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 Your exclusive inside track to the Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC.

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 Spencer is here right now to preview the SEC and the men's basketball tournament.

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 Which is crazier, whether this time of the year or NCAA basketball teams,

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 According to the so-called experts, that bastion of sports knowledge, CBS, dude yesterday, he was asked for his upset special,

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 Your thoughts about Auburn?

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 We mentioned at the top of the show, huge verbal bouquets to Dr. Josh Looney,

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 the UNA Athletics Director, named the NACDA Athletics Director of the Year across the country.

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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 and a proud partner of the Crimson Tide.

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 Here are thoughts from baseball head coach Rob Vaughn after this weekend's series at Kentucky.

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 Listen, guess what?

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 We played bad this weekend.

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 We didn't play good enough.

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 But my message to them was just, man, if you start believing it, if you start caring what people on the outside think, man, it's not going to go great.

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 Doing great, guys.

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 Nate Oates, he loses a game, and now he's probably losing his mind and losing his hair

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 over what's happened over the last three or four days.

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 Andrew, your thoughts on Nate Oates and the news.

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 It started with the news this morning about Holloway.

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 Yeah, not great.

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 You know, definitely not something you think you're going to see on a Monday morning,

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 the week of the start of the NCAA tournament, a couple days after returning home from Nashville.

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 So, you know, disappointed for sure for Coach Oates.

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 And obviously, Hayden put Alabama in a bad light with this.

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 So, interested to kind of see how this all is going to play out.

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 Yeah, obviously, it would be very surprised if we saw him on Friday against Hofstra.

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 But, you know, you're going to have to have some guys that are going to have to step up this week.

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 You know, we didn't really see that from some of their star players this past week.

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 And Reitzel or Murray Allen said that, you know, we're going to have to see some more out of them in Aiden's place this week.

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 This Alabama team, if they've got the right mindset, they defend and rebound, Andrew.

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 They can get back to the Sweet 16.

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 We'll see after that.

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 Michigan might be waiting for them.

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 But they took Ole Miss too lightly.

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 They had one of the most impressive runs I've ever seen.

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 But I really do think for this tournament, once they decide what the plan is going to be if Holloway is suspended, I think the mindset is going to be there.

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 This team is perfectly capable of winning a minimum of two games and getting to the Sweet 16.

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 And, you know, you brought up a good point.

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 I mean, Ole Miss, you know, watching them, they certainly underachieved this year, you know, with their roster and their talent.

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 I mean, you know, they really took it to, you know, to Arkansas, who ends up being the tournament champions and beat Texas and obviously beat Georgia.

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 They're all, you know, tournament teams.

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 And, you know, it was kind of their last breath.

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 You know, they had to win the tournament just to, you know, just to make it to the NCAA.

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 But, you know, also for their season not to be completely over.

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 So, you know, credit to them.

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 But, you know, with Alabama, you know, getting that, you know, bye and, you know, thinking that it was going to be kind of a cakewalk, you know, a team that they had beat, you know, sadly by, you know, in Oxford just a few weeks ago.

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 They probably just looked beyond them.

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 So, as far as, you know, moving forward, I mean, I think this is a team that, you know, can play really well.

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 I think they've got a, you know, they've got a pretty good setup, in my opinion, to make it to, you know, the second weekend.

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 You know, they're a team that, you know, can get beat in the first round or they can make a run to the, you know, to the Elite Eight, potentially.

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 So, you know, really kind of intrigued to kind of see what team's going to show up.

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 You know, can they, you know, they still have to get better.

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 I mean, you know, you can't go into the tournament and, you know, miss a lot of shots.

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 You've got to hit your free throws.

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 You've got to rebound.

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 You've got to play better defense.

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 I mean, they're not a great defensive team, but, you know, can they pick it up, you know, just a little bit?

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 Because, you know, they rely so much on their shots falling through and just outsporing teams, you know, every single game.

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 And they do a good job of doing that or they wouldn't have finished second in the league.

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 So, I think that, you know, it's going to be very intriguing to kind of see what team shows up this first week.

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 And hopefully they're going to be able to go in there and win a couple games, even with the distraction that they have, you know, right now.

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 Stop reading the press clippings.

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 Wouldn't hurt.

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 Wouldn't hurt me either, Andrew.

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 Andrew Ballen, looking up with us.

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 Andrew, meanwhile, back at the ranch.

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 It's hard to believe, but that other sport down there, football, wrapping up a week on the spring of practice fields.

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 I know it's limited right now.

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 Basically, a lot of dress rehearsals, soon to get into the real deal here.

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 What are you hearing so far, Andrew, about Alabama football spring?

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 Well, I think you kind of, it's hard to kind of understand how good the team's going to be, you know, even after four weeks of spring practice.

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 You kind of have to wait until the fall and wait until those first games and SEC play because you have a lot of talent, but you have a lot of inexperience.

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 And I think, you know, they're trying to figure out, you know, who are going to be their starters at key positions.

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 I think, you know, the biggest takeaways for me in the first week is kind of, you know, hearing from different coaches,

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 kind of seeing, you know, what they've had to say about the returning players, new faces, different positions,

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 you know, who's going to kind of step up to be, you know, those vocal leaders in the locker room because you lost a lot of that from last year's football team,

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 you know, from team captains and, you know, who are going to be those captains this year.

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 And, you know, and not just that, you know, even beyond, but you're really trying to focus on, you know,

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 obviously both sides of the offensive and defensive line, you know, who's going to be the impact guys there.

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 I thought the biggest surprise of the first week was Ryan Grubb emphatically stating that Jackson Lloyd was the starting left tackle,

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 which, you know, for a guy who has yet to start a game at Alabama and you have some guys that you brought in from the,

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 from the transfer portal who have started multiple years, you know, at tackle, you know,

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 including Dave and James from, from Mississippi State.

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 I thought that said a lot.

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 And I think Alabama over the course of the last couple of years on the offensive front,

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 they've just had so many different challenges during the spring.

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 You look two years ago, you know, Parker Brelscher missed the entire spring.

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 You had Caden Proctor who missed the entire spring because he had transferred to Iowa and then came back.

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 And they were trying to figure out, you know,

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 who was going to start at these other positions outside of Tyler Booker.

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 And they really just didn't know until, until fall camp.

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 And then kind of the same thing, you know, last year, you know,

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 Caden Proctor was out the entire spring.

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 You're still trying to figure out who is your right tackle.

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 You know, where are you going to have a, a freshman that was going to start?

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 You had kind of a new face with, with Cam Dubberry in there and trying to figure out who was going to start at,

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 you know, both guard positions.

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 I think with Alabama, I think they're trying to, you know,

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 what was the biggest issue the last couple of years?

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 It's been the offensive line.

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 And now you've got a new offensive line coach.

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 You have a lot of new faces in there.

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 It's a lot different.

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 It's all guys that Coach DeBoer and his staff have recruited specifically for this offense.

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 So I think that they would like to have, you know, I think they would like to have their starting five step by the end of the spring.

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 So you walk into the start of preseason practice, knowing who your five guys are.

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 You know, they feel like right now, Jackson Lloyd is the starting left tackle.

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 I think they've, you know, obviously Michael Carroll's starting right tackle.

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 They had a lot of praise for Rayson Doug Gotti, the center transfer from Cal Poly.

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 I think those are three guys that are your starters right now.

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 Now, you know, can they find a few guards, left and right guards, over the course of, you know, these next, these next four weeks?

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 So I'm really intrigued to kind of see if they feel very confident in a potential starting five at that position, but on the offensive line.

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 So we'll kind of see.

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 But I think the biggest takeaway, at least for offense, was in naming Jackson Lloyd as the starter already.

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 And, you know, we'll see if any of those, you know, new faces end up pushing.

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 But, you know, overall, I think, you know, you're starting to see some leaders emerge,

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 especially from the guys who've transferred in.

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 Coach Womack really praised Devin Tompkins, the defensive lineman from USC, and then Caleb Woodson.

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 Probably, I would say, Caleb Woodson may be, you know, one of the most important guys that they were able to sign from the portal.

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 You know, from Virginia Tech, a guy who's played a lot of snaps, has been a starter, a multi-year starter.

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 He was named a team captain before last season.

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 You know, he had a little bit of an issue, ended up getting a DUI.

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 So, you know, got this captain badge stripped from him.

428
00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:29,580
 But he still has those qualities as far as being a captain, or he wouldn't have been named one as a junior by the Virginia Tech coaching staff.

429
00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:35,320
 So, I think he's kind of walking a straight line now, very young, inexperienced room.

430
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 You need somebody to really step up.

431
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 And it seems like from, you know, the coaching staff, what they've said, he's really kind of taken that role and been really impressive out there on the field so far for them.

432
00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:56,080
 So, you know, really encouraged by some of their transfers that they've been able to bring in, you know, during the offseason.

433
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 Andrea, I certainly encourage our listeners to get online and read your article summarizing the first week of spring camp.

434
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 But then your 15 questions going into the season, you have one about the freshmen, Xavier Griffin, Crowell, C.D. Morgan, Jordan Edmonds, Jaira Edwards, and Maury Johnson from most of the shows is going to turn some heads, too.

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 That's going to be fun to watch those guys develop.

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 A.B., always great to begin the week with you.

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 Where can we get online to get your stuff, Charlie Potter, Tim Watts, Blake Beiler, the whole gang, and get your stuff in the teams?

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 Andrew, always great to talk with you, bud.

449
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 Have a great week.

450
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 Let's do this again real soon.

451
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 Sounds great.

452
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 Thank you, guys.

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563
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 Brian, welcome in.

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 How are you?

565
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 I'm doing great, guys.

566
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 Thanks for having me on.

567
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 Hey, Bill.

568
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569
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 Just when you thought you wouldn't have to work anymore this season when it comes to basketball.

570
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 They still say keep some gas in the tank.

571
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:35,540
 Brian, before we talk about the next matchup for this Auburn basketball team, your wordsmith,

572
00:38:35,540 --> 00:38:41,900
 how would you describe, what adjective or adjectives would you use to describe this basketball team this season?

573
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,160
 Well, I mean, I would say it was disappointing the way they finished.

574
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:47,220
 Certainly, right?

575
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 When you saw them play earlier in the year, they played a really tough schedule.

576
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 They got some nice wins.

577
00:38:54,060 --> 00:38:56,540
 They got off to a good start, a decent start in the SEC.

578
00:38:56,820 --> 00:38:58,400
 They just kind of fell apart there.

579
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 I think it was eight of ten losses didn't end up the regular season.

580
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 So, yeah, that was really tough.

581
00:39:05,740 --> 00:39:09,320
 And that left more of a negative light on the season as a whole, I feel like.

582
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 Was the Ole Miss loss, and I've heard this conversation the last 24 hours,

583
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 was that the final nail in the coffin?

584
00:39:19,580 --> 00:39:26,240
 And I know you mentioned when you lose, when you go 2-8 to finish the season, you really can't pinpoint one.

585
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:32,140
 But I know a lot of people said probably the loss to Ole Miss at home may have done it.

586
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 You know, I think so.

587
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 A lot's been made of, you know, the 16 losses overall.

588
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:47,980
 And just losing at home, I think, to Ole Miss really just really ripped the hearts out of the people that were there.

589
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,240
 You know, very surprised to lose that game against a team.

590
00:39:51,980 --> 00:39:56,980
 But if you look at what Ole Miss has done since, they haven't won the tournament, right?

591
00:39:57,100 --> 00:39:58,340
 They're playing much better now.

