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be kind of on that 7 -6 line, which I think if

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you're there, that's as good as you can hope

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for, and that gives you a fighting chance. I

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think you're definitely on that six and goodness

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all of a sudden then you start thinking man Can

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you win the semis can this be just kind of a

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miracle and we're like after every one you say

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look girls? We're not even gonna practice in

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the morning. Just go sleep Let's just rest rest

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get ready use all our energy during these games

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And and I kind of think Kelly Dick Kelly Graves

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can be dangerous with a team But again not expected

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to win and not there's like you say it's not

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a you know a no -lose situation You always got

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something to lose but a game to worry if you

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do lose you're not feeling like hey it was you

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know, we missed out on something. So I think

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Kelly can be pretty dangerous. He might try,

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you know, we saw that Jasmine Williams came in

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that one game, you know, when, when she hadn't

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played much, I wouldn't be surprised if Kelly

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pulls some strings to try to get some things

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to happen. And I think at Kelly Graves team this

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time of year can be dangerous. Well, there's

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something about a team and this team does have

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seniors, but You've seen this with teams in the

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past where they're almost too young to realize

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They're not supposed to be doing what they're

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doing and that I think could be a case with the

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team that has I think a little bit more left

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on the bone than what we've seen this season

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I mean so many of these games this year that

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they've lost they could have won They've been

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competitive in almost every single game So it

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feels like they're just like a couple steps away

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from being another level up than what they've

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been If they have a game, I mean Katie, what

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did she set her career high against Washington?

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I believe Has a really big second half against

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Maryland. Like if she can somehow just continue

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to like raise the bar for herself and what that

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does for the team, I could see them making a

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run for sure at each individual game. You could

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at this point, you go, OK, well, if you're in

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the semis, like you can win two games in a row.

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I mean, obviously you could be playing some really

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good teams, but I'm kind of wondering this, Steve

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Goose. Do you think that they were benefited

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in a way by or is it maybe the same since they've

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lost to? Washington they played that extra first

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round game against Purdue So then they are on

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a little bit different side of the bracket they

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get to play Maryland who they played before Do

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you think it almost worked out for them in a

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way that they got to play that extra game? This

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far it could have like I say it may start to

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catch up to now because they would have had that

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by and You're right. They would have had I think

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they would have played They would be playing

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UCLA tonight if they had be that Washington game

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because they would have played uh, U .S. or not

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U .S. Yeah, they would have played, they would

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have been in that Washington spot. So they would

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have played U .S .C., which they, you know, if

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they do it Washington, they win. But tonight

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probably would have been the dead end. So yeah,

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if you win tonight, it certainly has helped you

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because you've won three games, whereas odds

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are if you'd had the bye, you'd have only won

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the one. Um... And then from there on out, it's

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great because I don't think they would have beaten

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UCLA in the tournament, especially a UCLA team

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that hasn't played for two days like you have.

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Lauren Betts is way too good. Yeah, no, it definitely,

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you know, if you win tonight in particular, you

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say, hey, this 11 worked out great for us. And

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it probably helped our, you know, the loss to

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Washington is offset by three wins, including

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two ranked wins here. So it actually ends up

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helping your seeding in that thing as well, I

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think. Yeah, no, it's just interesting to think

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about. Long term like those little things could

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add up to a little higher seed and you play a

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little bit different of opponent like You're

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on a different side of the bracket like those

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things matter So I do think that in a way like

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overall this team has still been a little bit

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up and down In the end of the season they had

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a nice stretch But then losses to Washington

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and Ohio State and then they lose to Indiana

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like they're kind of they were kind of on and

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off but you know for some reason it feels like

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this team is figuring something out right now

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and I think it's just because they're young and

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they're still learning and maybe they don't realize

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the pressure that they're under and Eventually

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they will I think but for right now like I think

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they just need to just see how long they can

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ride whatever momentum they have Well, it's funny

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you mention that, because that was the story

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of Sabrina Ruthie's freshman year. They got into

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the NCAA tournament, not the conference, but

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the NCAA tournament as a double -digit seed.

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They went down to the Carolinas, I think it was

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North Carolina, and I'm going off memory here,

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so if people, if I get a factor on here, listeners,

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I'm going off memory. It's been a few years.

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Don't kill them. But they had this freshman team

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that got in as kind of one of the last -at -large

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teams in. They go down to North Carolina. They

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pull two upsets to get into the Sweet 16. off

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another one in the Sweet 16, and it was the second

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time that Graves, he had done it with Gonzaga,

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had gotten a double digit seed into the Elite

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Eight. And it's like the only two times that

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it had ever happened in history were Kelly Graves

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teams. So that was that thing too, where he talked

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about how Sabrina and Ruthie, all they know is

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to go out and play and try exactly. And they're

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not intimidated by these places. And I think

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you could see that with this team too, the same

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thing. And then like I say, next week. They won't

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be a double -digit to see but we could see a

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similar thing next to be I do think there's something

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to be said for having a team All they know right

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now is is winning. I don't think they're looking

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at Michigan, you know, they've played them already

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They've matched up against them and been there.

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I don't think they're looking at the ranking

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going Oh my gosh, we have to beat the number

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18 that I think they look and say, you know,

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hey first off Let's just hope we got the energy

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to do but if we got the energy Let's go out there

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and play them straight up and see where it goes.

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No, absolutely and As I said, I think that just

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because it's it's not even just that they're

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led by two sophomores Those were two sophomores

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that I mean obviously Katie played a little bit

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last year, but she was off the bench She wasn't

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a main role like she wasn't getting the ball

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Kadeja Kelly was getting the ball every single

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possession basically and then he's He's played

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like kind of a bench role last year and she broke

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out a little bit but these are two players that

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just like don't have very many games under their

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belt and those would I Definitely their best

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few players. So Don't know like it's interesting,

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you know, if you asked me a week and a half two

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weeks ago I would have said, you know Probably

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see then win a game or two in the Big Ten tournament

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and then get to be that eight or nine I thought

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it was for sure to be there an eight nine. You're

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maybe gonna win that first game They played pretty

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well against the teams that are in that eight

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or nine range So I would maybe I would still

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expect them if they were that to win Yeah, and

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I thought it was just gonna be okay you get to

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the second round again And then it's out, but

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I think that the potential now is it's definitely

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higher Yeah, no, absolutely and and again not

00:16:54.049 --> 00:16:55.769
to look ahead But if you if you win this one

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you get either, Illinois or Iowa get two teams

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You don't have an unbeatable team there So but

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get by Michigan first a couple things and you

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mentioned this one when Oregon played Michigan

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State Michigan earlier It was 92 87 Michigan,

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but that was a double overtime game. Yes, Oregon

