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Iowa comes back to beat Ohio State, Matt Postins talks Big 12 & CC Sabathia to Monument Park? · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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All right, good afternoon. Welcome, Hillary Condon.
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On a Thursday, the Iowa Sports Radio Network fires back up
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after three hours of the Dan Patrick Show.
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Trent Condon and Kendall are with you for the next couple of
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hours to talk sports with you. And thank you.
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We appreciate you starting your afternoon here with us.
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Here's what's coming up on our program.
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We're going to start with some Big 12 conversation.
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Our friend Matt Poston from Heartland College Sports will go
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round the Big 12. Pick his brain as we head into
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the penultimate weekend of Big 12 Conference play far as far as
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the men, the women are coming to the end this weekend, tournament
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next weekend. So men's and women's Big 12
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basketball in focus coming up here at the bottom of the hour
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with our friend Matt Postins from Heartland College Sports.
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Elliot Clough covers Iowa will recap their convincing victory
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last night over the Buckeyes. I'm sure everybody was fine,
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calm, not overreacting in the first few minutes of that
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basketball game last night. We'll get into that.
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But Elliot Clef will recap that. Take a look ahead to a an 11:00
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hour time, local tips, sleepy Penn State, Happy Valley, the
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scene of that one. I will do the Hawks to kick off
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our number 2 and then the NFL with a friend, Dalton Wasserman,
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who writes for and what do you call it, Blogs with video.
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Is that a vlog video blog, video blog.
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He does that for profootballfocus.com.
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We'll go to Indianapolis and catch up with Dalton coming up
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here at 1:30. Trent will make some picks,
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Circa Sports sponsor those, and we'll slide on out of here and
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turn things over and off the bench with Sean Roberts and
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Lucas Strain. They have one of the field of 68
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guys today, Rocco Miller. 'S Oh yes, absolutely.
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Miller going to be a part of their program coming up here
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today. So good to see you.
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Good to talk to you. Let's go back to the beginning
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of the game last night. Oh, boy, what a start for Ohio
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State. What they miss, they couldn't
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miss. They honestly couldn't miss.
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What are you thinking at that point?
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Well I got the text. I miss Fran but it was 14 to 2 I
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got from. From who?
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Not somebody in our building. No, no, not, not in our
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building. A self-proclaimed Hawkeye fan.
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Hawkeye Andy, who calls it from time to time.
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Yeah, he he wasn't pleased. He was missing Freya McCaffrey.
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Did you hear from Andy again but at the end of the night?
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Or yeah, he said it was reversed psychology.
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That's what he was doing. Yeah, that's that was the
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excuse. Well, it worked.
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That came out. They're hitting shots.
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The first couple were difficult. The other two were open.
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It's 14 two. And in a game like this, we
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talked about Ohio State. Bad matchup for Iowa.
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They needed the game, too. Trent it was a must win now.
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It was so funny because the night before they had gone from
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0 quad 1 victories to 1 quad 1. Because of Northwestern?
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Is that what I understand? Because Northwestern moved into
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the top 75. Yeah.
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So they became a quad. So they backed.
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They backed into one. Yes.
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So they had one that they they hadn't had the day previous, but
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that aside and then they just kept coming and they didn't
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panic. And even when they it was 15
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five and there was a drive inside that they weren't
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chucking up shots, they weren't taken bad.
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It was just they're fine. And I think that says something
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about McCollum. There's been a couple of moments
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this year where they've been down and battled back.
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And in a game like that, that is important.
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Everybody in the building knew the importance of that game on
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both sides. It was an important game for
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both teams and for them not to panic very Workman like and get
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it done on the defensive end of the floor.
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And Kale Combs much malign. Yeah, he's been bad for a month,
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right? And we know he's a good
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defender, but offensively? Defender, he's really good.
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He was outstanding against Thornton and what they did for
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him. Thornton had what, 10 points and
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he didn't? Have a field goal until 27
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minutes into the game. Yeah, 44 free throws.
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Let me. Look, what did he finish with?
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10 points? Yeah.
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They did a great job and something that they don't do
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often and you can see this was the game plan is we're going to
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hedge like they do, but instead of hedging falling back, we're
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going to go into that drop coverage instead.
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We're going to hedge hard on him, get the double team, get
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the ball out of his hands. Now when they're hitting three
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pointers early, like, oh, this is a stupid game plan.
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But obviously over the course of the game it worked incredibly
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well. Bruce Thornton, who killed
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Michigan State on Sunday, he had 32, has killed Iowa a couple of
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different times. We talked about the match up
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issue, Combs was outstanding and overall the game plan was
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outstanding. No, I give full credit.
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I give Combs full credit. But to you for bringing it up.
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He was terrific and on his defensive role again last night
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I chipped in. What about the season average
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for him offensively last night? But.
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Hit a three on that quarter when they were coming back.
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Yep, you're right. Did that give him the lead?
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Maybe or maybe a tight but. Yeah, it might be 1512, I don't
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know. I'm not sure.
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But I, I do remember the three that you're talking about.
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I think it was late in the shot clock.
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Surprise, surprise. They they do that a lot, right?
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But obviously we got to get to Fulgaris.
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I mean, what a game. I'm not wasting away this final
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few, few weeks of the season. I can't wait to see what he's
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like next year. I'm I'm right there with you,
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right from the missed time this year, being off with the Spanish
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national team, the late arrival, the understanding it's a big
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jump and it's a jump up from player of the year on the
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horizon, League good player. We see the talent is there.
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It's not a talent thing, just kind of all connecting, right?
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You saw some smiles with him. He did after that dunk.
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And did you see he had a family member in the I didn't know that
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his brother Nacho Nacho Fulgaris.
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Nacho Fulgaris. What's give me the measurements
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for Nacho? He's his older brother, a little
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older. OK, so he's not.
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Coming, No, he's not coming. But the first time that he was
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able to see him in person, I saw Tyler Tashman or the Register.
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I had a little hit with him and and talked with him a little
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bit. Said he gets up to three in the
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morning usually to watch the games and being able to watch
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Iowa, and he says he hasn't missed one that he's been able
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to see. Can he hang around till next
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week when Michigan comes to that?
