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thirteen hours after we last talked to ya. The

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Outback a ballpark as more fat. With

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Monday's national title game now set for

2:04

tomorrow night say Form Stadium Glendale Arizona

2:06

it'll be Yukon a gift for do

2:08

Norlander Arma I have seen in like

2:10

six hours how you been a would

2:12

yeah that is that is true. After

2:14

the pod we did our we did

2:16

convene here in the hotel lobby with

2:18

a lot of our Cbs. Nice to

2:20

colleagues. that was a lot of fun.to

2:22

bed late are members of the I

2:24

said doing our own Saudi Arabia. ah

2:26

man gone with the had to get

2:28

some got hope our mean. Is ready for

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me over at the Cbs Sports network. Set

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to wiggle. Need some special special stuff? And

2:34

an atheist? in no doubt about it. But

2:36

it's you if you're If you're gallon and

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live. Ah hello hello. Not a toss up

2:41

that double top of the sample. I remember

2:43

that than numbers from Arsenal shirt at the

2:45

end of a show. but who are you

2:47

picking to win. Title. Game

2:49

And we are. We gave you reaction

2:51

Saturday from the stadium. Now. We'd

2:53

term and will give you a preview. his can

2:55

be a quickie one. Were in trying it out

2:57

here relatively fast and and we will have a Monday

2:59

show. On. Cbs Sports Network live

3:01

on television and that one again as

3:03

the other ones have. Will

3:06

go into the You Tube channel and also

3:08

into the positives. you're gay. It's to preview

3:10

episodes. This one we hope will be at

3:12

least a little bit different from whatever we

3:14

wind up talking about tomorrow. but it's one

3:16

game, two teams, same players, etcetera center where

3:18

you want to start Gp Well. It's

3:21

interesting because I were going to pick the

3:23

game later. I think these people who was

3:26

with the stock as already know where I'm

3:28

going. I can't give up Now I can

3:30

give up now but I will say that

3:32

as I go through it. I was sort

3:35

of chuckling at myself this morning's because I'm

3:37

a are both out of service the need

3:39

a gotta have you know picks piece is

3:41

that he's putting together and you have you

3:44

know who you pick and against the spread

3:46

and then you know right? I compare grass

3:48

about was and well as of writing it

3:50

I'm like. Okay, let's look at his.

3:53

you can't is more fish offensively to

3:55

produce you kind of more efficiently efficient

3:57

defensively. Them for do you can't is

3:59

ahead of Purdue and all of the

4:01

computers are. You can have more future

4:03

M B A players and produce on

4:06

the perimeters you caught is bigger and

4:08

more athletic couldn't have been produced. Use

4:10

this. As I am saying this. Sincerely.

4:14

This. Is the exact type of thing I

4:16

would never pick a chance for. Act specifically

4:18

to in it or any other universe do

4:20

with you. Here we go. What are we

4:23

even looking at our i think they were

4:25

all the data as in front of you

4:27

sit in it says seems better offensively as

4:29

you'd better defense was you've got more future

4:32

prose This teams are bigger and more athletic

4:34

on the perimeter. What are we talking about?

4:37

And. So. Death.

4:39

I I know I know where we're at.

4:41

I as a new copy of last night

4:43

or com Os and they're like Dps not

4:45

too late. sixties is not to speak. You

4:47

can be on the roof, study history to

4:49

see up. It's not too late but I'm

4:51

I'm gonna see it through. but I feel

4:54

like that that at a reasonable place to

4:56

start the conversation I know what we're looking

4:58

at I had. I understand why you can't

5:00

is a at least opened as a six

5:02

and a half point favorable see where the

5:04

line settles. Yeah but let me ask you

5:06

this aka obviously we all have can pump

5:08

subscriptions. That.

5:10

Projected. Margin. A story.

5:13

That's. A big job. We look at the stuff

5:16

every day for five months a year. That's

5:18

a big jobs from.

5:21

Where. Said. Can Pop would

5:23

just have it without an obvious injury

5:25

situation or something like that. Are you

5:27

surprised The betting markets move that number?

5:30

So like three to have points away

5:32

from Can Palm is a pretty significant

5:34

move. It is a significant move. It's

5:38

nice cost of I thought it would be. honestly.

5:42

By. I.

5:44

Again and when we said that we

5:46

talked about the school laid on the

5:48

Saturday I show. I just anticipated the

5:50

number would be a bigger for the

5:52

betting markets but yeah I mean it's

5:54

and it speaks to produce capabilities and

5:56

haven't the best player in the country.

