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the mix still dancing to enjoy it. And I'm sure there's a lot of people who are are down in the dumps about their team losing, Louisville fans maybe, and it's just not as interesting to you. And I get it because for the most part, when it comes to everything about the instablea tournament like before, it's going to be bad to say, Austin, but I think you get it. Before gambling, like before, I was somebody that did enjoy

betting on college basketball. I mean, when I thought of the tournament, ninety nine point nine of the nine percent of the things that came to mind were about my team, like moments in the tournament, of the good that comes with it, the stress and all that. How sad it

is when you lose that kind of stuff. But for the last few years, I mean, even without rooting interest because Louisville again wasn't involved, they didn't make the tournament for six years, I still feel the same way as I did ten years ago, which is that the instablea tournament,

March madness, it's the best thing in sports. And I know that it'll never get the attention that like the NFL does, but it does make me happy to know that, even if you're not necessarily a big college basketball super fan like a lot of us are around here, you know that the dance is a magical thing and we only have two more weekends of it, so I'm going to enjoy it. It's coffee and company. Feel about Thorton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you hanging out

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because they're great partners. But anyways, I go probably two three times a week, and it's usually, you know, when I need to either just stop in and get something really quick or whenever I need to put gas in my car. And every time I fill up my car, I save at least three cents per gallon. Sometimes I save up to twenty five cents per gallon because of that membership that I have as a Refreshing Awards member.

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come here off them? I'm ridiculous, aren't. I will say, at least twice in the last you know, year or so, I have seen people in Thornton's who have said, so, you really do come here a lot. I'm like, yeah, it's real, it's real, baby. This was a game the last time. The last time I was probably it was

a little bit after Christmas. I guess I was in there in a it was cold, cold morning because god knows we had a cold January, and I was getting probably getting my little kids, uh there was snow on the ground for sure, but I was getting I was getting my kids there their fist freeze, their slushies, uh, to start their day because that's such a healthy breakfast that I give them utrients. And there was somebody in

there that that just funny seeing you here. And then I realized, like they understood that, you know, I'm the Thornton's guy. At least you know, they did joke. Yeah, and uh, then you know they he saw that I was actually also getting the slushies like I talk about. And you know, I don't know if you thought it was all a bit like it wasn't real, But no, I was gonna say, what you see is what you get,

but this is radio, therefore you don't see it. But what you see out out in the wild with me, it is really not a whole lot different than what you hear about on these airwaves. All right, if you guys want to join us, YU can five ooh two five seventy nine hundred is the number to give us a call. You can also you can also text in on the Ellen and Federal Credit Union text line five oh two four to three eight ninety seventy three. Thanks to this this person on the text line earlier. This

was Derek who pointed this out, and he's right. You know, I was talking earlier, but I was complaining about having to miss the first Well, I mean, I'm gonna miss it. I'm gonna have it on my phone, I'm gonna keep up with it. But my son has t ball practice at seven fifteen tonight, so that'll be during the first half of the first two games. And it's really not a big deal. But you know, like if they decided let's not have practice tonight, I wouldn't fight him on it.

But anyways, I was just talking about how when it comes to baseball like I don't. It just doesn't do much for me. And I've at this point in my life if I was ever going to get into baseball, I probably would have already done it. And my wife, you know, she's she's telling me that I'm only bitching about him having practice because it's baseball, and I told her, look,

it would be overkill if he played any sport. I think at this age to have an hour practice twice a week for a league that they don't even keep scoring, Like, I'm just gonna say it out loud, they're not really playing baseball, like they're not. So anyways, I'll move on. But the person on the text line, Derek, said, aren't you the guy who umpired a celebrity game and called it second plate?

reminding me of that, Derek, I do love that. A lot of the listeners, the things that really stick in their memory the longest, more often than not, are just things that stand out for them realizing, Wow, this guy really is a piece of work. He really is a dumbass. Guilty. All right? This text, this is from somebody who's never texted him before, so they didn't leave their name. And that's okay, says Nick, as a Kentucky fan. You telling me how confident you are in my Cats has me

actually worried. I really do think we're the better team. But it's gonna be tough to beat them three times.

third time hard to do. So like, it's not because it's the third time, and these teams that get beat twice they have these magical powers in the third meeting against a team that's beat them. It's just because it's it's you know, it's like, let me give you another overused thing that people say in sports that really is dumb. Win is a win. You all heard me talk about this before. Anytime you hear a fan, coach, play, or whatever say, well, you know, a win is a win.