00:17:09.490 --> 00:17:10.890
had the ball I can't remember if it was in a

00:17:10.890 --> 00:17:13.309
regulation or end of overtime, the first overtime,

00:17:13.430 --> 00:17:15.710
they had the ball and set up a play to get the

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game winning. it went awry the play did not even

00:17:19.769 --> 00:17:21.470
kelly said after we tried to run something we

00:17:21.470 --> 00:17:23.210
we hadn't run in a while but they were there

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with a shot to win that one so they could be

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there a couple other interesting notes from oregon

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um you know this is the first time obviously

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that oregon's been in the big 10 quarterfinals

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but first time that they've won multiple games

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in a conference tournament since the 2020 pack

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12 tournament which they won and then we're going

00:17:39.470 --> 00:17:40.910
to stop talking about that because we don't want

00:17:40.910 --> 00:17:42.569
to remember what happened or what could have

00:17:42.569 --> 00:17:44.950
happened after that um and we talked about last

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night being a five point game Since joining the

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:49.599
Big Ten, now Oregon's played 20 games that have

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been cited by five points or less. We talk about

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the Cardiac Kids. That's six more than any other

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team in the last two years. And you mentioned

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it, Tutte, and she's averaged in the last five

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games, 20 .2 points and 12 rebounds. So she right

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:04.839
now, and Kelly had said, you know, in that first

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game when she got in foul trouble against Purdue,

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:08.890
he's like, I told her. Nobody can stop you. Just

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stay out of foul trouble. And I think we can

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see them get a run at that one of their nights.

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So for those looking to watch, and I know somebody

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said that there are some Oregon fans complaining

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because they they didn't have tonight on their

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schedule because they didn't say if the Ducks

00:18:22.309 --> 00:18:23.970
would make it. So they have plans to go out to

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the Holt Center and some other places. But those

00:18:26.309 --> 00:18:28.089
of you who believed in your ducks and have been

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playing to watch all along tonight, they are

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six o 'clock again. That's from the Gamebridge

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Fieldhouse. And that's again back on the Big

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Ten Network, which is good. That means we can

00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:40.619
watch it and you've got Sloan Martin and Christy

00:18:40.619 --> 00:18:43.200
Winters Scott are the analysts and Elise Woodward

00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:45.759
is the sideline reporter something We haven't

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:47.339
really talked about that. I think maybe should

00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:48.960
be mentioned. We've talked so much about the

00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:52.029
energy They basically played a seven man rotation

00:18:52.029 --> 00:18:54.829
or seven woman rotation last night You had sarah

00:18:54.829 --> 00:18:56.970
ramos and amina mohammed playing four and five

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minutes respectively And other than that you

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had the starters and then avery kane and the

00:19:00.730 --> 00:19:03.589
stare tahina off the bench who had 24 minutes

00:19:03.589 --> 00:19:06.390
and 21 minutes obviously big game for avery kane

00:19:06.390 --> 00:19:08.210
and then astera just plays this really important

00:19:08.210 --> 00:19:10.289
role for them because katie has a ball in her

00:19:10.289 --> 00:19:12.049
hand so much that they need somebody else they

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can Be able to just take the pressure off her.

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Yeah, and so I just find that interesting I think

00:19:17.309 --> 00:19:18.890
it's interesting that you know, we knew the rotation

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:21.220
was going to tighten up a lot, but certainly

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:24.200
a seven -person rotation is pretty tight. Yeah,

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and we talked about, you know, Janaya Williams,

00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:27.980
there was that game a couple weeks ago where

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suddenly they were behind and she comes in. So

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maybe that's the thing tonight that Kelly, if

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the starters are a little slow at the beginning

00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:35.420
because they haven't, he tries to induce some

00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:38.039
energy and brings her in. Or like I say, Tahina

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:40.259
comes in and gets some things going. So it'll

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:42.000
be interesting to see. But like I say, I think

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:43.480
Kelly probably enjoys this, too. It's a chance

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.839
to kind of try some things and know, hey, if

00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:47.000
it doesn't work, we've gotten a couple of nice

00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:50.700
wins. You know, we had home, you know, kind of

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:52.680
later than people thought, but earlier than we

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:54.859
wanted. So I think you take a couple risks there

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:57.359
too, because again, if you look and notice, and

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:59.019
he knows his team pretty well, if he sees some

00:19:59.019 --> 00:20:00.420
of them look like they're a little out of gas,

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:02.319
maybe try to go with it with a few others in

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:05.619
reserve. All right, that is tonight, again, six

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:09.119
o 'clock Big Ten Network. And hopefully, when

00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:10.940
you guys come back on the air Monday, you'll

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:12.839
be talking about the Ducks in not only winning

00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:14.759
tonight, but tomorrow and playing in a championship

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:16.619
game on Sunday. Hey, let's hope so. That'd be

00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:18.339
pretty cool. That would be cool. All right, when

00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:20.420
we come back, let's flip it over to the diamonds.

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We will chat a little bit about Oregon baseball

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:26.019
and Oregon State baseball, both with some big

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games this weekend and a couple of opponents

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in common coming up next week. So this is Steve

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Mims. I'm filling in for Danny. You're listening

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to the Danny and Justin. show on Fox Sports Eugene

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00:20:48.630 --> 00:20:51.210
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bets. I have been doing very well in Big Bets.

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I was 21 and 9 heading into last week, and I

00:21:28.650 --> 00:21:31.549
went 1 and 4 last week. Welcome to the Doldrums.

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Yes, yes. And Danny, who had been about 9 and

00:21:35.710 --> 00:21:39.309
21, or right around there, went 3 and 2 last

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week and was the big winner. So a nice comeback

00:21:42.809 --> 00:21:44.670
week there for Danny to close the gap a little

00:21:44.670 --> 00:21:47.720
bit on you and me. Yeah, I'm still hovering around

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:50.259
500. I'm three games under at 16 and 19. You

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are now you said 23 and 13 Yeah, Danny was 11

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:57.779
to 19 and as now 14 and 21. Okay, so still what

00:21:57.779 --> 00:22:00.220
is that percentage? It's not great. It's not

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great So yeah, if you want to be part of Big

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:07.160
Bets, we will have that coming up here in about

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:09.059
10 to 15 minutes when we come back for our next

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segment. All right, wanted to chat a little bit

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now about Oregon, Oregon State Baseball. Oregon

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Baseball goes on the road for their. Big Ten

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opener. They play Purdue. That will be a homecoming

00:22:21.490 --> 00:22:24.289
of sorts for your Oregon baseball coach, Mark

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Wasikowski. Gunner, right? Gunner is heading

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back to Purdue, where of course he went after

00:22:30.170 --> 00:22:32.829
his time as an assistant at Oregon. Went to Purdue

00:22:32.829 --> 00:22:35.029
for three years as the head coach before Oregon

00:22:35.029 --> 00:22:37.750
brought him back as the head coach. So a homecoming