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Exactly. That's that's got to be the
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thought, right? You're hoping that this guy,
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hey, maybe he just work remotely if I don't know what he does
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put. Him on the team playing ticket
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indie. Right, yes, let's make it happen
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right? Cuz Nacho made fool Garris look
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great. Oh, he was terrific, Trent.
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He really and truly was. The dunk running the floor, the
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smiles, but then defense playing inside.
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He's kind of all the tools. It's not a tools thing for him.
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It's just for whatever reason it all connecting.
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He is one of those guys need something kind of good to happen
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early on, but what it does you get those kind of.
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Performance 610 How much does he weigh?
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2:30 So a full year in the in, in the offseason program,
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Obviously the Big 10, it's it's a grind and there's some men
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he's playing against. I'm not sure he was ready for
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that when he got here, but man, oh man, he is now.
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I thought he was terrific. I thought that last night was
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the quote Fulgaris game. Yes, absolutely right.
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That'll be one that will remember the dunk will be a part
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of it. The the smile, the chest bump
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afterwards. And he he did, he came through
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that lane and flushed it with authority Full.
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Garris has that in them. They need that secondary
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scoring. We talked about it a ton.
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There's a lot of good. I thought Manuel, I thought he
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was really good too, Really active inside.
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Had a couple of when they're making that big run and starting
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to stretch it out a little bit. He ran into the rim a couple of
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times. Now it helps.
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Ohio State didn't have their center that definitely helped.
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And Iowa, I, I had it last night, about 44 points in the
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paint, I think it was. Is that right?
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And it's also, and you've heard me talk about this a ton.
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I want to see Bennett Sturtz so much.
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Turn the corner and go. He's so good at it.
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He's so crafty. He understands angles.
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He can go high off the glass. He he is so good at that.
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He doesn't do it a ton. I want to see it more.
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But when he gets that first step?
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Yes, yes, to go and finish and not look to distribute, get to
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the tin. He's 64 too.
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I mean, he's he's a good athlete.
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He's 6 foot 4. He's got size.
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Go in there, absorb the contact. I thought he did a really good
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job of that. Also, it was really a complete
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game. I mean, there's outside of the
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slow start, right? There's one other negative Koch.
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I got 5 rebounds. Yep, made his first shot and
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that was it. One to six?
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Yep, good looking shot. It's not like we're talking
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about a guy with a hideous shot, right?
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Right. What's more likely, there's
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something mechanical wrong or it's in the head?
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Yep. Ladder.
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Yeah, ladder. I'm convinced of it.
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He's he's too good to be missing these shots.
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Yes, he did get that. Did get the what, 5 rebounds, as
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you said, but made his first shot and that was it for him.
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But you got to keep, you got to keep shooting.
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You got to keep him on the floor.
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I I I'm not, you know, one of the ones that would be, you
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know, pushing McComb to make a move there.
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He's just started for you. Starch was terrific, as he
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seemingly is each and every night.
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But like you say, it was a complete game.
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You know, we're picking Nets on clutch.
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Yes, I think it's deserved. But you know, for the most part
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that was a terrific effort last night.
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Now build on it. Go to go to Happy valley.
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It's going to be an awful atmosphere, Terrible atmosphere.
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Knock off Penn State and then come home and play.
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Couple of top 15. Where's Nebraska?
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Ranked down? Are they still in the top 10 or
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do they fall out of it? If they did, they're not far.
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We know where Michigan is, but two ranked teams to to end the
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regular season #12 #12 the Michigan.
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Michigan middle of the week before ending over in Lincoln.
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See, I had them mixed up. I thought Iowa finished at home.
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Oh, OK. Because I didn't even have the
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tickets when I was on vacation. Doctor Fuller's tickets, They
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didn't get used. Oh.
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No. But my that but on me but they
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we they will finish over in Lincoln and but win this one
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would you? Please yes and if don't give it
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back. Right.
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If they do, that locks them into Thursday.
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Yes, they will be the number 8 seed then.
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Top of the bracket, yeah. I mean, there, I think there are
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a couple of crazy things that could happen, but yes, for the
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most part, they're going to be the number 8 seed.
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Indiana could be a team. UCLA could be the team.
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That'll be the 9:00, as long as they get past the.
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Ohio State could be there, too. Possibly.
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I think their schedule, they got a couple of kind of coin flip
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games. Do they finish with Indiana?
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I think. It's probably do, probably do,
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and I think they have Purdue coming up this weekend if memory
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serves, but. Purdue Michigan State tonight by
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the. Way I'm I think we're going to
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see I will probably in that eight spot they hold serve and.
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That would be an early game on Thursday.
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Yes, yeah, I believe that is the case.
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Well, I can bring up the Big 10. We're getting close, aren't we?
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Yeah, I hate to say it, but you're right.
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It goes fast every single time the.
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Women's tournaments are next week.
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That's right, it's going to be Valley next week.
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Madness is happening next week, and we'll get to that here
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momentarily. All right, here's the schedule
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Tuesday. Now, the Big 10 tournament
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starts Tuesday. At which, you know what?
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I'm glad. I'm right there with.
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You what they they left what four teams or three, four teams
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home last year? No, don't do that.
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It give everybody a chance to put the, you know, put the
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uniform on. One more what?
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Does it hurt? Exactly?
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You'll have to have Peacock for this one for both games on
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Tuesday as the 16 seed plays the. 17 Yeah, makes sense.
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And then the early evening affair will be the 15 versus the
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18. If they do fall to a nine seed,
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they would play the early game. Then on Wednesday, 11:00 AM,
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that's when they would play. That would be a match up against
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the winner of the 1617 game. But if they are the eight seed,
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which is the most likely with a win against Penn State, even
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losing to Michigan and against Nebraska 11 AM, they would play
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on Thursday against most likely the number 9 seed and then would
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play the number one seed if they win that one.