5:59

Adjusted this is the margin is not close

6:01

The Gp are you cause just efficiency Margin

6:04

is thirty five Star point Six five per

6:06

do is number two in the country. Had

6:08

thirty one. Point. Thirty one. That's

6:10

four point three, four difference. So the

6:12

difference between you call him for do

6:15

right now. Is. Greater than

6:17

the difference between for do it

6:19

Number two. And.

6:22

I think it sounded i might be

6:24

to boo boo Illinois it's hand. If

6:26

not, it could be Creighton that eleven

6:28

all the way down there in terms

6:30

of adjusted efficiency margin. So. They.

6:33

You can separate itself. I'd I do

6:35

admire you for. Going.

6:37

Down, Maybe Gone? you might. hey, let's

6:39

not. It's might be an amazing amazing

6:41

of podcast recap on Monday night. It

6:43

will be amazing either way, Or

6:45

that's my Biggest thing about this game is

6:47

that we are getting we are guaranteed and

6:49

epic ending we just are were either didn't

6:51

for actually beating Yukon. And. And Fauna

6:54

Virginia and so much more and I wanted so

6:56

is reduced to the birds anything but we get

6:58

that. Or. We get yukon back to back

7:00

chance and anyway they get there is great up as

7:02

they were to do it and and repeat another team

7:04

by double digits well then they they have a a

7:06

real case of the in one the best. Teams.

7:09

Of the past six fifty years

7:11

and I think. I.

7:14

Think we. I. Think we've got

7:16

a chance at a healthy close games, but

7:18

I think it's gotta be more than just

7:20

our than just sacchi going off. I think

7:22

it's Zackie gives the Is produce twenty eight.

7:25

Actually, let me give you. Let

7:27

me give you the average is here. it's and

7:29

my column from overnight let's we might as well

7:31

so I shall. Same for the and will do

7:34

what is actually over under combine points rebounds. But

7:36

it can't just be him. Think you're going to

7:38

need Lance Jones to show up? well again he

7:40

he was. He says he provides I think fourteen

7:42

points for Purdue. Ah, Against since

7:44

he states Fletcher lawyer Braden

7:46

Smith. I think for do probably needs

7:49

to play in a game a minus maybe

7:51

within for iphone app snap and I'm normally

7:53

bad game or in order to keep this

7:55

one close and I do think. And.

7:57

Take wherever he wants u p. I. Do think

7:59

will have more or do in the

8:01

building and we will have you can

8:03

are they are both gonna show up

8:05

heavy enthusiastic but because for do is

8:08

a bigger school. And because it

8:10

has a wider alumni base that

8:12

spreads out or across the country

8:14

are my expects. To. Just

8:16

what I said we saw in the building on Saturday nights.

8:18

I think that pretty will have more fans they're on. Think

8:20

that's going to sell? Give the edge know when in the

8:23

game, but I can't wait to to be back there on

8:25

Monday night. Something you touched on his

8:27

are among my favorite things about this national

8:29

Championship game. I I think my favorite thing

8:31

is is simply that we have the best

8:33

two teams with all due respect to do

8:35

stunts. And let's let's keep in mind that.

8:38

Even. If used in would have won. The.

8:40

Game that it lost in the sensitively tournaments. I

8:42

think most of us are operating within understanding that

8:44

Jamal said was not coming back them as you

8:46

Iraqi he was it would want to your point

8:49

two days later so eventually that we're going to

8:51

catch up with you students and used to might

8:53

have similar shared is not one of the best

8:55

two teams in the country. But

8:57

for. Do and you Kind as currently

8:59

constructed. They. Are the two best teams

9:01

in the country? Stay in her early cause

9:03

of the two best teams in the country

9:05

for the past two years. I know some

9:07

people can dig into some data and in

9:09

argue with that if they want to. I'm

9:12

not interested in. that's so every national championship

9:14

winner. Is a great story on

9:16

some level, but often they just kind

9:18

of not. Maybe not for you, but

9:20

they just like our yeah that was

9:22

that was nice. That was a dice

9:24

teams. they cut the nats, they help

9:27

appropriates but they're not always historically relevant.

9:29

National championships. Like you said, whatever happens

9:31

in this game, however it is, it

9:33

ends up you have something historically relevance.

9:35

It's either the second time ever that

9:37

as school that last two a sixteen.