00:22:37.750 --> 00:22:40.930
for Was there. I should have checked. I know

00:22:40.930 --> 00:22:42.390
he used to tell me that I'm not sure if it's

00:22:42.390 --> 00:22:44.109
going to be a big 10 plus. West Lafayette early

00:22:44.109 --> 00:22:46.329
in the baseball season could get pretty chilly

00:22:46.329 --> 00:22:48.369
heading into a game, so I wouldn't be surprised

00:22:48.369 --> 00:22:51.829
about right. If it may not be a warm one out

00:22:51.829 --> 00:22:55.130
there, but that's on Big 10 plus. Um and they're

00:22:55.130 --> 00:22:56.970
actually playing right now, and they kick. They

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started up there at one o 'clock, so we'll get

00:22:59.450 --> 00:23:02.049
you some updates here in just a bit as the ducks

00:23:02.049 --> 00:23:04.759
look to take, um. bounce back from their loss

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:07.799
to Oregon State on Tuesday and try to get three

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:10.460
from Purdue. See if they can get a sweep, be

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:13.099
tough to do on the road and particularly Purdue.

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:16.099
is a team that has a win over Oregon State this

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:19.240
year. Purdue is eight and three overall. So they're

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off to a nice start. And I can say one of those

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:24.660
wins was over Oregon State. So for the Ducks,

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Oregon comes in at 10 and two. Again, the loss,

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the first time they played a ranked opponent

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this year, it was a loss to the Beavers here

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on Tuesday. And that is what they will look to

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:39.779
bounce back from here. So with Oregon, they're

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going to be playing again today is going to be

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at one o 'clock. They've got Will Sanford on

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the mound. Will's 2 -0 has not given up an earned

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run yet, going up against Cole von Osen of Purdue,

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:53.920
who's got a 4 .15 ERA. Tomorrow, it's an 11 .02

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Pacific time first pitch. Colin Clark is to know

00:23:57.049 --> 00:24:00.809
with a 270 against Zach Erdman and Cal Scalari

00:24:00.809 --> 00:24:03.630
to know with an 0 .64 will take the mound against

00:24:03.630 --> 00:24:07.549
Jarvis Evans at 9 a .m. Sunday, so some early

00:24:07.549 --> 00:24:11.309
starts local time Like I say for for Purdue over

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there. That's four o 'clock two o 'clock and

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noon. You want some updates, please? All right,

00:24:15.930 --> 00:24:17.849
so will Sanford has given up some earned runs.

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Oh, he has given up two runs Four innings to

00:24:22.430 --> 00:24:25.329
earn runs. He did have four walks with five strikeouts,

00:24:25.390 --> 00:24:28.430
but Oregon is winning 7 -2. Nice, okay. So the

00:24:28.430 --> 00:24:31.250
Ducks are 7 -2. Again, it would be, just to get

00:24:31.250 --> 00:24:33.109
a series victory would be a big one there anytime

00:24:33.109 --> 00:24:35.450
you go on the road. But if they can get even

00:24:35.450 --> 00:24:38.190
more, get the first one and take a thought about

00:24:38.190 --> 00:24:39.789
getting a sweep, that would be a big deal there

00:24:39.789 --> 00:24:42.450
for them. Berkeley maybe is with a grand slam

00:24:42.450 --> 00:24:44.690
in this game, by the way. Really? Mm -hmm. I

00:24:44.690 --> 00:24:46.369
wonder if it's because he sat next to you at

00:24:46.369 --> 00:24:48.109
the first pitch banquet that maybe a little bit.

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People that have been sitting next to us have

00:24:49.329 --> 00:24:51.529
been doing pretty well. Berkeley Baby is sitting

00:24:51.529 --> 00:24:53.849
next to you and Angel Lai is sitting next to

00:24:53.849 --> 00:24:55.670
my wife. This has really turned out well for

00:24:55.670 --> 00:24:59.690
them to be sitting at the Danny Havel table on

00:24:59.690 --> 00:25:01.910
first pitch. So things have gone well for them

00:25:01.910 --> 00:25:04.490
there. Again, this is the conference opener for

00:25:04.490 --> 00:25:08.730
Oregon. Oregon is the defending conference champion.

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Last year was the first time they won a conference

00:25:11.130 --> 00:25:13.950
title since 1975. So see if they can get a after

00:25:13.950 --> 00:25:15.630
a good start as they look to defend that title.

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After this, Oregon comes back home for eight

00:25:18.930 --> 00:25:21.390
straight, including two weekends. They're home

00:25:21.390 --> 00:25:23.490
next weekend against Indiana, home the weekend

00:25:23.490 --> 00:25:26.210
against Northwestern. Tuesday and Wednesday,

00:25:26.390 --> 00:25:29.960
they face Xavier. Xavier... Some of those guys

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:32.420
with nil might have to pay taxes in the state

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:34.740
of oregon on their nil because they're here for

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:37.640
so long They probably they are in corvallis.

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:39.519
Uh, they might have to take up some This is a

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:42.140
joke, right? This is a joke. Okay? I don't know.

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:44.519
I don't know how it works There may be if you

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:46.359
get if you get planted in the state for a week.

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.900
You said it really seriously I was like, okay,

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:50.180
like i'm in on this what am I asked for some

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:53.039
taxes out of that? But xavier is at oregon state.

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:55.039
They're at gos stadium tonight xavier is five

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:58.609
and seven And they are taking on Oregon State

00:25:58.609 --> 00:26:02.630
and that game is again tonight at 535 Dax Whitney

00:26:02.630 --> 00:26:04.390
on the mound worth the price of admission right

00:26:04.390 --> 00:26:07.369
there I would say so yeah Dax pretty good last

00:26:07.369 --> 00:26:10.690
time out Obviously that was at the first start

00:26:10.690 --> 00:26:13.029
of the second start against Baylor Yeah, the

00:26:13.029 --> 00:26:15.190
first I think that was the first start 17 strikeouts

00:26:15.190 --> 00:26:16.670
I mean not that he wasn't already on the map,

00:26:16.710 --> 00:26:18.910
but really just cemented himself So yeah, I mean

00:26:18.910 --> 00:26:21.049
always worth the price of admission. This isn't

00:26:21.049 --> 00:26:23.849
a great Xavier team They have a couple wins over

00:26:23.849 --> 00:26:26.930
East Carolina. They got absolutely smoked in

00:26:26.930 --> 00:26:31.890
Louisville or Louisville by the Cardinals and

00:26:31.890 --> 00:26:35.950
Sweat by Arkansas and SEC team. So I think it's

00:26:35.950 --> 00:26:37.309
one that if you're the Beavers, you probably

00:26:37.309 --> 00:26:42.150
want to win all three of these. Yeah So, you

00:26:42.150 --> 00:26:44.190
know, we'll see how that goes, but it's baseball.