I feel like in every instance, if not every instance got to be like ninety nine point nine percent of the time, they're saying that because that's all they can say. That wouldn't be you know, acknowledging that they were lucky to win and they didn't play well, right like they survived, which sometimes it's all about surviving. But a win is a win, Like, who's questioning you? Who said it's not? Who told you that a win?

them at Up, so you know, those do count. I'm not saying like we should ignore those, but I'm just saying, hypothetically speaking, if these teams had not played each other this year and their schedules, their results, their resumes were the exact same outside of those two games. I mean, I guess you could still say that Tennessee would be the favorite, but I mean, you know, their wins, I'm not sure how. I mean, again, they were able to they beat Auburn, which was a big win for him.

In the SEC tournament, they did beat they did beat Alabama, and that's a good win. So I guess technically Tennessee has better wins. But you know, Kentucky, the only team in the SEC that they didn't beat that they got swept by is Alabama and Alabama's really good. But when you look at the Superior League, that is the SCC, the top tier of that league, which, by the way, some of the best teams in the country. Kentucky has

wins against Tennessee twice. They have wins they beat Florida once, So you know, I think it's a pretty even matchup when it comes to personnel, and I just think they're better. Like it's not that I'm here to say that Kentucky will win because they got lucky with this opponent in the sweet sixteen, because Tennessee's not any good. Trust me, That's not what I'm saying. But I just think this is a match up that there's not a whole lot

that Tennessee can do. That would that would that would make me feel like, Okay, how how are we going to account for that? They're gonna they're you know, there's no personnel for Tennessee that I think you really have to be like worried about that. You you just can't contain. I Mean, the best player, in my opinion is is not z I mean, Ziegler is their most consistent guy, and he's good defensively, but like I don't think he's

had like a sensational season. The biggest threat is Linear and he can get hot, and he's done that many times. Uh in the tournament. I mean he's done. I'm sorry, he's done that many times this year. I mean he had was it twenty against UCLA? He's he had twenty against Auburn when they beat him in the SEC tournament.

So I mean, he's he's They're they're talented. But maybe the reason why I just have a hard time seeing Tennessee winning is because of what stood out in a major way both times they played, and it was the fact that Tennessee didn't just like try to play Kentucky at their at their game. It's like they they tried to be an exaggerated version of what Kentucky wants to be. And I'll never understand that. So three point shooting, obviously,

Tennessee's not a bad three point shooting team. Kentucky actually think they're one of those teams where I'm sure their percentage is not bad. Like, let me pull it up here, Kentucky is a team, is a three point shooting team. They shoot at thirty seven point four percent. That's good. That's good. That's a good three point shooting team Tennessee. Let's see where they are just from Yeah, they're thirty four, so I'd say that that's that's probably like those numbers again,

they are what they are. I'm not trying to say that they're they're skewed, But to me, Kentucky's a team that is more dangerous than their percentage actually tells you, because there's not going to be many guys that play meaningful minutes for Kentucky that you can leave open and if they make it, you're shocked. Like teams are gonna dare Garrison to shoot it. Same thing as as the

big fellow Amari Williams. The hell even Garrison's made some threes this year, I feel like, so whenever you go back and look at the box score when Kentucky, let's go to the game that was in Lexington, when Kentucky, this is the second meeting between these two, Kentucky shot twenty four threes, made twelve of them. If you're making twelve threes on a fifty percent clip, I don't care who you are, you're gonna be tough to beat. And Tennessee lost that game by double digits, lost it by

eleven Tennessee. In that game, they shot three of eighteen sixteen percent, So again, that's way off their average. But I mean, I don't think they should be shooting eighteen threes because I just don't think that's how they're built. Now, lan Air went oh for seven. That's rare. Kentucky should probably consider them selves fortunate that he went over seven, because I would imagine he's probably not had a worse

shooting night than that at any point this season. But let's go back to the other game when they played, and this is the one that really was just like it's malpracticed by Rick Barnes. He's a good coach. I don't think many would doubt that. But if you've got your team who is not built like Kentucky's team is, and I don't mean like that, you know they're not as good Tennessee's deservingly the favorite. Tennessee has a better seat for a reason. But you're just to me. I

don't think it's arrogance. Maybe it is, I don't know, but why you would go into a game and maybe this wasn't the plan. It wouldn't shock me if it, you know, if it wasn't the plan, because I can't imagine it would be the plan. But when they played in Knoxville, Kentucky, by the way, same number, twelve of twenty four from three fifty percent. Again, that's that's another night where if you're making twelve threes and you did it at fifty percent, that's a good recipe to be successful.