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Again, that would be Michigan. Michigan waiting in the
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quarterfinals. So you play Thursday, come back
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Friday to take on the Michigan outfit and that would be the
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early game on Friday probably. Too Right?
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It is, yes. Yeah, that's also the early
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game. So some good things have been
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happening also for Iowa when we're talking about the resume
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and the numbers are stark and we talk about a ton, but I have the
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official numbers here. We always talk about it.
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So let's put some numbers behind it.
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Why we always say you want to get off that 8-9 game, right?
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With basketball, it has been 27 years since the Sweet 16.
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It's also about get to the second weekend.
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That's what it is. Well, if you are an eighth seed,
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your chances of making a Sweet 16 since 1985 when they expanded
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to 6410% chance, a nine seed, a 5% chance.
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So combined, regardless of your 89, you're not you're.
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Up against it, you're really. Up against it, we can remember
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plenty of those upsets, but they're not plentiful by any
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means. You are a seven seed though your
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chances increase up to 18%. You're a 10 seed, 15% basically
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the same. Another coin flip game, just a
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potential upset in the round of 32.
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However, if you get a number six seed, nearly 30% of the time 6
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seeds get to the it's. It's my favorite place to be on
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the bracket. You're away from the blood all
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the way to the elite. There are beatable teams.
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Even a Sweet 16 match up against A2.
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You feel a lot better than a Sweet 16 against A1, so that is
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the best path. But how about this a #11 seed?
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Nearly 17% of the time better than A10, a nine and an 8?
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To get to the 11. Yes, being.
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Does that factor in the the elevens coming out of the play
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in games? Yep.
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Yep. Or sometimes it's a 12.
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But yes, for the most part it has been elevens all the way the
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bracket. There's a lot of 11 versus 11.
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I like it. I'm glad they still have it, and
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whether it expands or not, we shall see.
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So a couple more than on the resume for the Hawks.
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OK. They have improved immensely
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here these last couple of days. Back in the predictive markets,
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we've talked about Bartorvic, Ken Pomeroy, 22nd at Bartorvic,
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23rd at Ken Palm. Those numbers are really good.
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Winds above bubble 31. Great when you're talking about
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potentially getting up to a number six seed.
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Still need more to have that happen.
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In fact, I think I will will have to win, not just against
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Penn State, probably one of the final two, in order to get up to
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a number six seed. What about if they get beat?
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If they lose their last two but win their opening game in the in
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the That won't be enough. It won't.
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Be no, I I don't think. So you're gonna need to beat
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Nebraska again. I think you're not beating
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Michigan. I'm just, I just can't see it.
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I I'd obviously I'd love to be. 429 from three OK, that's maybe
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gonna take something like that, right?
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In order for that to happen because the Wolverines are
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loaded, it's gonna have to be an ugly grinded up but.
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Tomorrow. Night, by the way.
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Oh, so great. Are you working tomorrow night?
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Of course, that's too bad. They got DDRS though, so I'll
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have it recorded and I'll watch it when I get home on Friday.
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I'm Michigan. Doctor, that is a good one.
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Couple other things that's also been happening here these last
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couple of days. And I'm waiting for a lot of
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those brackets to update because Bracket Matrix for the most part
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hasn't updated many of the different bracketologists out
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there. That's one thing I miss about
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Well, there's a lot of things about Shelby Mast.
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He did it every day, you know. They looking at what's happening
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around Iowa, a lot of teams are losing.
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A lot of the teams in that 6 to 10 seed range have been losing
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recently. We have to remember it's not in
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a vacuum and and we get so wrapped up and for for both Iowa
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and Iowa State, it's just what's happening with them.
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But that's not what the case is. It's what's happening all around
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the country. And there have been a ton of
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those teams that have been losing recently.
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That has also helped Iowa when it comes to the different
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vectors that are out there and seeing maybe there is a path
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still, I think to feel solid about getting up there, beat
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Nebraska, beat Nebraska. At Penn State Saturday and then
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beat Nebraska they're. Going to be waiting in Lincoln.
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Though, Oh, I know they are. I know that's going to be crazy.
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Place will be in full throats Saturday over there.
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Mass says goodbye. Hoiberg says goodbye.
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Not coach the kid. There's going to be.
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Yeah, it's going to be pretty emotional environment over
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there. Very difficult, but hey.
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I've seen it before, and the last game of the regular season
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in college basketball will be Iowa, Nebraska.
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It no, Yes, it's 7:00 at 4:00. All right, Yes, I'll sign for
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that. Absolutely.
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That's the last one. That's the curtain comes down.
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Yep, much like we had a couple years ago with Iowa, Illinois,
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Illinois, yes. And but that was later than 4,
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wasn't it? That was 6.
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Something like that? I think so.
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I think so. Still, the last scheduled
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regular season game of the year will be the Hawkeyes and the
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Huskers. And what TV's got that?
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Do you know? Big Fox.
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Big Fox. Yes.
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Just keep watch his face. The screamer Gus.
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Is there another fox He hasn't been around.
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I know, but just it just drives me nuts.
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Anyways, who's there? A Valley conference.
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You want to go there? Yes, yeah, because what an awful
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night it was for the locals last night.
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You know, Emmeneckers, Adam Emmenecker, who's going to be
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with the boys today with with off the bench with Lucas and
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Sean, when he said that Northern Illinois, it's not without the
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realm of possibility that they have to play Thursday, I was
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floored by that. So is this essentially the game
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at the nap center 2:00 Sunday afternoon?
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It's a blue out. I want to say at the nap.
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I think it's a blue out. But there are still tickets
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available. If Drake beats Northern Iowa,
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does that put Northern Iowa in play on Thursday?
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Not only that, you and I is going to be playing in the
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opening round. So that's for sure.
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Even or loose they right now you project all the favorites to win
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the remaining games last weekend here.
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What has happened they they lost to Southern Illinois and
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Illinois State at home. Everything was there.
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In fact, they had an opportunity to get a two or three seed.
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Instead they see the seven seed right now.
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So you project forward and this is what our friend over at
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bball.notnothing.net, another one of my favorite.
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Sites at this time of year? Yes, absolutely.