9:40

Bounce Back and won a national champs of the next year. We

9:42

either going to get that. Or more likely

9:44

best on the project. We will have the

9:47

first back to back national champion since Two

9:49

Thousand and Six, Two Thousand and Seven. And

9:51

I really do think that that even discounts

9:53

what you kind of doing as we talked

9:55

about before, because two Thousand and Six, Two

9:58

Thousand and Seven Florida, Florida. It's near. Leader

10:00

fame team with the same coach

10:02

it actually.of and with. Tory

10:04

and green and lead Humphrey

10:07

and. Corey

10:09

Brewer and Al Horford a joke Him

10:11

know what? It's water hard coming off

10:13

the bench. It is Chris Richard coming

10:15

off the best. The top seven scores

10:17

were exactly the same one year to

10:19

the next. Yukon is a largely different

10:21

team. Three, the top six scores were

10:23

gone from last season. Field.

10:26

As it is that the. I.

10:29

Don't. I don't mean to take anything

10:31

away from the for the national championships but

10:33

I do believe and act like you are

10:35

I you I think big you back to

10:37

back would be more impressive than the Florida

10:39

by a biased it as a hobby for

10:41

a number reasons. Also go back. Insects are

10:43

that floor to run. They have a late

10:46

seasons a. Little. Bit of a of

10:48

a dip the last like three the final five

10:50

and then they won like the rather run a

10:52

timeless was pretty impressive that and get caught in

10:54

a at I came late but i you pawns

10:56

in more dominant Overall let me to give you

10:58

a couple nuggets here to set the stage. You

11:00

can always looking to be the first repeat and

11:03

sorta. And we we

11:05

We know about the dominance here, but I

11:07

yukon has one and it's path eleven tournament

11:09

games by twenty two point. three points on

11:11

average. second best ever in a two year

11:13

span. the best as U C L A

11:15

and Sixty Seven, Sixty eight at. Twenty two

11:17

Point Five. Oh. It's

11:20

you've got going to need to be pretty

11:22

by twenty plus points. I don't see that

11:24

happening, but as it did, I mean look

11:26

out you cause five and L a national

11:29

championship games. For. Do his own one.

11:31

A got there and sixty nine it

11:33

was Lew Alcindor is I believe that

11:35

was messengers final. College. game and

11:37

he had he had not resist outline of

11:39

crime dog pull it up for you to

11:41

be under the show and produced forty nine

11:43

until a tournament wins and it's program's history

11:45

it's more than any other school ever think

11:48

and sag i saw we're we're graphic that

11:50

went up on hq saturday nights they can

11:52

sack of them are to on those by

11:54

the way think it's got forty five a

11:56

big ten obviously looking when it's first national

11:58

championship since two thousand with Michigan State. It

12:00

has played in seven title games since Michigan

12:03

State won in 2000. We'll see if Purdue

12:05

can end the drought. The

12:08

combined NCAA tournament point differential

12:10

entering the national title game

12:12

between UConn and Purdue over

12:15

the past combines. They've

12:17

each won five times

12:19

so we've won 10 wins plus 223.

12:21

That's the highest ever we've seen between

12:23

two teams going into a title

12:28

game. There's never been two teams that met on the

12:30

final night of the season in the national championship that

12:33

had combined to beat their opponents by more points. A

12:35

lot of that is obviously UConn but

12:37

they also have 70 combined wins and

12:40

the only title game that we had with more

12:42

combined wins with two teams

12:44

was actually one GP was at in 2008.

12:46

Kansas and Memphis had 74 combined wins the

12:49

night of the title game here. CBS

12:51

Sports Research tells me UConn Purdue here is

12:54

at 70 and that was what UConn Duke

12:56

was with 70 combined wins back in in

12:58

1999. It's

13:01

just it's it's an awesome awesome awesome deal.

13:03

It's the 10th time we've ever seen two

13:05

one seeds meet for a national championship that

13:07

goes back to seeding in

13:09

79 the most recent one being obviously Gonzaga versus Baylor.

13:11

I still want what I asked you last night. I

13:13

don't know if you thought about it. I want to

13:15

I want from you the most

13:17

recent title game going in the matchup that

13:19

you thought was as good as this one

13:22

so get to me shortly on that GP

13:24

and then I mentioned this last night but

13:26

I'm gonna I'm gonna remind everyone the only

13:28

other time we've had two seven foot starters

13:31

in a national title game in men's D1

13:33

or women's that's

13:35

not happened in the women's game either

13:37

was Elijah Juan versus Ewing 40 years

13:40

ago in 1984 and it's

13:42

the first time ever that two players that are

13:44

seven two or taller will

13:46

meet in an NCAA tournament game period first

13:49

round second round anything has never happened so

13:51

those are kind of the the initial stakes

13:53

around it and to

13:55

me I think this is I think this is

13:57

the best matchup going in since

13:59

at least Duke, Wisconsin. Gonzaga Baylor was

14:01

awesome. Trust me, we've had a couple

14:03

of really fantastic title

14:07

game matchups going in. But

14:10

Gonzaga Baylor just, I don't know, I think

14:12

this one's bigger and I think it's bigger

14:15

because of the big men's GP because you

14:17

get ED versus Clingon. This does feel like,

14:19

especially if it's a close game and no

14:21

matter who wins, I

14:24

don't know, maybe college basketball is always going to have

14:26

the big man to one. I actually appreciate that about

14:28

the sport, but we've gone 40 years

14:30

since we saw it. Maybe we go another

14:32

30 years before we see it again, maybe.

