3.21: Getting Over It - Hour 2

But now they're up twenty four to sixteen with four minutes and twenty seconds left in the first half. So I I mean, Vandy. You know, they were one of the teams that ended up being seated, probably better than they anticipated. I mean, I felt like they were more of a I don't know, they're ten seeds. I guess that's about fair. But nonetheless, anything that they did to

make them a tournament team is even consideration. It all took place in Memorial Coliseum, and that made me think that, you know, neutral site, they're going to be the Vandy when they're they're not at home, and that Vandy team has not been real impressive, but they're off to a good start here, no doubt, and Saint Mary's can certainly

come back and win. It's early. But what you have to consider is there are teams that play and it's really not even about like I mean, yes, they're both the same thing, but it's not necessarily it's just their identity as a team. So like, if you could turn it up and play different styles and do different things, that makes you great, especially if you're a good team.

But there's certain teams that their identity and what they do and them doing it well kind of makes them the team you would be worried about, and that's Saint Mary's. So the fact that it's they've already dug themselves a whole, Saint Mary's is not a team that typically would be built to kind of dig out of a hole. And Vandy's the kind of team I feel like when they

get hot, they get hot. But we got a minute fifty left in the Colorado State Memphis game, and Colorado State is up is up nine, so Memphis looks like they're done and you know, that's what I get for betting on Memphis. And but the first time since yesterday evening, I'm kind of going back to the I was gonna say the sadness, but it's really not even I mean getting louis A lost yesterday to Creighton, and I I mean Creighton was better they if they I mean from

what we saw yesterday. If these teams play in a series, I mean, if you were saying that you believe Lowell would win, I think it would be just based off wishful thinking, right because Crayton was better really in every way, could have done things better. Louisll didn't have rain Smith and all that. I mean, so, but but I just Memphis getting the five. It didn't make sense. And if you look at the committee, there's a lot of complaints

about certain things. Absolutely the biggest talking point was that Carolina got it in West Virginia didn't. But that's not even really something that comes down to, like, there's really no comparison as far as how you put the last four in the last four teams that make that may you know, last four in that end up in those playing games the eleven seeds in Dayton, there's a pool of teams that are kind of all in the same category. The committee just decides and then they have to justify

why they made those decisions. And again with Carolina, they really couldn't justify it. Carolina getting in over West Virginia. The only thing that could make any sense of it was in fact that the chairman of the committee was

the athletic director in North Carolina. So what I'm getting at is, despite all of the complaining that we did, and really there's complaints everywhere, I'm sure as far as seeding and that kind of stuff, the one thing that didn't make any sense as far as consistency was Louisville being seeded where they were right Like Clemson getting a five clearly didn't look great. Now Carolina getting in, I mean, they won, but again we just discussed why a lot

of people think they got in. What I'm saying is that I feel even more I guess comfortable in saying it without sounding like a lunatic, that I could be more more now than ever I could be convinced that they just made a goof and put Memphis where Louisville was supposed to be, and they just got it, got they got it mixed up. You would ask like, how does that happen? Well, also, how does Louisville being an eight seed getting a home game happen? Probably by mistake, right,

Like what eight seeds getting a home game? Eight seeds are usually lucky to get the invite. And who knows if louisll would have played Colorida State instead of Memphis, no clue what happened. But I also know that this Creighton team that Louisville lost to yesterday, I mean that Creton team, not only do they have I mean they they don't have any real bad loss outside of one that's the Georgetown. But that's to a conference opponent, right, That's not like a loss to a team in the

three hundreds. They beat Saint John's one of four teams to do that. And they also have a third team All American who is a different kind of opponent because of like Craig's a different opponent because of that guy. No matter who you are or how good you are, there's a good chance you're gonna have some adjustments to your identity because more often than not, you aren't ever facing somebody like that. And it's not to say that he's the best player in the country. He's just different.

