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Yes, Danny remains on the OSA beat at the 2A
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time and we'll do another three Pete next week
as well. Yes we will and uh it's a little bit
more comfortable today just being in the studio
not that we didn't have a great time yesterday
but it was nice just to be able to come to the
come to the studio and just be able to sit down
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have to set up a whole studio and uh and and
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show have to wonder about whether or not people
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Jeff Oliver set us up in a catbird seat. Big
appreciation to Aliyah McCormick who joined us,
the great Oregon hurdler who is going to try
to win the indoor hurdles title at the NCAAs
next week, and Luke Tewalt who's a transfer from
Wake Forest. Those two were two awesome interviews.
They definitely were. No, sometimes with athletes
you never know, but both of them very, very well
spoken. and got to still peek behind the curtain,
which is always fun. So, yeah, great interviews.
Yeah, it was fun to have those two. And then
Jody Smith, the CEO of Track Town USA and Karen
Ramming, who's the chief marketing officer and
did it. So again, big thanks to Track Town USA.
They have, as we talked a lot about yesterday,
it's a full schedule of events highlighted by
the pre -classic on 4th of July weekend and the
World U -20 Championships, not the national,
but the World U -20 Championships. So Track Town
USA. go there to get tickets and line up for
a big summer and I got an idea that the Danny
and Justin show will be a part of some of those
events in one way or another as the summer continues
as well. I think so for sure. All right, so thanks
to all them Thanks to Josh Wilcox who joined
us on Wednesday. It's been fun being in here
for three these three days Appreciate Josh today,
though. We're going guest free Justin We're gonna
see if you and I can do 60 minutes without needing
anybody else to fill in 15 for us You ready to
go? I think so. I think we can take care of it.
All right, sounds good Danny is down at the two
-way tournament and he is covering the Oakland
Trinity Lutheran semi -final game right now one
of four games he's doing today so we're hoping
that Danny will be back on Monday and we hope
that his voice will come with him because he's
been calling a lot of games over there and he's
working hard he has Oakland taking on Trinity
Christian I'm a big Oakland fan Jeff Clark the
Oakland coach is somebody who I covered a lot
during my time at the Register Guard he's been
there a long time been very successful so go
Okers as far as I'm concerned on that one All
right, let's get into the news of the day. And
Justin, last day yesterday when we talked about
Oregon going on to take Maryland in the second
round of the Big Ten tournament, we said, we
think the win over Purdue got them in, but a
win over Maryland certainly gets them in. Now
they're in, right? I know these brackets can
do weird things. Sometimes brackets pop up in
weird ways and show you things that they shouldn't.
But at this point, I feel like not only does
Oregon comfortably in the tournament, They might
be getting close to, if not already getting off
that 8 -9 line that we've talked about. I think
they're close. At the very least, they have an
argument because you can make a... Argument that
yesterday's win was maybe the best one of the
season. Yeah, I think right on the line with
the last time exactly Maybe Maryland the first
time was the best one of the season before then
but something we talked about was hey would Oregon
maybe have a little momentum because yes They'd
played a game previously which three games from
then if you play five games in five days or whatever
it might take a toll But would that actually
help them in this game? I would make an argument.
Maybe it didn't actually because they didn't
start off. It wasn't a great first quarter That's
something that we talked about yesterday as well
whether or not that would be something that they'd
be able to do start off strong and it didn't
seem matter It was the same. It's the same story
like the identity of this team has been the same
all season long They don't usually start off.
Well, they figure things out in the middle two
quarters They occasionally have a quarter in
there where they just like can't score But then
their defense will play well to bring them back
in it and then in the fourth quarter 21 to 11
it just was one of those fourth quarters for
them and they were able to take the victory and
move on and now they're gonna play Michigan Yeah,
so it was it was 57 51 head into the fourth and
it was similar Oregon I think was down double
digits to Maryland in the second half last time
they played them Yeah and had a big fourth quarter
and that was on the road and had a big fourth
and like you say 21 to 11 in the fourth Oregon
gets out of there 73 68 they kind of had it in
control, but then it came back down to the point
where they got one to Avery Kane with, you know,
they were leading. It was pretty weird because
they got the ball with like 33 seconds left and
a two point lead. And Maryland didn't foul. They
decided to guard him, which I thought was weird
because even if you throw up one at the buzzer
and miss it and they get the rebound, there's
going to be like two seconds left. They weren't
going to get a good look anyway. So I thought
it was a weird decision not to. But then it didn't
even matter because Oregon runs the clock down,
gets it to Avery Kane, and she hits a nice thing.
It was her fourth three pointer of the game.
She hit a big three pointer, a career night kind
of for Avery. Cain off the bench, which we talked
about in a tournament like this. You're not going
to get in a day, day, day playing day after day.
You're going to need some people to step up because
some people aren't going to be right on. And
Avery Cain hits that one. That sealed the win.
You could see a little fist pump from the big
Kahuna on the sideline there. And he enjoyed
that one. So that gave Oregon the win. Like you
say, moved him into the quarterfinals tonight
against Michigan. But Katie Fiso, we talked about
scoreless last night in the first half. 12 points
in the third quarter, 14 points in the game.
