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

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 Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Thank you so much for giving us three rides around the Tennessee Valley.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in to the first steps on the road to the Final Four.

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 Good afternoon, welcome in and have you got your mat on yet?

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 Happy hoops heaven for everybody.

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 One of the greatest days on the sports calendar of the year.

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 Five SEC basketball teams are playing today in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

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 The state level of Southeastern 16 will break down the games for us.

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 Can Nate Oates and the Crimson Tide advance to the Sweet 16 by Sunday?

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 Our guests will give us their opinion.

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 March Madness is finally here and BB is here right now to give us some of his predictions for round one.

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 And I'm sure we plan it this way.

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 The man who lives in the state of Ohio, probably got an eye out of the tube right now.

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 As the OSU is taking on TCU in the opening game of the road to the Final Four.

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 He's Bill Bender.

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 He calls Columbus, Ohio home.

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 You know what that means.

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 The shadow of the horseshoe and they're playing football and basketball today in parts unknown.

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 He is the man with the sporting news.

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 Bill Bender, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Hey, I'm doing well.

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 Hey, Benny.

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 Bill, have you got an eye on that game over there between the Ohio State University and the Horned Frogs and TCU?

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 That noon game, I think, is the tradition when I come on with you guys on the Thursday of March Madness.

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 I don't think I ever did the 8-9 game to start the darn thing right to start.

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 As long as you don't lose your national championship team by 2 o'clock, you'll be all right.

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 Since we're on the topic, and you know this school, we're in football country here.

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 Obviously, Ohio State, we know the trump card up there.

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 Your thoughts about Ohio State basketball?

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 Because you would think that with all the resources that Ohio State would be more of a contender year in and year out.

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 But I would say, what you're saying is true, because a lot of my buddies and guys that I grew up with, we liked basketball first.

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 So, you know, it's one of those things where, yeah, football's great, and it always will be, but you always wonder, yeah, why can't they do the same as basketball?

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 I want to give you a, of course, you know, we have so much respect for you, but you're one of the few people who this morning put out an article and literally predicted every game today.

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 The first SEC team on top this afternoon, Vanderbilt, five seed against Manese, a 12 seed, that's a 215 on that bastion of sports coverage, True TV.

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 Vanity has not won an NCAA tournament game since 2012.

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 Larry Johnson is a very good player for them.

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 Tyler Tanner, Duke Miles for Vanity, leads the Commodores.

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 Arkansas with a freshman who's going to make a lot of money.

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 Arkansas and Hawaii.

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 A lot of folks said, why doesn't Georgia basketball post-Stomach Wilkins have more consistency?

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 Georgia 8, St. Louis 9 tonight.

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 Rayshawn A.G. for them.

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 You mentioned A&M.

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 Well, folks are wondering, why haven't we asked about the aforementioned Alabama Crimson Tide?

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 They're taking on Hofstra tomorrow afternoon, 2-15, our time.

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 Bill, we know the back story there.

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 Alabama's going to be without their second leading scorer, their top three-pointer in Aiden Holloway.

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 Yeah, there's a little momentum around Hofstra, and for those of us who remember Speedy Claxton, it's a cool moment for him, obviously.

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 Would it hurt them in a potential matchup against, you know, Texas Tech or Akron?

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 That line's dropped a little bit from, I think it's like 15 to like 11, 11 and a half.

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 Louisville and South Florida, the Cardinals are a five-and-a-half point favorite.

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 South Florida's won 10 consecutive games.

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 Wes Enos is a really good guard for them.

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 Put Louisville basketball back on the map again.

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 This guy, when Nate Oates goes to the NBA or wherever in five to seven years,

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 He turned down the Syracuse job, probably still coming after him.

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 I know you've got Louisville 85, South Florida 75.

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 Yeah, South Florida's another team people like, and for all those reasons you mentioned.

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 The Cardinals, though, I think Pat Kelsey is a little bit further ahead where they're going to be.

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 So, another entertaining game.

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 And that's really what it's about.

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 You know, we fill out the brackets.

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 And, you know, this morning was one of – actually, Brett, this morning was so fun for me.

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 I'm in a bracket at Sporting News and then in a bracket with a lot of my best friends from high school.

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 Listen, tell me next time we talk, who created March Madness?

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 Enjoy all that.

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 Thank you so much, guys.

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 Even as we speak, TCU having their way with the Ohio State Buckeyes, the NCAA Tournament.

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 TCU up 39-24 at the half.

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 Blue Ribbon is the yearbook.

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 Blake Lovell, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I was going to talk to you as always.

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 Hey, buddy.

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 It's underway right now.

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 Basically, two teams.

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 This is where, like, you think about all the time over the past four or five days,

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 It's the NCAA tournament.

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 I love it.

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 I think it's one of the best sports days of the entire year.

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 You got some neighbors that are going to be feeding that here shortly, and that's your

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 Blake lives in a place called Nashville, same home for the Vanderbilt Commodores, and they're

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 taking on McNeese.

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 A lot of folks want to sit here and say McNeese will be a giant killer.

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 You know Vanderbilt better than anybody.

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 What do you see there coming up at 2.15 on that bastion of basketball coverage, true

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 You've got to love it, Blake.

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 I think it's one that, when you look at what McNeese does well, they just force turnovers,

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 and to me, Vanderbilt's numbers are a little bit misleading.

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 how many times this season I've seen Vanderbilt get pressured full court, and it just does not

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 They're going to trap their big man, make them handle the ball, and I just worry about

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 that a little bit for the Commodores.

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 This is a scary one, and there's no other way around it.

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 It's a 5-12 game.

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 I think it's a tough matchup for Vanderbilt, but we'll see if it plays out that way.

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 Hawaii's a good story in the NCAA tournament.

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 You never think of Hawaii being in the NCAA basketball tournament, but they've got a seven-footer

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 by the name of Isaac Robinson, who averages 14 points a game, the 25th in the nation

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 in free-throw attempts, but I cannot see Hawaii beating Darius Acuff Jr., of course, team

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 All-American, Malik Thomas of Brazil, who should have won the MVP in the championship game, and

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 Billy Richmond.

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 Arkansas, a 15-point favorite.

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 Do they win and cover?

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 I don't think there's a single SEC first-round game that I'm more kind of convinced on than

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 Arkansas, just taking it to Hawaii here, because I think it's just matchup-based stuff where

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 you look at it.

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 Everybody's kind of talked about Hawaii and the no-help defense that they play.

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 floor on the offensive possession, and if you're doing that to Arkansas, they're probably one

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 one-on-one teams out there.

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 I get why they do it, because it usually works in their league, because you just can kind

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 of feel pretty good about your guys staying in front of similar athletes or similar kind

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 of skill sets.

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 It's just completely different with Arkansas, and so I think Arkansas should win big here,

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 just because, again, I don't think this is a matchup that sets up that well for Hawaii based

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 on their defensive sets there.

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 Based on what we've seen, the only thing Acuff fears is kryptonite so far.

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 Let's stay with the SEC.

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 BYU taking on Texas.

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 Can the Longhorns hook the Cougars?

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 of the same thing with Texas and NC State.

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 I mean, to me, it was just the unpredictability, and you saw the game played out, just a wild

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 finish, and I don't know how we could expect anything less.

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 I mean, this is a team that lost, you know, someone like Richie Saunders, who was their

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 best three-point shooter and just one of the best players on the floor, not named A.J.

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 DeBanca, and now they're coming in not playing that well, to be honest with you.

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 And so I think Texas has a great shot of winning this game.

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 BYU has just kind of been all over the place towards the end of the season.

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 They've given up a lot of points.

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 These two teams just aren't great defensively.

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 on.

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 I think Texas can win this thing, just because, again, it's one player, and I'm not trying

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 to take anything away from anybody else on that roster, but, I mean, BYU is built around

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 one star player just taking over the game, and that could happen, but at the same time,

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 I think Texas got a shot here.

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 Georgia, the eighth seed and St. Louis, the ninth seed.

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 Georgia has not won a NCAA tournament basketball game in 24 years.

458
00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,080
 Now, St. Louis is a pretty good team.

459
00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:07,580
 Robbie Avila is good, but our listeners remember the catchings kid who went nuts against Alabama

460
00:27:07,580 --> 00:27:08,440
 and Athens.

461
00:27:08,660 --> 00:27:10,180
 Wilkerson is pretty good, too.

462
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:17,000
 I know this is a night game, but does Georgia finally get a win in the NCAA tournament since

463
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:17,840
 2002?

464
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:23,520
 Yeah, this should be one of the most entertaining games of the first round, I think.

465
00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:25,520
 This is the night game tonight.

466
00:27:25,740 --> 00:27:29,520
 These two teams play at two of the fastest tempos of any teams in this tournament.

467
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:34,460
 I think there should be a lot of points on the board in this one, because they also both

468
00:27:34,460 --> 00:27:39,600
 have some defensive deficiencies at times, although St. Louis is top ten in the country

469
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:40,580
 in three-point defense.

470
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,420
 We'll see if Georgia can regain that hot shooting form, which was kind of the outlier for them.

471
00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:46,380
 That's not been the norm.

472
00:27:46,860 --> 00:27:49,960
 We'll see if they can regain it here, because I think they're going to need to to win this

473
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:50,180
 game.

474
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:55,200
 I actually like Georgia pretty well in this game, and again, that scares me a little bit,

475
00:27:55,260 --> 00:27:59,320
 because I think it is one where St. Louis has just not played well down the stretch, and

476
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,480
 you're always going to use a little bit of that recency when you're judging teams at this

477
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:04,080
 point in the season.

478
00:28:04,860 --> 00:28:06,060
 They've been pretty up and down.

479
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,680
 I mean, remember, they needed a furious rally.

480
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:13,580
 They were down by 21 against George Washington last Friday, and they needed to kind of rally to

481
00:28:13,580 --> 00:28:14,180
 come back and win.

482
00:28:14,180 --> 00:28:14,740
 They did.

483
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:15,780
 Give them credit for that.

484
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,760
 But they've not been that consistent, and Georgia's had their own inconsistencies this

485
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:25,340
 year, but I tend to think that they have kind of a better path here to score a few more

486
00:28:25,340 --> 00:28:28,260
 points, and I do think this is probably a game that's played in the 80s.

487
00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:30,400
 Late level, Southeastern 16.

488
00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:31,900
 Tomorrow, jam-packed.

489
00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:33,300
 Come early, stay late.

490
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 Starts at 11-15.

491
00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:35,900
 Goes to 9-10 tomorrow.

492
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 That's if they're on schedule.

493
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 Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Missouri, all active tomorrow.

494
00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:45,760
 How do you see those respective SEC teams?

495
00:28:46,540 --> 00:28:51,960
 Yeah, I think the one to keep an eye on to me is certainly Kentucky, Santa Clara.

496
00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:55,860
 I think that's kind of the game that it's going to feel like, okay, it's Kentucky and Santa

497
00:28:55,860 --> 00:28:56,180
 Clara.

498
00:28:56,180 --> 00:28:57,820
 Just by default, we're going to pick Kentucky.

499
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:02,600
 But, man, Santa Clara does some things that I think will frustrate Kentucky to no end.

500
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,320
 So that's a game I would certainly keep an eye on.

501
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,740
 Kind of the same with St. Mary's and Texas A&M.

502
00:29:07,820 --> 00:29:12,860
 I really like St. Mary's in that game against the Aggies just because, again, it's a matchup-based

503
00:29:12,860 --> 00:29:13,240
 thing.

504
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:17,940
 And I do like the way St. Mary's matches up against A&M if they can kind of keep it to their

505
00:29:17,940 --> 00:29:18,300
 pace.

506
00:29:18,740 --> 00:29:23,520
 And then, of course, you know, when you do look at teams like Alabama, I think with

507
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:28,520
 Alabama, you know, there are some obvious differences without Aiden Holloway on the floor that the stats

508
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:29,060
 don't lie.

509
00:29:29,180 --> 00:29:33,940
 I mean, certainly they're a better team offensively when he's on the court versus when he's not.

510
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 And I think it's really going to come down to pace here.

511
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:40,380
 If Hofstra can sort of do what they want to do and that's slow the game down a bit, make

512
00:29:40,380 --> 00:29:45,560
 this lower possessions, and let's say the threes is not falling for Alabama, then Hofstra's

513
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,200
 got a shot to pull off the up there here.

514
00:29:47,580 --> 00:29:51,000
 I don't want to discount that at all, but I just tend to think Alabama's still going to

515
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,060
 have a little bit too much offensive firepower, and they just don't beat themselves.

516
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,920
 And I like teams this time of year that just don't have turnovers, that don't turn the

517
00:29:58,920 --> 00:29:59,580
 ball over a lot.

518
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,080
 Those are the teams, to me, you can trust in these kind of situations.

519
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:07,400
 So I'd probably still take Alabama, but yeah, I think it's a little trickier than it

520
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 meets the eye, maybe.

521
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526
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527
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 Yeah, check us out, Southeastern 16 on YouTube.

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532
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 Enjoy some March Madness, and let's do it again soon, okay?

533
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 Michael, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Hey, I'm doing well.

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 Hey, man.

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 We're doing all right.

672
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 Good job by you of peeling back some of these stats.

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 So many folks get caught up, the leading scorer, leading rebounder.

674
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 But I love the fact that you go in a little bit more in depth and talk about this team

675
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 relative to the highest scoring team.

676
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 And would you agree, Michael, to me, one of the stats that kind of gets overlooked in football

677
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 to me is how you convert on third down and stop third downs.

678
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 I don't think that's given enough attention.

679
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 And the parallel to me anyway here is the fastest team.

680
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 Translated, Alabama has almost 75 possessions per game.

681
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 Sometimes that can skew this stat or that stat.

682
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 But good job by you.

683
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 I won't steal your thunder by peeling back some of those stats.

684
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 But good job in coming up with some stats like the possessions per game.

685
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 Common Sense says if you keep the ball a lot, you have a good chance of scoring a lot of points and winning.

686
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:35,240
 Well, yeah, look, you know, everyone knows what Alabama is trying to do.