Right like you saw it yesterday, Creighton can can be half assed defensively from the perimeter and let guys get loose because they have that rim protector. I mean, it's a wise thing to do if you're Creton, to be honest with you, and it worked out well with them yesterday. So again, Sarah Grapes, of course, you know, sore loser kind of stuff. I get it. I'm sure that's what it sounds like here. But Memphis getting a five is the least talked about thing from the committee that never

made any sense. Yes, they did have a good record. They won their league, but they won a one bid league. They also had two losses to teams that you know were I mean, I think they were Quad three, and I know Louisville losing makes it seem like, oh no, they got it right. I don't think they did. I think they missed. I think they messed up. I think they made and made it. I think they made a goof,

not a mistake by just a decision. I think it was a goof because Clemson being seated as a five, Carolina being in in Louisville, being the eight where they were and Memphis being like it just doesn't make any sense. And if you go compare, I'm not gonna do it now because you know, we don't need to invest more

time than we already have. But if you just go look at every team where they seated them in those ranges of five and eight, and you look at the profile the numbers that they you know that they pay attention to, that's the one that just it looks like they just mixed them up. And again, I'm not saying that to think we should still be playing, but to see Memphis lose to Colorado State at twelve seed, who by the way, had to really go on a run in their conference tournament to get in. And the Mountain

West sucks. I mean San Diego State they gotta be about forty to Carolina. Who else in the Mountain West is even alive? Utah State, they were really good in the Mountain West, got their ass kicked last night by a very mid Mick cro and UCLA team. I'm not bitter, I'm just more so not convinced either. I now, again, I go back to what I said when I tried to use my words carefully there, I'm now less uncomfortable in saying that they might have just made a mistake

as far as how they put it together. And it's not just because of the Louisville seed line. It's because of Memphis's seed line as well as Louisville being an eight seed with a home court game yesterday. That's also something that we didn't really talk a whole lot about yesterday, just kind of in the moment of it being over, not a whole lot of you know, I mean, the ride is really what we discussed and this team having them fall short and really what specifically led to them

having a tough time against Creighton. But it was a home game yesterday, and that makes it even more tough to deal with, right because you had a home court advantage and you still really, I mean, you never I mean outside of the first two segments, right after the first two media timeouts, I kind of feel like it it didn't didn't seem as if louisv was going to win. So again, that's that's an added you know, bummer for those that made the trip to RUP and then to

see that happen. But I also want to acknowledge just the overall vibe that was there the send off at the hotel that was insane, the amount of people that were there at noon on a Thursday, Like it fell short,

and that's never what Louisville wants. We don't just want to make the tournament and say that we're happy to be there, but with perspective included, like this was a season that did bring us back to life and what I keep, you know, thinking about, and I shouldn't, you know, hammer it home, because I think a lot of folks probably understand and it doesn't need to be overstated. But we went through a season this year with Pat Kelsey in year on one, and we made humongous leaps as

far as they get back, right. I mean, Louisville started this week as a top ten team in the eight people. And I don't look at Louisville losing to Creighton as any kind of a sign that they were never any good. Now, you can make of it what you want. Everybody can make their own opinion that kind of stuff. But I mean, we made a huge step forward after a few disastrous years, and I still feel great about where Louisville's going moving forward,

and it's gonna be fun. I now, I now have a season of Pat Kelsey here, there's been proof of concept to where when we look at who he gets in the portal, we're gonna be able to say, Okay, I know the way Pat Kelsey coaches, I've seen what he can do. This guy's gonna be this guy's gonna be a perfect fit. I mean, in the reality is

you never truly know. But my point is last year he put together a good roster and we were just happy with mostly anybody because hey, this guy, Terrence Edwards, he's Mountain West player of the some up player of the year. Hell yeah, will take him. I mean, Cason Pryor was a guy from South Florida. That what made him intriguing is we knew how badly everybody else wanted him. Arkansas's dropping bags. Villanova feels like he could be the added piece for them, cal at Arkansas got in the mix,

and then we got him. And then of course you watch highlights, you look at his numbers and you feel good and then you realize, hey, he picked us over them. He must be you know, the other photo schools are prioritizing him. He must be pretty good. Corn Johnson six Man of the Year in the in the PAC twelve. So again, all these all these guys were it was

easy to be excited about for a couple of reasons. One, you could tell these guys were pretty good players, but also you know they wanted to come and help get this thing turned around and chuck you Hepburn another guy that I didn't mention there, but I mean, obviously we knew what he was as far as high level point guard from from a Big ten school that was very successful. So who knows who they end up getting. I mean, obviously there's a lot of talk out there right now

about Louisville and what they're gonna spend in nil. I don't know if any of that's real or not. Be honest with you, I shouldn't say that, like there's no way that's real. But if the reports are true that Louisville is will is looking to be spending eight to ten million dollars for the roster next season, I mean,

