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 Welcome back in.

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 It is Monday all over the world, which means it's a great time to open the door and say hello

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 to Zach Pounders.

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 Zach, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Doing good, how are you all?

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 Doing good.

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 And we're doing all right.

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 Zach, obviously a great season overall.

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 Sometimes things don't always end the way you want them to.

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 So, Zach, where do you start in describing the run that was, but basically coming up short

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 pretty much across the board?

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 of the boys on the girls' side.

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 and March 11th had a couple of runs since then as well.

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 Boy, what does that tell you?

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 15 years since a Shoals was not in a championship game.

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 Let me ask you about Dexter.

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 He was one of the, in the Final Four, they lost to Fairfield 61-57.

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 Fairfield's coach is a guy by the name of Maurice Ford, who coached to J.L. Johnson.

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 I watched his teams play a good bit.

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 Dexter lost a heartbreaking game, 61-57.

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 Garrett Reed had 21 points.

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 I knew this would be a game that went down to the final.

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 He didn't have to do that.

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 conversation, and he apologized because that was a critical call.

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 Your thoughts on the game, number one, and number two, should high school basketball have

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 a coaching challenge in the final two minutes of the game?

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 go away possibly in the next few years, but I do think it adds to the game times and gambling.

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 challenge, and then they keep using it or whatever, and then players calling for it, who gets to

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 the challenge goes, they keep it, lose it, whatever.

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 Spencer held the ball for three and a half minutes in the third to run the clock.

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 three and a half minutes.

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 year, with Wilson Hale of the girls, and with Ferrisville Desh at State, but, and I kind

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 of guess Coach Banner's trying to use it as a, basically a timeout on the court, basically,

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 best of the best in the state for a reason, and props to him for apologizing, reaching out,

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 and all that, whatever, I'm going to show the rule, I think most people are going to show

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 the rule as if it's a foot in the air over the line, or if it's down over the line, or if

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 it's supposed to be one foot, whatever, talking about the catch rule of football, what is the

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 catch, who knows, but very impressive game from Deshaw to get back where the end, three

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 points at the end, and it was in two, really, before three points at the end cost it.

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 Zach Pander shows sports report, I'll tell you what's heartbreaking about this, these

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 kids, they practice as hard as Alabama, Auburn, any team in the SEC, the same sweat equity,

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 they've been doing it for weeks and months, and then, the reason I bring that up, you get

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 about getting so close, yet so far away, that just exacerbates the heartbreak, 34-32, Red

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 Bay, as it's well put, loses a rock fight by one bucket after all that sweat equity.

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 Yeah, this game kind of the same thing, Red Bay and Lafayette, the ball for a little bit, late

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 game, couldn't get a shot in the fall, but third quarter, Red Bay had their best shooting

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 quarter of the game, 55%, and Lafayette shot 20% third quarter, but in the fourth quarter, Lafayette

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 Lafayette shot 56%, Red Bay shot 40%, because they're shooting that state, it's different

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 falling, and sometimes they're not, you've got to play defense when that happens to stay

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 in the game, but Khalil Lutzer had nine points, seven rebounds in the game, a down game for

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 him, but Red Bay had a guy step up and give him a chance, that's what making the state is

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 all about, too, it's having guys step up, or guys or girls step up and give you a chance

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 to win, a chance to be in the game.

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 got to defend.

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 Well, we've talked with you a lot about Bell Hill, everybody knows how good the sophomore

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 Morris Hill is, they ran into a buzzsaw, lost to St. James 76-51, St. James is a number

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 one team, Mia Humphreys added seven points and ten rebounds, Bell Hill now has 3,219 points,

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 which is 19th all-time on the Alabama High School Athletic Association list, again, they

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 lost between you, there's no way to sugarcoat that, but they had a tremendous year, very

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 good team, and Bell Hill, once again, with a heroic effort, Zach, 38 points, 16 rebounds.

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 And a crazy part is, you have two years left.

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 That's right.

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 Amazing.

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 But, this Marcelle game, I think what St. James did was, is the best way to beat Marcelle,

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 you let Bell do what she's going to do, and take away the help.

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 You take away a Malay right, Mia Humphreys, and anybody but Bell beats you.

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 And Bell had 38 and 16, well, St. James had 38 points, I think at halftime.

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 Yeah, they had 39 and a halftime.

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 So, St. James kind of blitzed them from the start, they couldn't, they could not turn it

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 ever in the first quarter, it felt like, and she threw 16 fouls also in this game.

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 18 free throws, free throw 10, made 14 of them.

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 two of those were 1 for 5, 1 for 3.

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 So, outside of Bell, they probably shot less than 20% in the whole game.

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 of other things, you can play let up or whatnot, but with St. James, 3 goals and had 10 plus

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00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:21,060
 points, one of them had 30, and wasn't the best player, in my opinion, on the team.

445
00:28:22,460 --> 00:28:29,980
 They wound up winning state by 50-ish, or 70, I'm talking about 70 or 20-something the other

446
00:28:29,980 --> 00:28:36,580
 day, on Friday, but the team they played with Mogo Christian, had 7 points at halftime, and

447
00:28:36,580 --> 00:28:41,580
 wound up like 20-something, but they wound up in the 20s, because with starters, I let the

448
00:28:41,580 --> 00:28:46,040
 bench play some, so the bench had the points late, but it still won state by a huge margin.

449
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:51,340
 Before you jump off, Zach, you mentioned Bell Hill got 2 more years, it's one thing, it's

450
00:28:51,340 --> 00:28:55,800
 all relative, you say, well, shut out for over a decade, as far as a team from our neck

451
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,380
 of the woods in the state championship, sometimes you don't know the whole facts, a lot of these

452
00:28:59,380 --> 00:29:04,800
 teams are young, the question is, where collectively are the teams in North Alabama going forward?

453
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:09,380
 I know, obviously, things are bright there for Bell Hill, but collectively, sometimes it

454
00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:14,100
 runs in cycles, the talent pool is a little young, and takes some time to sit here and get

455
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:14,820
 the experience.

456
00:29:15,580 --> 00:29:19,460
 I think one of the scariest teams for next year is going to be Lardy County boys, those

457
00:29:19,460 --> 00:29:23,260
 done one impact player, basically from the senior group this year, Calvin Watkins, but they

458
00:29:23,260 --> 00:29:28,620
 returned almost everybody else that played minutes this year, valuable minutes, and they

459
00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:32,500
 lost by 10 in Montgomery Academy, kind of the same story as Deshler, they had a down third

460
00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:39,400
 quarter, got down by 13, 15 in the third quarter, had to fight all their way back, but they

461
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:44,200
 outscored Montgomery Academy by four in the fourth, and they had a solid third quarter, they

462
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:49,400
 had a chance to win this game, they're going to be tough next year, I think Marshall, though,

463
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:54,740
 with the private school split, they'll be back next year, Bell said post-game, I thought

464
00:29:54,740 --> 00:29:58,400
 they'll play them again next year, because St. James is also in the small school classification

465
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:03,300
 for the private schools, but Marshall knows, it's probably going to be Marshall St. James in

466
00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:08,100
 some form of action next year, it's a mile full of extension game for the private schools,

467
00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:14,840
 and Deshler lives in the lot, they're going to have to replace five starters, you can already

468
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:21,500
 see three to five of the possible starters for next year, running the bench rotation for this

469
00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:28,260
 year as well, so it's not like those and everybody, but those and all the starters at least, and Lardy

470
00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:32,680
 Kennedy girls are going to be loaded back next year, with a Kennedy Mollie back, Madison Mollie

471
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:38,180
 back, twins, and then they have a good stadium that's coming up next year, that should have

472
00:30:38,180 --> 00:30:41,700
 a chance to get back to the state, without Marceau in the classification.

473
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:42,920
 Yeah.

474
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:51,920
 Let me mention a soccer note, Florence Soccer is going after an Alabama High School Athletic

475
00:30:51,920 --> 00:31:00,140
 Association regular tonight, they have, and this is again hard to believe, 10 straight shutouts.

476
00:31:00,380 --> 00:31:00,660
 Wow.

477
00:31:00,740 --> 00:31:08,660
 They go for the record tonight against Bob Jones to get to 11, Florence Soccer is 10-0, Colton

478
00:31:08,660 --> 00:31:14,900
 Swift has been a scoring machine, this is what's even more amazing, they have outscored their

479
00:31:14,900 --> 00:31:17,340
 opponents 48-0.

480
00:31:17,660 --> 00:31:17,920
 Wow.

481
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:24,940
 Soccer, soccer, I'm not talking about basketball or football, soccer, so congratulations to the

482
00:31:24,940 --> 00:31:31,660
 Florence Soccer team for having a, quite frankly, amazing season, I know a lot of people have

483
00:31:31,660 --> 00:31:38,240
 begun to follow them, I know we've been inundated with basketball, great job at Legacy Arena,

484
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:44,840
 and Wallace State, Zach, you've been on top of it from day one, great wrap ups, great previews

485
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:50,480
 of the games, we'll be talking with you about some baseball and softball, Morris Hill baseball

486
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:56,360
 got off to a good start, but I know you're following that nearly every night, but where

487
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 can we get online and get the latest scores, the stories, previews, the schedule, the whole

488
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:04,480
 running on yards?

489
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:10,080
 Yeah, we'll have baseball, softball, great recap every night of games or the day after

490
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 the games, and we also have some cancellations tonight already with baseball, softball, so

491
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 stay on Facebook with that for the weather, overnight, whatever, and whatever we have to

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 play, we'll have a recap of them, but Facebook, shows, sports reports, three words, and Twitter,

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494
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495
00:32:36,060 --> 00:32:37,820
 Thank y'all, thank you, buddy.

496
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 If it's Monday, it's time to do a little musing with the king of Monday musings,

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574
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 Brian, welcome in.

575
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,000
 What are you musing about on this Monday?

576
00:36:58,860 --> 00:37:02,080
 Oh, I just wrote a little bit about, you know,

577
00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:06,480
 some of the coaches talking about how they'd like that 2014 playoff

578
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 and how that's just really about their own self-interest and, you know,

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 helping them, you know, with their employment and contracts.

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 And, you know, anytime you can say you've got your team to the playoff,

581
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,800
 that's a notch in the belt there.

582
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:27,200
 So I just don't think that's really what's best for college football necessarily.

583
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 I know it was Josh Heupel for Tennessee and George Discovery Smart that came out

584
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 in favor of that 24 playoff.

585
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:39,000
 And I also wrote a little bit about baseball to a terrific start since 2019.

586
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:46,240
 And, but it's been 50 years almost since they've won an SEC registration championship.

587
00:37:46,540 --> 00:37:48,260
 So maybe this could be the year.

588
00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:49,260
 Yeah.

589
00:37:49,420 --> 00:37:51,680
 Well, I disagree with that 24, Tim.

590
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:56,800
 I think it should be 48 and then maybe 84 because these coaches, they need this.

591
00:37:56,940 --> 00:38:01,020
 On their resume, we made the playoffs along with everybody else in their grandmothers.

592
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:02,740
 Brian, we want to talk more about that.

593
00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:07,000
 But your thoughts, obviously, over the weekend, a lot of hopes coming in to Iron Bowl part two

594
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 in the hardwoods.

595
00:38:07,900 --> 00:38:09,840
 And by now, we know how it turned out.

596
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,860
 Brian, where do you start in reflecting on the game?

597
00:38:13,380 --> 00:38:16,640
 And in some ways, was it a microcosm in some ways for the season?

598
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 Well, I think it went the way most expected.

599
00:38:19,980 --> 00:38:24,220
 I thought Alabama was in control from the very start and went handily.

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 And, you know, I thought the 12-point difference at the end really, you know, shined a brighter

601
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 line on Auburn than it needed, than it should have, right?

602
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 I thought Alabama was much better overall in that game.

603
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,220
 So, not surprised by the outcome at all.

604
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:39,980
 What is it?

605
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,600
 Eight of 10 Auburn lost down the stretch, something like that.

606
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 You know, really, really, really, really tough finish for Auburn.

607
00:38:49,540 --> 00:38:55,220
 I don't know if the stat's correct, but I saw something where only one other team has

608
00:38:55,220 --> 00:38:58,220
 made the Final Four and then not made the tournament the next year.

609
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 I don't know if that's correct or not.

610
00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:02,640
 But, yeah, it's tough.

611
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:07,040
 Auburn's in position now where it's hard for me to say what position they're in because

612
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 Sunday, I think I saw a tweet from Joe Lenore that still had Auburn in the tournament,

613
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 which shocked me.

614
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 But, you know, we'll see, I guess, you know.

615
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:22,340
 You feel like Auburn's got to win some games here to have a two-shot, but I could be wrong.

616
00:39:22,540 --> 00:39:27,220
 And I think we know from history that what happens in the SEC tournament or any tournament

617
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 other than maybe, you know, a group of six tournaments where somebody unexpectedly wins it

618
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 doesn't have a really big effect on the actual seedings and who gets in and who gets out.

619
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 Brian, you brought up a good point, the history.

620
00:39:41,540 --> 00:39:43,440
 And, obviously, we don't have the facts in front of us.

621
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:47,000
 But let's just say, obviously, Auburn's had a good run of late, whether it was this or that.

622
00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:50,520
 But what a difference if not one year, two or three years makes.

623
00:39:50,620 --> 00:39:53,780
 We know the elephant in the room, part of the pun here, is just change of coaches.

624
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 Any program that goes from a guy that's on his way to the Hall of Fame to someone who basically

625
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 has very little, if any, head coaching experience, it goes without saying what maybe to expect.

626
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:05,120
 What is realistic there?

627
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 We know Bruce is a proud papa, and any papa would feel this way.

628
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 But fans want to win.

629
00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:14,200
 Where are you as far as your critique of Steven Pearl?

630
00:40:14,300 --> 00:40:15,240
 What did he learn?

631
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:21,100
 And what can he do to benefit this team as a head coach to satisfy the fans starting next season?

632
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,040
 Oh, well, I hope he learned a lot.

633
00:40:24,740 --> 00:40:27,940
 And he needs to rebuild this roster in more of his image.

634
00:40:28,180 --> 00:40:31,780
 I think he needs to get guys who can defend better on the perimeter.

635
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 He needs a guy inside that can be a rim protector, you know, block shots, intimidate people in there.

636
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:44,780
 So those are two big additions he needs to add to this roster in the offseason, along with some other issues, too,

637
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 with the three-point shooting of this group wasn't very good either.

638
00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:57,120
 So he's got a lot of work to do with the roster, but he does need to ensure that four, five, or six guys return from this year's team

639
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 because they cannot afford to do another almost full rebuild where they brought in 10 players last year.

640
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,000
 That did not work out well at all.

641
00:41:04,660 --> 00:41:07,620
 There's just too much margin for error when you have to do that.

642
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:14,300
 So they need to be able to get enough guys back where they only have to sign, you know, five or six or so,

643
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 and they can spend more time in evaluating those guys and getting the right guys in.

644
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 But Lenardi did mention, and I heard him, say that Auburn would wake up in our field, quote-unquote, as he mentioned.

645
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 But he also quickly added Auburn would have to make a, to make the tournament,

646
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 they would have to have a significant run at Bridgestone Arena.

647
00:41:40,660 --> 00:41:50,440
 I mean, can Auburn beat Mississippi State, and Josh Hubbard went off on them for 35 in the first half.

648
00:41:51,220 --> 00:41:59,020
 Yeah, and if they get past that, they would play a Tennessee that's not exactly burning up the woods right now.

649
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,660
 Can Auburn win two games in Nashville?

650
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:04,140
 I mean, I think that's possible.

651
00:42:04,380 --> 00:42:08,060
 I think there might be some motivation to beat State after what happened, you know,

652
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:11,220
 the last time they played them, after what Josh Hubbard did to them.

653
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:15,520
 And then, like you said, I think Tennessee is a really, really tough team at home.

654
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:21,500
 But they're not quite as tight defensively when they're on the road or, you know, on neutral court.

655
00:42:21,660 --> 00:42:23,280
 So there's a chance there.

656
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:27,640
 By the time you get to game three, though, and you're playing the third straight,

657
00:42:27,780 --> 00:42:32,940
 and that team's a better team and has a double bye, that's when it gets really, really, really tough.

658
00:42:33,100 --> 00:42:35,200
 Vanderbilt will be the next team in Auburn.

659
00:42:35,420 --> 00:42:40,620
 They're a very, very good, solid, smart team that doesn't make a whole lot of mistakes.

660
00:42:41,020 --> 00:42:44,380
 So, I mean, yes, Auburn could make a little run here.

661
00:42:44,460 --> 00:42:47,060
 I'd be surprised if it was more than a couple wins.

662
00:42:47,060 --> 00:42:48,260
 But you never know.

663
00:42:48,540 --> 00:42:51,340
 I mean, there's always exciting stuff that happens in March.

664
00:42:51,660 --> 00:42:53,940
 Auburn doesn't look like a team that's ready to do something like that.

665
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:56,420
 But, yeah, I'm not going to say they won't.

666
00:42:57,780 --> 00:43:02,560
 And if they do play Vanderbilt, where is the SEC tournament going to be played in their home city?

667
00:43:03,020 --> 00:43:05,580
 So, I don't like those odds.

668
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:11,560
 You mentioned at the top of the interview, Brian, about this mess, about expanding to 24.

669
00:43:11,740 --> 00:43:13,280
 Obviously, ESPN will love it.

670
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:17,680
 That gives them more opportunities to make even more money with college football.

671
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,540
 But at what point is enough, enough?

672
00:43:21,580 --> 00:43:24,900
 Well, it's interesting because ESPN would probably like a 16.

673
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:30,140
 But after you go to 16, anything above that, they don't have all the rights to.

674
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:39,660
 So, that's why the Big Ten is still in favor of a 24 team because Fox, which owns the Big Ten rights, would have opportunities to get to the playoff.

675
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:43,000
 But I think 24 is absurd, personally.

676
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:43,960
 I really do.

677
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:44,800
 I agree.

678
00:43:44,900 --> 00:43:51,340
 And I don't like the SEC's version of 16, which includes, you know, buys and double buys.

679
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:52,280
 You know, I hate that.

680
00:43:52,780 --> 00:43:57,620
 But why does a team, a really good team, have to sit for a month and not play a game?

681
00:43:58,380 --> 00:43:59,880
 Look at Georgia this past year.

682
00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:00,480
 They were rusty.

683
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:01,580
 Yeah.

684
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:01,840
 Yeah.

685
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:06,560
 I mean, good for Indiana that they were able to, you know, overcome that, so to speak.

686
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:19,520
 But I think we've seen in the past that most of the teams have struggled when they sit for almost a month and have to play a team that's just coming off a game like eight, nine, ten days earlier.

687
00:44:19,780 --> 00:44:22,000
 So, yeah, I don't like that at all.

688
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:26,360
 I still think we have a leadership void in college football.

689
00:44:26,660 --> 00:44:29,360
 We have a lot of people looking out for their own self-interest.

690
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:35,380
 There's not a lot of people with a vision out there for what would be best for college football.

691
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:41,760
 And I just think it's going to be a struggle for the next several years or more until we figure this whole thing out.

692
00:44:42,220 --> 00:44:44,960
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693
00:44:45,020 --> 00:44:47,200
 Brian, I never thought we'd have this question asked.

694
00:44:47,620 --> 00:44:53,800
 In some ways, are Auburn fans rooting for Nick Saban to get involved to be the bad guy?

695
00:44:54,240 --> 00:44:59,760
 Yeah, I know they had a big, powerful huddle last Friday with a guy named Trump in Washington to try to sit here.

696
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,540
 There's a lot of talk up there, but I don't see a lot of talking.

697
00:45:02,660 --> 00:45:03,780
 I just don't see a lot of walking.

698
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:11,480
 Are Auburn fans, did they ever think they'd say this, we are for Nick Saban to take over and try to bring back some sensibility to this game?

699
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:13,840
 Yeah, that's just not going to happen.

700
00:45:14,300 --> 00:45:14,500
 No.