14:35

But I think that factor is actually

14:37

something and I think there's such great

14:39

potential between these two behemoths battling it

14:42

out and they're different kind of

14:44

bigs. So yeah, for

14:46

me, it's been a while. I mean, it

14:48

might be Duke, Wisconsin, but I think I'm

14:50

more hyped for this one than I was

14:52

even Duke, Wisconsin. Wisconsin obviously coming off, knocking

14:55

off, undefeated Kentucky. Duke was freshman-laden, Shusheski laid

14:57

stage of his career. But

14:59

you tell me, when was the last time you

15:01

thought we had a title game affair that had

15:04

as much hype and anticipation and just

15:06

outright buzz going in like this one? The 21, the last

15:08

one thing, the 21 one, the one

15:11

thing that worked against it, it was in the bubble.

15:14

I also think that plays a factor. Had

15:16

it not been in that, maybe we have a

15:18

different situation. Okay, so that's

15:20

the answer because that's the other time where

15:22

we had one versus two and it's clearly

15:24

the two best teams in the country all

15:26

year long and that stuff. But it kind

15:28

of, it was such a weird thing. Limited

15:32

fans, we're still in

15:34

the middle of a pandemic. The

15:38

whole final point, what you and I and all

15:40

of our colleagues did last night, just enjoy each

15:42

other's company after a long day

15:44

of work. We were not allowed

15:46

to do that even in Indianapolis. We couldn't

15:48

do it. It was the saddest thing. We

15:51

would get offset in Indianapolis and we'd walk

15:53

back to our hotel. You get

15:55

all these people in suits and addresses

16:01

and makeup and we'd all just walk back

16:03

to our hotel like in a line and

16:05

we'd all take it we'd all walk into

16:07

the liquor store and everybody everybody buy them

16:09

a bottle for the room and then we'd

16:11

all sit up stairs and like group chat

16:13

and zoom each other and we had that

16:15

we couldn't hang out so that whole thing

16:17

was weird but that's the answer that's that's

16:19

that you know those were the two best

16:21

teams in the country and we got them

16:23

on on the final night of the season

16:26

I hope this game isn't as lopsided as that game was because

16:28

that one got out of hand pretty

16:30

quickly but if you want to

16:32

take that and say because you didn't have a stadium

16:35

filled with fans and it just didn't feel the same

16:37

I agree I think

16:39

the Duke Butler game like I

16:41

was really looking forward to that one just

16:44

because it was Duke like the biggest

16:46

brand in the sport or at least

16:48

arguably the biggest brand in the sport it's not something I'm interested

16:50

in arguing about right now against

16:52

Butler from the Horizon League

16:55

in Indianapolis like the

16:58

Butler guys are going to class on Monday morning and they'll

17:00

be a you know in the dome on Monday night ready

17:02

to play I love that one so you

17:04

know I didn't put

17:06

the list together ranking most anticipated final fours

17:08

of my 21 years of

17:11

attending Final Four's but this one I

17:13

think is is pretty high because again

17:16

it's the two best teams it's the

17:18

two it's the best player in the country for the

17:20

past two years at center at any position but he's

17:22

a center Zach Edie and then the

17:25

guy who is probably going to be the first center

17:27

selected in the 2024 NBA

17:29

draft Donovan Clingan but let's stop

17:31

here for a second do

17:34

you think that's what decides the game those two

17:36

guys because I think the game if it actually

17:39

I think of Purdue wins it's got a

17:41

lot of Zach Edie in it with some

17:43

amazing shooting from Braden Smith and Fletcher lawyer

17:45

right but I if you can run if

17:47

you can't does what most people think you

17:49

can't gonna do which is maybe one of

17:51

12th straight NCAA tournament game by double digits

17:53

which is ridiculous they've

17:56

won 11th straight NCAA tournament games by double digits

17:59

Dan Hurley had a awesome quote. I love how

18:01

he talks

18:03

confidently. It's

18:05

never really bragging, but just very

18:07

confident in what they're doing. The

18:09

most recent quote was, we make

18:11

a hard tournament look easy. That's

18:15

what they've been doing for two years now. They've

18:17

been making a hard tournament look

18:19

easy. And if they do that

18:21

again, I actually don't think that

18:23

would be decided by Clingan and Edie. I

18:26

think that's going to, I think if