687
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 And for the ones who think Alabama just lives and dies by the three, that's not the point.

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 Alabama is trying to get, like you said, as many possessions as possible

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 because they want to beat you in the total aggregate.

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 They believe that the more shots you take, the more opportunities you're going to have to score,

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 which you do, and the more points you can score.

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 And look, if the other team is going to give you open threes, they're going to take them.

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 But if they're not going to give you open threes and they're going to give up the lane

694
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:00,620
 and drive to the rim, they're going to take that.

695
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:04,900
 But all they're hunting for is the most efficient shots as fast as they can take them.

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 Because, again, usually the better team, the more possessions you give them in any sport,

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 the odds favor that team.

698
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:14,700
 That's exactly right.

699
00:38:14,980 --> 00:38:19,780
 Michael, I've heard all week long, and everybody knows about what happened to Aiden Holloway.

700
00:38:19,780 --> 00:38:21,340
 Hopefully he gets straightened out.

701
00:38:21,460 --> 00:38:24,140
 We'll see what it means for next year.

702
00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:28,380
 But a lot of people have asked, well, how can Nate Oates compensate for that?

703
00:38:28,780 --> 00:38:29,720
 Well, he can.

704
00:38:30,420 --> 00:38:34,920
 And we've been asking this week, who are the players that need to step up?

705
00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:40,600
 And, again, he's scoring 17 points a game, but there are two or three players

706
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,840
 who can really step up and help this team.

707
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,020
 Jalil Bethea seems to be playing a little bit better.

708
00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:48,220
 He's got to play within himself.

709
00:38:48,820 --> 00:38:50,400
 He's certainly a possibility.

710
00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:56,380
 I don't think Wrightsell is going to go 0 for 5, as he did against Ole Miss.

711
00:38:56,980 --> 00:39:02,900
 And Murray Allen, in the last four games, he's averaging six points a game.

712
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,140
 And, again, you can throw Houston Millett in there, too.

713
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:11,600
 Your thoughts on how Nate Oates is going to compensate for losing Holloway?

714
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,660
 Well, you know, you never want to lose your second-leading scorer,

715
00:39:15,780 --> 00:39:18,680
 and someone who contributes, on average, three three-pointers a game

716
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:19,920
 is your leading three-point shooter.

717
00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:23,480
 But I think Nate Oates even said it himself that there is a position that,

718
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,220
 unfortunately, they're going to take a hit in.

719
00:39:25,580 --> 00:39:26,940
 Alabama does have some depth.

720
00:39:26,940 --> 00:39:30,320
 But the obvious choices, it's got to be your graduate seniors.

721
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,520
 If Houston Millett and Latrell Wrightsell don't step up now,

722
00:39:33,580 --> 00:39:34,660
 then they're never going to step up.

723
00:39:34,780 --> 00:39:35,840
 This is when you need those guys.

724
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:37,600
 That's why they're on this team.

725
00:39:38,060 --> 00:39:42,000
 You need Latrell Wrightsell to be the Latrell Wrightsell that you saw glimpses of in 24

726
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,860
 and then some of the final four run in the tournament.

727
00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:46,740
 You need that from Latrell Wrightsell.

728
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:50,860
 You need the Houston Millett that came out and hit a bunch of threes earlier this season.

729
00:39:51,140 --> 00:39:51,800
 And you're right.

730
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:57,940
 The other wild card in this is you now need Jaleel Bathea not only to be more locked in on defense,

731
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:02,960
 but then keep that athleticism that he's shown that has Alabama basketball fans just excited.

732
00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:07,000
 Just even in those microbursts when you see the athleticism that he possesses,

733
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:10,200
 people just think about, man, if he could just ever connect all the dots

734
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:15,080
 and have an offensive game and a defensive game, really the sky's the limit for Jaleel Bathea

735
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,620
 just based on his potential and his athleticism.

736
00:40:17,620 --> 00:40:21,920
 So, you know, if they're not going to do it now, they're never going to do it

737
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,080
 because you're not going to get another chance.

738
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,020
 So I'm looking for big things from Latrell Wrightsell, Houston Millett,

739
00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:30,540
 and I'm anxious to see what Jaleel Bathea contributes tomorrow against Hofstra.

740
00:40:31,740 --> 00:40:36,460
 Michael Southern hooking up with us, Colts, the Blue Collar Podcast, also a fellow by the name of Phylon.

741
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:41,300
 Let's face it, you've got to believe he's got a man on here, March Madness himself.

742
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,300
 He was third team on the All-American team.

743
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,880
 You know, coming in, he saw himself as a first teamer, at worst a second teamer.

744
00:40:48,140 --> 00:40:52,620
 How fired up is he to build some value going into the draft?

745
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:54,900
 Well, you know, here's the thing.

746
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,920
 I don't think, you know, obviously you want LeBaron Phylon to have a good tournament,

747
00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:02,820
 but let's be honest, what LeBaron Phylon has done during this season

748
00:41:02,820 --> 00:41:08,460
 has more than improved his draft value and added millions of dollars to what he's going to make.

749
00:41:08,460 --> 00:41:12,140
 The fact that he's added a step-back three, transition three,

750
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,980
 his outside shooting has come a long way,

751
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:18,900
 and then he's shown that killer instinct to be able to drive and close games.

752
00:41:19,180 --> 00:41:22,200
 So I think, you know, that was a great decision by LeBaron to come back.

753
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:25,940
 He's done everything that he wanted to do to enhance his draft status.

754
00:41:26,420 --> 00:41:28,480
 And, yes, obviously you need a LeBaron Phylon.

755
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,100
 You know, for teams to make a deep run in the tournament,

756
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,020
 if you're not one of the Uber teams, you know,

757
00:41:33,060 --> 00:41:35,880
 the number one seed that usually don't have that many apparent weaknesses,

758
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:40,040
 there's a couple of things that you need to have on your ledger to be able to make a deep run.

759
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,680
 You need to be really good at something, whether you're a great offensive team,

760
00:41:44,020 --> 00:41:45,580
 whether you're a great defensive team,

761
00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:50,480
 or whether you're just a senior-laden team that's just got tons of experience and played together.

762
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:55,260
 You're going to need one or two NBA-caliber players who just say,

763
00:41:55,420 --> 00:41:56,500
 guys, get on my shoulders.

764
00:41:56,660 --> 00:41:58,140
 I'm going to take you as far as I can go.

765
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,900
 Well, if I'm not mistaken, Alabama's got two of those three things right now.

766
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,240
 So they're really good offensively, and they've got LeBaron Phylon.

767
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:07,760
 Obviously, you'd like to have Aiden Holloway, but, you know,

768
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:11,000
 if Alabama just comes out and plays the way they can play,

769
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,480
 I think they've got a great chance at least to get to the second weekend.

770
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,500
 And then once you get to the second weekend, guys, anything can happen.

771
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:17,180
 Yeah.

772
00:42:18,180 --> 00:42:23,600
 Michael, Ken, Taylor, Bo Bowen, and we talked about this a little bit in Nashville.

773
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:25,700
 I thought he looked healthier.

774
00:42:25,980 --> 00:42:27,700
 He looked a little more energetic.

775
00:42:27,980 --> 00:42:31,220
 He had an emphatic dunk in the game.

776
00:42:31,340 --> 00:42:33,880
 I watched clips of him against St. John's,

777
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,020
 and I thought I was looking at a different player.

778
00:42:36,460 --> 00:42:38,720
 And I know he's been injured throughout the season.

779
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,020
 What can he give Nate Oates this weekend?

780
00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:44,880
 And Noah Williamson, again, we know he's limited.

781
00:42:45,420 --> 00:42:46,580
 He's certainly trying.

782
00:42:46,580 --> 00:42:50,680
 And I thought he played pretty well in spots against Ole Miss.

783
00:42:50,860 --> 00:42:53,340
 What can those two give Nate Oates this weekend?

784
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,520
 Well, I think you hit upon something important there, Brett.

785
00:42:56,760 --> 00:43:00,500
 I mean, Taylor's finally kind of rounding back into being healthy again.

786
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,880
 And you've seen what he can do when he's healthy,

787
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:06,540
 and that's what the staff was looking for when they got him from Florida State.

788
00:43:07,140 --> 00:43:10,600
 Unfortunately, you know, his body type lends itself to being injury-prone.

789
00:43:10,740 --> 00:43:12,040
 He's just not sturdy.

790
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,340
 And, you know, he gets banged around a little bit.

791
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,260
 You saw what happened when the regular season came around

792
00:43:17,260 --> 00:43:20,380
 and you got into the physical nature of the SEC itself.

793
00:43:20,380 --> 00:43:24,420
 But, you know, if you can keep Taylor Bo Bowen healthy, and he's sharp,

794
00:43:24,820 --> 00:43:27,980
 he's a very valuable player that you need during a tournament run.

795
00:43:28,460 --> 00:43:32,300
 And Noah Williamson, I've said this to a lot of friends that we talked about this,

796
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:37,760
 that if Alabama makes any kind of deep run, there is going to be at least one Noah Williamson game

797
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,780
 where he comes off the bench and gives you something you weren't expecting.

798
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:45,960
 Now, I'm not saying Noah Williamson comes off the bench and scores 16 points and 13 rebounds.

799
00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:50,000
 But what Noah Williamson does, he comes off the bench, gives you five to eight minutes,

800
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:51,760
 and you don't lose the lead while he's out there.

801
00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:56,860
 That's what you're going to have to have from him to give Aiden Sherell whatever rest he needs

802
00:43:56,860 --> 00:43:58,040
 or in case he's in foul trouble.

803
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:03,640
 So, Michael, obviously, you know on paper a lot of folks, obviously Alabama's going to be the pick.

804
00:44:04,060 --> 00:44:06,760
 But we know anything can happen in March Madness.

805
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,180
 What is the biggest threat that Alabama's going to be facing in Hofstra?

806
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:14,400
 Obviously, except for the obvious of trying to sit here and adjust without Holloway.

807
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:18,600
 But as far as big man on big man, backcourt, frontcourt,

808
00:44:18,700 --> 00:44:21,720
 what is the one thing that concerns you most about this matchup?

809
00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:26,340
 Well, the thing with Hofstra, obviously, is they're a guard-driven team.

810
00:44:26,620 --> 00:44:30,580
 And, you know, you always hear the old cliche that guards win in the NCAA tournament.

811
00:44:31,240 --> 00:44:35,400
 So their strength is the backcourt with Cruz Davis and Preston Edney.

812
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,240
 You know, they won the Coastal Athletic Association tournament.

813
00:44:38,460 --> 00:44:41,040
 You know, they won that and got the automatic bid by beating Monmouth.

814
00:44:41,540 --> 00:44:43,600
 They don't push the ball a lot.

815
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:45,620
 So they try to keep it a little bit slower.

816
00:44:46,140 --> 00:44:49,600
 They're very accurate when it comes to three-point shooting.

817
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:51,500
 So they're a very good three-point shooting team.

818
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:53,960
 So they make their shots when they get the opportunity.

819
00:44:54,260 --> 00:45:00,380
 So the biggest thing what Alabama doesn't want to happen is this thing stays somewhat close in a lower-scoring game

820
00:45:00,380 --> 00:45:03,500
 because that's exactly where you do not want to be late in the game.

821
00:45:04,300 --> 00:45:07,780
 If Hofstra's within three to five points and there's three minutes left in the game,

822
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:10,000
 that is not where Alabama wants to be in the situation.

823
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:16,540
 And, look, traditionally, if you go back and look at Alabama's history in the first round of the NCAA tournament,

824
00:45:16,660 --> 00:45:17,840
 this is where they're most vulnerable.

825
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:20,780
 I mean, in 21, you know, they struggled against Iona.

826
00:45:21,140 --> 00:45:23,440
 They lost to Notre Dame in the first round in 22.

827
00:45:24,260 --> 00:45:25,760
 Texas A&M, Corpus Christi.

828
00:45:25,860 --> 00:45:29,220
 Of course, Brandon Miller was hampered by the groin, but they struggled a little bit there.

829
00:45:29,700 --> 00:45:31,560
 And last year, you saw it against Robert Morris.

830
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:36,640
 I mean, that team was loaded last year, and they had kind of a dogfight with Robert Morris for three-quarters of that game.

831
00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:40,480
 So this is when Alabama is the most vulnerable in the first game of the tournament.

832
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,460
 I want to ask you about Todd Hoop's history.

833
00:45:44,720 --> 00:45:46,860
 I've really enjoyed reading this.

834
00:45:47,060 --> 00:45:51,580
 And, again, I've been following this team since the mid-late 60s.

835
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:58,220
 And you brought up a memory that Alabama fans still grimace when they think about it.

836
00:45:58,220 --> 00:46:09,720
 Yesterday, March 18, 1976, the 50-year anniversary of Alabama nearly upsetting the undefeated Indiana Hoosers and Bobby Knight.

837
00:46:10,380 --> 00:46:18,960
 And that one play that will resonate with Alabama fans to the grave, Leon Douglas is going in for a basket.

838
00:46:19,240 --> 00:46:21,120
 Kit Benson, they collide.

839
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:26,400
 And an official, what, 40 feet away from them calls a charge on Douglas.

840
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:35,180
 And Bobby Knight, I remember several times mentioned after that season, he said Alabama was the best team we played all year.

841
00:46:35,540 --> 00:46:41,380
 Michael, tell us about your great website and reminisce with us a little bit about that game.

842
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:42,300
 Yeah.

843
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:44,240
 So, you know, it's funny.

844
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:51,040
 On Ty's history, you know, I just kind of fell into it a couple of years ago before the start of their 2024 season.

845
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:55,240
 You know, I just would put personal stuff on my Onix account because I just love Alabama basketball.

846
00:46:55,740 --> 00:46:59,520
 I mean, I love all things at the university, but, you know, I've always had a special place for basketball.

847
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:07,720
 And the group, the Crimson Crossover group that started that site, they had started it originally, but they just couldn't keep up with enough content.

848
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:13,180
 So they had reached out to me because they noticed what I did on my own and said, hey, would you take this over?

849
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,060
 So I said, sure, because it's a lot of fun.