701
00:45:14,660 --> 00:45:18,700
 And that whole thing, no offense to anybody, but that whole thing was just a big waste of time.

702
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:19,680
 It was so cool.

703
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:23,220
 The core act is not going to get through Congress at all.

704
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:40,020
 No matter what people say or are threatened to do, what matters is what the courts say and what they can agree on as far as if they could ever sit down with the players and have some collective bargaining.

705
00:45:40,380 --> 00:45:44,780
 That's the only way we're going to get to the point where we have some sensibility in this sport.

706
00:45:45,220 --> 00:45:47,920
 And there's just too many people unwilling to do that right now.

707
00:45:48,220 --> 00:45:51,760
 Too many people trying to hold on to the pass, and that's gone.

708
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:52,540
 It's not coming back.

709
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,420
 You mentioned baseball trying to win a regular season.

710
00:45:56,420 --> 00:45:58,500
 First time in nearly 50 years.

711
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:02,020
 Did a pretty good job beating Winthrop over the weekend.

712
00:46:02,180 --> 00:46:04,820
 Six to nothing, eight to one doubleheader win.

713
00:46:05,620 --> 00:46:11,540
 Saturday night, Jackson Sanders threw a seven-inning shutout.

714
00:46:11,660 --> 00:46:15,980
 That's impressive to go seven-innings this early in the season.

715
00:46:15,980 --> 00:46:24,240
 They swept the three-game series, outscoring Winthrop 24-1 and improved to 13-2.

716
00:46:25,020 --> 00:46:26,480
 Pitching has been amazing.

717
00:46:26,620 --> 00:46:31,220
 Alex Petrovic threw four innings in game two.

718
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:36,020
 And then the McCrane boys keep hitting the cover off the ball.

719
00:46:36,220 --> 00:46:37,860
 Fralick had a great week.

720
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:42,540
 Auburn has got UAB tomorrow night.

721
00:46:42,540 --> 00:46:49,340
 And then a three-game series to begin the SEC season in Columbia, Missouri, starting Friday.

722
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,480
 Pretty good start for the Tigers in baseball.

723
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:55,040
 Yeah, best start since 2019.

724
00:46:56,140 --> 00:46:57,560
 Their pitching's been incredible.

725
00:46:58,420 --> 00:47:07,100
 Those four starters last week, you talked about 0.41 ERA, 26 strikeouts, and four walks in 22 innings last week in four games.

726
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:11,400
 So that's really, really, really impressive to me.

727
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,660
 And I think the bats are really starting to come around now.

728
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:15,720
 And you're seeing more and more.

729
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:20,420
 You've got three freshmen in the lineup, just like they had three freshmen last year.

730
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:22,520
 And those guys are really coming on.

731
00:47:22,980 --> 00:47:25,660
 And, yeah, this is an exciting team.

732
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:32,820
 This team's got a real shot to compete pretty high in the SEC and have a shot to host once NCAA tournament play gets here.

733
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:34,580
 And we'll see how far they can go after that.

734
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,940
 But, yeah, ten big weeks coming up, starting with Missouri.

735
00:47:38,380 --> 00:47:41,800
 Missouri was the worst team in the conference last year.

736
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:44,400
 But I think they're off to a pretty good start this year.

737
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:47,560
 So that'll be interesting to see how Auburn can do on the road to open it up.

738
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:50,640
 You know, the last time, that's a good point.

739
00:47:50,780 --> 00:47:57,720
 Almost 50 years since Auburn won the SEC regular season championship in baseball, bell-bottoms were probably popular then.

740
00:47:57,860 --> 00:48:04,260
 But for young Auburn baseball fans, they realize how proud and deep this tradition is.

741
00:48:04,260 --> 00:48:09,720
 I mean, we're talking both Jackson, Frank Thomas, and a host of other folks who've come through this program over the years.

742
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:14,000
 Yeah, a ton of major league baseball players have come through.

743
00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:19,160
 Some really quality coaches, like Bush, like Hal Baird, a couple.

744
00:48:19,740 --> 00:48:25,720
 But 78 since the last regular season championship, and then 1998 since the last SEC tournament championship.

745
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:29,760
 And that's a tournament that's played right here in the state of Alabama.

746
00:48:30,180 --> 00:48:32,380
 So, yeah, that's a little bit surprising.

747
00:48:32,620 --> 00:48:36,620
 I don't necessarily think that's, you know, because Auburn's not good.

748
00:48:36,700 --> 00:48:40,060
 It's just because the rest of the SEC is really, really, really good.

749
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:50,520
 But I think this team, more so than a lot of the teams I've covered in my 25 years, is really built to be a team that can compete just because they're pitching, and they're pitching depth.

750
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:52,200
 And they're hitting depth, too.

751
00:48:52,260 --> 00:48:56,400
 They've got three or four guys that aren't swinging the bat great right now, but they have in the past.

752
00:48:56,500 --> 00:48:58,000
 And they get a couple of the guys going.

753
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:00,500
 And, you know, that makes life even tougher.

754
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:02,320
 Absolutely.

755
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:06,080
 Coverage of Auburn in Nashville.

756
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:09,660
 Coverage of Auburn in Columbia, Missouri.

757
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:11,320
 Recruiting.

758
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:16,720
 Football going to get started with spring about, I think, a week from today.

759
00:49:17,300 --> 00:49:18,420
 That's a week from tomorrow.

760
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:19,700
 A week from tomorrow.

761
00:49:20,980 --> 00:49:21,740
 Where else?

762
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:25,840
 Where can we get online to get all the B-MAT and the crews good stuff?

763
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:26,320
 Yep.

764
00:49:26,620 --> 00:49:29,260
 I will be at baseball tomorrow night against UAB.

765
00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:34,440
 Justin Hoganson will be at basketball versus Mississippi State on Wednesday, right?

766
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:40,360
 And we'll have full coverage of both those and much more coming up all week at albertsports.com.

767
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:41,020
 Check us out.

768
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:45,540
 You can sign up right there online, and then you can follow me on Twitter, slash X, at B-MAT-AU.

769
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:46,940
 Sounds great.

770
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:49,200
 Brett and I will be at Krispy Kreme with a hot nail sign.

771
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:49,920
 Okay, Brian.

772
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 That sounds awesome.

773
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:52,320
 I'll meet y'all there.

774
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:52,580
 Yeah.

775
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:53,120
 See ya.

776
00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:56,120
 Stay safe out there, and thanks for your time today, buddy.

777
00:49:56,840 --> 00:49:57,580
 Y'all take care.

778
00:49:58,080 --> 00:49:58,560
 Thank you, buddy.

779
00:49:58,580 --> 00:49:58,860
 There you have it.

780
00:49:58,900 --> 00:50:00,980
 Brian Matthews, senior editor, Auburn at sports.com.

781
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:02,160
 Quickly B-B-Day.

782
00:50:02,460 --> 00:50:05,240
 Well, week one, Alabama football rocking and rolling.

783
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:06,240
 Your early thoughts.

784
00:50:06,900 --> 00:50:09,260
 Well, again, they spend the day in shorts.

785
00:50:10,180 --> 00:50:12,680
 A lot of the guys certainly look good.

786
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:20,040
 Mariah Edwards out of Maryland, 6'2", 220 safety.

787
00:50:20,260 --> 00:50:22,200
 Kind of reminds me of Mark Barron.

788
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:22,860
 Yeah.

789
00:50:22,980 --> 00:50:23,580
 We'll see.

790
00:50:24,340 --> 00:50:29,240
 We'll know much more about the football team in another week.

791
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:31,320
 But, again, they got off to a pretty good start.

792
00:50:31,420 --> 00:50:32,540
 Everything seems to be.

793
00:50:32,540 --> 00:50:32,940
 Yeah.

794
00:50:33,020 --> 00:50:36,520
 What about the Alabama basketball team heading into March, man?

795
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 It's the man you hear here on 93.9 The Score, Brian Pax.

796
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798
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902
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903
00:55:35,020 --> 00:55:36,740
 Those people will do a good job.

904
00:55:36,820 --> 00:55:39,820
 They'll pick who they think they need and we'll work with them.

905
00:55:39,940 --> 00:55:42,160
 But the fact of the matter is my job is here.

906
00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:46,960
 My job is to be Speaker and be over the House and to help you get reelected and to make sure

907
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 you got the available funds and everything you need for the campaign.

908
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 So that was it.

909
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 It was just reassurance to them that you're my focus.

910
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 Like most years, the 2025 NCAA Men's Tournament delivered a round one bracket buster.

929
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 Passing to Copeland at the rim.

930
00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:04,620
 Lost the handle.

931
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 Bats it out to Shumate.

932
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 He'll shoot a three.

933
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 Scored!

934
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 Oh, Shumate!

935
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 It's all going right for the Cowboys.

936
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 A 20-point lead.

937
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 They're largest to the game.

938
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 The 12-seed McNeese Cowboys picked up their first ever tournament win, holding off a late

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989
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990
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991
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 Bibi, I can't think of a better way to, I guess, in this case, tip off the second hour of the show

992
01:00:13,360 --> 01:00:19,640
 than saying hello to the man who covers the state of Alabama like Sherwin-Williams covers your bathroom wall.

993
01:00:19,720 --> 01:00:21,780
 That is BenThomas at ale.com.

994
01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:22,840
 Ben, welcome in.

995
01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:23,420
 How are you?

996
01:00:24,660 --> 01:00:25,560
 I'm tired.

997
01:00:26,300 --> 01:00:27,620
 I bet you are, man.

998
01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:28,800
 Do you ever get any rest?

999
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:31,560
 I mean, your wings are flying like a hummingbird.

1000
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:32,680
 Do you ever get any rest, Ben?

1001
01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:34,720
 Oh, yeah, I do sometimes.

1002
01:00:34,980 --> 01:00:41,420
 I'll tell you, the state basketball finals is one of the fun weeks, but it's definitely grinding.

1003
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:48,480
 I mean, we saw 42 basketball games last week from Monday to Saturday, and good news.

1004
01:00:48,560 --> 01:00:55,040
 Next year, we'll likely see even more in the state finals, the separation of public and private schools.

1005
01:00:55,040 --> 01:01:03,580
 But it was a fun week, a good week, and always good to try and give these student-athletes their due when they get to this point.

1006
01:01:03,780 --> 01:01:04,720
 So it was fun.

1007
01:01:05,320 --> 01:01:06,940
 Ben, let's give us some due here.

1008
01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:08,280
 Obviously, we see numbers.

1009
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:12,820
 We see scores, and we don't always put faces and people with this.

1010
01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:17,260
 But to me, there's all kinds of good stories coming out of this, the big state dates.

1011
01:01:17,340 --> 01:01:21,720
 But let's talk about a wildcat from Guntersville by the name of Addison Reese Hammond.

1012
01:01:22,200 --> 01:01:32,180
 You may not have known that name before now, and we may not afterwards, but what we can say is the guys, in some cases, could learn from this girl, Addison Reese Hammond.

1013
01:01:32,180 --> 01:01:46,100
 She tested positive for the flu on Thursday, but played more than 30 minutes in the Wildcat 68-62 comeback win over Moody, and that's after she suffered a back injury.

1014
01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:48,920
 That is one tough wildcat, Ben.

1015
01:01:49,980 --> 01:01:56,740
 You know, one thing, I think one storyline that came out of the week was there's a lot of good young girls basketball players.

1016
01:01:56,740 --> 01:01:57,160
 Boy, yeah.

1017
01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:07,420
 I mean, obviously, we all talk about it, and it's heard a lot about Bell Hill for years and years, and deservedly so, the sophomore from Mars Hill.

1018
01:02:07,560 --> 01:02:11,060
 But Guntersville's got three very young players, including Addison.

1019
01:02:11,200 --> 01:02:12,720
 Yeah, I mean, I just can't imagine it.

1020
01:02:13,160 --> 01:02:20,160
 I mean, I had the flu in January, and it knocked me out for a couple of weeks, and that was funny.

1021
01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:22,880
 You know, the coach said that, yeah, she didn't stay with the team hotel.

1022
01:02:22,880 --> 01:02:25,340
 She would put it on the back of the bus when we went to Birmingham.

1023
01:02:26,340 --> 01:02:27,540
 I can't imagine playing.

1024
01:02:27,700 --> 01:02:32,920
 You know, this update, there's only 32 minutes in a high school basketball game.

1025
01:02:33,060 --> 01:02:39,840
 So she played, and I think she probably would have played them all, but I think she fouled out in like the 31st minute or something like that.

1026
01:02:40,140 --> 01:02:44,180
 But, yeah, great performance, just a tough performance for her.

1027
01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:51,140
 And she was also trying to guard another young player, Serendi Rutledge from Moody, who just is almost unguardable.

1028
01:02:51,300 --> 01:02:57,200
 But she took her chance to try and guard them and finish, I think, finish with a good day.

1029
01:02:57,260 --> 01:03:00,660
 And then you've got Bristol Cook from Guntersville, who's a freshman.

1030
01:03:01,060 --> 01:03:03,340
 She had 12 points and four rebounds.

1031
01:03:03,340 --> 01:03:05,260
 And so that whole team was impressive.

1032
01:03:05,420 --> 01:03:11,100
 But, yeah, you've got to take your hat off to Hattison for weathering the sickness to get out there and win a state championship.

1033
01:03:12,160 --> 01:03:13,800
 Boy, what a surprise.

1034
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:20,640
 The Hazel Green girls won another state championship.

1035
01:03:20,640 --> 01:03:22,580
 They're eighth in nine years.

1036
01:03:22,680 --> 01:03:24,540
 Now, this was with a different Miller.

1037
01:03:25,540 --> 01:03:39,660
 But Hazel Green beat Park Crossing 67-47 tournament MVP, Madison Eddings, leading with 17 points and 14 rebounds.

1038
01:03:39,780 --> 01:03:41,640
 And Park Crossing is a good team.

1039
01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:48,640
 But the revenge tour, as it was coined, is over with for the Hazel Green girls.

1040
01:03:49,260 --> 01:03:54,480
 Even with all their success, they thought after losing last year, we're going to make up for it this year.

1041
01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:55,720
 And they did.

1042
01:03:56,920 --> 01:04:01,400
 Yeah, I mean, you know, you thought that that was kind of one of the points going into the season, I think,

1043
01:04:01,460 --> 01:04:04,740
 that we may have talked about way back a couple months ago was, you know,

1044
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:09,620
 what is Hazel Green going to be without Tim Miller, the Hall of Fame coach who retired?

1045
01:04:09,620 --> 01:04:14,980
 And, you know, and it turns out they're going to be Hazel Green, right?

1046
01:04:15,120 --> 01:04:18,500
 I mean, you know, whether they 31-2, they finished, I think.

1047
01:04:18,700 --> 01:04:23,300
 And yet, you know, that's eight out of nine is unreal.

1048
01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:27,460
 They're seven in a row, you know, before last year's loss, which I think they lost in overtime.

1049
01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:30,260
 So, you know, they're right there again.

1050
01:04:31,120 --> 01:04:35,540
 They've won seven straight is a record for boys and girls in the state of Alabama.

1051
01:04:35,540 --> 01:04:41,060
 Now, Hoover girls can tie them next year if they win again because they just won their six straight.

1052
01:04:41,260 --> 01:04:43,660
 But, yeah, congratulations to Coach Demetrius Miller.

1053
01:04:44,700 --> 01:04:46,220
 Mark Carphing was a good team.

1054
01:04:46,420 --> 01:04:47,640
 You know, they're the defending champs.

1055
01:04:47,700 --> 01:04:50,180
 They're the team that eliminated Hazel Green last year.

1056
01:04:51,020 --> 01:04:56,740
 But this year it was a different story, just a 20-point victory for Hazel Green.

1057
01:04:56,940 --> 01:04:58,000
 And that's a story, too.

1058
01:04:58,080 --> 01:05:02,300
 Stacy Long and I from the Florence Times Daily were talking about it.

1059
01:05:02,300 --> 01:05:05,200
 It just seemed like there weren't very many competitive games.

1060
01:05:05,200 --> 01:05:13,360
 And Stacy, going to give some credit to Stacy, he did some research after we talked about it and went back.

1061
01:05:13,420 --> 01:05:18,840
 And I think the margin of victory overall in the championship games was 19.7.

1062
01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:21,440
 And that's a shame.

1063
01:05:21,680 --> 01:05:25,300
 Now, a 60-point victory by Winona probably skewed that a little bit.

1064
01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:30,120
 But still, there were some games that I'd like to have seen been more competitive.

1065
01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:35,240
 Guess what was on the tip of my tongue.

1066
01:05:35,340 --> 01:05:37,440
 The good news for Sylacauga, they make it.

1067
01:05:37,880 --> 01:05:47,780
 They get this close to doing it, except the aforementioned Winona Dragons, Lil' Lot Dragons, first team to score over 100 points in the state championship game.

1068
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:51,800
 And they win by 61 points.

1069
01:05:52,280 --> 01:05:55,060
 I think they did it in spades, did they not, Ben?

1070
01:05:56,220 --> 01:05:59,360
 Yeah, that's just, I mean, I don't know what you say about it.

1071
01:05:59,420 --> 01:06:14,060
 I mean, there was obviously some talk about, you know, Sylacauga coach, Coach Joel Jones, I think had a question or two for Coach Cedric Lane from Winona after the game about was he happy about the way he turned out, the way it turned out.

1072
01:06:14,060 --> 01:06:19,980
 And, you know, certainly Coach Jones was not thrilled, I think, that they scored 101 on him.

1073
01:06:20,320 --> 01:06:20,840
 I don't know.

1074
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:22,700
 You know, to me, that's too much.

1075
01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:25,000
 I mean, you've got to draw it back a little bit.

1076
01:06:25,160 --> 01:06:26,400
 He only had nine players.

1077
01:06:27,240 --> 01:06:29,200
 And it's about kids from both teams.

1078
01:06:29,420 --> 01:06:31,020
 You know, you don't want to hear some kids.

1079
01:06:31,380 --> 01:06:34,460
 So, people are on both sides of that argument, you know.

1080
01:06:34,680 --> 01:06:36,360
 They only had nine players on the bench.

1081
01:06:36,420 --> 01:06:37,240
 They played them all.

1082
01:06:37,240 --> 01:06:42,880
 So, I mean, you know, it's hard to put a young player out there who doesn't play much and tell them just to dribble around and not score.

1083
01:06:43,080 --> 01:06:47,420
 So, I mean, but just, you know, a great performance by Winona.

1084
01:06:47,520 --> 01:06:49,880
 They beat LaFleur in the semifinals by 20-something.

1085
01:06:50,060 --> 01:06:54,200
 And we thought, boy, you know, this is going to be a really good game in the final.

1086
01:06:54,300 --> 01:06:56,560
 And it turned out to be not a good game, unfortunately.

1087
01:06:58,020 --> 01:07:00,480
 We talked about this game a little bit earlier.

1088
01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:03,400
 Dessler lost to Fairfield.

1089
01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:13,520
 Maurice Ford, former J.L. Johnson coach, gets a blue male 61-57.

1090
01:07:14,620 --> 01:07:21,540
 Dessler scored 20-something points in the last three minutes to make that a real game at the end.

1091
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:27,720
 There was a controversial call, a backcourt violation that was called.

1092
01:07:27,720 --> 01:07:38,480
 And Ryan Pounders, the head coach at Dessler, put on his Facebook that the official who made the call actually called him and contacted him.

1093
01:07:38,580 --> 01:07:39,720
 He said, I blew it.

1094
01:07:40,400 --> 01:07:42,840
 It was not a backcourt violation.

1095
01:07:43,260 --> 01:07:47,380
 I looked at the replay four times, and I didn't see it.

1096
01:07:48,040 --> 01:07:52,500
 But to his credit, he called and apologized for it.

1097
01:07:52,660 --> 01:08:00,200
 Again, would that have made a big difference, it may have, because Dessler really had a lot of momentum then.

1098
01:08:00,960 --> 01:08:04,420
 But Fairfield won the game in the third quarter.

1099
01:08:04,520 --> 01:08:06,500
 I think Dessler only scored five points.