18:28

UConn really overwhelms Purdue, where I think

18:31

it happens is at the one, two, three,

18:33

they're just bigger and they're more athletic at

18:36

those positions. And that if you're looking, if

18:38

I'm taking off my, if I'm ripping out

18:40

my 60% boilermaker and setting it

18:42

aside, my biggest concern

18:45

for Purdue is not how

18:47

Donovan and Clingan is going to guard Zach Edie. My

18:50

biggest concern is buddy, you've got

18:53

pros with size and athleticism on one

18:55

side of the back court and not

18:57

so much on the other. Will

19:00

the game be decided by Clingan versus Edie? It

19:02

is a good question. That's what I'm going to

19:04

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this the other day. If

21:43

you, if you do a peace sign. Yeah.

21:46

Yeah. Okay. Well

21:48

now it's not working. Yeah. You

21:50

know, I, we look ridiculous right now. Okay.

21:53

Nothing. Nothing. What

21:55

up Anderson Cooper? Okay. I

21:57

Think, I Think, I Think you need to prompt Anderson

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Cooper. Cooper. That's actually what what causes?

22:02

That's that's the known thing. Anyway, I

22:04

agree with you. I. Don't think

22:06

that the massive decides the game. But.

22:08

I do think a lot

22:10

heavy influence has enough efforts.

22:12

I also I'm. I'm.

22:15

Really intrigued to see. South.

22:18

Is easy, wins the battle. Definitively.

22:21

Or of Klingon can really stay on the

22:23

floor and handle it. it's it's just amazing

22:25

and and interview going in for a few

22:28

last night and he has so much respect

22:30

for my know I the roof we're not.

22:32

On. The overnight show. And.

22:35

He said by the way as and get gotta

22:37

bruce to it I mean he's going Obviously downplay

22:39

said he should be good was the hopefully he's

22:41

got i want him or one both these guys

22:43

at the at full strength there but you know

22:46

ease got what to insist on calling and he's

22:48

probably got out of other official listed wait here

22:50

but east probably gods. Forty

22:52

five, maybe twenty pounds on killing. and

22:54

maybe fifteen. it's a It's a fascinating

22:56

matchup. I think good is gonna need

22:59

to go for. I

23:01

think he's probably ah to get in order for buddha have

23:03

a chance of going to have three more than him. I

23:05

would say he just got to get to at least twenty

23:07

six points and fifteen rebounds and then is that the other

23:10

guys like. Will. They poets. Who.

23:12

The gonna have a brain said the such

23:15

such small guy. Will it be castle? Will

23:17

it be Spencer Britain Smith has gotta have

23:19

a better game. He'd

23:21

had a weird game. It was in some

23:23

parts good, some parts not. Ah, but he's

23:25

gonna have to step up. a pleasure lawyers

23:28

can have to shoot. Well, they're gonna need

23:30

produce. not a D team produce going to

23:32

need. To. Have. An

23:34

A level game in probably it

23:36

might have to get close to

23:39

what Yukon did on Saturday. When.

23:41

It had all five starters at twelve plus

23:43

points. We'll wait and see on that. Right

23:45

now in this tournament eat he is averaging

23:48

twenty eight points. And fifteen

23:50

point four rebounds per game

23:52

he put together. That. is

23:54

thirty three and a half points

23:57

are seizing forty three and a

23:59

half points rebounds per game

24:01

overall. That's our over

24:03

under for the title game. Will Edie finish over

24:07

or under 43 and a

24:09

half combined points and boards versus Clingon and

24:11

Yukon on Monday night GP? That's

24:13

hard. That's just hard, right? Yeah,

24:15

I'd say no. But I don't think he has

24:18

to. But I'd say no. Dude,

24:20

I think he's got to be really close

24:22

to that. To give Purdue a chance to

24:24

win, I think he's got

24:26

to be really close to that number. Yeah, I

24:28

could seem close to that number. But I just,

24:32

I will see. But I don't think that I don't

24:34

think those two guys are going to decide the game.

24:36

I don't think they're necessarily going to neutralize each other.

24:39

But I don't think it'll be decided

24:41

there unless, of course, one

24:44

of them ends up in foul trouble and tied

24:47

to the bench for long periods of time in

24:49

the first half. Now, this has been a constant

24:52

topic of conversation in anticipation

24:54

of this matchup perhaps materializing

24:56

is like Yukon's not

24:58

unbeatable, though people do say that

25:00

all the time. They've been beaten.