850
00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:22,340
 And during all the research and history, there's a lot of things that even I didn't know because, you know, Brett, my history goes back to like the early 80s.

851
00:47:22,380 --> 00:47:23,720
 So I start with Michael Sanderson.

852
00:47:24,100 --> 00:47:29,100
 So technically, CM Newton was before me because I was only about seven years old in 76.

853
00:47:29,420 --> 00:47:34,360
 But I did a lot of research, and I came across, you know, all this about 1976.

854
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:35,340
 I read it.

855
00:47:35,660 --> 00:47:37,780
 I watched video, and I was like, oh, my gosh.

856
00:47:38,100 --> 00:47:39,820
 And, yes, it's absolutely true.

857
00:47:40,260 --> 00:47:45,180
 Alabama, if the NCAA had seeded teams in 1976 because they didn't do it.

858
00:47:45,220 --> 00:47:46,600
 They paired them geographically.

859
00:47:47,020 --> 00:47:49,400
 There's no way Alabama and Indiana play in the Sweet 16.

860
00:47:50,060 --> 00:47:57,180
 Most likely, they wouldn't play until the Final Four, and if the brackets were correct, they probably would have played in the championship game.

861
00:47:57,340 --> 00:48:01,040
 But that 1976, I've talked to a lot of friends.

862
00:48:01,100 --> 00:48:08,820
 I've got friends that are older than me that I've come to know from basketball, and, yes, they swear that is the best Alabama basketball team ever.

863
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:09,900
 And I believe it.

864
00:48:10,140 --> 00:48:12,340
 Anthony Murray, Reggie King, Leon Douglas.

865
00:48:12,900 --> 00:48:19,020
 I mean, you know, T.R. Dunn, I mean, and, yes, look, Bobby Knight, this is not urban legend.

866
00:48:19,180 --> 00:48:25,280
 Bobby Knight, after the game, went to the Alabama locker room to tell the guys how much he thought, how hard they played, and he appreciated the game.

867
00:48:26,020 --> 00:48:27,340
 I mean, that is the truth.

868
00:48:27,860 --> 00:48:35,120
 So, I mean, that's a shame because I know people think the 23 team may be the greatest team ever.

869
00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:38,740
 But, honestly, my money kind of goes with 1976 Alabama.

870
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:40,060
 That's a close call.

871
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:41,320
 That's a very close call.

872
00:48:41,720 --> 00:48:46,900
 But based on all this and the players that were involved, that 76 team was legendary.

873
00:48:47,240 --> 00:48:50,560
 And it's a shame that they didn't get to lose to the Final Four that year.

874
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:59,780
 And quickly on that, why that's significant is, for the folks who may not remember, that was the last time a college team went from beginning to end undefeated.

875
00:48:59,960 --> 00:49:03,140
 So, that's how big that significance of that moment was, Michael.

876
00:49:04,020 --> 00:49:04,180
 Yeah.

877
00:49:04,340 --> 00:49:09,800
 Well, Indiana, every opponent in the NCAA tournament by double digits except Alabama.

878
00:49:10,460 --> 00:49:11,820
 And they beat them by five.

879
00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:17,120
 And if Leon Douglas doesn't get that terrible charge call, it's a tie game going into it.

880
00:49:18,380 --> 00:49:20,600
 Yeah, no, I agree with you.

881
00:49:20,940 --> 00:49:21,800
 That's one thing.

882
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:30,240
 I had the pleasure of talking to CM Newton shortly after that game and ran into him as a student there.

883
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:33,980
 And he said, that's the one game I wish I could go back and change.

884
00:49:34,060 --> 00:49:39,460
 He said, again, I accept losing, but that was one game that will always stick in my crawl.

885
00:49:39,900 --> 00:49:40,900
 Well, it's some great stuff.

886
00:49:40,900 --> 00:49:46,020
 A fascinating website as far as the history of Alabama basketball.

887
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:49,340
 I mean, it's very rich history when you look at all of it.

888
00:49:49,620 --> 00:49:51,700
 Really enjoy talking with you in Nashville.

889
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:54,880
 Listen, where can we get online to get all your good stuff?

890
00:49:55,620 --> 00:49:55,820
 Yeah.

891
00:49:56,020 --> 00:49:59,340
 So, if you want to follow us on X, just go to at Bama History.

892
00:49:59,540 --> 00:50:01,320
 That's the Ty Dukes History account.

893
00:50:01,540 --> 00:50:02,840
 You know, this is the busy time of year.

894
00:50:03,100 --> 00:50:05,900
 You know, during basketball season, I try to have something on there every day.

895
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:07,240
 And it's not just history.

896
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,680
 You know, I put a lot of stuff there about the current team.

897
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:10,480
 I'll do stats.

898
00:50:10,620 --> 00:50:12,580
 I'll do all kinds of preview stories.

899
00:50:12,900 --> 00:50:14,200
 I'll do videos, photos.

900
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:15,260
 I'll do whatever I can.

901
00:50:15,620 --> 00:50:18,260
 You know, during the regular season, Emily Smar and I did a weekly podcast.

902
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:22,980
 You know, we were talking about that upcoming game and recapping the previous week's game.

903
00:50:23,100 --> 00:50:24,640
 So, this is a fun time of year.

904
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:28,600
 You know, I hope it lasts as long as possible here in these next coming days.

905
00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:30,740
 Hopefully, it lasts at least another two to three weeks.

906
00:50:30,780 --> 00:50:31,300
 That would be great.

907
00:50:31,900 --> 00:50:38,460
 But, yes, everyone, if you like Alabama basketball, or honestly, if you like college basketball, I mean, it's more than just Alabama.

908
00:50:38,940 --> 00:50:40,800
 So, just come on out there and give us a follow.

909
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:41,460
 We'd appreciate it.

910
00:50:41,460 --> 00:50:41,960
 It's a lot of fun.

911
00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:43,420
 Sounds great.

912
00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:46,400
 Listen, Michael, keep up the good work, and thanks so much for your time today.

913
00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:48,080
 Oh, thank you, guys.

914
00:50:48,180 --> 00:50:49,520
 It's a pleasure to be on your show.

915
00:50:50,180 --> 00:50:50,780
 Thank you, Michael.

916
00:50:50,780 --> 00:50:51,560
 Right back at you.

917
00:50:51,620 --> 00:50:55,500
 Michael Southern, busy there with the Tide Hoops history.

918
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:58,740
 Phoebe, I tell you what, all of a sudden we blink.

919
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 Now, there's a ball game going on in the opening round of the NCAA tournament after being down by double digits.

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 The Ohio State University now down by a mere two points.

921
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923
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 A state Senate committee has approved and passed a bill that addresses an issue that arose last year

989
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 between the Alabama High School Athletic Association and the CHOOSE Act that was passed by the state legislature

990
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 and involves student-athletes.

991
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 This new bill would provide a private right of action for a CHOOSE Act student

992
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995
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996
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 The Director of Legislative Affairs for Governor Ivey's office, Drew Harrell,

997
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 says the goal of the bill is not to create a special exception for CHOOSE Act students

998
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 but is a way to make sure that they're not deemed ineligible to play as an athlete

999
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 simply because they're coming to that school under the CHOOSE Act status,

1000
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 especially if that student also meets all the other requirements that are needed to transfer to that school.

1001
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 The Governor and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter are currently suing the AHSAA for enacting this new rule.

1002
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 A hearing on that lawsuit is coming up in the middle of April.

1003
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 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

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 Valley Broadcasting Corporation, WITK-FM, Rogersville, Athens, Decatur, the Shores, Sports Radio 93.9, the score.

1031
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 The Madness.

1032
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 Three for the lead.

1033
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:14,600
 Starts.

1034
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 Oh, mercy.

1035
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:16,320
 No.

1036
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:17,700
 Two seconds, one.

1037
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 Buzzer, ball game, and hallelujah.

1038
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 Let's get out of here.

1039
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 It's the NCAA Tournament.

1040
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 Join us Friday.

1041
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 The Crimson Tide.

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 Live from Tampa, Florida.

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 Alabama and Hofstra in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

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 This Friday afternoon at 1 on 93.9, the score.

1052
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 Weather.

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 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of noise.

1055
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1056
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1057
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 The boom old bug show.

1058
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 New exclusive inside track to the tide, Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1059
01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:06,820
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9.

1060
01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:08,200
 The score.

1061
01:00:09,340 --> 01:00:10,140
 Welcome back in.

1062
01:00:10,180 --> 01:00:13,840
 Hour two of day one of the NCAA basketball tournament.

1063
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:16,440
 Appreciate very much the free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1064
01:00:16,580 --> 01:00:17,180
 I'm Harold Bugg.

1065
01:00:17,260 --> 01:00:17,960
 That's Brett Beaird.

1066
01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:19,100
 You're on the boom old bug show.

1067
01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:21,920
 And, B.B., there's a reason they call it March Madness.

1068
01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:24,760
 Just ask Ohio State and TCU.

1069
01:00:24,900 --> 01:00:27,900
 The Horned Frogs up by plenty of the half double digits.

1070
01:00:28,860 --> 01:00:34,700
 Guess who's ahead by two points right now with about eight and some change to go in regulation, B.B.

1071
01:00:34,700 --> 01:00:38,700
 The Buckeyes are ahead 55-53.

1072
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:43,140
 Now, I thought the Nebraska-Troy game would be a little bit closer right now.

1073
01:00:43,260 --> 01:00:45,860
 15-58 remaining in the second half.

1074
01:00:46,480 --> 01:00:48,900
 Cornhuskers lead 44-30.

1075
01:00:49,540 --> 01:00:53,060
 And I'm embarrassed to admit I'd pick South Florida to beat Louisville.

1076
01:00:54,100 --> 01:00:57,980
 Louisville 24, South Florida, Brian Huntson 11.

1077
01:00:57,980 --> 01:01:04,340
 And so, I'm already, my undefeated brackets have ended.

1078
01:01:04,860 --> 01:01:07,620
 Well, the good news is it actually lasted longer than last year, right?

1079
01:01:07,860 --> 01:01:08,820
 Yes, it did.

1080
01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:13,060
 Justin Ferguson, I'm sure, has got his bracket all out and polished up.

1081
01:01:13,120 --> 01:01:16,220
 He's busy there following the Auburn Tigers with the Auburn Observer.

1082
01:01:16,380 --> 01:01:17,340
 Justin, welcome in.

1083
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:19,040
 How's your bracket so far?

1084
01:01:19,100 --> 01:01:19,620
 How are you?

1085
01:01:21,340 --> 01:01:22,380
 Bracket was all right.

1086
01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:26,600
 I had Ohio State, so the second half has been a whole lot better for me than it was.

1087
01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:29,960
 But, yeah, other than that, doing well so far.

1088
01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:31,040
 But, I mean, it is early.

1089
01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:34,120
 They're not letting you get any rest, are they, Justin?

1090
01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:38,040
 I mean, we know what happened with the invitation from the NCAA.

1091
01:01:38,440 --> 01:01:42,920
 But before we get into football, you've got that rocking and rolling in the NIT.

1092
01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:48,680
 Your thoughts, obviously, the NIT and the NCAA, we know the discussion there.

1093
01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:50,940
 But they take on the neighbors from South Alabama.

1094
01:01:50,940 --> 01:01:55,080
 Your thoughts about the game and, of course, the back story there

1095
01:01:55,080 --> 01:01:58,320
 with the news about Keyshawn Murphy opting out.

1096
01:01:58,540 --> 01:02:00,660
 How surprised were you at that news?

1097
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:02,800
 Yeah, I was really surprised.

1098
01:02:03,020 --> 01:02:06,100
 I mean, Keyshawn Murphy probably would have been, like, the last person I would expect

1099
01:02:06,100 --> 01:02:07,580
 to not keep playing for Auburn.

1100
01:02:07,660 --> 01:02:12,520
 But, you know, he decided to opt out, and took Auburn by surprise as well.

1101
01:02:13,040 --> 01:02:17,580
 I think in the first 15 minutes of the game against South Alabama on Tuesday night, Auburn

1102
01:02:17,580 --> 01:02:19,280
 didn't look like they were ready to show up.

1103
01:02:19,900 --> 01:02:23,080
 South Alabama was motivated, playing well.

1104
01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:27,680
 And I think Auburn just had to kind of get over it a little bit, get over the disappointment

1105
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:32,580
 of not making the tournament, get over, you know, being down a man, and just go out there

1106
01:02:32,580 --> 01:02:33,020
 and play.

1107
01:02:33,200 --> 01:02:34,620
 And they stuck to their guns.

1108
01:02:35,320 --> 01:02:38,620
 The shots, they missed a lot of open threes in the first half.

1109
01:02:39,560 --> 01:02:42,560
 South Alabama gives up more threes than anybody in the country in terms of rate.

1110
01:02:43,800 --> 01:02:45,280
 Auburn missed a ton of open threes.

1111
01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:48,980
 And the solution wasn't, okay, you know, stop taking the open shots.

1112
01:02:49,060 --> 01:02:50,480
 It was just, all right, let's get better.

1113
01:02:50,480 --> 01:02:52,900
 Let's get better open shots and hit them.

1114
01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:53,800
 They definitely did.

1115
01:02:54,800 --> 01:02:57,980
 You know, Kevin Overton hit seven in the second half alone from deep.

1116
01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:01,020
 Had some big plays from other guys as well.

1117
01:03:01,180 --> 01:03:04,260
 Cade Magwood, you know, first time he's played in two months.

1118
01:03:04,760 --> 01:03:07,680
 And he has a pretty phenomenal game off the bench.

1119
01:03:07,800 --> 01:03:09,660
 So, it was a good response by Auburn.

1120
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:13,820
 You know, second half, they really took care of business against a team that had been up

1121
01:03:13,820 --> 01:03:15,060
 by double digits on them.

1122
01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:19,920
 And really, you know, thought they just played a good, clean second half, did what they

1123
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:20,540
 needed to do.

1124
01:03:20,620 --> 01:03:23,680
 And now, they have the right to keep playing in this tournament.