Tennessee in that game they made eleven threes, but you know how many they shot forty five? Did you hear me? Forty five three pointers were attempted. So any team that is shooting nearly double the amount of threes that Kentucky is shooting, you're just asking to get beat. And somehow they nearly won. Kentucky won that one by five. So that is the that sticks out in a major way when you look at the last two times these teams played.

And if you're wondering, because I'm not, because I think Kentucky fans and I'm sure they know that number and they know that they shot really well from three and Tennessee didn't in both those games. But that's why I think if you're Kentucky, you're thinking like, well, even though the three point line was a factor and we were good in that regard, and they weren't. I'm not even really sure, like we played that well and yet we still won, because maybe you did play well, but you

also did it really shorthanded. When they beat Tennessee, I'm pretty sure when they beat him in Knoxville, they didn't have you know, Jackson Robinson did play in that game, but Lamont Butler didn't. And when they played in Lexington, I'm sorry. When they played in Knoxville, yeah, Robinson played in Lamont, Butler didn't. When they played in uh In, where's it A just had it pulled up here? When they played in Lexington at Rup Kentucky didn't have Robinson.

Butler played but only twenty two minutes. And I don't I don't think. I think he might have got hurt again and didn't come back in so they shot it well. But like if I'm facing Kentucky and I'm scouting as far as trying to figure out what I want to do,

because I would I would assume. And I've never been a coach before, but you obviously you know you worry about your team as far as what you're gonna do, how you're gonna execute, but you also have to understand, Okay, let's make sure we're not playing this game that is, you know, in a style that favors what they want to do, where we may be at a disadvantage, especially when you're playing a good team that you know, like, hey, we're pretty even, but if we play the game at

their pace and do what they want to do, they're better at that than us. So you know, like, maybe I'm just so blinded by the fact I watched Tennessee lose both of these games, and I don't feel like Kentucky did anything crazy. I just have a hard time seeing Tennessee winning. I'm not going to bet on Kentucky

money line because gross, I wouldn't do that. But if you lose to Kentucky at any point and you say to yourself, well, you know, they shot fifty percent from three, that's a you problem, Like you don't just chalk that up? Is what are you going to do? Because Kentucky is a team that every night they're clearly not shooting it at fifty percent from three, because that's almost impossible. They're

shooting at thirty seven percent. But if you ever end up in a game at the end where they did shoot fifty percent and a lot of those looks that they got were clean looks in rhythm and they make them. You can't chalk it up as bad luck. That's what

they do. That is I mean again to go back to Creighton, like when Creighton buried Louisville and put up a huge lead nineteen to two run, I think it was they were doing it not because they were pulling shots out of the rear end, maybe a couple here and there, but like Louisville was taking quick shots, turning

it over themselves carelessly. And that led to some Creighton guys, Ashworth and the other wing that they had that lit us up when they're when they're catching it and ready to rip in rhythm and they got you know, maybe they're not wide open, but they've got you know, they got they got enough daylight to get a clean look and they make it. Don't be surprised, Like, don't chalk it up as what are you going to do? They're shooting. They're shooting out there out their rear end. It's it's no,

that's that's what they do. And if they like when somebody is able to, I guess hold you accountable for not stopping something that that you know is what they do. Like, that's a you problem. I'm surprised we haven't seen much movement in any of these lines. I guess there's not a whole lot that changes right from the uh round of thirty two to the sweet sixteen. Right, these teams

are who they are. I guess maybe with Arkansas, I thought we'd see a little bit of movement because theero is able to play and it sounds like he's going to go, But I think he's on like a minutes restriction. Which if he's on a minute restriction, what does that tell you he's not at a one hundred percent. And if he's not at a hundred percent and you've clearly been able to play well without him, Like I wouldn't put somebody out there who may be a liability because