1100
01:08:06,700 --> 01:08:14,580
 But something you rarely hear about, an official admitting he made a mistake, called the coach to apologize for it.

1101
01:08:15,740 --> 01:08:19,080
 Yeah, well, you know, that may happen more, and we just don't know about it.

1102
01:08:19,260 --> 01:08:19,940
 You know, I don't know.

1103
01:08:19,940 --> 01:08:20,320
 Okay.

1104
01:08:20,540 --> 01:08:21,980
 The coach might not tell us about it.

1105
01:08:22,160 --> 01:08:23,320
 But who knows?

1106
01:08:23,420 --> 01:08:26,040
 But, yeah, I mean, I hadn't heard that, but good for him.

1107
01:08:26,420 --> 01:08:27,420
 I was right there.

1108
01:08:27,500 --> 01:08:30,440
 I mean, I was pretty close to center court, along with Randy Kennedy.

1109
01:08:30,820 --> 01:08:33,960
 And, yeah, when that happened, we were both like, whoa, you know.

1110
01:08:34,080 --> 01:08:37,940
 And then some people, my friend Josh Bean said he thought it was a good call.

1111
01:08:38,140 --> 01:08:40,800
 I thought, Randy and I thought right away it wasn't a good call.

1112
01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:46,340
 And obviously the official agreed, and that was a, you know, 61-57 victory.

1113
01:08:46,340 --> 01:08:48,440
 So, you know, that is a key.

1114
01:08:48,500 --> 01:08:51,320
 When you make a call like that, that is a key call like that.

1115
01:08:51,660 --> 01:08:51,920
 Yeah.

1116
01:08:52,140 --> 01:08:56,900
 And then Parapil goes on to win it pretty easily, win the state title with Milton Jones,

1117
01:08:56,980 --> 01:08:57,440
 their star.

1118
01:08:57,620 --> 01:08:59,140
 So, I hate it when that happens.

1119
01:09:00,660 --> 01:09:04,360
 You know, I'm sure the official, you know, people are trying to think, oh, he cheated.

1120
01:09:04,600 --> 01:09:07,260
 You know, the officials are trying to do a good job.

1121
01:09:07,380 --> 01:09:10,400
 You know, every time I see him out there, I'm like, man, I wouldn't want that.

1122
01:09:10,500 --> 01:09:12,000
 I wouldn't want to be in that position.

1123
01:09:13,400 --> 01:09:19,100
 So, credit to him if he, you know, I don't know if that made Coach Founders feel any better

1124
01:09:19,100 --> 01:09:23,520
 or not, but credit to him for owning up to it and moving forward.

1125
01:09:24,880 --> 01:09:29,520
 Something I learned a long time ago, never be an official and never be a judge at a beauty

1126
01:09:29,520 --> 01:09:31,360
 cup pageant because you cannot win.

1127
01:09:31,440 --> 01:09:34,360
 I promise you, no matter what you do, you ain't going to win.

1128
01:09:34,760 --> 01:09:36,560
 Ben Thomas, AL.com.

1129
01:09:36,620 --> 01:09:41,560
 The nice thing about these tournaments is don't always count your chickens before they

1130
01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:41,940
 hatch.

1131
01:09:42,120 --> 01:09:45,900
 Hoover was rocking and rolling, taking on Tuscaloosa County boys.

1132
01:09:46,820 --> 01:09:50,900
 And what happens, Hoover trying to keep their streak alive, and Tuscaloosa County wins the

1133
01:09:50,900 --> 01:09:56,740
 first state championship for them since basically Eisenhower, 1960.

1134
01:09:57,480 --> 01:10:01,440
 These kind of stories only happen when you get in these situations.

1135
01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:05,320
 It doesn't always happen, but when they do, they're incredible stories, are there not, Ben?

1136
01:10:06,480 --> 01:10:09,500
 Thankfully, yes, because that was the last game of the week.

1137
01:10:09,780 --> 01:10:14,000
 And, you know, we had not, that was championship Saturday, as we like to call it.

1138
01:10:14,040 --> 01:10:15,260
 I think we had two good games.

1139
01:10:15,380 --> 01:10:19,640
 The Gunnersville game that we talked about earlier was a really good game to start us off

1140
01:10:19,640 --> 01:10:19,940
 with.

1141
01:10:20,160 --> 01:10:23,760
 And then we had four non-competitive games, really, unfortunately.

1142
01:10:24,040 --> 01:10:28,340
 And then we had Tuscaloosa County and Hoover, which was a great, great basketball game.

1143
01:10:29,560 --> 01:10:31,260
 Two coaches I really respect.

1144
01:10:31,460 --> 01:10:33,440
 Kurt Weeks is the coach at Tuscaloosa County.

1145
01:10:33,440 --> 01:10:37,340
 Obviously, Scott Weyer at Hoover had won three straight titles.

1146
01:10:37,660 --> 01:10:41,640
 But credit to Hoover, I mean, you know, you think, oh, they're always there.

1147
01:10:41,820 --> 01:10:43,440
 Yeah, I mean, but it takes something.

1148
01:10:43,620 --> 01:10:47,560
 I mean, they lost five starters in the last year, including Dwayne Brown, who's playing

1149
01:10:47,560 --> 01:10:53,480
 at Tennessee, and Selene London, who's at UAB, really the only guy we knew they had coming

1150
01:10:53,480 --> 01:10:55,820
 back was Jackson Sheffield, who's going to Vandy.

1151
01:10:56,560 --> 01:10:58,020
 And they were there right there again.

1152
01:10:58,100 --> 01:11:00,720
 I mean, they had a chance to win that game, put some pressure on late.

1153
01:11:00,880 --> 01:11:03,680
 Tuscaloosa County, great crowd from Tuscaloosa County.

1154
01:11:03,800 --> 01:11:08,000
 I mean, that's really what you would hope every high school state championship game would

1155
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:12,320
 be like that, the back-and-forth game with a crowd that's in the game the whole time.

1156
01:11:12,580 --> 01:11:14,280
 And I was impressed.

1157
01:11:14,440 --> 01:11:19,860
 Tuscaloosa County, great team, very well-rounded, some great athletes on that team.

1158
01:11:20,400 --> 01:11:24,420
 And so that was a really fun game to end the week on, I thought.

1159
01:11:25,220 --> 01:11:32,480
 B.T., the Hoover boys did not make a get another blue mount, but the Hoover girls did.

1160
01:11:33,180 --> 01:11:39,940
 They clinched her a six-straight title, beating Bob Jones, 61-43.

1161
01:11:40,980 --> 01:11:46,080
 Chloe Ford, who is a, again, we've been talking about the youth.

1162
01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:47,080
 There's so much talent.

1163
01:11:47,300 --> 01:11:50,000
 She is a Missouri basketball signage.

1164
01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:52,820
 So she's going to the SEC.

1165
01:11:53,340 --> 01:11:56,800
 Jay Smith led the Patriots with 14.

1166
01:11:57,460 --> 01:12:03,680
 Hoover girls now move into sole possession of second place for the most state championships

1167
01:12:03,680 --> 01:12:04,760
 with 12.

1168
01:12:05,860 --> 01:12:07,200
 Who are they trailing?

1169
01:12:07,200 --> 01:12:10,600
 The Launderdown County girls, who have 14.

1170
01:12:11,560 --> 01:12:15,200
 But congratulations to the Bob Jones girls.

1171
01:12:15,320 --> 01:12:18,660
 They had a great season, but the Hoover girls keep rolling.

1172
01:12:19,600 --> 01:12:23,940
 Yeah, no sign of them stopping either, I don't think, Brett.

1173
01:12:24,060 --> 01:12:32,440
 I mean, they've got, you're right about Chloe Ford graduating, but they've got plenty of great young players behind her.

1174
01:12:32,940 --> 01:12:38,640
 And that, you know, by credit to Bob Jones, they were kind of, you know, they would, it was always kind of a double-digit game,

1175
01:12:38,640 --> 01:12:43,600
 but they would cut it to get within maybe 15, but just, Hoover's just too much.

1176
01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:51,960
 I mean, they got all these scars, and like I said, there's no sign of them slowing down, and they're almost taking, you know, it's fun for them, but it's not fun for many other people,

1177
01:12:52,040 --> 01:12:55,200
 because you just almost think there's no chance of beating them at this point.

1178
01:12:56,040 --> 01:12:58,300
 I think they finished, what, 35-1.

1179
01:12:58,500 --> 01:13:00,760
 They lost the first game of the year and then won the rest.

1180
01:13:01,880 --> 01:13:03,540
 I mean, credit to Crystal Johnson.

1181
01:13:03,680 --> 01:13:05,760
 I mean, they were emotional at the end.

1182
01:13:06,780 --> 01:13:11,000
 So, it really is a, I think it really is a, and you hear people say, well, they're all special.

1183
01:13:11,900 --> 01:13:19,400
 When you won six in a row, you wonder if that's the case, but just seeing the emotion, I mean, they weren't like, oh, home, we win it again.

1184
01:13:19,520 --> 01:13:21,360
 They were fired up to win it.

1185
01:13:21,360 --> 01:13:27,160
 So, credit to Hoover and credit to Bob Jones for getting there, but I just, I don't know when we're going to see somebody beat Hoover.

1186
01:13:28,040 --> 01:13:31,460
 Yeah, finished the season 35-1.

1187
01:13:32,120 --> 01:13:34,100
 That's quite a season.

1188
01:13:34,880 --> 01:13:42,980
 Besides getting a couple of naps in this week, baseball, softball, Randy Kennedy doing his recruiting thing.

1189
01:13:43,540 --> 01:13:48,120
 All these tournaments, Thomas Ashworth and Randy did a good job helping you.

1190
01:13:48,760 --> 01:13:55,020
 On AL.com, baseball, as I mentioned, baseball, softball, and the ball now in full swing.

1191
01:13:56,260 --> 01:13:58,760
 Randy Kennedy will be following recruiting.

1192
01:13:58,980 --> 01:14:03,400
 What else have you got on the agenda this week there, Ben Thomas?

1193
01:14:04,440 --> 01:14:06,120
 Well, I just posted a little story.

1194
01:14:06,300 --> 01:14:13,260
 I'm about to post more on our buddy Steve Savarese being inducted into the National Hall of Fame coming up in a couple of months.

1195
01:14:13,260 --> 01:14:16,720
 So, congratulations to Coach Sav, well-deserved.

1196
01:14:17,380 --> 01:14:26,000
 As you mentioned, softball, Mike Perrin starting today and running for the next four days is doing a list of the top softball players in the state by position.

1197
01:14:26,440 --> 01:14:29,700
 And Thomas and I are still kind of finishing up basketball.

1198
01:14:30,060 --> 01:14:34,860
 He's going to have a post shortly on what champions came out of what region.

1199
01:14:35,140 --> 01:14:36,400
 I think it's going to be interesting.

1200
01:14:36,660 --> 01:14:41,380
 And then we're going to have our players of the week and our final power tens and all that.

1201
01:14:41,480 --> 01:14:50,160
 And then, as you mentioned, Randy will be doing his position-by-position look at recruits starting, or it'll be on Thursday at 2.

1202
01:14:50,220 --> 01:14:53,040
 I think he may do offensive line this week.

1203
01:14:53,220 --> 01:14:53,940
 Look out there.

1204
01:14:54,660 --> 01:15:04,120
 And I keep going, Jameson Roberts, also in the midst of all this football, all this basketball, the Sarah Land quarterback, commenced to Oklahoma last week.

1205
01:15:04,240 --> 01:15:06,040
 So, that was a pretty big deal.

1206
01:15:06,140 --> 01:15:08,520
 So, we've got some stuff going on still on AL.com.

1207
01:15:10,300 --> 01:15:12,260
 Ben, it's always good to hook up with you, man.

1208
01:15:12,360 --> 01:15:15,060
 Listen, keep the coffee strong, and let's do it again soon, okay?

1209
01:15:15,620 --> 01:15:15,980
 All right.

1210
01:15:16,040 --> 01:15:16,240
 Thanks.

1211
01:15:16,280 --> 01:15:17,140
 You guys have a good week.

1212
01:15:17,320 --> 01:15:17,800
 Thanks, buddy.

1213
01:15:18,280 --> 01:15:21,440
 The BT Express, BenThomas, AL.com.

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 Wow, they must be pretty high up here.

1238
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 Is that an oxygen mask?

1241
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 From the University of Alabama, this is Crimson Tide Today.

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 It's a daily update on Bama sports and it's brought to you by Guthrie's, America's original chicken finger restaurant.

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1277
01:19:06,940 --> 01:19:07,620
 Hello again, everybody.

1278
01:19:07,800 --> 01:19:08,600
 I'm Roger Huber.

1279
01:19:09,180 --> 01:19:12,940
 Here are postgame thoughts from Nate Oates after Alabama defeated Auburn on Saturday.

1280
01:19:13,720 --> 01:19:15,260
 A lot of positives out of the game.

1281
01:19:16,360 --> 01:19:18,660
 The student section was great.

1282
01:19:18,820 --> 01:19:20,620
 I want to commend them before I even get into the game.

1283
01:19:20,980 --> 01:19:24,860
 But I think the best student section in the SEC.

1284
01:19:25,960 --> 01:19:28,340
 Cheer hard for the right place and do it the right way.

1285
01:19:28,500 --> 01:19:30,700
 Thank them.

1286
01:19:31,440 --> 01:19:34,260
 Really appreciate what they've given us all year.

1287
01:19:35,100 --> 01:19:37,960
 It's great to get a win on senior night with three of the best seniors.

1288
01:19:39,300 --> 01:19:42,640
 As far as culture-wise go, Houston Millett, very disappointed.

1289
01:19:43,700 --> 01:19:45,960
 I'm very disappointed he didn't get to score on senior night.

1290
01:19:46,040 --> 01:19:46,820
 He doesn't really care.

1291
01:19:47,440 --> 01:19:50,460
 And to me, that's why he's so great.

1292
01:19:50,720 --> 01:19:53,080
 You know, I typically wouldn't try to go score.

1293
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 I'll have more in a moment.

1294
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 This year, we honor the most important anniversary ever.

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1310
01:20:48,840 --> 01:20:49,940
 The score.

1311
01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:55,020
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1312
01:20:56,020 --> 01:20:56,220
 The score.

1313
01:20:56,400 --> 01:20:56,980
 Welcome back in.

1314
01:20:57,000 --> 01:21:00,000
 He's always got the big story when it comes to the big orange.

1315
01:21:00,140 --> 01:21:04,620
 He's the V-Man, Vince Rohr, 99.1, the sports animal in Knoxville, Tennessee.

1316
01:21:04,780 --> 01:21:05,680
 V-Man, welcome in.

1317
01:21:05,740 --> 01:21:06,240
 How are you?

1318
01:21:07,340 --> 01:21:08,220
 Good, gentlemen.

1319
01:21:08,660 --> 01:21:09,720
 It's warming up.

1320
01:21:09,840 --> 01:21:10,500
 Sun's out.

1321
01:21:10,760 --> 01:21:13,040
 We got spring practices about to start.

1322
01:21:13,140 --> 01:21:14,900
 We got postseason hoops.

1323
01:21:15,100 --> 01:21:18,240
 We got conference play and baseball and softball.

1324
01:21:18,480 --> 01:21:19,720
 It's a fun time of year.

1325
01:21:19,800 --> 01:21:20,620
 I hope you guys are doing well.

1326
01:21:21,440 --> 01:21:23,120
 It's Christmas in March.

1327
01:21:23,240 --> 01:21:28,400
 V-Man, Tennessee and Vanderbilt fans is the jalopy on autopilot.

1328
01:21:28,580 --> 01:21:29,480
 Tennessee goes to Vandy.

1329
01:21:29,600 --> 01:21:30,480
 Tennessee wins.

1330
01:21:30,980 --> 01:21:32,100
 Vandy comes to Tennessee.

1331
01:21:32,840 --> 01:21:33,720
 Vandy wins.

1332
01:21:33,860 --> 01:21:36,220
 And now, Tennessee fans are heading back to Nashville.

1333
01:21:37,040 --> 01:21:39,880
 Are you guys on autopilot between the two locales?

1334
01:21:41,160 --> 01:21:47,900
 Well, not only that, you're absolutely right about that, H-Man, but both teams won by four points on the other's home court.

1335
01:21:48,400 --> 01:21:50,220
 So, they scored the exact amount of points.

1336
01:21:51,940 --> 01:21:55,860
 So, that won't work or won't happen if they meet again in Nashville.

1337
01:21:55,860 --> 01:22:00,920
 They're not going to score the same amount of points or we're going to get really backed up in the tournament schedule.

1338
01:22:01,760 --> 01:22:03,140
 They can't separate.

1339
01:22:03,680 --> 01:22:08,520
 But, yeah, it's crazy the way the bracket kind of played out.

1340
01:22:08,760 --> 01:22:12,220
 Tennessee will play the winner of Auburn and Mississippi State, as you guys know.

1341
01:22:12,640 --> 01:22:14,900
 Tennessee beat both of those two teams.

1342
01:22:15,500 --> 01:22:19,760
 Then, if they beat them, then they would face Vanderbilt, who they split with.

1343
01:22:19,760 --> 01:22:29,240
 And then, if they beat them, then more than likely we know who is waiting for them in that top part of the bracket for the semifinals.

1344
01:22:29,820 --> 01:22:38,320
 But, any of the other teams that are in that top part of the top bracket, for the exception of LSU, they lost to everybody else.

1345
01:22:38,640 --> 01:22:40,040
 They lost to Kentucky twice.

1346
01:22:40,360 --> 01:22:41,300
 They lost to Missouri.

1347
01:22:41,740 --> 01:22:50,160
 So, if it's someone other than Florida who they lost to, they're going to play somebody else that they also lost to if they happen to pull a crazy upset.

1348
01:22:50,160 --> 01:22:57,500
 But, work to do, and then the biggest question is, you guys, you know, probably going to ask me, is the availability of Nate Amen.

1349
01:22:58,500 --> 01:22:58,720
 Yeah.

1350
01:22:59,720 --> 01:23:01,640
 Maybe I was going to ask you about the availability.

1351
01:23:04,920 --> 01:23:06,360
 What is the latest there?

1352
01:23:06,460 --> 01:23:08,520
 Because, let's face it, it's all relative.

1353
01:23:09,380 --> 01:23:11,520
 You've got to play and dance with the one you've brought.

1354
01:23:11,580 --> 01:23:13,000
 And, he brought Tennessee a long way.

1355
01:23:13,160 --> 01:23:16,140
 But, when he's on the sidelines, it's a different Tennessee team.

1356
01:23:16,980 --> 01:23:18,560
 A lot of folks say, what's wrong with Tennessee?

1357
01:23:18,740 --> 01:23:22,820
 Well, I guess the answer to the question that we just posed there has a lot to do with it.

1358
01:23:22,860 --> 01:23:24,320
 Your thoughts, what is the status?

1359
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:29,880
 Yeah, and, you know, he went out in the first half against Alabama.

1360
01:23:30,060 --> 01:23:34,740
 He tried to come back, and it just didn't work in that second half against Bama.

1361
01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:37,840
 You know, they just weren't able to adjust on the fly.

1362
01:23:37,840 --> 01:23:42,680
 Now, you know, after that, they beat South Carolina.

1363
01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:44,760
 But, South Carolina is woeful.

1364
01:23:45,200 --> 01:23:48,420
 So, and then, obviously, they didn't have him against Vanderbilt.

1365
01:23:48,980 --> 01:23:54,900
 So, it sounds like Rick Barnes says he thinks that he will play in the SEC tournament.

1366
01:23:55,040 --> 01:23:57,120
 Because, you know, now you're going to play on Thursday.

1367
01:23:57,880 --> 01:24:01,660
 That's, you know, that's a longer stretch than what you would normally get

1368
01:24:01,660 --> 01:24:04,400
 during a regular season when you're playing Tuesday or Wednesday.

1369
01:24:04,960 --> 01:24:08,320
 So, it would have been more helpful had they been able to get the double bye

1370
01:24:08,320 --> 01:24:09,220
 and wait until Friday.