592
00:39:58,540 --> 00:40:00,120
 So, it's more understandable.

593
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 But at the time, it looked pretty, pretty bad.

594
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 And, you know, it was – what was that?

595
00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:11,560
 How many straight – that was – yeah, that was the stretch there where they lost seven of eight, I think.

596
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 So, you know, that was really, really difficult.

597
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 Brian Matthews, AuburnSports.com.

598
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 Brian, before we talk about the next matchup, you look at this overall work this season.

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 It's one thing what happens on the court.

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 Sometimes, these coaches, they earn their money.

601
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 It's what happens off the court.

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 No secret there was some chemistry issues, some off-the-court issues where Steve and Pearl try to keep the team together.

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 And then, they're not the only team.

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 And this morning, Nate Oates says, oh, my gosh, I'm in the NCAA tournament.

605
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 And one of my top scorers now is facing charges for marijuana.

606
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 Your thoughts overall about the modern coach trying to deal with these kids.

607
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 They've got time.

608
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 They've got money.

609
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 They've got personalities.

610
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 It ain't easy.

611
00:40:56,580 --> 00:41:00,060
 It's never been easy, but especially now that they've got some nickels to rub together.

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 It is a much more difficult job.

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 It's not just managing players who are getting paid a lot of money, which, you know, NBA coaches,

614
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 do that, right?

615
00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:13,040
 So, it's not like it's some otherworldly experience.

616
00:41:13,860 --> 00:41:17,040
 But these players are much younger, much more immature.

617
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 And then, on top of that, you've got the transport portal.

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 You've got, you know, everything else going on.

619
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 So, yeah, it is a very different time to be a college head coach in any sport, but especially

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621
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 thrown around, so many agents getting involved, and there's not really any set rules.

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 And any rules they try to set, you know, can get turned over in the courts or, you know,

623
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 almost immediately.

624
00:41:50,220 --> 00:41:53,700
 So, it's just like it remains the Wild Wild West.

625
00:41:53,820 --> 00:41:58,800
 That makes it very difficult, I think, for many people to excel in that type of environment.

626
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:05,580
 B, man, I saw a media member go off and a rant this morning that Auburn should not have

627
00:42:05,580 --> 00:42:07,640
 accepted an NIT bid.

628
00:42:08,100 --> 00:42:10,980
 Look, it just did not end well.

629
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,840
 But I kind of look at the other situation.

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 You win two or three games, they would play the first three games at home, being the number

631
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 one seed in NIT.

632
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:27,240
 They're playing South Alabama tomorrow night at 9 o'clock on ESPN2.

633
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:31,020
 But you've got some young players that you can develop.

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 And I think more than anything else, Auburn fans, you know, at some point, they'll probably

635
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 lose a game in this.

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 But, you know, what would it hurt to win two or three games, get practice for younger

637
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 kids, and try to develop some of these guys if you can keep them for next year?

638
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00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,540
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640
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 You're not losing money doing this.

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642
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 you know, not the worst thing in the world, for sure.

643
00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:13,180
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644
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 era where you have the transfer portal and you have agents and you have, you know, all

645
00:43:18,060 --> 00:43:22,480
 sorts of things going on to have those kids, especially the ones that you want to keep on

646
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:27,960
 this team going in next year, still around, still involved in day-to-day, you know, practices

647
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:32,600
 and everything to keep them from, you know, going somewhere else and getting involved in

648
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:33,440
 everything, right?

649
00:43:33,700 --> 00:43:35,860
 So that's big there anyway.

650
00:43:36,300 --> 00:43:40,560
 And then if you look at Auburn specifically, I mean, I think people are pretty disappointed

651
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:41,520
 with the way it ends.

652
00:43:41,940 --> 00:43:47,400
 If things don't go well in the NIT tomorrow night or whatever, it'll just be another disappointment.

653
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:52,720
 But it's not going to be like going from a four to a 10 of being upset.

654
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:54,220
 People are already pretty much there.

655
00:43:54,580 --> 00:44:00,540
 So there is an opportunity to turn it back the other way and possibly, hey, finish out

656
00:44:00,540 --> 00:44:05,680
 with some wins, get some momentum, have people feeling better about Stephen Pearl going into

657
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:06,280
 the offseason.

658
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:10,080
 I just think there's a lot more upside to this decision for Auburn than there is a downside.

659
00:44:11,140 --> 00:44:12,580
 Good points, Brian.

660
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,660
 Tomorrow night's game is one of those gotcha games.

661
00:44:17,060 --> 00:44:19,260
 It's, I told you so, if things go south.

662
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:23,820
 Your thoughts, it comes down to this, everybody's talking now, it's the NIT and all that, but

663
00:44:23,820 --> 00:44:28,240
 once the ball's tipped off and you get into it, the competitive juices, they get to flowing.

664
00:44:28,420 --> 00:44:31,940
 Your thoughts about the matchup with South Alabama, you know they're going to come in and

665
00:44:31,940 --> 00:44:34,340
 throw everything they can against Big Brother.

666
00:44:34,460 --> 00:44:36,180
 Your thoughts about the matchup on the court?

667
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,540
 I actually don't know hardly anything about South Alabama.

668
00:44:39,700 --> 00:44:42,300
 I have not watched them play, so I don't know much about their team.

669
00:44:42,460 --> 00:44:45,180
 So I'm sure I'm going to get into that, you know, shortly.

670
00:44:45,420 --> 00:44:48,900
 We'll meet with Corey here in another hour and 15 minutes or so.

671
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:55,800
 So I've been busy with baseball and other stuff too, but it should be just because they're

672
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:56,960
 an in-state rival, right?

673
00:44:56,980 --> 00:44:58,340
 It should be a fun matchup.

674
00:44:58,340 --> 00:45:03,600
 And as you said, I think South Alabama will be very, very fired up to come to Auburn.

675
00:45:04,140 --> 00:45:08,520
 And you know Auburn, which lost in the SEC tournament, was it Thursday?

676
00:45:09,220 --> 00:45:12,700
 So they've been off and they didn't know and there's probably some disappointment not getting

677
00:45:12,700 --> 00:45:15,520
 into the NCAA tournament.

678
00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:17,100
 So how are they going to react to that?

679
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:21,060
 So this is going to be an interesting game to watch, right?

680
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:25,820
 You would think Auburn should quote-unquote be the favorite and win this game, but that's

681
00:45:25,820 --> 00:45:29,860
 not how it works out all the time when you're talking about, you know, going on the court

682
00:45:29,860 --> 00:45:30,420
 and actually playing.

683
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:38,300
 Believe it or not, Auburn begins spring football practice tomorrow.

684
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:41,840
 There's been a rumor anyway.

685
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:48,440
 I think they've got a media session with Alex Golich and some of the players.

686
00:45:48,980 --> 00:45:51,020
 B-Matt, punish some of your questions.

687
00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:54,420
 We've talked with you about this throughout the winter.

688
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:57,760
 Again, you've got so many new players in here.

689
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,480
 You've got to see some of these guys on the field.

690
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,620
 He replaces Kendrick Falk.

691
00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:06,640
 I don't know if you can replace him, but they've got some players.

692
00:46:06,820 --> 00:46:12,540
 The Smith boys, Deshaun Womack, Nate Johnson are in the mix.

693
00:46:12,540 --> 00:46:20,500
 Can some of the sophomores step up, like Melendez, Bryce Dees, Alterney, Crawford?

694
00:46:21,100 --> 00:46:27,320
 And if we could go on down the list here, particularly at defense, he's going to emerge at cornerback.

695
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:31,760
 But what are your top two or three questions entering the spring?

696
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,460
 Well, I think you pretty much nailed it.

697
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:36,360
 And to me, it's a line of scrimmage, right?

698
00:46:36,860 --> 00:46:39,780
 Auburn doesn't really return any starters on line of scrimmage.

699
00:46:39,780 --> 00:46:44,260
 You know, they've had guys here and there that have started games, you know, there.

700
00:46:44,420 --> 00:46:47,240
 But not any full-time starters returning.

701
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:51,300
 So that's a really big, big area of need.

702
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:53,840
 And, of course, Cole Bass transferred from South Florida.

703
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:57,300
 He was a long-time starter there, but he's still not a starter in the SEC.

704
00:46:58,300 --> 00:47:02,060
 But I think the defensive line, you know, you mentioned Jared Smith.

705
00:47:02,240 --> 00:47:04,220
 How has the possibility to step in their defensive end?

706
00:47:04,660 --> 00:47:04,880
 Yeah.

707
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,400
 Tyler Falk did so much for this team on and off the field, right?

708
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:14,460
 And one of the reasons I think Xavier Atkins was so good last year is because of the job that defensive line

709
00:47:14,460 --> 00:47:21,580
 and Keldrick Falk did up front, taking on blocks and, you know, forcing teams to be worried about them

710
00:47:21,580 --> 00:47:23,440
 and not worried about what the linebackers are doing.

711
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:26,440
 And that can change if they're not getting more production up front.

712
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:28,840
 And that can certainly affect the entire defense.

713
00:47:29,140 --> 00:47:32,820
 So that'll be an area we'll be watching really close.

714
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:36,760
 And, of course, the offensive line, the other side of the line of scrimmage there, you know,

715
00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:39,460
 trying to find two new starting tackles.

716
00:47:39,820 --> 00:47:44,740
 You feel like best is probably your starting center, certainly with his experience.

717
00:47:45,020 --> 00:47:48,100
 But every other job is wide, wide open.

718
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,200
 Auburn just has three players returning from last year.

719
00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:53,240
 All three are second-year guys.

720
00:47:53,940 --> 00:47:57,120
 So it's just going to be a really interesting area.

721
00:47:57,320 --> 00:48:00,400
 Cal Ellis is the one guy returning that's started a couple games.

722
00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:06,080
 Other than that, it's just a lot of new faces, a lot of new guys competing against each other.

723
00:48:06,820 --> 00:48:10,860
 And I don't think whether a guy's a senior that they brought up into the potential portal

724
00:48:10,860 --> 00:48:15,400
 or one of the returning Richard Freshman or Cal Ellis or any of those guys,

725
00:48:15,540 --> 00:48:17,420
 you can pencil in as necessarily starters.

726
00:48:17,580 --> 00:48:19,640
 I think it's pretty wide open on that side of the ball.

727
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:22,840
 Brian Matthews, again, senior editor of Auburn Sports.

728
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:27,560
 Brian, are Auburn fans saying basketball teams, football team,

729
00:48:27,620 --> 00:48:30,620
 why don't you do what the baseball team is doing these days on the planes?

730
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:33,500
 They are doing incredible.

731
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:35,720
 Went out to Missouri.

732
00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:40,340
 That's the first road sweep to start SEC play in 16 years.

733
00:48:40,860 --> 00:48:41,840
 Really impressive.

734
00:48:42,100 --> 00:48:46,900
 One, two tight ones, and then had that 9-2 win in Saturday's second game, the doubleheader.

735
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:49,380
 I thought they played fairly well.

736
00:48:49,460 --> 00:48:51,560
 The pitching has been excellent, continues to be excellent.

737
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:55,040
 Didn't have great approaches, but I think Missouri's starting pitching

738
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,420
 might be a little bit better than people were expecting.

739
00:48:57,580 --> 00:48:59,540
 I thought those guys threw really, really well.

740
00:49:00,140 --> 00:49:01,800
 But this week is going to be amazing.

