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The Big 12 Glass Floor is Dead, Iowa State prepares for Arizona, Kyler Murray to the Vikings, Eugene Rapay talks Cyclones · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hi, good afternoon. Welcome Miller and Condon.
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On Friday, the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
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Shank Condon and Ken Miller for the next two hours talk sports
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with you. Thanks for starting your
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afternoon with us. Here's what's coming up on our
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program. Just two guests on the program
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today. We will give four of you an
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opportunity to win some grub from the chicken coop and Trent
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will make some picks up. First, we'll head to Kansas
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City. Eugene Repay is there.
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He'll be covering Iowa State in Arizona tonight for the Des
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Moines Register as he always does. desmoinesregister.com for
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Eugene. He'll join us at 12:30.
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Maybe recap the first two blowouts and take a look at the
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Arizona game tonight as Iowa State seeks a little revenge on
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the Wildcats as they put it to him in Tucson a couple of weeks
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ago. But Eugene repay up 1st at
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12:30. Then Tom Cacert, I'm not sure if
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he's back from Chicago. I'm not sure why if he would
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stay or not, but he will talk to us.
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I know that much. Kicking off our number 2 Tom
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Cacert on the Ohio State loss yesterday.
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What Iowa waits waits ahead for them, obviously Selection
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Sunday. Next up, Hawkeye Topics with Tom
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Cacert to kick off our number 2 at 1:30 or thereabouts will give
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four of you an opportunity to win some grub from the chicken
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coop, three locations in Central Iowa, Ankeny, Urbandale and West
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Des Moines. Trent will make some picks about
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1:50 and then he'll dad head down to Casey Center for the
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boys state championship. Cedar Falls and Johnston will do
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battled here today is that's the match up.
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Both prevailed yesterday. 3:00 on the bull on the FM dial on
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the bull 96.9. How are you, Trent Condon?
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Tired. It's.
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Been a long couple of weeks. It's been a long month yes and
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it's it's catching up with me. Voices starting to falter and up
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too late recording podcast and re watching games and it just
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I'm worn down. So one more to go.
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Looking forward to it. Johnston the Cinderella story
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they beat #3 walkie. Northwest yesterday beat #1
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walkie and today they'll get their shot against #1 Cedar
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Falls, the undefeated Tigers against the Johnston Dragons.
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3:00 for the tip off of that one.
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So what are the Dragons doing that they didn't do during the
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regular season? If it or did somebody return to
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the lineup? Was there an injury?
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Yeah, Tino Day is back and he is the lone senior starter in this
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squad. It's 4 juniors in him getting
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him back out change and I think it was 6 of their eight losses
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came when he was out or coming back from injury.
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So since he's been playing, he was our player of the game
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yesterday presented by Graphite Construction Group.
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He was outstanding, but he wasn't alone.
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You know they're going to defend.
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I mean we talk about this every time.
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It's Courtney Henderson coach team.
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They're going to defend and in both games against both walkies,
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they out toughed them. Now they also shot credibly well
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in both of those games and certainly yesterday they had 7
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to 10 three pointers and when Johnson's doing that, they got a
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shot. Yeah, absolutely any team does
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that. They're going to and have an
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opportunity. This Cedar Falls team, though,
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is a different animal. And I mentioned to you the other
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day, Will Gerdes, he's going to you and I.
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He's 6-9, maybe 6-8. Listen to 6/9.
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He is your prototypical you and I center that we've seen for
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what, the last quarter century. I mean, going back to the
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beginning of the McDermott era, starting with David Gruber and
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going all the way through. And this is the guy, yes, he's a
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little bit undersized. He's not a traditional center,
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but he's good, He's skilled, he's going to make the right
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plays. I don't think know if he's going
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to be an impact guy, but by the time he's a Sophomen Moore
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junior senior, Oh yeah, there's that guy.
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He's going to be really good there.
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They got some guards that can do some different things.
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They're senior laden. Kimbrough's been playing since
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he was an underclassman for them.
