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 New Exclusive Inside Track to the Tide, Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC.

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 Good afternoon and welcome in to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where Alabama breaks out the polishing rag for a day game.

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 Happy Tuesday to you and the listeners.

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 Ryan Passink rejoined us a little bit later to recap an incredible weekend in Tampa for the Crimson Tide

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 I guess that explains why he's got a big smile on his face.

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 Roger, welcome in.

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 Boomo Bugg, I'm headed your way.

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 I'm getting ready for baseball tonight between Alabama and Austin Tee over there in Madison at Toyota Field.

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 That's one of the prettiest venues for baseball anywhere, is it not?

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 There's no way Alabama replicates the success before.

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 24-11, though, Roger, overall.

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 They beat Rhode Island, I was listening to you, Saturday afternoon.

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 and just so much of the heartbeat of that team with Sarah Ashley, Barker, and Aaliyah Nye moving on?

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 So, Jackie Simmons and Carly Weathers have proved to be a pretty strong heartbeat, replacing them and stepping up their games to new levels.

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 especially just to continue their time in an Alabama jersey, especially Carly, who supported four years of this program.

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 Her family coming in from Loretta, great, great support staff and support system that she has, and she represented Alabama the right way.

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 Chrissy Curry's not just built an NCAA tournament team year in, year out.

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 I certainly can believe that.

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 Spring break is over, and they are getting ready for what's coming up on a day in a few weeks.

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 Yes, they are working hard, and Caelan DeBoer, I think, is just fine with a low-profile spring practice.

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 He is happy with men's basketball, baseball, softball, kind of getting their flowers at this time.

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 So a very busy week ahead.

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 And then cheering on the guys in Chicago.

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 And you have Brian Taffing coming up on your show later.

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 Just ask him if he is getting to see his favorite hockey team, the Chicago Blackhawks, when he makes the trip later on the weekend.

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 Can you do that for everybody and ask him if he's going back to the United Center for any hockey coming up?

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 I appreciate the heads up.

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 We will ask him that in some more personal questions, too, Rod.

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 You can rest assured of that.

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 Listen, man.

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 He's talking to you about the Chicago Blackhawks, so he hates the Calgary play.

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 So he'll appreciate that question.

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 I appreciate it.

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 Hey, listen, man.

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 Enjoy Trash Pandaville tonight, okay?

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 I will.

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 Well, thanks, guys, for having me on.

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 Roll Tide.

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 Roger Hoover.

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 And the B to that is, did you see what they found out about our next guest?

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 Roger Hoover was the first guest on our show who's done a marvelous job at women's basketball.

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 He dropped a tidbit about Brian Passick being the world's greatest Blackhawk fan, Chicago Blackhawk hockey fan, and we wanted to get him on the show, Harold, to confirm that.

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 Well, let's raise the curtain and say hello to the man, Mr. Blackhawk himself, Brian Passick, when he's not busy chasing the puck.

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 He is busy about on the microphone on the Alabama Crimson Tide Network doing Alabama basketball.

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 Brian, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Go Hawks!

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 Let's go!

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 You're in a select, I mean, you're talking about a select group of people in our neck of the woods.

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 Brian, there's got to be a story there.

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 You just don't wake up and say, gee, Dad, I'm going to be a Chicago Blackhawk fan.

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 What's the story there, man?

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 All right, so the lesson here is never believe anything that Roger Hoover tells you.

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 Okay, I'm going to write that down.

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 Yeah, so that's lesson number one.

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 If you offered me a billion dollars to name one current or former Chicago Blackhawk player, I would still be poor.

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 I've been to one Chicago Blackhawk game.

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 I enjoyed it very much.

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 It was with our buddy, Roger Hoover, who filled in for Chris Stewart earlier this season when we played Illinois at the United Center.

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 The night before, went over and watched, and we were around a bunch of fans that were into the game, and I thought, hey, why not join in with the passion of the Blackhawks fans?

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 And I cheered like I had been rooting for the Blackhawks since birth.

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 We had a great time.

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 I haven't watched a Blackhawks game before or since then, but it was a great night and a great trip to Chicago, and I'm hoping for another one.

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 Listen, if the Blackhawks are playing while we're in town, you never know.

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 I'm going to 2-0 with the Blackhawks.

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 Well, they need your help there last in the Central Division, so they need all the help they can get.

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 Let's talk a little bit about, Brian, about what else you're going to be doing up there.

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 That is a pretty important trip.

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 We won't talk about that, but boy, I tell you what, it's a secret to this game.

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 Tip the game off after 9 o'clock.

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 That, to me, was about as close to perfect as Alabama's played this year.

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 I know the Hofstra game.

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 We know about that, but Texas Tech, they had all this money coming in, NIL, and Alabama.

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 That's the team that Alabama fans have been waiting to show up, play defense, rebound, hit your threes, and come away with a big win.

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 Yeah, what a performance by Alabama on both ends of the floor.

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 I mean, the 19 threes maybe get the headlines, but for those of us, all of us, and those listening that have followed this team closely over the course of the season,

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 you know that the difference in that game was how well Alabama defended.

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 This Texas Tech team, although not full speed, obviously, JT Toppin was out for the season and got hurt about a month ago,

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 but they've had some big wins without them, and they are a very good team.

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 And it was one of the best, if not the very best, point shooting team that Alabama has played this season.

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 And the perimeter defense on the Red Raiders was as good as it gets.

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 I mean, this is a Texas Tech team that doesn't miss open threes, and I don't know that they missed an open three.

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 They didn't take an open three because they were all guarded.

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 Alabama's game plan and execution flawless on the defensive end, and when you couple that with 19 made threes,

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 you get a half-empty arena at halftime because everybody's gone home.

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 It was late.

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 The game was well in hand, and Bama advanced in easy fashion to the Sweet 16.

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 I did not see that coming before the game.

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 I thought it was going to be back and forth a tight one against a really good Texas Tech team,

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 but Bama was incredible on Sunday night.

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 If you look at the national pundits in Las Vegas, and we're going to talk to our Las Vegas insider here shortly,

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 Alabama shouldn't even spend the money, the travel expense.

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 They're 10-and-a-half point underdog.

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 Michigan's got the Big Ten Player of the Year in Laxhill, Lindeborg, who is a UAB transfer.

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 They've got a 7-4 center, a day Mars, more, I'm sorry, Elliot Cadeau, a point guard, Johnson, another Ford,

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 and Amari Burnett, who played for Alabama in 22 and 23.

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 And I reminded someone earlier today, Alabama's played seven teams who were in the Sweet 16, and they've beaten four.

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 St. John's, Illinois, and the United Center, as you mentioned, November 19th.

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 Arkansas and Tennessee, so my answer was I think Alabama will probably get on the charter and go to the United Center.

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 Yeah, you know, I haven't talked to the players about this, but I think they're going to go ahead and get on the plane

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 and see what happens on Friday night.

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 Listen, I understand the respect that Michigan is getting.

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 I think that Michigan and Arizona are the two best teams in the country, and then there's a gap.

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 And then there's some really good teams.

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 And I think Alabama is in that next tier of really good teams.

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 And if this was a seven-game series, I would take Michigan.

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 But in a one-and-done, it's March Madness.

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 We all know what can happen.

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 This isn't, you know, the best matchup for Alabama.

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 I mean, with the size, the length of Michigan, the way that they play, Alabama has had a difficult time with teams like this.

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 But this is also, I think, if not the most well-coached team in the country in Alabama, right there,

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 as good as anybody in college basketball, for coming up with a game plan to beat a team that maybe you're not projected to beat.

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 You just go back a couple years ago, Alabama, in a very similar situation, was rolling in to Los Angeles to play the number one seed, North Carolina Tar Heels.

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 And the talk around Los Angeles leading up to that game was the excitement level around seeing North Carolina and Arizona play in the Elite Eight to see who goes to the Final Four.

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 And, obviously, that didn't happen.

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 So, you don't know what can happen.

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 I mean, I like the way that this team is playing.

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 I like the way that they're trending on the defensive end and on the backboard.

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 I would love to see 19, 20 made threes against Michigan.

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 But more than that, I would love to see this team compete on the backboard the way they did against Texas Tech.

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 If they do that, I think they're going to give themselves a great chance to win this game.

441
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 Brian, passing, kicking up with us.

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 Brian, to me, the intangibles, it just comes out of every poor on this team.

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 This team, you're closer to it.

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 They need an Oscar.

445
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 What I'm about to say is not true.

446
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:55,300
 They're great actors.

447
00:28:55,460 --> 00:28:58,200
 Or this team really cares about one another.

448
00:28:58,300 --> 00:29:00,000
 You've been a player back in the day.

449
00:29:00,460 --> 00:29:04,500
 You cannot underestimate the importance of being a we, not a me kind of guy.

450
00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:07,440
 It just seems like these guys, they have fun as a group.

451
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:09,500
 Yeah, it's genuine.

452
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,000
 It really is.

453
00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:16,960
 And we've heard Nate Oates talk about Mudita, which is stolen.

454
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:22,700
 And he's fine with it from the softball team and Coach Patrick Murphy.

455
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,720
 And, you know, I know most everybody listening has heard that, understands what it means.

456
00:29:27,780 --> 00:29:36,680
 But for those that don't, it's taking as much joy in your teammates' success as if it was your own.

457
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,700
 And they really exude that.

458
00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:48,300
 And we've seen that over the course of the season and even more so in the postseason play, during postseason play.

459
00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:51,360
 And it's even spilled over to the parents.

460
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,460
 We talked about it a little bit on the air.

461
00:29:53,980 --> 00:29:57,620
 But I think it was Latrell Reitzel hit a three against Hofstra.

462
00:29:58,460 --> 00:30:03,920
 And it was Houston Millett's dad that was celebrating like it was his own child.

463
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:11,040
 And one of the fun things about this tournament, especially when you're at a NCAA tournament site for an extended period of time,

464
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:15,280
 I got to spend a lot of time with the parents of the players.

465
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 You know, when I first started, I joked with some of the parents that when I first started on the radio,

466
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:26,660
 I was friends with the players and now I'm friends with the players' parents because of, you know, the age proximity.

467
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:33,380
 But it was really interesting to talk to those parents about how much they love the other parents,

468
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 the other kids on the team, the players on the team, and that bond that they all have.

469
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:40,500
 It was really cool to see.

470
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,300
 And I think it's a big reason why Alabama is where they are.

471
00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:48,320
 After all the injuries, after all the adversity, they could have folded.

472
00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:52,220
 They've done the opposite of that, really come together and playing their best basketball.

473
00:30:53,260 --> 00:30:57,700
 Now, Chris Stewart is going to turn to you a few minutes for tip-off and say,

474
00:30:57,780 --> 00:31:07,020
 Brian Passink, what are your keys to the University of Alabama beating those big, bad Michigan Wolverines?

475
00:31:07,620 --> 00:31:08,820
 What are you going to say?

476
00:31:09,780 --> 00:31:13,720
 Well, I mean, Alabama has to play its game on the offensive end, play with pace.

477
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,500
 To do that, you've got to defend, you've got to rebound.

478
00:31:17,420 --> 00:31:25,920
 And what Nate Oates teams have done that I don't think gets enough attention is they get better as the year progresses.

479
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,460
 They play their best basketball, typically this time of year.

480
00:31:29,580 --> 00:31:35,840
 That's why we're talking about a fourth straight Sweet 16 and a Final Four a couple years ago, Elite Eight,

481
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,120
 hopefully further than just a Sweet 16 this year.

482
00:31:39,260 --> 00:31:43,540
 But they get better and they're playing their best on the defensive end.

483
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,200
 And the Final Four year, that was the case.

484
00:31:46,340 --> 00:31:54,680
 That was a team that really struggled defensively and looked like a completely different team on that end of the floor in March in the NCAA tournament.

485
00:31:55,040 --> 00:32:02,700
 I thought we started to see that late in the season, in the regular season, and we've definitely seen it in the NCAA tournament.

486
00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:03,920
 It's not going to be easy.

487
00:32:04,380 --> 00:32:06,000
 Michigan is a great team.

488
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,100
 Maybe the best team in the country.

489
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:13,140
 It's going to take a great effort, but I expect Alabama to come out and play really well on Friday night.

490
00:32:13,820 --> 00:32:21,120
 Well, listen, start packing and don't forget that Blackhawk jersey that you've gone in the bottom of the drawer.