1125
01:03:23,960 --> 01:03:27,640
 And, you know, they'd much rather be in the NCAA tournament right now, of course.

1126
01:03:27,740 --> 01:03:30,080
 And they were disappointed the way the season went, of course.

1127
01:03:30,600 --> 01:03:35,000
 But you got an opportunity here by playing in the NIT that you win a game or two more.

1128
01:03:35,380 --> 01:03:35,920
 Who knows?

1129
01:03:35,960 --> 01:03:39,960
 You might get to go to Indianapolis and play, you know, play for a chance at a title.

1130
01:03:40,360 --> 01:03:44,160
 And more importantly, you give some of these younger guys more reps, more practices,

1131
01:03:44,160 --> 01:03:49,220
 and have an opportunity to finish what has been a disappointing season on a little bit

1132
01:03:49,220 --> 01:03:50,100
 more of a brighter spot.

1133
01:03:51,460 --> 01:03:53,940
 I was going to ask you, did you have Cade Magwood?

1134
01:03:53,960 --> 01:04:00,060
 Coming off the bench, first time since January, the Sticks score 11 straight points.

1135
01:04:00,340 --> 01:04:01,280
 He had three.

1136
01:04:01,900 --> 01:04:05,460
 I don't think many people put that together now.

1137
01:04:05,920 --> 01:04:07,520
 Auburn will advance.

1138
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:13,760
 They're playing, confirm for me, they're playing Seattle Sunday at 530, of course, at Auburn.

1139
01:04:14,800 --> 01:04:15,620
 Yes, they are.

1140
01:04:15,740 --> 01:04:18,420
 They're playing at Seattle at 530 on Sunday.

1141
01:04:18,580 --> 01:04:20,140
 Seattle's a fascinating team.

1142
01:04:20,620 --> 01:04:24,840
 One of the worst offenses in the country this season, but a top-20 defense.

1143
01:04:25,200 --> 01:04:30,140
 So it's just, I mean, it is very much a styles-make-fights kind of game this season.

1144
01:04:30,360 --> 01:04:34,580
 So that'll be a very interesting matchup on Sunday, you know, back at Neville Arena.

1145
01:04:35,320 --> 01:04:38,740
 A four, you know, Auburn, Cade Magwood.

1146
01:04:39,100 --> 01:04:42,500
 Yeah, I mean, tremendous amount of credit should go to Cade Magwood.

1147
01:04:42,640 --> 01:04:46,880
 This is a guy who was put on the scout team two months ago because he was really struggling

1148
01:04:46,880 --> 01:04:51,060
 on the defensive end of the four, just not, you know, Auburn was struggling on defense.

1149
01:04:51,420 --> 01:04:54,640
 He wasn't doing well on that end, and Auburn's just like, all right, we'll make some other

1150
01:04:54,640 --> 01:04:57,080
 moves in our rotation to try to help our defense out.

1151
01:04:57,180 --> 01:05:01,240
 Well, season goes on, you get an opportunity to keep playing some games.

1152
01:05:01,340 --> 01:05:03,860
 You're playing against a team that gives up a ton of catch-and-shoot looks.

1153
01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:06,320
 What if Cade Magwood good at catching and shooting?

1154
01:05:06,960 --> 01:05:09,600
 So he took full advantage of his opportunity when he got back into there.

1155
01:05:10,120 --> 01:05:12,560
 And so, yeah, I mean, I just, a lot of credit to him.

1156
01:05:12,740 --> 01:05:13,920
 He's a guy who could have quit.

1157
01:05:14,200 --> 01:05:15,820
 He's a guy who could have just packed it in.

1158
01:05:15,900 --> 01:05:17,820
 He's a guy that could have said, you know what, I ain't playing.

1159
01:05:18,260 --> 01:05:19,640
 But he stayed the course.

1160
01:05:19,640 --> 01:05:23,100
 He's been giving Auburn some good scout team reps for the last two months.

1161
01:05:23,420 --> 01:05:25,780
 He gets his opportunity to play again and takes full advantage of it.

1162
01:05:25,820 --> 01:05:28,060
 Which is a good lesson in there, especially for a freshman.

1163
01:05:29,400 --> 01:05:33,880
 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer, I think it's safe to say that Stephen Pearl will be

1164
01:05:33,880 --> 01:05:37,220
 the first to say, we've got some work to do to improve come next season.

1165
01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:38,800
 Where does he start?

1166
01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:42,120
 What kind of answers will he have with the questions raised at this point in the

1167
01:05:42,120 --> 01:05:43,260
 juncture for Auburn basketball?

1168
01:05:44,320 --> 01:05:47,220
 Yeah, the priority, I think, next season's got to be you've got to get better on the

1169
01:05:47,220 --> 01:05:48,220
 defensive end, for sure.

1170
01:05:48,220 --> 01:05:53,200
 This is the first year Auburn has really struggled on that end of the floor in a long time.

1171
01:05:54,360 --> 01:05:58,220
 You know, I think this year it was, they were just trying to break in a bunch of two, you

1172
01:05:58,220 --> 01:06:01,300
 know, too many guys who had not done it before at this level.

1173
01:06:01,840 --> 01:06:03,620
 And it just didn't really work out.

1174
01:06:03,700 --> 01:06:07,480
 They didn't have the rim protection that they were used to have and they didn't have the

1175
01:06:07,480 --> 01:06:11,600
 experienced defenders on the perimeter that they've been having for the last few years.

1176
01:06:12,160 --> 01:06:16,880
 You know, and so I think, you know, some of it was personnel and you had too many new guys.

1177
01:06:17,020 --> 01:06:21,520
 Some of it, I just think they just did not develop the way they needed to on that end of the floor.

1178
01:06:21,640 --> 01:06:25,100
 So, I think the top priority for Auburn this offseason when they go into the transfer portal,

1179
01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:27,780
 I think, number one, you've got to get a really good big band again.

1180
01:06:28,480 --> 01:06:32,720
 You know, Keyshawn Murphy's obviously done and was going to be anyway as a senior.

1181
01:06:33,080 --> 01:06:37,420
 But to get back to maybe more of an anchor on the defensive end with your center.

1182
01:06:37,840 --> 01:06:42,060
 And then when you fill out the rest of that roster, you know, how many guards and forwards

1183
01:06:42,060 --> 01:06:44,100
 and wings you need on this team.

1184
01:06:44,240 --> 01:06:47,240
 I would expect Auburn to try to make more of a priority to say, hey,

1185
01:06:47,580 --> 01:06:50,500
 have you played on a good defense before in the D1 level?

1186
01:06:50,980 --> 01:06:52,360
 Do you have that experience?

1187
01:06:52,460 --> 01:06:54,680
 Because I think Auburn just didn't have enough of that this season.

1188
01:06:55,120 --> 01:06:56,680
 Try to find the right pieces that will buy.

1189
01:07:00,300 --> 01:07:02,500
 Top 15 in the country in efficiency.

1190
01:07:03,160 --> 01:07:04,760
 And they played against a really tough schedule.

1191
01:07:05,340 --> 01:07:08,320
 But just defensively, too many breakdowns, too much inconsistency.

1192
01:07:08,900 --> 01:07:11,240
 They've got to get some defensive winners on that end of the floor.

1193
01:07:11,340 --> 01:07:12,620
 I think it's going to start in the frontcourt.

1194
01:07:13,840 --> 01:07:19,500
 Before you ask you about football, heaven forbid, they started spring practice Tuesday.

1195
01:07:20,520 --> 01:07:24,320
 And, again, the first practice, I know you had a media viewing period.

1196
01:07:24,480 --> 01:07:29,040
 Again, I'm going to be curious to see how much Alex Golich is going to allow the media,

1197
01:07:29,240 --> 01:07:31,160
 and particularly in the spring, to see.

1198
01:07:31,320 --> 01:07:35,720
 But there are some things you can tell from the first scrimmage.

1199
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 How is the practice organized?

1200
01:07:39,440 --> 01:07:40,820
 The attention to detail.

1201
01:07:41,160 --> 01:07:42,320
 The pace of practice.

1202
01:07:42,960 --> 01:07:43,800
 The coaching.

1203
01:07:45,480 --> 01:07:52,560
 What observations did you have watching this staff and this team together for the first time?

1204
01:07:53,440 --> 01:07:56,900
 Yeah, I mean, it was a practice that had a ton of energy, constant motion.

1205
01:07:57,520 --> 01:08:01,540
 It was just kind of really like an elevated in terms of pace, which makes sense, right?

1206
01:08:01,660 --> 01:08:05,360
 You know, Alex Golich runs a very fast offense, one of the fastest in the country.

1207
01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:14,560
 I think DJ Durkin on defense is going to have more of a free reign to be more aggressive, blitzing, going for turnovers and stuff like that more this season.

1208
01:08:14,660 --> 01:08:21,660
 So I think having a team and having a practice that is high energy, constant motion, playing fast, that's the identity you want to build.

1209
01:08:21,740 --> 01:08:29,240
 That's the culture you want to build of this team is that it's going to be a lot of work and it's going to be a lot of speed out there and try to put your stamp on it.

1210
01:08:29,240 --> 01:08:38,040
 And so Alex Golich was saying the other day after practice, really his first week or so of spring ball, it's not as much about the X's and O's or the personnel at this point.

1211
01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:39,000
 That'll come in time.

1212
01:08:39,100 --> 01:08:42,240
 It's more of establishing, hey, this is who we are.

1213
01:08:42,540 --> 01:08:43,640
 This is how we do it.

1214
01:08:43,840 --> 01:08:45,980
 And I think you saw it on that practice field.

1215
01:08:46,120 --> 01:08:53,640
 This is going to be a team that is just going to do a lot of things really, really fast, high energy, and that's what they need to have.

1216
01:08:54,140 --> 01:09:01,920
 You know, I think if you want to work these systems, these schemes that they want to use on both sides of the ball, it's got to be that kind of way.

1217
01:09:02,020 --> 01:09:06,340
 And so you kind of saw the early parts of that, you know, on Tuesday at the first practice.

1218
01:09:07,740 --> 01:09:16,200
 Justin, I don't think anybody would be surprised if you brought up that many folks in South Florida, what was it, 11 on offense, I believe, 11 or so.

1219
01:09:16,680 --> 01:09:23,780
 Obviously, in terms of baseball, in terms of playing time, they're probably going to start on second base or third base just because of mutual familiarity.

1220
01:09:24,460 --> 01:09:34,560
 But any time you have a coaching change like that, as far as the guys who've been there and done that, who benefits the most, in your opinion, on the current roster of the old guys going forward?

1221
01:09:34,560 --> 01:09:44,180
 In other words, maybe they didn't fit with you freezing system, but now the chalkboard's been erased and a chance now to get some significant playing time under this coaching staff.

1222
01:09:45,020 --> 01:09:46,940
 I'm really looking at Auburn's receivers.

1223
01:09:47,180 --> 01:09:49,120
 I mean, obviously, they've got several from USF.

1224
01:09:49,320 --> 01:09:50,640
 They're going to be key guys for them.

1225
01:09:50,680 --> 01:09:57,140
 But what about a guy like Bryce Kane, you know, who's the last man standing from that free four group that a while back?

1226
01:09:57,440 --> 01:09:59,760
 He might be the fastest guy on this team.

1227
01:10:00,480 --> 01:10:06,300
 And, you know, I think his style of play, his vertical ability would really work in this system.

1228
01:10:07,120 --> 01:10:09,180
 You know, and it's more of a clean slate.

1229
01:10:09,480 --> 01:10:10,260
 You know, there's going to be more.

1230
01:10:10,980 --> 01:10:15,380
 You know, Auburn's got more guys that, you know, they'll put some slot dudes out there.

1231
01:10:15,440 --> 01:10:16,500
 They've got some experience there.

1232
01:10:16,560 --> 01:10:19,700
 But I think there's an opportunity for him to get, you know, carve out a role.

1233
01:10:19,780 --> 01:10:22,520
 Sam Turner, not 100% right now.

1234
01:10:22,820 --> 01:10:24,880
 Recovering from an injury he suffered late last season.

1235
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:29,520
 But I think he's another guy that just, as a year under his belt, got some familiarity.

1236
01:10:29,840 --> 01:10:31,820
 Good outside pass catcher.

1237
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:34,120
 Be interested to see kind of what he does there.

1238
01:10:34,340 --> 01:10:36,840
 Looking for some of the younger Auburn offensive linemen.

1239
01:10:37,700 --> 01:10:41,180
 Ty Buster was a guy that we heard a lot about last year when he was redshirting.

1240
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:42,700
 Hey, he's really coming on.

1241
01:10:42,780 --> 01:10:43,520
 He's looking good.

1242
01:10:43,920 --> 01:10:45,140
 You know, he stays at Auburn.

1243
01:10:45,140 --> 01:10:50,420
 And, you know, I think Auburn's going to have a lot of transfers start this season up front, obviously.

1244
01:10:50,960 --> 01:10:56,920
 But Ty Buster is a guy that I think could definitely get in the mix for the two-deep just because of the way he's continuing to progress.

1245
01:10:57,520 --> 01:11:04,420
 And then on the defensive side, you know, the ball, there's a lot of guys you probably know and are familiar with that are going to be able to play this year.

1246
01:11:04,740 --> 01:11:06,460
 I'm looking, though, at defensive tackle.

1247
01:11:07,620 --> 01:11:14,780
 You know, guys like Jordan Crawford and Mully Gautry, you know, those were guys that last season got some playing time.

1248
01:11:14,920 --> 01:11:21,840
 But they weren't having to be key players as sophomores with, you know, the same defensive line coach, the same scheme.

1249
01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:29,540
 You know, that year-two jump you see a lot of these kids make, I think it could be big for both of those guys, particularly Gary and Smith as well.

1250
01:11:30,020 --> 01:11:35,120
 But those, you know, Jordan Crawford, I would really, really look good the other day at practice when we saw him.

1251
01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:42,280
 I think he could be in line for a big sophomore season now that Auburn's going to have to turn to him and ask him to do more this season on that defensive front.

1252
01:11:42,980 --> 01:11:45,280
 Your thoughts about this wide receiver room.