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They are projected even with a win as the number seven seed.
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That means they play the 6:00 game against Indiana State.
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With the win, they would get Murray State, who they beat
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twice this year. Still on that side of the
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bracket, you have UIC and Illinois State, so those would
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be the three and six seeds on that side of the bracket.
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In that scenario, Drake would play the early game on Thursday,
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330 against Southern Illinois. Wait.
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A second They're 330, they're not 6 and. 8:30 As we got three
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games now because there's eleven teams now in the conference.
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So you got the 8-9 game, the 710 and the 611 game, and so the
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early one is the 8-9 game. 3:30 For Drake in Southern Illinois,
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a win. You get a date with Belmont.
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Lucas just sent me this. If you and I lose this to Drake,
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very good possibility. They play against each other on
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Thursday. Well, let's project that one.
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I'll flip that one around. And yes, they would be the 8-9
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game in a rematch. Sleepy Enterprise center on You
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ever been there on Thursday? I'm sure.
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Yeah, yeah. Been there with dozens of my
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closest friends. Exactly right.
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It's kind of fun that kind of the calm before the storm, but
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you don't want to be play. Well, we know Drake's locked
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into Thursday, but the fact that you and I is, you know,
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dangerously moving into those waters that that is, is clearly
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a surprise. I watched a lot of the Cats last
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night, did you and shot the ball incredibly well in the
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second-half. We're knocking down shots, had
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to lead late and it just. Slipped away Yukon St.
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John's did not slip away. Oh my God, I really liked the
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St. John's.
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Steel, you did. You know, and they got
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embarrassed. Trent de Hollander at 424042
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points 40 Jesus. 14 in the second-half.
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That's that's, that's unbelievable.
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Saint John shot 19% from the floor.
19:03
That is unbelievable. 11 O 56 So what's?
19:06
Hurley going to do today at practice.
19:08
He's got to find something to light about.
19:10
He'll, he'll be yelling at him. Let's see.
19:11
Let's look through the box score here.
19:12
Well, you know, they were only 7 to 25 from three.
19:15
There you go. Yep.
19:17
You guys want to win the national championship?
19:18
You got to shoot. The ball.
19:18
There you go. That'll be the focus of
19:21
practice. That had to be a perfect game.
19:23
I didn't watch any if I started on puck till I were played and
19:26
that's where I stayed. So you're off St.
19:30
John's, finally? Why can't me?
19:32
I just are you gonna Yeah no, I mean I know I get out of your
19:34
4th place. Well I got it pre season.
19:37
I got it at 17 to 1 yesterday. I could have got him at. 70 to
19:40
one, probably 100 to 1 today. We are 100 to 1 today.
19:43
We'll take your time out. We're going to come back.
19:45
We will be joined by Matt Poston's a lot of Big 12
19:48
conversation coming up, Matt Poston's Heartland College
19:51
Sports. We'll talk about that
19:53
tournament. We'll talk about the women's
19:54
tournament as they get underway. It's hard to believe next week,
19:58
men have three games left, Texas Tech, Arizona and Arizona State,
20:02
right. The curtain comes down with
20:04
Arizona State paying a visit. To Ames Miller, Condon, we're
20:07
underway into Thursday. We're glad you're with us as we
20:10
talk sports with you, and we'll do so right up until 2:00 on the
20:14
I of Sports Radio Network. I'm Laurie Condon, welcome back
20:39
to the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
20:41
Trenton I until two hour #2 Elliott Kluff covers Iowa for a
20:46
hawkeyeinsider.com 24/7 sports. So we'll talk to Elliott and
20:51
then Dalton Wasserman Pro Football focus season in
20:53
Indianapolis at the combine will pick his brain on what he has
20:56
seen thus far. But Matt Poston joins us right
20:59
now in advance of the women getting underway with their
21:02
tournament next week. The men's with the men with
21:05
three games left in their regular season seasons.
21:07
Matt Trenton, Ken, thanks for coming on.
21:09
As always. We appreciate what you do for
21:11
us. How are you?
21:11
Hey. I'm good guys.
21:13
How are you doing doing? OK.
21:15
And what a difference a couple of weeks makes, right?
21:17
I mean, Arizona unbeaten, Houston looked as though they
21:20
were unbelievable. We had no idea what Kansas was
21:23
doing. Toppin was still on the floor.
21:25
What a difference a couple of weeks makes in this conference,
21:28
Matt. Yeah, it really does.
21:30
It's it's incredible. I I was actually out in Arizona
21:33
when Toppin got hurt. I was covering that game and and
21:35
you could he could sort of feel the the seismic undertones of
21:41
that injury in terms of not just the Big 12 season, but really
21:44
just the NCAA tournament. I mean, this is a guy that, you
21:47
know, he may still end up being the Big 12 player of the year.
21:51
I'm actually trying to clarify with the conference if he's
21:53
actually eligible for, but he's probably a first team all
21:57
American, even with the injury, as good a season as he had.
22:00
So, you know, I, I, I like what Tech has done the first two
22:04
games since he's been, you know, been out.
22:06
They've done a really good job of buying into Christian
22:09
Anderson. They've, they've gotten their
22:11
perimeter guys to really step up and give them some offense.
22:13
They're getting whatever rebounding they can and shot
22:16
blocking out of what guys they have in the bench.
22:19
But obviously this weekend they got Iowa State.
22:21
And, and this is the game where I think we find out a lot about
22:24
what Texas Tech can do, not just in the Big 12 tournament, but in
22:27
the NCAA Tournament as well. So you mentioned that first team
22:31
and let's say top and is eligible, you got him.
22:33
Oh. My God.
22:34
Debonstra, Kingston, Flemings I think needs to be up there.
22:38
Josh Jefferson and or Manchilovich for Iowa State,
22:42
maybe Christian Andersen. Who else is on your list at this
22:45
point for? First, you're either tough.
22:46
Yeah, lot else. That's true, Brown.