00:26:44.670 --> 00:26:47.630
So it's a series. I think that both of these

00:26:47.630 --> 00:26:49.450
teams that whenever they play them, we're going

00:26:49.450 --> 00:26:51.450
to want to win almost all these games. Yep. So

00:26:51.450 --> 00:26:53.910
Dax Whitney tonight, Ethan Klein Schmidt tomorrow,

00:26:54.250 --> 00:26:56.750
Ethan Eric Segura Sunday, Ashton Chronister on

00:26:56.750 --> 00:26:58.950
Monday. So for Xavier, I don't know why Xavier

00:26:58.950 --> 00:27:01.670
did this. Xavier is at Oregon State tonight.

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:05.000
at Oregon State Saturday, at Oregon State Sunday,

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:08.539
at Oregon State Monday, at Oregon Tuesday, at

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:11.900
Oregon Wednesday. There is no chance that your

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:14.420
pitching staff in college baseball survives.

00:27:15.309 --> 00:27:18.289
seven games or that would be six games in a row.

00:27:18.710 --> 00:27:21.009
You need to have a day out. I have no idea. And

00:27:21.009 --> 00:27:23.450
their travel squad must be like two thirds pitchers

00:27:23.450 --> 00:27:25.009
because they know they're going to need more

00:27:25.009 --> 00:27:26.910
than that. But I have to think by the time they

00:27:26.910 --> 00:27:29.289
get to Oregon on Tuesday, they're going to be

00:27:29.289 --> 00:27:31.289
throwing like position players potentially out

00:27:31.289 --> 00:27:33.450
there. I mean, I've never seen a college baseball

00:27:33.450 --> 00:27:37.150
team schedule seven consecutive road games against

00:27:37.150 --> 00:27:41.410
basically top 25 teams. Say a prayer for the

00:27:41.410 --> 00:27:44.289
Xavier pitching. Eras because it might get a

00:27:44.289 --> 00:27:48.130
little ugly this week, and I think they've had

00:27:48.130 --> 00:27:51.329
19 pitchers make an appearance for them if I've

00:27:51.329 --> 00:27:53.690
not mistaken. That's so that's prep That's a

00:27:53.690 --> 00:27:55.269
lot of pictures to get some innings in there

00:27:55.269 --> 00:27:57.829
for sure yeah No, it could be a rough one there,

00:27:57.849 --> 00:28:00.750
but so that's again, Oregon State is there and

00:28:00.750 --> 00:28:04.859
then Xavier comes to Oregon to follow up and

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:07.559
or and Xavier will be here. So for fans who want

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:09.039
to get back out, hopefully the weather is nice

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:10.799
next week. But for duck fans who are out watching

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:13.539
baseball, you can go watch a beaten and weary

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:16.440
Xavier pitching staff Tuesday and Wednesday,

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:18.180
both games at three o 'clock. And then, as I

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:21.119
say, Indiana and Northwestern come after that.

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:23.240
Big like I say, we had talked about, you know,

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.980
for Oregon right now, you know, mentioned Berkley

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:27.500
Mabius. That's his third homer of the year. He's

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:31.359
hitting 259. We've got Ryan Cooney, who's sitting

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:33.420
in that leadoff spot. great all year long hitting

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:36.619
.358 Maddox Maloney the local kid potential first

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:40.859
round pick hitting .333 with 11 RB eyes. Drew

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:43.119
Smith, who was hitting over 500 heading into

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:46.019
last week, still there hitting 472 with four

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:48.819
homers. And again, our guy in July of 372 with

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:51.119
four homers. These bats have been crazy, but

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:53.000
really the pitching staff has held up so far.

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:55.019
That'll be the interesting thing to see. We've

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:56.900
seen Oregon have the last couple years, some

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:59.700
offenses, but by the time they end up in a postseason,

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:02.000
sometimes their pitching gets beaten up and they

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.920
have to get too far into the depth. Feels like

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.539
they've got some frontline starters who might

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:07.119
be able to give them enough innings to where

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:08.880
the bullpen is not going to be overused in a

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:11.500
postseason. It does. And their lineup as you

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:13.759
said has been what's been consistent and but

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:15.519
their pitching has been pretty good, too The

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:19.559
bullpen at times has been only okay against obviously

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:22.650
the Beavers The pitching wasn't fantastic, but

00:29:22.650 --> 00:29:24.390
Will Sanford coming into this game hadn't given

00:29:24.390 --> 00:29:27.230
up a run like you said Cal Scalari who and I

00:29:27.230 --> 00:29:29.730
asked Berkeley Mavius at the first pitch dinner

00:29:29.730 --> 00:29:31.190
I said who's gonna be the best pitcher this year.

00:29:31.190 --> 00:29:33.509
He said Cal Scalari. He said he's the guy so

00:29:33.509 --> 00:29:35.630
he's been really good so far I'm kind of a little

00:29:35.630 --> 00:29:36.789
surprised he hasn't their Friday started but

00:29:36.789 --> 00:29:38.369
Will Sanford's obviously been really really good

00:29:38.369 --> 00:29:40.650
and then Colin Clark's been solid Brandon Featherson's

00:29:40.650 --> 00:29:43.809
been solid So they do have enough options to

00:29:43.809 --> 00:29:45.970
you know, I'm lost made some starts before so

00:29:45.970 --> 00:29:48.190
they have guys I mean, I like their midweek guys

00:29:48.190 --> 00:29:50.890
for sure and there seem to Good Friday Saturday

00:29:50.890 --> 00:29:53.750
Sunday guys as well, so I don't hate the way

00:29:53.750 --> 00:29:56.970
that the pitching has lined up I know that was

00:29:56.970 --> 00:29:59.390
has felt very very good about this team and I

00:29:59.390 --> 00:30:02.269
can see why it does seem like they have The starters

00:30:02.269 --> 00:30:05.410
they seem like they have the lineup I'm not sure

00:30:05.410 --> 00:30:07.829
in terms of the middle relief in the back end

00:30:07.829 --> 00:30:09.970
like if that's elite or anything like that But

00:30:09.970 --> 00:30:11.650
they probably have enough to win themselves a

00:30:11.650 --> 00:30:14.309
lot of games especially in the big ten So I think

00:30:14.309 --> 00:30:16.730
we're still early on early on enough with this

00:30:16.730 --> 00:30:20.440
team where? Don't think we quite know what they

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:22.259
are yet like I don't think we can sit there and

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:24.079
definitively say well They lost to the Beavers

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.539
the Beavers are the only team that they play

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:27.299
they're good. Yeah, therefore They're not that

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:29.359
good. It was one game It didn't go their way,

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:31.339
but they have a lot had a lot of success again

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:34.039
against teams that haven't been so good but you

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:36.779
got to just keep on stacking up the wins and

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:39.740
Eventually the identity of the team will not

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.380
only just present itself But I think you can