1253
01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:53,000
 I think when you saw the news about Coleman and some of the others jumping ship, the initial reaction was, uh-oh, Auburn's going to be in trouble there.

1254
01:11:53,880 --> 01:11:59,700
 But you go down to South Florida and who knows, I mean, that's not the SEC, so there's not as much familiarity.

1255
01:11:59,960 --> 01:12:07,780
 Where are you now with this wide receiver room as opposed with the initial phase when you saw the defense, namely the big guy, Coleman?

1256
01:12:09,260 --> 01:12:14,500
 Yeah, I mean, I think Cam Coleman is a guy that you'd love to keep, and Eric Singleton would be another guy you'd love to keep.

1257
01:12:15,220 --> 01:12:16,500
 They're really talented players.

1258
01:12:16,960 --> 01:12:25,980
 I do know, though, that Auburn's bringing in four of the top five guys that USF had last season, and they may not have familiarity in the SEC, except for Chaz Emmerod, who did start his career at Tennessee.

1259
01:12:26,640 --> 01:12:32,100
 They have a ton of familiarity in the system and a ton of familiarity with the guys who's going to be throwing the football to them in Byron Brown.

1260
01:12:32,240 --> 01:12:34,480
 So it's been a pretty smooth transition for those guys.

1261
01:12:34,480 --> 01:12:46,940
 I mean, you know, I think when you look at, you know, when you look at Jeremiah Coger and Keyshawn Singleton on the outside, these are two SEC-looking receivers, six-three vertical guys.

1262
01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:47,900
 I think you can get down and feel well.

1263
01:12:47,980 --> 01:12:50,540
 Nimrod, obviously, started his career at Tennessee.

1264
01:12:50,840 --> 01:12:52,680
 He's got a lot of pop there.

1265
01:12:53,320 --> 01:12:56,460
 Christian Neptune was a good fly receiver for this USF team.

1266
01:12:56,900 --> 01:13:12,100
 So you look and you see, like, okay, they may not be SEC guys right now, but they look the part, and they definitely have that familiarity where that adjustment process to, oh, this is what life's going to be like in the SEC might be a little bit easier

1267
01:13:12,100 --> 01:13:14,160
 because they know who's throwing on the ball.

1268
01:13:14,160 --> 01:13:21,920
 They know the offense inside and out, and I think that's going to be the big thing there is that, yes, Auburn lost some talent, some big-time talent at wide receiver,

1269
01:13:22,140 --> 01:13:25,260
 but they've got some really established production in this system coming in.

1270
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 Absolutely nothing going on this week for you, in particular Tuesday when all three sports were going on practically at the same time.

1271
01:13:37,180 --> 01:13:45,100
 It should be quite a weekend in Auburn in the NIT again with Seattle Sunday, football practice going on.

1272
01:13:45,640 --> 01:13:52,600
 Oh, by the way, Auburn's two of the best baseball teams in the country, Auburn and Texas, in the series this weekend.

1273
01:13:52,600 --> 01:13:54,500
 Dan, we appreciate you coming on a day early.

1274
01:13:54,660 --> 01:14:03,860
 We've got an abbreviated show tomorrow because of Alabama basketball, but the 6 a.m. emails, the mailbag on Friday, the podcast.

1275
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 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

1276
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 Did a big podcast yesterday talking all three of those sports with our pal Adam Cole for the Montgomery Advertiser.

1281
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 I'll have a football newsletter coming up from the interviews we had today that you'll get in the next couple hours in your inbox.

1282
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 Got NIT coverage for sure, and then more stuff from the first week of spring practice for Auburn football.

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1285
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 Other than that, absolutely nothing going on, right, Justin?

1286
01:14:50,500 --> 01:14:53,360
 Listen, man, keep up the good work, and thanks so much for your time today.

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 I appreciate y'all.

1288
01:14:55,700 --> 01:14:56,220
 Thank you, man.

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 The Score.

1360
01:18:48,740 --> 01:18:53,380
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1361
01:18:54,060 --> 01:18:55,120
 Welcome back in.

1362
01:18:55,180 --> 01:18:56,120
 You gotta love it, baby.

1363
01:18:56,260 --> 01:18:58,240
 They ought to call this March Madness.

1364
01:18:58,460 --> 01:19:04,060
 It looks like Ohio State is locking horns of the Horned Frogs right now with just about a minute.

1365
01:19:04,160 --> 01:19:08,340
 Some change to go in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, BB.

1366
01:19:09,460 --> 01:19:10,880
 61-61.

1367
01:19:11,140 --> 01:19:17,360
 TCU hit a 15-point lead at halftime, but the Buckeyes have stormed back.

1368
01:19:17,780 --> 01:19:19,600
 57 seconds remaining.

1369
01:19:19,740 --> 01:19:23,180
 TCU now ahead, 64-61.

1370
01:19:23,380 --> 01:19:25,820
 Just quickly in Nebraska, rolling over Troy.

1371
01:19:26,660 --> 01:19:28,340
 70-40.

1372
01:19:28,740 --> 01:19:32,500
 That is six minutes and 53 left in the second half.

1373
01:19:33,060 --> 01:19:36,820
 And actually, the Louisville-South Florida game has gotten a little bit closer.

1374
01:19:37,480 --> 01:19:42,480
 One minute remaining in the first half, Louisville 33, South Florida 24.

1375
01:19:43,020 --> 01:19:47,980
 And with that, we say hello to the man who is in basketball heaven, Doug Sigrist.

1376
01:19:48,600 --> 01:19:53,540
 He has been named one of the 50 Legends of Alabama Sports Writers Association,

1377
01:19:53,760 --> 01:19:57,880
 former tri-host of The Zone on ABC 3340 down in a place called Birmingham.

1378
01:19:58,760 --> 01:20:00,960
 And his book is called A Storm Came Up.

1379
01:20:01,040 --> 01:20:02,140
 Doug, welcome in.

1380
01:20:02,200 --> 01:20:06,460
 You said the other day that you're just going to sit there into a house and not move.

1381
01:20:07,080 --> 01:20:08,360
 Have you even gotten out of bed?

1382
01:20:08,440 --> 01:20:10,300
 Are you watching all the games on the cover today?

1383
01:20:10,400 --> 01:20:10,920
 How are you?

1384
01:20:11,720 --> 01:20:12,420
 I'm great.

1385
01:20:12,520 --> 01:20:14,100
 I've actually been in the grocery store.

1386
01:20:14,240 --> 01:20:15,720
 I ran a couple other errands.

1387
01:20:15,760 --> 01:20:16,380
 I get home.

1388
01:20:16,500 --> 01:20:18,220
 My DirecTV's not working.

1389
01:20:18,340 --> 01:20:19,220
 The receiver's not working.

1390
01:20:19,220 --> 01:20:19,680
 Oh, no.

1391
01:20:20,780 --> 01:20:26,080
 And luckily, I've been able to get, like, DirecTV strength, which has kind of saved the day.

1392
01:20:26,080 --> 01:20:29,380
 But this is not the way I wanted to start this tournament.

1393
01:20:29,760 --> 01:20:31,460
 Ooh, yeah, yeah.

1394
01:20:31,460 --> 01:20:33,680
 I'm taking off for four straight days.

1395
01:20:33,860 --> 01:20:34,200
 I just do all I want.

1396
01:20:34,200 --> 01:20:34,720
 There you go.

1397
01:20:35,080 --> 01:20:35,720
 There you go.

1398
01:20:36,540 --> 01:20:36,980
 Yeah.

1399
01:20:37,380 --> 01:20:41,860
 Well, I hope your DTV, your DirecTV gets to start working over the next four days.

1400
01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:45,200
 Or I got a feeling we're going to have to put a filter on your language down there, Doug.

1401
01:20:45,320 --> 01:20:49,760
 But your thoughts so far, this Ohio State game, to me, this is what it's all about.

1402
01:20:49,840 --> 01:20:50,800
 Run out of the bat.

1403
01:20:51,020 --> 01:20:57,620
 You get a game that looks like a runaway, and then now it's a dogfight as they get near the end of regulation.

1404
01:20:57,620 --> 01:21:01,020
 To me, this sets the tone of why they put the madness in March.

1405
01:21:03,020 --> 01:21:05,120
 Hey, I lost you for a second.

1406
01:21:05,300 --> 01:21:06,180
 Repeat that, Harold.

1407
01:21:06,840 --> 01:21:08,160
 Yeah, I was talking about this.

1408
01:21:08,240 --> 01:21:16,040
 This Ohio State game in TCU, this is why they call it March Madness, because as Brett said, at the half, TCU had a double-digit lead.

1409
01:21:16,600 --> 01:21:18,500
 And now, right now, they're trying to hang on.

1410
01:21:18,660 --> 01:21:19,340
 They were tied.

1411
01:21:19,460 --> 01:21:22,780
 I think now there's a bucket that separates them with about a minute to go.

1412
01:21:23,140 --> 01:21:24,940
 This is what March Madness is all about.

1413
01:21:25,000 --> 01:21:25,860
 It's unpredictable.

1414
01:21:27,020 --> 01:21:27,380
 Yeah.

1415
01:21:27,500 --> 01:21:32,960
 And we knew this game had the potential to be a good game, so I was disappointed in the first half.

1416
01:21:33,500 --> 01:21:36,580
 You know, you look at the early starts, though.

1417
01:21:37,080 --> 01:21:40,180
 It seems to be holding up chalk everywhere else.

1418
01:21:40,860 --> 01:21:48,260
 This has been a pretty good game, and, you know, to me, it just seemed like it took like a half for Ohio State to get comfortable.

1419
01:21:49,340 --> 01:21:49,860
 Excuse me.

1420
01:21:49,900 --> 01:21:50,740
 Now they got comfortable.

1421
01:21:50,900 --> 01:21:53,080
 Y'all a little ahead of me, so don't give it away.

1422
01:21:53,880 --> 01:21:56,600
 Because I've got it tied with 26 seconds left.

1423
01:21:57,260 --> 01:21:57,540
 Okay.

1424
01:21:57,660 --> 01:22:00,080
 Well, we won't tell you that I won a ball game.

1425
01:22:00,280 --> 01:22:00,360
 Okay.

1426
01:22:00,580 --> 01:22:00,900
 That's right.

1427
01:22:03,480 --> 01:22:04,960
 We edited that out, I hope.

1428
01:22:05,160 --> 01:22:05,760
 But, no, we're kidding.

1429
01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:10,260
 But let's talk about the SEC as the curtain comes up here in a short.

1430
01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:16,600
 Matter of fact, in less than an hour, if you're on schedule, the doors from Vanderbilt will take on McNeese.

1431
01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:23,200
 Doug, this has been a popular giant David job where a lot of folks think McNeese is going to take care of the Commodores.

1432
01:22:23,280 --> 01:22:24,200
 What do you say?

1433
01:22:26,200 --> 01:22:27,380
 I like Vanderbilt.

1434
01:22:27,580 --> 01:22:29,760
 Now, we know the 12-5.

1435
01:22:30,420 --> 01:22:34,440
 We know the troubles in this universe that it causes.

1436
01:22:34,660 --> 01:22:38,580
 And this is a McNeese state that really forces a lot of turnovers.

1437
01:22:38,840 --> 01:22:42,240
 But I think that plays right in Vanderbilt's strength.

1438
01:22:42,440 --> 01:22:43,620
 You know, they protect the ball.

1439
01:22:43,720 --> 01:22:45,720
 They've got good backboard.

1440
01:22:46,100 --> 01:22:47,920
 So, I like your chances a lot.

1441
01:22:49,580 --> 01:22:51,320
 The Hogs are a haunt.

1442
01:22:51,740 --> 01:22:55,980
 They beat Vandy in Nashville on Sunday.

1443
01:22:56,720 --> 01:22:58,100
 Hawaii's an interesting team.

1444
01:22:58,220 --> 01:23:00,360
 They've got a seven-footer by the name of Robinson.

1445
01:23:00,900 --> 01:23:05,400
 They're 25th in the nation in free throw attempts.

1446
01:23:06,040 --> 01:23:10,560
 But, Doug, I can't see, at least for this game, there is Acuff Jr.

1447
01:23:10,560 --> 01:23:12,920
 who went off for 49 on Alabama.

1448
01:23:13,640 --> 01:23:19,300
 Malik Thomas, Brazil, who played really well at the end of that Vandy game with Billy Richmond.

1449
01:23:19,520 --> 01:23:20,620
 I cannot see.

1450
01:23:21,140 --> 01:23:24,260
 Arkansas is a 15-point favorite.

1451
01:23:24,820 --> 01:23:28,060
 I think Arkansas wins and covers that.

1452
01:23:29,200 --> 01:23:30,380
 Yeah, I agree.

1453
01:23:30,560 --> 01:23:34,300
 You know, we keep talking about, well, this Arkansas team could go to the Final Four.

1454
01:23:34,500 --> 01:23:37,600
 And the truth is, their Achilles heel is like Alabama's.

1455
01:23:37,660 --> 01:23:40,920
 There are times where they don't play a lick of defense.

1456
01:23:41,340 --> 01:23:43,680
 But I'm not sure they need it in the first two rounds.

1457
01:23:44,520 --> 01:23:45,520
 They've got scores.

1458
01:23:45,680 --> 01:23:47,780
 You know, we're forgetting Wagner comes off the bench.

1459
01:23:47,980 --> 01:23:54,020
 Wagner was like the prep phenom when he originally signed with Cali, Kentucky.

1460
01:23:54,280 --> 01:23:58,520
 So, I mean, this is just a very talented team that can score in bunches.

1461
01:23:58,680 --> 01:24:00,480
 And I like their chances to go deep.

1462
01:24:01,400 --> 01:24:08,080
 Doug, the balance of the day as far as the SEC, Texas, BYU, Texas A&M, St. Mary's.

1463
01:24:08,080 --> 01:24:09,460
 You don't get that in football, do you?

1464
01:24:09,880 --> 01:24:12,020
 And Georgia, St. Louis, same there.