Fiso, and it's funny, the big Kahuna said, he
told her at halftime, hey, you've rested the
entire first half, maybe you should be fresh
to go out here and have a nice second half, which
is exactly what she did. Ehis Etute, 20 points,
10 rebounds, continuing her revenge tour against
the coaches who did not vote for the all -conference
team. And again, I saw Graves said afterwards,
she's out to prove them wrong. And as we mentioned,
Avery Kane, CLA transfer comes off the bench
and hits for 13 points, including three three
points. She was three of three on three pointers
and she has 13. So that gets Oregon a 73 -68
win. That brings them into a game tonight against
Michigan. Michigan is a team that is the third
seed in this tournament. Michigan ranked in the
country, they're ranked number eight, so a chance
for a top 10 win. This is why I say if Oregon
can win tonight, it definitely moves them off
that eight, nine line. From what we talked about
yesterday, we talked about how, yeah, sometimes
in a tournament, if you play day one, you get
to see the rims and get some energy going. On
day two, you have an advantage. I say that didn't
pay off. That also no longer exists now, because
now you're playing day three, and it's still
day one for Michigan. I look back at the old
days of the Pac -12 tournament. You had a first
round by it, but nobody had more than that. So
like Michigan's now coming in fresh, and Oregon's
playing. And even Graves said last night, I don't
know what we're going to have left. We played
two days in a row and played three in a row,
and Michigan doesn't. But we've seen Oregon play
Michigan well before. Oregon's riding some momentum.
We've seen them showing some depth. I think it's
kind of a night, hey, we've wrapped up basically
an NCAA tournament. at birth, you know, the old
Dana Altman line, go out there and take a swing
and see what you can do because there's not a
lot to lose at this point. Not a lot to lose.
I think that's the key right there. There is
pressure because of course you want to win but
I think the pressure is off of them They're kind
of playing with house money at this point and
if they can win this game Which by the way last
game against Michigan tell me you've heard this
story before They were down and after the first
quarter 11 points at halftime. They were down
15 points or 16 points and then big third quarter
big fourth quarter They actually were leading
in the first overtime probably should have closed
the deal in that one and then in Michigan ends
up taking it but it's a really really good Michigan
team, but But like you say I think that this
is a team that like Katie Fiso Takes the night
off like not the night off, but she has the half
off as Kelly Graves says and When she's attacking
and she's at her best Then this is when the team
is at their best and I think they've kind of
figured it out where he's just kind of like she's
like the you know She cleans up the boards and
she's kind of doing all that you know they have
a player here and there that can Add to what
they're doing scoring wise. It's really been
those two sophomores But then it's like someone
else in their wins every single game has been
that third player So I'm that's kind of what
I'm interested in tonight and Michigan obviously
hasn't been playing Maybe Oregon still has the
energy that Michigan sort of it has to figure
out early on and you know We said that before
yesterday's game. So that might not be the case
Yeah Yeah, and Michigan, as we mentioned, coming
in. It's Michigan's 24 -5. They went 15 -3 in
the Big Ten, again, the third seed in this tournament.
24 -5 overall, ranked eighth in the country.
So in addition to moving you into the semifinals,
it would give you a huge win. Maryland's a ranked
team. Again, that was a nice one for the resume.
I think if you knock off Michigan and get in
the semifinals, I think you're off that eight
-nine line. You might even be up to a six -type
thing, which would be great, because if you're
the sixth that second round, you're playing on
the road against a home team, but it's... three
seed. So now you're looking at, you know, maybe
the ninth to 12th best team in the country, not
and for folks who don't know what we're talking
about, as we mentioned before, if you're the
eight, nine, your second game is at Yukon or
South Carolina or UCLA or Texas. Basically, you're
at the one seed and those are not places you
want to try to win to advance to the second week.
But if you could go like Oregon did last year
when they went and played at Duke, I believe
it was and gave them a pretty good, you know,
they faced them and Duke was again, similar thing,
a two, three seed Oregon gamer run. didn't advance
out of there, but you give yourself kind of a
shot, whereas there's kind of those one seeds
in women's basketball this year. And not just
because you're playing them, you're playing them
in their home court. You're playing at UConn.
You're playing at South Carolina. These are places
that are going to be sold out and a miserable
place for a visiting team to go. So I think with
a win tonight, again, with a loss tonight, I
think Oregon's probably moved themselves up to
be kind of on that 7 -6 line, which I think if
you're there, that's as good as you can hope
for, and that gives you a fighting chance. I
think you're definitely on that six and goodness
all of a sudden then you start thinking man Can
you win the semis can this be just kind of a
miracle and we're like after every one you say
look girls? We're not even gonna practice in
the morning. Just go sleep Let's just rest rest
get ready use all our energy during these games
And and I kind of think Kelly Dick Kelly Graves
can be dangerous with a team But again not expected
to win and not there's like you say it's not
a you know a no -lose situation You always got
something to lose but a game to worry if you
do lose you're not feeling like hey it was you
know, we missed out on something. So I think
Kelly can be pretty dangerous. He might try,
you know, we saw that Jasmine Williams came in
that one game, you know, when, when she hadn't
played much, I wouldn't be surprised if Kelly
pulls some strings to try to get some things
to happen. And I think at Kelly Graves team this
time of year can be dangerous. Well, there's
something about a team and this team does have
seniors, but You've seen this with teams in the
past where they're almost too young to realize
They're not supposed to be doing what they're
doing and that I think could be a case with the
team that has I think a little bit more left
on the bone than what we've seen this season
I mean so many of these games this year that
they've lost they could have won They've been
competitive in almost every single game So it
feels like they're just like a couple steps away
from being another level up than what they've
been If they have a game, I mean Katie, what
did she set her career high against Washington?
I believe Has a really big second half against
Maryland. Like if she can somehow just continue
to like raise the bar for herself and what that
does for the team, I could see them making a
run for sure at each individual game. You could
at this point, you go, OK, well, if you're in
the semis, like you can win two games in a row.