1371
01:24:09,720 --> 01:24:15,280
 But, based on what Barnes said in his last avail in the postgame after Vanderbilt,

1372
01:24:15,700 --> 01:24:21,780
 he said that he thinks he'll play and that it would be a good thing

1373
01:24:21,780 --> 01:24:27,220
 because he needs to get some games back under him before the tournament.

1374
01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:29,160
 And he said he hadn't practiced yet.

1375
01:24:29,620 --> 01:24:33,740
 So, you don't want someone, I mean, it's not like he's a veteran of four years

1376
01:24:33,740 --> 01:24:36,120
 where you can just run him out there.

1377
01:24:36,220 --> 01:24:39,280
 He's been there, done that, and he needs to throw him out there.

1378
01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:44,480
 He needs to get back to practicing, get rushed off, and get some games in.

1379
01:24:44,480 --> 01:24:51,560
 And so, Barnes, because he pointed that out, that tells me that if he is cleared to play,

1380
01:24:51,940 --> 01:24:55,120
 that he will probably play him so he has a little bit of time on the court

1381
01:24:55,120 --> 01:24:59,320
 before you get to the NCAA tournament instead of having to work through a rest

1382
01:24:59,320 --> 01:25:00,740
 during a tournament game.

1383
01:25:00,980 --> 01:25:06,120
 And he said that from the jump that Amen has wanted to play.

1384
01:25:06,480 --> 01:25:10,300
 So, it is a little bit of a risk if they bring him back.

1385
01:25:10,640 --> 01:25:16,980
 But I also get needing him to practice and play a little bit before you get to the tournament.

1386
01:25:19,060 --> 01:25:24,520
 Nate, Amen did not play in the game because the injury suffered in the Alabama game.

1387
01:25:25,160 --> 01:25:31,340
 Jacoby Gillespie did score 17 points, but I noticed he had five turnovers

1388
01:25:31,340 --> 01:25:33,900
 and was only five of 22 shooting.

1389
01:25:34,680 --> 01:25:37,780
 One guy that really helped Tennessee was Amari Evans.

1390
01:25:38,380 --> 01:25:41,600
 24 points, six rebounds, three steals.

1391
01:25:42,060 --> 01:25:44,360
 He stepped up when Tennessee needed it.

1392
01:25:45,580 --> 01:25:46,540
 Yeah, big time.

1393
01:25:46,660 --> 01:25:49,740
 Before you get to Evans, though, Gillespie is a big story

1394
01:25:49,740 --> 01:25:54,200
 because four of those five turnovers came in the first half

1395
01:25:54,200 --> 01:25:57,300
 and as important as Gillespie is,

1396
01:25:57,660 --> 01:26:01,320
 Rick Barnes sat him on the bench for a while in the first half.

1397
01:26:02,100 --> 01:26:04,140
 And he could not have been better.

1398
01:26:04,580 --> 01:26:06,760
 He didn't score double digits against South Carolina,

1399
01:26:07,100 --> 01:26:08,380
 but he had 12 assists.

1400
01:26:09,020 --> 01:26:11,480
 He could not have been better in that game

1401
01:26:11,480 --> 01:26:17,140
 with his defense and his distribution running the team.

1402
01:26:17,480 --> 01:26:19,640
 That's what Rick Barnes is looking for.

1403
01:26:19,940 --> 01:26:22,460
 They don't need him to shoot a whole bunch of threes.

1404
01:26:22,900 --> 01:26:26,840
 So, Barnes has been trying to get him to work on being a three-level scorer

1405
01:26:26,840 --> 01:26:30,120
 because he can finish really well when he gets to the rim

1406
01:26:30,120 --> 01:26:30,820
 and he's confident.

1407
01:26:31,220 --> 01:26:35,240
 He has a pull-up game, a float game, and he can shoot the three, too.

1408
01:26:35,500 --> 01:26:38,600
 It's just when he's overly reliant on the three-point shot,

1409
01:26:38,980 --> 01:26:43,180
 then that's when his efficiency goes south and he's not as good.

1410
01:26:43,240 --> 01:26:45,140
 And that's not what's best for the team.

1411
01:26:45,580 --> 01:26:48,380
 So, they're still trying to get him to be consistent

1412
01:26:48,380 --> 01:26:50,500
 and playing the way they want him to.

1413
01:26:50,620 --> 01:26:55,060
 He is so explosive and can go out for, you know, 25, 30 points.

1414
01:26:55,620 --> 01:26:59,280
 But they need him to play the right way to help everybody out in the team.

1415
01:26:59,280 --> 01:27:04,800
 As far as Evans goes, that was clearly his breakout game with his career day.

1416
01:27:04,900 --> 01:27:09,600
 He's starting for Nate Amen, and he was really aggressive.

1417
01:27:09,860 --> 01:27:14,360
 He was by far the most aggressive guard in getting to the rim.

1418
01:27:14,740 --> 01:27:20,140
 He's a physical guy for just a freshman, a great, you know, thick, muscular body.

1419
01:27:20,500 --> 01:27:24,800
 He's only going to get better in being more advanced in the basketball IQ and everything.

1420
01:27:24,980 --> 01:27:28,680
 But he plays hard, he defends, and he is not afraid.

1421
01:27:29,260 --> 01:27:35,440
 And so, Tennessee needs more of that kind of attitude among this group

1422
01:27:35,440 --> 01:27:37,340
 because they don't have that.

1423
01:27:37,420 --> 01:27:40,620
 They had that in Ziggler and Meshack and Ganey

1424
01:27:40,620 --> 01:27:44,360
 and just refusing to give in to the opponent.

1425
01:27:44,940 --> 01:27:46,180
 He's got that mentality.

1426
01:27:46,440 --> 01:27:48,480
 There's not enough of that throughout.

1427
01:27:49,040 --> 01:27:54,160
 So, it'll be interesting to see when Amen comes back how they utilize Evans.

1428
01:27:54,160 --> 01:27:56,380
 Do they keep Evans in the starting lineup

1429
01:27:56,380 --> 01:28:01,760
 and maybe sit one of their two posts like Carey,

1430
01:28:01,980 --> 01:28:03,240
 who hasn't been effective.

1431
01:28:03,460 --> 01:28:05,060
 He was sick the other day, too.

1432
01:28:05,440 --> 01:28:09,060
 And then maybe play Amen at the four to keep Evans in the lineup.

1433
01:28:09,340 --> 01:28:12,260
 Or do they go back to bringing him off the bench

1434
01:28:12,260 --> 01:28:13,680
 and just get him more minutes?

1435
01:28:14,080 --> 01:28:15,700
 It'll be interesting to see how they blend that.

1436
01:28:15,760 --> 01:28:18,280
 And then they run different lineups throughout the game

1437
01:28:18,280 --> 01:28:19,400
 just like everybody does.

1438
01:28:19,600 --> 01:28:22,620
 But I'm curious to see if Evans can keep that going

1439
01:28:22,620 --> 01:28:25,760
 or if it was a one-game-out-of-necessity type of deal

1440
01:28:25,760 --> 01:28:27,280
 for the talented freshman.

1441
01:28:28,200 --> 01:28:29,820
 Well, you jump off me, man.

1442
01:28:30,060 --> 01:28:32,440
 You mentioned earlier, in your opinion,

1443
01:28:32,820 --> 01:28:33,380
 lots of them.

1444
01:28:33,460 --> 01:28:36,040
 What is the big story for the Big Orange

1445
01:28:36,040 --> 01:28:38,840
 as they get ready to pull the curtain up on spring football?

1446
01:28:40,840 --> 01:28:42,680
 Well, certainly the quarterback position.

1447
01:28:42,680 --> 01:28:47,280
 But if I had to give you something besides the obvious quarterback position,

1448
01:28:47,660 --> 01:28:51,400
 I would say what the defense looks like

1449
01:28:51,400 --> 01:28:54,200
 and where the pieces are with Jim Knowles

1450
01:28:54,200 --> 01:28:58,160
 and that new-look Penn State-heavy Tennessee defense

1451
01:28:58,160 --> 01:29:00,820
 with three assistant defensive coaches

1452
01:29:00,820 --> 01:29:04,540
 and a whole bunch of off-the-field assistants

1453
01:29:04,540 --> 01:29:08,620
 and then four transfers from Penn State,

1454
01:29:09,020 --> 01:29:11,380
 eight in the secondary that are new.

1455
01:29:11,380 --> 01:29:13,740
 How does the linebacking group work with

1456
01:29:13,740 --> 01:29:16,180
 Martin Campbell from Penn State, who's a green dot guy,

1457
01:29:16,580 --> 01:29:20,340
 had Arian Carter back along with their other starters.

1458
01:29:20,980 --> 01:29:25,000
 Do any other young defensive linemen rush through

1459
01:29:25,000 --> 01:29:26,700
 and break out and develop?

1460
01:29:26,860 --> 01:29:28,240
 They have several five-stars there,

1461
01:29:28,360 --> 01:29:29,680
 but guys that just haven't played.

1462
01:29:29,920 --> 01:29:32,860
 So what does that defense look like under Knowles

1463
01:29:32,860 --> 01:29:35,920
 in year one, spring practice one?

1464
01:29:36,100 --> 01:29:38,940
 That, to me, is where I think the most eyes will be

1465
01:29:38,940 --> 01:29:41,480
 outside of the quarterback competition.

1466
01:29:43,980 --> 01:29:49,260
 Football about to get started, basketball in Nashville, Tennessee.

1467
01:29:49,640 --> 01:29:53,860
 Hope you're able to come to Nashville at least for a day or so.

1468
01:29:54,660 --> 01:29:55,780
 Baseball rolling.

1469
01:29:55,980 --> 01:29:58,580
 How can we get online to get all of these good stuff?

1470
01:29:59,720 --> 01:30:00,460
 Yep, absolutely.

1471
01:30:00,620 --> 01:30:03,040
 A week from today for Tennessee and spring practice,

1472
01:30:03,220 --> 01:30:04,520
 I appreciate that.

1473
01:30:04,860 --> 01:30:07,400
 And there's not being the overlap with the SEC tournament

1474
01:30:07,400 --> 01:30:10,860
 because, as you mentioned, starts Wednesday.

1475
01:30:10,860 --> 01:30:13,200
 I am driving right after the show to Nashville

1476
01:30:13,200 --> 01:30:14,960
 and we'll be there the whole week

1477
01:30:14,960 --> 01:30:16,420
 as long as Tennessee is there.

1478
01:30:16,600 --> 01:30:19,220
 So always love those events.

1479
01:30:19,560 --> 01:30:23,160
 So hope I get to see you or your brother

1480
01:30:23,160 --> 01:30:25,400
 or any of you guys out there.

1481
01:30:25,500 --> 01:30:26,520
 Always a fun time.

1482
01:30:26,680 --> 01:30:28,320
 So you can follow me on the socials,

1483
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 bit sports, B-I-N-C-E, sports includes Instagram.

1484
01:30:32,340 --> 01:30:33,800
 I am taking Daphne, too.

1485
01:30:33,940 --> 01:30:36,120
 Pet-friendly hotel, what I'm saying.

1486
01:30:36,720 --> 01:30:38,740
 And I took her every step of the way

1487
01:30:38,740 --> 01:30:40,540
 in the postseason last year.

1488
01:30:40,880 --> 01:30:42,940
 So excited to bring Daphne as well.

1489
01:30:43,140 --> 01:30:46,660
 Dog days of March to the V-Man.

1490
01:30:46,780 --> 01:30:47,420
 A whole new meeting.

1491
01:30:47,560 --> 01:30:49,180
 Listen, man, safe travels to and from me.

1492
01:30:49,260 --> 01:30:50,040
 Thank you so much.

1493
01:30:50,100 --> 01:30:50,920
 Good time, Dave, buddy.

1494
01:30:52,120 --> 01:30:52,520
 All right.

1495
01:30:52,580 --> 01:30:53,880
 Always great to be on with you guys.

1496
01:30:53,960 --> 01:30:54,520
 Have a super week.

1497
01:30:54,580 --> 01:30:55,040
 Appreciate you.

1498
01:30:55,500 --> 01:30:56,060
 You too, bud.

1499
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 The V-Man, who is going to be co-starred with Daphne,

1500
01:30:59,800 --> 01:31:01,860
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01:33:53,060 --> 01:33:53,700
 The score.

1598
01:33:54,100 --> 01:33:55,360
 Mids basketball action yesterday.

1599
01:33:55,480 --> 01:33:57,480
 Troy advanced to the championship game

1600
01:33:57,480 --> 01:33:58,720
 of the Sunbelt Tournament

1601
01:33:58,720 --> 01:33:59,960
 as they beat Southern Miss

1602
01:33:59,960 --> 01:34:03,000
 in the semifinals 78-70.

1603
01:34:03,460 --> 01:34:04,240
 In the victory,

1604
01:34:04,480 --> 01:34:06,260
 Jarrell Bellamy had 22 points,

1605
01:34:06,340 --> 01:34:07,620
 three steals in six blocks.

1606
01:34:08,040 --> 01:34:09,720
 Troy is 21 and 11.

1607
01:34:09,960 --> 01:34:12,240
 The Trojans are back in action tonight

1608
01:34:12,240 --> 01:34:14,180
 as they take on Georgia Southern

1609
01:34:14,180 --> 01:34:15,060
 for the right to go

1610
01:34:15,060 --> 01:34:17,360
 to the NCAA Tournament.

1611
01:34:17,840 --> 01:34:18,860
 Alabama State will play

1612
01:34:18,860 --> 01:34:19,860
 Alcor State today

1613
01:34:19,860 --> 01:34:20,820
 in the first round

1614
01:34:20,820 --> 01:34:22,300
 of the SWAC Tournament.

1615
01:34:22,660 --> 01:34:23,540
 On the women's side,

1616
01:34:23,640 --> 01:34:25,040
 Troy beat Arkansas State

1617
01:34:25,040 --> 01:34:26,400
 in the semifinals yesterday

1618
01:34:26,400 --> 01:34:28,240
 83-73.

1619
01:34:28,700 --> 01:34:29,960
 That means Troy will play

1620
01:34:29,960 --> 01:34:32,000
 for a women's championship today

1621
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:33,940
 against James Madison.

1622
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1646
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1647
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1648
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1649
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1650
01:35:27,500 --> 01:35:29,040
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1651
01:35:29,200 --> 01:35:30,820
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1652
01:35:30,820 --> 01:35:31,700
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1653
01:35:31,780 --> 01:35:33,820
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1654
01:35:34,040 --> 01:35:35,760
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1655
01:35:35,760 --> 01:35:36,840
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1656
01:35:37,240 --> 01:35:38,980
 snapped a few too many friendship selfies,

1657
01:35:39,400 --> 01:35:40,740
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1658
01:35:40,740 --> 01:35:41,780
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1659
01:35:41,780 --> 01:35:43,840
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1660
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1661
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1662
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1663
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1664
01:35:50,840 --> 01:35:52,000
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1665
01:35:52,420 --> 01:35:54,620
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1666
01:35:54,620 --> 01:35:57,180
 on 93.9 The Score.

1667
01:35:57,680 --> 01:35:58,840
 Welcome back in here.

1668
01:35:58,940 --> 01:36:00,880
 Every time Alabama plays basketball,

1669
01:36:01,040 --> 01:36:02,240
 you hear his golden tones.

1670
01:36:02,360 --> 01:36:03,700
 You're on 93.9 The Score

1671
01:36:03,700 --> 01:36:05,160
 as part of the Crimson Tide Network,

1672
01:36:05,320 --> 01:36:07,660
 but we simply can't wait that long

1673
01:36:07,660 --> 01:36:09,420
 to bring you Brian Pasek

1674
01:36:09,420 --> 01:36:10,360
 out of your dashboard.

1675
01:36:11,000 --> 01:36:12,080
 Brian, welcome in.

1676
01:36:12,140 --> 01:36:12,820
 How are you?

1677
01:36:13,920 --> 01:36:14,860
 I'm doing great, guys.

1678
01:36:14,920 --> 01:36:15,380
 How are y'all?

1679
01:36:15,800 --> 01:36:16,200
 Good, man.

1680
01:36:16,500 --> 01:36:17,940
 Trying to confirm or deny,

1681
01:36:18,220 --> 01:36:19,040
 we're hearing reports

1682
01:36:19,040 --> 01:36:20,240
 that you had a pretty good weekend.

1683
01:36:20,400 --> 01:36:21,600
 Can you confirm that, Brian?

1684
01:36:22,240 --> 01:36:23,400
 I can confirm it.

1685
01:36:23,480 --> 01:36:24,760
 It was a really good weekend.

1686
01:36:25,320 --> 01:36:26,200
 Parents weekend

1687
01:36:26,200 --> 01:36:29,080
 for the Coyotes at Alabama.

1688
01:36:29,820 --> 01:36:31,100
 So, of course,

1689
01:36:31,160 --> 01:36:33,460
 that was the highlight of the weekend

1690
01:36:33,460 --> 01:36:35,220
 with my daughter Sarah.

1691
01:36:36,160 --> 01:36:37,500
 So, did that,

1692
01:36:37,640 --> 01:36:40,520
 and Saturday night,

1693
01:36:40,920 --> 01:36:42,620
 we both went over

1694
01:36:42,620 --> 01:36:43,760
 to Coleman Coliseum.

1695
01:36:44,320 --> 01:36:45,580
 Turns out there was

1696
01:36:45,580 --> 01:36:47,400
 a basketball game

1697
01:36:47,400 --> 01:36:48,980
 in Alabama.

1698
01:36:49,300 --> 01:36:49,980
 The home team

1699
01:36:49,980 --> 01:36:51,640
 beat a rival.

1700
01:36:51,940 --> 01:36:53,100
 So, pretty good weekend.

1701
01:36:53,260 --> 01:36:54,160
 Pretty good weekend

1702
01:36:54,160 --> 01:36:55,020
 all the way around.

1703
01:36:55,720 --> 01:36:56,240
 Congratulations

1704
01:36:56,240 --> 01:36:57,460
 for spending some time

1705
01:36:57,460 --> 01:36:58,240
 there with the daughter.

1706
01:36:58,580 --> 01:36:59,680
 And then putting a cherry

1707
01:36:59,680 --> 01:37:00,720
 on top with a win.

1708
01:37:00,800 --> 01:37:01,800
 It never gets old

1709
01:37:01,800 --> 01:37:02,860
 when you win any ball game,

1710
01:37:02,960 --> 01:37:03,760
 especially with your

1711
01:37:03,760 --> 01:37:05,120
 friends down the road,

1712
01:37:05,180 --> 01:37:05,640
 does it, Brian?

1713
01:37:06,460 --> 01:37:07,000
 Oh, man.

1714
01:37:07,200 --> 01:37:07,500
 I mean,

1715
01:37:07,560 --> 01:37:08,960
 the Alabama-Auburn rivalry

1716
01:37:08,960 --> 01:37:10,380
 in men's basketball

1717
01:37:10,380 --> 01:37:12,060
 has been off the charts

1718
01:37:12,060 --> 01:37:13,180
 in recent years

1719
01:37:13,180 --> 01:37:14,620
 with Nate Oates

1720
01:37:14,620 --> 01:37:15,740
 now against

1721
01:37:15,740 --> 01:37:16,760
 the Pearl family.

1722
01:37:17,480 --> 01:37:19,540
 And he had a winning record

1723
01:37:19,540 --> 01:37:20,400
 against Bruce

1724
01:37:20,400 --> 01:37:22,120
 and now is undefeated

1725
01:37:22,120 --> 01:37:23,860
 against his little boy,

1726
01:37:23,980 --> 01:37:24,280
 Steven.

1727
01:37:24,840 --> 01:37:26,220
 So, for Alabama

1728
01:37:26,220 --> 01:37:27,760
 to sweep the Auburn Tigers

1729
01:37:27,760 --> 01:37:28,460
 this year

1730
01:37:28,460 --> 01:37:29,820
 is a great accomplishment.

