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  Speaker 1: Sports Radio AM thirteen hundred The Zone. Andrew Zimmeol filling
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  Speaker 1: in for one Craig Way as Craig is in Brooklyn,
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  Speaker 1: New York. Brooklyn would go hard. Craig Way joins the show. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Craig Texas men's basketball went hard yesterday a big win
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  Speaker 1: against Syracuse.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and got out for the big lead. They were
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  Speaker 2: up sixteen in the first half and early in the
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  Speaker 2: second half and missed some shots. Syracuse got hot, came
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  Speaker 2: all the way back, actually took their first lead, even
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  Speaker 2: the team in a second anthet a couple of one
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  Speaker 2: point leads, and then the Longrns did what they had
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  Speaker 2: to do. They closed out down the stretch. And for
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  Speaker 2: a freshman like Trey Johnson, who it looked like it
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  Speaker 2: was coming so easy to him before this game last night,
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  Speaker 2: it was really struggling from the field. He was super
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  Speaker 2: touchdown the stretch, made six out of six free throws
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  Speaker 2: from the foul line. That to go with Arthur Kluma's
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  Speaker 2: double double, his second as a long Worn and they
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  Speaker 2: did a good job to be able to pull away,
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  Speaker 2: to eat a way to get that win. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: No, the trade Johnson storyline this year. Craig is something
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  Speaker 1: that everybody's gonna want to talk about all year long.
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  Speaker 1: And the fact that the lights were bright. He struggled early,
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  Speaker 1: but to come back the way that they did, and
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  Speaker 1: for him to come back mentally, to take that deep
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  Speaker 1: breath and hit those free throws, that is huge. That
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  Speaker 1: tells me a lot about the type of player he's
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  Speaker 1: going to be.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he didn't let the fact that he was missing
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  Speaker 2: shots affect him on the defensive end, which is a
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  Speaker 2: pretty common occurrence, especially with freshman But as we were
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  Speaker 2: talking about yesterday, he really likes to guard people and
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  Speaker 2: he worked really hard on the defensive side. And then
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  Speaker 2: you could tell Syracuse wanted to foul him. He had
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  Speaker 2: missed one free throw in the first app but only one.
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  Speaker 2: He just missed a lot of shots from the field,
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  Speaker 2: and you could tell they really wanted to foul him.
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  Speaker 2: And as Rodney Kerry told us on the post game,
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  Speaker 2: he said, we were fine with that, and sure enough
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  Speaker 2: they got the ball in his hand and then he
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  Speaker 2: made all six free throws down the stretch, So they've
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  Speaker 2: got plenty of confidence him and Rodney even said at
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  Speaker 2: the post game, I'll look for Trey to have a
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  Speaker 2: big game tomorrow. Night he said that would a laugh.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll see. But I think it also shows that
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  Speaker 2: they could, excuse me, get plenty of contributions from players
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  Speaker 2: not named Trey Johnson win Trey struggles from the corps.
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned Klumba's double double. Kendall Weaver had ten points,
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  Speaker 2: nine of those in the second half and added nine rebounds.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty good for a guard he can elevate. Yeah, so
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  Speaker 2: I think that was important. Kayton Shedrick had some moments,
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  Speaker 2: Derek Onyema off the bench, so they got They got
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  Speaker 2: several guys to chip in and they're gonna need that
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  Speaker 2: throughout the course of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about Mark. He got his first bucket. We
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  Speaker 1: played the call earlier in the show Crag. We knew
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  Speaker 1: it was kind of a game time decision, but man,
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  Speaker 1: it was good to see him out there get those
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  Speaker 1: nineteen minutes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, Tremon Mark get two threes early
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  Speaker 2: in the game and then not as much after. But
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  Speaker 2: I think also Robby was looking at different commindations trying
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  Speaker 2: to make sure that they didn't, you know, grind him
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  Speaker 2: too much coming off that ankle injury. But he came
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  Speaker 2: out of it well. I think we'll see him play
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  Speaker 2: probably some more minutes tonight and and some of this also,
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  Speaker 2: Andrew's going to depend on foul difficulty with guys, you know,
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  Speaker 2: as arik on Yama got ten first half minutes, which
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  Speaker 2: is not real common for him. He got that because
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  Speaker 2: of the two early fouls on Cayden Shedrick, and he
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  Speaker 2: got pretty worn down there late in the first half.
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  Speaker 2: Mark will have some time again coming off the bench.
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  Speaker 2: They like the big freshman Jamie Benson. Gives him a
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  Speaker 2: few minutes as well. Even Nick Cody got his first
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  Speaker 2: action out there for a few minutes on the floor.
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  Speaker 2: They want to get some more with him against this
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  Speaker 2: Saint Joe's team. They're going to be playing the team
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  Speaker 2: that has a couple of big guys in their center.