he's clearly playing not at a one hundred percent. So wouldn't shock me if, like the whole do theerro thing is just out there because they want to keep Texas Tech on their toes or something. I don't know. All right, quick break, we'll come back here on the other side. Keep it rolling along. As though we continue to get set, we're just now, you know, under a few hours away from the Sweet sixteen. We've got some cool nil deals that have come through for some of these teams that

are still playing in the tournament. I'd say Derek Queen, the freshman big man for Maryland who wit the game winner against Colorado State. I mean, he's been sensational all year, but obviously his game winner, what he said afterwards got him a lot of attention, and it also earned him an endorsement. So we'll talk about that and a lot more right here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

the opposite. I think what's happened is that because you can so quickly change things with the portal and with with with money, it's led to schools realizing, yeah, we've seen enough. There's maybe a scenario where this ends up over time working out. But I you know, if you don't really believe it and you've not seen a whole lot of evidence that you know, things are gonna be good.

I mean it sounds at little bit harsh and it's really cutthroat to just you know, cut ties, but like if you know, you know, right, like that's why even if Kenny Payne would have won a lot more games than he did, do we really ever think like that was gonna be Like, in fact, I say this sincerely, and I've said it here and there over the last couple of years. Really, I mean, I guess really since he was officially let go is when it really you know, I was able to say it because he was let go,

but he was very consistent from the beginning. That made it to where in two years it's quite clear like yet we're not doing this anymore. This was a big mistake, maybe one of the worst hires ever. So anyways, these schools now realize, you know, we don't have we don't have to wait. We can go get somebody else and they can start from scratch, and who knows, maybe they end up having a lot of success right out of the gate, just like Mark Pope did at Kentucky this year,

and obviously Pat Kelsey did did the same thing. So also the likelihood of you salvaging it when it's tough becomes much more difficult, right, So, like maybe they do believe in a coach, but they just know he's got no momentum and they're coming off a really bad season, and in IL money is not great because of all

those things, right, just because the success wasn't there. Well, now, if that's the case, players just leave, right So starting fresh really makes a lot of sense because again, when when you've got a bad year, that likely ends up in less money or being harder to get money to come in for an IL well, and players they don't want to be a part of a bad team, so they'll they're going to look to leave. But I feel like the carousel was pretty active. There has been pretty active.

I mean, I guess if you're still coaching right now, like in the tournament, hard for me to think you're going to be fired. So jobs that have opened up because somebody got fired, Like, I don't think anybody's going to get fired that hadn't got fired yet. But one job that has now opened because of all the movement that has taken place in these coaching moves is New Mexico. And here are a couple of names apparently in the mix for the New Mexico job, Tom Crean Bob Huggins.

If you had to pick one of those two guys, I want to believe if Tom Crean didn't have such an abysmal stretch at Georgia when he had, you know, a really talented team including Anthony freaking Edwards, I would be all in on Crean to coach at a plays like that, because I don't think Tom Crean was ever at any point viewed as like a bad coach. He was a good coach. I mean, he did succeed at Indiana, He just he had his best teams fall short in the tournament and then it kind of run its course.

But even after, you know, he got to the sweet sixteen as a one seed in back to back years, actually didn't get a one seed that second year, but he went to back to back sweet sixteen's, which, hey, that didn't sound like something really worth bragging about, but that was a big deal for Indiana. And then they have a down year after that, and then he goes back to the sweet sixteen. I believe it was in twenty sixteen whenever they knocked off that Kentucky team that

had Jamal Murray. And then the next year they were bad. I think the year after that they were bad. So they moved on and hired Archie Miller and that was, you know, a mistake. But Crane then went to Georgia and it was it'll go down as one of the worst stretches any SEC basketball coaches had. I mean, that was terrible. So maybe he does land on his feet somewhere, but I would still go Crean over Bob Pupkins. I just don't. I mean, to me, it seems like too big of a risk to hire, to hire Bob Huggins,