I mean, obviously you could be playing some really
good teams, but I'm kind of wondering this, Steve
Goose. Do you think that they were benefited
in a way by or is it maybe the same since they've
lost to? Washington they played that extra first
round game against Purdue So then they are on
a little bit different side of the bracket they
get to play Maryland who they played before Do
you think it almost worked out for them in a
way that they got to play that extra game? This
far it could have like I say it may start to
catch up to now because they would have had that
by and You're right. They would have had I think
they would have played They would be playing
UCLA tonight if they had be that Washington game
because they would have played uh, U .S. or not
U .S. Yeah, they would have played, they would
have been in that Washington spot. So they would
have played U .S .C., which they, you know, if
they do it Washington, they win. But tonight
probably would have been the dead end. So yeah,
if you win tonight, it certainly has helped you
because you've won three games, whereas odds
are if you'd had the bye, you'd have only won
the one. Um... And then from there on out, it's
great because I don't think they would have beaten
UCLA in the tournament, especially a UCLA team
that hasn't played for two days like you have.
Lauren Betts is way too good. Yeah, no, it definitely,
you know, if you win tonight in particular, you
say, hey, this 11 worked out great for us. And
it probably helped our, you know, the loss to
Washington is offset by three wins, including
two ranked wins here. So it actually ends up
helping your seeding in that thing as well, I
think. Yeah, no, it's just interesting to think
about. Long term like those little things could
add up to a little higher seed and you play a
little bit different of opponent like You're
on a different side of the bracket like those
things matter So I do think that in a way like
overall this team has still been a little bit
up and down In the end of the season they had
a nice stretch But then losses to Washington
and Ohio State and then they lose to Indiana
like they're kind of they were kind of on and
off but you know for some reason it feels like
this team is figuring something out right now
and I think it's just because they're young and
they're still learning and maybe they don't realize
the pressure that they're under and Eventually
they will I think but for right now like I think
they just need to just see how long they can
ride whatever momentum they have Well, it's funny
you mention that, because that was the story
of Sabrina Ruthie's freshman year. They got into
the NCAA tournament, not the conference, but
the NCAA tournament as a double -digit seed.
They went down to the Carolinas, I think it was
North Carolina, and I'm going off memory here,
so if people, if I get a factor on here, listeners,
I'm going off memory. It's been a few years.
Don't kill them. But they had this freshman team
that got in as kind of one of the last -at -large
teams in. They go down to North Carolina. They
pull two upsets to get into the Sweet 16. off
another one in the Sweet 16, and it was the second
time that Graves, he had done it with Gonzaga,
had gotten a double digit seed into the Elite
Eight. And it's like the only two times that
it had ever happened in history were Kelly Graves
teams. So that was that thing too, where he talked
about how Sabrina and Ruthie, all they know is
to go out and play and try exactly. And they're
not intimidated by these places. And I think
you could see that with this team too, the same
thing. And then like I say, next week. They won't
be a double -digit to see but we could see a
similar thing next to be I do think there's something
to be said for having a team All they know right
now is is winning. I don't think they're looking
at Michigan, you know, they've played them already
They've matched up against them and been there.
I don't think they're looking at the ranking
going Oh my gosh, we have to beat the number
18 that I think they look and say, you know,
hey first off Let's just hope we got the energy
to do but if we got the energy Let's go out there
and play them straight up and see where it goes.
No, absolutely and As I said, I think that just
because it's it's not even just that they're
led by two sophomores Those were two sophomores
that I mean obviously Katie played a little bit
last year, but she was off the bench She wasn't
a main role like she wasn't getting the ball
Kadeja Kelly was getting the ball every single
possession basically and then he's He's played
like kind of a bench role last year and she broke
out a little bit but these are two players that
just like don't have very many games under their
belt and those would I Definitely their best
few players. So Don't know like it's interesting,
you know, if you asked me a week and a half two
weeks ago I would have said, you know Probably
see then win a game or two in the Big Ten tournament
and then get to be that eight or nine I thought
it was for sure to be there an eight nine. You're
maybe gonna win that first game They played pretty
well against the teams that are in that eight
or nine range So I would maybe I would still
expect them if they were that to win Yeah, and
I thought it was just gonna be okay you get to
the second round again And then it's out, but
I think that the potential now is it's definitely
higher Yeah, no, absolutely and and again not
to look ahead But if you if you win this one
you get either, Illinois or Iowa get two teams
You don't have an unbeatable team there So but
get by Michigan first a couple things and you
mentioned this one when Oregon played Michigan
State Michigan earlier It was 92 87 Michigan,
but that was a double overtime game. Yes, Oregon
had the ball I can't remember if it was in a
regulation or end of overtime, the first overtime,
they had the ball and set up a play to get the
game winning. it went awry the play did not even
kelly said after we tried to run something we
we hadn't run in a while but they were there
with a shot to win that one so they could be
there a couple other interesting notes from oregon
um you know this is the first time obviously
that oregon's been in the big 10 quarterfinals
but first time that they've won multiple games
in a conference tournament since the 2020 pack
12 tournament which they won and then we're going
to stop talking about that because we don't want
to remember what happened or what could have
happened after that um and we talked about last
night being a five point game Since joining the
Big Ten, now Oregon's played 20 games that have
been cited by five points or less. We talk about
the Cardiac Kids. That's six more than any other
team in the last two years. And you mentioned
it, Tutte, and she's averaged in the last five
games, 20 .2 points and 12 rebounds. So she right
now, and Kelly had said, you know, in that first
game when she got in foul trouble against Purdue,
he's like, I told her. Nobody can stop you. Just
stay out of foul trouble. And I think we can
see them get a run at that one of their nights.