22:51
Likewise Speaking of else. Yeah, it's, it's such a tough
22:55
team to pick. I mean, I'm glad I don't have to
22:57
do it for another week or so, but I mean, I'm I've been
23:01
sifting through options in my head for a couple of weeks now
23:04
because even before topping got hurt, the player of the year
23:06
race was a pretty, you know, pretty difficult one to figure
23:10
out. I felt like top and was the
23:11
front runner. But all the guys you mentioned
23:13
all can make a case and you know, some vote best player,
23:17
best team. If that's your cup of tea and
23:20
you think Arizona's the best team, then maybe Jayden Bradley
23:23
is your player of the year. If you're just thinking best
23:25
overall player, then you're like OK, top and OK debonsta.
23:30
OK, Does Aaron Peterson qualified?
23:32
Because has he played enough games to qualify?
23:34
Because if he has, maybe he can make a case for player of the
23:37
year. It's just, I don't know that
23:39
I've ever faced a more difficult team to put together for our our
23:45
side at Heartland College Sports in the 10 years I've covered the
23:47
conference. It's it's brutal because there
23:50
are really great players that are going to be going to be left
23:52
out completely, not just on my team but on the coaches team as
23:55
well. One of those guys that just I
23:57
mean, obviously we go back to night number one in college
24:00
basketball in the start that Co Pete had to his career.
24:03
He's hurt. What's the what what's the lace?
24:06
I guess what I'm trying to get from you is you know, I would
24:08
statements is they play them Monday, big Monday, 8:00 tip
24:12
central time. Is Pete going to be back by
24:14
then? Is there a chance Iowa State
24:15
misses him? Do you know?
24:17
I think there's a possibility. I think Tommy had his press
24:20
conference out there in Arizona yesterday and he mentioned that
24:24
Koa's kind of trending toward being able to return potentially
24:29
Saturday. OK.
24:30
When they play out there, it's, you know, it's one of those
24:34
injuries where you know you don't want to set him back
24:37
because you have bigger goals as a team.
24:39
But it sounds like he's trending in the right direction to where
24:41
he could return maybe Saturday. If he doesn't return Saturday,
24:46
I'll be interested to hear what Tommy says after the game.
24:49
After that game, if KOA doesn't play, if he believes that KOA
24:52
has a chance to play on Monday, I'm beginning to think he might
24:55
not play Saturday. But maybe there's a decent
24:57
chance we see him on the floor on Monday.
24:59
Quick turn around and maybe that's also kind of playing in
25:02
on Saturday to. Monday.
25:03
And maybe that's something that you think about.
25:05
And that's Kansas on. Yeah, Kansas.
25:08
Right. Yeah, that's that's just Kansas.
25:10
That's the big game. And who knows what kind of
25:12
Jayhawks squad we're going to get?
25:14
Speaking of that, what do you do with Kansas?
25:16
I mean, when everyone gets their brack in front of them,
25:18
regardless of where they are, 345 seed, who knows if they lose
25:22
a couple games here down the stretch, what can you possibly
25:25
think? I think I'd know with this
25:26
Jayhawks squad. I think you're just going to
25:30
have to close your eyes and touch a screw with these guys.
25:32
I mean, it's from one game to the next.
25:35
They are a different team and Bill Salt has acknowledged that.
25:39
I think the thing that I like about this team is that, you
25:42
know, I think the rest of these guys have tuned out the whole
25:45
Darren Peterson stuff. Whether you think he's hurt,
25:48
whether you think he's tanking, whatever.
25:50
I think the rest of these guys have just completely tuned it
25:52
out. They're so used to it at this
25:54
point that they just go play it. I mean, when they played the
25:56
other night, there was a real freedom with how everybody play
25:59
on that team that I was kind of impressed with.
26:01
You know, sometimes when you have all this controversy around
26:04
1 particular guy can really weigh you down.
26:07
I think these guys are past that point right now and they're just
26:11
like, if there is with us, cool. If he's not cool, we're just
26:14
going to go play. So you know, if if Peterson's
26:17
going to play and going to play 30 minutes and he fits nicely
26:20
into what they're doing, I could see them getting to the second
26:23
weekend. But if he starts having trouble
26:24
with his hamstring or his his cramps again, they might not get
26:28
out of the first weekend. I'm going to be really
26:30
interested to see what the vibe is of the Big 12 tournament
26:33
because I have not seen Kansas in person this year.
26:35
It looks like they're going to they're pretty close to getting
26:38
a double buy for the tournament. I'm going to be really
26:40
interested to see what the vibe is when I get to Kansas City in
26:43
terms of just around that team post game, that kind of thing.
26:47
They're they're, to me, they're a boom or bust team in the NCAA
26:50
tournament. Either they're going to have a
26:52
really good or they're going to be eliminated early on.
26:55
Yeah, better beware. No doubt about that.
26:57
You know, Trent and I talked about this on Tuesday, obviously
27:01
after Monday night in the 41 in in a row, you know, you got the
27:05
Maggio 56, you got Ripken's Iron Man streak.
27:08
You know, everybody's got their streak that they that they think
27:10
is the most untouchable streak winning 41 games in a row on
27:14
Monday night. And and and let's face it, when
27:17
the schedule comes out, you know that schedule in a Colorado or a
27:22
pick your bottom feeder to go in there on Monday, your most cases
27:26
playing the who's who of whatever team was in Kansas
27:29
conference at the time. It's remarkable.
27:32
It truly is 41 and a 41 and no Matt poses.
27:36
I'm not sure that we'll see that broken unless they do it again
27:39
next time they play on Monday. Well, I mean, winning 41 games
27:42
in a row is impressive enough. Winning 41 games in a row at
27:47
home, which is what this streak is about, is impressive enough.
27:49
But like you said, 41 games at home on a night where ESPN, and
27:55
the Big 12 for that matter, tried to rig the best possible
27:58
match up to drive ratings. That game drew more than two
28:02
million viewers per ESPN on Monday night.
28:04
So you're trying to rig a big match up.
28:07
You know, Kansas is always going to play well with, you know, TV
28:11
viewers. And yeah, you're right.
28:12
You're you're bringing in Houston.