741
00:49:02,460 --> 00:49:04,940
 You've got No. 3 Georgia Tech coming in tomorrow.

742
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:09,300
 That game's going to move to 4 o'clock because of the cold weather that's moved in.

743
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:11,860
 And then you've got a three-game series against No. 2 Texas.

744
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:16,260
 So you've got, you know, three top-five teams competing.

745
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:18,940
 Auburn competing against two top-five teams this week.

746
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,500
 It's going to be a really terrific baseball.

747
00:49:21,620 --> 00:49:25,960
 Players with power, expecting big crowds and just some great baseball,

748
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:29,040
 great players on both teams, on all the teams coming in.

749
00:49:30,540 --> 00:49:32,720
 Nothing going on this week whatsoever.

750
00:49:32,720 --> 00:49:35,120
 Remember, football practice begins tomorrow.

751
00:49:35,420 --> 00:49:40,760
 Auburn, South Alabama, and the NIT, Georgia Tech, Texas, and baseball.

752
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 You can be taking naps all week long.

753
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 Where can we get online to get all the great coverage this week?

754
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:50,020
 Yeah, you just mentioned I've got to do all three of those things tomorrow.

755
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 I don't know.

756
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 That's a lot.

757
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 Red Bull.

758
00:49:53,180 --> 00:49:58,300
 Yeah, we will have full coverage, of course, and we will have blowout coverage of all of it.

759
00:49:58,940 --> 00:50:00,680
 And I'll probably be there for all three.

760
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:02,180
 I know I'll be there for two at least.

761
00:50:02,860 --> 00:50:04,920
 But get all that and more at AuburnSports.com.

762
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:10,780
 Football, practice, spring, baseball, basketball, NIT, you name it.

763
00:50:10,980 --> 00:50:11,940
 Recruiting, of course.

764
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:13,380
 All that and more.

765
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:15,300
 And you can follow me on Twitter at bmatau.

766
00:50:16,060 --> 00:50:18,000
 I'm waiting for equestrian and pickleball.

767
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:19,220
 When's that coming on board, Brian?

768
00:50:20,020 --> 00:50:22,700
 Well, equestrian, of course, is doing really well on top team.

769
00:50:22,740 --> 00:50:23,160
 There you go.

770
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:25,700
 Don't know about that Auburn pickleball team yet.

771
00:50:26,660 --> 00:50:27,340
 Stay tuned.

772
00:50:27,620 --> 00:50:28,100
 Hey, listen, man.

773
00:50:28,140 --> 00:50:29,900
 Thanks for your time, Dave, and have a great week, okay?

774
00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:31,380
 I appreciate you guys.

775
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:31,720
 Take care.

776
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:32,440
 Thank you, buddy.

777
00:50:32,500 --> 00:50:34,640
 All right, Matthew, senior, AuburnSports.com.

778
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:40,080
 We mentioned Alabama's men going to Tampa for NCAA play.

779
00:50:40,580 --> 00:50:44,340
 How about the pride of Loretto, Carly Weathers, and the Alabama women, BB?

780
00:50:45,720 --> 00:50:48,520
 Harold, they're going to be facing Rhode Island.

781
00:50:48,740 --> 00:50:51,380
 Alabama women are the number six seed.

782
00:50:52,100 --> 00:50:54,640
 Rhode Island is the 11th seed.

783
00:50:54,860 --> 00:50:57,100
 They're going to be playing in Louisville.

784
00:50:58,020 --> 00:51:01,400
 Rhode Island, 28-4.

785
00:51:01,720 --> 00:51:01,980
 Wow.

786
00:51:01,980 --> 00:51:03,600
 So, again, the time.

787
00:51:03,880 --> 00:51:06,140
 But, again, it's a time to reset.

788
00:51:06,720 --> 00:51:11,300
 And I think Alabama might could certainly win a few games in the tournament.

789
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:12,420
 We'll see how it goes.

790
00:51:12,580 --> 00:51:15,820
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793
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895
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896
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897
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898
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899
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924
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925
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926
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927
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928
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929
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943
00:59:38,980 --> 00:59:41,920
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944
00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:48,140
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

945
00:59:49,260 --> 00:59:51,020
 Back in our tour of the Boomo Bugg Show.

946
00:59:51,020 --> 00:59:52,760
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

947
00:59:52,860 --> 00:59:56,240
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley and BB.

948
00:59:56,540 --> 01:00:00,360
 Again, let's just hope and pray that everybody is tuning in right now.

949
01:00:01,100 --> 01:00:04,120
 Made it through last night as well as possible.

950
01:00:05,060 --> 01:00:12,080
 What was it, what was it, 80 degrees or so on Saturday, and I looked out the window a while ago and had about an inch of snow on the ground.

951
01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:14,400
 So, welcome to North Alabama in March.

952
01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:17,080
 Yeah, it's still snowing in most of the shows.

953
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:23,540
 I stuck my head out the door to see, and the Lexington community, I think, was the hardest hit.

954
01:00:23,540 --> 01:00:27,700
 He had a lot of tree damage, but it was a close call.

955
01:00:28,460 --> 01:00:34,080
 Thankfully, Harold, from what I've been able to gather, no injuries or certainly fatalities.

956
01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:41,780
 Another reason the sun's always out, or so it seems, down in a place called the Sunshine State, where we take you with John Farr.

957
01:00:41,860 --> 01:00:53,220
 He's there at CBS Sports Radio, 1420 WAOC, 1240 WFOY in St. Augustine, Florida, and online anytime there at 965sports.com.

958
01:00:53,300 --> 01:00:54,100
 John, welcome in.

959
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:54,720
 How are you?

960
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:57,020
 Harold, doing great.

961
01:00:57,020 --> 01:01:04,020
 I will report, though, the sun is not out in northeast Florida right now, but nothing compared to what you folks endure.

962
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:06,840
 I hope everyone's safe over there.

963
01:01:07,320 --> 01:01:17,100
 And that weather that moved through northern Alabama is starting to head over to Florida now, so we're embracing for it as well.

964
01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:22,000
 But great to be with you guys, and I tell you what, a great week this week.

965
01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:30,540
 I think the Florida Gators, as I told you guys last week, Gator Nation looks forward to March, I think, more than any other month.

966
01:01:30,540 --> 01:01:34,840
 They had a setback on Saturday, but they still got the one seed.

967
01:01:35,380 --> 01:01:43,400
 So, all in all, I think they've got to be pretty happy where they're at, and I think they will bounce back, no pun intended, when they get in the tournament.

968
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:46,120
 John, your thoughts about that?

969
01:01:46,180 --> 01:01:53,160
 Because everybody, the so-called smart people, thought Florida and Alabama was going to play yesterday in the championship game, and they both had something in common.

970
01:01:53,240 --> 01:01:54,740
 They watched the game from the couch.

971
01:01:55,540 --> 01:02:08,900
 And another way of looking at it is, Florida is the number one seed in some ways, I guess if you don't look at it this way, they get some extra rest without having to go out and risk injury and get even more tired than they already were.

972
01:02:09,020 --> 01:02:09,900
 It's a long season.

973
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:19,340
 And in the case of Alabama, I think they're disappointed they get to three seed, but I think most people who are realistic thought Alabama's going to wind up with the fourth seed anyway.

974
01:02:19,340 --> 01:02:24,020
 So, your thoughts just about the strategy of conference play, and I thought Rick Pitino said it best.

975
01:02:24,100 --> 01:02:34,000
 Back in the day, the committee gave a lot of weight down the stretch, but pretty much nowadays, I think they go online, find people out a little naughty, and say, okay, we'll buy into that.

976
01:02:34,100 --> 01:02:35,160
 It's easy work.

977
01:02:35,600 --> 01:02:38,960
 Your thoughts just about the strategy of these teams this time of the year?

978
01:02:38,960 --> 01:02:50,620
 Well, I think the teams, Harold, that need to win to maybe solidify their spot in the tournament are much more motivated.

979
01:02:51,020 --> 01:02:59,820
 And I take nothing away from Vanderbilt, but I can tell you they were getting some 50-50 balls that during the regular season Florida was getting.

980
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:02,540
 And you could see that from the get-go.

981
01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:06,320
 Now, they also were shooting the lights out on Saturday.

982
01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:08,420
 So, again, they were the better team, obviously.

983
01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:09,600
 They won by 17.

984
01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:15,980
 But I think the strategy is kind of what you laid out there, Harold.

985
01:03:16,060 --> 01:03:21,760
 I think the teams that, like Alabama maybe, too, that don't need it, they know they're in the tournament.

986
01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:28,040
 And then they play somebody like Ole Miss, who got on a roll, won by a point over Alabama.

987
01:03:28,200 --> 01:03:33,760
 But they're playing for their survival because the only way they could continue to play is to win the tournament.

988
01:03:33,760 --> 01:03:36,560
 So, it's a double-edged sword.

989
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:44,460
 And I do think sometimes the rest is more valuable for teams like Florida and Alabama that know they're in the tournament.

990
01:03:44,740 --> 01:03:45,860
 And why risk an injury?

991
01:03:45,980 --> 01:03:51,240
 A couple of years back, Florida lost Micah Han-Logton in the championship game.

992
01:03:51,640 --> 01:03:52,940
 He broke his leg.

993
01:03:53,020 --> 01:03:58,740
 For those that forgot, two years ago, they were one and done in the NCAA tournament back in 2024.

994
01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:03,460
 So, there is a risk to this, even though you want to win every game.

995
01:04:03,880 --> 01:04:07,740
 So, from Florida's perspective, I think it's a good reset.

996
01:04:08,080 --> 01:04:19,780
 I think it's a wake-up call that, hey, if we're not on our game, and basically those two games in Nashville, Florida was 8 of 37 from behind the arc.

997
01:04:20,320 --> 01:04:21,440
 You're going to get beat.

998
01:04:21,560 --> 01:04:25,560
 As great as they are inside, if you're that bad, you're going to get beat.

999
01:04:25,780 --> 01:04:32,480
 And Thomas Houck and Clavzar, neither one, made a three-pointer in either game up in Nashville.

1000
01:04:32,860 --> 01:04:34,600
 So, that is a concern.

1001
01:04:34,980 --> 01:04:41,120
 And that was the Achilles heel back in November and December, guys, before they started to get better from the perimeter.

1002
01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:48,100
 So, that's going to be the thing to watch for Gator fans out there listening, starting this weekend in Tampa.

1003
01:04:48,340 --> 01:04:56,160
 The outside shootings, not got to be lights out, but it's got to be better than that for Florida to make a deep run and get back to a Final Four.

1004
01:04:57,220 --> 01:05:02,360
 John, I think something else, and you mentioned this to us last week, turnovers.

1005
01:05:03,120 --> 01:05:06,020
 Florida had 14 to Vandy's 8.

1006
01:05:06,220 --> 01:05:11,860
 Vandy managed 24 points off of turnovers, which was really key.

1007
01:05:12,100 --> 01:05:21,000
 Jimmy Dykes mentioned this a couple of times during the game, that Vandy beat Florida to about 80% of the 50-50 balls.

1008
01:05:21,220 --> 01:05:24,000
 Long, long rebounds, et cetera.

1009
01:05:24,780 --> 01:05:33,500
 But, again, if they don't turn the ball over and then hit some threes, John, I still say this team's very capable of getting to the Final Four.

1010
01:05:34,420 --> 01:05:38,940
 Well, you just hit the nail on the head, Brett, on the two keys, and the turnovers were atrocious.

1011
01:05:39,100 --> 01:05:39,480
 You're right.