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  Speaker 2: Justice Ajibor, who's who's the center, he's six ten, and
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  Speaker 2: Rasher Fleming is a six ' nine forward who loves
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  Speaker 2: to shoot three pointer. He shoots forty five percent beyond
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  Speaker 2: the arc. So they have to match with those guys
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  Speaker 2: as well as what the guards want to do for
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  Speaker 2: the heart.
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  Speaker 1: It's almost like you do this for a living, because
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  Speaker 1: you beat me to my segue. Craig I was going
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  Speaker 1: to start talking about tonight's game, I will say, to
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  Speaker 1: eight guys in double figure minutes or eight guys in
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  Speaker 1: double figure points, which one's more impressive to you? Now,
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  Speaker 1: that didn't happen last night, But what would you prefer
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  Speaker 1: to see? Eight guys who can contribute big minutes or
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  Speaker 1: eight guys that are contributing points?
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  Speaker 2: You mean protectas. Yes, well, you'll take the points anytime
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  Speaker 2: you can get them, for sure, But I do think
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  Speaker 2: it speaks to the depth of the team when you
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  Speaker 2: can have that. So especially Andrew, when you got the
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  Speaker 2: back to back. This is their first back to back
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  Speaker 2: of the season. And of course, obviously when you get
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  Speaker 2: in the tournament play, you have to deal with that.
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  Speaker 2: Here's an interesting fact. The Long Words have not won
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  Speaker 2: an n season tournament since the pandemic twenty twenty when
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  Speaker 2: they were in the Malli Invitational. But if you looked around,
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  Speaker 2: it didn't look much like now. He was in Ashville,
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  Speaker 2: North Carolina during the pandemic and Texas won the ball
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  Speaker 2: game to be days in Indiana and North Carolina to
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  Speaker 2: win that event. And they're going back to the MALLI
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  Speaker 2: next year, really and truly going to Bali this time
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  Speaker 2: next year. But they that's the last time they won
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  Speaker 2: an end season tournament, so they have a chance to
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  Speaker 2: do that tonight.
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  Speaker 1: I was going to say, that's almost like if I
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  Speaker 1: had like the Paris Invitational in Paris, Texas, Craig, It's
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  Speaker 1: it's not Maui, but it's the next best thing. It's
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  Speaker 1: North Carolina.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not bad and Asheel's beautiful and hopefully they
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  Speaker 2: recover with a horrific flooding that happened a hurricane and
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  Speaker 2: they're still rebuilding up there. But that's a wonderful town.
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  Speaker 2: It kind of it would remind you of Austin about
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  Speaker 2: twenty thirty years ago. It has kind of tucked away
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  Speaker 2: in the mountains. It's a beautiful city. Hopefully they can
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  Speaker 2: get that thing back on track now.
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  Speaker 1: Funny enough, and maybe I'm wrong here, but it says
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  Speaker 1: the last time that Texas and Saint Joseph's played was
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  Speaker 1: in the Mallai in two thousand and eight.
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  Speaker 3: Does that sound about right to you?
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  Speaker 2: Yep, yep it was. And just like then, last night,
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  Speaker 2: I sat next to Joey Brackets himself, Joe Lenardi, the
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  Speaker 2: man who does the bracketology for ESPN. He is the
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  Speaker 2: radio analyst for Saint Joe's and we were sitting inside
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  Speaker 2: one another last night while the game was going on,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, while he was, you know, watching our game.
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  Speaker 2: And then and then I was there for the first
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  Speaker 2: half of their game against Texas Tech. And that game,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, Andrew, was a lot like the Texas game.
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  Speaker 2: Saint Joe's got out to the afore mentioned sixteen point
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  Speaker 2: first half lead, had it sixteen early in the second half,
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  Speaker 2: and then hit a dry spell. Tech got hot, came back,
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  Speaker 2: actually took a one point lead, and then Saint Joe's
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  Speaker 2: made some key buckets down the stretch and Tech missed
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  Speaker 2: a pretty short range jumper that would have won it
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  Speaker 2: for him. So there will be no Texas versus Texas
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  Speaker 2: Tech games since the Red Raiders that didn't come up
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  Speaker 2: with a win. So it's going to be Texas against
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  Speaker 2: Saint Joe's. But yes, you're right, it'll be the first
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  Speaker 2: time in sixteen years that they will have met. The
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  Speaker 2: last time was in the two thousand and eight nowI Invitational.
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  Speaker 1: Andrews will filling on the Craig Way Show. Craig Way
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  Speaker 1: his name on the Z on the show on the
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  Speaker 1: phone with us Craig I was talking about this game
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  Speaker 1: yesterday with you. I was saying, I really hope that
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  Speaker 1: it was going to be Tech versus Texas. Do I
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  Speaker 1: need to put more respect on Saint Joseph's name? Is
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  Speaker 1: that what this comes down to that I wasn't familiar
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  Speaker 1: with how good they are.