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He's their best 3 point shooter. The only sophomore that plays
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for them in the starting lineup. They have 4 seniors and a
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sophomore is a Gary kid that just you really can't rattle
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him. But he's going to see a
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different level of defense in this one today, so should be a
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fun one. Johnston trying to pull the
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Shocker and double dip the big school championship.
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They win a lot of championships over there.
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Yes, they do. So tell me about Evan Jacobson's
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technical Was it deserved? I don't know what.
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Because he got he how did what did he get an elbow to the face
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or he got a bleeding, bloody nose?
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He did, yeah. He he got chopped there pretty
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good and. And he got back in the game and
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then it came right, the technical.
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I think magic word, yeah, I think that's what it was.
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That's what it had to be. It was quick, no doubt.
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Now he was incredulous that anything happened.
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I've watched Evan now for four years.
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Evan talks a lot. Does he on?
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The floor, in fact, they were, he was inbounding the ball after
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he got hit in the nose. And I heard him talk to the
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official and he still though, you know, all the blood's
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supposed to be off and you can still see the blood stains on
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there. And the official was talking to
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him and Evan wasn't exactly happy.
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He said, yeah, there's a foul in no uncertain terms.
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So I'm not surprised that he got a technical because I've seen
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him run hot before. But again, I don't know what was
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said, had the cans on, couldn't hear what was said, anything
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like that. I would anticipate, though.
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It was one of those words you can't say on the floor.
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So his coach, Kanasky, what's his first name?
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Kevin. Kevin.
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So he has to be Kurt Kanasky's kid.
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Yes, yes, right. And how long has he been there?
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A while, maybe four years. I think after the split, I think
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he got the job. He's done a really good job.
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He is as animated as you're going to see on the sidelines.
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Yeah, you, you pointed that out in the game.
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Yesterday as a broadcast, he is works the officials incredibly
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well. And yet yesterday I thought he
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was more reserved. Was he than normal?
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Yeah, but I was surprised by that.
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But it was not the same Kanasky that we normally see on the
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sidelines 'cause he's a guy that hops up and down and he's
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pleading and he's got a lot of Tom Izzo in him.
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Think of that kind of coach. That's Kanaski working those
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officials. Does it work?
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It works for Izzo. Does it work for Kanaski?
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Not at the same level, right? Yeah.
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Because I also don't see Kanaski hugging up with the guys like
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Izzo likes to do too, you know, and, and kissing their ass.
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I mean, that's what Izzo does. And it drives me crazy.
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I hate it. I absolutely.
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Who does they get today? They've got a tough game today,
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tougher than the UCLA. Yes, UCLA playing well, playing
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well. I have a great day for the Big
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10 today. It's underway, by the way,
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Michigan, Ohio State's. Give Michigan all they want.
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This Thornton's player, I mean, we saw that yesterday.
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He is an absolute player. So we'll keep an eye on that
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one. A Big 12 back tonight, Arizona
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and Iowa State. Were you surprised at the point
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spread? I thought it would be a little
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bit higher, 4 1/2 is it stayed at 4 1/2.
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Let me look real. Quick, I think there was 3 and a
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halfs this morning in the market when I really.
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Yeah. So there there was some steam
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that came in on Iowa State, the homecourt of Vantage.
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They're a different team in Kansas City almost every single
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year this team plays. Down to 3 1/2 at Where Are We?
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DraftKings has 3 1/2 opened at three. 3 1/2 at FanDuel Circus
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still has four. We'll see where that goes.
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We know where the floor went after yesterday and that went, I
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don't know where it's going to go, but it's not going to be
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visible tonight as they're going back to the floor that maybe
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that should have been there the entire time.
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So I'm I go back to last week and it was more than just media
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that was complaining about it. You did see some quotes from
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some of the teams, some of the women that played on the floor.
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But it took till yesterday, though, Christian Anderson
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seemingly went down until enough's enough.