1731
01:37:30,080 --> 01:37:30,500
 Alabama

1732
01:37:30,500 --> 01:37:32,120
 has been able

1733
01:37:32,120 --> 01:37:32,760
 to overcome

1734
01:37:32,760 --> 01:37:34,040
 so many obstacles

1735
01:37:34,040 --> 01:37:35,000
 this season

1736
01:37:35,000 --> 01:37:36,540
 with too many

1737
01:37:36,540 --> 01:37:38,400
 injuries to name.

1738
01:37:39,120 --> 01:37:40,200
 Weathered the storm,

1739
01:37:40,340 --> 01:37:41,260
 ended up finishing

1740
01:37:41,260 --> 01:37:42,760
 second in the SEC.

1741
01:37:43,120 --> 01:37:43,520
 Always

1742
01:37:43,520 --> 01:37:44,700
 one of the top leagues

1743
01:37:44,700 --> 01:37:45,320
 in the country

1744
01:37:45,320 --> 01:37:46,740
 and the deepest league

1745
01:37:46,740 --> 01:37:47,720
 in college basketball

1746
01:37:47,720 --> 01:37:49,260
 this season.

1747
01:37:49,480 --> 01:37:50,880
 didn't win a championship

1748
01:37:50,880 --> 01:37:52,020
 which was the goal

1749
01:37:52,020 --> 01:37:53,480
 but all things considered

1750
01:37:53,480 --> 01:37:55,060
 an incredibly successful

1751
01:37:55,060 --> 01:37:56,080
 year for this program.

1752
01:37:57,080 --> 01:37:58,460
 I thought there were

1753
01:37:58,460 --> 01:37:59,320
 several reasons

1754
01:37:59,320 --> 01:38:00,860
 Alabama jumped out

1755
01:38:00,860 --> 01:38:02,180
 and really never

1756
01:38:02,180 --> 01:38:02,920
 looked back

1757
01:38:02,920 --> 01:38:05,680
 and the score

1758
01:38:05,680 --> 01:38:06,380
 at the end of the game

1759
01:38:06,380 --> 01:38:07,840
 was nowhere near indicative

1760
01:38:07,840 --> 01:38:08,800
 of what

1761
01:38:08,800 --> 01:38:10,560
 how dominant

1762
01:38:10,560 --> 01:38:12,160
 Alabama was.

1763
01:38:12,320 --> 01:38:13,540
 I thought the defense

1764
01:38:13,540 --> 01:38:14,820
 particularly coming off

1765
01:38:14,820 --> 01:38:16,040
 of the loss to Georgia

1766
01:38:16,040 --> 01:38:17,560
 for at least

1767
01:38:17,560 --> 01:38:19,200
 the first 30 minutes

1768
01:38:19,200 --> 01:38:20,720
 was much improved.

1769
01:38:20,980 --> 01:38:21,740
 They deflected

1770
01:38:21,740 --> 01:38:22,720
 a lot of passes,

1771
01:38:23,020 --> 01:38:23,900
 got steals,

1772
01:38:24,800 --> 01:38:26,160
 won the rebounding battle

1773
01:38:26,160 --> 01:38:27,660
 42-28

1774
01:38:27,660 --> 01:38:29,520
 including 19

1775
01:38:29,520 --> 01:38:31,840
 offensive rebounds

1776
01:38:31,840 --> 01:38:33,120
 and 24

1777
01:38:33,120 --> 01:38:34,860
 second chance

1778
01:38:34,860 --> 01:38:36,280
 points

1779
01:38:36,280 --> 01:38:37,660
 and as Nate

1780
01:38:37,660 --> 01:38:38,140
 is

1781
01:38:38,140 --> 01:38:39,180
 several people

1782
01:38:39,180 --> 01:38:39,720
 have noted

1783
01:38:39,720 --> 01:38:40,380
 for the

1784
01:38:40,380 --> 01:38:41,440
 Alabama lives

1785
01:38:41,440 --> 01:38:42,060
 and dies

1786
01:38:42,060 --> 01:38:43,460
 by the three crowd

1787
01:38:43,460 --> 01:38:45,700
 they got inside

1788
01:38:45,700 --> 01:38:46,680
 and were not

1789
01:38:46,680 --> 01:38:47,640
 hitting the threes

1790
01:38:47,640 --> 01:38:48,780
 hopefully they will

1791
01:38:48,780 --> 01:38:49,540
 in Nashville

1792
01:38:49,540 --> 01:38:51,380
 but they got

1793
01:38:51,380 --> 01:38:51,980
 to the paint

1794
01:38:51,980 --> 01:38:53,020
 got to the rim

1795
01:38:53,020 --> 01:38:53,840
 and scored

1796
01:38:53,840 --> 01:38:54,640
 repeatedly

1797
01:38:54,640 --> 01:38:56,780
 no question

1798
01:38:56,780 --> 01:38:57,480
 I think Alabama

1799
01:38:57,480 --> 01:38:58,680
 learned a few things

1800
01:38:58,680 --> 01:38:59,960
 from that Georgia loss.