1012
01:05:39,540 --> 01:05:48,260
 And even during the Kentucky game that Florida won on Friday, they had too many turnovers and obviously had way too many against Vanderbilt Saturday.

1013
01:05:48,980 --> 01:06:00,200
 And that's why I think the glass half full looking at this from a Florida perspective, it's going to allow Todd Golden to get these guys' attention this week in practice.

1014
01:06:00,460 --> 01:06:08,220
 You better believe the two things you just touched on, Brett, is what he's going to touch on, turnovers and perimeter shooting.

1015
01:06:08,460 --> 01:06:14,540
 And I'll throw one more in, the free throw shooting wasn't good enough either, especially against Vanderbilt.

1016
01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:18,360
 Honestly, nothing was good enough against Vanderbilt, obviously.

1017
01:06:18,500 --> 01:06:19,940
 That's why they lost Saturday.

1018
01:06:20,180 --> 01:06:33,000
 But I expect a much more motivated team, and I kind of like the fact that Vanderbilt possibly might play Florida in the Sweet 16 if they both get that far.

1019
01:06:33,560 --> 01:06:35,740
 There's going to be a highly motivated Florida team.

1020
01:06:35,820 --> 01:06:39,160
 You can bet your bottom dollar if they play them again in Houston.

1021
01:06:40,080 --> 01:06:46,360
 I don't like that Florida has to play possibly Houston in Houston in the Elite Eight.

1022
01:06:47,160 --> 01:06:49,400
 To me, that's penalizing a one seed.

1023
01:06:49,400 --> 01:06:50,360
 I don't get that.

1024
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:54,900
 Houston got the two seed, but they're going to basically have the home court.

1025
01:06:55,000 --> 01:06:57,760
 It won't be on their campus, but it's in their city.

1026
01:06:58,440 --> 01:07:17,620
 So having said that, if Florida plays their game, as you just said, Brett, I think they're in the final four, meaning if they cut down on the turnovers, make just enough from the outside to allow the big guys inside to take them home, I think they've got a good chance to get back to the final four.

1027
01:07:18,620 --> 01:07:20,880
 John Flory 965 Sports.

1028
01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:30,780
 I think coaches like Golden, in some crazy way, they look at that as a positive what happened because sometimes these kids, they won't listen to you, but when they lose, that gets their attention.

1029
01:07:30,920 --> 01:07:32,020
 So he's got something to chew on.

1030
01:07:32,080 --> 01:07:33,880
 Nick Saban always loved that.

1031
01:07:34,180 --> 01:07:39,620
 He always wanted to bring something to the practice field from the last game that they could chew their butts on.

1032
01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:41,440
 So I think from that standpoint, it's a good thing.

1033
01:07:42,020 --> 01:07:44,740
 John, listen, it's always about the road.

1034
01:07:44,820 --> 01:07:45,720
 You alluded to it.

1035
01:07:45,860 --> 01:07:49,580
 Your thoughts about Florida's road as far as the draw they got overall.

1036
01:07:50,680 --> 01:07:54,440
 Well, I like that they're going to play in Tampa the first two rounds.

1037
01:07:54,440 --> 01:07:55,400
 We'll start them.

1038
01:07:55,580 --> 01:07:59,640
 They're going to play late Friday night, probably 940.

1039
01:07:59,740 --> 01:08:01,400
 The tip is set for 925.

1040
01:08:01,840 --> 01:08:06,120
 But as we know, guys, when you're the second game, it never starts on time.

1041
01:08:06,320 --> 01:08:09,080
 We all know that watching this tournament for years.

1042
01:08:09,500 --> 01:08:12,340
 But they're going to play the 16 seed in that.

1043
01:08:12,840 --> 01:08:17,400
 And then the winner of Iowa Clemson, I'm assuming they're going to win the first game.

1044
01:08:17,580 --> 01:08:23,360
 Maybe I'm being presumptuous there, but they get the winner of Iowa Clemson on Sunday.

1045
01:08:24,280 --> 01:08:26,940
 I like that matchup either way.

1046
01:08:27,160 --> 01:08:33,480
 And then, like I said, possibly Vanderbilt in the 16, maybe Illinois, but possibly Vanderbilt.

1047
01:08:34,040 --> 01:08:38,180
 And then either Houston or Illinois.

1048
01:08:38,180 --> 01:08:40,000
 I guess Illinois would be the Elite Eight.

1049
01:08:40,140 --> 01:08:41,320
 So let me take that back.

1050
01:08:41,440 --> 01:08:43,820
 Illinois is the three seed, I believe, in that bracket.

1051
01:08:44,220 --> 01:08:46,100
 So, but it's a tough road.

1052
01:08:46,480 --> 01:08:54,980
 But honestly, I think if Florida plays their game, and I think you brought up, Harold, Todd Golden's got their attention now.

1053
01:08:55,060 --> 01:09:00,740
 And speaking to Coach Saban, I think maybe Florida had some rat poison going into Saturday.

1054
01:09:00,740 --> 01:09:03,760
 Because they were on a 12-game heater.

1055
01:09:04,660 --> 01:09:08,020
 Everybody nationally was talking about, they can repeat.

1056
01:09:09,020 --> 01:09:11,400
 And, you know, kids read these things.

1057
01:09:11,580 --> 01:09:13,120
 Social media creeps in.

1058
01:09:13,620 --> 01:09:22,460
 So, I think, again, this might be a blessing, even though on Saturday afternoon, I can tell you, if I'd said that to any Gators in Northeast Florida,

1059
01:09:22,680 --> 01:09:24,800
 they probably would have run me out of you-know-what.

1060
01:09:24,800 --> 01:09:34,260
 But I think looking back on this, this may be something that was a blessing after Florida lost to Auburn back on January 24th.

1061
01:09:34,260 --> 01:09:35,560
 They won 12 in a row.

1062
01:09:36,340 --> 01:09:43,700
 So, I'm not saying that there's anything related, but Todd Golden mentioned a few games afterwards that got their attention.

1063
01:09:44,400 --> 01:09:46,340
 This is going to get their attention, too.

1064
01:09:46,520 --> 01:09:52,900
 So, I still think they've got a great chance to get to Indianapolis and play on April 4th.

1065
01:09:54,100 --> 01:09:59,880
 John, 10 teams from the SEC made the tournament more than any other conference.

1066
01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:03,160
 How many teams can make the Sweet 16?

1067
01:10:03,160 --> 01:10:07,780
 I think Vandy, Arkansas, they both play on Thursday.

1068
01:10:08,020 --> 01:10:12,640
 The Hogs are a potential Final Four team to me.

1069
01:10:13,640 --> 01:10:17,420
 Friday, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida play.

1070
01:10:17,900 --> 01:10:24,660
 That's five teams right there that, again, if they play their game, I think they could get to the Sweet 16.

1071
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:27,340
 I agree with you.

1072
01:10:27,440 --> 01:10:32,540
 And I'll throw one more in that I know they've had an off year by their standards.

1073
01:10:32,540 --> 01:10:33,840
 But, Kentucky.

1074
01:10:35,220 --> 01:10:40,440
 Kentucky's a funny team, but if they put it all together, they could make the Sweet 16.

1075
01:10:40,680 --> 01:10:45,880
 They play Santa Clara, and then they would possibly have to beat Iowa State.

1076
01:10:45,980 --> 01:10:53,640
 And I know that's a tall order this year, but I would probably say the five you touched on, Brett, or the five I would pick.

1077
01:10:54,080 --> 01:10:58,140
 Right now, I'm not picking Kentucky for the 16, but they've got a possibility.

1078
01:10:58,940 --> 01:11:02,840
 I think six is the ceiling, but I think five is the reality.

1079
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:06,640
 I think it's going to be five that get to the 16.

1080
01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:11,040
 And then, I think two are getting to the Final Four, because you mentioned Arkansas.

1081
01:11:11,840 --> 01:11:13,400
 I've got them going to the four.

1082
01:11:13,600 --> 01:11:14,660
 I think they can do it.

1083
01:11:15,620 --> 01:11:24,520
 I like what, and even though Florida ran them out of the, you know what, back on February 28th, I still like what Cal has done at Arkansas.

1084
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:26,620
 Say what you want about John Calipari.

1085
01:11:27,260 --> 01:11:28,820
 He's a winner everywhere he goes.

1086
01:11:28,960 --> 01:11:36,920
 I know it didn't end well in Kentucky, and the tournament was the issue, but I guarantee you Arkansas is loving what they got right now.

1087
01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:45,420
 So, I think Florida and Arkansas go to the Final Four from the SEC, and I think five make the Sweet 16.

1088
01:11:46,560 --> 01:11:49,440
 Razorback getting ROI on Mr. Calipari.

1089
01:11:49,560 --> 01:11:51,100
 It's always a fun topic, John.

1090
01:11:51,240 --> 01:11:57,940
 On any given tournament, on Wednesday or Thursday, some big Goliath is going to go down.

1091
01:11:58,140 --> 01:12:00,060
 David's going to reach up there and bite him.

1092
01:12:00,260 --> 01:12:02,300
 John, would you like to be bold?

1093
01:12:02,800 --> 01:12:05,260
 Have you got your David and Goliath matchup?

1094
01:12:05,300 --> 01:12:07,440
 Who's going to be the first giant to fall in this tournament?

1095
01:12:09,180 --> 01:12:11,060
 Oh, good question.

1096
01:12:11,060 --> 01:12:17,080
 I have not looked that far ahead, but yeah, it does.

1097
01:12:18,320 --> 01:12:22,740
 Well, I will say, and I don't know if they're Goliath this year.

1098
01:12:22,800 --> 01:12:24,040
 They're a four seed, though.

1099
01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:28,080
 I think Kansas could lose to Cal Baptist.

1100
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:29,140
 That's a four seed.

1101
01:12:29,140 --> 01:12:29,420
 Wow.

1102
01:12:30,040 --> 01:12:31,240
 Yeah, you're right.

1103
01:12:31,260 --> 01:12:34,860
 I don't like the way Kansas has looked down the stretch.

1104
01:12:34,980 --> 01:12:40,900
 They didn't look very good in the Big 12 tournament, and so that would be my David and Goliath.

1105
01:12:40,900 --> 01:12:43,920
 I guess I don't think any of the one seeds are going to lose early.

1106
01:12:44,080 --> 01:12:51,320
 I think they all advance to the 16 and the Elite Eight, but I'll go Cal Baptist over Kansas.

1107
01:12:51,840 --> 01:12:52,740
 There you go.

1108
01:12:53,000 --> 01:12:54,660
 John, I'll give you another one.

1109
01:12:55,060 --> 01:12:59,000
 Louisville is a 6'11", again, South Florida.

1110
01:12:59,640 --> 01:13:06,100
 Brian Hudson is a former Nate Oates assistant, and he has done a marvelous job.

1111
01:13:06,100 --> 01:13:11,460
 He is a finalist for two jobs, Syracuse and Providence.

1112
01:13:11,660 --> 01:13:11,940
 Wow.

1113
01:13:12,180 --> 01:13:15,460
 In the New York area is where he's from.

1114
01:13:15,880 --> 01:13:22,520
 Would not surprise me at all if Brian Hudson, if South Florida upsets Louisville.

1115
01:13:23,240 --> 01:13:26,040
 You know, we'll see where that goes.

1116
01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:28,460
 But I always enjoy the conversation.

1117
01:13:28,460 --> 01:13:29,680
 It should be fun.