28:14
They brought in, you know, other teams that were ranked earlier
28:17
this year. It's in Arizona.
28:19
They brought in Arizona on a big Monday.
28:21
I mean, you know, Kansas is getting the rest of the
28:23
conference's best in that game. So, you know, to think that Bill
28:27
Felt hasn't lost a big Monday game basically since he's been
28:30
there. I mean, and that's 20 years.
28:32
That's, that's something that I, I don't see any program or any
28:36
coach ever equalling that because it's just, you know, you
28:40
have that program, you have that coach and you had that
28:43
atmosphere. It's, it's such a hard place to
28:45
play. I mean, I went to a game there a
28:47
few years ago and Milo Matter played there on a random
28:50
December Friday night. And I mean, the place was
28:54
deafening. Imagine what it's like for a Big
28:55
12 game. Houston has lost three in a row
28:58
against Iowa State, Arizona and Kansas, so no problem there.
29:03
Do you have any concerns? What do you look at this squad?
29:05
One thing that popped up to me, it looks like sometimes they're
29:08
becoming not what they were at the beginning of the year.
29:10
They're becoming too reliant on their freshman in Kingston
29:12
Fleming. So.
29:13
Good. I, I think they've been a little
29:15
too reliant on him lately. I do think part of that is
29:18
because of what Calvin Stampson said earlier this week.
29:20
Emmanuel Sharp is banged up. He's got a hip issue.
29:24
Milo Zuzan is banged up as well. You know, you play in this
29:27
conference an 18 game season and you're just going to get, you
29:29
know, those kinds of bumps and bruises and that kind of thing.
29:33
And I think that has led to some inconsistency with those two
29:35
players. I mean, Sharp had a really good
29:38
game last weekend that he he he did not play well against
29:41
Kansas. Ozan has not quite been himself
29:45
down the stretch here. So they've had to be more
29:48
reliant on not just Fleming's but also Senak.
29:51
And I thought it was interesting what Bill Sells said after that
29:54
game. They were not really gearing
29:56
their defense to defend Senak. They were gearing it to defend
30:00
Flemings and the other guards. So, you know, I look at that if
30:03
I'm Kelvin Sampson, I look at that on tape.
30:05
I think to myself that might be a positive because Senak is
30:08
starting to play much better. He's really come along
30:12
offensively the last month, month and a half.
30:15
I could see him becoming a much bigger part of the puzzle for
30:18
them because their senior guards are so banged up and because
30:22
Fleming's really does need somebody that can you can play
30:24
off of. And because of Cenex height
30:26
inside, his ability to come out and take a jump shot and his
30:30
rebounding ability, I could I could see the two of them having
30:33
a really good run here the next few weeks.
30:36
At this point in the year, going into the Big 12 tournament,
30:39
you're you're only worried about playing time.
30:42
If a guy's hurt, if the guy's not hurt, you're going to play
30:45
him as much as you need to play him down the stretch.
30:47
Matt Postons from Heartland College Sports is our guest.
30:50
Couple more on the men and want to save some time to pick your
30:52
brain on the women's tournament as they get underway next week.
30:55
Hard to believe, but here we are.
30:57
BYU, they beat Iowa State convincingly on Saturday night.
31:01
Here comes the Central Florida team.
31:03
I think we discussed in the past with Trent and I both think this
31:06
is kind of that next tier of teams in the Big 12.
31:10
Central Florida just absolutely pasted him.
31:13
What's what's happening is just night to night in the in the Big
31:16
12, because BYU looked unbeatable on Saturday night,
31:19
looked anything but earlier in the week.
31:22
Yeah, it is one of those night to night things.
31:24
But I think also UCF kind of knows what they have on the line
31:27
here. I mean, going into that game,
31:29
they were in the last four buys on ESPN's bracket.
31:31
Once they won that game, they were out of last four buys,
31:33
which means basically you're safely in the tournament at that
31:36
point. So they know that they've got,
31:39
you know, a little more resume work to do, although frankly, I
31:42
think they're in period no matter what happens moving
31:44
forward. You know, they've won 20 games
31:48
now, but they went in there and shot the three incredibly well.
31:51
They have almost kind of a generational night shooting the
31:54
three pointer against BYU and and The thing is, you know,
31:57
Devonster plays great, right, Plays great.
32:01
The rest of those guys are night to night and without Richie
32:03
Saunders. That's why their ceiling is so
32:05
low now. You know, it's you're, you're,
32:07
you know, that Iowa State game, it wasn't just those two guys.
32:10
Kaita had a really good game and R Davis had a really good game.
32:12
Everybody stepped up and and played their role against UCF.
32:16
That didn't happen. So, you know, Kevin Young's got
32:19
some work to do with these guys just in terms of getting them
32:21
all In Sync going into the NCAA tournament or it's going to be a
32:24
really short stay for them. Bubble teams, if one of these
32:28
teams gets in the TCU, the West Virginia, the Cincinnati's, of
32:31
that group, who do you like the most to maybe pull off an upset?
32:34
You know, win a game of Dayton, upset a six seed in the second
32:37
round, something like that. Out of the bubble teams, who do
32:39
you like the most? Well, I think TCU is the one.
32:43
I think they're the one team on that bubble that has the best
32:45
chance of getting in. They've got Texas Tech coming up
32:48
next week. They've got two more games that
32:50
qualify as Quad One or Quad 2. You know, beating Arizona State
32:55
was a game they just needed to win.
32:56
They couldn't possibly lose that game and get in.
32:59
They won that game the other night.
33:01
I just kind of like the way they're they're trending right
33:03
now. They've won two straight games.
33:06
They beat West Virginia last weekend.
33:08
To me, they're really the the team that's on the bubble that
33:12
has the best chance to get in. And if they get in, you know,
33:14
it's probably going to be like a first four kind of situation.
33:17
And I could see them winning a first four-game and getting into
33:20
the first round and and giving somebody some real trouble
33:23
because you're thinking about them as an 11 seed or as a 12
33:25
seed. So you're playing A6 or A7?
33:28
Could be a really interesting game for them.