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:43.079
develop that over the course of an early part

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:46.589
of the season yes, we talked about the the the

00:30:46.589 --> 00:30:48.509
tough part of their schedule is the fact that

00:30:48.509 --> 00:30:51.170
they really can't afford to you know screw up

00:30:51.170 --> 00:30:52.990
against some lesser teams because there's just

00:30:52.990 --> 00:30:55.069
not a lot of marquee matchups on this schedule

00:30:55.069 --> 00:30:57.049
again they got three against oregon state they

00:30:57.049 --> 00:30:59.789
lost the first one they've got a tough road trip

00:30:59.789 --> 00:31:02.569
to santa barbara coming up later this month and

00:31:02.569 --> 00:31:04.009
then it's kind of until the end of the year when

00:31:04.009 --> 00:31:06.710
they go at ucla and usc other than that i mean

00:31:06.710 --> 00:31:08.210
technically they'd be favored in pretty much

00:31:08.210 --> 00:31:10.289
all those games so it's sort of like they got

00:31:10.289 --> 00:31:12.529
a month and a half there where any loss is going

00:31:12.529 --> 00:31:15.029
to be considered kind of a bad loss you can you

00:31:15.029 --> 00:31:16.740
can drop a few but they're gonna need to pick

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:19.160
up a few of those quality wins as well. But off

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:20.839
to a good start, as you mentioned, with a 7 -2

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:23.200
lead here over Purdue. All right, we're gonna

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.839
head into our last break when we come back. It

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:27.640
is Big Bets. If you want to call in, again, I

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wouldn't do it quite yet. You're gonna be on

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:31.480
hold for a little bit, because me and Justin

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and Dom and Danny are gonna make our picks first.

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00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:21.619
Goose. Dom? Yeah, I'm agreeing with Goose. I

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:24.619
got St. John's, Rick Pitino. Dave when okay,

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:27.599
I'm gonna go with Seton Hall because I think

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:29.539
Seton Hall's been they've been pretty good over

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:32.640
the last few games They did push Yukon. I like

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:34.799
the way they they played against them They just

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:37.039
coming off a nice way against Xavier as well.

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:39.559
So I'm gonna go with an upset here So I'm gonna

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:42.740
go Seton Hall coin by the way went with Seton

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:46.319
Hall as well. Okay. What about Danny Danny? Let's

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:52.099
hear from Danny All right, fellas, I'm on a win

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:54.200
streak. Let's see if I can keep it going for

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:57.220
one more week. Let's start out with St. John's

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:59.500
and Seton Hall. The Johnnys had to come back

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:01.519
down 15 the last time these two teams played.

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:05.339
And that was at home. They came storming back.

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:08.420
Get it? But they only won by five. But I think

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:11.039
they're going to patino me again on this one.

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:15.510
So I will take the Johnnys over Seton Hall. That

00:34:15.510 --> 00:34:17.449
voice of Danny's sounded like a guy who'd called

00:34:17.449 --> 00:34:19.269
about four high school basketball games. There

00:34:19.269 --> 00:34:22.289
was a little gravity in that one. A little tiredness.

00:34:22.510 --> 00:34:27.389
So we have Danny go with St. John's. I went with

00:34:27.389 --> 00:34:32.050
Seton Hall. You went with St. John's. Don went

00:34:32.050 --> 00:34:34.989
with St. John's as well. So next game is going

00:34:34.989 --> 00:34:37.710
to be Wisconsin at number 15, Purdue. Purdue

00:34:37.710 --> 00:34:39.909
was favored by six and a half. Both of these

00:34:39.909 --> 00:34:44.309
teams are 13 and six into Big Ten. I am going

00:34:44.309 --> 00:34:46.650
to go with Wisconsin. Of course you are. Because

00:34:46.650 --> 00:34:48.289
you are from Wisconsin. No, I'm from Wisconsin.

00:34:48.389 --> 00:34:49.849
This is the team that I grew up rooting for.

00:34:50.329 --> 00:34:52.710
But Wisconsin is that team that they win the

00:34:52.710 --> 00:34:55.090
games that they should not win and they lose

00:34:55.090 --> 00:34:56.690
the games that they shouldn't obviously against

00:34:56.690 --> 00:34:59.269
Oregon. Pretty bad loss. So I'm going to go with

00:34:59.269 --> 00:35:02.849
Wisconsin. Goose? I've been on Purdue all year

00:35:02.849 --> 00:35:06.309
long. It burned me last week, but I'm back in

00:35:06.309 --> 00:35:10.519
boiler up. Boiler up says Goose. All right, Dom.

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:14.059
I'm going to go with Wisconsin. I think they

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:16.920
need to win more than Purdue. I also one thing

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:19.039
to look at, both these teams live and die by

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:21.099
the three. So I think it's just one of those

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:23.119
games who ever obviously makes more shots. But

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:24.599
yeah, no, I think Wisconsin needs this a lot

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:27.360
more than Purdue. I got the Badgers. All right.

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:32.380
So Dom goes Wisconsin. Let's go with now a game

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:35.300
that I think. Oh, yeah, that's right. Purdue

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:38.000
and Wisconsin, this one's interesting to me because

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:42.239
Purdue just pounded Wisconsin on the road. And

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:44.000
Wisconsin has been a bit spotty. They've been

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:47.420
a bit wobbly. So they're tight in the standings

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:50.559
in the Big Ten. It's in West Lafayette. I think

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:53.059
Purdue's got some momentum. So give me the home

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:57.530
team here. I will go Boilermakers up. Am worried

00:35:57.530 --> 00:36:00.110
about Danny that voices go. I'm scared to go

00:36:00.110 --> 00:36:01.630
in his last one How'd the coin what the coin

00:36:01.630 --> 00:36:05.650
do the coin went with? Purdue okay Purdue for

00:36:05.650 --> 00:36:07.190
the coin pretty with the coin by the way I want

00:36:07.190 --> 00:36:09.050
to give some updates from our office worker Laura

00:36:09.050 --> 00:36:13.210
Laura also picked Wisconsin like myself and Dom

00:36:13.210 --> 00:36:16.210
and in the game for st. John's and Seton Hall

00:36:16.210 --> 00:36:17.989
she picked the upset in Seton Hall So I want

00:36:17.989 --> 00:36:20.050
to give Laura a little shout out as well, so

00:36:20.050 --> 00:36:22.380
it's good Next game, this is one that I think

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:25.119
is interesting. It's the Battle of Ohio. Number

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:29.460
19, Undefeated Ohio. Those who are in the media,

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.980
some of them don't think that they should even

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:32.699
be in the tournament. So we'll see how that goes.

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:35.980
But they are on the road at Ohio. Will the in

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:39.360
-state rival beat Undefeated Miami of Ohio? I

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:42.039
guess we'll find out. So I am going to say no.