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  Speaker 2: Well they're good, and you know that's what's called Big
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  Speaker 2: Five Basketball, the five schools there in Philadelphia, you know,
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  Speaker 2: with Penn and LaSalle and Villanova, you know, Direcchoel's in there.
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  Speaker 2: They've got They've got several good teams and programs there
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  Speaker 2: in the city of Philadelphia, and a lot of times
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  Speaker 2: they'll play at the Palester and have the big crowds there.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a cool deal. And St. Joseph's had some
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  Speaker 2: really good teams in the past. Of course, we all
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  Speaker 2: know Jamiir and Nelson who played the NBA all those years.
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  Speaker 2: He was the point guard for that great Saint Josephine
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  Speaker 2: that Phil Martelly had that got to the Elite ate
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  Speaker 2: a few years ago. So you know, it's one of
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  Speaker 2: those tradition leaden basketball programs. And it's still early days,
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  Speaker 2: early in the season. I think teams are still trying
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  Speaker 2: to find their way. Listen, the Walk Warns are still playing.
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  Speaker 2: There are three men down right now, and they've got
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  Speaker 2: three guys who have not been able to go because
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  Speaker 2: because of injury as a result that happened in the
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  Speaker 2: fact that they were unable to get Jason Kennell on
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  Speaker 2: the floor. He injured a risk in last Saturday's win
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  Speaker 2: over Mississippi Valley State. They're still trying to bring Nick
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  Speaker 2: Cody along Malik Presley, the kid from San Marcus that
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  Speaker 2: transferre him from Vantal. They've got guys banged up right now,
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  Speaker 2: and I think some teams are going through some of
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  Speaker 2: that as well across the country.
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  Speaker 3: Eight pm.
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  Speaker 1: Pregame right here on Sports Radio AM thirteen hundred Zone
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  Speaker 1: and on the Long Warn Radio network as well. All Right, Craig,
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  Speaker 1: it's a game that we have certing on the calendar
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  Speaker 1: for the Saturday. It's Kentucky versus Texas. I want to
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  Speaker 1: talk about you though the next twenty four hours for
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  Speaker 1: you got to be kind of a world win, right,
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  Speaker 1: call this game and come back do the Long Warn game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, one of those you get on the
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  Speaker 2: plane and you come home, you know that kind of
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  Speaker 2: thing I was referring to you know, kind of blocking
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  Speaker 2: out the fact you get a little tired coming in.
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to being in the stadium tomorrow to
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  Speaker 2: call them the game Senior Day. There'll be a lot
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  Speaker 2: of seniors and some who aren't necessarily seniors academically, but
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  Speaker 2: who may be playing their final game as Texas. Long words, anyway,
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  Speaker 2: it's a special day for them, and and sarc has
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  Speaker 2: talked about that this week. He got a little emotional
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  Speaker 2: during the week with the team. He plans to be
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  Speaker 2: You're gonna try, You're gonna try to be a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more stoic tomorrow when those guys come out. He
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  Speaker 2: wants his guys to enjoy the moment. This is a
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  Speaker 2: real interesting dynamic allways. And I remember talking about it
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  Speaker 2: with Mac Brown and other coaches that you want the
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  Speaker 2: guys to appreciate the moment. You also don't want it
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  Speaker 2: to consume them emotionally to the point that they can't
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  Speaker 2: function on the field, because the end result of this
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  Speaker 2: is the bottom line, and Stark mentioned this on the
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  Speaker 2: Zoom yesterday, is the best way they can honor the underclassmen,
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  Speaker 2: can honor the seniors is for them to play well
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  Speaker 2: and for the seniors to play well and for them
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  Speaker 2: to win, to have a big day because as we know,
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  Speaker 2: they need to keep winning. They really I think need
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  Speaker 2: to win the next two games to lock themselves into
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  Speaker 2: a playoff spot. Then you take your chances in Atlanta,
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  Speaker 2: try to win an SEC championship, and if you do that,
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  Speaker 2: you get a first round by for the playoffs. So
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  Speaker 2: there's you know, there's goals still out there. The stated
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  Speaker 2: goal of this team from the starts to win the
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  Speaker 2: SEC Championship, and that goal is still in front of them.
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  Speaker 1: Which you got to admit high bar for year one
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  Speaker 1: of the SEC that they might clear, which is absolutely incredible.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: We do a lot of predictions on sports talk radio.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going to ask you to make a prediction here, Craig,
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  Speaker 1: I will ask you to do this. What is your
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  Speaker 1: favorite Senior Day memory from calling these games? What do
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  Speaker 1: you remember the most?