1118
01:13:30,240 --> 01:13:34,180
 Hopefully, quite a few SEC teams get to next week.

1119
01:13:34,620 --> 01:13:35,900
 But where can we get online?

1120
01:13:36,020 --> 01:13:38,940
 I know this will be topic day jure for you today.

1121
01:13:39,580 --> 01:13:41,600
 Where can we get online and listen to your show?

1122
01:13:42,260 --> 01:13:54,640
 Well, you can get online at 1021news.com and in St. Augustine at 1240 or 102.1 WFOY.

1123
01:13:55,060 --> 01:13:58,440
 And, guys, I'll throw one more while I'm walking out the door here.

1124
01:13:59,760 --> 01:14:02,100
 DCU over North Carolina.

1125
01:14:02,300 --> 01:14:03,340
 Look for that one.

1126
01:14:03,580 --> 01:14:03,980
 Agreed.

1127
01:14:04,140 --> 01:14:05,140
 Agreed with that one.

1128
01:14:05,540 --> 01:14:07,380
 That could be a possibility, too.

1129
01:14:07,520 --> 01:14:09,840
 But, you know, always a pleasure to be with you guys.

1130
01:14:09,980 --> 01:14:14,860
 And hopefully Florida and Alabama make deep runs here in March Madness.

1131
01:14:15,980 --> 01:14:20,080
 I'm still trying to put the word California with badges together in the same sentence, John.

1132
01:14:22,580 --> 01:14:24,140
 I'm not going to touch that, Harold.

1133
01:14:24,360 --> 01:14:25,380
 No, I'll meet you, John.

1134
01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:29,040
 John, listen, enjoy the show.

1135
01:14:29,220 --> 01:14:29,860
 It's here.

1136
01:14:30,280 --> 01:14:31,960
 Enjoying all the best of you down there, okay?

1137
01:14:32,700 --> 01:14:33,240
 Thank you.

1138
01:14:33,280 --> 01:14:34,880
 Always an honor and a pleasure, guys.

1139
01:14:35,180 --> 01:14:35,780
 Thank you, buddy.

1140
01:14:35,940 --> 01:14:37,080
 John Friar hanging up with us.

1141
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 He's there online, 965sports.com.

1142
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 Coming up, watch the big talk in Big Orange Country.

1143
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 The V-Man next.

1144
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1191
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1214
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 Tim collects bobbleheads.

1215
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 A lot of bobbleheads.

1216
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 Baseball bobbleheads.

1217
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 Race car bobbleheads.

1218
01:19:00,020 --> 01:19:01,500
 Little chihuahua bobbleheads.

1219
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 He's got an entire room strictly for bobbleheads.

1220
01:19:04,520 --> 01:19:05,700
 Does he need them?

1221
01:19:05,880 --> 01:19:06,180
 No.

1222
01:19:06,420 --> 01:19:07,540
 Is his wife mad about it?

1223
01:19:07,620 --> 01:19:08,300
 A little.

1224
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 But Tim works with Empower, and he got good at money.

1225
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 So he can be a little bad.

1226
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 Ooh, horse bobblehead.

1227
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 Classy, Tim.

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1233
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 And Season 2 of TGL presented by SoFi is back with lights, cameras, action.

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 We're talking big moments, big personalities, big names in the stands,

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 all on the big screen.

1237
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 It's city versus city.

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 Squad versus squad.

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 This sport just hits different under the light.

1241
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 It's TGL presented by SoFi.

1242
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 Keep up.

1243
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 It's golf.

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 Tune in to every match.

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 You can beat your toughest opponent.

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1251
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 The score.

1252
01:20:08,240 --> 01:20:12,900
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1253
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 The score.

1254
01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:14,400
 Welcome back in.

1255
01:20:14,460 --> 01:20:16,760
 What's the big story in big orange country?

1256
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 The V-Man knows that and a whole lot more.

1257
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 V is Vince Ferrara.

1258
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 They're at 99.1.

1259
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 The Sports Animal Inn.

1260
01:20:22,860 --> 01:20:23,740
 Knoxville, Tennessee.

1261
01:20:23,920 --> 01:20:25,100
 And on the Ball Radio Network.

1262
01:20:25,180 --> 01:20:26,020
 V-Man, welcome in.

1263
01:20:26,060 --> 01:20:27,220
 Happy Monday to you.

1264
01:20:27,300 --> 01:20:28,200
 How are you?

1265
01:20:29,380 --> 01:20:31,000
 Same to you guys.

1266
01:20:31,120 --> 01:20:35,980
 Well, just driving home in the snow in mid-March.

1267
01:20:36,960 --> 01:20:37,940
 It's mad.

1268
01:20:38,240 --> 01:20:39,120
 It's mad.

1269
01:20:40,240 --> 01:20:40,800
 Yeah.

1270
01:20:41,400 --> 01:20:42,580
 It's the true story.

1271
01:20:42,800 --> 01:20:44,980
 I mow the lawn Saturday.

1272
01:20:45,340 --> 01:20:46,400
 It's like 80 degrees.

1273
01:20:46,720 --> 01:20:49,140
 And I'm looking out now and there's snow on the ground, V-Man.

1274
01:20:49,720 --> 01:20:50,760
 Is it global warming?

1275
01:20:51,180 --> 01:20:52,560
 Does snow come with global warming?

1276
01:20:52,640 --> 01:20:53,820
 How do you explain this?

1277
01:20:56,460 --> 01:21:04,500
 Yeah, usually it has something to do with whoever your favorite team's athletic director is, head coach.

1278
01:21:05,540 --> 01:21:09,760
 That's usually who to blame for what Mother Nature may or may not give us.

1279
01:21:10,300 --> 01:21:11,100
 There you go, V-Man.

1280
01:21:11,100 --> 01:21:11,960
 At least we're consistent.

1281
01:21:12,140 --> 01:21:13,680
 All right, let's talk about the big orange.

1282
01:21:13,800 --> 01:21:15,240
 They're back in the dance.

1283
01:21:15,920 --> 01:21:17,140
 They're on a streak.

1284
01:21:17,880 --> 01:21:23,800
 V-Man, your thoughts about Tennessee getting their number called again under Rick Barnes?

1285
01:21:25,140 --> 01:21:25,620
 Yeah.

1286
01:21:25,620 --> 01:21:38,760
 I think the biggest streak that they would like is at least they'd like to try to get to a third straight Elite Eight.

1287
01:21:38,940 --> 01:21:55,460
 I don't know if this team is consistent enough to buy in and advance, but they've got two pretty special players that have had incredible individual performances at times.

1288
01:21:55,460 --> 01:21:59,320
 You know, the team does have some good wins on its resume.

1289
01:21:59,640 --> 01:22:01,560
 So, Rick Barnes just talked about it.

1290
01:22:01,560 --> 01:22:09,600
 You just never know on, you know, he says he's seen teams that were just, you know, really rolling and then, you know, get beat.

1291
01:22:09,720 --> 01:22:16,440
 And then other teams that, you know, were inconsistent or not playing their best ball, but they get a reset with a new season.

1292
01:22:16,880 --> 01:22:18,960
 And then they put it together and make a run.

1293
01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:20,760
 So, who knows?

1294
01:22:21,380 --> 01:22:24,380
 But that applies to a lot of people, not just to Tennessee.

1295
01:22:25,020 --> 01:22:27,300
 So, you know, it's interesting.

1296
01:22:27,520 --> 01:22:34,180
 They get to face the most talked about, potentially, the most talked about bubble in Miami, Ohio.

1297
01:22:35,020 --> 01:22:45,480
 If they see SMU instead, SMU has probably their best player, a guy that was leading them in scoring for a good part of the year.

1298
01:22:45,980 --> 01:22:48,600
 B.J. Edwards is a former Tennessee volunteer.

1299
01:22:49,520 --> 01:22:49,820
 Wow.

1300
01:22:50,620 --> 01:22:51,960
 He's from Knoxville.

1301
01:22:52,500 --> 01:22:55,900
 He's just been out and injured during their rough stretch.

1302
01:22:56,000 --> 01:22:58,420
 They lost five of their last six, SMU did.

1303
01:22:59,120 --> 01:23:06,320
 And he's due back for the NCAA tournament, you know, just in time for them.

1304
01:23:06,400 --> 01:23:07,740
 And they have some good wins.

1305
01:23:07,740 --> 01:23:09,140
 They had a stretch, guys.

1306
01:23:09,300 --> 01:23:11,080
 I don't know if you remember this or saw this.

1307
01:23:11,500 --> 01:23:15,520
 They had a stretch where they played three straight SEC teams.

1308
01:23:15,980 --> 01:23:22,540
 It's Mississippi State and Vanderbilt on the road and then a home game against A&M.

1309
01:23:22,620 --> 01:23:26,940
 Now, one of those might have been, you know, in a tournament or whatever.

1310
01:23:27,140 --> 01:23:31,000
 But three straight, and they beat A&M and Mississippi State.

1311
01:23:31,680 --> 01:23:35,160
 So, they have a win over North Carolina and Louisville.

1312
01:23:35,280 --> 01:23:36,460
 Those are all top 25 teams.

1313
01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:40,600
 They played Duke and Virginia closer than a lot of teams have not.

1314
01:23:41,120 --> 01:23:45,360
 It's just they've also had some ups and downs and not having Edwards as part of it.

1315
01:23:45,360 --> 01:23:48,220
 So, you know, it's not going to be easy for anyone.

1316
01:23:48,340 --> 01:23:52,900
 You can't put anything past, you know, a team that's a six-seed when they're facing an 11.

1317
01:23:53,500 --> 01:24:02,460
 And they'll have an extra game under their belt also, which also, which makes it dicey a lot of times for those six-seeds playing the first four, 11.

1318
01:24:02,700 --> 01:24:06,400
 So, just, but then after that, they could see three-seed Virginia.

1319
01:24:06,800 --> 01:24:11,440
 Some people are like, oh, yeah, we're into, yeah, we're a breeze into the second round.

1320
01:24:11,760 --> 01:24:13,280
 The other people are like, no, I hate it.

1321
01:24:13,320 --> 01:24:13,820
 We're screwed.

1322
01:24:14,320 --> 01:24:20,280
 So, it's just a matter of, like, tell us you don't watch their games without telling us you don't watch their games.

1323
01:24:20,280 --> 01:24:24,540
 So, it'll be, you know, it'll be tough.

1324
01:24:25,180 --> 01:24:28,140
 They'll earn it if they do get to the Sweet 16 for sure.

1325
01:24:28,720 --> 01:24:33,220
 First things first, who does Bruce Perl root for, Miami of Ohio or SMU, V-Man?

1326
01:24:35,860 --> 01:24:36,260
 SMU.

1327
01:24:37,260 --> 01:24:43,460
 Because then Miami of Ohio is going to give it back to them and say, see, I told you.

1328
01:24:43,580 --> 01:24:52,260
 And if they lose, who could put it past him to tweet or get on CBS and say, I told you they shouldn't have been in the tournament.

1329
01:24:53,160 --> 01:24:58,060
 He doesn't do his son any favors by defending him.

1330
01:24:59,040 --> 01:25:07,320
 So, he was even tweeting about the officiating at the SEC tournament when Tennessee played Auburn.

1331
01:25:07,720 --> 01:25:11,620
 So, yeah, it's just, you know, just unnecessary.

1332
01:25:12,040 --> 01:25:14,740
 It doesn't do Steven any help.

1333
01:25:16,040 --> 01:25:17,580
 You're exactly right.