But that's just me, all right. So with Kevin Willard, I found myself being more fascinated by this story than I would have ever expected because the way he's answering questions or you know, deflecting, not answering questions, Like he did a radio interview and was pretty open about how he doesn't just want to hear, Hey, we're going to do this, and do this for the basketball program. He wants it in its contract that his program will get

the resources needed to succeed. And obviously the ad who he was talking with initially is now left to go to SMU. And I would say, in most instances, coaches would just coach and not talk about it, and if they were asked about it, they would just say, look, I'm focused on the Sweet sixteen. And he's done that,

like he was asked. He was asked about the whole situation at the press conference a couple of days ago, and he listened, and I thought he was about to give, you know, a real answer, but instead he just started talking about how good Florida was and how it's going

to be to guard Walter Clayton junior. So he's been back and forth as far as just, you know, does he want to talk about it or like he talks about it when he wants to, and whenever it's a press conference to talk about the game, he doesn't really want to go there, which is fine, Like he can do whatever he wants. And I think what's made this such an interesting thing to follow, and I know I'm

not alone. I mean, I think it's been one of the bigger storylines in the tournament the last couple of days, because it's just unusual for a coach to be at a place like Maryland in the Big ten, in the sweet sixteen, and there's worry that, like he hasn't signed his contract yet, why won't he resign? Why doesn't he want to be here? And Villanova is not as good of a job. There's no I mean, there's just no,

there's no chance. It's not even close to as good of a job as Maryland because of and I know at some point we're gonna have to stop looking at a good job based off of how many championships they've won, because although that shouldn't be ignored completely, that doesn't help you.

but that means nothing. You can't go recruit players right now and tell them, well, you should come here because we're a championship program. One because like, even if Jay Wright was still there and he didn't have money, he'd have a tough time getting really good players. Because now money is a huge component in the decision as far as where you're going to play out of high school

or where you're gonna transfer to. And is anybody given any thought to the fact that you know, maybe, just maybe Jay Wright got out and retired as this new world was was forming because he realized he maximized everything you could possibly do at a place like Villanova, and that he knew that now that money was needed as far as raising it to pay your players with nil like he just knew that he had no there was no scenario they'd be able to compete with the top programs.

I mean, I think he probably was, you know, realized he had nothing left to prove. He was pretty content. But John Rosstein had a really good breakdown yesterday on one of his social media pages that really described the Nova job in the Nova history to where they're good times under Jay Wright and Rossie mah was it what is his name?

matters now more than it ever has. So if they don't get Jay right, which I just I'm sorry, if they don't get Kevin Willer, which I don't think they're gonna get, I just have a hard time thinking he would walk away. Look, if there was a different job open, like a different job in the Big ten and the SEC, then I think he would go. But I just think going to Villanova. Clearly you can find a lot worse

jobs than that. But the things he's complaining about not getting at Maryland, he's gonna have a much tougher time getting those things at Villanova. All right, quick break, we'll come back on the other side. We'll have our weekly chat with the one and only mister Jeff Milby, and we'll keep this thing rolling along on a Thursday. It's coffee and company. Feel about Thorntons right here on Sports Talk seven.

of that deficit and it was a difficult doubting. But that's this league, man, I mean, fourteen teams in the league. There's a lot of parody.

is the next opportunity after this weekend at Chicago. So a very important game this weekend to make sure they get the mojo back in the right direction heading into that important Thunder over Louisville game.

as well. She's been called up to the Canadian national team for this international window. And then Elli pickI Yamsa, who plays for Finland, has also been called up. But we expect three or four other players to also be called up for their national teams. Angela Baron is a center back, doesn't play much for Racing, but she's a member of the Colombian national team, a player that I

would expect gets called up. And then Ari Borgius, who is the starter for Racing Louisville Is she plays for Brazil as well, so she's expected to be called up. That's not official, but I.

as well as we know. So we'll see if one of those three gets or actually, as we know now, the national team put out the roster and neither of those three got called up this window, but it'll be an opportunity for them going forward to continue to be involved with that national team. All young players that have bright features there so certainly lots of international talent on the roster.

has has grown accustomed to doing. But one of the things I wanted to ask you is that you know when it comes to maybe players not deciding to play here and wanting to go elsewhere, Like it's not just about where you where you reside. It's it's a lot of times about you know, your livelihood, money, you know, that kind of stuff. So I guess my question is with the roster this year. I know there's there's some that have been here longer than just this season. There's

some players that that that are new. What have you gathered as far as how they view Louisville Because I feel like the last couple of years, whenever we would we would we would talk racing Louisville, I would hear about how those that weren't from Louisville that had really no clue what they were getting into when they signed to join the club, they find themselves really loving this city, this you know, the culture here and even though it is sort of a you know, it's it's it's an

upstart club, expansion club compared to some other clubs within the league. I just I think one of the things that could really and has I believed, helped the growth as far as fans getting out and really just enjoying this club. The soccer and of course getting to know the team. Is that if you are an outsider and you're here and this is your new home, and you like us, and you seem to really enjoy Louisville, like

that can go a long way. I'm just curious. Is that still a thing to where those that came here knowing, Hey, all I know is this is my new job and I'm going to play soccer, But then it seems like they end up really loving this city too.