that would be great. I just don't really know how much I see that as being like realistic, because that would be spending more than anybody spends, which hey, we do, I mean, we do care about basketball as much as anybody. Certainly more than the vast majority of programs. So I hope that's the case. But I'm already to the point now where you've got you got your freshman point guard who is a top ten guy. I mean, mock drafts already have Mark Hel. Why do I keep forgetting his

name Mikel Brown? Okay, I keep wanting to say Mark Kel Brown, And that's a real person. He played college basketball and was really really good, but it was many years ago, so that I mean Mikel Markel clearly different names easy to get mixed up. I got to get it figured out because Mikel Brown junior is one of the highest ranked kids that have ever committed to Louisville, so I should get familiar with his name. And you

can clearly Nil was a factor in his decision. But now there's talk that NATAMNT is still viewed to be most likely committing to Louisville when that decision is made because of one Louisville staff, and clearly there's a strong connection there, but also money. And I don't want to say this and it sound like I'm complaining about anything because nobody know. I mean, who knows if they get NATA men who knows who they get in the portal.

It's so early, but I am absolutely one thousand percent in the camp of if we have a big pool of money to spend on the roster, I want almost the entire bit of it spent on portal rather than freshmen. I mean, I know the freshmen stars. There's a lot of flash, a lot of sizzle, because everybody wants the best players in the country. If louisvill gets Native Man, they'll be getting him from really. I mean, he's the guy who can pick where he wants to go to school.

They can go where he once So Louisa geting him would be a real big statement in the recruiting world, and clearly you would have a gift when it comes to talent. But you'd have him one year. And I know every player you should just consider to be a one year rental because guys can leave and go wherever they want, they can transfer as many times. But I just I think this year you are able to see the value you get in grown ass men that a laid a lot of college basketball, and also you know

that are good. Now, if you get these two guys and you got prior back, you get Koren back, you get Javon back, Let's say you get I mean, could I you get him back? I mean that would be a great I mean, that would be a good balance, a good mixture of Okay, you've got some veterans who a couple of guys, we know how good they are. Ali Khalif is somebody who hadn't played, but I feel like he'll fit. Really He'll have a role that is very important, and that role will be crucial to Pat

Kelsey's team. So again, I'm not anti paying whatever you got to get to get the best talent, but I just think moving forward, how you use your money is going to be It's going to become a new element of how we cover and talk college basketball, if that makes sense. Because when you look at Kansas, they had the most expensive roster in college basketball this year and

it sounds like it wasn't close. So with that, they lose last night to Arkansas, a ten seed, in a game that like you know, Kansas had no momentum for like the last six weeks two months of the year, and it was never because of talent. Same thing with Indiana and he didn't make the tournament. Mike Woodson, he apparently had these second or third most expensive roster in college basketball. So having money is great. What you do with the money and how your investments look down the

line is what it all comes down to. And that's I think at times impossible to know. It was impossible for Kansas to think they'd be this bad, right, So you just don't know. There's always going to be the role of the dice. You don't know. But what I feel like we do know, in the early stages of this new world that is pro sports but not called pro sports, your wiser investments are on experienced players who've shown what they can do more so than a freshman

in high school. Now again, with all that said, if Louisville Ed's dropping the bags to get Michel Mikel bro, Mikel Brown, McHale m and now now I'm in my head about how to say Mikel Mikel Brown almost like Michael Mikel Mikel Brown junior and Nata men. If anything, you can at least say, well, we didn't just pay for a kid that had some offers. We paid for

two top ten players in the country. So again you could say money is well spent there, But I think you have to have a good supporting cast around them. I mean, no better example this year than Rutgers. And I know Rutgers doesn't have any like winning DNA, but also Rutgers has two guys that put up big numbers this year that were two of the top three players in the country. And you know, I mean they didn't they weren't even I mean they were they were an

average team. And that's a comp that that's that's that's a stretch to say. So if you can have two of the top three freshmen in the country that are not only putting up numbers that prove they were justifiably ranked where they were ranked, they're also going to be drafted in the top five, both of them, which again proves that like nobody can claim there's anything that shows these guys weren't as good as build, but that is you got to have a lot more than just that

to win in this day and age. And I think, more than anything, the biggest factor in why and you know, I guess the biggest change in college basketball as I watched the tournament and really just watch it all year, it's not about the ability to just you know, build your I mean Again, clear there's a lot of changes that have led to college basketball just being different now.