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  Speaker 2: I just remember, you know, there there were days there
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  Speaker 2: were games when see we didn't know, you know, five
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  Speaker 2: that it was going to be Vin Chunks final light
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  Speaker 2: and so he didn't actually even go through senior Day,
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  Speaker 2: uh you know, uh celebration and all that sort. So
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  Speaker 2: we did know that was going to be the case.
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  Speaker 2: For col McCoy in two thousand and nine, and I
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  Speaker 2: think about that and that was a big day for him.
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  Speaker 2: But again then as in as now, the way that
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  Speaker 2: it was set up, Andrew, is you had to keep
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  Speaker 2: winning the long warns knew uh that in the BC
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  Speaker 2: what they were going to have to do is win
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  Speaker 2: the game over Texas A and M, which they did,
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  Speaker 2: and then they were going to have to win the
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  Speaker 2: Big Golf Championship, which they did by the narrowest of margins.
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  Speaker 2: You know when they when they barely beat Nebraska, but
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  Speaker 2: they beat them to get to the National Championship game.
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  Speaker 2: It's the same thing with this group. They know that
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  Speaker 2: they know what's in front of them, and yeah, it'll
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  Speaker 2: be a special day, but you know they they know
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  Speaker 2: what they have to do to take their business. And
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  Speaker 2: you didn't ask me this, Andrew, but I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: tell you anyway, if you're asking me, I'd rather have
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  Speaker 2: the buy.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's perfect, Okay, I agree.
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  Speaker 2: I'd rather Yeah, I would. And you know why, it's
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  Speaker 2: one less game you have to win. Listen, whoever they
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  Speaker 2: if there's a couple of things in play here, when
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  Speaker 2: when they're when people who are examining this, saying, hey, look,
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  Speaker 2: you know you can play you know, go ahead and
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  Speaker 2: get in a rhythm and you play that matchup, and
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  Speaker 2: then you're going, well, that game is no guarantee even
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  Speaker 2: if you're the five seed. Remember, the five seed is
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  Speaker 2: going to play the twelve seed, and you have no
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  Speaker 2: control over whether you're a going to be the five
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  Speaker 2: seed because automatic conference champions could knock you down below that,
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  Speaker 2: making it a more difficult first round matchup. So there's that,
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  Speaker 2: and then and then you don't know who that twelve
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  Speaker 2: is going to be. I mean, does anybody want play
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  Speaker 2: Boys State right now? I don't know. It looks pretty
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  Speaker 2: good against Oregon, so that it's one less game you
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  Speaker 2: have to win, okay, because then he you know, I
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  Speaker 2: know they was talking about getting into a rhythm and
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  Speaker 2: all that, but it's another four week grind. So that's right.
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  Speaker 2: And I was all for a playoff expansion. I'm for
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  Speaker 2: expanding at the sixteen. I'm all of that. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the high school kids play sixteen games andrew in the
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  Speaker 2: state of Texas to win a state title, you know,
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  Speaker 2: so you can do that.
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  Speaker 1: High school kids aren't facing Georgia, then A and M
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  Speaker 1: and then Alburn and Alabama and LSU, and then having
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  Speaker 1: to go play the best teams in the country after that.
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  Speaker 3: That's why I don't want to expand it.
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  Speaker 2: They also don't have They also don't have two or
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  Speaker 2: three buys during the course of the season two, So
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  Speaker 2: I mean you have to look at it from all angle.
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  Speaker 2: Same thing with the FCS playoffs. FCS college guys, they're
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  Speaker 2: having to go through it. Same thing in Division two,
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  Speaker 2: same thing in Division three. You're gonna tell me that
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  Speaker 2: Division III college kid not on scholarship can't grind for
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  Speaker 2: fifteen or six or KI is able to grind for
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  Speaker 2: fifteen or sixteen weeks, and a D one kid with
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  Speaker 2: nil money coming in and everything that's going on, you're
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  Speaker 2: gonna tell me he can't handle it. Of course he can,
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  Speaker 2: of course he can. It's just the college football landscape
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  Speaker 2: wasn't used to it in the past, where they're gonna
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  Speaker 2: get used to it this year and everybody's gonna love it.
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  Speaker 3: There's a reason I call him a legend. It's Craig Way.
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  Speaker 1: Craig, thank you for letting me fill in your shoes
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  Speaker 1: this last couple of days. Have a good call tonight
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  Speaker 1: and We'll see you when.
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  Speaker 3: You get back.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, Hey, I appreciate you and Ronald, and we'll look
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  Speaker 2: forward to a holiday week next week. We'll be back
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  Speaker 2: to the house on Monday.
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  Speaker 3: I love it all right.
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  Speaker 1: That is craig Way's names on the show, the voice
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  Speaker 1: of Longhorns, Andrews I will filling in for craig Way
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  Speaker 1: when we come back. We will continue the conversation about
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  Speaker 1: college football, new commits, and one team got a whole
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  Speaker 1: lot better. We'll tell you about it next on sports
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