Louisville is a big part of their pitch. Bevianz and the coaching staff when they're on these calls with players trying to say like, hey, we have an opportunity for you here in Louisville. Obviously they talk about soccer, right, they talk about the tactics and the X's and o's and here's our playing style, and here's how we see you fitting in with us, and all that on the

field stuff. But I would say like fifty percent of the calls that they have at the time, they spend on these calls and saying like, hey, this, this is what the city of Louisville is, because it's just in the world of soccer. It's a little bit of an unknown even for American players in the soccer world. And repeatedly, you're exactly on it, Nick. Repeatedly, these players come to Louisville not really knowing what to expect. You know, they

maybe have seen the Kentucky Derby. They you know, we end up telling them about Bourbon a little bit and they're like, oh, okay, that's that's cool. Then they come here and and many of them love it. Most of

them love it. I mean, like Savannah de Mello is the best example, right, She's from California, played at USC was drafted here, and she said recently, we did a Q and A with the season ticket members a couple of weeks ago, and she said, I really had no idea what Louisville was, and when I came here, it quickly became home and she owns a home here now.

little bit off the beaten path, so to speak. But but you're absolutely right. The players for racing Louisville when they come here, so often you will hear them say like, wow, I didn't know what to expect, but I love it here. And I'll tell you, I think that they are very very proud to represent this city on this national stage,

taken on those big markets like I just mentioned. And certainly it's a talented roster as well, really hoping to get some get some results, go in the right direction so that they can get to you know, get some points in the standings and maybe move into that playoff position come seasons in.

They got trounced a couple of weeks ago six nothing by Orlando. They lost last week after having an early lead at home.

had their number. And it's an opportunity after that tough loss last week at Bay to go on national TV, go on CBS Courts Network, and maybe make a statement to the soccer watching public out there across the country that this Racing team is for real and that this Racing team has to be taken seriously as a playoff contender in the NWSOL, because I, like I told you last week, the national media is not taking Racing Louisville seriously,

as it contend strongly, they're mocking us. I'm telling you, Nick, there's so much slander for not only Racing Louisville, but the city of Louisville in this league. And it's an opportunity on Sunday to go out there and show some of those folks that they're wrong and show them that not only is this team legit, but this city is legitible be if this game's on the road, really though, that April twelfth game will be the opportunity to show the world that this city is a legit soccer city.

When we packed the place with twelve or thirteen thousand fans when Racing takes on the Washington spirit on Thunder over Louisville Day on April twelfth, that'll be a real opportunity to turn some heads across the country. So if you want to be a part of that, go to racingloufc dot com slash Thunder to get your tickets. Hoping for another record crowd this year after we had eleven thousand, three hundred last year and a five to one win

in that game last year. Hoping for a similar environment and a similar result this season against Washington here in a couple of weeks time. But yeah, Sunday at Chicago National TV, a chance for this team to make a statement.

an amazing thing we have here in the city. We now have you know, people competing as far as trying to get people out to their event. Well, the place to be is Lynn Family Stadium on April twelfth. Nowhere else, but I'll give you the floor here. Tell us why there's no better place to watch uh Thunder over Louisville than at Lynn Family Stadium, Because again, there's other options, but there's no options better than than at the most beautiful stadium you'll find.

year we had the game. The year before that, we just opened up the stadium folks to come and see it, and everybody that we've talked to has loved it. So it'll be a great opportunity. And guess what, Nick, you get to see some exciting soccer, two hours of exciting, heart pumping soccer with Racing louisvill hopefully pulling off a win over Washington in a couple of weeks. So racingluifc dot com, slash Thunder is the place to go to get your seats. Tickets starting at very affordable prices, and

it's going to be a great environment. Well over twelve or thirteen thousand. It'll be a memorable that I'm telling you. If you bring your family, bring your friends, you will all be talking about this next year. Come Thunder time. You'll say, oh, yeah, remember last year went to the soccer game.