But what I believe has been really really under valued, and I guess maybe not even as recognizable as I see it, is that there are so many guys that are playing four or five or as many years as they can at college basketball that before the Portalan, before in IL, they would just call it a career and say, look, I'm never going to go to the NBA. I need to leave college and go play overseas while I'm still

twenty or twenty one years old. Like older. You know, there are certain dudes who are clearly are way too old to be playing college basketball, it seems, and it's because of the COVID year and all that stuff, the waivers. But if every player played, every player that wasn't surely an NBA guy played every year possible as far as eligibility in college. If that was just the way it was for the last twenty years, we'd have a ton of dudes playing college basketball that are twenty three and

twenty four. Well, you don't realize is that a lot of these guys come out of high school. They were held back a year, they did a year of prep, prep school, postgrad or maybe they did both, and they enter college as twenty year old freshmen. So again, some of the dudes that are playing on six years is

because of the pandemic. Sure, Judeco stipulation, that kind of thing, but that's the biggest change that because again, if you're like, let me give you some guys that that that would give you three names for three names of Louisville basketball players, they just simply moved on because of what the world used to be in college troops. Terrence Jennings, Remember Terrence Jennings, guy left early, knew he wasn't gonna be drafted, but

what else was he going to do in college? Smarto Samuels played two years, just left because you know, I gotta I gotta maximize me at twenty rather than me at twenty two. I don't want to be in college for two years. Yeah, I'll be playing for an elite program, but I ain't making no money. Jalen Johnson b J King.

BJ King wasn't a great player, but again, like he would have transferred out of Louisville and got money to go somewhere else because he was a five starring out until American, right, like I mean, so, that to me is the most I guess influential change in college basketball that just doesn't seem to get mentioned by a lot of people is that there were so many guys that you've never heard of, that you didn't know, didn't care about, because they weren't on the NBA radar, they didn't play

for elite teams, they weren't all Americans, but they were good college players, and they just decided, I got to go make money. Well, now their best beat to make money is to stay in school. All right, we got to get to a break way too late. I'm sorry. Stick with us at is Coffee and Company, and we are field about Thorton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

I'm not watching his club because you know, I'm hosting the show, but seeing Drey Davis in Jalen Withers plage against each other in the NSAA tournament for obviously other teams when they haven't played here in a long time, both of them, it is just another reminder of, like, college basketball is so different than it used to be. I mean, Jalen is a sixty year senior because he redshirted at Louisville in his first year and Drey I believe Dre is a fifth year guy that just took

advantage of the COVID rule. But because of how I mean, this felt like a new world for Louisville basketball this year because it was based off of you know, the previous really the last three and a half years or so four years. I mean, it feels like those guys played here twenty years ago and yet they're still playing

in college. So yeah, and right now it's it's Drey Davis's squad getting the best of Jalen Wethers squad because it's a twenty nine to sixteen league for ole Miss and I. Austin and I were talking before the show started as far as what to do with these games in the second wave here in the first first half of the day, and I was very tempted to take Carolina money line just because of what I saw the

other night. And I've never once doubted Carolina's talent, but also ole Miss. They're one of those teams that I feel like they you know, they're not where they are because they're just loaded, they're well coached, they're tough, and they're good, clearly, But it just came down to me thinking Carolina could still come back. There's a lot of ball left. I just feel like I had to remind myself of who Carolina was because they showed us all year who they were, and Ole Miss is just a

better team and they're showing that. They're showing that right now now. The other game that I that I'm in on in the second wave at half is not great because Saint Mary's is down seven twenty nine to twenty twos to score at half against Fandy. Still hanging around they are, but I just I feel like they've got to start. Here's my thing is they've got a I got him at minus four and a half, which I should So you took the spread too, Yeah I should have. Okay,

I just took him. Yeah I should have taken mL but I just I have confidence in Saint Mary's and I have very little in Vandy. But Vandy again, they feel like they are a team that whenever you feel like, all right, cute story, Vandy's not dead. They made the tournament, but they're also still Vandy, and they're gonna get humbled.