1465
01:24:12,020 --> 01:24:15,240
 Your thoughts as far as the rest of the balance of the day,

1466
01:24:15,460 --> 01:24:19,940
 are any of these SEC teams in jeopardy of going home early?

1467
01:24:21,140 --> 01:24:25,120
 I think both of those first two, Texas and Texas A&M,

1468
01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:30,300
 I think Texas benefits from having played that play-in game.

1469
01:24:30,780 --> 01:24:33,980
 Listen, we have seen where Texas can play with anybody in the country.

1470
01:24:34,280 --> 01:24:37,500
 Their inconsistency just kind of boggles the mind.

1471
01:24:38,720 --> 01:24:42,100
 Obviously, BYU has one of the best freshmen in the country.

1472
01:24:42,600 --> 01:24:45,200
 You've got to figure out how you can stop them.

1473
01:24:45,540 --> 01:24:47,660
 But the way they pulled it out the other night,

1474
01:24:47,660 --> 01:24:50,840
 I think they have a puncher's chance.

1475
01:24:51,140 --> 01:24:53,540
 I'm more worried about Texas A&M, St. Mary's.

1476
01:24:53,540 --> 01:24:56,220
 And the irony, if you go back and look, you say,

1477
01:24:56,600 --> 01:24:59,560
 has nothing to do with football, but go back and look at these,

1478
01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:03,100
 you know, the old 1930s and 40s SEC schedules.

1479
01:25:03,980 --> 01:25:07,060
 The SEC teams played the likes of St. Mary's

1480
01:25:07,060 --> 01:25:08,780
 and San Francisco and Santa Clara.

1481
01:25:09,500 --> 01:25:11,000
 So once upon a time, yeah.

1482
01:25:11,400 --> 01:25:16,000
 Yeah, and so once upon a time, you know, they were part of our world.

1483
01:25:16,700 --> 01:25:20,900
 You know, you look at the conference they play in, you know,

1484
01:25:20,920 --> 01:25:23,040
 they go toe-to-toe with Gonzaga.

1485
01:25:23,840 --> 01:25:27,360
 I just think it's a bad matchup for Texas A&M.

1486
01:25:27,900 --> 01:25:29,480
 And again, I'll say this.

1487
01:25:29,600 --> 01:25:35,300
 I mean, we're just getting a glimpse of what Bucky McMillan do at A&M.

1488
01:25:35,300 --> 01:25:40,060
 Because he had to just totally reinvent this entire roster.

1489
01:25:40,660 --> 01:25:43,760
 And for them to be here is just nothing short of a miracle.

1490
01:25:44,400 --> 01:25:49,780
 I just don't think they've got enough to pull it off against a team we saw last year

1491
01:25:49,780 --> 01:25:51,700
 against Alabama and couldn't shoot a lick.

1492
01:25:51,880 --> 01:25:53,460
 And they went out and got a bunch of shooters.

1493
01:25:53,640 --> 01:25:56,940
 Now they're one of the top 15 teams in three-pointers.

1494
01:25:58,520 --> 01:25:59,040
 Absolutely.

1495
01:25:59,640 --> 01:26:03,040
 Speaking of Alabama, Nate Oates has had an interesting week.

1496
01:26:03,560 --> 01:26:06,820
 We all know about Aidan Holloway and the arrest early.

1497
01:26:07,000 --> 01:26:09,780
 And he has now been, quote, removed from campus.

1498
01:26:10,300 --> 01:26:12,520
 But players have got to step up.

1499
01:26:12,720 --> 01:26:15,880
 Again, he's scoring 16.8 a game.

1500
01:26:16,520 --> 01:26:18,100
 But there are some players there.

1501
01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:20,400
 They're certainly capable.

1502
01:26:21,100 --> 01:26:25,520
 Julio Bathea, if he can play within himself, has incredible athleticism.

1503
01:26:25,520 --> 01:26:31,760
 I don't think Reitzel is going to go 0 for 5 as he did against Ole Miss.

1504
01:26:32,360 --> 01:26:38,740
 Omari Allen, who has been a little bit off track the last four games, only scoring 6.5.

1505
01:26:39,120 --> 01:26:40,380
 Houston Millett.

1506
01:26:40,920 --> 01:26:43,960
 Taylor Bowen looked better against Ole Miss.

1507
01:26:44,500 --> 01:26:46,880
 And this is a contrast in styles.

1508
01:26:47,140 --> 01:26:49,960
 Alabama, of course, wants to go a mile a minute.

1509
01:26:50,160 --> 01:26:51,760
 And Hawthorne is just the opposite.

1510
01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:56,880
 How can Alabama compensate for Aidan Holloway being out of the lineup?

1511
01:26:58,440 --> 01:27:00,620
 I think they've got to take advantage.

1512
01:27:00,980 --> 01:27:05,360
 Listen, Hawthorne actually has a size advantage inside.

1513
01:27:05,660 --> 01:27:08,900
 But their big guys aren't as good as what Alabama has.

1514
01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:11,240
 So you've got to get to the paint.

1515
01:27:11,680 --> 01:27:13,480
 You've got to get, or rather, get to the rim.

1516
01:27:13,580 --> 01:27:14,680
 You've got to slash a little.

1517
01:27:15,120 --> 01:27:18,520
 You've got to feed it low and try to get them in foul trouble.

1518
01:27:19,480 --> 01:27:21,820
 And just because you know they're going to be focused on the three.

1519
01:27:22,080 --> 01:27:28,980
 And Alabama's weakness when it comes to three is, you know, you kind of deny Phylon and Holloway.

1520
01:27:29,080 --> 01:27:34,780
 And you've got to have Millett or Reitzel or even Allen pick up on the three-point line.

1521
01:27:35,160 --> 01:27:38,660
 Well, your number two weapon, your actual best shooter is gone now.

1522
01:27:39,200 --> 01:27:41,680
 So you've got to have big games from those guys.

1523
01:27:41,680 --> 01:27:52,800
 But I think you can do it more inside-outside than you can do because I think Alabama, even though we keep saying all year their bigs are the weakness, I think they're an advantage in this game.

1524
01:27:53,980 --> 01:28:00,580
 Coming up tomorrow, in addition to Alabama, as far as the SEC, Kentucky and Santa Clara, a very intriguing matchup.

1525
01:28:00,680 --> 01:28:05,280
 And Tennessee taking on the Bruce Pearl Special, Miami of Ohio.

1526
01:28:05,280 --> 01:28:11,320
 Did you see what Miami of Ohio's fans did last night when SMU was shooting a free throw?

1527
01:28:11,520 --> 01:28:11,680
 Yeah.

1528
01:28:11,860 --> 01:28:13,800
 Well, I've tried to clean it up here.

1529
01:28:13,880 --> 01:28:19,620
 The entire swim team from Miami, you know how the kids behind you, when they're shooting free throws, try to distract them.

1530
01:28:20,220 --> 01:28:27,380
 The entire team from Miami of Ohio's swim team came down in nothing but their speedos and a wristwatch.

1531
01:28:27,400 --> 01:28:28,360
 Yep, they did, Doug.

1532
01:28:28,480 --> 01:28:29,740
 And they missed the free throws.

1533
01:28:30,860 --> 01:28:31,820
 Oh, my God.

1534
01:28:32,240 --> 01:28:34,180
 I don't know how I missed that.

1535
01:28:34,320 --> 01:28:35,060
 But I hope they never had one of them.

1536
01:28:35,060 --> 01:28:36,100
 That was a great floey.

1537
01:28:36,820 --> 01:28:37,760
 Great floey.

1538
01:28:38,760 --> 01:28:39,160
 Wow.

1539
01:28:39,760 --> 01:28:40,080
 Wow.

1540
01:28:40,900 --> 01:28:46,720
 So if they manage to keep the swim team away, what is it they do tomorrow with Miami of Ohio?

1541
01:28:48,080 --> 01:28:50,000
 Well, I'll tell you what, I'm impressed.

1542
01:28:50,000 --> 01:28:55,580
 I thought they, you know, had earned the right to get in, even though their metrics aren't great.

1543
01:28:55,700 --> 01:28:59,700
 And I think they proved it the way they pulled that one out.

1544
01:29:00,360 --> 01:29:03,600
 And, you know, I think this is a fun team to watch.

1545
01:29:05,040 --> 01:29:06,840
 I don't think they can go very far.

1546
01:29:07,220 --> 01:29:11,000
 But now I'm going to be watching more of the swim team.

1547
01:29:11,140 --> 01:29:12,100
 I think it's a bad one.

1548
01:29:13,380 --> 01:29:20,560
 Now, before we let you go, how many, young man, how many SEC teams are going to advance to the Sweet 16?

1549
01:29:23,360 --> 01:29:24,360
 That's a tough one.

1550
01:29:24,440 --> 01:29:25,980
 I think Florida for sure.

1551
01:29:26,140 --> 01:29:27,480
 I think Vanderbilt's got a shot.

1552
01:29:28,040 --> 01:29:34,660
 I think Alabama, I'm expecting Alabama to play at a different level without Holloway.

1553
01:29:34,800 --> 01:29:36,340
 Just, I think they'll pick it up.

1554
01:29:36,620 --> 01:29:41,380
 So that's three in Arkansas.

1555
01:29:41,740 --> 01:29:43,060
 So I'm looking at four.

1556
01:29:44,060 --> 01:29:46,300
 I would like to see Tennessee go there.

1557
01:29:46,640 --> 01:29:51,860
 But, again, you know, it's just about matchups at this point.

1558
01:29:52,540 --> 01:29:54,380
 I'm not sure how far they can go.

1559
01:29:54,720 --> 01:29:57,440
 They've just been so inconsistent the last month of the season.

1560
01:29:58,900 --> 01:30:01,060
 We can say the same for Kentucky.

1561
01:30:01,340 --> 01:30:04,400
 And that Santa Clara game, I think, is going to be a tough game for them.

1562
01:30:04,520 --> 01:30:09,920
 Tennessee always seems to have a scoring drought at some point in the postseason.

1563
01:30:11,040 --> 01:30:13,140
 Listen, get that TV work down.

1564
01:30:13,520 --> 01:30:15,680
 Make sure all the snacks are in the refrigerator.

1565
01:30:16,420 --> 01:30:17,480
 I know you love this.

1566
01:30:17,560 --> 01:30:19,920
 We had to talk to you before everything started.

1567
01:30:20,880 --> 01:30:22,620
 Enjoy the madness, my friend.

1568
01:30:23,740 --> 01:30:24,840
 I'm enjoyed it.

1569
01:30:25,440 --> 01:30:27,000
 I'm not a streamer.

1570
01:30:27,780 --> 01:30:31,460
 So this is a different experience, but I'm just on the fly.

1571
01:30:32,220 --> 01:30:34,020
 On the plan B, I guarantee you.

1572
01:30:34,020 --> 01:30:35,360
 I hear what you're saying there, Doug.

1573
01:30:35,380 --> 01:30:36,240
 Listen, man, enjoy it.

1574
01:30:36,240 --> 01:30:36,780
 Thanks so much.

1575
01:30:36,840 --> 01:30:37,940
 Let's do it again soon, okay?

1576
01:30:38,760 --> 01:30:39,360
 Thanks, guys.

1577
01:30:39,420 --> 01:30:40,180
 Y'all have a great one.

1578
01:30:40,760 --> 01:30:41,200
 You too, guys.

1579
01:30:41,200 --> 01:30:47,080
 Next secret, name one of the 50 legends of Alabama sports writers in the entire state of Alabama.

1580
01:30:47,640 --> 01:30:50,900
 Speaking of Alabama, the boys of Tuscaloosa, Ryan Fowler on deck.

1581
01:30:50,980 --> 01:30:51,540
 Stay with us.

1582
01:30:56,660 --> 01:30:58,880
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1654
01:35:15,840 --> 01:35:16,720
 Welcome back in.

1655
01:35:16,780 --> 01:35:21,020
 It is an absolute pleasure for us to head on down to a place called Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

1656
01:35:21,180 --> 01:35:22,500
 Say hello to the voice of T-Town.

1657
01:35:22,580 --> 01:35:24,560
 Ryan Fowler drives you home every afternoon.

1658
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 He's host of the game on Tide 109 FM in T-Town.

1659
01:35:28,660 --> 01:35:29,580
 Ryan, welcome in.

1660
01:35:29,620 --> 01:35:30,200
 How are you?

1661
01:35:31,340 --> 01:35:31,760
 Doing good.

1662
01:35:31,840 --> 01:35:32,440
 Doing good.

1663
01:35:32,580 --> 01:35:36,480
 Just finished up 2.1 pounds, and I'm ready to go.

1664
01:35:36,540 --> 01:35:36,980
 Ready to go.

1665
01:35:37,060 --> 01:35:39,200
 I feel like I'm pumped up, ready for the show.

1666
01:35:40,440 --> 01:35:41,360
 2.1 pounds.

1667
01:35:43,260 --> 01:35:45,680
 Ryan, obviously, it sounds like you've had a spicy day.

1668
01:35:46,080 --> 01:35:54,440
 It's safe to say that Nate Oates has had a spicy week since last Friday with the Ole Miss game and, of course, the news over the weekend.

1669
01:35:54,700 --> 01:35:56,200
 Ryan, you're in Tuscaloosa.

1670
01:35:56,380 --> 01:35:58,720
 What's going on in your backyard?

1671
01:35:59,580 --> 01:36:02,940
 Well, it's spring break, so I'm not going to lie to you.

1672
01:36:03,380 --> 01:36:07,400
 The university's going to shut completely down, so you've got nobody here.

1673
01:36:08,460 --> 01:36:15,180
 Yeah, we went south, as everybody else did, so I feel like Tuscaloosa has moved to Gulfshores, Alabama.

1674
01:36:15,620 --> 01:36:18,420
 So they are here, and we are here.

1675
01:36:18,800 --> 01:36:29,200
 So I can't tell you what Denny Chimes looks like, but I can tell you the students are having a lot of fun, probably more fun than me.

1676
01:36:29,340 --> 01:36:35,380
 I feel like the old man, you know, trying to pick up your stuff.