So for those looking to watch, and I know somebody
said that there are some Oregon fans complaining
because they they didn't have tonight on their
schedule because they didn't say if the Ducks
would make it. So they have plans to go out to
the Holt Center and some other places. But those
of you who believed in your ducks and have been
playing to watch all along tonight, they are
six o 'clock again. That's from the Gamebridge
Fieldhouse. And that's again back on the Big
Ten Network, which is good. That means we can
watch it and you've got Sloan Martin and Christy
Winters Scott are the analysts and Elise Woodward
is the sideline reporter something We haven't
really talked about that. I think maybe should
be mentioned. We've talked so much about the
energy They basically played a seven man rotation
or seven woman rotation last night You had sarah
ramos and amina mohammed playing four and five
minutes respectively And other than that you
had the starters and then avery kane and the
stare tahina off the bench who had 24 minutes
and 21 minutes obviously big game for avery kane
and then astera just plays this really important
role for them because katie has a ball in her
hand so much that they need somebody else they
can Be able to just take the pressure off her.
Yeah, and so I just find that interesting I think
it's interesting that you know, we knew the rotation
was going to tighten up a lot, but certainly
a seven -person rotation is pretty tight. Yeah,
and we talked about, you know, Janaya Williams,
there was that game a couple weeks ago where
suddenly they were behind and she comes in. So
maybe that's the thing tonight that Kelly, if
the starters are a little slow at the beginning
because they haven't, he tries to induce some
energy and brings her in. Or like I say, Tahina
comes in and gets some things going. So it'll
be interesting to see. But like I say, I think
Kelly probably enjoys this, too. It's a chance
to kind of try some things and know, hey, if
it doesn't work, we've gotten a couple of nice
wins. You know, we had home, you know, kind of
later than people thought, but earlier than we
wanted. So I think you take a couple risks there
too, because again, if you look and notice, and
he knows his team pretty well, if he sees some
of them look like they're a little out of gas,
maybe try to go with it with a few others in
reserve. All right, that is tonight, again, six
o 'clock Big Ten Network. And hopefully, when
you guys come back on the air Monday, you'll
be talking about the Ducks in not only winning
tonight, but tomorrow and playing in a championship
game on Sunday. Hey, let's hope so. That'd be
pretty cool. That would be cool. All right, when
we come back, let's flip it over to the diamonds.
We will chat a little bit about Oregon baseball
and Oregon State baseball, both with some big
games this weekend and a couple of opponents
in common coming up next week. So this is Steve
Mims. I'm filling in for Danny. You're listening
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in Pendleton covering the Trinity Lutheran Oakland
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I was 21 and 9 heading into last week, and I
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Yes, yes. And Danny, who had been about 9 and
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week and was the big winner. So a nice comeback
week there for Danny to close the gap a little
bit on you and me. Yeah, I'm still hovering around
500. I'm three games under at 16 and 19. You
are now you said 23 and 13 Yeah, Danny was 11
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is that percentage? It's not great. It's not
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10 to 15 minutes when we come back for our next
segment. All right, wanted to chat a little bit
now about Oregon, Oregon State Baseball. Oregon
Baseball goes on the road for their. Big Ten
opener. They play Purdue. That will be a homecoming
of sorts for your Oregon baseball coach, Mark
Wasikowski. Gunner, right? Gunner is heading
back to Purdue, where of course he went after
his time as an assistant at Oregon. Went to Purdue
for three years as the head coach before Oregon
brought him back as the head coach. So a homecoming
for Was there. I should have checked. I know
he used to tell me that I'm not sure if it's
going to be a big 10 plus. West Lafayette early
in the baseball season could get pretty chilly
heading into a game, so I wouldn't be surprised
about right. If it may not be a warm one out
there, but that's on Big 10 plus. Um and they're
actually playing right now, and they kick. They
started up there at one o 'clock, so we'll get
you some updates here in just a bit as the ducks
look to take, um. bounce back from their loss
to Oregon State on Tuesday and try to get three
from Purdue. See if they can get a sweep, be
tough to do on the road and particularly Purdue.
is a team that has a win over Oregon State this
year. Purdue is eight and three overall. So they're
off to a nice start. And I can say one of those
wins was over Oregon State. So for the Ducks,
Oregon comes in at 10 and two. Again, the loss,
the first time they played a ranked opponent
this year, it was a loss to the Beavers here
on Tuesday. And that is what they will look to
bounce back from here. So with Oregon, they're
going to be playing again today is going to be
at one o 'clock. They've got Will Sanford on
the mound. Will's 2 -0 has not given up an earned
run yet, going up against Cole von Osen of Purdue,
who's got a 4 .15 ERA. Tomorrow, it's an 11 .02
Pacific time first pitch. Colin Clark is to know
with a 270 against Zach Erdman and Cal Scalari
to know with an 0 .64 will take the mound against
Jarvis Evans at 9 a .m. Sunday, so some early
starts local time Like I say for for Purdue over
there. That's four o 'clock two o 'clock and
noon. You want some updates, please? All right,
so will Sanford has given up some earned runs.
Oh, he has given up two runs Four innings to
earn runs. He did have four walks with five strikeouts,
but Oregon is winning 7 -2. Nice, okay. So the
Ducks are 7 -2. Again, it would be, just to get
a series victory would be a big one there anytime
you go on the road. But if they can get even
more, get the first one and take a thought about
getting a sweep, that would be a big deal there
for them. Berkeley maybe is with a grand slam
in this game, by the way. Really? Mm -hmm. I
wonder if it's because he sat next to you at
the first pitch banquet that maybe a little bit.