25:03

But they're hard to beat. And they're especially

25:06

hard to beat as long as Donovan

25:08

Clingon is playing real minutes. If you're

25:10

trying to neutralize

25:12

Yukon and bring them down to your level, the best

25:14

way is to try to get that guy off to

25:16

court. And so the

25:19

big question is like, what? Nobody draws

25:21

fouls like Zach Edie. Can Zach Edie

25:23

get Donovan Clingon into foul trouble? Now, the counter

25:26

to that is that he Donovan Clingon is almost

25:28

never in foul trouble. Do you know he's

25:30

never fouled out in the game? I didn't,

25:32

but I do now. Yeah. Okay. So now

25:34

some of that is because it's like in two

25:36

years of college basketball, Donovan Clingon has never fouled

25:38

out even once. Well, in one year of college

25:40

basketball, he barely played. All right. Like you play

25:42

13 minutes a game. If you're fouling out in

25:44

13 minutes a game, you get something wild going

25:46

on. So he was never going to foul out

25:48

last season. So we're really only talking about this

25:51

season, but he doesn't get into

25:53

foul trouble often. Now fouling out is

25:55

not equal to foul trouble. There's a

25:58

million examples of people getting into foul

26:00

trouble. or the perception of foul trouble

26:02

without ever fouling out. And he has

26:04

found himself in those situations. He's had

26:06

four fouls four times this season. But

26:09

unless one of them gets in foul

26:11

trouble, I don't think that's where the

26:14

overwhelming advantage in either direction is. I

26:16

think if we're talking about positional advantages,

26:19

the most obvious one in this game

26:22

is going to be on the perimeter because you

26:24

kind of again, is just

26:26

they're bigger and more athletic. And they're

26:28

like, you know, Tristan Newton's a pro. Stephan

26:31

Castel is obviously a pro, maybe a pick.

26:34

And Purdue has really nice college players

26:37

in this back court, but they don't have that.

26:39

They don't. And those guys, I mean,

26:42

lawyer's the one that's got a little something to him.

26:44

Maybe we get a little trash talk between lawyer and

26:46

Cam Spencer. We'd love to see it because lawyer's the

26:48

one that really brings that energy and that kind of

26:51

attitude and confidence. They're going to need it for sure

26:53

from him. And he has been a better

26:55

player and

26:57

a different guy versus what he was two months

27:00

ago, which has been important. He

27:02

kind of helped set the tone and then in

27:04

a regular game on Saturday, lawyer

27:06

has gotten to double figures in the

27:09

past four games, 15

27:11

against Utah State, only 10 against Gonzaga,

27:14

but did hit a couple of threes. And he had

27:16

14 against Tennessee and

27:18

11 against NC State, but his 11 felt big. They're

27:20

going to need him to play well. Obviously, Braden Smith's

27:22

got to keep the turnovers down. The turnovers are going

27:25

to be a huge thing. They've got to keep it

27:27

down. Purdue, we know the fouling deal. Keep an eye

27:29

on that. They don't foul. We've

27:31

got to really, by the way, we have a really

27:34

good crew working the game as is always the case,

27:36

but this is like a stellar, stellar crew led

27:38

by Roger Ayers that's working the game on Monday night.

27:40

So they'll be ready. They'll be prepared.

27:43

Purdue, I will remind our audience, is an

27:45

excellent three point shooting team. It makes 40.6% of

27:47

its triples there. That's

27:50

number two in the country. UConn doesn't

27:52

exceed from three, although it shot better

27:54

from three. It

27:57

had more volume and made more than

27:59

Bama. a better percentage on Saturday

28:01

night. 36%, UConn gets

28:03

it done in the interior. It's the best points

28:05

for possession offense in the country UConn is. And

28:09

a lot of that's because of the damage that it can

28:11

do down low. And frankly, a lot of what Tristan Newton

28:13

does as well. So Purdue is gonna

28:15

need to have contributions from all five. I

28:17

wonder if like a Miles Colvin can come

28:19

off the bench and sometimes we get this

28:21

in a final four or a national title

28:23

game. A role player finds himself

28:25

because of a matchup or one thing or another,

28:27

suddenly contributing eight, 10, 12 points in

28:29

the spot we haven't seen most of the season.