1677
01:36:35,500 --> 01:36:36,660
 You're not leaving it there.

1678
01:36:37,620 --> 01:36:39,580
 You need to keep up your record.

1679
01:36:39,740 --> 01:36:43,520
 It's called Memories, Memories, Memories, Memories.

1680
01:36:43,920 --> 01:36:45,020
 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1681
01:36:45,280 --> 01:36:54,860
 I mean, listen, I remember those days, but, yeah, our spring breakers are, yeah, they've had quite fun, but a little calmer where we are located.

1682
01:36:54,860 --> 01:37:08,320
 But every now and then they slip in, and currently I'm watching a guy in a boat, okay, and a parachute and a rope, and they're dragging him down the rope, okay?

1683
01:37:08,740 --> 01:37:17,120
 What would it cost for you guys to get on this thing, parachute you way up in the air, and drag you halfway down the beach?

1684
01:37:17,220 --> 01:37:17,840
 Would you sign up?

1685
01:37:17,840 --> 01:37:21,180
 You're talking about now or back when we were lubed up?

1686
01:37:21,200 --> 01:37:22,900
 No, now, now, no, no, no.

1687
01:37:22,900 --> 01:37:23,960
 I mean, they're doing it now.

1688
01:37:24,860 --> 01:37:26,600
 No, no, no, not going to happen.

1689
01:37:27,440 --> 01:37:28,520
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

1690
01:37:28,760 --> 01:37:32,020
 But Alabama has, it's been a tough week, guys.

1691
01:37:32,080 --> 01:37:36,100
 I mean, it has been, you know, from, you know, the fan standpoint.

1692
01:37:36,480 --> 01:37:43,600
 I mean, you look at it and you say, well, they earned this opportunity from a player perspective to get to this.

1693
01:37:43,600 --> 01:37:45,100
 I mean, he ripped his teammates out.

1694
01:37:45,240 --> 01:37:53,920
 He ripped his fans that obviously had a thought that they were going to be able to do some damage in the NCAA tournament

1695
01:37:53,920 --> 01:37:58,600
 to be able to make a run, and all of that's kind of up in shaky soil right now.

1696
01:37:59,040 --> 01:38:04,200
 It looks like that, you know, this Alabama basketball team, they've got some things that they can do,

1697
01:38:04,260 --> 01:38:06,100
 and we'll see if they're going to be able to do those.

1698
01:38:07,100 --> 01:38:13,180
 They can run fast, and they can outrun a lot of the guys, you know, at the speed and the tempo that they play at.

1699
01:38:13,800 --> 01:38:20,180
 But it just feels, it's just got a dark cloud right now that, you know, it's over the program.

1700
01:38:21,700 --> 01:38:26,420
 Yeah, Ryan, they can compensate for 17 points.

1701
01:38:26,540 --> 01:38:29,540
 Amari Allen is certainly capable.

1702
01:38:29,780 --> 01:38:32,600
 He was a double-double machine a little bit earlier.

1703
01:38:32,880 --> 01:38:36,520
 Houston Millant, they've got to get more from him.

1704
01:38:36,640 --> 01:38:41,880
 Taylor Bo Bowen, who played a little bit better against Ole Miss.

1705
01:38:42,320 --> 01:38:45,600
 Yeah, this game with Hoster as a contrast of Stiles.

1706
01:38:46,440 --> 01:38:48,080
 But again, Ryan, it's the same thing.

1707
01:38:48,140 --> 01:38:51,560
 We talk in football when somebody goes down this next man up.

1708
01:38:51,620 --> 01:38:52,840
 The same thing in basketball.

1709
01:38:54,740 --> 01:38:58,460
 Well, see, it'll give you an understanding of who's next, right?

1710
01:38:58,540 --> 01:39:03,380
 I mean, it'll give you, you know, it gives you a chance to evaluate where you are.

1711
01:39:03,480 --> 01:39:09,100
 But they do have probably as good as any depth, you know, as far as at that position.

1712
01:39:09,320 --> 01:39:14,460
 So it is one of those that, you know, it's unfortunate that it happened.

1713
01:39:14,460 --> 01:39:21,760
 But as you said, they can find a way if the right guy steps up and take charge.

1714
01:39:22,000 --> 01:39:26,000
 And so you need some points, and as you said, it's probably not going to be one guy.

1715
01:39:26,120 --> 01:39:27,540
 It's probably going to be a multiple guy.

1716
01:39:27,660 --> 01:39:29,360
 Amari Allen is going to have to pick up some of that.

1717
01:39:29,460 --> 01:39:31,300
 Or Cheryl Reitzel is going to have to pick up some of that.

1718
01:39:32,160 --> 01:39:36,640
 Maybe there's some other ones, you know, that can pick up some points.

1719
01:39:36,940 --> 01:39:40,480
 And, you know, but it really, you know what else it took away?

1720
01:39:40,480 --> 01:39:46,160
 It took away us being able to celebrate what Nate Oates has been able to accomplish.

1721
01:39:46,960 --> 01:39:50,000
 That's the part that we really did not get a chance to do.

1722
01:39:50,520 --> 01:39:57,720
 Because, I mean, guys, he turned this program into what is the standard now is a Sweet 16, right?

1723
01:39:57,880 --> 01:40:03,720
 He took us to a level where that's the standard is the Sweet 16 appearance.

1724
01:40:03,940 --> 01:40:10,000
 And I think when you look at everything that we've talked about, we really haven't had enough time to do that.

1725
01:40:10,000 --> 01:40:19,680
 I hope at some point, you know, in the next week, especially if they can get out of this first weekend, that we can spend a little time talking about what Nate Oates has been able to accomplish.

1726
01:40:19,780 --> 01:40:26,700
 Because he walked into a program that was funeral home dad and has made him into a perennial power.

1727
01:40:26,900 --> 01:40:27,980
 That's pretty special.

1728
01:40:28,140 --> 01:40:34,940
 And we just, I feel like we have nowhere near paid the respect of what he's been able to do here in Tuskegee.

1729
01:40:35,040 --> 01:40:35,620
 It's not easy.

1730
01:40:36,560 --> 01:40:41,440
 It's not easy being a coach, especially in this NIL era when they have so much freedom, so many options.

1731
01:40:41,540 --> 01:40:43,480
 Let me just throw something at you along that line.

1732
01:40:43,640 --> 01:40:44,740
 This is not talking chalk.

1733
01:40:44,860 --> 01:40:47,140
 This is, and you can correct us where we're wrong.

1734
01:40:47,220 --> 01:40:48,520
 I'm going to try to paraphrase.

1735
01:40:48,740 --> 01:40:51,060
 This is Nate Oates on, of course, Holloway.

1736
01:40:51,160 --> 01:40:52,140
 I've met with him in person.

1737
01:40:52,260 --> 01:40:52,820
 I'm an adult.

1738
01:40:52,940 --> 01:40:53,880
 I've made mistakes.

1739
01:40:54,380 --> 01:40:56,080
 We all have things we'd like to do differently.

1740
01:40:56,220 --> 01:40:59,860
 Now's the time he needs more love from the adults in his life than at any point.

1741
01:41:00,480 --> 01:41:05,340
 Basically, obviously, he's disappointed, but he's saying at the same time, everybody's human.

1742
01:41:05,500 --> 01:41:06,780
 What does the good book say?

1743
01:41:06,880 --> 01:41:08,660
 The guy that has never made a mistake.

1744
01:41:08,840 --> 01:41:10,320
 You cast the first stone.

1745
01:41:10,880 --> 01:41:16,480
 The timing couldn't be worse, but at least Oates is not throwing his guy totally under the bus either.

1746
01:41:17,160 --> 01:41:24,300
 No, and listen, on Monday, before we knew a lot of the details, that was where he was at.

1747
01:41:25,100 --> 01:41:31,020
 I mean, listen, Nate Oates has a different relationship with these players than your typical there,

1748
01:41:31,360 --> 01:41:39,440
 and so when you think about Nate Oates, I mean, he comes from a Christian background where there's grace

1749
01:41:39,440 --> 01:41:44,560
 and understanding that there's forgiveness, but that also doesn't mean that there's not consequences, too,

1750
01:41:44,560 --> 01:41:48,520
 and that's the part is the fine line.

1751
01:41:48,680 --> 01:41:50,100
 How do you walk this?

1752
01:41:50,580 --> 01:41:55,840
 How do you find a way to juggle this?

1753
01:41:55,920 --> 01:42:02,780
 Because let's say you get through this first weekend, and you go in front of the student judicial account next week,

1754
01:42:02,780 --> 01:42:07,640
 and you suspend it because you said, hey, look, I missed two of these big games.

1755
01:42:07,740 --> 01:42:08,920
 I missed the first round.

1756
01:42:09,040 --> 01:42:09,860
 I missed this.

1757
01:42:10,440 --> 01:42:12,600
 Do you bring him back this year?

1758
01:42:12,920 --> 01:42:14,180
 See, I don't have an answer to that.

1759
01:42:14,280 --> 01:42:19,340
 I don't know if that would be, you know, from an Alabama fan, would they accept that,

1760
01:42:19,480 --> 01:42:25,160
 or because there's been so many other issues, whether it's the Charles, Betty, Akko case,

1761
01:42:25,740 --> 01:42:29,160
 that you say, guys, no, this is a chance.

1762
01:42:29,260 --> 01:42:31,220
 We have to clean up our standards.

1763
01:42:31,500 --> 01:42:32,800
 We've got to send a message.

1764
01:42:33,360 --> 01:42:35,060
 You know, it's kind of Drake or Patrick Jr.

1765
01:42:36,060 --> 01:42:38,560
 Well, you know, you have to send a message.

1766
01:42:39,240 --> 01:42:43,560
 And probably a byproduct of Drake or Patrick missing the remaining part of the season.

1767
01:42:43,660 --> 01:42:46,900
 Now, listen, he's back, and he's doing some great things at Alabama.

1768
01:42:47,280 --> 01:42:50,120
 I mean, he looks like he's going to be a big part of the defense.

1769
01:42:50,820 --> 01:42:52,820
 So, but there's a punishment.

1770
01:42:53,400 --> 01:42:55,280
 He missed the remaining part of the season.

1771
01:42:55,560 --> 01:43:01,960
 So, you have to send a message, because if not, other guys, I'm not saying they're going

1772
01:43:01,960 --> 01:43:08,560
 to have 2.1 pounds of marijuana, but they may have other situations, you know, missing

1773
01:43:08,560 --> 01:43:11,560
 some kind of team rule or curfew or whatever.

1774
01:43:12,920 --> 01:43:14,260
 So, that's where we're at.

1775
01:43:15,280 --> 01:43:15,920
 That's where we're at.

1776
01:43:16,320 --> 01:43:18,020
 Go ahead.

1777
01:43:18,720 --> 01:43:20,980
 No, I was just saying that that's where he's at.

1778
01:43:21,340 --> 01:43:25,880
 Yeah, he definitely wants to help his team out, but you also have to send a message that

1779
01:43:25,880 --> 01:43:27,740
 you're serious about disciplinary action.

1780
01:43:28,780 --> 01:43:29,040
 Mm-hmm.

1781
01:43:29,740 --> 01:43:34,520
 Ryan, you remember this very vividly, and a lot of our listeners do, too.

1782
01:43:34,600 --> 01:43:43,980
 Just to reiterate your point, what Nate Oates has done, from 2007 to 2017, Alabama basketball

1783
01:43:43,980 --> 01:43:47,500
 made the NCAA tournament field how many times?

1784
01:43:47,960 --> 01:43:48,380
 Once.

1785
01:43:49,020 --> 01:43:49,460
 Once.

1786
01:43:50,040 --> 01:43:50,780
 In 2012.

1787
01:43:51,340 --> 01:44:00,900
 10 or 11 seasons on the bubble or playing North Fork State in the NIT in Tuscaloosa in

1788
01:44:00,900 --> 01:44:06,320
 front of 3,000 people, there's no question Nate Oates has changed this program.

1789
01:44:07,340 --> 01:44:08,420
 Oh, listen, listen.

1790
01:44:08,860 --> 01:44:09,980
 I mean, look at the money.

1791
01:44:10,680 --> 01:44:13,280
 Mike Rodak had the article a couple of weeks ago.

1792
01:44:14,040 --> 01:44:15,020
 He made $10 million.

1793
01:44:15,500 --> 01:44:16,300
 Now, that's a profit.

1794
01:44:16,300 --> 01:44:18,520
 That's not just generating.

1795
01:44:19,060 --> 01:44:24,760
 No, they generated enough where they paid all of their expenses and then made between $9.5

1796
01:44:24,760 --> 01:44:25,700
 and $10 million.

1797
01:44:26,280 --> 01:44:35,800
 To me, that's something that you step back and you think about, you know, that he lifted the

1798
01:44:35,800 --> 01:44:37,220
 program to a level.

1799
01:44:38,900 --> 01:44:46,820
 I know the old timers would probably disagree, but is this the heyday of Alabama Crimson Tide

1800
01:44:46,820 --> 01:44:47,420
 basketball?

1801
01:44:49,000 --> 01:44:50,540
 It'd be hard to argue against it.

1802
01:44:51,900 --> 01:44:53,300
 I mean, what has he had?

1803
01:44:53,460 --> 01:44:55,180
 He's had two Elite Eights, right?

1804
01:44:55,300 --> 01:44:56,060
 A final four.

1805
01:44:56,380 --> 01:44:56,440
 Yeah.

1806
01:44:57,880 --> 01:45:02,680
 And then the rest, I'm trying to look back at, didn't he have a round early?

1807
01:45:02,760 --> 01:45:04,540
 Didn't he get bounced early one year?

1808
01:45:05,040 --> 01:45:05,220
 Yeah.

1809
01:45:05,620 --> 01:45:05,880
 Okay.

1810
01:45:06,200 --> 01:45:06,360
 Yeah.

1811
01:45:06,440 --> 01:45:11,900
 So then he, I mean, so he's, I mean, when you look at Nate Oates' credentials, you know,

1812
01:45:11,900 --> 01:45:15,700
 are we living in the best times of Alabama Crimson Tide basketball?