I mean, so far, it just looks as if Vandy's been able to score enough that it's made Saint Mary's, and Saint Mary's would be fine winning a game first to thirty, and so far this game has already gotten off to a start in the first half to where Saint Mary's going to have to get comfortable playing not necessarily fast, but if they can't trade baskets at this point because they're not built offensively to go on big runs.

So all right, a couple of things to get hit on here in our second segment in the four o'clock hour, doyone to remind you that this is coffee company, and we at feel about Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety Nick Coffee. That's me the tribal chief, as to Montgomery alongside producing this afternoon and day two of a two day stretch where I believe it is the best that we get in sports, especially for those that love

college basketball. And Louisville losing yesterday sucked, but I'm feeling still very very good about Louislle basketball overall what happened this year, where we're going to where that I'm not I'm not even I'm not salty about watching the rest of the tournament. But a couple of things Kentucky plays done against Troy, and I can't lie to you and say that I feel like Troy is a team that that really, you know, can exploit where Kentucky's vulnerable because

I just I just don't believe that. Also, I don't know enough about Troy to even say that if I wanted to believe it. But overall, if you're Kentucky, I'm curious as far as like what your what your feel slash vibe is for the first weekend because you got three seed, you're playing a fourteen seed, and you are expected to win eighty two to seventy going off of the Ken Palm. The spread in your game is eleven

and a half, like you should win. I doubt that you're sweating and nervous about losing and I and I wouldn't be either. So I'm not trying to like say that you should be worried. But when you wait to see your team on the dance floor and you look at what's played out since the tournament started, basing it off of other teams you've played that kind of stuff, I mean I would be a little bit more nervous now than I was twenty four hours ago, because take

tore out of the equation. You know, Kentucky, like the last win they had that anybody would claim was like a win that did in fact confirm their seed line was when they went on the road and beat Missouri, who at the time, Missouri was like a top fifteen team I think top twenty teams certainly, And Kentucky went down there and won, and they didn't have Butler. I don't think they did. Maybe they did, I'm not sure. I don't think they did, but they didn't have I

don't think they had Butler. I know they didn't have Robinson and they went and won at Missouri. Well, Missouri, they ended up really kind of bowing out like Missouri at the end of the day. They had a win against Kansas earlier this year that didn't look nearly as valuable in the end as it did when it happened.

They had that rare win against Florida, and I guess they're winn against Alabama was valuable, But like Missouri to close out the season February twenty second on, they only beat South Carolina and then Mississippi State in the first game of the SEC Tournament. Mississippi State, as an eight seed, has now lost in the tournament. Missouri again lost to Drake. So that doesn't prove anything about who you are, but signs of optimi, signs, you know, signs of optimism as

you head into the actual Instabralay tournament. I don't really know where they are for Kentucky because again as Kentucky wrapped up their season, they beat Oklahoma on the road and then they beat Oklahoma in the tournament. They needed buzzer beaters to do both. I don't think anybody would try to sell you right now that Oklahoma's very good. They got beat by thirty against Alabama. Alabama nearly lost to Robert Morris today, and that's not really an exaggeration.

Alabama needed the final segment of the game to in fact pull away to where they didn't lose. I mean they I mean it was a close game really throughout and again LSU they beat them by a billion, but LSU awful. So you got to go back to the Tennessee win at home, which again still counts. Hell, you

could say that's a reason to be optimistic. You beat Tennessee, who's really good, but having Tennessee's number, I kind of feel like in the back half of the you know, from let's say from January on, and I don't even really know if that's even worth mentioning because at that point Kentucky was a different team. When they played Florida and beat them and RUP they had everybody other than kerk Creasa. So they beat Mississippi State on the road.

Mississippi State. Again, I'm not saying they were incorrectly added to the tournament or incorrectly seated, but the value that was deserving on the resume based off of the conference being loaded did not play out for them in the NCAA tournament. And even then you had a healthy I mean Jackson Robinson I think went for like thirty in that game. So you beat A and M at home. That was a good win, certainly but then you lost.