1801
01:39:01,180 --> 01:39:01,820
 Yeah I agree

1802
01:39:01,820 --> 01:39:03,060
 great bounce back

1803
01:39:03,060 --> 01:39:03,480
 win

1804
01:39:03,480 --> 01:39:04,200
 and

1805
01:39:04,200 --> 01:39:04,960
 listen

1806
01:39:04,960 --> 01:39:06,180
 I love

1807
01:39:06,180 --> 01:39:06,880
 the

1808
01:39:06,880 --> 01:39:08,580
 live by the three

1809
01:39:08,580 --> 01:39:09,500
 die by the three

1810
01:39:09,500 --> 01:39:09,960
 crowd

1811
01:39:09,960 --> 01:39:10,460
 but

1812
01:39:10,460 --> 01:39:11,840
 I think we can all agree

1813
01:39:11,840 --> 01:39:12,660
 they don't follow it

1814
01:39:12,660 --> 01:39:13,320
 too closely

1815
01:39:13,320 --> 01:39:14,440
 so

1816
01:39:14,440 --> 01:39:16,180
 love when the threes

1817
01:39:16,180 --> 01:39:16,720
 go down

1818
01:39:16,720 --> 01:39:17,060
 but

1819
01:39:17,060 --> 01:39:18,140
 definitely

1820
01:39:18,140 --> 01:39:20,540
 this team

1821
01:39:20,540 --> 01:39:21,240
 is built

1822
01:39:21,240 --> 01:39:21,980
 on efficiency

1823
01:39:21,980 --> 01:39:23,080
 and

1824
01:39:23,080 --> 01:39:24,020
 if you don't

1825
01:39:24,020 --> 01:39:24,700
 if you guard

1826
01:39:24,700 --> 01:39:25,480
 the three line

1827
01:39:25,480 --> 01:39:27,040
 they're going to take

1828
01:39:27,040 --> 01:39:27,640
 what the defense

1829
01:39:27,640 --> 01:39:28,200
 gives them

1830
01:39:28,200 --> 01:39:28,680
 and that's why

1831
01:39:28,680 --> 01:39:29,120
 the points

1832
01:39:29,120 --> 01:39:29,680
 and the paint

1833
01:39:29,680 --> 01:39:30,220
 differential

1834
01:39:30,220 --> 01:39:31,720
 was so good

1835
01:39:31,720 --> 01:39:32,800
 in Alabama's favor

1836
01:39:32,800 --> 01:39:33,420
 and

1837
01:39:33,420 --> 01:39:33,740
 listen

1838
01:39:33,740 --> 01:39:34,700
 Nate Oates wants

1839
01:39:34,700 --> 01:39:36,140
 if he can get a wide

1840
01:39:36,140 --> 01:39:36,700
 open layup

1841
01:39:36,700 --> 01:39:38,020
 that's first choice

1842
01:39:38,020 --> 01:39:39,440
 get to the free throw line

1843
01:39:39,440 --> 01:39:40,720
 and if you lay off

1844
01:39:40,720 --> 01:39:42,140
 the three point line

1845
01:39:42,140 --> 01:39:43,100
 he's going to take that

1846
01:39:43,100 --> 01:39:44,580
 these guys are going to

1847
01:39:44,580 --> 01:39:45,120
 take those

1848
01:39:45,120 --> 01:39:45,940
 so

1849
01:39:45,940 --> 01:39:46,780
 this is

1850
01:39:46,780 --> 01:39:48,240
 a highly efficient

1851
01:39:48,240 --> 01:39:48,740
 offense

1852
01:39:48,740 --> 01:39:49,820
 one of the best

1853
01:39:49,820 --> 01:39:50,720
 year in and year out

1854
01:39:50,720 --> 01:39:51,760
 in college basketball

1855
01:39:51,760 --> 01:39:53,200
 defensively

1856
01:39:53,200 --> 01:39:54,120
 they haven't been

1857
01:39:54,120 --> 01:39:54,960
 great all season

1858
01:39:54,960 --> 01:39:55,360
 but

1859
01:39:55,360 --> 01:39:56,500
 with the exception

1860
01:39:56,500 --> 01:39:57,900
 of the Georgia game

1861
01:39:57,900 --> 01:39:58,440
 I thought they were

1862
01:39:58,440 --> 01:39:59,400
 trending in the right

1863
01:39:59,400 --> 01:39:59,960
 direction

1864
01:39:59,960 --> 01:40:01,080
 this team

1865
01:40:01,080 --> 01:40:02,160
 needs to improve

1866
01:40:02,160 --> 01:40:03,400
 rebounding the ball

1867
01:40:03,400 --> 01:40:04,300
 on both ends of the floor

1868
01:40:04,300 --> 01:40:05,240
 I thought they did that

1869
01:40:05,240 --> 01:40:05,820
 on Saturday

1870
01:40:05,820 --> 01:40:07,060
 against Auburn

1871
01:40:07,060 --> 01:40:07,540
 and

1872
01:40:07,540 --> 01:40:09,020
 with the way this team

1873
01:40:09,020 --> 01:40:10,860
 plays offensively

1874
01:40:10,860 --> 01:40:11,560
 the firepower

1875
01:40:11,560 --> 01:40:12,380
 that they have

1876
01:40:12,380 --> 01:40:13,680
 the best

1877
01:40:13,680 --> 01:40:14,440
 backcourt

1878
01:40:14,440 --> 01:40:15,400
 in college basketball

1879
01:40:15,400 --> 01:40:16,380
 if the defense

1880
01:40:16,380 --> 01:40:17,560
 continues to improve

1881
01:40:17,560 --> 01:40:18,260
 and they improve

1882
01:40:18,260 --> 01:40:19,680
 on the defensive

1883
01:40:19,680 --> 01:40:20,260
 backboard

1884
01:40:20,260 --> 01:40:21,060
 they have a chance

1885
01:40:21,060 --> 01:40:21,740
 to make

1886
01:40:21,740 --> 01:40:22,620
 a really

1887
01:40:22,620 --> 01:40:24,200
 long run

1888
01:40:24,200 --> 01:40:25,060
 in March

1889
01:40:25,060 --> 01:40:25,920
 it starts

1890
01:40:25,920 --> 01:40:26,540
 this week

1891
01:40:26,540 --> 01:40:27,140
 at the SEC

1892
01:40:27,140 --> 01:40:27,640
 tournament

1893
01:40:27,640 --> 01:40:28,080
 but

1894
01:40:28,080 --> 01:40:29,180
 really excited

1895
01:40:29,180 --> 01:40:30,540
 about the postseason

1896
01:40:30,540 --> 01:40:31,260
 for this team

1897
01:40:31,260 --> 01:40:32,100
 because I do feel

1898
01:40:32,100 --> 01:40:32,640
 like they're getting

1899
01:40:32,640 --> 01:40:33,400
 healthy at the right

1900
01:40:33,400 --> 01:40:33,780
 time

1901
01:40:33,780 --> 01:40:34,880
 they're peaking

1902
01:40:34,880 --> 01:40:35,400
 at the right

1903
01:40:35,400 --> 01:40:35,880
 time

1904
01:40:35,880 --> 01:40:37,880
 and you can't

1905
01:40:37,880 --> 01:40:38,820
 ask for anything

1906
01:40:38,820 --> 01:40:39,620
 more to be playing

1907
01:40:39,620 --> 01:40:40,520
 your best basketball

1908
01:40:40,520 --> 01:40:41,960
 going into March

1909
01:40:41,960 --> 01:40:42,480
 and this team

1910
01:40:42,480 --> 01:40:43,200
 seems to be

1911
01:40:43,200 --> 01:40:45,340
 Brian Passer

1912
01:40:45,340 --> 01:40:46,000
 Crimson Tide

1913
01:40:46,000 --> 01:40:46,660
 Sports Network

1914
01:40:46,660 --> 01:40:47,560
 you hit on something

1915
01:40:47,560 --> 01:40:47,960
 there Brian

1916
01:40:47,960 --> 01:40:49,020
 because the so-called

1917
01:40:49,020 --> 01:40:49,700
 smart people

1918
01:40:49,700 --> 01:40:50,780
 in this game

1919
01:40:50,780 --> 01:40:51,720
 say March

1920
01:40:51,720 --> 01:40:52,480
 is all about

1921
01:40:52,480 --> 01:40:53,260
 guard play

1922
01:40:53,260 --> 01:40:54,960
 a lot of teams

1923
01:40:54,960 --> 01:40:55,500
 have good

1924
01:40:55,500 --> 01:40:56,400
 a good guard

1925
01:40:56,400 --> 01:40:57,420
 but does anybody

1926
01:40:57,420 --> 01:40:58,300
 anywhere have

1927
01:40:58,300 --> 01:40:59,360
 anything better

1928
01:40:59,360 --> 01:41:00,680
 than good guards

1929
01:41:00,680 --> 01:41:01,780
 with an S

1930
01:41:01,780 --> 01:41:02,420
 for Alabama

1931
01:41:02,420 --> 01:41:03,380
 they spell it

1932
01:41:03,380 --> 01:41:04,020
 with an S

1933
01:41:04,020 --> 01:41:04,540
 on there

1934
01:41:04,540 --> 01:41:05,440
 your thoughts

1935
01:41:05,440 --> 01:41:06,040
 how important

1936
01:41:06,040 --> 01:41:06,820
 it is to expand

1937
01:41:06,820 --> 01:41:07,600
 on your point

1938
01:41:07,600 --> 01:41:08,680
 about March

1939
01:41:08,680 --> 01:41:09,340
 being about

1940
01:41:09,340 --> 01:41:10,040
 guard play

1941
01:41:10,040 --> 01:41:11,000
 yeah

1942
01:41:11,000 --> 01:41:12,180
 several S's

1943
01:41:12,180 --> 01:41:13,460
 I think

1944
01:41:13,460 --> 01:41:14,260
 we really need

1945
01:41:14,260 --> 01:41:14,700
 one S

1946
01:41:14,700 --> 01:41:15,720
 to say multiple

1947
01:41:15,720 --> 01:41:16,080
 players

1948
01:41:16,080 --> 01:41:18,020
 but in this case

1949
01:41:18,020 --> 01:41:18,840
 there's a bunch

1950
01:41:18,840 --> 01:41:19,320
 of guys

1951
01:41:19,320 --> 01:41:20,320
 in that backcourt

1952
01:41:20,320 --> 01:41:20,880
 that can play

1953
01:41:20,880 --> 01:41:21,440
 obviously

1954
01:41:21,440 --> 01:41:21,840
 LeBaron

1955
01:41:21,840 --> 01:41:22,260
 Phylon

1956
01:41:22,260 --> 01:41:23,940
 first team

1957
01:41:23,940 --> 01:41:24,640
 All-American

1958
01:41:24,640 --> 01:41:25,520
 caliber player

1959
01:41:25,520 --> 01:41:25,980
 I think

1960
01:41:25,980 --> 01:41:28,040
 those teams

1961
01:41:28,040 --> 01:41:28,520
 are starting

1962
01:41:28,520 --> 01:41:29,420
 to be announced

1963
01:41:29,420 --> 01:41:30,020
 now

1964
01:41:30,020 --> 01:41:31,100
 and LeBaron

1965
01:41:31,100 --> 01:41:31,780
 will be first

1966
01:41:31,780 --> 01:41:32,440
 second team

1967
01:41:32,440 --> 01:41:33,060
 All-American

1968
01:41:33,060 --> 01:41:34,320
 I think

1969
01:41:34,320 --> 01:41:35,300
 he shouldn't

1970
01:41:35,300 --> 01:41:36,060
 be the SEC

1971
01:41:36,060 --> 01:41:36,960
 player of the year

1972
01:41:36,960 --> 01:41:37,600
 I think

1973
01:41:37,600 --> 01:41:38,680
 there's a couple

1974
01:41:38,680 --> 01:41:39,000
 guys

1975
01:41:39,000 --> 01:41:39,440
 two or three

1976
01:41:39,440 --> 01:41:39,860
 guys

1977
01:41:39,860 --> 01:41:41,360
 that are in

1978
01:41:41,360 --> 01:41:41,640
 the mix

1979
01:41:41,640 --> 01:41:42,100
 for that

1980
01:41:42,100 --> 01:41:42,580
 LeBaron

1981
01:41:42,580 --> 01:41:42,940
 Phylon

1982
01:41:42,940 --> 01:41:44,060
 is certainly

1983
01:41:44,060 --> 01:41:44,720
 one of them

1984
01:41:44,720 --> 01:41:45,660
 but

1985
01:41:45,660 --> 01:41:46,640
 Bama's

1986
01:41:46,640 --> 01:41:47,220
 backcourt

1987
01:41:47,220 --> 01:41:48,380
 is far

1988
01:41:48,380 --> 01:41:49,180
 from a one-man

1989
01:41:49,180 --> 01:41:49,560
 show

1990
01:41:49,560 --> 01:41:50,340
 Aiden Holloway

1991
01:41:50,340 --> 01:41:50,960
 has had an

1992
01:41:50,960 --> 01:41:52,040
 all-SEC

1993
01:41:52,040 --> 01:41:53,320
 caliber season

1994
01:41:53,320 --> 01:41:53,800
 Latrell

1995
01:41:53,800 --> 01:41:54,520
 right soul

1996
01:41:54,520 --> 01:41:55,380
 I think

1997
01:41:55,380 --> 01:41:56,020
 if he was

1998
01:41:56,020 --> 01:41:56,440
 healthy

1999
01:41:56,440 --> 01:41:57,480
 all year long

2000
01:41:57,480 --> 01:41:58,020
 he'd be

2001
01:41:58,020 --> 01:41:59,280
 in consideration

2002
01:41:59,280 --> 01:42:00,560
 for all-SEC

2003
01:42:00,560 --> 01:42:01,080
 he was

2004
01:42:01,080 --> 01:42:02,460
 last week's

2005
01:42:02,460 --> 01:42:03,320
 SEC player

2006
01:42:03,320 --> 01:42:03,780
 of the week

2007
01:42:03,780 --> 01:42:04,740
 playing the best

2008
01:42:04,740 --> 01:42:05,640
 basketball of his

2009
01:42:05,640 --> 01:42:05,940
 career

2010
01:42:05,940 --> 01:42:06,640
 coming back

2011
01:42:06,640 --> 01:42:08,020
 from an Achilles

2012
01:42:08,020 --> 01:42:08,900
 tear last year

2013
01:42:08,900 --> 01:42:09,860
 he's had so many

2014
01:42:09,860 --> 01:42:10,700
 different little

2015
01:42:10,700 --> 01:42:11,740
 injuries this year

2016
01:42:11,740 --> 01:42:12,660
 seems to be

2017
01:42:12,660 --> 01:42:13,340
 getting healthy

2018
01:42:13,340 --> 01:42:14,140
 and he's playing

2019
01:42:14,140 --> 01:42:14,940
 great on both

2020
01:42:14,940 --> 01:42:15,740
 ends of the floor

2021
01:42:15,740 --> 01:42:16,900
 and then

2022
01:42:16,900 --> 01:42:17,860
 you've got

2023
01:42:17,860 --> 01:42:18,740
 Houston Millett

2024
01:42:18,740 --> 01:42:20,300
 who's done a

2025
01:42:20,300 --> 01:42:21,020
 great job

2026
01:42:21,020 --> 01:42:22,680
 doing every

2027
01:42:22,680 --> 01:42:23,700
 little thing

2028
01:42:23,700 --> 01:42:24,320
 that you ask

2029
01:42:24,320 --> 01:42:24,640
 for

2030
01:42:24,640 --> 01:42:25,420
 a great

2031
01:42:25,420 --> 01:42:25,960
 teammate

2032
01:42:25,960 --> 01:42:27,520
 so good

2033
01:42:27,520 --> 01:42:27,940
 on both

2034
01:42:27,940 --> 01:42:28,420
 ends of the

2035
01:42:28,420 --> 01:42:28,700
 floor

2036
01:42:28,700 --> 01:42:29,080
 Jim Lill

2037
01:42:29,080 --> 01:42:29,440
 Bathea

2038
01:42:29,440 --> 01:42:30,700
 had his

2039
01:42:30,700 --> 01:42:31,760
 maybe best

2040
01:42:31,760 --> 01:42:32,240
 minutes

2041
01:42:32,240 --> 01:42:33,320
 and meaningful

2042
01:42:33,320 --> 01:42:33,800
 minutes

2043
01:42:33,800 --> 01:42:34,480
 in an important

2044
01:42:34,480 --> 01:42:34,960
 game

2045
01:42:34,960 --> 01:42:35,780
 on Saturday

2046
01:42:35,780 --> 01:42:37,260
 so this is

2047
01:42:37,260 --> 01:42:38,040
 a backcourt

2048
01:42:38,040 --> 01:42:39,340
 and I feel

2049
01:42:39,340 --> 01:42:39,620
 like I'm

2050
01:42:39,620 --> 01:42:39,880
 forgetting

2051
01:42:39,880 --> 01:42:40,360
 somebody

2052
01:42:40,360 --> 01:42:41,000
 a Murray Allen

2053
01:42:41,000 --> 01:42:41,860
 I mean

2054
01:42:41,860 --> 01:42:42,540
 you know

2055
01:42:42,540 --> 01:42:43,060
 a guy

2056
01:42:43,060 --> 01:42:43,540
 that's probably

2057
01:42:43,540 --> 01:42:43,840
 going to be

2058
01:42:43,840 --> 01:42:44,380
 a first round

2059
01:42:44,380 --> 01:42:45,600
 NBA draft pick

2060
01:42:45,600 --> 01:42:46,060
 this year

2061
01:42:46,060 --> 01:42:47,640
 you've got so

2062
01:42:47,640 --> 01:42:48,320
 many guys

2063
01:42:48,320 --> 01:42:49,400
 you know

2064
01:42:49,400 --> 01:42:50,060
 I forget one

2065
01:42:50,060 --> 01:42:50,900
 that is on

2066
01:42:50,900 --> 01:42:52,040
 every NBA draft

2067
01:42:52,040 --> 01:42:52,400
 court

2068
01:42:52,400 --> 01:42:53,420
 is a potential

2069
01:42:53,420 --> 01:42:54,100
 one and done

2070
01:42:54,100 --> 01:42:55,940
 so this backcourt

2071
01:42:55,940 --> 01:42:57,660
 is incredible

2072
01:42:57,660 --> 01:42:58,560
 they're deep

2073
01:42:58,560 --> 01:42:59,240
 they're talented

2074
01:42:59,240 --> 01:42:59,780
 they're getting

2075
01:42:59,780 --> 01:43:00,320
 healthy

2076
01:43:00,320 --> 01:43:01,640
 and the front

2077
01:43:01,640 --> 01:43:02,480
 court is not

2078
01:43:02,480 --> 01:43:02,860
 deep

2079
01:43:02,860 --> 01:43:03,920
 but they've got

2080
01:43:03,920 --> 01:43:04,440
 some guys

2081
01:43:04,440 --> 01:43:05,160
 that are starting

2082
01:43:05,160 --> 01:43:05,740
 to get healthy

2083
01:43:05,740 --> 01:43:06,500
 and play well

2084
01:43:06,500 --> 01:43:07,340
 and Taylor

2085
01:43:07,340 --> 01:43:08,000
 Bowl Bowen

2086
01:43:08,000 --> 01:43:08,480
 some guys

2087
01:43:08,480 --> 01:43:08,880
 that are getting

2088
01:43:08,880 --> 01:43:09,320
 experience

2089
01:43:09,320 --> 01:43:10,300
 and obviously

2090
01:43:10,300 --> 01:43:11,040
 Aiden Sherell

2091
01:43:11,040 --> 01:43:11,800
 may be the

2092
01:43:11,800 --> 01:43:12,700
 most improved

2093
01:43:12,700 --> 01:43:13,160
 big man

2094
01:43:13,160 --> 01:43:13,780
 in the SEC

2095
01:43:13,780 --> 01:43:16,540
 you go back

2096
01:43:16,540 --> 01:43:17,380
 to a fellow

2097
01:43:17,380 --> 01:43:18,060
 that may not

2098
01:43:18,060 --> 01:43:19,060
 have the same

2099
01:43:19,060 --> 01:43:20,360
 NBA cachet

2100
01:43:20,360 --> 01:43:20,900
 if you will

2101
01:43:20,900 --> 01:43:21,380
 as some of the

2102
01:43:21,380 --> 01:43:22,060
 guys you mentioned

2103
01:43:22,060 --> 01:43:23,040
 but I thought

2104
01:43:23,040 --> 01:43:23,580
 Nate Oates

2105
01:43:23,580 --> 01:43:24,320
 sounded the best

2106
01:43:24,320 --> 01:43:25,040
 in one of the

2107
01:43:25,040 --> 01:43:25,860
 post game interviews

2108
01:43:25,860 --> 01:43:27,340
 senior night

2109
01:43:27,340 --> 01:43:28,440
 always an emotional

2110
01:43:28,440 --> 01:43:29,040
 night

2111
01:43:29,040 --> 01:43:31,360
 and he highlighted

2112
01:43:31,360 --> 01:43:31,800
 Mlett

2113
01:43:31,800 --> 01:43:32,400
 no points

2114
01:43:32,400 --> 01:43:32,640
 he said

2115
01:43:32,640 --> 01:43:33,180
 I was rooting

2116
01:43:33,180 --> 01:43:33,600
 for him

2117
01:43:33,600 --> 01:43:34,040
 but he said

2118
01:43:34,040 --> 01:43:34,680
 you know what

2119
01:43:34,680 --> 01:43:35,580
 he didn't care

2120
01:43:35,580 --> 01:43:36,500
 to me

2121
01:43:36,500 --> 01:43:38,180
 that's the glue

2122
01:43:38,180 --> 01:43:38,820
 that helps

2123
01:43:38,820 --> 01:43:39,460
 tie all these

2124
01:43:39,460 --> 01:43:40,020
 rock stars

2125
01:43:40,020 --> 01:43:40,420
 together

2126
01:43:40,420 --> 01:43:41,040
 to have somebody

2127
01:43:41,040 --> 01:43:41,520
 with that kind

2128
01:43:41,520 --> 01:43:42,560
 of selfless

2129
01:43:42,560 --> 01:43:43,200
 attitude

2130
01:43:43,200 --> 01:43:44,520
 yeah

2131
01:43:44,520 --> 01:43:44,980
 man

2132
01:43:44,980 --> 01:43:45,960
 I already

2133
01:43:45,960 --> 01:43:46,560
 miss Houston

2134
01:43:46,560 --> 01:43:46,940
 Millette

2135
01:43:46,940 --> 01:43:47,580
 and the season

2136
01:43:47,580 --> 01:43:48,460
 is far from over

2137
01:43:48,460 --> 01:43:50,460
 he's in two years

2138
01:43:50,460 --> 01:43:51,980
 become one of

2139
01:43:51,980 --> 01:43:53,040
 the all time

2140
01:43:53,040 --> 01:43:54,120
 favorite players

2141
01:43:54,120 --> 01:43:54,780
 among people

2142
01:43:54,780 --> 01:43:55,800
 who you know

2143
01:43:55,800 --> 01:43:56,740
 follow his program

2144
01:43:56,740 --> 01:43:57,360
 who know him

2145
01:43:57,360 --> 01:43:58,320
 yeah

2146
01:43:58,320 --> 01:44:00,120
 just an incredible

2147
01:44:00,120 --> 01:44:00,900
 young man

2148
01:44:00,900 --> 01:44:01,860
 you know

2149
01:44:01,860 --> 01:44:02,400
 to hear

2150
01:44:02,400 --> 01:44:03,180
 Nate Oates

2151
01:44:03,180 --> 01:44:04,600
 speak about him

2152
01:44:04,600 --> 01:44:05,400
 just in glowing

2153
01:44:05,400 --> 01:44:06,280
 terms always

2154
01:44:06,280 --> 01:44:07,860
 I think he has

2155
01:44:07,860 --> 01:44:08,320
 a basketball

2156
01:44:08,320 --> 01:44:08,720
 future

2157
01:44:08,720 --> 01:44:09,220
 you know

2158
01:44:09,220 --> 01:44:10,080
 and I'm not sure

2159
01:44:10,080 --> 01:44:10,600
 what level

2160
01:44:10,600 --> 01:44:11,360
 professionally

2161
01:44:11,360 --> 01:44:11,940
 but I think

2162
01:44:11,940 --> 01:44:12,600
 he can continue

2163
01:44:12,600 --> 01:44:13,100
 to play

2164
01:44:13,100 --> 01:44:14,460
 there's a professional

2165
01:44:14,460 --> 01:44:15,220
 league somewhere

2166