People that have been sitting next to us have
been doing pretty well. Berkeley Baby is sitting
next to you and Angel Lai is sitting next to
my wife. This has really turned out well for
them to be sitting at the Danny Havel table on
first pitch. So things have gone well for them
there. Again, this is the conference opener for
Oregon. Oregon is the defending conference champion.
Last year was the first time they won a conference
title since 1975. So see if they can get a after
a good start as they look to defend that title.
After this, Oregon comes back home for eight
straight, including two weekends. They're home
next weekend against Indiana, home the weekend
against Northwestern. Tuesday and Wednesday,
they face Xavier. Xavier... Some of those guys
with nil might have to pay taxes in the state
of oregon on their nil because they're here for
so long They probably they are in corvallis.
Uh, they might have to take up some This is a
joke, right? This is a joke. Okay? I don't know.
I don't know how it works There may be if you
get if you get planted in the state for a week.
You said it really seriously I was like, okay,
like i'm in on this what am I asked for some
taxes out of that? But xavier is at oregon state.
They're at gos stadium tonight xavier is five
and seven And they are taking on Oregon State
and that game is again tonight at 535 Dax Whitney
on the mound worth the price of admission right
there I would say so yeah Dax pretty good last
time out Obviously that was at the first start
of the second start against Baylor Yeah, the
first I think that was the first start 17 strikeouts
I mean not that he wasn't already on the map,
but really just cemented himself So yeah, I mean
always worth the price of admission. This isn't
a great Xavier team They have a couple wins over
East Carolina. They got absolutely smoked in
Louisville or Louisville by the Cardinals and
Sweat by Arkansas and SEC team. So I think it's
one that if you're the Beavers, you probably
want to win all three of these. Yeah So, you
know, we'll see how that goes, but it's baseball.
So it's a series. I think that both of these
teams that whenever they play them, we're going
to want to win almost all these games. Yep. So
Dax Whitney tonight, Ethan Klein Schmidt tomorrow,
Ethan Eric Segura Sunday, Ashton Chronister on
Monday. So for Xavier, I don't know why Xavier
did this. Xavier is at Oregon State tonight.
at Oregon State Saturday, at Oregon State Sunday,
at Oregon State Monday, at Oregon Tuesday, at
Oregon Wednesday. There is no chance that your
pitching staff in college baseball survives.
seven games or that would be six games in a row.
You need to have a day out. I have no idea. And
their travel squad must be like two thirds pitchers
because they know they're going to need more
than that. But I have to think by the time they
get to Oregon on Tuesday, they're going to be
throwing like position players potentially out
there. I mean, I've never seen a college baseball
team schedule seven consecutive road games against
basically top 25 teams. Say a prayer for the
Xavier pitching. Eras because it might get a
little ugly this week, and I think they've had
19 pitchers make an appearance for them if I've
not mistaken. That's so that's prep That's a
lot of pictures to get some innings in there
for sure yeah No, it could be a rough one there,
but so that's again, Oregon State is there and
then Xavier comes to Oregon to follow up and
or and Xavier will be here. So for fans who want
to get back out, hopefully the weather is nice
next week. But for duck fans who are out watching
baseball, you can go watch a beaten and weary
Xavier pitching staff Tuesday and Wednesday,
both games at three o 'clock. And then, as I
say, Indiana and Northwestern come after that.
Big like I say, we had talked about, you know,
for Oregon right now, you know, mentioned Berkley
Mabius. That's his third homer of the year. He's
hitting 259. We've got Ryan Cooney, who's sitting
in that leadoff spot. great all year long hitting
.358 Maddox Maloney the local kid potential first
round pick hitting .333 with 11 RB eyes. Drew
Smith, who was hitting over 500 heading into
last week, still there hitting 472 with four
homers. And again, our guy in July of 372 with
four homers. These bats have been crazy, but
really the pitching staff has held up so far.
That'll be the interesting thing to see. We've
seen Oregon have the last couple years, some
offenses, but by the time they end up in a postseason,
sometimes their pitching gets beaten up and they
have to get too far into the depth. Feels like
they've got some frontline starters who might
be able to give them enough innings to where
the bullpen is not going to be overused in a
postseason. It does. And their lineup as you
said has been what's been consistent and but
their pitching has been pretty good, too The
bullpen at times has been only okay against obviously
the Beavers The pitching wasn't fantastic, but
Will Sanford coming into this game hadn't given
up a run like you said Cal Scalari who and I
asked Berkeley Mavius at the first pitch dinner
I said who's gonna be the best pitcher this year.