1334
01:25:18,640 --> 01:25:29,020
 SMU, V, if you've got a guard by the name of Boopy, Boopy Miller for SMU, you're going to have a pretty good team to do to average his 20 points.

1335
01:25:29,040 --> 01:25:29,760
 It's a game.

1336
01:25:30,360 --> 01:25:34,980
 Maybe, A-Mint, A-Mint basically won the Auburn game.

1337
01:25:35,740 --> 01:25:42,020
 Second half, the second part of the second half, did not play as well against Vandy.

1338
01:25:42,140 --> 01:25:44,180
 But, again, I give Vandy a lot of credit.

1339
01:25:44,920 --> 01:25:50,160
 They're a good team, and they played well, even in the Arkansas game down at the end.

1340
01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:53,060
 What is A-Mint's condition?

1341
01:25:54,280 --> 01:26:00,320
 And, again, if he scores 20, there's a real good chance Tennessee's going to win the game.

1342
01:26:00,760 --> 01:26:02,340
 But he can't do it by himself.

1343
01:26:03,500 --> 01:26:09,360
 Gillespie, Estrella, Carey, and friends have got to help him.

1344
01:26:10,380 --> 01:26:15,520
 Yeah, and even in the Vanderbilt game, I mean, his shooting, you know, was way obvious.

1345
01:26:15,660 --> 01:26:17,040
 One of 13 from the floor.

1346
01:26:17,500 --> 01:26:26,640
 But, honestly, the fact, and he's done this before, the fact that he was aggressive and kind of tried at the end and was willing to take shots,

1347
01:26:26,920 --> 01:26:34,620
 he was able to get to the free throw line and make a bunch of free throws to even give them a chance when they were stuck offensively.

1348
01:26:34,780 --> 01:26:37,680
 Plus, he had 11 rebounds, which is a career high.

1349
01:26:38,080 --> 01:26:43,460
 So, he has been able to get them out of offensive ruts a lot of times.

1350
01:26:43,680 --> 01:26:46,380
 And he took over in that Auburn game as well.

1351
01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:53,380
 You know, his performance in that Vanderbilt game, part of that was him playing.

1352
01:26:53,500 --> 01:26:56,540
 He had just come back off of the ankle against Auburn.

1353
01:26:56,920 --> 01:27:00,460
 He wasn't 100%, but he still fought through it and played great.

1354
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:09,160
 And then, to do it back-to-back, you could tell he just was not as effective and wasn't moving as well after that.

1355
01:27:09,520 --> 01:27:13,960
 So, that has to be a factor, even though he wanted no part of using that as an excuse.

1356
01:27:14,540 --> 01:27:16,480
 So, now you don't play until Friday.

1357
01:27:17,020 --> 01:27:18,720
 You're in the Friday-Sunday games.

1358
01:27:19,120 --> 01:27:21,140
 Now you get another week to hopefully rest up.

1359
01:27:21,260 --> 01:27:27,100
 Barnes was even wondering if they would be able to play him if they had advanced and beaten Vanderbilt.

1360
01:27:27,580 --> 01:27:32,220
 So, that's how kind of touch-and-go that ankle has been for him.

1361
01:27:32,700 --> 01:27:34,100
 So, we'll see how much.

1362
01:27:34,180 --> 01:27:37,540
 Maybe he can't get all the way back before next Friday.

1363
01:27:37,800 --> 01:27:41,300
 But without him, they're not going very far at all.

1364
01:27:41,680 --> 01:27:45,080
 With him, then, at least it's a possibility.

1365
01:27:45,480 --> 01:27:51,080
 They just need other guys to be consistent and contribute to help Gillespie.

1366
01:27:51,420 --> 01:27:55,260
 Rick Barnes even pointed out Gillespie needs as much rest, if not more than Aiman,

1367
01:27:55,700 --> 01:28:00,540
 because of how much of a load he's had to carry because so many other guys have been inconsistent.

1368
01:28:01,160 --> 01:28:01,260
 Yeah.

1369
01:28:02,040 --> 01:28:06,240
 B-Man, we know one thing to tell you how good the SEC is to get here.

1370
01:28:06,560 --> 01:28:07,340
 Guess what?

1371
01:28:07,440 --> 01:28:09,200
 It's a conference for the most teams.

1372
01:28:09,340 --> 01:28:11,880
 The most is, again, 10 from the SEC.

1373
01:28:12,440 --> 01:28:16,620
 Everybody's going to sit here and pull against the SEC outside of our neck of the woods.

1374
01:28:16,820 --> 01:28:19,860
 How will the SEC do over all?

1375
01:28:20,560 --> 01:28:25,640
 And do you have a number in mind of how many might make the final four from this neck of the woods?

1376
01:28:26,760 --> 01:28:34,740
 Well, I guess all of the formulas and rules that they put in their computers to spit out the bracket,

1377
01:28:35,280 --> 01:28:37,660
 I guess they had a block on the East region.

1378
01:28:38,160 --> 01:28:41,340
 Because there are no SEC teams in the East region.

1379
01:28:41,340 --> 01:28:45,620
 And we have the other 10 crammed in the three different regions.

1380
01:28:45,800 --> 01:28:51,740
 Tennessee has Georgia and Alabama and Kentucky as well in their Midwest region.

1381
01:28:52,000 --> 01:28:53,300
 Why is that?

1382
01:28:53,640 --> 01:28:55,220
 That doesn't make any sense.

1383
01:28:55,720 --> 01:28:59,180
 So, you know, I haven't laid out my bracket yet.

1384
01:28:59,660 --> 01:29:02,000
 I think that always impacts you.

1385
01:29:02,640 --> 01:29:06,420
 Just off the top, I haven't even been thinking about those matchups down the road yet.

1386
01:29:06,500 --> 01:29:08,140
 I haven't gotten there yet.

1387
01:29:08,320 --> 01:29:15,100
 But I'll say the SEC will get three into the Sweet 16.

1388
01:29:15,800 --> 01:29:18,400
 And if I was going to say Final Four, I'd say one.

1389
01:29:18,780 --> 01:29:23,260
 My next closest probably would be, if I was going to pick, would be Arkansas.

1390
01:29:23,780 --> 01:29:28,560
 But what I typically do is I fill out the bracket backwards.

1391
01:29:29,780 --> 01:29:36,260
 And then, you know, like the teams I really believe in the most, I try to do it that way.

1392
01:29:36,420 --> 01:29:42,740
 Because if you do it front ways, then you end up like, all right, I like all of these teams and they're all in the same region.

1393
01:29:43,080 --> 01:29:46,860
 And I don't like any of those other teams and they're all in that other region.

1394
01:29:46,860 --> 01:29:50,400
 So, I don't know if that's effective or not.

1395
01:29:50,560 --> 01:29:54,780
 But I'll go with one in the Final Four and three in the Sweet 16.

1396
01:29:56,320 --> 01:30:01,880
 V, there's a rumor that Tennessee's going to play spring football at some point.

1397
01:30:02,420 --> 01:30:04,000
 We'll see where that goes.

1398
01:30:04,180 --> 01:30:05,920
 Baseball's still going on.

1399
01:30:06,620 --> 01:30:08,840
 One of the busiest times of the year.

1400
01:30:08,980 --> 01:30:11,080
 And you've got it all covered, I know.

1401
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1402
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 I was there this morning.

1403
01:30:16,080 --> 01:30:17,020
 I witnessed it.

1404
01:30:17,260 --> 01:30:22,420
 Thankfully, they have an indoor facility so they don't have to practice in the snow that I'm driving in.

1405
01:30:23,160 --> 01:30:25,040
 But, yeah, I was there.

1406
01:30:25,300 --> 01:30:31,480
 And Faison Brandon, George McIntyre, the two quarterbacks in the competition, no surprise.

1407
01:30:31,620 --> 01:30:33,680
 That's where most of the media was.

1408
01:30:33,740 --> 01:30:38,080
 That's where the questions for Josh Eiffel afterwards were mostly directed at.

1409
01:30:38,220 --> 01:30:40,240
 And that's not changing any time soon.

1410
01:30:40,240 --> 01:30:45,660
 And Jim Knowles' defense is another big part of what does it look like.

1411
01:30:46,020 --> 01:30:48,580
 But, yeah, got going this morning.

1412
01:30:48,700 --> 01:30:50,380
 They'll practice about four times a week.

1413
01:30:50,500 --> 01:30:55,760
 And we'll see what the spring game looks like, whatever they decide to do for that.

1414
01:30:55,960 --> 01:31:04,560
 But, yeah, going four straight weeks until they get to the 15th practice in that orange and white game.

1415
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 You can find me on all the socials.

1416
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1417
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1418
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1419
01:31:19,960 --> 01:31:21,280
 V-Man, stay warm up there.

1420
01:31:21,360 --> 01:31:22,800
 Thanks so much for your time today.

1421
01:31:23,640 --> 01:31:25,140
 You guys do the same.

1422
01:31:25,220 --> 01:31:25,840
 Always enjoy it.

1423
01:31:25,880 --> 01:31:26,340
 Appreciate you.

1424
01:31:27,020 --> 01:31:27,680
 Thank you, buddy.

1425
01:31:28,000 --> 01:31:31,300
 The V-Man, Vince Carrara, 99.1, the sports animal.

1426
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 Needless to say, an interesting three or four days for those involved in Alabama basketball and nobody more so than Brian Pasek.

1427
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1428
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1429
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1430
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1431
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 In the NCAA basketball tournaments, the Alabama Crimson Ties hit to play on Friday.

1503
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1505
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1513
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1550
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1551
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1552
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 I got a chance to have an extended conversation with Brian Passink, who was looking for some food in the media area and couldn't find it late Friday night.

1553
01:37:18,000 --> 01:37:20,880
 But we still had a great conversation with him.

1554
01:37:20,940 --> 01:37:26,060
 Alabama men's basketball analyst on the Crimson Tide Sports Network.

1555
01:37:26,680 --> 01:37:31,480
 I hope you got some food at the motel when you left, but it was great to talk to you.

1556
01:37:31,700 --> 01:37:32,620
 Welcome into the show.

1557
01:37:33,320 --> 01:37:35,400
 Oh, great to be with you guys.

1558
01:37:36,120 --> 01:37:37,940
 Yes, it was great catching up.

1559
01:37:38,320 --> 01:37:47,600
 And no, sadly, I think I ended up with like a soggy banana at like midnight in my hotel room.

1560
01:37:48,000 --> 01:37:48,820
 It was for the best.

1561
01:37:48,940 --> 01:37:54,480
 This time of year, I eat so bad, and I eat at such weird times.

1562
01:37:55,100 --> 01:37:57,580
 It's not the healthiest way to be.

1563
01:37:58,220 --> 01:38:06,860
 But anyway, as you guys heard me whine about not getting a bratwurst in time, I did enjoy catching up.

1564
01:38:06,860 --> 01:38:07,960
 It's always fun.

1565
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 I like a man with his priorities.

1566
01:38:12,240 --> 01:38:13,020
 I guarantee you.

1567
01:38:13,100 --> 01:38:14,400
 Brian Passink, cooking it with us.

1568
01:38:14,940 --> 01:38:17,460
 Brian, how would you describe the last three or four days?

1569
01:38:17,560 --> 01:38:24,360
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1570
01:38:25,360 --> 01:38:29,240
 These coaches, they make a lot of money, but sometimes, man, do they ever earn it?

1571
01:38:30,200 --> 01:38:33,260
 Yeah, man, all kind of news going on.