33:31
Iowa State if periodically over the last few weeks, TJS getting
33:36
3 freshmen on the floor at the same time and and a really good
33:39
basketball team. But he's got three good ones in
33:41
Toure, Playeda and Bateman. I want to ask you about Bateman
33:45
because this is the guy Toure has been great all year long.
33:48
Playeda, he's growing into his his own body and he's starting
33:50
to make an impact, but it's Bateman who I think has a chance
33:54
to really lift this team in the postseason.
33:57
Your thoughts on Iowa State, in particular to the three
33:59
freshmen? Yeah.
34:00
I mean, I think he has really interesting potential as you
34:04
know, extras as instant offense off the bench there in the
34:07
tournament. I mean, he's only averaging 6.6
34:09
points per game, but you know, he's shooting the three nearly
34:12
39%. He's a 77% shooter from the free
34:17
throw line. So he, you know, if he can get
34:19
to the basket more, draw a few more fouls, get to the free
34:21
throw line, you know, open himself up for threes, a little
34:24
bit more hit. He hit one of those big threes
34:27
in that Houston game a week ago. He could have a real impact.
34:31
I mean, you know, teams are going to gravitate toward
34:34
Monstilovich because of the way he's shooting the three.
34:36
I mean, he's shooting 50% from the arc.
34:38
That's just nuts. I mean, nobody does that.
34:42
So teams are obviously going to pay a lot of attention.
34:44
As you know, he was paid attention to earlier this week.
34:48
They're going to need somebody to kind of take that and stipend
34:51
it off. You know, Jefferson's a solid 3
34:52
point shooter, but he really needs to be closer to the
34:54
basket. Bateman is a guy based on
34:57
percentage that could step up and and give them something in
34:59
the tournament that could take some of that pressure off
35:01
Momsilovich, get some of that defense to peel off and then put
35:04
Momsilovich back in one-on-one situations where he can take
35:07
those shots. Let's jump over to the Iowa
35:09
State women. Let one get away in a tight game
35:11
and then Oklahoma State just took complete control in the
35:14
fourth quarter of that one last night in Hilton and basically
35:18
Locks. Iowa stayed into having to play
35:20
in the second round of the tournament as they're going to
35:23
likely be maybe the number seven seed down at the Big 12
35:25
tournament. On the women's side, it's a
35:27
different year in the Big 12. Not quite the heavyweights we're
35:30
used to in the past. TCU certainly the best team, but
35:33
an open field when we make our way down to Kansas City next
35:36
week. Yeah, I think it's a little bit
35:38
more open than I thought it was going into this season.
35:41
You know, TCU kind of had that feel of a team that, you know,
35:44
could dominate the conference. But they've been, you know,
35:46
they've been upended. Texas Tech beat them.
35:49
They've lost a couple of other games down the line.
35:51
Colorado's really come on the past few weeks and they they're
35:55
very close to locking up a double by in the tournament and
35:58
and taking the double by that. I thought Texas Tech was going
36:00
to get Oklahoma states really dangerous.
36:03
As you saw last night, they're going to be hard to deal with.
36:07
You know, Iowa State. I think it all depends on, you
36:10
know, just where Addie Brown is with her, you know, physically
36:15
cardiovascular to vascular to a certain degree.
36:18
You know, is she ready to go for the tournament because she's,
36:21
she's their differentiator. You know, she without her, you
36:24
know, they had to find new ways to win, which can be very
36:27
helpful when you get into the tournament.
36:28
But with her, they can be a very dangerous team.
36:31
They're they are locked into A7. I did all the math last night.
36:35
They are locked into a 7. So you know, they're going to be
36:39
a single by they're going to get an extra day arrest.
36:41
That should help them. I could see them winning a
36:45
couple of games. They'd probably play a West
36:49
Virginia or a Baylor in the in the quarterfinals if everything
36:52
goes to chalk. That would be a a rough game.
36:55
But you know, they could beat either one of those teams.
36:58
In fact, I think they beat Baylor early in the year, way
37:01
back in December when conference play started.
37:03
So I'm really intrigued by this tournament because it's not to
37:08
me. Coming into the season, like I
37:10
said, I felt like it was kind of a TCU lock to a certain degree.
37:13
I don't really feel like it's that way anymore on a neutral
37:15
floor. I think this is a much more wide
37:17
open tournament than I expected. If I was, they could only finish
37:20
a game. I mean, they coughed up a big
37:21
lead in the fourth quarter against TCU and then last night
37:24
with Oklahoma State. Matt Postons, what are your
37:28
tournament plans? Unfortunately, I will not be
37:31
able to make it for the women I spent I spent part of my time in
37:35
spring training. As you guys know, so are.
37:37
The Rangers going to be good. They'll be good.
37:40
I'm not sure if they'll be great, but they'll be good.
37:42
They're they're playing well right now in surprise and
37:45
they've avoided injuries to this point, so I think they're going
37:48
to be pretty good this year. I think they should be above 500
37:50
and they should be definitely in contention for a playoff.
37:53
Can they win the division? Can they win the division?
37:57
I think Seattle's going to win the division, personally.
38:00
I think they're going to win it by several games.
38:02
I think the race is going to be between them and Houston to get
38:04
a wild card berth. That that's how I that's how I
38:06
feel about it right now. But yeah, I'll be there for the
38:10
men's tournament starting for the second round and should be
38:13
interesting. We got all the Big 12 each list
38:16
today, all the other things they're doing.
38:18
Nice. One thing that I thought was
38:20
really cool is obviously they're going to have a lot of
38:23
merchandise there, but I guess some, I guess Rally House or
38:25
somebody's going to have branded satin varsity jackets for all 16
38:31
teams for purpose. I'm really interested to see
38:34
what they're going to do with that.
38:35
Good stuff, Matt. We will talk to you at that
38:37
point, if not before. Thank you.
38:39
What you do for Trent and I, we really appreciate it.
38:41
Heartland College Sports for Matt Postons and the rest of the
38:44
crew over there. Thank you, Matt.
38:45
Appreciate it. Thanks guys.