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And and your mark has decided, despite the Flack that he was
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maybe that maybe not the Flack, the the embarrassment that would
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come along with admitting, you know, maybe we shouldn't have
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done this. On one hand, do you do you debut
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a floor like this in your biggest event for the
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conference? On the other hand, you got to
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give him a little bit of credit for doing a little bit of a mea
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culpa in midstream here. So I think you know what, at the
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end of the day, I think it's the right decision.
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I think that obviously we saw the players slipping.
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Yes, there was women slipping and apparently their voice were
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not heard. But when Christian Anderson went
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down yesterday for 0 apparent reason other than, you know, we
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slipped on the floor, that's that's what maybe led to what
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we're going to see going for so a couple of really good games
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tonight. I thought Kansas was incredibly
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lucky to advance over TCU. TCU take care of the ball late.
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They're probably playing in this game and Kansas and Houston we
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wouldn't get. And I think this is going to be
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a really good game. I think Arizona and Iowa State's
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got a chance to be an outstanding basketball game.
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So we shall see. On top of all that this
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afternoon, Wisconsin, Illinois. Do you have an opinion on that
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game? It's a big number.
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Trends. It almost feels like a trap.
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I grabbed Wisconsin and I regretted it kind of instantly.
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Yeah, we see this so bad. Because they're trying to get
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you to bet, yeah. Wisconsin.
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So many times they were. Their highest is as high as
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anybody in college. It's 8 1/2 now, you know.
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They went and beat Michigan on the road they went.
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As good to win as you're going to have in college basketball.
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Coupled with wins at Purdue, at Illinois, at not at Cole Center
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at give me 3 better Rd. victories.
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Not anybody in college basketball.
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I don't think you're going to find it I.
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Don't think so. Either I don't believe you will
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find 3 better Rd. victories yet. He also looked deeper in that
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resume. A lot of head scratching losses
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in there too. They're Apex.
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Yeah, absolutely. They've already done it.
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They can beat Illinois, but when the three-point shots aren't
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working, that's the problem for Wisconsin.
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And it's so weird because we starting with Dick Bennett when
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he finally got that program turned back around in the early
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to mid 90s. And all right, it's a boring
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style, but they're winning basketball games.
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And then it morphs into Beau Ryan and it's the same type of
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thing and the swing offense and they're going to run clock and
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they're going to guard you. They don't play that way
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anymore. And this looks like a free
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McCaffrey team. They are not very good
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defensively. They shoot it from the outside,
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but if they're not making three-point shots, they don't
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have a counter punch to that. If shots aren't falling,
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Wisconsin turns into a very average basketball team.
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So I know that once you got to finish with your duties at the
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Casey Center and your dad duties, which you know, trump
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everything, you sat down and watched some replays.
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How much of the Iowa State game did you feel you had to watch,
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actually? And it was a lot of the Fast
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forward, but. Trent, it was.
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It was a back-to-back, but with the exception of the first, I
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don't know, 7 minutes. Maybe it's like, alright, we're
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gonna get a tussle here, right? And then just went away.
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And. They opened.
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Iowa State Flexed. Lipsy was unbelievable again
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yesterday. He was terrific.
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Jefferson was terrific. Manjilovic gave them nothing.
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Nothing. And still.
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And to win a game. By 22, without Manjilovic giving
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you anything, essentially give him five points.
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Torre's still an offensive issue.
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He is. That's just going to be the new
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reality going forward and teams are going to guard him.
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As I love it, but I love his toughness on defense and I like
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the fact that you know what, you can substitute defense for
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offense because Bateman's going to make some shots, He's going
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to take some shots. He's not scared to shoot the
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basketball, which you'd like to seize, particularly from a
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freshman. I thought Plato was terrific in
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the game yesterday as well. But look, I think I am.
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I think probably, and Mccausan said as much.
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I mean, Lipsy was the start of the game for Iowa State and
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that's saying a lot because Jefferson's been out of his mind
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as of late. Let's get Jeff in here real
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quick. We're going to head back to
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Kansas City, get Eugene repay as they're covering the tournament
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for the Des Moines Register along with Travis Hines.
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Eugene at 12:30. Jeff, right now.