1572
01:38:33,380 --> 01:38:35,440
 Some really good, some not so much.

1573
01:38:36,180 --> 01:38:37,760
 Yeah, I'll start with the tournament.

1574
01:38:38,660 --> 01:38:45,500
 It's one of those situations where sometimes you just have to tip your cap to the opponent.

1575
01:38:45,500 --> 01:38:48,460
 I thought Ole Miss was incredible.

1576
01:38:49,460 --> 01:38:52,720
 I saw that on Wednesday night against Texas.

1577
01:38:53,100 --> 01:39:03,260
 They were up 23 on a really good Georgia team on Thursday night and then continued to play it at such a high level on Friday against Alabama.

1578
01:39:03,260 --> 01:39:08,640
 Now, with that being said, I love the response from Nate Oates and his team.

1579
01:39:09,300 --> 01:39:11,560
 They looked directly in the mirror and said it.

1580
01:39:11,780 --> 01:39:13,340
 And so they weren't good enough.

1581
01:39:13,780 --> 01:39:14,080
 And they didn't.

1582
01:39:14,580 --> 01:39:17,740
 And which is exactly how you have to approach that.

1583
01:39:17,900 --> 01:39:34,280
 Just as a, I don't know, I'm not a neutral observer, but I did think that I have never seen a team that I had watched less than a month previously

1584
01:39:34,280 --> 01:39:39,380
 completely transform themselves into something I didn't recognize, and that's what Ole Miss did.

1585
01:39:39,940 --> 01:39:45,320
 And if they get a call or two against Arkansas, I think they're cutting down the nets.

1586
01:39:45,320 --> 01:39:54,820
 And we are really comparing them to NC State 83 because they were not very good, to say the least, in Oxford last month.

1587
01:39:54,900 --> 01:40:01,060
 Alabama, I thought, actually played better in Nashville against Ole Miss than they did in Oxford.

1588
01:40:01,260 --> 01:40:03,940
 And in Oxford, won by 20.

1589
01:40:04,720 --> 01:40:06,640
 This was a completely different team.

1590
01:40:07,120 --> 01:40:13,300
 Obviously, Alabama missed a bunch of layups, and Ole Miss was great, and didn't defend, and all those things.

1591
01:40:13,860 --> 01:40:21,400
 And hopefully, it will create a sense of urgency going into the NCAA tournament, which is never a bad thing.

1592
01:40:21,860 --> 01:40:31,340
 NATO's teams almost always bounce back and respond the way you want them to when they have faced adversity

1593
01:40:31,340 --> 01:40:34,720
 or had losses that you maybe didn't expect.

1594
01:40:35,180 --> 01:40:38,400
 So, I hope that will be the case coming up this week in Tampa.

1595
01:40:39,720 --> 01:40:41,580
 On the court, it was one thing.

1596
01:40:41,640 --> 01:40:46,320
 Now, Nate's got to face off the court issues with Aiden Holloway this morning, in case you're just joining us,

1597
01:40:46,360 --> 01:40:47,900
 facing marijuana arrest charges.

1598
01:40:50,000 --> 01:40:55,460
 Your thoughts, obviously, what that means, and as far as that's a second-leading score,

1599
01:40:55,560 --> 01:40:59,680
 it goes without saying that there's going to be some head scratching and some chest moves there.

1600
01:40:59,720 --> 01:41:05,620
 But your thoughts just about the impact of that, and what's the latest, I'm sure right now, it's in the court's hands,

1601
01:41:05,660 --> 01:41:07,560
 but what are you hearing about it, Brian?

1602
01:41:08,260 --> 01:41:11,160
 Yeah, really, all I've heard is what I've read on Twitter.

1603
01:41:11,660 --> 01:41:19,140
 And not to say that's not accurate, but I will say that Twitter has a track record of sometimes being right

1604
01:41:19,140 --> 01:41:22,440
 and sometimes maybe not having the full story.

1605
01:41:22,540 --> 01:41:23,340
 So, I don't know.

1606
01:41:23,560 --> 01:41:28,440
 And I think it is obviously something that we don't want to hear.

1607
01:41:30,340 --> 01:41:35,680
 What has been reported doesn't sound great, but the reality is we all don't know.

1608
01:41:36,300 --> 01:41:43,980
 So, hopefully it plays out, hopefully quickly, and hopefully there's an explanation or a side to this that we don't know yet.

1609
01:41:44,100 --> 01:41:46,240
 I mean, just for all involved, forget about basketball.

1610
01:41:46,400 --> 01:41:52,160
 This is just not something that anybody wants to hear, whether you're an Alabama fan or not.

1611
01:41:53,420 --> 01:41:58,360
 But if you take it strictly from a basketball standpoint, we don't know.

1612
01:41:58,440 --> 01:42:04,120
 We don't know what, at least I haven't heard, I don't know if there have been any statements yet,

1613
01:42:04,380 --> 01:42:08,080
 but I don't know what his status is for the NCAA tournament.

1614
01:42:08,800 --> 01:42:17,540
 And, you know, let's say, you know, the speculation, if he's not available, I mean, in my opinion,

1615
01:42:17,980 --> 01:42:21,500
 you know, I would look at it from a basketball standpoint like an injury.

1616
01:42:21,740 --> 01:42:26,620
 He's an important player that may not be available on Thursday against Hofstra.

1617
01:42:27,520 --> 01:42:32,720
 And so, the good thing is it's an area of depth.

1618
01:42:32,720 --> 01:42:36,400
 I think Alabama has the best and deepest backcourt in college basketball.

1619
01:42:36,980 --> 01:42:39,620
 So, from a basketball standpoint, can you overcome it?

1620
01:42:40,120 --> 01:42:44,040
 Yeah, you can because you have talent, you have depth in the backcourt,

1621
01:42:44,720 --> 01:42:49,340
 and whether it's an off-the-court situation or an injury,

1622
01:42:49,900 --> 01:42:53,680
 you take a next-man-up approach, and I would expect that to be the case

1623
01:42:53,680 --> 01:42:56,300
 if that is how this ends up playing out.

1624
01:42:57,500 --> 01:43:02,760
 You know, you take a guy like Houston Bollett, who has been coming off the bench,

1625
01:43:02,820 --> 01:43:03,840
 maybe he's in a starting role.

1626
01:43:04,740 --> 01:43:06,780
 Jahlil Batia maybe gets more minutes.

1627
01:43:06,860 --> 01:43:07,680
 He's played well later.

1628
01:43:08,820 --> 01:43:13,120
 Taylor Balboa is a guy that is getting healthy.

1629
01:43:13,620 --> 01:43:15,480
 So, maybe, you know, he gets more minutes.

1630
01:43:15,780 --> 01:43:19,540
 So, it's a next-man-up, all-hands-on-down.

1631
01:43:19,540 --> 01:43:25,300
 All those cliches that just happen to be true is the mindset that you have to take.

1632
01:43:25,680 --> 01:43:29,200
 So, I'm excited about the NCAA tournament.

1633
01:43:29,600 --> 01:43:36,600
 I mean, I hate that the news broke that, you know, this is something that is out there

1634
01:43:36,600 --> 01:43:39,760
 that this team is going to have to deal with.

1635
01:43:40,520 --> 01:43:43,360
 But, I mean, it's NCAA tournament week.

1636
01:43:43,760 --> 01:43:46,120
 Alabama's got a really good seed once again.

1637
01:43:46,380 --> 01:43:50,480
 Six straight NCAA tournament going to sunny Tampa, Florida.

1638
01:43:50,480 --> 01:43:55,000
 So, there's a lot of things to be glass half full right now.

1639
01:43:55,300 --> 01:43:57,920
 But, I'm excited about this team playing.

1640
01:43:58,180 --> 01:44:02,080
 And, we'll see the roster that they have out there on Thursday.

1641
01:44:02,460 --> 01:44:04,720
 Hopefully, we'll hear more between now and then.

1642
01:44:05,680 --> 01:44:07,980
 Ryan, I know one thing for certain.

1643
01:44:08,320 --> 01:44:15,860
 Latrell Wrightsell, Amari Allen, and Houston Millett will not shoot a combined one for 12

1644
01:44:15,860 --> 01:44:18,040
 against Hofstra.

1645
01:44:18,040 --> 01:44:20,760
 And, again, I give Ole Miss a lot of credit.

1646
01:44:21,660 --> 01:44:24,120
 They played defense when they had to.

1647
01:44:24,300 --> 01:44:26,860
 They made some incredibly clutch shots.

1648
01:44:27,440 --> 01:44:31,460
 But, these guys hopefully will take a reset.

1649
01:44:32,140 --> 01:44:37,320
 I thought it was one of the worst offensive games Alabama's played all season.

1650
01:44:37,520 --> 01:44:42,400
 And, amazingly, they still scored 79 points.

1651
01:44:42,780 --> 01:44:45,960
 I think those three are going to rebound and have a much better game.

1652
01:44:46,760 --> 01:44:47,980
 I agree with you.

1653
01:44:48,040 --> 01:44:50,600
 And, it wasn't even just that.

1654
01:44:50,600 --> 01:44:56,820
 It was, I think it was the numbers I saw, six for 22 or maybe eight for 22 on layups.

1655
01:44:57,660 --> 01:44:57,840
 Yeah.

1656
01:44:58,440 --> 01:44:58,620
 Yeah.

1657
01:44:58,620 --> 01:45:01,580
 You know, that's a number that's hard to overcome.

1658
01:45:02,260 --> 01:45:04,120
 And so, yeah, it's one of those nights.

1659
01:45:04,360 --> 01:45:08,400
 And, that is something that in the NCAA tournament you can't afford.

1660
01:45:08,640 --> 01:45:14,640
 I mean, it just takes one night like that for your reason to come to an abrupt halt.

1661
01:45:15,300 --> 01:45:26,520
 And, so, hopefully, this is something that these guys will learn from and they won't have a game like that again.

1662
01:45:26,660 --> 01:45:28,600
 And, maybe this is their mulligan.

1663
01:45:28,860 --> 01:45:29,780
 I hope it is.

1664
01:45:29,780 --> 01:45:36,500
 And, they come out and play really well because the reality is that this team had been playing really well.

1665
01:45:36,820 --> 01:45:38,620
 Winners of nine out of the last ten.

1666
01:45:39,900 --> 01:45:47,160
 You know, I think, while Bama shot it terribly and all those numbers are accurate, I thought Ole Miss was great.

1667
01:45:47,460 --> 01:45:51,200
 And, they were all week and weekend long in Nashville.

1668
01:45:51,880 --> 01:45:59,060
 But, it's also the great part about being securely in the NCAA tournament with a great seed.

1669
01:45:59,580 --> 01:46:04,720
 You can bounce back from going one and done in the SEC tournament.

1670
01:46:05,380 --> 01:46:07,300
 And, we don't have to look that far back.

1671
01:46:07,420 --> 01:46:09,100
 Alabama did it a couple years ago.

1672
01:46:09,480 --> 01:46:13,880
 Got drilled by Florida in the first game of the SEC tournament.

1673
01:46:14,500 --> 01:46:15,800
 Ended up with a four seed.

1674
01:46:16,460 --> 01:46:18,160
 And, we all know how that turned out.

1675
01:46:18,360 --> 01:46:21,380
 Alabama's first trip to the Final Four.

1676
01:46:21,380 --> 01:46:33,440
 So, not predicting a Final Four run, but I do know that Nate Oates and company have bounced back from disappointing losses in the SEC tournament and gone on runs in the big tournament.