He said Cal Scalari. He said he's the guy so
he's been really good so far I'm kind of a little
surprised he hasn't their Friday started but
Will Sanford's obviously been really really good
and then Colin Clark's been solid Brandon Featherson's
been solid So they do have enough options to
you know, I'm lost made some starts before so
they have guys I mean, I like their midweek guys
for sure and there seem to Good Friday Saturday
Sunday guys as well, so I don't hate the way
that the pitching has lined up I know that was
has felt very very good about this team and I
can see why it does seem like they have The starters
they seem like they have the lineup I'm not sure
in terms of the middle relief in the back end
like if that's elite or anything like that But
they probably have enough to win themselves a
lot of games especially in the big ten So I think
we're still early on early on enough with this
team where? Don't think we quite know what they
are yet like I don't think we can sit there and
definitively say well They lost to the Beavers
the Beavers are the only team that they play
they're good. Yeah, therefore They're not that
good. It was one game It didn't go their way,
but they have a lot had a lot of success again
against teams that haven't been so good but you
got to just keep on stacking up the wins and
Eventually the identity of the team will not
only just present itself But I think you can
develop that over the course of an early part
of the season yes, we talked about the the the
tough part of their schedule is the fact that
they really can't afford to you know screw up
against some lesser teams because there's just
not a lot of marquee matchups on this schedule
again they got three against oregon state they
lost the first one they've got a tough road trip
to santa barbara coming up later this month and
then it's kind of until the end of the year when
they go at ucla and usc other than that i mean
technically they'd be favored in pretty much
all those games so it's sort of like they got
a month and a half there where any loss is going
to be considered kind of a bad loss you can you
can drop a few but they're gonna need to pick
up a few of those quality wins as well. But off
to a good start, as you mentioned, with a 7 -2
lead here over Purdue. All right, we're gonna
head into our last break when we come back. It
is Big Bets. If you want to call in, again, I
wouldn't do it quite yet. You're gonna be on
hold for a little bit, because me and Justin
and Dom and Danny are gonna make our picks first.
But if you want to write down the number, 541
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Start with the host, as I said, and we'll go
with number 16 St. John's at Seton Hall at the
Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. St.
John's has won four out of the last five. They
have a loss to UConn. Seton Hall has won three
out of the last five. They've also lost to UConn
and Paul. Steve, Goose, we will start with you.
I'm gonna say last week Rick Pitino had a really
embarrassing loss. I'm gonna say he bounces back.
Give me the Johnnys. Okay, so St. John's for
Goose. Dom? Yeah, I'm agreeing with Goose. I
got St. John's, Rick Pitino. Dave when okay,
I'm gonna go with Seton Hall because I think
Seton Hall's been they've been pretty good over
the last few games They did push Yukon. I like
the way they they played against them They just
coming off a nice way against Xavier as well.
So I'm gonna go with an upset here So I'm gonna
go Seton Hall coin by the way went with Seton
Hall as well. Okay. What about Danny Danny? Let's
hear from Danny All right, fellas, I'm on a win
streak. Let's see if I can keep it going for
one more week. Let's start out with St. John's
and Seton Hall. The Johnnys had to come back
down 15 the last time these two teams played.
And that was at home. They came storming back.
Get it? But they only won by five. But I think
they're going to patino me again on this one.
So I will take the Johnnys over Seton Hall. That
voice of Danny's sounded like a guy who'd called
about four high school basketball games. There
was a little gravity in that one. A little tiredness.
So we have Danny go with St. John's. I went with
Seton Hall. You went with St. John's. Don went
with St. John's as well. So next game is going
to be Wisconsin at number 15, Purdue. Purdue
was favored by six and a half. Both of these
teams are 13 and six into Big Ten. I am going
to go with Wisconsin. Of course you are. Because
you are from Wisconsin. No, I'm from Wisconsin.
This is the team that I grew up rooting for.
But Wisconsin is that team that they win the
games that they should not win and they lose
the games that they shouldn't obviously against
Oregon. Pretty bad loss. So I'm going to go with
Wisconsin. Goose? I've been on Purdue all year
long. It burned me last week, but I'm back in
boiler up. Boiler up says Goose. All right, Dom.
I'm going to go with Wisconsin. I think they
need to win more than Purdue. I also one thing
to look at, both these teams live and die by
the three. So I think it's just one of those
games who ever obviously makes more shots. But
yeah, no, I think Wisconsin needs this a lot
more than Purdue. I got the Badgers. All right.
So Dom goes Wisconsin. Let's go with now a game
that I think. Oh, yeah, that's right. Purdue
and Wisconsin, this one's interesting to me because
Purdue just pounded Wisconsin on the road. And
Wisconsin has been a bit spotty. They've been
a bit wobbly. So they're tight in the standings
in the Big Ten. It's in West Lafayette. I think
Purdue's got some momentum. So give me the home
team here. I will go Boilermakers up. Am worried
about Danny that voices go. I'm scared to go
in his last one How'd the coin what the coin
do the coin went with? Purdue okay Purdue for
the coin pretty with the coin by the way I want
to give some updates from our office worker Laura
Laura also picked Wisconsin like myself and Dom
and in the game for st. John's and Seton Hall
she picked the upset in Seton Hall So I want
to give Laura a little shout out as well, so
it's good Next game, this is one that I think
is interesting. It's the Battle of Ohio. Number
19, Undefeated Ohio. Those who are in the media,
some of them don't think that they should even
be in the tournament. So we'll see how that goes.
But they are on the road at Ohio. Will the in
-state rival beat Undefeated Miami of Ohio? I
guess we'll find out. So I am going to say no.
I'm going to go with Miami of Ohio in this one.
Let's go and hear from Danny next. The battle
for Ohio, the real Ohio. Miami of Ohio going
for the undefeated season to keep it going. I
like them against regular Ohio. I don't think
they're going to put up much of a struggle. So
give me Miami of Ohio to keep it going and to
keep proving Bruce Pearl wrong. All right, so
we got a couple of Miami of Ohio so you could
also go Miami of Ohio, you know I was gonna but
then I hear you guys and I think that maybe you
know, it feels like maybe the pressure is getting
on Miami of Ohio now They're starting to worry
if they lose on the road at Ohio in state rivalry.
Give me the Ohio's All right, the Bobcats, right?