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How are you, Jeff? Doing well, you know, a couple
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quick things He touched on Manchilovich and you know, I've
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heard TJ say this and I've kind of been saying this to to some
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other people. You know, it's very hard for
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Manchilovich to get his own in 1/2 court setting.
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And that scares me going into next week where they do a really
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good job of finding him. If they can is off second chance
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rebounds off of getting in the transition early, him leaking
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out, that's where they're going to find him.
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It's hard for him to get his own shot.
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But as a really good scout on him, and this is just me, you
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know, off the cuff, I just want to send.
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If I'm defending Milan, I'm just not crashing the boards.
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I'm just going to stick him. I'm going to find him in
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transition. I'm not going to let him leak
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and I'm just going to shadow him from rim to rim.
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Yes, it's nice to see Lipsy shoot particularly well from
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three. Can you do that next week?
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Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed.
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Can you rely on that? I don't know, you know, I've
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heard riders talk about getting 30 points from the bench.
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That's, that's, that's ridiculous.
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I, I could go back and I, I'd love to know how many times
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those three guys have got combined 30 points.
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I wish I knew, but I don't. But they got 21 yesterday.
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If they can get 20 between those 3 I feel.
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Really, really good. Heisey, Heisey, Bateman and
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Plater right you're talking about.
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Correct. Those three, I think Heisey got
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2, Plater got 11 and so there, there it is.
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Now it's plater going to get 11 most games, probably not, you
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know, but they're again going back to what I said, can they
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get 20? So if they get 75 a game and get
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20 from the bench, I really, really like their chances.
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Final thing and we've talked about this per month here we are
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semi final Arizona. This is their third game.
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Does it matter? I don't think so and I'm an Iowa
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State fan. What, what do we have to prove?
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What's the difference between A2 and A3 seat?
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Now, I've heard a writer say this and I was down there, I
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told you guys, I think I was down there two years ago for the
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Houston game. And if you remember, it was them
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and North Carolina battling for that last one seat.
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They gave us North Carolina. So if there's nothing on the
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line here, if they're locked into a two or three seat, what
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are we doing here besides muddy for the networks?
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I got all that. But if they're locked in and
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then they're going to play another game game the next
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night, I, I just, I don't understand the yes, they want to
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win, they want to bring it down. The Hilton foul.
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Well, Lipsey goes back to when he was a freshman and he brought
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that up. I mean, how much fun he had and
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how, how big it felt to win that tournament when he was, you
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know, an underclassman. I I get you.
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I'm with you. They're going to be a two or
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three seed. I agree.
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Ken, And it's funny that you said that how fun it is down
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there his freshman year. OK, how about how fun would it
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be to get an Elite 8 for the first time in 20?
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Three to the choir. Preaching the choir.
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How about going to a final four since 1944.
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Now you turn into you're not just a yeah, you were a great
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four year starter. Now you're going to legendary
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that if we get to an Elite 8, you guys have a good weekend.
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You too Jeff, enjoy the games, appreciate fair points.
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And I continue to hear that from Cyclone fans.
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It's fun and it's great when you're there and it's incredible
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atmosphere and you're surrounded by your own.
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That's not the target, right? You don't start bouncing the
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balls and doing all that, but wind work, getting in shape in
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July to win the Big 12 tournament.
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No, because how do we remember some of these championship
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teams, Big 12 tournament champion teams, remember what
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happened. It's the competitiveness in the
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guys, it's the competitive spirited Lipsy that now they're
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there. We're this far.
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And you played poorly against Arizona.
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The. Last they did they they they
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were embarrassed. They were embarrassed the game
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was in Tucson, so the game's going to be at Hilton South and
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I don't think there's going to be a lot of Wildcat fans there.
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No, absolutely not. I mean, watching a little bit of
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their game against UCF yesterday definitely was not a big
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contingent of Wildcat fans that were there.
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And nor will there be tonight or if they get the get through
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tomorrow. I'm guessing probably Houston.
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The same way it's going to be Kansas fans, it's going to be
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Iowa State fans, which is going to lead, you have to assume, to
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a massive ticket tonight for this session.