1677
01:46:33,660 --> 01:46:34,960
 So, hoping that happens again.

1678
01:46:36,160 --> 01:46:39,380
 Brian Pasek on the Crimson Tide Sports Network.

1679
01:46:39,600 --> 01:46:41,740
 Brian, you've seen a lot of Alabama basketball.

1680
01:46:41,960 --> 01:46:48,400
 Did you ever think you and Chris would be talking about the Tide and Pride clashing in the NCAA tournament?

1681
01:46:49,040 --> 01:46:53,800
 First things first, you don't look at a jersey in the tournament because crazy things can happen.

1682
01:46:53,940 --> 01:46:54,420
 Your thoughts.

1683
01:46:54,500 --> 01:46:57,520
 Let's talk chalk about Alabama and Hofstra.

1684
01:46:58,620 --> 01:46:59,060
 Yeah.

1685
01:46:59,300 --> 01:47:04,100
 I mean, I actually watched their championship game against Monmouth.

1686
01:47:04,320 --> 01:47:12,000
 As you guys know, I'm a little bit obsessed with college hoops and was watching that game.

1687
01:47:12,100 --> 01:47:16,800
 They're a really good team and thought it was a possibility that Alabama could play them.

1688
01:47:17,100 --> 01:47:22,940
 I mean, they were projected to be on the 13 line and with Alabama in the four.

1689
01:47:23,040 --> 01:47:24,940
 I thought that was definitely a possibility.

1690
01:47:25,340 --> 01:47:26,440
 And they're really good.

1691
01:47:26,540 --> 01:47:33,120
 I mean, they have the type of team that can upset high major teams with good seeds.

1692
01:47:33,240 --> 01:47:34,980
 They've got really good guards.

1693
01:47:35,580 --> 01:47:41,940
 They play a slow down, grind it out style, which I don't love.

1694
01:47:42,340 --> 01:47:53,700
 I love to see a mid-major team that looks like a mini Alabama and wants to get up and down because typically they have a really hard time with a bigger version of what they're trying to do.

1695
01:47:54,600 --> 01:48:00,380
 So, you know, it sets up for Alabama to have to play well.

1696
01:48:00,540 --> 01:48:04,080
 You've got to guard well, especially against their guards.

1697
01:48:04,580 --> 01:48:08,440
 It's going to be a tempo type.

1698
01:48:08,660 --> 01:48:12,060
 You know, who can dictate tempo in a game?

1699
01:48:12,360 --> 01:48:18,000
 Speedy Claxton, which does the opposite of his name, the coach of Hofstra, former NBA player.

1700
01:48:18,220 --> 01:48:20,320
 He does not want this game to be speedy.

1701
01:48:20,320 --> 01:48:25,820
 He wants to be slower, 350th or 60th in pace.

1702
01:48:26,160 --> 01:48:28,560
 Alabama's one of the fastest teams in the country.

1703
01:48:29,200 --> 01:48:31,840
 So it is a contrast in styles, to say the least.

1704
01:48:32,660 --> 01:48:43,000
 With Nate Oates' experience at Buffalo having been a 13 seed to knock off a four, he can tell a pretty good story to his team, and he will all week long.

1705
01:48:43,140 --> 01:48:49,680
 But I think maybe more than anything, the loss to Ole Miss will help this team get refocused and not take anybody lightly.

1706
01:48:50,320 --> 01:48:56,620
 By the way, I wanted a quick shout-out to two former Nate Oates assistants.

1707
01:48:57,000 --> 01:48:57,120
 Yeah.

1708
01:48:57,520 --> 01:49:06,280
 Antoine Pettway, of course, they came to Huntsville in December with Kenosaw State to play Alabama.

1709
01:49:07,000 --> 01:49:13,340
 But everybody knows about Antoine being a coach for many years on Alabama, of course, former player.

1710
01:49:14,020 --> 01:49:23,440
 South Florida's Brian Hudson is playing Louisville, and I've already predicted South Florida may upset Louisville, living in a six-seed.

1711
01:49:23,560 --> 01:49:26,780
 Kennesaw State is a 14-seed, playing Gonzaga.

1712
01:49:27,460 --> 01:49:32,680
 The Zags beat Alabama in the preseason by 10, two very good men.

1713
01:49:32,880 --> 01:49:41,800
 In fact, Huntson is on a short list, from what I hear, Brian Passink, for either Providence or Syracuse jobs.

1714
01:49:42,300 --> 01:49:44,540
 But they want to win and keep going in the tournament.

1715
01:49:44,760 --> 01:49:46,660
 But congrats to both of these guys.

1716
01:49:46,760 --> 01:49:48,460
 I know you know them well.

1717
01:49:48,880 --> 01:49:49,700
 Two good men.

1718
01:49:50,700 --> 01:49:53,200
 Yeah, two great men, great basketball coaches.

1719
01:49:53,880 --> 01:50:01,800
 And I just felt like I was watching Alabama Saturday night with Kennesaw State, of course.

1720
01:50:02,480 --> 01:50:08,900
 Antoine Pettway, one of my all-time favorite, fill-in-the-blank, players, coaches, humans.

1721
01:50:08,900 --> 01:50:12,520
 I mean, I've always loved Antoine and his family.

1722
01:50:12,920 --> 01:50:13,860
 So happy for him.

1723
01:50:14,380 --> 01:50:18,020
 And listen, Phillip Pearson is one of my college teammates and good friends.

1724
01:50:18,200 --> 01:50:24,380
 He's on Antoine's staff, as is Willie Watson and Donovan Cates from Alabama.

1725
01:50:24,940 --> 01:50:27,560
 And, gosh, who else?

1726
01:50:28,400 --> 01:50:31,220
 Perkins Cardin, he's on his staff.

1727
01:50:31,560 --> 01:50:33,600
 And maybe another video coordinator.

1728
01:50:33,600 --> 01:50:38,420
 I mean, it is the most built-by-Bama staff in the history of college basketball.

1729
01:50:39,560 --> 01:50:44,900
 I know more people in Kennesaw State staff than I do in Alabama staff right now.

1730
01:50:45,540 --> 01:50:51,300
 So, to say I was rooting for the Owls is an understatement.

1731
01:50:51,480 --> 01:50:52,800
 So happy for Antoine.

1732
01:50:52,980 --> 01:50:56,560
 And, you know, Antoine lost his best player in the middle of the season.

1733
01:50:57,120 --> 01:51:00,020
 And because, you know, just crazy situation.

1734
01:51:00,220 --> 01:51:01,560
 He loses his best player.

1735
01:51:02,280 --> 01:51:04,200
 It ends up in the NCAA tournament.

1736
01:51:04,380 --> 01:51:05,620
 Just an amazing story.

1737
01:51:05,860 --> 01:51:06,860
 So happy for him.

1738
01:51:06,920 --> 01:51:09,440
 And then Brian Hodgson at South Florida.

1739
01:51:09,680 --> 01:51:12,120
 All he does is win.

1740
01:51:13,180 --> 01:51:20,180
 At Arkansas State, won the regular season, gets the South Florida job, wins the regular season in the tournament title.

1741
01:51:20,580 --> 01:51:21,400
 An amazing coach.

1742
01:51:21,560 --> 01:51:29,080
 Providence or Syracuse would be idiots to not do everything in their power to try to hire Brian Hodgson.

1743
01:51:29,080 --> 01:51:34,420
 And then, listen, another Nate Oates assistant, Charlie Henry, had a historic run in the Sun Belt.

1744
01:51:34,660 --> 01:51:36,660
 They won five games in five days.

1745
01:51:36,860 --> 01:51:42,660
 They needed six wins in six days, the way the format of the Sun Belt tournament.

1746
01:51:43,240 --> 01:51:50,260
 But a historic run, nonetheless, only five, I think only three schools in the history of college basketball have ever won five games in five days.

1747
01:51:50,480 --> 01:51:55,100
 And Charlie Henry's Georgia Southern Eagles did that about a week ago.

1748
01:51:55,320 --> 01:51:59,340
 So great to see these Bama boys doing so well.

1749
01:51:59,540 --> 01:52:03,880
 And it gives me a couple other teams to root for the NCAA tournament.

1750
01:52:04,880 --> 01:52:05,440
 Absolutely.

1751
01:52:05,740 --> 01:52:07,960
 In fact, Troy beat Georgia Southern.

1752
01:52:08,640 --> 01:52:11,140
 Troy going to the NCAA tournament, too.

1753
01:52:11,620 --> 01:52:17,160
 Listen, safe travels to you and the crew going to Tampa.

1754
01:52:17,440 --> 01:52:20,440
 Hopefully, it's another extended stay.

1755
01:52:20,440 --> 01:52:24,260
 Again, we really enjoyed the conversation about a lot of things.

1756
01:52:24,460 --> 01:52:35,620
 I will summarize it by saying the University of Alabama Athletic Department is very, very lucky to have Brian Passink calling basketball games for it.

1757
01:52:35,780 --> 01:52:38,800
 Listen, always enjoy the conversation.

1758
01:52:39,580 --> 01:52:40,360
 Safe trip.

1759
01:52:40,680 --> 01:52:44,100
 And see if you can bring Bama back and play in the Sweet 16.

1760
01:52:44,820 --> 01:52:45,960
 I'll do my best.

1761
01:52:46,000 --> 01:52:47,380
 You're very kind to say that.

1762
01:52:47,440 --> 01:52:49,180
 And y'all are always kind to have me going.

1763
01:52:49,300 --> 01:52:50,360
 I'll always enjoy it.

1764
01:52:50,440 --> 01:52:51,780
 And hope to talk again soon.

1765
01:52:52,680 --> 01:52:53,080
 Absolutely.

1766
01:52:53,460 --> 01:52:55,700
 And stay clear of those wet medanas down there.

1767
01:52:55,780 --> 01:52:58,020
 And maybe you get some bratwurst when you get down to Tampa.

1768
01:52:58,180 --> 01:53:00,140
 Brian Passink hooking up with us.

1769
01:53:00,200 --> 01:53:03,780
 Again, a shout-out to UNA Athletic Director Dr. Josh Looney,

1770
01:53:03,900 --> 01:53:07,560
 recognized by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics

1771
01:53:07,560 --> 01:53:13,960
 as a recipient of the 2025-2026 NACDA Athletic Director of the Year Award.

1772
01:53:14,020 --> 01:53:15,620
 A huge honor, Brett Beaird.

1773
01:53:16,080 --> 01:53:16,560
 Absolutely.

1774
01:53:17,400 --> 01:53:18,580
 Congratulations to him.

1775
01:53:19,120 --> 01:53:22,860
 And, again, it's hard to believe, Harold, you're in March.

1776
01:53:23,300 --> 01:53:27,540
 We'll be starting another athletic season in August.

1777
01:53:28,120 --> 01:53:28,300
 Yeah.

1778
01:53:28,360 --> 01:53:30,980
 And I know a lot of people are very optimistic about it.

1779
01:53:31,320 --> 01:53:31,900
 Stay tuned.

1780
01:53:31,960 --> 01:53:33,120
 That's going to take care of us for now.

1781
01:53:33,180 --> 01:53:35,760
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1782
01:53:35,820 --> 01:53:37,900
 Peril Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1783
01:53:38,340 --> 01:53:40,560
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two, for the Boom Up Buck Show.

1784
01:53:40,620 --> 01:53:42,920
 Back here on Sports Radio 93.9, The Score.