Yeah, so all right Dom, what do you think is
this give me the end for the perfect season?
No, I'm going with Danny. I think they keep proving
they keep proving Bruce Pearl wrong. He's obvious
He didn't say he said they were not one of the
best 38 teams in the country. I think he's very
wrong So yeah, give me Miami, Ohio. I think they
go perfect into the tournament and I just say
this There's 68 teams. You can't stick a team
That's like gonna be basically even they lose
a game. They're gonna have like one loss. Yeah,
come on, right? Alright, so that last game I'm
sorry, we have two more games. Next game, Louisville
at number 22 Miami. Louisville, actually, the
road team is favored in this one. Miami's 13
and three in the ACC. Louisville, however, has
lost three out of their last five. So they're
not coming into this one hot. I picked them last
weekend. It didn't go so well for us. And I am
going to just go ahead and give my pick first.
I am going to go. with Miami in this one because
it will happen last week. So I'm going both Miami's
this week. I like Miami. I'm on Miami Island
potentially, I guess. Dom, let's start with you.
Again, I have to agree with you, Justin. I'm
going Miami. Like you said, Louisville hasn't
looked that good. Miami's been playing well.
They have a couple big wins, too. They beat North
Carolina at home. They just beat SMU on the road.
So yeah, I think Miami's playing well. I like
Miami in this one. Laura is gonna go with Louisville,
for the record. Louisville. Louisville, yes.
Very good correction, actually. So what about
you, Goose? Give me Louisville. Louisville. There's
no Lou in there, it's Louisville. Louisville.
I know, that's where I'm getting messed up. That's
what the locals told me when I went there to
watch Oregon lose to eventual national champion
in Virginia. They'll legitimately get upset at
me, as we've talked about it over the last few
weeks. What's Danny got? The battle. Oh yeah,
Dayton doesn't have this one. So Danny is gonna
go with, he picked Miami. What happened with
this game is I was gonna have it be North Carolina
and Duke. And that game was not a close spread
as I thought it was gonna be. Caleb Wilson is
out with an injury that came up this morning.
So that is not gonna be in the spread. So he
did not have a Memorex for this one, but he is
gonna go with Miami. Last game, and this will
be the one we do total points. number 24 Vanderbilt
at number 23 Tennessee Tennessee is the four
and a half point favorite the total points by
the way the line is 147 and a half 147 and a
half Tennessee by the way also beat Vandy 69
to 65 on the road that was two weeks ago on the
21st of February so I say that Tennessee is going
to be able to do it again they beat him on the
road I think they're gonna be able to do it at
home. So I'm gonna go with Tennessee in this
one. And my total points, I will go with, you
know, you've inspired me over the last, I think
it's been maybe a month of just like underpicking
these scores. So I will go the line again, 147
and a half. I will go with 125. Not too crazy,
but I'll go a little bit underneath that. All
right, so 125 on the total points for Justin.
Laura, by the way, went with Vanderbilt 155 points.
So if you pick 155 points, you can't because
Laura already did it. Let's go with you, Goose.
What's your last pick here? I think I took Vandy
last time and I paid for it. So give me Tennessee
this time. All right. And then total points.
Total points 118. Oh, I see what you're doing
here. Keep it low. All right. And we do have
Danny for this one. Vandy and Tennessee, well,
let's see. Vandy has lost three out of five.
They got cooked by Kentucky on the road and they're
at Tennessee. I don't know, I gotta go with the
ghoul again. I'm gonna go with Rick Barnes and
the volunteers, Rocky Top at home. All right,
so everybody has Tennessee except for Laura.
who has Vandy. And then the coin also has Vandy.
By the way, the coin for the Battle of Ohio picked
Ohio. So it's picking the upset. Phone lines
are now open 541 -343 -5673. Give us a call 541
-343 -5673 to make your pets on Big Bet. All
right. And we do have Steve in Eugene on hold.
So Steve, how's it going? You ready to pick some
games? All right. Good to hear. Let's start off
with St. John's and Seton Hall. St. John's. All
right. St. John's next. Wisconsin at Purdue.
Purdue. Purdue. All right. Sounds good. Next
game. Louisville at or Louisville. Sorry names
at Miami. Louisville. Louisville. Yes. All right.
We got Louisville. And then last game. And then
this will be the one with the total points. Or
sorry, did I say Miami of Ohio and Ohio yet?
I don't think I have. No, I'll take Miami of
Ohio. Okay, so we got a Miami of Ohio. And then
this will be the last game. Vanderbilt at Tennessee.
Total points. The line is 147 and a half. Yeah,
Tennessee 144. Tennessee 144. I like it going
right there. Thanks for listening, Steve. Thanks,
Steve. We appreciate it, man. All right. That
opens up the phone line. 541 -343 -5673. It's
541 -343 -5673. Give us a call. Get your picks
in as you look to defeat Justin, Danny, and Dom
and I and the coin, which has not proven to be
super difficult. But last week, nobody beat Danny.
Danny's three and two ran it, so. Special Olympics
in Coos County has had a couple good weeks, and
we like that. We don't like getting beat. So
everybody wins, as Danny says. Absolutely. That's
the way it goes. So we do not have a bet on this
game, but Oregon is back at home to wrap up the
regular season against Washington on Saturday.
And that'll be an eight o 'clock one. All right.
Let's go back to the lines. All right. We got
Chris from Junction City. Chris, how's it going?
Pretty good. How are you guys? What up, Chris?