1813
01:45:16,280 --> 01:45:21,100
 And if not when, I mean, obviously the 80s were, 80s in that period right there was pretty

1814
01:45:21,100 --> 01:45:21,600
 solid.

1815
01:45:22,240 --> 01:45:27,440
 Anyway, just, it's, that's the part that, I mean, up until now, we've really not talked

1816
01:45:27,440 --> 01:45:31,700
 about because it's been the other conversations that have kind of wanted people to talk about

1817
01:45:31,700 --> 01:45:31,780
 it.

1818
01:45:31,780 --> 01:45:36,640
 They wanted to talk about other things and, you know, you kind of laugh at yourself because

1819
01:45:36,640 --> 01:45:40,460
 it's therapeutic and I think Alabama fans are very disappointed.

1820
01:45:41,380 --> 01:45:45,500
 Not as, you know, I mean, listen, it's, you're there, you get the t-shirt.

1821
01:45:46,160 --> 01:45:49,440
 But I think your expectations was that you were, you were going to accomplish something

1822
01:45:49,440 --> 01:45:50,260
 else a little bit bigger.

1823
01:45:50,900 --> 01:45:52,400
 Well, they better get through tomorrow.

1824
01:45:52,580 --> 01:45:57,060
 Taking on Florida would be one thing or Duke, but you can't lose the Hofstra if you got Alabama

1825
01:45:57,060 --> 01:45:59,240
 on your jersey and that's just it.

1826
01:45:59,960 --> 01:46:05,000
 Alabama will be facing a guy who used to have Alabama on his jersey and now has Hofstra on

1827
01:46:05,000 --> 01:46:05,160
 it.

1828
01:46:05,680 --> 01:46:10,880
 Aaron Estrada, now with Hofstra, he's 25 years old, right?

1829
01:46:11,120 --> 01:46:11,520
 25.

1830
01:46:11,860 --> 01:46:15,940
 He's, he's older than a lot of guys in the NBA, but your, your thoughts about that?

1831
01:46:16,040 --> 01:46:20,680
 And just, uh, your biggest concern outside of the obvious without Holloway, what to do

1832
01:46:20,680 --> 01:46:22,420
 there as far as this matchup tomorrow.

1833
01:46:23,460 --> 01:46:23,860
 Yeah.

1834
01:46:23,940 --> 01:46:30,080
 And I mean, I look at Vegas, I, I like to watch the lines because I think Vegas knows to me,

1835
01:46:30,100 --> 01:46:32,180
 they're just, they're plugged in, right?

1836
01:46:32,180 --> 01:46:38,060
 I mean, I mean, when you look at Vegas and you think about the line, it really didn't fluctuate

1837
01:46:38,060 --> 01:46:38,540
 a lot.

1838
01:46:38,600 --> 01:46:43,120
 I mean, it went down from 13 and a half down to 11 and a half.

1839
01:46:43,220 --> 01:46:46,420
 That was the only part to remove Aiden Holloway.

1840
01:46:46,860 --> 01:46:47,280
 Um, yeah.

1841
01:46:47,480 --> 01:46:47,700
 Yeah.

1842
01:46:47,700 --> 01:46:48,460
 I mean, think about that.

1843
01:46:48,460 --> 01:46:52,440
 I mean, so we talked about a while ago, well, Vegas believes what Brett said a couple of

1844
01:46:52,440 --> 01:46:58,120
 minutes ago, that, that they're going to be able to account for those points.

1845
01:46:58,120 --> 01:46:59,600
 They're going to be able to score those points.

1846
01:46:59,600 --> 01:47:01,540
 I mean, based on, you know, them.

1847
01:47:01,660 --> 01:47:08,680
 So I think when you, when you take a look, that's going to be, you know, I think, I think

1848
01:47:08,680 --> 01:47:09,420
 they'll be okay.

1849
01:47:09,420 --> 01:47:15,120
 And I think you're going to see a team because we have seen a team that has been us against

1850
01:47:15,120 --> 01:47:15,780
 the world.

1851
01:47:15,980 --> 01:47:23,520
 And this further, um, I think you're going to see that tomorrow, uh, that, that you're

1852
01:47:23,520 --> 01:47:28,200
 going to have this us against the world and who knows, maybe they'll play inspired basketball

1853
01:47:28,200 --> 01:47:32,840
 understanding that, you know, and I'm not saying I don't have any information one way

1854
01:47:32,840 --> 01:47:38,360
 or the other, but, but I just wonder if you could see him make a round, if they made it

1855
01:47:38,360 --> 01:47:43,940
 through the first weekend that, that they could possibly come back and, and, and you might

1856
01:47:43,940 --> 01:47:48,820
 be able to see him there and, and, and who knows, maybe they'll play inspired, um, to

1857
01:47:48,820 --> 01:47:51,400
 understand, you know, that, that the world's against them.

1858
01:47:51,480 --> 01:47:57,480
 I mean, they've kind of, they, I think Nate has driven that a couple of times and I think

1859
01:47:57,480 --> 01:48:01,580
 he's probably used that a little bit and, uh, you know, it's, it's a moment like today

1860
01:48:01,580 --> 01:48:03,600
 that, or excuse me, tomorrow that you can use that.

1861
01:48:03,700 --> 01:48:08,360
 And so I, I think you're going to see Alabama come out hot and they need to, this, this is

1862
01:48:08,360 --> 01:48:12,940
 probably the healthiest that they've been other than, uh, the absence of Baden Holloway.

1863
01:48:14,780 --> 01:48:19,680
 Um, in, in a couple of minutes, we talked to Ronnie Orr earlier in the week and he gave

1864
01:48:19,680 --> 01:48:24,400
 the, on the hoof report and said, this is a good looking football team.

1865
01:48:24,400 --> 01:48:26,020
 They got some big boys here.

1866
01:48:26,400 --> 01:48:30,120
 Uh, Daniel Hills lost that may be 15 pounds.

1867
01:48:30,740 --> 01:48:38,940
 Uh, the tight ends, uh, all these six, six, two 50 guys, um, the offensive line looks good.

1868
01:48:39,060 --> 01:48:40,320
 Six, seven, three 20.

1869
01:48:40,380 --> 01:48:44,400
 And again, because you look good in a football uniform doesn't mean you're going to win games,

1870
01:48:44,400 --> 01:48:50,800
 but at least physically, um, under, I'm guessing you got a chance to go to the media viewing,

1871
01:48:50,800 --> 01:48:55,680
 but, uh, Brian, you had a lot of positive vibes about this team, uh, early.

1872
01:48:57,040 --> 01:49:00,760
 But I think there's a lot of reasons to be positive about this team.

1873
01:49:00,900 --> 01:49:05,220
 You know, going into it, you can go back to the reportings of this interview.

1874
01:49:05,600 --> 01:49:11,480
 I kept saying, if they can find an offensive line, this team looks pretty good.

1875
01:49:11,780 --> 01:49:12,840
 Well, okay.

1876
01:49:13,840 --> 01:49:20,860
 One weekend, four days in, they've already declared that Jackson Lloyd's going to be your

1877
01:49:20,860 --> 01:49:21,380
 left tackle.

1878
01:49:21,460 --> 01:49:25,620
 Well, there's no way he earns that if he's not playing at a high level, right?

1879
01:49:25,700 --> 01:49:30,320
 I mean, there's just no way, I mean, you can't give a guy, I mean, if you think he's giving

1880
01:49:30,320 --> 01:49:34,640
 you a C minus, well, you can't throw him and say, well, guys, he's the, he's the guy.

1881
01:49:34,640 --> 01:49:36,400
 Well, he's given us a C minus.

1882
01:49:36,900 --> 01:49:39,520
 You know what you're going to get with Michael Carroll.

1883
01:49:39,900 --> 01:49:45,880
 I will tell you that they have done some experimenting with him and possibly moving him inside.

1884
01:49:46,880 --> 01:49:50,960
 And if that's the case, then you've got about three guys that can play that right tackle

1885
01:49:50,960 --> 01:49:51,400
 spot.

1886
01:49:52,180 --> 01:49:57,400
 And it may be, you know, Rayson Delgado, you went out and signed him from Cal Poly.

1887
01:49:57,820 --> 01:50:00,260
 He's not giving up one sack in his college career.

1888
01:50:00,440 --> 01:50:03,180
 So you put pretty solid there.

1889
01:50:03,960 --> 01:50:05,260
 So you've got center.

1890
01:50:05,500 --> 01:50:10,980
 And if Michael Carroll goes to the guard, then you've got the tackles and you've got plenty

1891
01:50:10,980 --> 01:50:14,280
 of competition there at the right tackle, your left tackle.

1892
01:50:14,280 --> 01:50:19,920
 I mean, we still got to see Jackson Lloyd take on, you know, Yancey Pierre and do it by

1893
01:50:19,920 --> 01:50:28,040
 himself, but I think when, when you, you know, without any help, but it just seems like this

1894
01:50:28,040 --> 01:50:30,360
 offensive line is maybe further ahead.

1895
01:50:30,360 --> 01:50:36,980
 And if that's the case, then, then this Alabama football team, you know, you saw Vegas, Vegas

1896
01:50:36,980 --> 01:50:41,100
 had Alabama at eight and a half and the highest in the SEC was nine and a half.

1897
01:50:41,280 --> 01:50:47,720
 When you look at the fan deal, they had the win total, Alabama, Texas, A&M, Georgia, Texas

1898
01:50:47,720 --> 01:50:50,920
 was, was it nine and a half?

1899
01:50:51,040 --> 01:50:52,160
 LSU had dropped.

1900
01:50:52,280 --> 01:50:54,440
 The last time I saw it, it was down there close to Alabama.

1901
01:50:54,580 --> 01:50:56,600
 It was either nine or eight was eight and a half too.

1902
01:50:57,240 --> 01:51:00,920
 So that's the impact of that nine conference games.

1903
01:51:03,000 --> 01:51:07,660
 Well, listen, we'll be praying for you to get through another week on the beach.

1904
01:51:07,840 --> 01:51:09,560
 I know it's tough.

1905
01:51:10,000 --> 01:51:10,100
 Yeah.

1906
01:51:10,300 --> 01:51:12,160
 Who have you got on the show today?

1907
01:51:12,160 --> 01:51:14,120
 And where can we get online to listen?

1908
01:51:14,740 --> 01:51:17,800
 Well, we've got Rodney or coming up here in just a couple of minutes.

1909
01:51:17,900 --> 01:51:20,400
 We're going to talk with him as you guys do each and every week.

1910
01:51:20,540 --> 01:51:23,760
 And then we've got Bruce Marshall coming up at three.

1911
01:51:24,340 --> 01:51:29,800
 And then we're going to talk to a young man who is an American Idol finalist.

1912
01:51:30,160 --> 01:51:32,300
 And he's a big Bama guy.

1913
01:51:32,820 --> 01:51:36,120
 And so we're going to try to rally a little bit of support for him.

1914
01:51:36,580 --> 01:51:42,040
 And we'll do a score prediction coming up here in just a couple of minutes on Tide109.com.

1915
01:51:42,100 --> 01:51:43,960
 But, hey, always an honor to be on with you guys.

1916
01:51:44,680 --> 01:51:48,900
 Thankfully, I don't have any liquid courage or I might be on that parachute.

1917
01:51:50,280 --> 01:51:54,720
 Living on the edge.

1918
01:51:54,960 --> 01:51:56,520
 Stay in the shadows down there, Ryan.

1919
01:51:56,580 --> 01:51:57,840
 Listen, man, it's good to hook up with you.

1920
01:51:57,900 --> 01:51:58,500
 Thanks so much.

1921
01:51:58,560 --> 01:52:00,000
 It's safe travels back home, okay?

1922
01:52:00,660 --> 01:52:00,940
 Okay.

1923
01:52:01,000 --> 01:52:01,680
 Thank you, guys.

1924
01:52:01,800 --> 01:52:02,600
 We'll talk to you all soon.

1925
01:52:02,780 --> 01:52:02,940
 Okay.

1926
01:52:03,200 --> 01:52:03,620
 All right.

1927
01:52:03,660 --> 01:52:04,880
 Ryan Fowler hooking up with us.

1928
01:52:04,920 --> 01:52:07,040
 Host of the game on Tide109.

1929
01:52:07,120 --> 01:52:09,120
 Of course, when he's in town in Tuscaloosa.

1930
01:52:09,260 --> 01:52:11,060
 BB, it's now final.

1931
01:52:11,160 --> 01:52:13,780
 The Horned Frogs looks like they survived.

1932
01:52:13,920 --> 01:52:17,140
 Yeah, they come back to win 66-64.

1933
01:52:17,800 --> 01:52:19,640
 Nebraska taking care of Troy.

1934
01:52:19,820 --> 01:52:22,360
 That is a final, 76-47.

1935
01:52:23,360 --> 01:52:29,040
 Louisville ahead of South Florida, 44-33 with 17 minutes remaining.

1936
01:52:29,520 --> 01:52:29,740
 Yeah.

1937
01:52:29,840 --> 01:52:34,220
 And Wisconsin's having some problems with high point.

1938
01:52:34,380 --> 01:52:36,180
 Another 5-12 matchup.

1939
01:52:36,680 --> 01:52:41,440
 The Banders only leading high point, 41-39 in half-ball.

1940
01:52:41,780 --> 01:52:45,160
 And coming up in just a short, the SEC will take the lid off.

1941
01:52:45,280 --> 01:52:47,620
 The Vanderbilt Commodores taking on Matinee State.

1942
01:52:48,300 --> 01:52:50,840
 Again, in that proverbial 5-12 matchup.

1943
01:52:51,140 --> 01:52:52,180
 Going to take care of biz for now.

1944
01:52:52,260 --> 01:52:54,620
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1945
01:52:54,960 --> 01:52:56,800
 Harold Boggs, thank you so much for your time today.

1946
01:52:56,880 --> 01:52:59,080
 Let's do it again tomorrow starting at noon for the Boom on Buck Show.

1947
01:52:59,400 --> 01:53:01,540
 Back here on Sports Radio from 93.9 The Score.