38:47
Appreciate it. Good to talk to you, Matt
38:48
Poston, as we check in on the big Big 12.
38:51
A little baseball in there, Seattle Trent.
38:54
Yeah, you want to bet the Rangers.
38:56
I do want to bet the Rangers. Please talk me out of it.
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Don't do it. I might need a little bit more
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than that since we're here on bait.
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Do we have a minute? We got a minute.
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So CC Sabathia going in Monument, Monument Park for the
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Yankees. I'm not a Yankee fan.
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You're not a Yankee fan. He's a nice player.
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He's all Famer. Yeah, I I'm not diminishing what
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he's done. Is he an all time Yankee?
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No, not at all. Right, so it's not just me.
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He played there a lot longer than I.
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Thought I'm with you. Looking through Baseball
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Reference, yeah, there's a lot more to the resume that I guess
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I remember. Right, 'cause I thought he was
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more well at the time an Indian and then he went to Milwaukee
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and what was he, 11 and O after the trade that something crazy
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like that. But what do you think of Ruth?
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And DiMaggio, I mean the greats, you know, but they're not.
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All that way too. I'm sure there's other guys.
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There's other guys Don Mattingly's in there.
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Don Mattingly should, yeah, but he's not a.
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Baseball not a Hall of Famer. CC is you.
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Don't have to be a Hall of Famer though, to be in your.
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Monuments, you know, and he played, look Mattingly played on
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some, if there was such a thing, bad Yankee teams.
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Yes, absolutely. But CC Sabathieth going to I
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don't know. I just think when it's it's
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reserved for the best of the all time best.
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That's how I see it, right? Or?
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Wrong. He was top five in the Cy Young
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his first three years, an All Star in the fourth year and.
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This was with the Yankees. With the Yankees and then after
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that is when it started to come back a little bit but had a
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little bit of a renaissance then towards the back half.
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What did he do in the World Series year, the year that they
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won it with Jeter and that was like 089?
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That was his first year and he was fourth in the Cy Young that
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year. What did you do in the playoffs?
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Do you have that I? Don't in front of me. 19 and
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eight that season 3.37 ERA strikeouts.
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Where are strikeouts? Oh, he's got a bunch of him.
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He's over 3000 career wise. So Goodyear in a World Series
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year too, probably helped. Well, you know what?
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Let's have Matt Snyder on next week.
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Talk a little baseball, twist your arm.
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Absolutely. Miller and Condon back to finish
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up our number one. Don't bet the Rangers see.
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Iowa Sports Radio Network. All.
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Right, first couple, a final couple of minutes rather our #1
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Miller and Condon with you until 2:00.
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So during the break, do you know every single digit's been
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retired by the Yankees? What?
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Oh, every single. Every single digit.
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Not every. Mark 1 Babe or Jeter, Babe Ruth,
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Gary DiMaggio, Torre, Mickey Mantle, 7.
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Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey, 8 Roger Merson and then Phil
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Rizzuto. So here's the list.
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Other than that, Munson Whitey. Ford.
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Sure. Jorge Posada, World Series.
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Bunch of them. Whitey Ford, I said him.
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Paul O'Neill, Right. I'm with you there.
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Don Mattingly. Yeah.
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Elston Howard. I don't remember Elston.
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I remember the name. I don't remember his career.
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Casey Stengel. OK.
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More famous for other thing, I think.
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Yeah. Mariano, 42.
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Of course. Reggie, 44.
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Yes. Andy Pettit.
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Yeah. Louisiana Lightning run Guidry,
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Bernie Williams and then CC Sabathia.
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That'll that's the list. That's a lot of retired numbers,
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but they've had a lot of good players.
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He deserves amongst them. Alright, yeah, you convinced me.
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I didn't realize. I just, he's been 11 years
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there. Yeah, that's a more of his
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career there. I thought he was with Cleveland
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longer for whatever reason, as we bore the audience with CC
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Sabathia. Where do you want to go?
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You had a football, college football thing for.
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Me, yeah. So ranking the head coaches and
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maybe we can spread our wings a little bit more if we have a
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little time later, but ranking the college football there's.
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No basketball games to move our needle tonight.
42:47
That's right, for tomorrow. Yes, that's a good idea.
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But Stuart Mandel came out with his list.
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He normally does it like, right as soon as the hiring kind of
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finishes up. OK, yeah.
42:57
Want to get your thoughts on some of your favorite hires in
42:59
college football who made a good one?
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You know the interest, interesting one I found because
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of the Big 10 ties is Fitz at Michigan State.
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I love the hire, by the way. You do, I do.
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I'm glad he's back in football. I thought he got a raw deal in
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North but now I got paid handsomely.
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Yes, he did. And rightly so.
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You look at the totality of the resume and the way things were
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going though towards the back end.
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Yeah, not fair. They weren't going very well.
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Now can he reinvigorate? Can he get the fan base?
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Can he get the money? And they have money there at
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Michigan State. That obviously goes a long way
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as we know in college football is the spending part of it.
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But I do just kind of wonder a little bit about that hire.
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I am not nearly as enamored to think it's going to be a home
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run. It's a behemoth too with this
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new Big 10 and what you're going through and just getting getting
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from where they are now in the bottom third of the league,
43:48
getting up in towards the top of the the second third of the
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league, getting into the 678 range.
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That is a lot of heavy lifting to get there.
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And we're recruiting against the Penn States and the Michigan's
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and the Ohio states of the world, and then the next year
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the Iowas and the Wisconsin's and then you got these national
44:05
programs on top of it. It's a more difficult job than
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it was recently. Not Fairpoint.
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All right, let's save that for tomorrow when Tom Kecker will
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join us and Eugene Rappe will join us and Mike Palm will join
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us as well. For for that in our number 2,
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we're going to recap the Ohio State Iowa game from last night.
44:24
Elliot Clef on the scene for that one.
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We will do that and then we will talk to Dalton Wasserman from
44:31
Pro Football Focus. Little NFL combine talk with
44:35
Dalton coming up here at 1:30. Transplays of the Day Circus
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the bench. Coming up at 2.
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