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:44.500
I'm going to go with Miami of Ohio in this one.

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:49.099
Let's go and hear from Danny next. The battle

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:52.739
for Ohio, the real Ohio. Miami of Ohio going

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:55.659
for the undefeated season to keep it going. I

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:58.539
like them against regular Ohio. I don't think

00:36:58.539 --> 00:37:01.219
they're going to put up much of a struggle. So

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:05.119
give me Miami of Ohio to keep it going and to

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:08.340
keep proving Bruce Pearl wrong. All right, so

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:10.960
we got a couple of Miami of Ohio so you could

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:13.420
also go Miami of Ohio, you know I was gonna but

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:15.739
then I hear you guys and I think that maybe you

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:17.519
know, it feels like maybe the pressure is getting

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:19.900
on Miami of Ohio now They're starting to worry

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:23.800
if they lose on the road at Ohio in state rivalry.

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:28.340
Give me the Ohio's All right, the Bobcats, right?

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:32.400
Yeah, so all right Dom, what do you think is

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.980
this give me the end for the perfect season?

00:37:34.909 --> 00:37:38.349
No, I'm going with Danny. I think they keep proving

00:37:38.349 --> 00:37:40.630
they keep proving Bruce Pearl wrong. He's obvious

00:37:40.630 --> 00:37:42.829
He didn't say he said they were not one of the

00:37:42.829 --> 00:37:45.309
best 38 teams in the country. I think he's very

00:37:45.309 --> 00:37:47.809
wrong So yeah, give me Miami, Ohio. I think they

00:37:47.809 --> 00:37:50.289
go perfect into the tournament and I just say

00:37:50.289 --> 00:37:54.130
this There's 68 teams. You can't stick a team

00:37:54.130 --> 00:37:56.389
That's like gonna be basically even they lose

00:37:56.389 --> 00:37:58.190
a game. They're gonna have like one loss. Yeah,

00:37:58.429 --> 00:38:01.900
come on, right? Alright, so that last game I'm

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:05.340
sorry, we have two more games. Next game, Louisville

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:07.719
at number 22 Miami. Louisville, actually, the

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:10.159
road team is favored in this one. Miami's 13

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:12.980
and three in the ACC. Louisville, however, has

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:14.679
lost three out of their last five. So they're

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:16.760
not coming into this one hot. I picked them last

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:20.420
weekend. It didn't go so well for us. And I am

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:22.739
going to just go ahead and give my pick first.

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:26.260
I am going to go. with Miami in this one because

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:28.900
it will happen last week. So I'm going both Miami's

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:33.019
this week. I like Miami. I'm on Miami Island

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:35.679
potentially, I guess. Dom, let's start with you.

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:38.500
Again, I have to agree with you, Justin. I'm

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:40.159
going Miami. Like you said, Louisville hasn't

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:42.219
looked that good. Miami's been playing well.

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:44.019
They have a couple big wins, too. They beat North

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:47.260
Carolina at home. They just beat SMU on the road.

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:48.800
So yeah, I think Miami's playing well. I like

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:52.829
Miami in this one. Laura is gonna go with Louisville,

00:38:53.050 --> 00:38:55.550
for the record. Louisville. Louisville, yes.

00:38:55.869 --> 00:38:57.809
Very good correction, actually. So what about

00:38:57.809 --> 00:39:02.469
you, Goose? Give me Louisville. Louisville. There's

00:39:02.469 --> 00:39:04.329
no Lou in there, it's Louisville. Louisville.

00:39:04.389 --> 00:39:06.010
I know, that's where I'm getting messed up. That's

00:39:06.010 --> 00:39:07.570
what the locals told me when I went there to

00:39:07.570 --> 00:39:10.010
watch Oregon lose to eventual national champion

00:39:10.010 --> 00:39:11.670
in Virginia. They'll legitimately get upset at

00:39:11.670 --> 00:39:13.349
me, as we've talked about it over the last few

00:39:13.349 --> 00:39:20.650
weeks. What's Danny got? The battle. Oh yeah,

00:39:20.750 --> 00:39:23.150
Dayton doesn't have this one. So Danny is gonna

00:39:23.150 --> 00:39:26.710
go with, he picked Miami. What happened with

00:39:26.710 --> 00:39:29.150
this game is I was gonna have it be North Carolina

00:39:29.150 --> 00:39:32.530
and Duke. And that game was not a close spread

00:39:32.530 --> 00:39:35.050
as I thought it was gonna be. Caleb Wilson is

00:39:35.050 --> 00:39:37.349
out with an injury that came up this morning.

00:39:37.489 --> 00:39:39.349
So that is not gonna be in the spread. So he

00:39:39.349 --> 00:39:41.570
did not have a Memorex for this one, but he is

00:39:41.570 --> 00:39:45.030
gonna go with Miami. Last game, and this will

00:39:45.030 --> 00:39:47.920
be the one we do total points. number 24 Vanderbilt

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:51.340
at number 23 Tennessee Tennessee is the four

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:53.000
and a half point favorite the total points by

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:57.659
the way the line is 147 and a half 147 and a

00:39:57.659 --> 00:40:00.860
half Tennessee by the way also beat Vandy 69

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:03.659
to 65 on the road that was two weeks ago on the

00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:08.059
21st of February so I say that Tennessee is going

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:09.860
to be able to do it again they beat him on the

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:11.710
road I think they're gonna be able to do it at

00:40:11.710 --> 00:40:13.090
home. So I'm gonna go with Tennessee in this

00:40:13.090 --> 00:40:17.250
one. And my total points, I will go with, you

00:40:17.250 --> 00:40:19.570
know, you've inspired me over the last, I think

00:40:19.570 --> 00:40:22.510
it's been maybe a month of just like underpicking

00:40:22.510 --> 00:40:25.630
these scores. So I will go the line again, 147

00:40:25.630 --> 00:40:30.210
and a half. I will go with 125. Not too crazy,

00:40:30.469 --> 00:40:33.239
but I'll go a little bit underneath that. All

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:36.519
right, so 125 on the total points for Justin.

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:40.300
Laura, by the way, went with Vanderbilt 155 points.

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:42.820
So if you pick 155 points, you can't because

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:45.679
Laura already did it. Let's go with you, Goose.

00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:47.239
What's your last pick here? I think I took Vandy

00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:49.420
last time and I paid for it. So give me Tennessee

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:51.739
this time. All right. And then total points.

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:57.239
Total points 118. Oh, I see what you're doing

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:59.599
here. Keep it low. All right. And we do have

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:04.500
Danny for this one. Vandy and Tennessee, well,

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:09.460
let's see. Vandy has lost three out of five.

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:13.820
They got cooked by Kentucky on the road and they're

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:17.639
at Tennessee. I don't know, I gotta go with the

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:20.360
ghoul again. I'm gonna go with Rick Barnes and

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:23.539
the volunteers, Rocky Top at home. All right,

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:29.260
so everybody has Tennessee except for Laura.