28:31

A really good athlete. Let's see if he's

28:34

used in that stage, if he's ready for that stage,

28:37

because Purdue has now played out. I'll

28:40

point out that Purdue, it

28:42

didn't play a great game against NC State and it

28:44

didn't play its best game against Tennessee. Now it won

28:47

both those games. A sign of a really, really good

28:49

team is you can win in a variety of styles

28:51

and you can have a bad game and you can

28:53

still win easily. We just saw that last night, but

28:55

that needs to stop. Like it's not gonna be a

28:58

close game if the

29:00

Purdue we've seen in the past couple of games

29:02

after cruising to the regional final, that team shows

29:04

up on Monday, then it's lights out. I mean,

29:06

it's gonna be UConn that wins by double digits

29:08

there. So I would keep that in mind as

29:10

well. Edie's gonna have to be a star. We'll

29:13

see if he plays 40 minutes again. He

29:15

played 40 on Saturday. I don't think

29:18

he can do that again. I

29:20

mean, last game of his college career,

29:22

I don't know. Why don't you think so? Do

29:28

you want, like being in the building, you

29:30

can see things that you don't see on TV. Like

29:35

he's back and forth nonstop,

29:37

but it's like this. Parrish

29:41

is just waving his hand across again for our parafat.

29:46

They're like, he's like what Parrish? Yeah, exactly. Is UConn

29:48

gonna make him move a little faster than he did

29:50

he likes to move? Yeah,

29:53

probably. I mean, I would imagine, I

29:55

mean, UConn, They can get out and go, That's

30:00

not their bread and butter right? it? It's

30:02

more of the the actions that they run

30:04

and and a way that they they play

30:06

their offices just a lot. It's very different.

30:09

To get on that. Same as what? Well that's

30:11

when I went out with with how you

30:13

can what when I meet his fifth as

30:15

there's been a constant indispensable. A tournament where

30:17

people go into the game said you gotta

30:19

make Zackie work on the defensive end of

30:21

the courts you gotta make him guards are

30:23

you gotta make implies and. Consistently teams

30:25

aren't may aren't making him. Uncomfortable

30:28

on that end of the courts and making him move

30:30

around in ways that you probably need to make a

30:32

move around and pull him away from the baskets. I

30:34

think you can't going to make him think I'll make

30:36

you play on that into the court and that's. That.

30:39

That that could take that could prove difficult.

30:42

I I I obviously eighty gotta be

30:44

good I think the most the more

30:46

important thing. For.

30:50

Do with the great three point shooting team. I think they have

30:52

to be agree three point shooting team in this game. I.

30:54

Don't think it's one of those where they can sue twenty nine

30:56

percent from three, and when they're going to have to make shots

30:58

from the perimeter. Because obviously going at

31:00

the rim against Yukon it's it's tough. So

31:02

that's like keep an eye on on

31:04

those numbers and honestly keep an eye

31:06

on you can't three point shooting tubes because.

31:09

Again, this team is hard to beat, but

31:12

not unbeatable. They've been beaten three times now.

31:14

One of the losses was at Kansas and basically

31:16

everybody loses a Kansas. It's almost as scheduled last

31:18

I know. damn wouldn't think of it that way.

31:21

But would you schedule on the game available House

31:23

Like if you know you're up against It's so

31:25

like that that game is whatever. I don't even

31:27

care I I I I think nothing differently was

31:29

like I don't care about that result. Let's look

31:32

at the other two and if you look at

31:34

the other to. The. First thing yet the

31:36

realizes all of them are road games and are not

31:38

playing a road game so they never lost a new

31:40

to court or home game. But the other one. That

31:43

the common denominator, it just on a very

31:45

basic level. A gets Creighton And that loss.

31:47

They shut below twenty percent from three. Against

31:50

Seton Hall and that last below

31:52

twenty percent from three. So they

31:54

have the when they gotten caught

31:56

and it's rare. But. It

31:58

has been. In. Firemen swear.

32:02

They're. Outnumbered from a fan perspective,

32:04

and they shot below twenty percent

32:06

from three and. They're. Going

32:08

to be out number from a fan perspective

32:10

tomorrow you think and I agree. And if

32:13

they have an outside shooting that are, you

32:15

know that could be the type of thing

32:17

that obviously. For. Purdue to when it's going to

32:19

have to be an upset. And I think this

32:21

is true if you can't place at it's.