Obama lost to Andy, beat Tennessee, and Knoxville lost to cal in Arkansas, got killed by Ole, Miss at Ole, miss beat South Carolina, who sucks. Then again big valuable win against Tennessee, lost to Texas on the road, who

got in the playing game and lost. Beat Vandy at home, lost to Alabama, beat Oklahoma on the road, got smoked by Auburn, beat a bad LSU team, beat Missouri, then beat Oklahoma in the SEC tournament, both buzzer beaters needed to beat Oklahoma, and then you lost to Alabama by thirty. I just they're not going to get upset tonight. It'd be a real shocker if that actually happens. But I think the SEC's early results and I'm not saying that

there's anything that proves the league was a fraud or cause. Again, the teams that are losing, I mean, I guess Missouri losing as a six is the first bad look, But like it was in eight to nine with miss if you stay losing to Baylor Texas was a play in game. Who else is lost in the SEC? I feel like I'm missing somebody. I mean, Vandy's off to a good start against Sint Mary's. But long story short, I think the early results from the SEC take underwhelming Georgia out

of it. Yeah, Georgia got killed. Who beat Kentucky by the way, when Kentucky was a full strength. So what I'm getting at is that I just think the belief that you could lose as many games as Kentucky lost because look, they went ten and eight in their league when you look at I mean because of how their conference. Think I mean again, because of how their conference works.

They don't have any non conference games past January. So no, they went ten and eight in their last eighteen, with some losses to clearly teams that aren't great, losses to teams that you know are great, but the majority of their wins, especially after the Law, after the win against Florida,

whenever they were fully healthy. Like what I just think, if you're Kentucky and you wanted to be worried about your team, the opportunities there, because when you can go ten and eight in your league and get a three seed, it's based off you would think that it's because your league is great and your league was great, but to see how the rest of your league has fared up to this point would make me think that one Troy shouldn't be a loss, but like, we better buckle up,

got to play well, and they might beat them by forty, but I can think. I guess the bigger thing for me would be if I'm playing Illinois and I'm Kentucky, based off of what I've seen so far, I would be scared. Not to say you can't beat them, not to say you're facing Goliath, but everything about Kentucky since the injury stuff really got a hold of them, and everything you've seen from their opponents in the tournament tells me that like Illinois, like I won't be shocked if

Illinois's favorite in that game. I mean, we'll see, I mean Illinoi's got to get past Xavier before anything. And by the way, when wins that game, that's later, right, let me see, Yeah, that one will be a Yeah, Illinois and Xavier is a nine to forty five tip, and Illinois is a four point favorite based off the Ken Palm. As far as the actual spread in that one looks like it's uh, let's see four and a half.

I mean, Sean Miller did a good job the other night, but I mean Illinois better, right, I mean Xavier to me again, maybe the Big East will be maybe the Big East will look like the league that was underseated because they were. I mean, Marquette got a six, Creighton got an eight, they finished second in the league and played in the championship game. I mean, who else got

in from the Big East. I feel like I'm missing some Big East teams here that if Yukon will play to night against Oklahoma, that yeah, Crade, Marquette, Yukon, Saint John's is that it? Yeah? I feel like there was one more. Maybe I'm wrong. Yeah, if you go to so so let's see in the Big East it was Saint John's, Creighton, Connecticut, Marquette, Xavier, and Xavier was a play and they won. So anyways, I'm not trying to build up like, uh oh, Kentucky's gonna lose tonight because

I don't. I don't believe that. And in these kind of games against these kind of teams. It's only been one season, but like they dominated these kind of teams in the non conference portion of their schedule. However, at

that time that was December and November. Different team. I mean, they don't have Lamon Butler and Jackson Robinson, Butler's expected to play, but like for the last six weeks, it seems as if when available, and sometimes he's not been available when available, like, it doesn't take much for him to re injure himself and and and leave and not come back. Now we'll say this, I think Amari Williams is a matchup problem for anybody.

to play through him in every way. And of course Otaga Away is just a just a gamer, tough guy who you know, like I think he's just going to get his you know, with when when the time presents itself. All right, quick break, we'll come back and wrap at the four o'clock hour. On the other side, keep it locked right here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

of questioning my decision there. And you know, it's more so just my belief in Maryland, but Grant Canyon, I mean, they are a team coach coached by one of the Druids, and I mean they've just they've had a winning program for a while. But yet they excuse me, had they been a team that had broke through the tournament won a game, because I feel like they've been here quite a few times now, just because you know, since they've had even when Dan Marley was there, easy to forget