01:44:15,220 --> 01:44:15,900
 for Houston

2167
01:44:15,900 --> 01:44:16,320
 Millette

2168
01:44:16,320 --> 01:44:17,480
 but when he's

2169
01:44:17,480 --> 01:44:17,840
 done

2170
01:44:17,840 --> 01:44:19,140
 I can't wait

2171
01:44:19,140 --> 01:44:19,620
 to see what

2172
01:44:19,620 --> 01:44:20,020
 the future

2173
01:44:20,020 --> 01:44:20,820
 holds for him

2174
01:44:20,820 --> 01:44:21,820
 whether it's

2175
01:44:21,820 --> 01:44:22,600
 as a coach

2176
01:44:22,600 --> 01:44:24,020
 as a future

2177
01:44:24,020 --> 01:44:24,480
 CEO

2178
01:44:24,480 --> 01:44:25,900
 he's going to

2179
01:44:25,900 --> 01:44:26,340
 be ultra

2180
01:44:26,340 --> 01:44:26,960
 successful

2181
01:44:26,960 --> 01:44:27,760
 because of the

2182
01:44:27,760 --> 01:44:28,840
 way he goes

2183
01:44:28,840 --> 01:44:29,420
 about his

2184
01:44:29,420 --> 01:44:29,900
 business

2185
01:44:29,900 --> 01:44:31,540
 but terrific

2186
01:44:31,540 --> 01:44:32,140
 player

2187
01:44:32,140 --> 01:44:33,140
 does every

2188
01:44:33,140 --> 01:44:33,660
 little thing

2189
01:44:33,660 --> 01:44:34,200
 you want

2190
01:44:34,200 --> 01:44:34,640
 hustle

2191
01:44:34,640 --> 01:44:35,340
 plays

2192
01:44:35,340 --> 01:44:36,160
 high IQ

2193
01:44:36,160 --> 01:44:36,820
 plays

2194
01:44:36,820 --> 01:44:37,900
 and talented

2195
01:44:37,900 --> 01:44:38,220
 I mean

2196
01:44:38,220 --> 01:44:38,760
 he can shoot

2197
01:44:38,760 --> 01:44:39,260
 the three

2198
01:44:39,260 --> 01:44:40,620
 a really good

2199
01:44:40,620 --> 01:44:41,100
 perimeter

2200
01:44:41,100 --> 01:44:42,100
 shooter

2201
01:44:42,100 --> 01:44:42,660
 defender

2202
01:44:42,660 --> 01:44:44,480
 but I thought

2203
01:44:44,480 --> 01:44:45,400
 Saturday

2204
01:44:45,400 --> 01:44:46,480
 Saturday night

2205
01:44:46,480 --> 01:44:47,140
 was just the

2206
01:44:47,140 --> 01:44:47,620
 ultimate

2207
01:44:47,620 --> 01:44:48,360
 Houston Millette

2208
01:44:48,360 --> 01:44:48,700
 game

2209
01:44:48,700 --> 01:44:49,520
 he didn't

2210
01:44:49,520 --> 01:44:49,740
 score

2211
01:44:49,740 --> 01:44:50,040
 he didn't

2212
01:44:50,040 --> 01:44:50,560
 need to score

2213
01:44:50,560 --> 01:44:51,280
 but he made

2214
01:44:51,280 --> 01:44:51,900
 an impact

2215
01:44:51,900 --> 01:44:52,540
 on the game

2216
01:44:52,540 --> 01:44:53,480
 and what he

2217
01:44:53,480 --> 01:44:53,840
 does

2218
01:44:53,840 --> 01:44:55,100
 yeah

2219
01:44:55,100 --> 01:44:56,060
 I mean

2220
01:44:56,060 --> 01:44:56,980
 what he does

2221
01:44:56,980 --> 01:44:57,580
 is contagious

2222
01:44:57,580 --> 01:44:59,260
 so when he's

2223
01:44:59,260 --> 01:44:59,620
 out there

2224
01:44:59,620 --> 01:45:00,440
 diving on the

2225
01:45:00,440 --> 01:45:00,960
 floor for loose

2226
01:45:00,960 --> 01:45:01,320
 balls

2227
01:45:01,320 --> 01:45:01,720
 and making

2228
01:45:01,720 --> 01:45:02,300
 plays

2229
01:45:02,300 --> 01:45:02,940
 cheering on the

2230
01:45:02,940 --> 01:45:03,340
 sideline

2231
01:45:03,340 --> 01:45:03,680
 or on the

2232
01:45:03,680 --> 01:45:03,980
 court

2233
01:45:03,980 --> 01:45:04,780
 encouraging

2234
01:45:04,780 --> 01:45:05,300
 teammates

2235
01:45:05,300 --> 01:45:06,480
 it's not

2236
01:45:06,480 --> 01:45:07,180
 just him

2237
01:45:07,180 --> 01:45:07,820
 that sort

2238
01:45:07,820 --> 01:45:08,380
 of thing

2239
01:45:08,380 --> 01:45:09,420
 feeds over

2240
01:45:09,420 --> 01:45:09,880
 to his

2241
01:45:09,880 --> 01:45:10,340
 teammates

2242
01:45:10,340 --> 01:45:11,160
 it's contagious

2243
01:45:11,160 --> 01:45:12,520
 and he's

2244
01:45:12,520 --> 01:45:12,900
 such an

2245
01:45:12,900 --> 01:45:13,600
 important part

2246
01:45:13,600 --> 01:45:13,860
 of this

2247
01:45:13,860 --> 01:45:14,200
 team

2248
01:45:14,200 --> 01:45:14,480
 and one

2249
01:45:14,480 --> 01:45:14,660
 of the

2250
01:45:14,660 --> 01:45:14,980
 reasons

2251
01:45:14,980 --> 01:45:15,760
 I'm so

2252
01:45:15,760 --> 01:45:16,380
 optimistic

2253
01:45:16,380 --> 01:45:17,360
 about March

2254
01:45:17,360 --> 01:45:19,700
 you mentioned

2255
01:45:19,700 --> 01:45:19,720
 you mentioned

2256
01:45:19,720 --> 01:45:20,120
 Amari

2257
01:45:20,120 --> 01:45:20,480
 Allen

2258
01:45:20,480 --> 01:45:21,920
 we talked

2259
01:45:21,920 --> 01:45:22,440
 about this

2260
01:45:22,440 --> 01:45:23,060
 on Friday

2261
01:45:23,060 --> 01:45:23,560
 I thought

2262
01:45:23,560 --> 01:45:23,980
 the number

2263
01:45:23,980 --> 01:45:24,480
 of points

2264
01:45:24,480 --> 01:45:25,060
 he scored

2265
01:45:25,060 --> 01:45:25,500
 might be

2266
01:45:25,500 --> 01:45:26,060
 the difference

2267
01:45:26,060 --> 01:45:26,680
 in the game

2268
01:45:26,680 --> 01:45:27,220
 and it nearly

2269
01:45:27,220 --> 01:45:27,860
 was

2270
01:45:27,860 --> 01:45:29,340
 he's been

2271
01:45:29,340 --> 01:45:30,080
 a double

2272
01:45:30,080 --> 01:45:30,880
 double machine

2273
01:45:30,880 --> 01:45:31,460
 all year

2274
01:45:31,460 --> 01:45:32,660
 16 points

2275
01:45:32,660 --> 01:45:34,400
 5 rebounds

2276
01:45:34,400 --> 01:45:35,080
 he got back

2277
01:45:35,080 --> 01:45:35,840
 on track

2278
01:45:35,840 --> 01:45:36,860
 you mentioned

2279
01:45:36,860 --> 01:45:37,380
 Matthias

2280
01:45:37,380 --> 01:45:38,280
 he had one

2281
01:45:38,280 --> 01:45:38,900
 of the plays

2282
01:45:38,900 --> 01:45:39,400
 of the year

2283
01:45:39,400 --> 01:45:40,200
 took off

2284
01:45:40,200 --> 01:45:41,420
 from the

2285
01:45:41,420 --> 01:45:42,020
 free throw

2286
01:45:42,020 --> 01:45:42,640
 line

2287
01:45:42,640 --> 01:45:43,440
 and in one

2288
01:45:43,440 --> 01:45:43,920
 motion

2289
01:45:43,920 --> 01:45:44,420
 went up

2290
01:45:44,420 --> 01:45:44,980
 grabbed the

2291
01:45:44,980 --> 01:45:45,440
 rebound

2292
01:45:45,440 --> 01:45:45,860
 and put

2293
01:45:45,860 --> 01:45:46,280
 it back

2294
01:45:46,280 --> 01:45:46,700
 in

2295
01:45:46,700 --> 01:45:47,760
 and the

2296
01:45:47,760 --> 01:45:48,120
 player

2297
01:45:48,120 --> 01:45:48,640
 we haven't

2298
01:45:48,640 --> 01:45:49,180
 even talked

2299
01:45:49,180 --> 01:45:49,680
 about

2300
01:45:49,680 --> 01:45:50,920
 who has

2301
01:45:50,920 --> 01:45:51,580
 gradually

2302
01:45:51,580 --> 01:45:52,500
 improved

2303
01:45:52,500 --> 01:45:52,820
 throughout

2304
01:45:52,820 --> 01:45:53,380
 the course

2305
01:45:53,380 --> 01:45:54,140
 of the season

2306
01:45:54,140 --> 01:45:55,500
 and I think

2307
01:45:55,500 --> 01:45:55,900
 they're really

2308
01:45:55,900 --> 01:45:56,440
 going to need

2309
01:45:56,440 --> 01:45:56,840
 him

2310
01:45:56,840 --> 01:45:57,520
 is

2311
01:45:57,520 --> 01:45:58,060
 London

2312
01:45:58,060 --> 01:45:58,560
 Jemisin

2313
01:45:58,560 --> 01:45:59,480
 he had

2314
01:45:59,480 --> 01:46:00,620
 11 points

2315
01:46:00,620 --> 01:46:02,000
 and continues

2316
01:46:02,000 --> 01:46:02,900
 to make

2317
01:46:02,900 --> 01:46:03,520
 some plays

2318
01:46:03,520 --> 01:46:03,920
 hopefully

2319
01:46:03,920 --> 01:46:04,660
 Bo Bowen

2320
01:46:04,660 --> 01:46:05,720
 will get

2321
01:46:05,720 --> 01:46:06,200
 healthy

2322
01:46:06,200 --> 01:46:06,700
 and be able

2323
01:46:06,700 --> 01:46:07,040
 to do

2324
01:46:07,040 --> 01:46:07,400
 something

2325
01:46:07,400 --> 01:46:08,100
 in Nashville

2326
01:46:08,100 --> 01:46:09,180
 but to

2327
01:46:09,180 --> 01:46:09,820
 get Allen

2328
01:46:09,820 --> 01:46:10,540
 back

2329
01:46:10,540 --> 01:46:11,620
 Matthias

2330
01:46:11,620 --> 01:46:12,640
 if he can

2331
01:46:12,640 --> 01:46:13,240
 improve

2332
01:46:13,240 --> 01:46:13,680
 and then

2333
01:46:13,680 --> 01:46:13,960
 London

2334
01:46:13,960 --> 01:46:14,460
 Jemisin

2335
01:46:14,460 --> 01:46:14,920
 to me

2336
01:46:14,920 --> 01:46:15,320
 he's

2337
01:46:15,320 --> 01:46:16,240
 come a

2338
01:46:16,240 --> 01:46:16,720
 long way

2339
01:46:16,720 --> 01:46:16,980
 in the

2340
01:46:16,980 --> 01:46:17,480
 last two

2341
01:46:17,480 --> 01:46:17,940
 months

2342
01:46:17,940 --> 01:46:19,340
 yeah

2343
01:46:19,340 --> 01:46:20,000
 I agree

2344
01:46:20,000 --> 01:46:21,420
 on all

2345
01:46:21,420 --> 01:46:21,760
 of those

2346
01:46:21,760 --> 01:46:22,100
 points

2347
01:46:22,100 --> 01:46:22,500
 I'll start

2348
01:46:22,500 --> 01:46:22,960
 with Jalil

2349
01:46:22,960 --> 01:46:23,360
 Bethia

2350
01:46:23,360 --> 01:46:24,020
 I've been

2351
01:46:24,020 --> 01:46:24,600
 so impressed

2352
01:46:24,600 --> 01:46:25,280
 with his

2353
01:46:25,280 --> 01:46:25,820
 attitude

2354
01:46:25,820 --> 01:46:27,560
 a former

2355
01:46:27,560 --> 01:46:28,160
 five star

2356
01:46:28,160 --> 01:46:28,700
 McDonald's

2357
01:46:28,700 --> 01:46:29,280
 All-American

2358
01:46:29,280 --> 01:46:30,680
 high expectations

2359
01:46:30,680 --> 01:46:31,440
 hasn't gotten

2360
01:46:31,440 --> 01:46:31,860
 the minutes

2361
01:46:31,860 --> 01:46:32,300
 that he would

2362
01:46:32,300 --> 01:46:32,640
 like

2363
01:46:32,640 --> 01:46:33,660
 and still

2364
01:46:33,660 --> 01:46:34,420
 has an

2365
01:46:34,420 --> 01:46:34,760
 incredible

2366
01:46:34,760 --> 01:46:35,220
 attitude

2367
01:46:35,220 --> 01:46:36,140
 he's

2368
01:46:36,140 --> 01:46:36,500
 cheering

2369
01:46:36,500 --> 01:46:36,740
 on the

2370
01:46:36,740 --> 01:46:37,380
 sidelines

2371
01:46:37,380 --> 01:46:39,020
 working hard

2372
01:46:39,020 --> 01:46:39,360
 every day

2373
01:46:39,360 --> 01:46:39,800
 in practice

2374
01:46:39,800 --> 01:46:40,440
 earning more

2375
01:46:40,440 --> 01:46:40,800
 minutes

2376
01:46:40,800 --> 01:46:41,240
 and was

2377
01:46:41,240 --> 01:46:41,600
 happy

2378
01:46:41,600 --> 01:46:42,700
 to see him

2379
01:46:42,700 --> 01:46:43,180
 have some

2380
01:46:43,180 --> 01:46:43,540
 success

2381
01:46:43,540 --> 01:46:44,340
 on the floor

2382
01:46:44,340 --> 01:46:45,120
 Saturday

2383
01:46:45,120 --> 01:46:45,560
 night

2384
01:46:45,560 --> 01:46:46,360
 and yes

2385
01:46:46,360 --> 01:46:46,780
 I agree

2386
01:46:46,780 --> 01:46:47,100
 one of the

2387
01:46:47,100 --> 01:46:47,620
 most athletic

2388
01:46:47,620 --> 01:46:48,120
 plays you'll

2389
01:46:48,120 --> 01:46:48,540
 ever see

2390
01:46:48,540 --> 01:46:49,480
 the tip

2391
01:46:49,480 --> 01:46:49,860
 follower

2392
01:46:49,860 --> 01:46:50,680
 that he had

2393
01:46:50,680 --> 01:46:51,480
 made a big

2394
01:46:51,480 --> 01:46:52,060
 three early

2395
01:46:52,060 --> 01:46:52,740
 in that game

2396
01:46:52,740 --> 01:46:53,800
 as well

2397
01:46:53,800 --> 01:46:54,900
 and two guys

2398
01:46:54,900 --> 01:46:55,880
 that I was

2399
01:46:55,880 --> 01:46:57,260
 really hoping

2400
01:46:57,260 --> 01:46:57,720
 would have

2401
01:46:57,720 --> 01:46:58,400
 great games

2402
01:46:58,400 --> 01:46:58,720
 because

2403
01:46:58,720 --> 01:46:59,780
 they're young

2404
01:46:59,780 --> 01:47:00,780
 players that

2405
01:47:00,780 --> 01:47:01,880
 had not played

2406
01:47:01,880 --> 01:47:02,540
 their best

2407
01:47:02,540 --> 01:47:03,320
 in the last

2408
01:47:03,320 --> 01:47:04,100
 couple of games

2409
01:47:04,100 --> 01:47:05,160
 and that was

2410
01:47:05,160 --> 01:47:06,580
 Amari Allen

2411
01:47:06,580 --> 01:47:06,940
 in London

2412
01:47:06,940 --> 01:47:06,940
 and London

2413
01:47:06,940 --> 01:47:07,420
 Jemison

2414
01:47:07,420 --> 01:47:08,280
 they struggled

2415
01:47:08,280 --> 01:47:09,280
 at Tennessee

2416
01:47:09,280 --> 01:47:09,840
 they struggled

2417
01:47:09,840 --> 01:47:10,360
 in Athens

2418
01:47:10,360 --> 01:47:10,940
 you kind of

2419
01:47:10,940 --> 01:47:12,000
 wonder if

2420
01:47:12,000 --> 01:47:12,480
 they're hitting

2421
01:47:12,480 --> 01:47:13,040
 the freshman

2422
01:47:13,040 --> 01:47:13,460
 wall

2423
01:47:13,460 --> 01:47:14,620
 so I was

2424
01:47:14,620 --> 01:47:15,340
 really encouraged

2425
01:47:15,340 --> 01:47:16,000
 to see how

2426
01:47:16,000 --> 01:47:16,680
 well both of

2427
01:47:16,680 --> 01:47:17,140
 those guys

2428
01:47:17,140 --> 01:47:17,860
 played Saturday

2429
01:47:17,860 --> 01:47:18,900
 night against

2430
01:47:18,900 --> 01:47:19,300
 Auburn

2431
01:47:19,300 --> 01:47:19,800
 and now

2432
01:47:19,800 --> 01:47:21,520
 when you have

2433
01:47:21,520 --> 01:47:22,240
 a double bot

2434
01:47:22,240 --> 01:47:22,840
 and you have

2435
01:47:22,840 --> 01:47:23,780
 almost a week

2436
01:47:23,780 --> 01:47:24,200
 off

2437
01:47:24,200 --> 01:47:25,220
 it gives

2438
01:47:25,220 --> 01:47:26,480
 those guys

2439
01:47:26,480 --> 01:47:27,020
 and the entire

2440
01:47:27,020 --> 01:47:27,900
 team a chance

2441
01:47:27,900 --> 01:47:29,140
 to rest

2442
01:47:29,140 --> 01:47:29,980
 get healthy

2443
01:47:29,980 --> 01:47:30,720
 get their legs

2444
01:47:30,720 --> 01:47:31,440
 back under them

2445
01:47:31,440 --> 01:47:32,400
 and get ready

2446
01:47:32,400 --> 01:47:33,440
 for hopefully

2447
01:47:33,440 --> 01:47:34,100
 a long run

2448
01:47:34,100 --> 01:47:34,640
 in March

2449
01:47:34,640 --> 01:47:36,380
 before we talk

2450
01:47:36,380 --> 01:47:37,600
 about next week

2451
01:47:37,600 --> 01:47:38,040
 let's talk

2452
01:47:38,040 --> 01:47:39,000
 about this week

2453
01:47:39,000 --> 01:47:39,380
 Brian

2454
01:47:39,380 --> 01:47:39,880
 obviously

2455
01:47:39,880 --> 01:47:40,920
 you're right

2456
01:47:40,920 --> 01:47:41,420
 the chance

2457
01:47:41,420 --> 01:47:42,180
 to get healthy

2458
01:47:42,180 --> 01:47:42,680
 you're sitting

2459
01:47:42,680 --> 01:47:43,620
 watching the games

2460
01:47:43,620 --> 01:47:44,200
 Friday night

2461
01:47:44,200 --> 01:47:44,920
 at 6

2462
01:47:44,920 --> 01:47:46,640
 it looks like

2463
01:47:46,640 --> 01:47:47,080
 right now

2464
01:47:47,080 --> 01:47:47,680
 we're not sitting

2465
01:47:47,680 --> 01:47:48,160
 here and saying

2466
01:47:48,160 --> 01:47:48,780
 this in all due

2467
01:47:48,780 --> 01:47:49,660
 respect to Ole Miss

2468
01:47:49,660 --> 01:47:50,360
 but there's a good

2469
01:47:50,360 --> 01:47:51,200
 chance it could be

2470
01:47:51,200 --> 01:47:51,880
 either Georgia

2471
01:47:51,880 --> 01:47:52,540
 or Texas

2472
01:47:52,540 --> 01:47:53,220
 and we talked

2473
01:47:53,220 --> 01:47:54,060
 earlier Brian

2474
01:47:54,060 --> 01:47:55,780
 two of Alabama's

2475
01:47:55,780 --> 01:47:56,520
 losses has been

2476
01:47:56,520 --> 01:47:57,020
 to both those

2477
01:47:57,020 --> 01:47:57,740
 teams this season

2478
01:47:57,740 --> 01:47:58,220
 that can go

2479
01:47:58,220 --> 01:47:59,120
 one of two ways

2480
01:47:59,120 --> 01:47:59,940
 you can say

2481
01:47:59,940 --> 01:48:00,360
 wow

2482
01:48:00,360 --> 01:48:01,500
 the odds

2483
01:48:01,500 --> 01:48:01,980
 are against them

2484
01:48:01,980 --> 01:48:02,520
 or you can say

2485
01:48:02,520 --> 01:48:02,960
 you know what

2486
01:48:02,960 --> 01:48:03,560
 that was then

2487
01:48:03,560 --> 01:48:04,180
 this is now

2488
01:48:04,180 --> 01:48:04,720
 this team's

2489
01:48:04,720 --> 01:48:05,240
 fired up

2490
01:48:05,240 --> 01:48:06,100
 that's just

2491
01:48:06,100 --> 01:48:06,880
 extra fuel

2492
01:48:06,880 --> 01:48:07,420
 for the fire

2493
01:48:07,420 --> 01:48:07,880
 your thoughts

2494
01:48:07,880 --> 01:48:08,560
 about the potential

2495
01:48:08,560 --> 01:48:09,060
 matchup

2496
01:48:09,060 --> 01:48:09,460
 with either

2497
01:48:09,460 --> 01:48:10,480
 Georgia or Texas

2498
01:48:10,480 --> 01:48:12,140
 yeah I mean

2499
01:48:12,140 --> 01:48:12,880
 I would say

2500
01:48:12,880 --> 01:48:13,420
 right now

2501
01:48:13,420 --> 01:48:14,120
 those are

2502
01:48:14,120 --> 01:48:14,960
 the likely

2503
01:48:14,960 --> 01:48:15,720
 opponents

2504
01:48:15,720 --> 01:48:16,220
 you know

2505
01:48:16,220 --> 01:48:17,320
 one of those

2506
01:48:17,320 --> 01:48:17,820
 two I guess

2507
01:48:17,820 --> 01:48:18,220
 Ole Miss

2508
01:48:18,220 --> 01:48:19,100
 can factor in

2509
01:48:19,100 --> 01:48:19,680
 but I would

2510
01:48:19,680 --> 01:48:20,560
 be really surprised

2511
01:48:20,560 --> 01:48:21,220
 if we didn't

2512
01:48:21,220 --> 01:48:21,820
 see either

2513
01:48:21,820 --> 01:48:22,760
 Georgia or Texas

2514
01:48:22,760 --> 01:48:24,360
 on Friday night

2515
01:48:24,360 --> 01:48:25,540
 two really good

2516
01:48:25,540 --> 01:48:26,040
 teams

2517
01:48:26,040 --> 01:48:26,940
 two NCAA

2518
01:48:26,940 --> 01:48:27,940
 tournament teams

2519
01:48:27,940 --> 01:48:28,800
 that played

2520
01:48:28,800 --> 01:48:30,140
 two of the best

2521
01:48:30,140 --> 01:48:31,000
 games of their

2522
01:48:31,000 --> 01:48:31,380
 season

2523
01:48:31,380 --> 01:48:32,040
 or each of

2524
01:48:32,040 --> 01:48:32,520
 them the best

2525
01:48:32,520 --> 01:48:32,880
 game of their

2526
01:48:32,880 --> 01:48:33,600
 season against

2527
01:48:33,600 --> 01:48:34,220
 Alabama

2528
01:48:34,220 --> 01:48:35,720
 when Texas

2529
01:48:35,720 --> 01:48:36,400
 rolled into

2530
01:48:36,400 --> 01:48:37,080
 Tuscaloosa

2531
01:48:37,080 --> 01:48:37,960
 that was

2532
01:48:37,960 --> 01:48:39,240
 a surprise

2533
01:48:39,240 --> 01:48:40,420
 Alabama doesn't

2534
01:48:40,420 --> 01:48:41,480
 lose many home

2535
01:48:41,480 --> 01:48:41,900
 games

2536
01:48:41,900 --> 01:48:43,320
 but I was

2537
01:48:43,320 --> 01:48:44,540
 equally surprised

2538
01:48:44,540 --> 01:48:45,620
 with how good

2539
01:48:45,620 --> 01:48:47,440
 Texas is

2540
01:48:47,440 --> 01:48:48,140
 I mean

2541
01:48:48,140 --> 01:48:49,580
 at that time

2542
01:48:49,580 --> 01:48:49,980
 they had

2543
01:48:49,980 --> 01:48:50,400
 struggled

2544
01:48:50,400 --> 01:48:51,060
 they had dropped