32:23

Level. It's hard to beat them

32:26

that they if he didn't produce, probably won't, but

32:28

you know you can is capable of not playing

32:30

to that level and that is how you get

32:32

a at least theoretically that's how you could do

32:34

to. After forty minutes a basketball

32:37

super do with more points than you can

32:39

ah. With that in mind knowing that we're

32:41

gonna talk about this again on Tv hour

32:43

before the title game monday and we are

32:45

media availability later today so out a little

32:47

more to talk about reality based on what's

32:49

good said today. you wanna watch stop for

32:51

a bar or piston scores and are are

32:53

are mop projects in here before we get

32:55

out here. was your why not? I think

32:57

people know where I'm at an earlier you

33:00

know. I pointed out that. Though. The

33:02

point spread of six and a half. The.

33:05

Can Palm projection is only seventy Five

33:07

Seventy two. it's only three and I

33:09

was looking at the chat and shoddy

33:11

as pointed out that the camp on

33:13

line is basically just efficiency difference adjusted

33:15

for. Thanks. Audience and I'm

33:18

well aware of what that is.

33:20

Expert.for a risk trusting extra bucks

33:22

for which I know is liked.

33:24

By just ammo trust the extra deck for

33:27

that person said are the top line is.

33:29

You. Can't Two point eight, Massey line,

33:32

it's Yukon, two Point Five and the

33:34

Bp I as you can minus one

33:36

and a half. So every computer has

33:38

this like. Every computer has

33:41

this much closer than the actual betting

33:43

markets have it for whatever reason that

33:45

the obviously the because you can't beat

33:47

the hell what? Everybody. But

33:50

the computers do is. The. Point I

33:52

was trying to make earlier and this is true. You.

33:55

Do not usually see. Point. Spreads

33:57

in the betting markets describe

33:59

medically. Different from a can palm

34:01

projection unless there are injuries involved. So

34:04

this is a unique situation which on his

34:06

you know. I've. At. If.

34:08

Your proof and you sit! Love that the betting markets

34:11

are begging everybody to take part of. The

34:13

right? That's what they're doing and

34:15

that's usually a suckers play. But.

34:18

At have been here for a long time and

34:20

it seems it would seem silly to move off

34:22

of a now I will take Purdue. Can miss

34:24

our. Our give you school right now.

34:26

You're. Ready for the score? Yet for a court? Order.

34:30

To call it. Seventy.

34:32

Two. To seventy

34:34

One. Per over you

34:36

kind of the national championship game. You.

34:39

Want to go mop now? He wanted to

34:41

see them up for tomorrow. Self sealing my

34:43

bus system set for tomorrow. Other years

34:45

is obviously so easy to pick and produced

34:47

one. Time. I

34:49

mean, I I am. I might what fletcher

34:51

more. You're not Still Six thrill. What else?

34:56

Are between last night's pole and to days although

34:58

the same number people that and votes of this

35:00

is an exact but I'm a take does what

35:02

the difference I'm. Sixty.

35:04

One percent of our lives viewers have

35:06

picked you can't win at so that's

35:08

lower than our thoughts are. Sixty one

35:10

to thirty nine Split Yukon Winning this

35:12

game vs for Do. Ah, our

35:15

projections and predictions are gonna be up

35:17

at sea discourse a com as well.

35:19

I will take. A mistake with

35:21

were said i'm gonna pick you kind of when and

35:23

I'm going to do kind of mean by double digits

35:25

until I see a Team Cats Yukon a close game.

35:27

And be clear about two things here, Produce.

35:30

An absolutely get this game close and I

35:33

desperately want to cover a close national title

35:35

game on Monday. I want to see Yukon

35:37

in a tight game. I want to see

35:40

you can't Swaths I want to see it's

35:42

in doubt. With under four minutes to go,

35:44

Please give me that. I wanna see it

35:46

so desperately but haven't seen yet until I

35:49

see it or not taken at this is

35:51

the last opportunity I'm still not gonna. Tickets

35:53

are many. give it a double digits by

35:56

the narrow margin. Amen to go Yukon. eighty

35:58

produce, seventy huskies back to back. Some.

36:00

At their status among the all time legends

36:02

and history the sports. Car right.

36:05

All. right? Side. Of it will be on Tv. You.

36:07

Got to talk to go to the players right and

36:09

then I gotta do hq of so that is that

36:12

is correct. There's a hell of a day is a

36:14

hell of a day Both good to see Again good

36:16

to see a. Good. To see a week

36:18

we gotta get outta here your most of the hospital

36:20

they do We say about one for Sunday. That.

36:22

You look at me that are by about

36:25

about. well I've got back from strong look

36:27

at me. Kill me down. At. Or

36:29

maybe and damage came from like thirty six

36:31

hours or so. You get me down for

36:33

about thirty six hour, but that's block or

36:36

bounce back. Africa, South Down in South. Just

36:38

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36:40

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36:42

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36:48

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36:50

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36:52

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36:54

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