00:41:29.550 --> 00:41:32.630
who has Vandy. And then the coin also has Vandy.

00:41:32.690 --> 00:41:36.030
By the way, the coin for the Battle of Ohio picked

00:41:36.030 --> 00:41:38.949
Ohio. So it's picking the upset. Phone lines

00:41:38.949 --> 00:41:43.570
are now open 541 -343 -5673. Give us a call 541

00:41:43.570 --> 00:41:47.590
-343 -5673 to make your pets on Big Bet. All

00:41:47.590 --> 00:41:51.510
right. And we do have Steve in Eugene on hold.

00:41:51.730 --> 00:41:54.190
So Steve, how's it going? You ready to pick some

00:41:54.190 --> 00:41:58.320
games? All right. Good to hear. Let's start off

00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:02.239
with St. John's and Seton Hall. St. John's. All

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:06.400
right. St. John's next. Wisconsin at Purdue.

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:11.579
Purdue. Purdue. All right. Sounds good. Next

00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:15.139
game. Louisville at or Louisville. Sorry names

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:21.139
at Miami. Louisville. Louisville. Yes. All right.

00:42:21.179 --> 00:42:24.480
We got Louisville. And then last game. And then

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:26.610
this will be the one with the total points. Or

00:42:26.610 --> 00:42:28.750
sorry, did I say Miami of Ohio and Ohio yet?

00:42:29.409 --> 00:42:32.130
I don't think I have. No, I'll take Miami of

00:42:32.130 --> 00:42:35.630
Ohio. Okay, so we got a Miami of Ohio. And then

00:42:35.630 --> 00:42:39.329
this will be the last game. Vanderbilt at Tennessee.

00:42:39.429 --> 00:42:43.389
Total points. The line is 147 and a half. Yeah,

00:42:43.429 --> 00:42:47.369
Tennessee 144. Tennessee 144. I like it going

00:42:47.369 --> 00:42:49.389
right there. Thanks for listening, Steve. Thanks,

00:42:49.469 --> 00:42:51.230
Steve. We appreciate it, man. All right. That

00:42:51.230 --> 00:42:56.289
opens up the phone line. 541 -343 -5673. It's

00:42:56.289 --> 00:43:00.570
541 -343 -5673. Give us a call. Get your picks

00:43:00.570 --> 00:43:04.929
in as you look to defeat Justin, Danny, and Dom

00:43:04.929 --> 00:43:08.110
and I and the coin, which has not proven to be

00:43:08.110 --> 00:43:10.650
super difficult. But last week, nobody beat Danny.

00:43:10.869 --> 00:43:13.719
Danny's three and two ran it, so. Special Olympics

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:16.780
in Coos County has had a couple good weeks, and

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:19.039
we like that. We don't like getting beat. So

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:21.420
everybody wins, as Danny says. Absolutely. That's

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:24.599
the way it goes. So we do not have a bet on this

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:27.659
game, but Oregon is back at home to wrap up the

00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:30.699
regular season against Washington on Saturday.

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:32.719
And that'll be an eight o 'clock one. All right.

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:34.480
Let's go back to the lines. All right. We got

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:36.619
Chris from Junction City. Chris, how's it going?

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:39.019
Pretty good. How are you guys? What up, Chris?

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:41.400
You here? We had Josh Wilcox on Wednesday. We

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:43.820
got some Junction City love going here. I was

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:46.280
listening. Awesome. Awesome, man. Good. You got

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:48.039
to get your season tickets for Harrisburg football

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:50.840
now. You know, I just might have to go check

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:53.019
out some games. All right. All right. Cool. Ready

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:55.460
to pick some games? Let's do it. All right. St.

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:58.860
John's on the road against Seton Hall. St. John's.

00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:01.860
All right. A lot of St. John's fans today. Wisconsin

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:05.940
at Purdue. So Purdue. OK. Some Purdue believers

00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:09.130
as well. Miami of Ohio at Ohio, the Battle of

00:44:09.130 --> 00:44:15.190
Ohio. Red Hawk. All right. And then a few more

00:44:15.190 --> 00:44:18.469
games. We got Louisville and Miami of Florida.

00:44:19.309 --> 00:44:23.969
Miami. OK, so a couple of Miami's. And then last

00:44:23.969 --> 00:44:25.469
game, and this will be with the total points,

00:44:25.769 --> 00:44:28.110
Vanderbilt on the road against Tennessee. The

00:44:28.110 --> 00:44:30.869
line is one forty seven and a half. I mean, you

00:44:30.869 --> 00:44:34.170
know who I want. All right. Tennessee and then

00:44:34.170 --> 00:44:40.420
what total points? Oh yeah, 161. 161. All right,

00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:43.500
Chris. GC Tigers got a big playoff game tonight.

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:46.599
Go Tigers, go Rothenberger. Thanks, Chris. Thank

00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:49.800
you. Awesome. I'm not gonna lie to you Justin

00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:51.679
when he said Redhawks my first thought was I'm

00:44:51.679 --> 00:44:53.119
not sure which of those teams is the Redhawks.

00:44:53.239 --> 00:44:55.699
We talked about the Ohio Bobcats. I had to think

00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:57.280
about it for a second as well. So maybe I'm maybe

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:59.780
I'm just adding to the disrespect for the Miami

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:01.219
Ohio folks. By the way you know what I think

00:45:01.219 --> 00:45:05.119
we need to do for maybe upcoming seasons or future

00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:07.599
is we need to have one of the picks like a coin

00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:09.559
we need to have it be whoever would actually

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:12.219
the mascots win in a fight. the Redhawks and

00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:13.840
the Bobcats. I don't know. That's a tough one.

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:16.000
If the Bobcat gets him, he's got it. But if the

00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:17.420
Redhawk can just keep pecking him and flying

00:45:17.420 --> 00:45:19.159
him around. We might have to figure that out.