2545
01:48:51,060 --> 01:48:52,000
 a couple in a row

2546
01:48:52,000 --> 01:48:52,820
 and were not

2547
01:48:52,820 --> 01:48:53,700
 playing their best

2548
01:48:53,700 --> 01:48:55,480
 and after about

2549
01:48:55,480 --> 01:48:56,080
 five minutes

2550
01:48:56,080 --> 01:48:56,640
 I'm like man

2551
01:48:56,640 --> 01:48:57,140
 this is

2552
01:48:57,140 --> 01:48:57,920
 this team

2553
01:48:57,920 --> 01:48:58,500
 is legit

2554
01:48:58,500 --> 01:48:58,880
 they're

2555
01:48:58,880 --> 01:48:59,340
 talented

2556
01:48:59,340 --> 01:48:59,940
 they're

2557
01:48:59,940 --> 01:49:00,600
 playing well

2558
01:49:00,600 --> 01:49:01,220
 Sean Miller

2559
01:49:01,220 --> 01:49:01,840
 one of the top

2560
01:49:01,840 --> 01:49:02,540
 coaches in the

2561
01:49:02,540 --> 01:49:02,880
 country

2562
01:49:02,880 --> 01:49:04,060
 in his first

2563
01:49:04,060 --> 01:49:04,400
 year

2564
01:49:04,400 --> 01:49:05,300
 and he's done

2565
01:49:05,300 --> 01:49:06,140
 a great job

2566
01:49:06,140 --> 01:49:07,260
 in Georgia

2567
01:49:07,260 --> 01:49:09,120
 man they

2568
01:49:09,120 --> 01:49:09,660
 they were

2569
01:49:09,660 --> 01:49:10,520
 really good

2570
01:49:10,520 --> 01:49:11,420
 last Wednesday

2571
01:49:11,420 --> 01:49:11,860
 or last

2572
01:49:11,860 --> 01:49:12,540
 Tuesday

2573
01:49:12,540 --> 01:49:14,140
 against Alabama

2574
01:49:14,140 --> 01:49:14,920
 very impressed

2575
01:49:14,920 --> 01:49:15,380
 with them

2576
01:49:15,380 --> 01:49:16,260
 two teams

2577
01:49:16,260 --> 01:49:16,900
 that could make

2578
01:49:16,900 --> 01:49:17,580
 a sweet 16

2579
01:49:17,580 --> 01:49:18,160
 so it's not

2580
01:49:18,160 --> 01:49:18,780
 going to be easy

2581
01:49:18,780 --> 01:49:19,920
 Friday night

2582
01:49:19,920 --> 01:49:20,560
 no matter who

2583
01:49:20,560 --> 01:49:20,860
 it is

2584
01:49:20,860 --> 01:49:21,740
 and it's not

2585
01:49:21,740 --> 01:49:22,260
 supposed to be

2586
01:49:22,260 --> 01:49:22,660
 when you get

2587
01:49:22,660 --> 01:49:22,900
 to the

2588
01:49:22,900 --> 01:49:23,580
 quarterfinals

2589
01:49:23,580 --> 01:49:24,780
 of the SEC

2590
01:49:24,780 --> 01:49:25,280
 tournament

2591
01:49:25,280 --> 01:49:25,980
 fortunately

2592
01:49:25,980 --> 01:49:26,720
 Alabama

2593
01:49:26,720 --> 01:49:27,920
 begins play

2594
01:49:27,920 --> 01:49:29,080
 in the quarterfinals

2595
01:49:29,080 --> 01:49:29,500
 and that's

2596
01:49:29,500 --> 01:49:29,940
 because they

2597
01:49:29,940 --> 01:49:30,740
 had an

2598
01:49:30,740 --> 01:49:31,640
 outstanding year

2599
01:49:31,640 --> 01:49:32,180
 earning the

2600
01:49:32,180 --> 01:49:32,700
 double bye

2601
01:49:32,700 --> 01:49:34,260
 I mentioned

2602
01:49:34,260 --> 01:49:35,100
 this last

2603
01:49:35,100 --> 01:49:35,680
 week

2604
01:49:35,680 --> 01:49:36,460
 to be able

2605
01:49:36,460 --> 01:49:36,900
 to win

2606
01:49:36,900 --> 01:49:37,720
 nine of ten

2607
01:49:37,720 --> 01:49:38,660
 games to end

2608
01:49:38,660 --> 01:49:39,040
 the regular

2609
01:49:39,040 --> 01:49:39,700
 season

2610
01:49:39,700 --> 01:49:41,300
 and to navigate

2611
01:49:41,300 --> 01:49:42,360
 the injuries

2612
01:49:42,360 --> 01:49:43,240
 that this

2613
01:49:43,240 --> 01:49:43,800
 Alabama

2614
01:49:43,800 --> 01:49:44,900
 basketball team

2615
01:49:44,900 --> 01:49:46,260
 has endured

2616
01:49:46,260 --> 01:49:47,120
 during the course

2617
01:49:47,120 --> 01:49:47,940
 of the season

2618
01:49:47,940 --> 01:49:50,260
 this isn't

2619
01:49:50,260 --> 01:49:50,880
 Nate Oates

2620
01:49:50,880 --> 01:49:51,860
 best team

2621
01:49:51,860 --> 01:49:52,760
 but I think

2622
01:49:52,760 --> 01:49:53,480
 it is his

2623
01:49:53,480 --> 01:49:54,320
 best coaching

2624
01:49:54,320 --> 01:49:54,840
 job

2625
01:49:54,840 --> 01:49:56,480
 yeah

2626
01:49:56,480 --> 01:49:57,940
 and the good

2627
01:49:57,940 --> 01:49:58,480
 thing is

2628
01:49:58,480 --> 01:49:59,060
 as Alabama

2629
01:49:59,060 --> 01:49:59,540
 fans

2630
01:49:59,540 --> 01:50:00,420
 there's a lot

2631
01:50:00,420 --> 01:50:01,840
 to choose from

2632
01:50:01,840 --> 01:50:02,280
 when we talk

2633
01:50:02,280 --> 01:50:02,900
 about NATO's

2634
01:50:02,900 --> 01:50:03,380
 best coaching

2635
01:50:03,380 --> 01:50:03,800
 job

2636
01:50:03,800 --> 01:50:05,360
 but this is up

2637
01:50:05,360 --> 01:50:05,540
 there

2638
01:50:05,540 --> 01:50:05,960
 I agree

2639
01:50:05,960 --> 01:50:06,380
 with you

2640
01:50:06,380 --> 01:50:07,700
 and I don't

2641
01:50:07,700 --> 01:50:08,620
 know if he's

2642
01:50:08,620 --> 01:50:09,100
 going to win

2643
01:50:09,100 --> 01:50:10,080
 SEC coach of

2644
01:50:10,080 --> 01:50:10,440
 the year

2645
01:50:10,440 --> 01:50:11,580
 but if you're

2646
01:50:11,580 --> 01:50:12,340
 paying attention

2647
01:50:12,340 --> 01:50:13,700
 he might

2648
01:50:13,700 --> 01:50:14,220
 I mean

2649
01:50:14,220 --> 01:50:15,640
 the things you

2650
01:50:15,640 --> 01:50:16,080
 named

2651
01:50:16,080 --> 01:50:16,820
 are the reasons

2652
01:50:16,820 --> 01:50:17,220
 why

2653
01:50:17,220 --> 01:50:18,140
 Alabama

2654
01:50:18,140 --> 01:50:19,180
 began the

2655
01:50:19,180 --> 01:50:19,700
 season

2656
01:50:19,700 --> 01:50:20,920
 preseason

2657
01:50:20,920 --> 01:50:21,740
 number 15

2658
01:50:21,740 --> 01:50:22,360
 in America

2659
01:50:22,360 --> 01:50:23,440
 you

2660
01:50:23,440 --> 01:50:24,320
 in the

2661
01:50:24,320 --> 01:50:25,000
 regular season

2662
01:50:25,000 --> 01:50:25,500
 I just saw

2663
01:50:25,500 --> 01:50:25,820
 the AP

2664
01:50:25,820 --> 01:50:26,540
 came out

2665
01:50:26,540 --> 01:50:27,300
 15

2666
01:50:27,300 --> 01:50:28,240
 in America

2667
01:50:28,240 --> 01:50:29,200
 now that

2668
01:50:29,200 --> 01:50:29,900
 sounds really

2669
01:50:29,900 --> 01:50:30,260
 good

2670
01:50:30,260 --> 01:50:30,820
 hey you

2671
01:50:30,820 --> 01:50:31,580
 started with

2672
01:50:31,580 --> 01:50:32,360
 high expectations

2673
01:50:32,360 --> 01:50:33,340
 and you met

2674
01:50:33,340 --> 01:50:34,240
 those expectations

2675
01:50:34,240 --> 01:50:35,820
 if you would

2676
01:50:35,820 --> 01:50:36,580
 have told me

2677
01:50:36,580 --> 01:50:38,260
 all the

2678
01:50:38,260 --> 01:50:39,100
 rash of

2679
01:50:39,100 --> 01:50:39,720
 injuries

2680
01:50:39,720 --> 01:50:40,660
 to key

2681
01:50:40,660 --> 01:50:41,200
 players

2682
01:50:41,200 --> 01:50:41,900
 and key

2683
01:50:41,900 --> 01:50:42,600
 missed games

2684
01:50:42,600 --> 01:50:43,420
 and guys

2685
01:50:43,420 --> 01:50:43,960
 not being

2686
01:50:43,960 --> 01:50:44,420
 healthy

2687
01:50:44,420 --> 01:50:44,840
 and missing

2688
01:50:44,840 --> 01:50:45,460
 practices

2689
01:50:45,460 --> 01:50:45,980
 and just

2690
01:50:45,980 --> 01:50:46,600
 kind of

2691
01:50:46,600 --> 01:50:47,200
 hodgepodge

2692
01:50:47,200 --> 01:50:47,700
 putting this

2693
01:50:47,700 --> 01:50:49,580
 roster together

2694
01:50:49,580 --> 01:50:50,340
 over the course

2695
01:50:50,340 --> 01:50:50,860
 of the season

2696
01:50:50,860 --> 01:50:51,220
 that they

2697
01:50:51,220 --> 01:50:51,620
 would finish

2698
01:50:51,620 --> 01:50:52,060
 second

2699
01:50:52,060 --> 01:50:53,300
 in the SEC

2700
01:50:53,300 --> 01:50:55,420
 and 15th

2701
01:50:55,420 --> 01:50:56,520
 in the final

2702
01:50:56,520 --> 01:50:57,380
 national poll

2703
01:50:57,380 --> 01:50:57,840
 of the regular

2704
01:50:57,840 --> 01:50:58,180
 season

2705
01:50:58,180 --> 01:50:59,040
 I would not

2706
01:50:59,040 --> 01:50:59,580
 have believed

2707
01:50:59,580 --> 01:50:59,820
 you

2708
01:50:59,820 --> 01:51:00,780
 an incredible

2709
01:51:00,780 --> 01:51:01,580
 coaching job

2710
01:51:01,580 --> 01:51:02,380
 by Nate Oates

2711
01:51:02,380 --> 01:51:03,780
 his staff

2712
01:51:03,780 --> 01:51:05,360
 these players

2713
01:51:05,360 --> 01:51:06,460
 and

2714
01:51:06,460 --> 01:51:08,520
 but the best

2715
01:51:08,520 --> 01:51:09,240
 part about it

2716
01:51:09,240 --> 01:51:09,980
 is I do

2717
01:51:09,980 --> 01:51:10,400
 think

2718
01:51:10,400 --> 01:51:11,160
 as you mentioned

2719
01:51:11,160 --> 01:51:12,180
 a 9 out of 10

2720
01:51:12,180 --> 01:51:12,760
 they're playing

2721
01:51:12,760 --> 01:51:13,440
 their best

2722
01:51:13,440 --> 01:51:14,400
 basketball of the year

2723
01:51:14,400 --> 01:51:15,380
 at just the

2724
01:51:15,380 --> 01:51:15,900
 right time

2725
01:51:15,900 --> 01:51:17,180
 absolutely

2726
01:51:17,180 --> 01:51:18,060
 well listen

2727
01:51:18,060 --> 01:51:19,500
 tell you why

2728
01:51:19,500 --> 01:51:20,120
 if you need

2729
01:51:20,120 --> 01:51:20,720
 some extra

2730
01:51:20,720 --> 01:51:21,540
 clothes

2731
01:51:21,540 --> 01:51:22,700
 for an

2732
01:51:22,700 --> 01:51:23,980
 extended stay

2733
01:51:23,980 --> 01:51:25,920
 in Nashville

2734
01:51:25,920 --> 01:51:27,680
 in fact

2735
01:51:27,680 --> 01:51:28,260
 instead of

2736
01:51:28,260 --> 01:51:28,900
 eating at

2737
01:51:28,900 --> 01:51:29,540
 one of the

2738
01:51:29,540 --> 01:51:31,500
 exquisite

2739
01:51:31,500 --> 01:51:32,200
 meals

2740
01:51:32,200 --> 01:51:32,900
 Saturday night

2741
01:51:32,900 --> 01:51:33,500
 maybe you're

2742
01:51:33,500 --> 01:51:33,740
 going to be

2743
01:51:33,740 --> 01:51:34,020
 at a

2744
01:51:34,020 --> 01:51:34,980
 laundromat

2745
01:51:34,980 --> 01:51:36,680
 washing some

2746
01:51:36,680 --> 01:51:37,320
 more clothes

2747
01:51:37,320 --> 01:51:38,320
 because Alabama

2748
01:51:38,320 --> 01:51:39,080
 has made it

2749
01:51:39,080 --> 01:51:39,760
 to Sunday

2750
01:51:39,760 --> 01:51:40,440
 to face

2751
01:51:40,440 --> 01:51:41,440
 maybe the

2752
01:51:41,440 --> 01:51:41,880
 Gators

2753
01:51:41,880 --> 01:51:43,880
 safe travels

2754
01:51:43,880 --> 01:51:45,460
 to Nashville

2755
01:51:45,460 --> 01:51:46,300
 hopefully I'll

2756
01:51:46,300 --> 01:51:46,900
 see you there

2757
01:51:46,900 --> 01:51:47,420
 later

2758
01:51:47,420 --> 01:51:49,760
 but listen

2759
01:51:49,760 --> 01:51:50,460
 you and Chris

2760
01:51:50,460 --> 01:51:51,240
 and Tom

2761
01:51:51,240 --> 01:51:51,780
 and Roger

2762
01:51:51,780 --> 01:51:52,320
 have done a

2763
01:51:52,320 --> 01:51:53,200
 great job

2764
01:51:53,200 --> 01:51:54,420
 broadcasting

2765
01:51:54,420 --> 01:51:55,000
 the games

2766
01:51:55,000 --> 01:51:55,500
 and I can

2767
01:51:55,500 --> 01:51:56,060
 tell y'all

2768
01:51:56,060 --> 01:51:56,500
 are having

2769
01:51:56,500 --> 01:51:56,920
 fun

2770
01:51:56,920 --> 01:51:57,680
 Saturday night

2771
01:51:57,680 --> 01:51:59,420
 well it is

2772
01:51:59,420 --> 01:52:00,000
 hard not to

2773
01:52:00,000 --> 01:52:00,660
 have fun

2774
01:52:00,660 --> 01:52:01,520
 and listen

2775
01:52:01,520 --> 01:52:03,540
 I hope

2776
01:52:03,540 --> 01:52:04,000
 I'm in a

2777
01:52:04,000 --> 01:52:04,500
 laundromat

2778
01:52:04,500 --> 01:52:05,020
 somewhere

2779
01:52:05,020 --> 01:52:05,940
 or I over

2780
01:52:05,940 --> 01:52:06,340
 pack

2781
01:52:06,340 --> 01:52:07,020
 or either

2782
01:52:07,020 --> 01:52:07,360
 one

2783
01:52:07,360 --> 01:52:07,780
 I hope

2784
01:52:07,780 --> 01:52:08,180
 it's a long

2785
01:52:08,180 --> 01:52:08,580
 day

2786
01:52:08,580 --> 01:52:09,720
 in Nashville

2787
01:52:09,720 --> 01:52:11,360
 and even

2788
01:52:11,360 --> 01:52:11,800
 longer

2789
01:52:11,800 --> 01:52:12,220
 stay

2790
01:52:12,220 --> 01:52:12,900
 the following

2791
01:52:12,900 --> 01:52:13,380
 weeks

2792
01:52:13,380 --> 01:52:13,820
 to come

2793
01:52:13,820 --> 01:52:14,060
 in the

2794
01:52:14,060 --> 01:52:14,400
 NCAA

2795
01:52:14,400 --> 01:52:14,820
 tournament

2796
01:52:14,820 --> 01:52:15,740
 but listen

2797
01:52:15,740 --> 01:52:16,040
 guys

2798
01:52:16,040 --> 01:52:16,480
 I appreciate

2799
01:52:16,480 --> 01:52:16,760
 y'all

2800
01:52:16,760 --> 01:52:17,240
 having me

2801
01:52:17,240 --> 01:52:17,460
 on

2802
01:52:17,460 --> 01:52:17,920
 it's always

2803
01:52:17,920 --> 01:52:18,200
 a lot

2804
01:52:18,200 --> 01:52:18,620
 of fun

2805
01:52:18,620 --> 01:52:19,800
 sounds

2806
01:52:19,800 --> 01:52:20,160
 great

2807
01:52:20,160 --> 01:52:20,440
 there you

2808
01:52:20,440 --> 01:52:20,700
 have it

2809
01:52:20,700 --> 01:52:20,960
 the one

2810
01:52:20,960 --> 01:52:21,380
 the only

2811
01:52:21,380 --> 01:52:21,980
 Ryan

2812
01:52:21,980 --> 01:52:22,620
 pass to get

2813
01:52:22,620 --> 01:52:22,940
 ready to

2814
01:52:22,940 --> 01:52:23,320
 pack the

2815
01:52:23,320 --> 01:52:23,760
 quarters

2816
01:52:23,760 --> 01:52:24,640
 for the

2817
01:52:24,640 --> 01:52:25,100
 laundromat

2818
01:52:25,100 --> 01:52:25,780
 maybe anybody

2819
01:52:25,780 --> 01:52:26,460
 can survive

2820
01:52:26,460 --> 01:52:27,200
 the iron

2821
01:52:27,200 --> 01:52:27,640
 bowl of

2822
01:52:27,640 --> 01:52:28,180
 basketball

2823
01:52:28,180 --> 01:52:28,520
 and a

2824
01:52:28,520 --> 01:52:28,980
 coyote

2825
01:52:28,980 --> 01:52:29,980
 powwow

2826
01:52:29,980 --> 01:52:30,260
 I'm not

2827
01:52:30,260 --> 01:52:30,460
 going to

2828
01:52:30,460 --> 01:52:30,680
 mess

2829
01:52:30,680 --> 01:52:31,020
 with him

2830
01:52:31,020 --> 01:52:31,740
 he mentioned

2831
01:52:31,740 --> 01:52:32,260
 there Duke

2832
01:52:32,260 --> 01:52:32,680
 the final

2833
01:52:32,680 --> 01:52:32,920
 pole

2834
01:52:32,920 --> 01:52:33,140
 number

2835
01:52:33,140 --> 01:52:33,380
 one

2836
01:52:33,380 --> 01:52:33,820
 Arizona

2837
01:52:33,820 --> 01:52:34,200
 Michigan

2838
01:52:34,200 --> 01:52:34,620
 the top

2839
01:52:34,620 --> 01:52:35,100
 rated team

2840
01:52:35,100 --> 01:52:35,660
 in the SEC

2841
01:52:35,660 --> 01:52:36,120
 shot

2842
01:52:36,120 --> 01:52:36,400
 shot

2843
01:52:36,400 --> 01:52:36,740
 Florida

2844
01:52:36,740 --> 01:52:37,020
 they get

2845
01:52:37,020 --> 01:52:37,160
 that

2846
01:52:37,160 --> 01:52:37,380
 number

2847
01:52:37,380 --> 01:52:37,680
 one

2848
01:52:37,680 --> 01:52:39,060
 not a

2849
01:52:39,060 --> 01:52:39,500
 lot of

2850
01:52:39,500 --> 01:52:39,860
 SEC

2851
01:52:39,860 --> 01:52:40,380
 teams

2852
01:52:40,380 --> 01:52:40,680
 to go

2853
01:52:40,680 --> 01:52:41,180
 around

2854
01:52:41,180 --> 01:52:41,500
 because

2855
01:52:41,500 --> 01:52:42,020
 traditionally

2856
01:52:42,020 --> 01:52:42,320
 the

2857
01:52:42,320 --> 01:52:42,600
 second

2858
01:52:42,600 --> 01:52:42,860
 best

2859
01:52:42,860 --> 01:52:43,160
 team

2860
01:52:43,160 --> 01:52:43,360
 in the

2861
01:52:43,360 --> 01:52:43,720
 SEC

2862
01:52:43,720 --> 01:52:44,920
 Alabama

2863
01:52:44,920 --> 01:52:45,620
 all the

2864
01:52:45,620 --> 01:52:45,920
 way down

2865
01:52:45,920 --> 01:52:46,640
 at 15th

2866
01:52:46,640 --> 01:52:47,020
 Arkansas

2867
01:52:47,020 --> 01:52:47,900
 at 17th

2868
01:52:47,900 --> 01:52:48,180
 that's a

2869
01:52:48,180 --> 01:52:48,520
 potential

2870
01:52:48,520 --> 01:52:49,000
 opponent

2871
01:52:49,000 --> 01:52:49,740
 and then

2872
01:52:49,740 --> 01:52:50,080
 Vandy

2873
01:52:50,080 --> 01:52:50,820
 at 22

2874
01:52:50,820 --> 01:52:51,400
 in Tennessee

2875
01:52:51,400 --> 01:52:52,380
 at number

2876
01:52:52,380 --> 01:52:52,780
 25

2877
01:52:52,780 --> 01:52:53,160
 it's going

2878
01:52:53,160 --> 01:52:53,460
 to be a

2879
01:52:53,460 --> 01:52:54,140
 fun week

2880
01:52:54,140 --> 01:52:54,580
 Brett Beaird

2881
01:52:54,580 --> 01:52:55,060
 yeah

2882
01:52:55,060 --> 01:52:55,480
 there are

2883
01:52:55,480 --> 01:52:55,840
 five

2884
01:52:55,840 --> 01:52:56,340
 SEC

2885
01:52:56,340 --> 01:52:56,920
 teams

2886
01:52:56,920 --> 01:52:57,160
 in the

2887
01:52:57,160 --> 01:52:57,400
 top

2888
01:52:57,400 --> 01:52:57,840
 25

2889
01:52:57,840 --> 01:52:58,260
 they

2890
01:52:58,260 --> 01:52:58,500
 don't

2891
01:52:58,500 --> 01:52:58,760
 have

2892
01:52:58,760 --> 01:52:59,100
 three

2893
01:52:59,100 --> 01:52:59,320
 in the

2894
01:52:59,320 --> 01:52:59,560
 top

2895
01:52:59,560 --> 01:53:00,000
 six

2896
01:53:00,000 --> 01:53:00,300
 like

2897
01:53:00,300 --> 01:53:00,520
 they

2898
01:53:00,520 --> 01:53:01,080
 did

2899
01:53:01,080 --> 01:53:01,500
 last

2900
01:53:01,500 --> 01:53:01,880
 year

2901
01:53:01,880 --> 01:53:02,540
 but

2902
01:53:02,540 --> 01:53:02,700
 yeah

2903
01:53:02,700 --> 01:53:02,980
 this

2904
01:53:02,980 --> 01:53:03,340
 is a

2905
01:53:03,340 --> 01:53:03,560
 deep

2906
01:53:03,560 --> 01:53:03,920
 league

2907
01:53:03,920 --> 01:53:04,520
 yep

2908
01:53:04,520 --> 01:53:05,100
 there you have it

2909
01:53:05,100 --> 01:53:06,500
 get ready for a lot of

2910
01:53:06,500 --> 01:53:07,200
 March Madness

2911
01:53:07,200 --> 01:53:08,220
 and where else

2912
01:53:08,220 --> 01:53:08,860
 but right here on

2913
01:53:08,860 --> 01:53:09,700
 93.9 The Score

2914
01:53:09,700 --> 01:53:10,600
 we'll keep you up to date

2915
01:53:10,600 --> 01:53:12,060
 it's going to take care of business for now

2916
01:53:12,060 --> 01:53:12,700
 on behalf of BB

2917
01:53:12,700 --> 01:53:13,700
 Greg James Blair

2918
01:53:13,700 --> 01:53:14,800
 the entire crew here

2919
01:53:14,800 --> 01:53:15,340
 Peril Buck

2920
01:53:15,340 --> 01:53:16,060
 thank you so much

2921
01:53:16,060 --> 01:53:17,000
 for your time today

2922
01:53:17,000 --> 01:53:18,000
 that's doing it again tomorrow

2923
01:53:18,000 --> 01:53:18,700
 on noon to two

2924
01:53:18,700 --> 01:53:19,680
 for the Boomer Buck Show

2925
01:53:19,680 --> 01:53:20,860
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2926
01:53:20,860 --> 01:53:22,200
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