491
00:32:21,700 --> 00:32:24,940
 Listen, make it an extended stay.

492
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,560
 Hopefully, you can go to the laundromat again sometime over the weekend.

493
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:30,280
 Safe travels.

494
00:32:31,140 --> 00:32:33,520
 Listen, again, I mentioned this last week.

495
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,620
 We had the chance to talk extensively in Nashville.

496
00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:44,960
 University of Alabama in Learfield is very, very lucky to have Brian Passink as a member of their team.

497
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,380
 And we wish you a lot of luck in Chicago.

498
00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:52,440
 Well, you guys are always kind to have me in time to say that.

499
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,700
 And I enjoy being with you.

500
00:32:54,800 --> 00:33:02,300
 And hopefully, we get to talk sometime next week about this team advancing even further in this tournament.

501
00:33:02,860 --> 00:33:05,160
 And, you know, we'll see what happens.

502
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:09,260
 All we ask is that you bring us back some Chicago-style pizza.

503
00:33:09,380 --> 00:33:10,140
 Is that a deal, Brian?

504
00:33:10,980 --> 00:33:11,680
 I'll do it.

505
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 That sounds great.

506
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,240
 I can't wait to get to Chicago and get into that.

507
00:33:16,060 --> 00:33:18,980
 See you, Brian Passink on the Crimson Tide Sports Network.

508
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 Again, we kind of mentioned Vegas and what they're saying about this game.

509
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 What are they saying about all the games of the Nets?

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 Welcome back in.

620
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 He is the busiest man in the desert called Las Vegas.

621
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 Bruce Marshall, it's a pleasure for us to say he's back with a gold sheet, wager talk, Las Vegas insider.

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 Winners and whiners, picks and parlays, Bowns, Sports.net, Bet Rivers, Vegas insider, you name it.

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 He is a busy boy.

624
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 Bruce Marshall, welcome in.

625
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:17,700
 How are you?

626
00:39:19,260 --> 00:39:23,300
 I'm having basketballs coming out of my ears after this weekend.

627
00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:26,040
 So, it's kind of nice not having to watch any of you.

628
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:28,600
 It's just a little NBA, I guess.

629
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:29,220
 But, yeah.

630
00:39:29,720 --> 00:39:34,840
 By the time that Alabama game ended, I thought it would never end against Texas Tech the other night.

631
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 Bruce, you like Brent and I, your bracket is still perfect, too.

632
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 Your thoughts to date, it looks like to me that chalk pretty much is dominated.

633
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 Bruce, your thoughts looking at the perspective of someone in Vegas, your thoughts so far about the dance?

634
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 Yeah, it has been very chalky.

635
00:39:54,520 --> 00:40:01,460
 And it's been, you know, the power leagues and especially the Big Ten, which has really asserted itself here.

636
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 And just watching the games, you could tell that, you know, just a little bit, you know, more physical.

637
00:40:08,940 --> 00:40:11,240
 It's generally an older league, though.

638
00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:15,760
 There are some freshmen still contributing, too, you know, like fears of Michigan State and such.

639
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 But it just looks like they're playing sort of a different game.

640
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 And the fact that Iowa could beat Florida like that is really interesting.

641
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 By the way, I am a big fan of Ben McCollum, Iowa coach.

642
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 I was at Drake last year.

643
00:40:30,420 --> 00:40:32,920
 He does remind me of Count Dracula a little bit.

644
00:40:33,620 --> 00:40:37,560
 But he, my goodness, the guy is a big-time winner.

645
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 And speaking of grooming and all, someone has got to get the Purdue guys, pull them off to the side and say,

646
00:40:46,860 --> 00:40:53,140
 this Amish look just doesn't cut it for these guys with the way their beards are.

647
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 Is this, you know, I think Franklin and Marshall is the school that's in Lancaster, PA.

648
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 So you play at Purdue, not Franklin and Marshall.

649
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 If they went out to Hollywood, they would groom those guys up to look.

650
00:41:03,620 --> 00:41:04,020
 Kind of normal.

651
00:41:04,340 --> 00:41:09,420
 So, anyway, the Amish side looks very good, though, because Purdue, you know,

652
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 Purdue's caught fire, and they are playing well.

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654
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 All right.

655
00:41:20,060 --> 00:41:21,540
 Alabama pulled out a candle.

656
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 Whoop, you know what, even though, as you mentioned, the game seemed to go on forever.

657
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 Just imagine what it was in the Eastern time zone.

658
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,280
 But Alabama played much better.

659
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 This team's beginning to peak a little bit now.

660
00:41:33,620 --> 00:41:39,680
 Even with Aiden Holloway out of the picture and Bidiaco, they played better defense.

661
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 They played with a lot of intensity.

662
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 They out-rebounded Texas Tech.

663
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 Michigan is a different animal, as we all know.

664
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 They're a 10-and-a-half-point favorite, according to Vegas, and they should be.

665
00:41:51,920 --> 00:42:00,500
 They've got the Big Ten player of the year, the former UAB transfer, Lindenborg, a 7-4 center, point guards out of the Ying Gang.

666
00:42:01,780 --> 00:42:06,820
 And some of the national opponents don't think Alabama should waste travel expenses.

667
00:42:07,740 --> 00:42:12,460
 But this team is playing pretty well, Michigan and Alabama.

668
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 Well, I think they make 19 threes again, like they did against the Texas Tech.

669
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 And once they got that guy, they were in a little trouble against Hofstra.

670
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 I mean, they were down 10 in the first half, and then they didn't control that game.

671
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 But they have this puncher's chance against anybody because of the way all the threes have fallen in.

672
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 And you're right, they have, you know, survived some distractions this year.

673
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 The Bidiaco stuff, I mean, who knows how much that internally sort of, I mean, is he playing, is he not playing?

674
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 And that just sort of disrupted things a bit in the second half of the season.

675
00:42:44,020 --> 00:42:48,300
 And then the recent Holloway thing, but they certainly overcame that last weekend.

676
00:42:49,180 --> 00:42:56,340
 I have thought in my, you know, people I've talked to about this, that that Michigan front line is great.

677
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,760
 Lindenborg is really good.

678
00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:02,960
 I mean, he turned out to be one of the best players out of the portal last year.

679
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,540
 And they got him and Merez Johnson from Illinois doing the dirty work,

680
00:43:06,540 --> 00:43:12,960
 and that lets the 7-3-7-4 kid from UCLA and Spain, Mara, do his thing, which is really blocking shots.

681
00:43:13,060 --> 00:43:15,840
 But I don't know on the perimeter how strong they are.

682
00:43:15,940 --> 00:43:21,940
 We saw their guards really get taken to school by Duke in that game last month in Washington, D.C.,

683
00:43:21,940 --> 00:43:23,460
 and a few other times down the stretch.

684
00:43:23,580 --> 00:43:27,680
 So I don't know if it's an elite backcourt that Michigan has.

685
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:33,120
 And maybe Phylon and some of the other Bama shooters can get some rhythm going.

686
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:36,740
 I think they have got a shot in this game because of the way the threes are falling.

687
00:43:36,980 --> 00:43:44,440
 I have thought Michigan could be a bit vulnerable at some point before we get to the Final Four.

688
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:46,280
 I thought they peaked a little bit too soon this year.

689
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:46,840
 We will see.

690
00:43:46,940 --> 00:43:51,620
 But I give them a puncher's chance in this one on Friday.

691
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:54,320
 Let's go back to Thursday.

692
00:43:54,620 --> 00:43:57,720
 Bruce Marshall, again, goal sheets, last wager talk.

693
00:43:57,900 --> 00:44:05,520
 Now it gets rolling at 6-10 hour time with the aforementioned Amish, also known as the Boilermakers from Purdue.

694
00:44:05,940 --> 00:44:06,680
 How about Texas?

695
00:44:06,940 --> 00:44:11,360
 This is a team that was given up for dead, and they just keep on rocking and rolling.

696
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:12,320
 How about Teos?

697
00:44:13,900 --> 00:44:20,520
 Well, they have, and this is the one team I think, you know, once in a while you see a team coming from the first four.

698
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:22,080
 I mean, UCLA did that a few years ago.

699
00:44:22,180 --> 00:44:23,080
 It was the COVID tournament.

700
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,620
 VCU did that with Shaka the year they got the Final Four.

701
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:31,460
 You just catch fire, and sometimes you need that ignition point.

702
00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:34,080
 And they got it in that game against NC State, I think.

703
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:41,040
 And then they looked good, you know, over the weekend there in Portland, and certainly took out Gonzaga.

704
00:44:41,660 --> 00:44:43,880
 I think they have got a shot.

705
00:44:43,980 --> 00:44:49,480
 This is not a great defensive team, but they are.

706
00:44:49,580 --> 00:44:51,600
 They've got some different weapons there.

707
00:44:52,360 --> 00:45:00,800
 And the way they can, the Lithuanian kid down, Vokitidis down low has put up some big numbers,

708
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:04,920
 and they've got some guys who can score out there, you know, on the perimeter.

709
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:09,200
 I think this is going to be kind of a tough game for Purdue,

710
00:45:09,340 --> 00:45:11,900
 and I would give Texas a shot.

711
00:45:13,020 --> 00:45:18,900
 Purdue, things went, I mean, the matchup, they were in some trouble against Miami,

712
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:20,100
 and they did pull that game out.

713
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,380
 I don't want to get too excited about the Queens game or even the Big Ten tournament.

714
00:45:24,020 --> 00:45:27,780
 They did get the big kid from South Dakota State, has finally started to score.

715
00:45:27,780 --> 00:45:32,200
 And Plough was a guy they really thought highly of when they brought him in in the portal.

716
00:45:32,820 --> 00:45:38,720
 He went weeks without doing much at all, but he has awakened recently.

717
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:40,260
 And they do have experience.

718
00:45:40,460 --> 00:45:43,540
 They've got three guys who played in the championship game two years ago, those guards.

719
00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:46,260
 And, of course, Kaufman-Renis put some pretty big numbers.

720
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:50,860
 So they're good, and they are peaking, I think, but so is Texas.

721
00:45:51,220 --> 00:45:54,280
 I think this is a live underdog in this one.

722
00:45:55,340 --> 00:45:56,880
 Bruce Marshall in the huddle with us.

723
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:58,400
 Let's talk about the cornfield.

724
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:02,860
 Iowa, by the way, the state of Iowa owns the SEC, right?

725
00:46:02,940 --> 00:46:04,960
 Knocking off Kentucky and Florida.

726
00:46:05,540 --> 00:46:07,020
 Iowa taking on Nebraska.

727
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:08,500
 Your thoughts about that matchup?

728
00:46:08,540 --> 00:46:10,020
 You mentioned the coach at Iowa.

729
00:46:10,020 --> 00:46:11,180
 I love what he said.

730
00:46:11,700 --> 00:46:12,820
 I'm not for everybody.

731
00:46:12,820 --> 00:46:18,820
 If you're looking to be coddled and told how great you are, this may not be the best fit.

732
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:23,080
 If you want to come and turn from a boy to a man, do it the right way, then Iowa's a good place.

733
00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:24,460
 To me, that's refreshing.

734
00:46:25,420 --> 00:46:26,720
 It is to me, too.

735
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:28,960
 And McCormick is no nonsense.

736
00:46:29,900 --> 00:46:35,720
 I think, tactically, I mean, he is the closest thing to Bob Knight.

737
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:36,540
 It's just tactically.

738
00:46:36,620 --> 00:46:37,560
 He doesn't have to act like Knight.

739
00:46:37,660 --> 00:46:41,200
 But, I mean, he really has this stuff figured out what to do.

740
00:46:42,020 --> 00:46:45,640
 I have enjoyed watching Iowa all year.

741
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:48,500
 Now, they're not a run-and-gun sort of team.

742
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:53,640
 But, man, they just, the offense, the way it works, the way they play, they're conscientious on defense.

743
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:59,480
 You know, you can, it's interesting to control, just by controlling the pace doesn't mean you're a dull team.

744
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:04,380
 I mean, they really, they work hard to isolate Sturt, who I think is one of the best players in the country.

745
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:11,000
 And the way they executed that game-winning shot by Fulgaris was a thing of beauty, really.

746
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:16,880
 I mean, the way they just sort of, you know, suckered Florida into chasing Sturt's up court.

747
00:47:16,980 --> 00:47:18,560
 And then, all of a sudden, he's got his chance.

748
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:22,600
 And they, it was like, went perfectly to plan for McCollum.

749
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:23,840
 And we've been seeing that all year.

750
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:25,960
 I think they've got some limitations.

751
00:47:26,140 --> 00:47:31,080
 I don't know that they can create a lot of offense just on its own.

752
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:33,180
 And Sturt's, Sturt's is good, though.

753
00:47:33,220 --> 00:47:34,740
 I mean, if they have to do it, they can go there.

754
00:47:34,780 --> 00:47:38,240
 And I think Nebraska might have a few more shot creators perhaps.

755
00:47:38,380 --> 00:47:41,020
 I mean, Sandofort, this is interesting, because he had been at Iowa before.

756
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:42,960
 And they played two times this season and split.

757
00:47:44,980 --> 00:47:48,100
 But I'm kind of riding this McCollum thing here.

758
00:47:48,260 --> 00:47:53,880
 I just think, and then nothing against Hoiberg, because I think Fred's done a really good job in Nebraska, too.

759
00:47:53,940 --> 00:47:55,420
 And they're sort of similar to Iowa, in a way.

760
00:47:55,940 --> 00:48:03,940
 But this attention to defense that Iowa has, the fact Sturt's, I think, is the one guy, even more than Sanford,

761
00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:09,020
 and the freshman on Nebraska, who's playing very well, too.

762
00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:14,620
 But I think Sturt's could be the difference and could push Iowa all the way to the Elite Eight.

763
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:20,100
 All right, let me ask you about the other Iowa team, Iowa State at Tennessee.

764
00:48:20,100 --> 00:48:26,800
 It's the last game of the Sweet 16, another 9-10 special, Central Time.

765
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:31,740
 My question here, who is the, which star player's healthier?

766
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:36,760
 Iowa State, Joshua Jefferson or Nate, amen, at Tennessee.

767
00:48:37,020 --> 00:48:41,380
 Tennessee with Rick Barnes, again, a physical, you up, play defense.

768
00:48:42,260 --> 00:48:45,700
 Gillespie's good, the guard, Opara, amen.

769
00:48:46,240 --> 00:48:49,580
 And then Leipzig, the four, Iowa State.

770
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:51,280
 It should be a fun game.

771
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:53,520
 Iowa State, three-and-a-half-point favorite.

772
00:48:54,100 --> 00:48:55,240
 Do they win and cover?

773
00:48:56,220 --> 00:48:58,300
 I don't know, Brad.

774
00:48:58,420 --> 00:48:59,900
 I don't know that they even win this game.

775
00:49:00,340 --> 00:49:03,520
 And now Jefferson, between now, amen, actually, was playing there.

776
00:49:04,100 --> 00:49:07,440
 So, I mean, I think he's further along, even though he's been playing a herd.

777
00:49:08,460 --> 00:49:10,600
 Jefferson, we still don't know about his status.

778
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:17,940
 I mean, he's riding one of those carts with his ankle, and you don't sprain an ankle and come back the next week, generally.

779
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:19,820
 And, of course, 100%, he may play.

780
00:49:20,780 --> 00:49:29,080
 I think Iowa State, we thought before Sunday that even without Jefferson, Iowa State could beat Kentucky.

781
00:49:30,460 --> 00:49:33,140
 I don't know if that's the case against Tennessee.

782
00:49:34,140 --> 00:49:40,100
 Tennessee's defense, you know, it's a tick down from some of those recent Rick Barnes additions.

783
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:41,960
 But they're still darn good.

784
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:45,360
 And, you know, they will get in the way of Iowa State shooters.

785
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:48,040
 Iowa State has a lot of ways they can get you.

786
00:49:48,300 --> 00:49:51,220
 And Lipsy, this is another experience here.

787
00:49:51,300 --> 00:49:54,780
 He's been, what, three, four-year starter in the backcourt for Iowa State.

788
00:49:54,900 --> 00:49:58,340
 But I don't think he's going to have that easy a time running this offense.

789
00:49:59,380 --> 00:50:01,640
 Gillespie is really good, too, for Tennessee.

790
00:50:01,860 --> 00:50:07,500
 They've got a, and if they met his, you know, close to 100% this week, there's a couple guys you've got his go-to scores.

791
00:50:08,620 --> 00:50:15,020
 I mean, the Tennessee pattern, probably win here, then they lose in the Elite Eight, because they never get past that.

792
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:17,600
 But they have won some sweet 16s before.

793
00:50:18,100 --> 00:50:21,120
 This is one upset that I think might happen.

794
00:50:21,720 --> 00:50:28,060
 And it would, you know, the Jefferson situation, not only does he have to play, I think, this time for Iowa State,

795
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:31,260
 but he's got to be close to 100% because he would be the difference.

796
00:50:31,380 --> 00:50:34,700
 And if he's not there, big advantage for Tennessee.

797
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:36,240
 I think the Vols have a shot here.

798
00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:45,060
 Let me ask you real quick in about 90 seconds, Arkansas, Arizona, we know how good the Hogs are,

799
00:50:45,060 --> 00:50:47,200
 and certainly Arizona wins here.

800
00:50:48,100 --> 00:50:53,920
 I think Arizona wins because this is the team that I look at, and I just don't see any flaws.

801
00:50:54,820 --> 00:51:02,820
 And all these freshmen that Tommy Lloyd played, I mean, right from the start, they hit on all cylinders immediately.

802
00:51:03,260 --> 00:51:06,980
 And you look, you know, at them, and they just don't have any flaws.

803
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:08,740
 So I think they win.

804
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:09,980
 Do they cover the spread?

805
00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:15,180
 Arkansas is a little scary here, and this sort of reminds me a couple years ago when Moss was there,

806
00:51:15,180 --> 00:51:16,800
 and they beat Houston in the 3-16.

807
00:51:18,420 --> 00:51:20,000
 They've hit their stride here.

808
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:24,780
 And, you know, with Acuff, anything can happen.

809
00:51:24,940 --> 00:51:28,440
 I mean, he can just take over a game in the league, Thomas, and Brazil.

810
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:32,260
 I mean, you've got those two guards that are just so explosive.

811
00:51:32,580 --> 00:51:34,360
 So I think Arizona wins.

812
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:38,880
 I'm not sure about covering the points spread here, though, because of Acuff.

813
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:40,860
 And they have a puncher's chance, too.

814
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:42,200
 This will be kind of a fun one to watch.

815
00:51:42,340 --> 00:51:45,620
 But right now, I think Arizona's probably the best team in the country, I think.

816
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:47,660
 So I think they advance it, maybe not easily.

817
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:50,380
 Well, I agree with you.

818
00:51:50,580 --> 00:51:51,380
 Two things.

819
00:51:51,540 --> 00:51:54,800
 One, you're still the gold standard once again.

820
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 Where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

821
00:51:57,660 --> 00:52:00,120
 If there is one, there are so many good ones.

822
00:52:00,460 --> 00:52:02,160
 What's your under-the-radar game?

823
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:04,420
 Under-the-radar?

824
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:06,300
 I'll give you one tonight.

825
00:52:06,540 --> 00:52:10,200
 In the NIT, Wichita State against Tulsa.

826
00:52:10,260 --> 00:52:11,960
 They're playing for the fourth time this year.

827
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:12,640
 Wow.

828
00:52:13,540 --> 00:52:15,880
 Because they're in the American Wichita State's one, two, three.

829
00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:17,940
 I think Wichita wins this game in Tulsa tonight.

830
00:52:17,940 --> 00:52:21,900
 I'm not sure if Tulsa's top scorer, David Green, is going to play.

831
00:52:22,020 --> 00:52:22,880
 He's had a shoulder injury.

832
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:25,480
 Wichita's going to make it the final four in Indianapolis.

833
00:52:25,580 --> 00:52:26,620
 So that's a special for tonight.

834
00:52:26,720 --> 00:52:29,760
 Anyway, for my stuff, check me out online.

835
00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:31,640
 And it's all up there now at Gold Sheet.

836
00:52:32,240 --> 00:52:33,320
 That's my place now.

837
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:37,080
 You go to wagertalk.com and then hit the goldsheet.com icon in there.

838
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:40,180
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839
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840
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841
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843
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844
00:52:52,140 --> 00:52:53,520
 Bruce, it's always good to catch you.

845
00:52:53,580 --> 00:52:54,400
 Thank you so much.

846
00:52:54,500 --> 00:52:56,340
 Enjoy the rest of the dance and everything else.

847
00:52:56,380 --> 00:52:56,900
 Okay, buddy.

848
00:52:57,500 --> 00:52:58,080
 Thank you, boys.

849
00:52:58,700 --> 00:52:59,200
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850
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851
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852
00:53:05,820 --> 00:53:10,460
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853
00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:16,840
 Well, tomorrow night, his team, now the Yankees, his son Ryan and the Yankees will open the

854
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:19,140
 MLB season out in San Francisco.

855
00:53:19,140 --> 00:53:22,020
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856
00:53:22,140 --> 00:53:24,140
 But first, coming up, Matt Merchelle is going to join us.

857
00:53:24,220 --> 00:53:27,560
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858
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859
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925
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 A group of Alabama midwives and directors of birth centers are now asking for the Alabama Supreme Court to review a decision that was made at the start of this year by the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.

926
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:28,420
 That ruling would allow for the Alabama Department of Public Health to require for birth centers to obtain a hospital license before they can operate.

927
00:57:28,420 --> 00:57:31,840
 Dr. Yoshika Robinson is the founder of the Alabama Birth Center.

928
00:57:32,160 --> 00:57:40,080
 Robinson says that being able to have pregnancy care in a community makes a world of difference for those who are low income or are in rural communities.

929
00:57:40,380 --> 00:57:46,960
 Joe Crawford is at the Oasis Family Birthing Center and says that midwife-led pregnancies greatly helps a birthing mother.

930
00:57:47,300 --> 00:57:54,000
 There are multiple plaintiffs who have signed on to this request for review, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama.

931
00:57:54,500 --> 00:57:56,860
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

932
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 The City Council of Fairhope has passed an ordinance that allows for the sale of consumable hemp products within that city.

940
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941
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942
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943
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944
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945
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949
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950
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951
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952
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953
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954
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955
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956
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957
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959
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961
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962
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982
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987
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992
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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg, on 93.9 The Score.

993
01:01:19,100 --> 01:01:21,160
 Hey, welcome back to the Boomo Bugg Show.

994
01:01:21,260 --> 01:01:24,360
 Brett Beaird and Harold Bugg will be joining us in just a few minutes.

995
01:01:24,480 --> 01:01:36,140
 We've been talking a lot of Sweet 16, but let's talk some high school basketball and some recipients of the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame being inducted in the last week.

996
01:01:36,560 --> 01:01:45,500
 Delighted to bring in good friend Ben Thomas, who covers high school sports in Alabama for AL.com and does an amazing job.

997
01:01:46,020 --> 01:01:47,980
 BT, welcome into the show today, buddy.

998
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:48,560
 How are you doing?

999
01:01:49,560 --> 01:01:50,540
 I'm doing good, BB.

1000
01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:51,140
 How are you?

1001
01:01:51,340 --> 01:01:52,040
 Where's Harold?

1002
01:01:52,180 --> 01:01:53,540
 Out getting a sandwich or something?

1003
01:01:53,700 --> 01:01:55,240
 Decided to be late from work?

1004
01:01:55,780 --> 01:01:59,000
 No, I was trying to get that green stuff off my car.

1005
01:01:59,140 --> 01:02:00,680
 I'm moving to South Alabama.

1006
01:02:00,960 --> 01:02:04,080
 Is everything green in South Alabama like it is up here?

1007
01:02:04,080 --> 01:02:07,460
 I mean, everywhere we look, Ben, it's green.

1008
01:02:07,560 --> 01:02:08,660
 Can we move to South Alabama?

1009
01:02:08,980 --> 01:02:10,540
 Do you have the same problem we do?

1010
01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:14,520
 Well, we have some of that, but it's nice down here right now.

1011
01:02:14,620 --> 01:02:18,840
 Now, the problem is it might be 30 degrees tomorrow and it might be over the next day.

1012
01:02:19,300 --> 01:02:22,940
 But for Tuesday, March 24th, it's nice.

1013
01:02:23,600 --> 01:02:28,660
 You know, Ben, everybody says, gee whiz, it's the time of year when you kick back and you relax.

1014
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:29,940
 It's not football season.

1015
01:02:30,340 --> 01:02:36,400
 What about baseball, softball, soccer, track and field, laundry, and mowing the grass?

1016
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:39,940
 This is really and truly for you guys, probably the business time of the year is it not.

1017
01:02:41,080 --> 01:02:41,900
 Well, it is.

1018
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:44,120
 Yeah, I mean, you got more sports going on.

1019
01:02:44,260 --> 01:02:46,620
 You know, we're still trying to button up basketball.

1020
01:02:47,160 --> 01:02:54,000
 I mean, games have all been played, but we still have a big banquet to host in a couple of weeks in Montgomery.

1021
01:02:54,180 --> 01:02:55,320
 So, we're working on that.

1022
01:02:56,040 --> 01:02:58,360
 Obviously, there's always football coaching news.

1023
01:02:58,500 --> 01:03:02,740
 I mean, we saw that last week with Lance Reese stepping down at Gunnersville.

1024
01:03:03,540 --> 01:03:10,000
 Brent Hubbard, Hall of Fame coach, going back to Maplesville where he won multiple state titles as a head coach.

1025
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:13,560
 So, always stuff going on in football as well.

1026
01:03:13,720 --> 01:03:17,260
 But, yeah, it's not a slow time, that's for sure.

1027
01:03:18,300 --> 01:03:20,060
 Let me ask you about basketball.

1028
01:03:20,560 --> 01:03:32,620
 You are doing, once again, and we discussed this with you in the fall, the People's Choice Awards for the Alabama Girls Basketball and the Boys Player of the Year.

1029
01:03:32,660 --> 01:03:38,420
 And, as you mentioned, those will be unveiled at the banquet you've got coming up.

1030
01:03:38,760 --> 01:03:44,400
 And, looking at the girls, BT, it is amazing how many are from North Alabama.

1031
01:03:44,840 --> 01:03:49,800
 And, we've talked about these young ladies extensively during the course of the season.

1032
01:03:50,660 --> 01:03:55,540
 I don't know how many times Harold and I have talked about Belle Hill and Mars Hill.

1033
01:03:56,280 --> 01:04:01,960
 33 points a game, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and she's a sophomore.

1034
01:04:02,600 --> 01:04:09,100
 It is just, you know, 33, I believe now, over 3,200 points in her career.

1035
01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:13,240
 Reese Davis at Dantzler, of course, plays for Coach Killing.

1036
01:04:13,840 --> 01:04:15,020
 She's going to Ole Miss.

1037
01:04:15,020 --> 01:04:20,160
 That's the other thing I've noticed that's kind of become a denominator for a lot of the young ladies,

1038
01:04:20,960 --> 01:04:25,380
 is they're going to power for schools as a commitment or a signee,

1039
01:04:26,080 --> 01:04:28,580
 and a lot of them are so young.

1040
01:04:29,820 --> 01:04:33,140
 Jacaya Smith from Bob Jones, she's going to Tulane.

1041
01:04:33,900 --> 01:04:38,120
 Kristen Johnson from Hazel Green, she's going to Florida A&M.

1042
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:43,320
 Lanny Smallwood of Albert Bowl is the Gatorade Player of the Year.

1043
01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:49,320
 Wow, when she scored 25 points and 8 rebounds a game, she's going to Mississippi State.

1044
01:04:50,260 --> 01:04:54,600
 Sawyer Kate Hoggan from Plainview, and we've discussed her.

1045
01:04:54,700 --> 01:05:00,880
 She broke the National Federation of High School record for career three-point baskets.

1046
01:05:01,120 --> 01:05:01,840
 That's amazing.

1047
01:05:02,500 --> 01:05:06,540
 And Kennedy Bowie from Guntersville is an 8th grader.

1048
01:05:06,620 --> 01:05:07,380
 Oh, my goodness.

1049
01:05:07,820 --> 01:05:18,140
 The Class 5A state MVP, and then Izzy Nelson of Scottsboro, BT, it is just amazing how talented a lot of these guys are.

1050
01:05:19,420 --> 01:05:20,400
 It really is.

1051
01:05:20,440 --> 01:05:25,020
 Yeah, so our Player of the Year voting, that's our ale.com thing.

1052
01:05:25,520 --> 01:05:28,840
 We'll actually announce that on ale.com prior to the banquet.

1053
01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:30,080
 That's not a banquet thing.

1054
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:35,780
 But, yeah, I think we started that on Sunday, if I'm not mistaken.

1055
01:05:35,780 --> 01:05:36,540
 I think it was Sunday.

1056
01:05:36,700 --> 01:05:38,180
 I'm losing track of my days here.

1057
01:05:38,180 --> 01:05:45,200
 And so the first round, so what we do is we've done this really, this is our second year of doing it.

1058
01:05:45,320 --> 01:05:50,900
 We do it for football, basketball, baseball, and softball, and we've had fun with it.

1059
01:05:51,000 --> 01:06:00,420
 We try to narrow it down to 16 top players statewide, which is hard enough to do, guys, especially in basketball, to narrow it down to 16.

1060
01:06:01,100 --> 01:06:04,080
 And then we speed them the best we can, one through 16.

1061
01:06:04,840 --> 01:06:11,300
 And then we let the fans vote it off round by round until we get to the eventual champion.

1062
01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:16,520
 And it is, you know, like you mentioned, Brett Theroux, we've got a lot of talented boys, too, obviously.

1063
01:06:16,520 --> 01:06:21,060
 And some very young men, some very young boys on that side, we can talk about that.

1064
01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:26,620
 On the girls' side, you mentioned a lot of those seniors who are going on to college.

1065
01:06:26,720 --> 01:06:33,640
 Lanny Smallwood, obviously, the star, the big girl from Hoover, Chloe Ford, who's going to Missouri, I believe.

1066
01:06:33,860 --> 01:06:37,940
 So there are some talented seniors, but there's a lot of talented young players.

1067
01:06:38,080 --> 01:06:42,460
 I mean, Bell Hill is already one player of the year, I think, three times in her class.

1068
01:06:44,420 --> 01:06:49,540
 So she's going to keep being up for player of the year, I'm sure, as long as she plays in Alabama.

1069
01:06:50,180 --> 01:06:53,680
 You mentioned Kennedy Booey is only an eighth grader from Guntersville.

1070
01:06:54,300 --> 01:07:01,820
 Serenity Rutledge, who scored, what, I think 42 or something like that in one of the championship games from Moody is only a sophomore.

1071
01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:03,800
 So Reese Davis is a junior.

1072
01:07:03,960 --> 01:07:05,840
 So there's a lot of young players.

1073
01:07:06,100 --> 01:07:10,280
 We lose some good ones, some good seniors this year, girls I'm talking about.

1074
01:07:10,280 --> 01:07:13,220
 But we have a lot of young players to carry the torch.

1075
01:07:14,160 --> 01:07:18,420
 And you thought Reese Davis could only host ESPN's game day from the shows.

1076
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:21,820
 Ben Thomas, look it up with us from AL.com.

1077
01:07:21,880 --> 01:07:23,980
 Ben, let's talk about some Hall of Fame names.

1078
01:07:24,380 --> 01:07:25,260
 I see the list.

1079
01:07:25,360 --> 01:07:26,080
 There's two missing.

1080
01:07:26,240 --> 01:07:28,680
 I don't see Ben Thomas or Brett Beaird.

1081
01:07:28,780 --> 01:07:30,640
 So where are they going to complete this list here, Ben?

1082
01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:33,840
 Well, Brett should be on at any time now.

1083
01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:42,240
 I don't think that's the only Ben Thomas that needs to be in the Hall of Fame is the one that played defensive line for Auburn back in the 1980s.

1084
01:07:42,240 --> 01:07:45,680
 If you remember that, you guys, Harold, you probably are old enough to remember that.

1085
01:07:45,780 --> 01:07:46,500
 I don't know about Brett.

1086
01:07:46,640 --> 01:07:48,440
 I'm old enough to do a lot of things, Ben.

1087
01:07:49,800 --> 01:07:53,940
 But, yeah, they announced this class.

1088
01:07:54,020 --> 01:07:58,900
 I'm actually on the, I'm lucky enough to be on the Hall of Fame committee and voted on this in the fall.

1089
01:07:59,580 --> 01:08:04,720
 And so last night they inducted these 12 new people into the Hall of Fame.

1090
01:08:05,500 --> 01:08:07,100
 Very good list, as always.

1091
01:08:07,240 --> 01:08:07,740
 I mean, it's tough.

1092
01:08:08,100 --> 01:08:20,580
 Usually when we're in, I've been on that committee five or six years, and almost always there's about 60 names that we try and cut down to no more than 12, which is a terribly hard job.

1093
01:08:20,980 --> 01:08:22,700
 But, you know, you've got all sorts.

1094
01:08:22,840 --> 01:08:23,680
 I mean, you think about it.

1095
01:08:23,740 --> 01:08:25,020
 Now, it doesn't include players.

1096
01:08:25,160 --> 01:08:28,920
 It's just basically coaches and officials and administrators.

1097
01:08:29,820 --> 01:08:36,100
 So I've always thought, man, how can we start a Hall of Fame that includes former players in the state?

1098
01:08:36,300 --> 01:08:37,540
 And where would we start there?

1099
01:08:38,140 --> 01:08:43,900
 We've actually done some stories on that about who would be in the first class if we inducted players.

1100
01:08:44,220 --> 01:09:02,800
 But if you just look at that list, I mean, you can't go over all the names, but Jeff Smith, the former Walter Welburn football coach, Larry Strain, won state championships at Hanley, and, of course, in girls basketball, Ricky Austin, father of eighth Austin, who won a bunch of championships at Spring Garden.

1101
01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:11,900
 So a lot of big names, Kim Keel, from the administrator and coach's perspective, probably known most for her time at Pelham.

1102
01:09:11,980 --> 01:09:14,660
 Now she's the vice president of the Central Board of Control.

1103
01:09:14,900 --> 01:09:18,880
 So a lot of good folks getting recognized last night in Montgomery.

1104
01:09:19,960 --> 01:09:27,800
 BT, Greg Patterson, the former head football coach at Huntsville, is a good friend of mine, and I know he has a lot to do with this.

1105
01:09:28,060 --> 01:09:39,800
 If someone would like to nominate an administrator, coach, whatever, for the Alabama Husky Sports Hall of Fame, how do they go about doing that?

1106
01:09:40,580 --> 01:09:48,540
 I think they can go just on the HSA website and find it or shoot a message to Heath Harmon and he can lead the way.

1107
01:09:48,700 --> 01:09:51,180
 I would say Ron Ingram, but Ron's kind of in and out.

1108
01:09:51,300 --> 01:09:56,880
 I mean, he's technically retired, but they keep pulling him back in because they haven't filled his role yet.

1109
01:09:57,240 --> 01:10:07,440
 But, yeah, I mean, I think that, you know, the spring and the summer is the time to do that, really, because, like I said, normally we vote in, I think, in November sometime is when we usually come together to vote.

1110
01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:10,220
 So be thinking about that if you've got somebody.

1111
01:10:10,360 --> 01:10:17,380
 H***, you know, you can shoot me a message, bthomas.al.com, and I'll find out for you how to nominate somebody.

1112
01:10:17,380 --> 01:10:26,740
 But it's just like the Bryant-Jordan, which we talked about, I think, last week, and they're going to announce the overall winners for that on April 13th.

1113
01:10:27,060 --> 01:10:31,300
 It's such a worthy cause, and so many people who deserve recognition getting honored.

1114
01:10:32,120 --> 01:10:47,780
 Absolutely, and you also had the People's Choice for the Alabama boys, Jalen Alexander of Oxford, Milton Jones of Fairfield, Braden Gordon of Montgomery Academy, and then Evan Toms of Huntsville.

1115
01:10:48,480 --> 01:10:53,680
 Speaking of the Huntsville Crimson Panthers, BT, what else is going on?

1116
01:10:53,800 --> 01:10:57,620
 As Harold mentioned, there's just nothing going on this time of the year.

1117
01:10:58,380 --> 01:11:07,480
 Soccer, baseball, softball, wrapping up basketball, spring football will probably start here in another month.

1118
01:11:07,580 --> 01:11:08,780
 What else is going on?

1119
01:11:09,540 --> 01:11:11,180
 Do we need anything else, Brett?

1120
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 I mean, that's what you just mentioned.

1121
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 That may be enough, bud.

1122
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 Yeah, but I guess, you know, we don't want it the other way around.

1123
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 If nothing was going on, it would probably be, you know, working at McDonald's or somewhere.

1124
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 So, no offense to any McDonald's employees.

1125
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 I love the Big Mac.

1126
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 Right.

1127
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 But, yeah, so we got, like I said, the player of the year thing will be going on for the next couple of weeks on AL.com.

1128
01:11:33,620 --> 01:11:35,900
 So, the voting for this first round ends Friday.

1129
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 Then we'll start the quarterfinals on Saturday.

1130
01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:46,200
 Not to be confused with the Alabama Sports Writers Association team, which we announce on Saturday.

1131
01:11:46,200 --> 01:11:52,480
 And then tomorrow morning, we will announce the finalists for player of the year in each classification.

1132
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 And those folks will be honored April 14th at the Mr. Miss Basketball Banquet in Montgomery.

1133
01:11:59,460 --> 01:12:00,720
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1134
01:12:01,420 --> 01:12:06,380
 Randy Kennedy is back on the job on Thursday for another Best in Bama recruiting watch.

1135
01:12:06,500 --> 01:12:11,800
 I think he's looking at wide receivers this week.

1136
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 So, be in tune for that.

1137
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 And, of course, we've got the spring roundup.

1138
01:12:14,900 --> 01:12:18,040
 The next baseball softball rankings will be released on Thursday.

1139
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 So, plenty to look at.

1140
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 You can find all that stuff on AL.com.

1141
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1146
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1147
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 Listen, man, it's always good to hook up with you.

1148
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1149
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1150
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 Okay.

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1227
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 Hello again, everybody. I'm Roger Hoover.

1228
01:16:55,200 --> 01:16:57,220
 Here are thoughts from basketball head coach Nate Oates

1229
01:16:57,220 --> 01:17:00,900
 as Alabama moves on to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament.

1230
01:17:01,120 --> 01:17:03,620
 And you can tell it, and I tell our guys all the time,

1231
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 just be about the right stuff, lose yourself in the game,

1232
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 and the other stuff takes care of itself.

1233
01:17:10,460 --> 01:17:14,120
 So you kind of go down the list and, you know, Houston wins the hard hat tonight.

1234
01:17:14,860 --> 01:17:18,120
 And in limited minutes, Noah was right there.

1235
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 Noah had nine.

1236
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 Trelly had 13.

1237
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 They were, you know, some of our leaders.

1238
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 You look at the three of these guys, what they shot from three.

1239
01:17:28,560 --> 01:17:35,020
 I mean, Trelly goes six of nine, Houston goes five for seven, and then Noah goes two for two.

1240
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 And I think they just bought into being about the right stuff.

1241
01:17:38,680 --> 01:17:43,940
 So, you know, these guys hit 13 threes between, you know, the three of them go 13 of 18.

1242
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 When you just lose yourself in a game.

1243
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1256
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1257
01:18:44,960 --> 01:18:46,000
 Welcome back in.

1258
01:18:46,060 --> 01:18:49,240
 It is a pleasure for us to open the door and say hello to Joe Cox.

1259
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 He's got it all covered there.

1260
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 His columnist for Saturday down south, and his book is called A Fine Team Man.

1261
01:18:54,520 --> 01:18:55,200
 Joe, welcome in.

1262
01:18:55,260 --> 01:18:55,740
 How are you?

1263
01:18:55,740 --> 01:18:55,860
 Yeah.

1264
01:18:56,660 --> 01:18:57,900
 Can't complain, gentlemen.

1265
01:18:58,120 --> 01:19:05,700
 You know, staying healthy, staying relatively warm and comfortable, and, you know, just enjoying

1266
01:19:05,700 --> 01:19:06,200
 it all.

1267
01:19:06,820 --> 01:19:09,920
 Hey, if you're on the right side of the grass, it's all gravy, right, Joe?

1268
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:13,220
 Listen, 10 teams start to dance in the SEC.

1269
01:19:13,720 --> 01:19:19,240
 Four remain, two A-teams, two T-teams, Alabama-Arkansas, Texas-Tennessee.

1270
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:25,320
 Joe, your impressions of the dance so far relative to our SEC neighbors?

1271
01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:34,320
 Well, obviously, the big story SEC-wise has got to be Florida taking the second-round loss.

1272
01:19:35,120 --> 01:19:36,580
 You know, unexpected.

1273
01:19:36,580 --> 01:19:41,500
 I think they tried to give us a clue in the SEC tournament game with Vanderbilt that they

1274
01:19:41,500 --> 01:19:48,080
 were maybe a little more vulnerable than coming into that, but still a surprise.

1275
01:19:49,020 --> 01:19:51,980
 Hopefully, a humbling experience for Todd Golden.

1276
01:19:53,440 --> 01:19:59,160
 You know, you definitely get a different perspective when you are the head that wears the crown.

1277
01:19:59,320 --> 01:20:04,740
 It's a little harder, and I'm sure, for instance, your Alabama football folk could say,

1278
01:20:04,740 --> 01:20:07,380
 yeah, it hits a little different, doesn't it?

1279
01:20:07,580 --> 01:20:07,680
 Yeah.

1280
01:20:08,040 --> 01:20:11,000
 Florida found that out, but, you know, in theory,

1281
01:20:11,100 --> 01:20:14,720
 we could have an SEC half of the bracket in the Elite Eight,

1282
01:20:14,840 --> 01:20:19,340
 but the reality is we may well have none of the SEC around for the Elite Eight.

1283
01:20:19,500 --> 01:20:20,940
 So, we shall see.

1284
01:20:22,020 --> 01:20:23,800
 Joe, not happy.

1285
01:20:25,720 --> 01:20:33,320
 Otega Owe had a half-miracle shot to send the game into overtime, which Kentucky won.

1286
01:20:34,460 --> 01:20:37,140
 The round of 32 was not very kind.

1287
01:20:37,140 --> 01:20:39,240
 I was watching the end of the first half.

1288
01:20:39,940 --> 01:20:45,020
 Kentucky had a lead of 30-23, I believe, over Iowa State.

1289
01:20:45,160 --> 01:20:49,580
 Kentucky then proceeds to turn the ball over four consecutive trips.

1290
01:20:50,360 --> 01:20:55,600
 Iowa State comes back to lead 31-30, and it was all downhill from there.

1291
01:20:55,740 --> 01:21:00,840
 In fact, Kentucky, I believe, Joe, finished with 20-20 turnovers.

1292
01:21:01,220 --> 01:21:01,580
 Wow.

1293
01:21:02,620 --> 01:21:06,760
 Joe, talk about Big Blue Nation being blue this week.

1294
01:21:07,520 --> 01:21:13,260
 Well, it was certainly a discouraging performance, and, you know, I think it's a situation where

1295
01:21:13,260 --> 01:21:17,020
 nobody was particularly shocked to see the second-round loss.

1296
01:21:17,120 --> 01:21:18,200
 I would state the good team.

1297
01:21:18,720 --> 01:21:23,560
 But the way that they lost it, as you say, you know, had a 12-point lead early in the game,

1298
01:21:23,640 --> 01:21:26,420
 kind of came out, and everything is going right.

1299
01:21:27,080 --> 01:21:31,940
 And as you know, you know, to me, the danger zone was when you limp into the locker room

1300
01:21:31,940 --> 01:21:37,000
 down a point, and you say, okay, they shot 29% in the first half, and we're down a point.

1301
01:21:37,080 --> 01:21:39,580
 They're not going to shoot 29% in two halves.

1302
01:21:39,960 --> 01:21:41,960
 And they certainly did not.

1303
01:21:42,960 --> 01:21:47,900
 And, you know, the thing about this year, it's really less about the results than just

1304
01:21:47,900 --> 01:21:50,560
 about the feeling around the program.

1305
01:21:50,900 --> 01:21:55,000
 I mean, a year ago, they won one more game, and I think people were pretty happy with that

1306
01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:59,020
 because even where they failed, it seemed like there was a plan.

1307
01:21:59,180 --> 01:22:02,660
 It seemed like maybe you don't have all the pieces yet, but you know what you're doing.

1308
01:22:03,040 --> 01:22:07,320
 This year, I'm not sure Mark Pope, frankly, knows what he's doing.

1309
01:22:07,460 --> 01:22:09,240
 I'm not sure that there is a plan.

1310
01:22:09,360 --> 01:22:14,800
 The plan seemed to be throw around a bunch of money, and we'll put some guys out there.

1311
01:22:14,800 --> 01:22:18,060
 And, boy, that just did not work very well at all.

1312
01:22:18,460 --> 01:22:23,560
 If year three doesn't look a lot more like year one than year two, there won't be a year four.

1313
01:22:24,440 --> 01:22:29,100
 Joe, to a point, a guy named Charlie Barkley, he's a guy on TV that's not shy.

1314
01:22:29,320 --> 01:22:31,400
 Did you see his comments to kind of your point there?

1315
01:22:31,500 --> 01:22:33,440
 He's talking about these kids down on the panel.

1316
01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:35,260
 He says, you can't talk to these kids.

1317
01:22:35,340 --> 01:22:36,180
 You can't yell at them.

1318
01:22:36,520 --> 01:22:37,720
 You can't whoop their A.

1319
01:22:37,780 --> 01:22:38,780
 I'll let that go at that.

1320
01:22:39,360 --> 01:22:43,760
 And then he came back, and he said, well, I think some of the pushback was, well, you can't

1321
01:22:43,760 --> 01:22:44,380
 paddle your kids.

1322
01:22:44,440 --> 01:22:46,000
 He said, yeah, I can't.

1323
01:22:46,280 --> 01:22:48,980
 He said, if you don't like it, you can kiss this.

1324
01:22:50,620 --> 01:22:55,540
 According to Charlie, the old way was pretty effective as opposed to the new way of maybe

1325
01:22:55,540 --> 01:22:56,360
 corralling in it.

1326
01:22:56,440 --> 01:22:57,460
 The word is the B word.

1327
01:22:57,580 --> 01:22:58,140
 It's boundaries.

1328
01:22:58,400 --> 01:23:01,440
 When you take the Mark Pope approach, he's not the only one.

1329
01:23:01,520 --> 01:23:04,840
 A lot of these guys, they're afraid to say anything because they're afraid they'll leave.

1330
01:23:04,920 --> 01:23:07,000
 And then you've got the guy at Iowa who says, leave.

1331
01:23:07,080 --> 01:23:07,660
 I don't care.

1332
01:23:08,060 --> 01:23:10,380
 We'll get somebody here who does want to play in this system.

1333
01:23:10,460 --> 01:23:13,880
 Your thoughts just about the modern athlete and the challenge for these coaches.

1334
01:23:14,080 --> 01:23:21,320
 You know, it is a tough situation for a lot of older coaches because it was a very different

1335
01:23:21,320 --> 01:23:21,780
 world.

1336
01:23:21,780 --> 01:23:29,340
 And the unfortunate and complicated truth is we do lose some things by not having coaches

1337
01:23:29,340 --> 01:23:36,180
 who have the ability and the candor to say that's unacceptable and perhaps even use a few

1338
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 dirty words in saying it.

1339
01:23:38,260 --> 01:23:42,860
 You know, the hard love sometimes is the best love.

1340
01:23:43,060 --> 01:23:47,920
 Now, have some coaches gone overboard with that and done things that we can't do in the

1341
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1342
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 And I understand all that.

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 So it's not a simple cut and dried thing.

1344
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 We can't just say the old way was always right.

1345
01:23:57,100 --> 01:24:02,760
 But we also can't say the old way was always wrong either because for a lot of young men,

1346
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 it built character, it built an understanding that they seem to be missing under some of

1347
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 the new ways.

1348
01:24:09,140 --> 01:24:15,440
 So I don't think there's a simple answer, but I think there's still room for some tough love

1349
01:24:15,440 --> 01:24:16,700
 from some smart coaches.

1350
01:24:17,800 --> 01:24:24,160
 Joe, Nate Owens in Alabama put it all together against Texas Tech, played, I thought, the most

1351
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 complete game they played all year and ran the Red Raiders, added the gym in Tampa.

1352
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 The defensive intensity, rebounding, it just all came together.

1353
01:24:35,420 --> 01:24:42,080
 And of course, obviously, the threes, different animal in Michigan Friday night at 630.

1354
01:24:43,140 --> 01:24:45,560
 Again, Michigan a 10-and-a-point favorite.

1355
01:24:45,740 --> 01:24:47,240
 Everybody understands why.

1356
01:24:47,820 --> 01:24:54,460
 Your thoughts on Bama in the tournament so far, Joe, and what can they do to upset Michigan?

1357
01:24:55,200 --> 01:24:57,060
 You know, they've played really well.

1358
01:24:57,060 --> 01:25:03,180
 I think particularly with the Holloway stuff coming down when it did, this is about as well

1359
01:25:03,180 --> 01:25:04,980
 as it would have been possible to play it.

1360
01:25:05,080 --> 01:25:09,660
 Now, the bad news is, yeah, you get possibly as bad of a matchup as you could get here.

1361
01:25:09,800 --> 01:25:16,120
 I mean, this is just not a team that matches up really well for Alabama just because of the

1362
01:25:16,120 --> 01:25:17,860
 size, because of the physicality.

1363
01:25:18,320 --> 01:25:21,520
 Now, the good news is your game plan here is pretty simple.

1364
01:25:21,640 --> 01:25:23,900
 Don't get absolutely killed on the glass.

1365
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:27,060
 You're probably not going to win on the glass, but don't get absolutely, you know, doubled

1366
01:25:27,060 --> 01:25:28,380
 up or something like that.

1367
01:25:29,120 --> 01:25:30,700
 And then hit those threes.

1368
01:25:30,920 --> 01:25:32,020
 Start shooting those threes.

1369
01:25:32,200 --> 01:25:33,040
 Start hitting those threes.

1370
01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:38,560
 And as we've seen before, you know, the beauty of that system is they've got the guys to do it.

1371
01:25:38,780 --> 01:25:43,820
 If you can create the space and you can get a couple of them to go down, maybe you can get

1372
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 in Michigan's head a little bit.

1373
01:25:45,620 --> 01:25:47,880
 And they haven't been challenged a whole lot.

1374
01:25:48,100 --> 01:25:50,180
 And maybe this is the avenue.

1375
01:25:50,180 --> 01:25:55,140
 If you can hang around, if you can hit enough threes, and again, don't get eaten alive inside.

1376
01:25:55,600 --> 01:26:01,300
 If you get them the last few minutes, you might just exploit their lack of big game experience.

1377
01:26:02,340 --> 01:26:05,660
 As we mentioned, four teams remain for the SEC.

1378
01:26:06,280 --> 01:26:10,880
 Joe, how many of those make it to the Elite Eight and beyond from the league?

1379
01:26:11,720 --> 01:26:16,700
 You know, I'm going to say one just because I think somebody's going to spring this upset.

1380
01:26:17,060 --> 01:26:23,280
 But the kicker is I'm not really 1,000% ready to jump on the bandwagon for any of them.

1381
01:26:23,280 --> 01:26:29,640
 I think Arkansas might find itself in the situation that would be most tenable.

1382
01:26:30,300 --> 01:26:34,440
 But they're all underdogs, and there's good reasons they're all underdogs.

1383
01:26:34,540 --> 01:26:36,300
 They're all playing really good teams.

1384
01:26:36,860 --> 01:26:38,800
 Of course, you can't sleep on Texas.

1385
01:26:39,100 --> 01:26:41,800
 I mean, Texas seems to have suddenly found itself.

1386
01:26:42,140 --> 01:26:46,400
 And of those four teams, Purdue might be the most vulnerable of the four.

1387
01:26:46,400 --> 01:26:50,920
 So, you know, my head would say maybe Arkansas, maybe Alabama.

1388
01:26:51,220 --> 01:26:56,220
 But my gut says watch Texas end up being the one that survives and advances.

1389
01:26:57,320 --> 01:27:00,080
 Joe, what about Tennessee and Iowa State?

1390
01:27:00,180 --> 01:27:06,420
 The last game of the Sweet 16-9-10 special on TBS and True TV.

1391
01:27:06,740 --> 01:27:09,620
 Tennessee beats Virginia 79-72.

1392
01:27:10,400 --> 01:27:15,080
 Nate Amen obviously is not playing his A game because he's hurt.

1393
01:27:15,080 --> 01:27:17,220
 But Tennessee's physical.

1394
01:27:18,260 --> 01:27:20,980
 Jacoby Gillespie can shoot the basketball.

1395
01:27:21,680 --> 01:27:24,320
 Rick Barnes, you know they can play defense.

1396
01:27:25,320 --> 01:27:28,460
 Can Tennessee get to another Elite Eight?

1397
01:27:28,960 --> 01:27:32,000
 You know, I think you hit the key right there early.

1398
01:27:32,260 --> 01:27:33,920
 Amen has really got to be big.

1399
01:27:34,100 --> 01:27:37,780
 Kentucky really got chewed up by the Iowa State defense

1400
01:27:37,780 --> 01:27:42,000
 because they never had more than one competent ball handler out there.

1401
01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:47,940
 If Tennessee can handle that pressure, and they have personnel that gives you reason to say,

1402
01:27:48,000 --> 01:27:48,980
 I think they can do that.

1403
01:27:49,060 --> 01:27:53,500
 Yeah, I think they're a much better matchup with Iowa State than Kentucky was.

1404
01:27:53,880 --> 01:27:57,240
 Now, the question for me with Iowa State is, are they going to get Jefferson back?

1405
01:27:57,320 --> 01:28:00,880
 Because he didn't even play, and he's probably their best player.

1406
01:28:01,060 --> 01:28:03,680
 So, they've been really, really good without him.

1407
01:28:03,760 --> 01:28:04,940
 If he's back, goodness.

1408
01:28:05,140 --> 01:28:10,980
 I mean, you're kind of in Alabama land then of just saying, let's go unconscious from the outside

1409
01:28:10,980 --> 01:28:12,800
 and see how far it carries us.

1410
01:28:13,420 --> 01:28:14,940
 And that's maybe where they're at.

1411
01:28:15,000 --> 01:28:16,080
 But boy, amen.

1412
01:28:16,280 --> 01:28:20,040
 If you could pick one guy and say, let's give him a big boost of confidence

1413
01:28:20,040 --> 01:28:24,260
 and just get him playing well, and that might change things, he's the one.

1414
01:28:25,080 --> 01:28:30,560
 I always look forward to your, I believe, Thursday or Friday rankings on Saturday down south

1415
01:28:30,560 --> 01:28:32,660
 for SEC baseball.

1416
01:28:33,280 --> 01:28:41,040
 Alabama may be the surprise of the season so far in not winning the series, sweeping the series,

1417
01:28:41,040 --> 01:28:46,160
 and throwing the first no-hitter in nine innings since 1942.

1418
01:28:46,600 --> 01:28:49,200
 Harold and I were not around for that, Joe, by the way.

1419
01:28:49,480 --> 01:28:50,620
 It was the next year.

1420
01:28:50,940 --> 01:28:51,340
 The next year.

1421
01:28:51,400 --> 01:28:54,520
 Then Texas wins the series over Auburn.

1422
01:28:54,620 --> 01:29:00,960
 I'm guessing that will be reflected in your updated rankings, but where can we find that

1423
01:29:00,960 --> 01:29:03,000
 and all the other good stuff on SDS?

1424
01:29:03,840 --> 01:29:05,960
 It'll be right there, Saturday down south.

1425
01:29:05,960 --> 01:29:11,740
 Yeah, the funny thing is with 14 teams that are between 4-2 and 2-4 right now,

1426
01:29:12,140 --> 01:29:16,380
 you can print out my column, tear it up, throw it in the air, and put it back together

1427
01:29:16,380 --> 01:29:19,620
 in the order it comes down, and it's probably about as good as my column was.

1428
01:29:21,460 --> 01:29:22,760
 We're going to read it either way.

1429
01:29:22,900 --> 01:29:25,320
 Listen, Joe, man, it's always good to hook up with you.

1430
01:29:25,420 --> 01:29:26,200
 Thank you so much.

1431
01:29:26,300 --> 01:29:30,540
 Enjoy some March Madness and some baseball, and stay away from the pollen out there, okay?

1432
01:29:31,080 --> 01:29:32,420
 That sounds like a game plan.

1433
01:29:32,520 --> 01:29:33,260
 You guys take care.

1434
01:29:33,900 --> 01:29:34,440
 You too, Joe.

1435
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 Joe Cox, Saturday down south.

1436
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1437
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 What else is going on in the heart of Florida?

1438
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 We'll find out with Matt Merchel next.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing well.

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 Hey, man.

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 We mentioned welcome back.

1548
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 You're coming in from up yonder.

1549
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 Did any of that city of brotherly love rub off on you up in Federal Deputy, Matt?

1550
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 Yeah, you know, it was a short trip up there.

1551
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 You know, believe me, it would have been nice to go a little longer.

1552
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 But the first couple days, it was great to feel kind of the dynamic that Billy put out there for the NCAA tournament.

1553
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 And it was great to see some good basketball over a few days as well.

1554
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 So, it all worked out.

1555
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 You know, for the folks who are regulars, they know you cover UCF, Central Florida, and a guy named Johnny Dawkins.

1556
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 The interesting story there is a great back story.

1557
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 Played back in the day with the Sixers, but not at that arena, as I understand.

1558
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 It had to be an emotional trip for Johnny Dawkins back to Philly.

1559
01:36:01,600 --> 01:36:02,360
 Yeah, it was.

1560
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 You know, I mean, here's a guy who had had five years of his playing career with the Philadelphia 76ers.

1561
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 He talked about how it was one of his special places to go to.

1562
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 One of his favorite places that he lived, you know, had played in the old spectrum, which is no longer there.

1563
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 It was actually out in the parking lot of the new Xfinity Mobile Arena.

1564
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 You know, that's where the spectrum was.

1565
01:36:24,880 --> 01:36:26,020
 We talked a little bit about it.

1566
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 Johnny and I talked a little bit about it after a while.

1567
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 And, you know, it's a good time there.

1568
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 And I think it was exciting for him to be back in town, exciting for him to bring a team there, you know,

1569
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 to be back in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2018 and 19.

1570
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 And, you know, sometimes it's, you know, it's amazing what a trip to the NCAA tournament can kind of do for your program.

1571
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 It's an opportunity, possibly, to build off that, you know,

1572
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 to build off the excitement and get fans excited and get even, you know, transfers

1573
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1574
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 So it'll be interesting if they can capitalize off that over the next few years.

1575
01:36:59,720 --> 01:37:05,620
 The three of us have been blessed to cover national championship football games,

1576
01:37:05,940 --> 01:37:08,700
 tournament basketball games.

1577
01:37:08,700 --> 01:37:16,860
 Matt, tell our listeners the difference between covering a national championship football or playoff game

1578
01:37:16,860 --> 01:37:19,840
 and covering an NCAA basketball game.

1579
01:37:20,840 --> 01:37:27,480
 Well, I think for an NCAA basketball game, what we kind of, you kind of forget is that it's multiple teams.

1580
01:37:27,740 --> 01:37:29,200
 You know, you've got more than two teams.

1581
01:37:29,200 --> 01:37:30,840
 You've got a bunch of teams there.

1582
01:37:30,940 --> 01:37:32,320
 So you've got different fan bases.

1583
01:37:32,560 --> 01:37:36,800
 You know, you have different levels of excitement, different coaches.

1584
01:37:37,040 --> 01:37:42,340
 You know, during Thursday's media availability, you know, leading up to Friday's game, you know,

1585
01:37:42,340 --> 01:37:46,880
 you get an opportunity to talk to a lot of players, a lot of coaches to see kind of where things are at.

1586
01:37:47,300 --> 01:37:51,440
 It's a little different than, like, let's say, a playoff game or national championship where, you know,

1587
01:37:51,480 --> 01:37:53,720
 you've got two teams and you're kind of looking at it.

1588
01:37:53,800 --> 01:38:00,200
 Plus, with football, you know, there's so many players and so many storylines and bases that will make impact

1589
01:38:00,200 --> 01:38:01,460
 and coaches and things like that.

1590
01:38:01,740 --> 01:38:04,720
 When you get to the basketball level, it's a little different.

1591
01:38:04,920 --> 01:38:07,160
 You've only got about 15, 16 players.

1592
01:38:07,680 --> 01:38:13,180
 You know, the coaches, you're pretty well familiar with the coaches and what their idea is.

1593
01:38:13,180 --> 01:38:19,400
 And this is that do-or-die situation where, you know, there's a lot of pressure built up on a lot of these teams

1594
01:38:19,400 --> 01:38:20,840
 to try to have success.

1595
01:38:20,960 --> 01:38:22,640
 For some of them, they haven't been there before.

1596
01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:24,360
 For others, they've been there a lot.

1597
01:38:24,720 --> 01:38:26,720
 You know, you look at UCLA, for instance, in Philadelphia.

1598
01:38:27,060 --> 01:38:33,900
 So I think the difference is it's just almost like a more pressure, bigger pressure cooker, I would say,

1599
01:38:33,980 --> 01:38:39,840
 you know, feeling when you're talking about NCAA tournament games than, let's say, a playoff game or a national championship.

1600
01:38:39,840 --> 01:38:43,300
 But national championships are amazing, especially in football.

1601
01:38:43,480 --> 01:38:46,240
 They have a great atmosphere and something you can't replicate.

1602
01:38:46,560 --> 01:38:49,160
 But both these two events are just so special.

1603
01:38:49,340 --> 01:38:54,400
 I think that it's something that, as a media member, I never take for granted that I'm able to go attend them.

1604
01:38:55,120 --> 01:38:57,200
 To be word blessed to be able to do that.

1605
01:38:57,320 --> 01:38:59,920
 Man, Michelle, with us, visit there with the Orlando City.

1606
01:38:59,920 --> 01:39:02,520
 Let's talk about some of the guys that's involved with that.

1607
01:39:03,220 --> 01:39:04,400
 And that's John Calipari.

1608
01:39:04,500 --> 01:39:07,780
 What's going through the minds of Kentucky basketball fans right now?

1609
01:39:07,980 --> 01:39:13,120
 And what value can you put on it that Arkansas is there under an old-season vet?

1610
01:39:13,240 --> 01:39:15,720
 He's been there, done that, with his shoes on.

1611
01:39:15,800 --> 01:39:22,920
 It's about the A-teams, Arkansas and Arizona, arguably the one of the, if not the top team right now in most people's minds,

1612
01:39:23,000 --> 01:39:24,700
 certainly one of the top two or three in Arizona.

1613
01:39:25,940 --> 01:39:32,140
 Yeah, I think, you know, for John Calipari, listen, this validates a little bit of his belief on leaving the Ducky.

1614
01:39:32,320 --> 01:39:32,700
 You know what I mean?

1615
01:39:33,020 --> 01:39:37,880
 There were a lot of people who thought, well, you know, he's going to regret this, he's going to go out to Arkansas, chase the money,

1616
01:39:38,320 --> 01:39:42,240
 and, you know, he's not going to regret it, he's not going to have, you know, the success.

1617
01:39:42,500 --> 01:39:43,900
 Well, look at him now, you know what I mean?

1618
01:39:44,120 --> 01:39:50,420
 Now you're in the Sweet 16, you know, you're playing, you know, you're advanced on, you're playing, you know,

1619
01:39:50,420 --> 01:39:54,400
 in some of these games, and you get an opportunity to do something you can't do.

1620
01:39:54,520 --> 01:39:55,680
 And it's going to be a big challenge.

1621
01:39:55,840 --> 01:40:01,400
 I mean, listen, I think the majority of people out there probably think Arizona's the team to beat in this bracket.

1622
01:40:01,680 --> 01:40:06,440
 And so, you know, you're going to face a tough team, a team that's going to try to, you know,

1623
01:40:06,460 --> 01:40:09,840
 put up a lot of points, run up and down, a team that's got a lot of sides.

1624
01:40:10,340 --> 01:40:13,440
 So it's a good challenge for Arkansas, it's a good challenge for Calipari.

1625
01:40:13,560 --> 01:40:20,040
 And if anyone knows, you know, what it takes to win at this particular level, I think it's Calipari.

1626
01:40:20,040 --> 01:40:23,680
 So it's going to be interesting to see if he can find a way to pull off another, you know,

1627
01:40:23,760 --> 01:40:26,440
 a magical run and get his Arkansas team further along.

1628
01:40:27,500 --> 01:40:36,740
 Man, I think a lot of Florida fans thought or taken for granted that there would be five SEC teams advancing to the Sweet 16.

1629
01:40:37,860 --> 01:40:41,860
 The Florida Gators did not advance to the Sweet 16.

1630
01:40:42,500 --> 01:40:48,420
 I didn't think their guard play this year was as good as last year with Walter Clayton Jr.

1631
01:40:48,760 --> 01:40:53,180
 and friends, but Iowa gets off to lead.

1632
01:40:53,400 --> 01:40:59,740
 Florida comes back to their credit, but did not execute him, particularly in the last few minutes of that game.

1633
01:41:00,680 --> 01:41:02,960
 Tough loss for Florida fans.

1634
01:41:04,060 --> 01:41:04,920
 Yeah, really tough loss.

1635
01:41:05,000 --> 01:41:07,020
 I think a lot of Florida fans were kind of surprised.

1636
01:41:07,240 --> 01:41:11,660
 You know, they felt the least this team could get to the Sweet 16, maybe the Elite Eight, you know what I mean,

1637
01:41:11,680 --> 01:41:14,760
 and have a chance to maybe kind of defend its national championship.

1638
01:41:15,220 --> 01:41:16,160
 But I agree with you.

1639
01:41:16,260 --> 01:41:20,080
 I just don't think the guard play was nearly as good as it was last year.

1640
01:41:20,500 --> 01:41:24,020
 You know, they had some issues, especially late in the game against Iowa.

1641
01:41:24,220 --> 01:41:25,440
 You know, I mean, give Iowa credit.

1642
01:41:25,560 --> 01:41:28,760
 They did the things they needed to do to knock off Florida.

1643
01:41:28,760 --> 01:41:33,920
 So, you know, this is something that Todd Golden is going to have to kind of, you know, learn from this.

1644
01:41:34,060 --> 01:41:34,380
 You know what I mean?

1645
01:41:34,400 --> 01:41:38,000
 Come out and say, okay, expectations were extremely high for this program.

1646
01:41:38,440 --> 01:41:40,800
 You know, what's going to happen next time we're at that spot?

1647
01:41:40,940 --> 01:41:45,420
 You know, because, you know, you want to be able to continue to have that, you know, to have that success.

1648
01:41:45,580 --> 01:41:48,920
 Now, the biggest question this offseason is, does Todd Golden stick around?

1649
01:41:49,040 --> 01:41:52,900
 I mean, you know, there's a lot of, there's going to be a lot of buzz surrounding him as a possible candidate

1650
01:41:52,900 --> 01:41:54,960
 for several big jobs out there.

1651
01:41:54,960 --> 01:41:59,900
 And so it's going to be kind of imperative to see where he'll end up, if he stays up for it,

1652
01:41:59,940 --> 01:42:00,920
 if he ends up going somewhere else.

1653
01:42:00,960 --> 01:42:05,920
 Because for the Gators, they would love to have him around because they really do think he's done an amazing job

1654
01:42:05,920 --> 01:42:06,800
 over the last few years.

1655
01:42:07,260 --> 01:42:09,560
 So I think that's going to be the challenge this offseason.

1656
01:42:10,060 --> 01:42:11,560
 Is there enough to keep him around?

1657
01:42:11,700 --> 01:42:17,260
 And if so, you know, what, you know, how does that lead up for next year for the challenge of building up another team again

1658
01:42:17,260 --> 01:42:18,320
 that can make him run like a game?

1659
01:42:19,000 --> 01:42:23,560
 You know, Matt, along that line, just in case, obviously we're not sitting here pushing anybody out,

1660
01:42:23,560 --> 01:42:27,720
 but there's a lot of talk that maybe there'll be an opening at Kansas, maybe at North Carolina.

1661
01:42:27,720 --> 01:42:30,260
 We know they've got the brand when it comes to basketball.

1662
01:42:30,600 --> 01:42:33,000
 How much mutual interest would there be there with Golden?

1663
01:42:34,340 --> 01:42:35,520
 Well, you know, I'm not sure.

1664
01:42:35,640 --> 01:42:40,020
 I mean, Todd's been trying to keep things very close to the best, but I'm sure he doesn't want to do it.

1665
01:42:40,080 --> 01:42:41,940
 I mean, I think the Kansas job is interesting.

1666
01:42:42,540 --> 01:42:45,260
 You know, if Bill Self decided stuff away, I think Kansas would come out of a heart.

1667
01:42:45,540 --> 01:42:47,560
 I think the same for North Carolina.

1668
01:42:47,780 --> 01:42:56,140
 I mean, it's hard to say if you're up top, let's say, 10 program and you are, you know, you were looking for a new coach,

1669
01:42:56,300 --> 01:42:57,920
 you know, why wouldn't you try to go after a high school?

1670
01:42:58,060 --> 01:42:58,320
 That's right.

1671
01:42:58,460 --> 01:42:59,280
 Make a phone call anyway.

1672
01:42:59,760 --> 01:43:00,640
 You know, make a phone call.

1673
01:43:00,660 --> 01:43:01,320
 Yeah, make a phone call.

1674
01:43:01,400 --> 01:43:02,340
 What can we do?

1675
01:43:02,400 --> 01:43:04,560
 Especially if you're a basketball school.

1676
01:43:05,060 --> 01:43:06,300
 Kansas is a basketball school.

1677
01:43:06,400 --> 01:43:07,580
 North Carolina is a basketball school.

1678
01:43:07,700 --> 01:43:12,820
 Those are schools that are going to dedicate a tremendous amount of resources to basketball programs.

1679
01:43:13,440 --> 01:43:17,680
 And I think if you're in Todd Goal and you're looking around and saying, okay, you know, I know I'm in an SEC school.

1680
01:43:17,800 --> 01:43:21,140
 I know I'm out of school at Florida, which is one, national championships in basketball.

1681
01:43:21,500 --> 01:43:24,140
 But, you know, is there something that's maybe attractive to me?

1682
01:43:24,540 --> 01:43:30,660
 You know, is there something that I feel like I could take and try to find and maybe do success elsewhere?

1683
01:43:31,240 --> 01:43:34,400
 And I know I think that's the thing that's going to have to be answered.

1684
01:43:35,020 --> 01:43:36,820
 Do you feel like you've done enough at Florida?

1685
01:43:36,820 --> 01:43:39,820
 Do you feel like it's a, you know, do you want to chase the money?

1686
01:43:40,540 --> 01:43:43,620
 Do you want to chase the idea of trying to win a title somewhere else?

1687
01:43:44,300 --> 01:43:46,480
 And I think that's going to be hard for him.

1688
01:43:46,580 --> 01:43:52,180
 I would think Florida, no matter what other school Auburn comes out of him, I think Florida is going to be just as competitive.

1689
01:43:53,080 --> 01:43:55,220
 Now, you know, is it enough to keep him there?

1690
01:43:55,380 --> 01:43:56,680
 It just remains to be seen.

1691
01:43:56,880 --> 01:44:00,940
 But we'll see what happens over the next couple weeks because I know there are going to be some openings that are going to come open.

1692
01:44:01,100 --> 01:44:04,120
 And that will kind of determine maybe what he's going to end up doing.

1693
01:44:05,120 --> 01:44:07,920
 Man, four SEC teams.

1694
01:44:08,120 --> 01:44:10,580
 Texas, who won three games last week.

1695
01:44:10,840 --> 01:44:13,340
 Congratulations, Sean Miller and Longhorns.

1696
01:44:14,060 --> 01:44:17,660
 Against Purdue, Arkansas, Arizona, we mentioned.

1697
01:44:18,820 --> 01:44:20,820
 Michigan, Alabama, and Chicago.

1698
01:44:21,300 --> 01:44:22,800
 Tennessee, Iowa State.

1699
01:44:23,300 --> 01:44:27,060
 How many of those four can advance to the Elite Eight?

1700
01:44:28,520 --> 01:44:29,820
 Well, that's a good question.

1701
01:44:30,020 --> 01:44:35,760
 You know, I mean, Texas has had a pretty miraculous run, and I'm not making anything away from them.

1702
01:44:35,880 --> 01:44:45,860
 I mean, you know, but 11th seed, if they were to somehow knock off Purdue and get to the Elite Eight, you know, I think it would be a pretty amazing run for them to be where they're at.

1703
01:44:45,920 --> 01:44:46,960
 I think Purdue plays really well.

1704
01:44:47,700 --> 01:44:49,680
 Alabama's got a good shot at Michigan.

1705
01:44:49,680 --> 01:44:54,840
 You know, there's nothing to say you can, you know, the same for, you know, Tennessee and Iowa State.

1706
01:44:55,020 --> 01:44:56,780
 You know, Tennessee plays well.

1707
01:44:57,180 --> 01:44:58,340
 You know, they've got an opportunity.

1708
01:44:58,580 --> 01:45:02,760
 Iowa State has played really well, you know, going along those lines, too.

1709
01:45:03,480 --> 01:45:08,680
 And then, you know, you look at Arkansas and Arizona, as we mentioned before, is that strong enough?

1710
01:45:08,860 --> 01:45:13,540
 You know, can Arkansas, you know, find a way to knock off probably the top seed of all?

1711
01:45:13,700 --> 01:45:15,480
 So, it's going to be a challenge.

1712
01:45:15,580 --> 01:45:17,260
 So, maybe one or two of those.

1713
01:45:17,600 --> 01:45:25,480
 But, I mean, with the NCAA tournament, it's so hard to gauge, you know, what team comes in and can surprise someone.

1714
01:45:25,640 --> 01:45:27,800
 You know, we look at Iowa with Florida we just talked about.

1715
01:45:27,800 --> 01:45:34,660
 You know, sometimes it can just come down to a team not playing well, and, you know, all of a sudden you get hot and you never know what's going to happen.

1716
01:45:34,800 --> 01:45:40,800
 So, I think, you know, that's where you've got to have an interesting run to see, you know, let's see what happens with some of these teams.

1717
01:45:40,920 --> 01:45:45,340
 Because I think that there's going to be at least another upset or two somewhere down the road here.

1718
01:45:46,400 --> 01:45:53,880
 How about a team kind of close to us, Alabama taking on the, in some ways, the Goliath of the tourney, Michigan.

1719
01:45:55,080 --> 01:45:57,720
 What's going to happen with Alabama and Michigan?

1720
01:45:57,840 --> 01:45:59,820
 Can they pull off the upset, they being Alabama?

1721
01:46:00,920 --> 01:46:03,260
 Well, I think Alabama's got to be playing well right now.

1722
01:46:03,320 --> 01:46:07,220
 We talked about this last week, I think, you know, how well are you going to start at playing well?

1723
01:46:07,300 --> 01:46:11,520
 It looks like Alabama's playing as well, nearly as well as anyone, maybe outside of Arkansas.

1724
01:46:12,300 --> 01:46:13,280
 It's going to be a challenge.

1725
01:46:13,460 --> 01:46:16,580
 Michigan likes to run the, you know, Michigan's going to play a score of points.

1726
01:46:16,720 --> 01:46:21,060
 You know, they won their first two games by over 20 points, you know what I mean?

1727
01:46:21,120 --> 01:46:22,660
 And so is Alabama, by the way.

1728
01:46:22,660 --> 01:46:26,720
 So these are two offensive journalists that are going to get facing each other right now.

1729
01:46:26,860 --> 01:46:33,260
 I think, you know, if you're Alabama, the secret to success is, you know, you've got to continue to do what you've been doing the last few games.

1730
01:46:33,500 --> 01:46:36,820
 You can't get caught up in playing the number one team in the country.

1731
01:46:37,240 --> 01:46:39,460
 You're the number one team in, you know, their bracket.

1732
01:46:39,580 --> 01:46:41,020
 They can't get caught up in the brand of Michigan.

1733
01:46:41,640 --> 01:46:46,220
 You'd think that wouldn't be the case at all, but, you know, I mean, they've got to find a way to put that aside.

1734
01:46:46,660 --> 01:46:48,040
 And they've got to play really good defense.

1735
01:46:48,280 --> 01:46:51,440
 You know, they've got to find a way to try to slow down Michigan.

1736
01:46:51,620 --> 01:46:54,700
 I mean, Michigan's, what, almost 10-point favorite in the game.

1737
01:46:55,000 --> 01:47:00,960
 They've got to find a way to slow down Michigan and make things kind of a challenge because I think that's really where, you know,

1738
01:47:01,020 --> 01:47:05,680
 if you just kind of fall in line with what they're going to do, you're not going to have much of a chance to win it.

1739
01:47:05,720 --> 01:47:07,700
 So I think that's where the challenge goes.

1740
01:47:09,200 --> 01:47:18,900
 Isn't this an amazing time of the year, the Sweet 16 Thursday and Friday, Major League Baseball cranks up Wednesday through Friday,

1741
01:47:19,900 --> 01:47:26,700
 college football with spring, which has literally been in obscurity a little bit.

1742
01:47:27,740 --> 01:47:30,240
 Man, it's an incredible time of the year, isn't it?

1743
01:47:30,840 --> 01:47:31,860
 It really is.

1744
01:47:31,960 --> 01:47:36,440
 You know, I mean, I know from my end of, you know, UCF starts spring ball next week.

1745
01:47:37,080 --> 01:47:38,440
 It's a little late, you know what I mean?

1746
01:47:38,480 --> 01:47:43,240
 But they wanted to get a little later start with basketball teams doing what they were doing.

1747
01:47:43,580 --> 01:47:45,320
 So, yeah, it's going to be fun.

1748
01:47:45,440 --> 01:47:52,980
 It's going to be the next, you know, five, six weeks of catching up on football, you know, figuring out what some of the top storylines are.

1749
01:47:53,500 --> 01:47:55,560
 We've got, like you said, another couple weeks of the tournament.

1750
01:47:56,060 --> 01:47:57,220
 That's still going on.

1751
01:47:57,340 --> 01:47:58,820
 I mean, baseball's around the corner.

1752
01:47:59,440 --> 01:48:02,540
 You know, you've still got other, you know, other things are kind of going on here or there.

1753
01:48:02,660 --> 01:48:04,300
 But it's a fun time.

1754
01:48:04,400 --> 01:48:07,460
 It's one of those times where people always say, well, this is your down time.

1755
01:48:07,520 --> 01:48:08,180
 I always laugh.

1756
01:48:08,740 --> 01:48:09,420
 Not really.

1757
01:48:09,580 --> 01:48:12,200
 I mean, it's usually the most busy time of the year.

1758
01:48:12,300 --> 01:48:13,280
 So we'll see when it's happening.

1759
01:48:13,680 --> 01:48:15,500
 But I'm looking forward to it, no matter what.

1760
01:48:16,240 --> 01:48:18,300
 Well, you do it very well, my friend.

1761
01:48:18,600 --> 01:48:20,320
 Listen, glad you got back from Philly.

1762
01:48:20,640 --> 01:48:21,620
 Enjoyed the trip.

1763
01:48:22,780 --> 01:48:25,660
 Where can we get online and get all the good stuff?

1764
01:48:26,280 --> 01:48:31,960
 You can go to orlandosetinal.com to check out the latest or follow me on social media at OS Matt Rochelle.

1765
01:48:32,280 --> 01:48:36,560
 Yeah, I'm just happy to get through all the TSA lines and get my way back here.

1766
01:48:36,740 --> 01:48:38,560
 You get my way back here to Orlando.

1767
01:48:40,460 --> 01:48:42,120
 You've been on, what, 10 minutes now?

1768
01:48:42,200 --> 01:48:44,940
 It's been 10 minutes or is it 15 minutes you got back from this weekend?

1769
01:48:46,240 --> 01:48:47,300
 That's what it feels like.

1770
01:48:47,380 --> 01:48:48,020
 Yeah, exactly.

1771
01:48:48,020 --> 01:48:48,960
 It feels like it, right?

1772
01:48:49,320 --> 01:48:50,340
 Good to have you back, Matt.

1773
01:48:50,400 --> 01:48:51,060
 Thanks so much.

1774
01:48:51,120 --> 01:48:52,020
 Have a great week, okay?

1775
01:48:52,760 --> 01:48:53,020
 All right.

1776
01:48:53,060 --> 01:48:53,540
 Take care, guys.

1777
01:48:53,900 --> 01:48:57,220
 Matt Rochelle, hooking up on this mission there with the Orlando.

1778
01:48:57,620 --> 01:48:58,660
 So, B.B., your thoughts.

1779
01:48:58,940 --> 01:49:03,640
 Obviously, Alabama taking on the big boys from Michigan.

1780
01:49:04,320 --> 01:49:06,840
 To me, the pressure is on Michigan this game.

1781
01:49:06,920 --> 01:49:10,920
 Alabama to get to the Sweet 16 with all the adversity that they've had.

1782
01:49:11,000 --> 01:49:12,060
 The fourth straight year.

1783
01:49:12,380 --> 01:49:13,580
 Two ways of looking at that.

1784
01:49:13,640 --> 01:49:14,720
 That's nice to get there.

1785
01:49:14,900 --> 01:49:18,940
 But at what point do you say we've got to move it to the next level, B.B.?

1786
01:49:18,940 --> 01:49:21,380
 Well, it's going to be a challenge, Harold.

1787
01:49:21,480 --> 01:49:22,420
 We've talked about it.

1788
01:49:22,520 --> 01:49:25,960
 We'll continue to talk about it and look at it throughout the week.

1789
01:49:26,080 --> 01:49:28,760
 Michigan, obviously, very good team.

1790
01:49:28,980 --> 01:49:31,260
 Alabama has already played in the United Center.

1791
01:49:31,400 --> 01:49:34,540
 They beat Illinois November the 19th.

1792
01:49:34,540 --> 01:49:36,320
 So, they're used to that environment.

1793
01:49:36,500 --> 01:49:38,020
 At least they have been there before.

1794
01:49:38,660 --> 01:49:42,680
 And, again, Harold, they continue to play with the intensity.

1795
01:49:43,400 --> 01:49:49,000
 His team seemed to buy in to play defense in the postseason.

1796
01:49:49,200 --> 01:49:50,620
 And that's what they're doing now.

1797
01:49:51,140 --> 01:49:52,460
 And I agree with Joe Cox.

1798
01:49:52,520 --> 01:49:54,600
 They can't get beat up on the boards.

1799
01:49:55,040 --> 01:49:57,180
 They're not going to win the rebounding advantage.

1800
01:49:57,180 --> 01:49:59,340
 But they need to at least stay in there.

1801
01:49:59,340 --> 01:50:05,900
 But if they play with the intensity and passion they played with Sunday night,

1802
01:50:06,020 --> 01:50:11,100
 again, as Bruce Marshall said, they've got a puncher's chance to win that game.

1803
01:50:11,200 --> 01:50:15,500
 And watch the rumors of Nate Oates going to the other school.

1804
01:50:15,800 --> 01:50:16,180
 Oh, yeah.

1805
01:50:16,920 --> 01:50:19,280
 Really get rolling later in the week.

1806
01:50:19,420 --> 01:50:22,020
 That's my old coach used to say, I get you.

1807
01:50:22,460 --> 01:50:23,460
 I promise you that one.

1808
01:50:23,600 --> 01:50:27,460
 Quick reminder, if you want to go and see Alabama baseball without traveling around the world,

1809
01:50:27,460 --> 01:50:31,440
 they're playing over in Madison tonight, taking on Austin Peay over at Trash Panda Stadium.

1810
01:50:31,580 --> 01:50:32,360
 So, check that out.

1811
01:50:32,480 --> 01:50:34,500
 Alabama and Austin Peay on the diamonds.

1812
01:50:34,600 --> 01:50:35,880
 That's going to take care of business for now.

1813
01:50:36,280 --> 01:50:38,860
 On behalf of B.B., Greg, James Blair, and the entire crew here,

1814
01:50:38,960 --> 01:50:40,980
 Peril Bogg, thank you so much for your time today.

1815
01:50:41,400 --> 01:50:43,660
 Let's do it again tomorrow on noon to two for the Boomhole Bug Show.

1816
01:50:43,780 --> 01:50:45,960
 Back here on Sports Radio, 93.9 score.