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:20.559
We're going to have to see if we had the vote

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:22.659
on it or something like that. But I think that'd

00:45:22.659 --> 00:45:26.300
be pretty fun. Yeah. 541 -343 -5673. We got a

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:27.840
couple of minutes left. If you want to call in

00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:31.599
541 -343 -5673. A couple of minutes left. Call

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:34.079
in and join us here for Big Bets. So tomorrow

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:38.420
night is Nate Biddle senior night. and as we

00:45:38.420 --> 00:45:39.780
talked about we're not sure who the other seniors

00:45:39.780 --> 00:45:41.500
are because they might all be declared eligible

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:43.519
somewhere else but we know that it'll be Nate

00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:45.179
Biddle senior night tomorrow night 8 o 'clock

00:45:45.179 --> 00:45:47.780
when they take on the Huskies regular season

00:45:47.780 --> 00:45:50.860
finale for the Ducks and I know that Oregon is

00:45:50.860 --> 00:45:53.920
promoting they're having some some cheap beer

00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:57.389
and food specials so if you can stay awake till

00:45:57.389 --> 00:45:59.969
eight o 'clock, get out to Matthew Knight Arena

00:45:59.969 --> 00:46:03.329
and honor Nate Biddle, who's had a yeoman's career

00:46:03.329 --> 00:46:05.110
for the Ducks. It hasn't been one of, you know,

00:46:05.650 --> 00:46:07.530
he's one who came in on some really good years,

00:46:07.670 --> 00:46:09.909
made some NCAA tournaments. Unfortunately for

00:46:09.909 --> 00:46:11.929
him, as a team -wise, it ends on kind of a down

00:46:11.929 --> 00:46:14.349
note, but certainly not individually. Despite

00:46:14.349 --> 00:46:15.849
the injuries this year, he's put together a really

00:46:15.849 --> 00:46:19.210
good season. No, and I think that it's been underappreciated.

00:46:19.550 --> 00:46:21.650
to say the least. And of course the Ducks have

00:46:21.650 --> 00:46:23.690
had a tough season, but this is a guy that's

00:46:23.690 --> 00:46:25.710
kind of an Oregon legend. He obviously played

00:46:25.710 --> 00:46:28.590
here in Oregon in high school, and he's had a

00:46:28.590 --> 00:46:30.090
great career as a Duck. He's battled a lot of

00:46:30.090 --> 00:46:31.909
injuries. I think we've seen a lot of growth

00:46:31.909 --> 00:46:34.010
from Nate Biddle. I mean, remember, he came in

00:46:34.010 --> 00:46:36.510
a really skinny guy his freshman year. He was

00:46:36.510 --> 00:46:38.630
constantly getting bodied around. He's not getting

00:46:38.630 --> 00:46:41.349
bodied around nearly as much anymore. I think

00:46:41.349 --> 00:46:43.409
he should be a really good pro. So I think that

00:46:43.409 --> 00:46:44.809
folks need to go out to Matthew Knight Arena.

00:46:44.949 --> 00:46:47.250
I know it's a late game, but get out there, support

00:46:47.250 --> 00:46:49.050
Nate Biddle. It's his last game. I think it'd

00:46:49.050 --> 00:46:50.780
be great. All right, we got about a minute left.

00:46:50.780 --> 00:46:52.599
If you want to call in, you still got a chance.

00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:58.179
541 -343 -5673. That's 541 -343 -5673 if you

00:46:58.179 --> 00:47:01.800
want to be part of Big Bets. It's been a good

00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:04.039
week in here. Like I say, I'm glad that Chris

00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:06.380
from J .C. was listed when J .C. legend Josh

00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:08.860
Wilcox chatted with him, the new Harrisburg coach.

00:47:09.500 --> 00:47:11.199
Again, thanks to the folks at Track Town last

00:47:11.199 --> 00:47:13.179
week. We're going to have kind of a redo next

00:47:13.179 --> 00:47:15.420
week. We got Danny back in Monday and Tuesday,

00:47:15.679 --> 00:47:18.260
and then Danny's heading up to Linfield for the

00:47:18.260 --> 00:47:20.639
5A tournament. where hopefully he'll be calling

00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:23.500
a local team winning it, whether that be Thurston,

00:47:23.760 --> 00:47:26.820
North Eugene, Churchill, are all vying this weekend

00:47:26.820 --> 00:47:29.480
for a chance to get in that tournament. So then

00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:31.480
I'll be back with you next Wednesday, Thursday,

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:34.119
Friday, when we'll be chatting about the Big

00:47:34.119 --> 00:47:35.800
Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. We've had a

00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:37.960
good time. We'll see if the men can do what the

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:39.420
women have done and get on a little bit of a

00:47:39.420 --> 00:47:41.820
heater during a conference tournament. You know,

00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:45.519
you never know. They've played better basketball

00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:48.960
over the last. Couple of weeks. I'd say so, you

00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:50.659
know, they've got a great big man in May middle

00:47:50.659 --> 00:47:53.079
as I've said this defense has been ramping up

00:47:53.079 --> 00:47:54.760
So I think that they've got at least a shot.

00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:56.480
Yeah, absolutely. All right, we're gonna cut

00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:58.320
off the phone lines there We are all set there

00:47:58.320 --> 00:48:01.000
for the big bets all the games. I believe are

00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:03.699
tomorrow, right? No to the games are tonight.

00:48:04.019 --> 00:48:07.860
So st. John's and Seton Hall is tonight and then

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:10.239
What was the other one that was tonight? Well,

00:48:10.320 --> 00:48:14.099
you can Go to BiggerBets, B -1 -G -G -E -R -B

00:48:14.099 --> 00:48:16.920
-E -T -S if you want to get your picks in. Battle

00:48:16.920 --> 00:48:20.599
of Ohio. Battle of the who? The Redhawks and

00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:23.099
the Bobcats. So that'll actually be one to tune

00:48:23.099 --> 00:48:24.500
into for sure. That'll be an interesting one

00:48:24.500 --> 00:48:28.159
for tonight. Go Bobcats, as we like to say, and

00:48:28.159 --> 00:48:31.159
beat up the Redhawks. So thanks everybody for

00:48:31.159 --> 00:48:35.360
playing. That was good and hopefully... I can

00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:38.059
get back to my I was you know at 21 and 9 doesn't

00:48:38.059 --> 00:48:40.239
take a lot of math to figure out I was a 70 %

00:48:40.239 --> 00:48:43.219
winning percentage and last week I was a 20 %

00:48:43.219 --> 00:48:44.880
winning percentage So I'm gonna try to get this

00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:47.460
thing back. I like the 7 I like being in that

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:49.559
70 percentile So I'm gonna see if I can kind

00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:51.820
of turn some things around here and get back

00:48:51.820 --> 00:48:56.340
into it and we will Be be judging that and we'll

00:48:56.340 --> 00:48:57.980
let everybody know you and Daniel everybody know

00:48:57.980 --> 00:49:01.219
Monday how it all goes on there and like I say,

00:49:01.360 --> 00:49:04.409
I think Next week you and Daniel being here Monday,

00:49:04.429 --> 00:49:05.650
Tuesday, and then I'll look forward to being

00:49:05.650 --> 00:49:07.630
back in here Wednesday through Friday with you.

00:49:07.809 --> 00:49:08.849
We'll look forward to it. Hopefully there'll

00:49:08.849 --> 00:49:10.489
be some good things to talk about. Yep, there

00:49:10.489 --> 00:49:11.769
should be plenty going on. Like I say, I think

00:49:11.769 --> 00:49:13.130
we'll have some high school teams playing, so

00:49:13.130 --> 00:49:14.530
hopefully we may get some of those coaches on.