You here? We had Josh Wilcox on Wednesday. We
got some Junction City love going here. I was
listening. Awesome. Awesome, man. Good. You got
to get your season tickets for Harrisburg football
now. You know, I just might have to go check
out some games. All right. All right. Cool. Ready
to pick some games? Let's do it. All right. St.
John's on the road against Seton Hall. St. John's.
All right. A lot of St. John's fans today. Wisconsin
at Purdue. So Purdue. OK. Some Purdue believers
as well. Miami of Ohio at Ohio, the Battle of
Ohio. Red Hawk. All right. And then a few more
games. We got Louisville and Miami of Florida.
Miami. OK, so a couple of Miami's. And then last
game, and this will be with the total points,
Vanderbilt on the road against Tennessee. The
line is one forty seven and a half. I mean, you
know who I want. All right. Tennessee and then
what total points? Oh yeah, 161. 161. All right,
Chris. GC Tigers got a big playoff game tonight.
Go Tigers, go Rothenberger. Thanks, Chris. Thank
you. Awesome. I'm not gonna lie to you Justin
when he said Redhawks my first thought was I'm
not sure which of those teams is the Redhawks.
We talked about the Ohio Bobcats. I had to think
about it for a second as well. So maybe I'm maybe
I'm just adding to the disrespect for the Miami
Ohio folks. By the way you know what I think
we need to do for maybe upcoming seasons or future
is we need to have one of the picks like a coin
we need to have it be whoever would actually
the mascots win in a fight. the Redhawks and
the Bobcats. I don't know. That's a tough one.
If the Bobcat gets him, he's got it. But if the
Redhawk can just keep pecking him and flying
him around. We might have to figure that out.
We're going to have to see if we had the vote
on it or something like that. But I think that'd
be pretty fun. Yeah. 541 -343 -5673. We got a
couple of minutes left. If you want to call in
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in and join us here for Big Bets. So tomorrow
night is Nate Biddle senior night. and as we
talked about we're not sure who the other seniors
are because they might all be declared eligible
somewhere else but we know that it'll be Nate
Biddle senior night tomorrow night 8 o 'clock
when they take on the Huskies regular season
finale for the Ducks and I know that Oregon is
promoting they're having some some cheap beer
and food specials so if you can stay awake till
eight o 'clock, get out to Matthew Knight Arena
and honor Nate Biddle, who's had a yeoman's career
for the Ducks. It hasn't been one of, you know,
he's one who came in on some really good years,
made some NCAA tournaments. Unfortunately for
him, as a team -wise, it ends on kind of a down
note, but certainly not individually. Despite
the injuries this year, he's put together a really
good season. No, and I think that it's been underappreciated.
to say the least. And of course the Ducks have
had a tough season, but this is a guy that's
kind of an Oregon legend. He obviously played
here in Oregon in high school, and he's had a
great career as a Duck. He's battled a lot of
injuries. I think we've seen a lot of growth
from Nate Biddle. I mean, remember, he came in
a really skinny guy his freshman year. He was
constantly getting bodied around. He's not getting
bodied around nearly as much anymore. I think
he should be a really good pro. So I think that
folks need to go out to Matthew Knight Arena.
I know it's a late game, but get out there, support
Nate Biddle. It's his last game. I think it'd
be great. All right, we got about a minute left.
If you want to call in, you still got a chance.
541 -343 -5673. That's 541 -343 -5673 if you
want to be part of Big Bets. It's been a good
week in here. Like I say, I'm glad that Chris
from J .C. was listed when J .C. legend Josh
Wilcox chatted with him, the new Harrisburg coach.
Again, thanks to the folks at Track Town last
week. We're going to have kind of a redo next
week. We got Danny back in Monday and Tuesday,
and then Danny's heading up to Linfield for the
5A tournament. where hopefully he'll be calling
a local team winning it, whether that be Thurston,
North Eugene, Churchill, are all vying this weekend
for a chance to get in that tournament. So then
I'll be back with you next Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, when we'll be chatting about the Big
Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. We've had a
good time. We'll see if the men can do what the
women have done and get on a little bit of a
heater during a conference tournament. You know,
you never know. They've played better basketball
over the last. Couple of weeks. I'd say so, you
know, they've got a great big man in May middle
as I've said this defense has been ramping up
So I think that they've got at least a shot.
Yeah, absolutely. All right, we're gonna cut
off the phone lines there We are all set there
for the big bets all the games. I believe are
tomorrow, right? No to the games are tonight.
So st. John's and Seton Hall is tonight and then
What was the other one that was tonight? Well,
you can Go to BiggerBets, B -1 -G -G -E -R -B
-E -T -S if you want to get your picks in. Battle
of Ohio. Battle of the who? The Redhawks and
the Bobcats. So that'll actually be one to tune
into for sure. That'll be an interesting one
for tonight. Go Bobcats, as we like to say, and
beat up the Redhawks. So thanks everybody for
playing. That was good and hopefully... I can
get back to my I was you know at 21 and 9 doesn't
take a lot of math to figure out I was a 70 %
winning percentage and last week I was a 20 %
winning percentage So I'm gonna try to get this
thing back. I like the 7 I like being in that
70 percentile So I'm gonna see if I can kind
of turn some things around here and get back
into it and we will Be be judging that and we'll
let everybody know you and Daniel everybody know
Monday how it all goes on there and like I say,
I think Next week you and Daniel being here Monday,
Tuesday, and then I'll look forward to being
back in here Wednesday through Friday with you.
We'll look forward to it. Hopefully there'll
be some good things to talk about. Yep, there
should be plenty going on. Like I say, I think
we'll have some high school teams playing, so
hopefully we may get some of those coaches on.