that he was there. But I think they've shown that they they they've got a good thing going. But I just it was hard for me to see them being able to get a win against a team like this, and I mean, maybe I should have just not touched this win or taken Maryland moneyline, I did take Maryland to cover and Maryland as well as Baylor or two teams that I just when I watched them, I know what they have to work with from a personnel standpoint, that I just them beating anybody is not going to

shock me. Now. Maryland is a team that the resume played out that way like they they deserve the seed that they got. I think you could have made a case Maryland could have been a three. Baylor is the team that really they have. They don't have a whole lot to like as far as just numbers and what

they've done and when it comes to results. But today, like they had stretches to play against against Mississippi State, where I mean they got nor chattle Meer, a guy who's played in the Final Four, who's who's Who's one of the best bigs you'll see in college basketball. I mean Edgecombe clearly one of the best freshmen in the country, and at this point he's not really a freshman. He made two clutch free throws to close out the game earlier. Jeremy Roach from Duke is one of their guards who

can flat out shoot it. So we'll see what the number is when we get there. But I really, I really like Baylor to cover against against Duke because they're going to be dogs and it may be a big number, may not, but I like, I think Baylor could beat I'm not necessarily going to tell you right now that I'm predicting it, but I think Duke could run into

something that didn't get talked about a whole lot. Duke could run into a team that isn't better than them when it comes to talent, doesn't have a better resume. But the ACC sucked out loud this year. And yes, Duke played that random non conference game against Illinois and they won big. But Baylor's going to give them, just from a pure talent perspective, something that they have not seen in a long time, or maybe even all year.

I mean, I know they played a loaded schedule, but Baylor on paper, And that's why I like Scott Drew. He's easy to forget because he coaches at Baylor. He's not a big personality, but he turned down Louisville and Kentucky last year, and you know, I get that. He's a guy that has won a championship and clearly he has a good track record at Baylor, but he's coached a long time and like this year's Baylor team, their results, it's actually most consistent with what he's done his whole career.

So again, I think when you look at their roster as far as who they added in the portal, who they brought in from as freshmen, like, Baylor will be a challenge to Duke from a talent perspective that I'm not sure they faced all year. I mean, Auburn, they played them, and obviously they lost to Auburn, and Auburn's great, But outside of that, I mean Baylor just you know, again, I'm not talking from like a resume, and again that's what like. At this point, you've proven who you are.

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All right, not looking good for Saint Mary's. I mean it's not over Austin, but they're down thirty nine to twenty seven. And it just when I see them sitting at twenty seven, I'm still thinking, Okay, when's the run gonna start. Yeah, they can't get any footing under them whatsoever because they can't get stops, and that's usually what they rely on. Like they've they probably haven't gone on

many runs this year as a team. That would that would be, you know, like they went on a fourteen to two run, Like if they did, it would have taken them a half to do it because they just play so slow. Well you would know better than I would. I mean, Randy Bennett, a guy who wins enough at Saint Mary's to certainly, I mean they wouldn't you say, Saint Mary's. They're clearly no Gonzaga, but they have like they they're visible within the college basketball right right, absolutely

as one of those kind of teams. But it's all always there, but it's always based off of him building a team that is built to do what he knows can succeed. And when they lose players to the in fact, they don't lose many guys at the portal because the guys that are there they realize I know who I am as a player. My best case scenario, the best chance for me to be a successful player on a

successful team is to play at Saint Mary's. So when you run it like when you run into when you run into a team that just simply has been able to get by what you try to keep them from doing, but also you know they're stopping you like it. I have no number to reference, and I doubt it exists without somebody doing a deep dive. And I know I'm not doing it, and I know but nobody else will, but I'd be I would love to see a Saint Mary's breakdown of when they get down double digits, do

they ever win? Because again, there's teams that are built to just keep it at the pace to where they could easily within a few possessions, they're back in it. That's not Saint Mary's. So they're gonna have to have an identity change here if they a clawback, because twelve I put it this way with the Virginia. Remember we'd be down seven to Virginia. I feel like you're down thirty. You remember that, right? Yeah, I was just dragging it

through the mud. I mean, I feel like that's kind of Saint Mary's if they're down for who they are. Like if you but if you had Virginia down big, you felt like you were killing them, right, if you'd had him down it, if you had him down eight, you felt like it was over. So we'll see what happens. But I do know we got to get to a break. We'll finish strong here in the five o'clock hour. Keep it locked. It's coffee and company fee about Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety