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The Purdue Report with Jake Dunn & Mike Rich: NCAA Tournament Preview (2.203.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_02]: Welcome, boy there, mega fans to the Central Indiana Sports Report for this week's Purdue Report, a special one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: For this week's Purdue Report with Jake Don, a special one, and we've got our guest, Mike Rich with us here to talk about your big ten tournament champion, Purdue, boy of the makers, and mostly look ahead to the NCAA tournament and the West region.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Starting in St. Louis, and Jake was about four or five days ago.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I was saying to myself, I'm not going to let this team suck me back in.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, it was, and they went on a real run here in the Big 10 tournament.
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[SPEAKER_04]: When it was four games, four days, I really led by the seniors here.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They'd be a really good Michigan team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We've talked about all season, and they looked pretty unbeatable.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They only lost twice, going into the Big 10 tournament.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And they're going to give them their third loss.
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[SPEAKER_04]: looking forward to produce start here as the number two seed in the west region and opening play here in St. Louis.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Mike, after the Wisconsin game, did you have any thoughts at all that Purdue might win the big tip?
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they're good enough to be
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[SPEAKER_01]: to win the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Absolutely.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're built for the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think they're getting hot at the right time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think the four games that they won in the big ten tournament were huge for seven seed.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But Mike, going into that tournament, they had lost four of their last five games almost all of my home.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is what it's all about.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's about the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And being ready for the tournament, I was sitting here just kind of reflecting before we got on this call,
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, we really thought this team at the game the year was going to be close to on beaten.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think I had them maybe four losses and you thought I was crazy at that time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But they were almost favored at the beginning of the season in every game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Michigan came on, met season, and just really took over the big tent during the season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But honestly, I feel it's better to win tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: went and went and went in the a big ten tournament and going in through the NCAA tournament.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm not sure about that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's probably true.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think history has shown Jake that sometimes teams get hot in the conference tournament and they fizzle out in the NCAA tournament and sometimes as you brought up a couple of examples that I actually was thinking about before you brought them up
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[SPEAKER_02]: uh... is a u-con team a few years ago uh... there was a floor to team that wasn't very good through the year and then got a yes so it it's possible but jacke it just doesn't happen that often where a team played below expectations and then just turns it on in college basketball i don't know if it was because they got kind of bored during the regular season knowing that their main goals were still ahead of them in march
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[SPEAKER_04]: What I do want to point out here is the big 10-term at Champions Curse, where teams who have recently won the big 10-term at have pretty vastly underperformed in the NCAA tournament.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So recently, if you think of Iowa back in 2022, lost a Richmond in the first round, and they weren't too seed, but there is
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[SPEAKER_04]: kind of a trend of teams losing, you know, not having a great run into the way tournament after they win the big ten tournament.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But I think this team is different.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We've been saying that kind of a year of what we saw during this big ten tournament, the team that we saw in our way this season.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So it seems like their performance was almost
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[SPEAKER_04]: Then you kind of, you know, went down once he got into the slag of the regular season.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And then now here, you're kind of going back up and and hopefully picking at the right time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's really not feel like a smiley face when it was happening.
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[SPEAKER_04]: No, it did not.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I love that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I do love that analogy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's a good way.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'll never look at a smiley face the same way.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's a very nice love.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Mike let's hope the Pacers smiley face into next year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Exactly.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But how I'm smiling right now about the Pacers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I just remember too many of these to get too excited about this team running through the big tin like this.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My especially Michael remember how many times that we felt good about the team going to the NCAA tournament and it just doesn't translate.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It had, I mean, it has to, at least once in a lifetime.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I look at the draw.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, the first game is extremely favorable.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Queen City is not a defensive team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They had a really decent offense and they score a lot of points, but they also give up a lot of points.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Team, I worry about being in Missouri is going to be Missouri.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If they win and they make it to that second round against Purdue, and it's basically a home game from Missouri.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's what makes me nervous.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Purdue will have more fans than Missouri and Missouri.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I guarantee it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_04]: One thing that I kind of thought of where talking about this possibility or daily show Greg was if you think back to some of the other.
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[SPEAKER_04]: time is here in recent memory where Purdue's been up in a top C, especially 2023.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think there was something that was really big to happen in 20.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I can't remember when it is up to my head, but something was prepared to happen in the NCAA Tournament in 2023.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Do you know, remember?
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, yeah, I don't really remember, but was there a tournament in 2003?
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[SPEAKER_04]: Was that the year you got canceled?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I think, yeah, don't remember the law.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But in those years, you know, when teams like Purdue are highly favored and, you know, it's a close game, you have these other fans that are for Purdue, you know, they're rooting for the upset.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So they're going to be rooting, even though they don't have a dog in the fight, they're going to be rooting for the underdog.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So even if they do play Missouri and even if there are Missouri fans there,
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[SPEAKER_04]: If it's a close game and Missouri still in it late, you're going to have other opposing fan bases rooting for Missouri, you know, just getting even more fans on their side.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So Missouri itself may not have a ton of fans, but you'll still have other fans that are there, really against top seats like Purdue.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Over half that building will be black and gold guys.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They are black and yellow.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Come on, there's not a hole in the way.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They're where you yellow.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And Purdue fans know what true gold is, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's gold.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Jake, you're the insider.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Tell us about Queen's College.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So, uh, Purdue's opening round matchup is against the Queen's Royals.
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[SPEAKER_04]: University here in Charlotte, North Carolina, right down the road from me actually, not very far away.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They are the Ason, the Atlantic Sun champions.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They are 21 and 13.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They won their conference tournament over time, over Central Arkansas.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And this is their first.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And
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[SPEAKER_04]: coincidentally their last NCAA term in appearance and program history.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's the first year they've been eligible, but it will be their last because Queen University and E-law University, which is another college here in North Carolina, they are merging.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So I think they may still keep their respective athletic brand at least for a little bit, but the university itself will now be merged with E-law.
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[SPEAKER_04]: kind of dangerous here from an offensive standpoint, according to Ken Palm, the Royals Rink and the Top 15 and National Effective Fuel Gold percentage.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They shoot 59% from inside the arc, 36% from three, and nearly half of their shots come from the three point range.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They also have balanced scoring with six players averaging between 10 and 13 points a game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He is the brother of Hornets, now he's on the bench last year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He started for him, but Hornets a guard tray man who, uh, believe, went to Florida State.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But is he related to Joe Wanamam?
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[SPEAKER_04]: He is not, but he's a, he's a more slasher, uh, good, really good senior guard who leaves their team scoring.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It got to Carson Schweiger, he's huge 41% from three, and you
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[SPEAKER_04]: Berman.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He's a big six six guard who can create some matchup problems here on the flip side.
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[SPEAKER_04]: While Queens can score their defense or profile is it's a pretty big concern.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Kim Palm has a rank of three hundred and seven three hundred and twenty second and adjusted defensive efficiency.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So they they allow a lot of offensive rebounds that
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[SPEAKER_04]: and they allow opponents a 54% effect of fuel will percentage.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So I feel like we can just play pretty directly into a produce strengths into your scoring and that the front court of TKR, not as a club should have a big size advantage there.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I vote the Queen's tallest big man who plays a considerable amount is 69.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So should have a big size advantage there.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Talk about how Queens kind of struggles to secure defensive rebounds.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And here in the big 10 turn, we saw pretty really dominate the glass.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So yeah, we've talked about pretty well.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Queens has a little bit more of an up-tempo approach.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So, for you to get care of the ball, we'll continue to favor it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So then guys, why does this game scare the hell out of me?
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[SPEAKER_04]: Take a question, Greg.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Why does this scare you?
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[SPEAKER_02]: microch, why as a Purdue fan and my scared of Queen's College.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Because we've been disappointed every year they've been in the turn of it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Because of Arkansas little rock and fairly Dickinson and barely Dickinson.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Was that the name and St. Peter's and North Texas?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's why.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's exactly why.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's just a bad they have an off-knife scoring and if I take said they quote unquote get bored during the game and they decide that they Gonna play for bigger things later on in the tournament like they did during part of the regular season then It's definitely a concern, but anyway, I Interested to know about Missouri and Miami.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I didn't watch Missouri a single game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I had no idea They were even gonna meet in the eternal meeting, but I know my amy's a talent to team
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[SPEAKER_04]: Miami here, they are under a first year head coach, Jail Lucas, who pulled off one of the biggest turn-downs in college basketball this year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They went from seven wins last year to 25 this year, finished third in the ACC regular season.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They lost by about 20 points to Virginia and the ACC tournament.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Their offense does does can revolve.
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[SPEAKER_04]: around some familiar faces here for Purdue, Leak Renew, the former Indiana forward, how he's averaging about 19 points a game, and former Michigan Wolverine, Trade Donaldson, who averages 16 and a half points in six assists.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So Miami did shoot a lot of threes, but they do score pretty efficiently from inside the arc they're shooting about 57% from two point range.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Missouri on the other hand.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They are pretty unpredictable.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They beat Florida.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They beat Tennessee.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They beat Kentucky.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But they also lost a Notre Dame.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I who didn't even qualify for the ACC tournament.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And they also lost by 43 to Illinois earlier in the season.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And that was the only game I watched of Missouri all year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And that one there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, they are led by former Duke Forward Mark Mitchell, these averaging 18 points of game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They like to score from the inside as well.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They do have a high turnover rate, and they're not a very good free throw shooting team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Missouri also allows a lot of three point attempts on what shift if that is produced matchup could fare pretty well.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So I will say that that 43 point lost Illinois was
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[SPEAKER_04]: if both through and Missouri advanced.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I bet you had a lot of friends that night there too.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So that's kind of the very high level overview here of the potential second round matchups.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Mike, your thoughts on the path to the final four?
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think the brackets definitely favorable for them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Like I said, I worry a little bit about Missouri, Arizona, I mean, but I think they could make it
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[SPEAKER_02]: My first thought when I saw the draw of Jake was, hey, really good draw except for Arizona.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I do not want to play Arizona.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They have a least size there.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They're dominant from an offensive rebounding standpoint.
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[SPEAKER_04]: You've got a really strong defense.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They don't rely on the on their three point shooting a ton, but they do win games with physicality and their efficiency.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Arkansas is dangerous with John Calpari and freshman guard, Darius A. cuff, who will probably
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[SPEAKER_04]: year next year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I don't want to play Wisconsin again, luckily those two teams have to play each other and then Gonzaga could be another sweet 16 rematch year with Purdue as we've talked about on the Daily Show Greg has produced going to own that rivalry if you will that match up the series here over the past few years and at some point I'm sure Gonzaga's do for when they're playing each other again next year or next season.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So I hope that if they do match up here, a Purdue can act kind of when this one and maybe consider when the one at the start of the next season.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But yeah, it's definitely doable, but it's going to be tough as they always are in March.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You brought it up yesterday with Constance and Arkansas are on in the same bracket.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I didn't even pay attention to those two because neither one of those teams has any chance to be near Sonna.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think Arizona is that good.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, it really be an off night for Arizona for them to lose, but both of those teams they've got pretty good guards, Arizona does too, but if Wisconsin shoots like they did against Purdue, like they did against Michigan, that's going to take a really lead team to beat them.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Arizona is a very elite team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: and they're currently less on my watch for the most popular pick to win the national championship.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But they've had their own struggles here in March as well, so we'll see how that plays out.
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[SPEAKER_02]: All right, guys, before we go, where does the run end this year, Mike?
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think they're going to make the final pour.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Wow, I think they're going to come out of the West.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think Arizona is going to be upset and I think produced going to have been the final four.
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[SPEAKER_02]: All right, I would say this, Jai, Jai, Jai, I think they easily get out of the first weekend.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think any of those three teams can honestly compete with Purdue.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll probably eat those words like I've done before.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I just don't think they could be Arizona.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I don't think anyone else in this region can be Arizona.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I'm going to say, it gets to the lead day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I will say this.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My mother-in-law has won four of our last five bracket competitions.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And she picked Purdue.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I don't know what that means, Jake.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I hope her run continues here.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's the Queen of brackets as we go.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And that's kind of the beauty of marches is how for for these bracket challenges you don't even have to really know a lot about basketball to win those and I think that's a perfect representation of what March madness is what that what this term it is can produce be Arizona maybe three times on a 10 but.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It only has to be one time, and that goes the same for all the other teams they play.
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[SPEAKER_04]: You know, they don't have to beat them seven times.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They just got to beat them once in 40 minutes of basketball.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So I'm going to agree with Mike here.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think Purdue can make it to the final four.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think Arizona can be upset by one of Wisconsin or Arkansas.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think Purdue may find a little bit of luck on their side here in Dali may see them.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And then you have with us.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think this is going to be a very chalky tournament, because it was weak games and produced maybe on the fringe if that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's where they're dangerous, Greg.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I know one's looking at Purdue is final four.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They were the last number two seed.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They barely got a number two seed.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're looking at maybe a third seed before they beat Michigan in the big 10 championship.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think they're going to ride some momentum.
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[SPEAKER_01]: after this this first weekend.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think they're going to stay hot, Braden Smith's going to have the all-time in CWA assist record and past Bobby Hurley in this first game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think he's going to get 40 assists in this tournament.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Thanks guys so much.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll say Purdue gets out of the weekend and then loses to AJ DeBonza in the sweet 60.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's my prediction.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Next year, a patient for Schraumpeck.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Wouldn't that be a story?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Hey, Mike and Grant, how do you feel Purdue is going to go?
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[SPEAKER_02]: How far do you think Purdue is going to go?
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[SPEAKER_03]: Those pretty good to pull this mighty dog's bullshit where they change a guy's jersey in the middle of the game and to confuse the other team's scouting report.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Quite, quite.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, excellent, remember.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You tell that guy to go guard number three and then you can see what he wore not there.
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[SPEAKER_03]: There's no chance in hell that guy understands math enough to figure out that.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He understands nine million dollars.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I saw that.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I saw that report.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That can't be a real number.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's tough to get tossed out.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's crazy.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That can be real.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I'll say I've did my bracket last night.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I have Purdue losing their zone on the lead eight.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So that's my official stance on that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I have never picked a national champion correctly, so with that being said, I took pretty to win the national championship.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Nice, they scored what in the, uh, at least they're playing in the big tournament.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know, my right state Raiders are in it, that's right.
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[SPEAKER_02]: At least you've got some representation.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Miamiville High has got a couple of Indiana guys and man, what a pitiful year by Indiana schools.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And it's horrible.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that's a cool story to Miami and Ohio.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Thank you so much for listening.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We will be here all week, every night after the NCAA tournament.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We will have a recap for you.
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