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My God. Yes, no doubt.
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Kansas and I with state fans trying to get into the building
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and outbidding each other for Duckets.
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Let's take a peek here. Let's see what the tickets are
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for this evening. You got any kind?
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Of you know, I wouldn't, I wouldn't know.
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I, I, I I have absolutely zero idea.
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All right, so I'm looking on game time, the game time app
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that's. Is that a pretty good one?
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Yes. Is it?
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Is it less fees than StubHub? Well, it includes the fees and
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the price, OK, which I love. So they don't tack them all.
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Right. So it's not you don't think
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you're. Paying 100 and all of a sudden
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it's 120. A120180 it's a really cool.
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Yeah. I mean, are you kidding me?
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The fees are asinine. It's ridiculous.
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Great deal. Didn't isn't.
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There a lawsuit going through. There is, yeah.
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The Ticketmaster I. Think.
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Is that what it is? I believe so because they're but
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the public realized they're getting gouged, yes.
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Good every single time. Get in price.
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You can get into the building now you're sitting in the upper
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reaches. Upper baseline 141 bucks.
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That's not brutal. You're in the building.
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Give me, give me lower bowl. Lower bowl best deal that is out
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there. And I don't want to be hot
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behind the basket. OK, you're good.
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You're in a corner. OK, that's fine.
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Lower level section one O 9 OK 256 with fees you.
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Know it's not as bad as I thought.
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I I'm kind of the same way. I'm kind of, I mean.
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It's not cheap by any means. Nothing is anymore.
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There's nothing. And certainly and as it pertains
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to tickets, so I've told you, my sister lives in Cleveland, her
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husband went to Ohio State, he's a Buckeye grad and they want to
17:11
go watch the wrestling, NCAA wrestling's next week, same
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thing. You can't find tickets even for
17:16
one of the early sessions for less than a couple 100 bucks
17:18
with fees and everything in there for NCAA wrestling, just
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tickets for everything. And we got incredibly lucky.
17:25
My daughter and wife went to the Taylor Swift tour when the
17:28
Aaron's tour was happening. We just got lucky there.
17:30
We had a friend that got a ticket off her and that's the
17:33
only way that she was able to pull that off.
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But. What could you do?
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You remember what you could have.
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By the way, Ohio State is beating Michigan.
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Yeah, here come the Buckeyes. I think the get in price and
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this was it when it was in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil, not
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at the field house at the football stadium.
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They're putting, they're going in the big building.
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And I think they get in price. They could find tickets that
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were like behind the stage a little bit so you couldn't see
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everything. Obstructed view.
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And it was 2200 bucks a piece. God yeah.
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In a building that big obstructed.
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She did this all over the world. Oh, yes, yeah, that's.
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But look around tickets, look at events, look at how different
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things are. People pay, they're willing to
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pay. They're going to do it.
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Those biggest events, it has gone absolutely ridiculous.
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I mean, Can you imagine 25 years ago thinking about the prices?
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What were Super Bowl prices? 1st Super Bowl I went to was
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Super Bowl 31 Packers. It was Favre's only Super Bowl
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in New Orleans. The face value I want to say was
18:31
$300. Cindy and I paid 1200 apiece.
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Fast forward Super Bowl 43, I don't know what the face value
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was, but we paid $1800 a piece and that was Kurt Warner in
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Arizona against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Now, the last Super Bowl, Super Bowl 50, we were gifted tickets,
18:54
so I don't know how much they paid for them.
18:56
That was at Levi Stadium, the Carolina Panthers and the Denver
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Broncos. I can't remember the last time I
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bought a ticket to a sporting event.
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God, I can't remember the last time I went through.
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Well, that's also a part of it, right?
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Right. So this past Super Bowl average
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and it crashed. This year, this was not.
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This was not one of those years where the you just had to pay
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through the nose to get in. You could.
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Well, you still did, because she didn't.
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Exceed 6 grand. There were tickets about four
19:23
grand that was get in price between 4000 and $6000 though
19:28
average price 7500 to 8000 to watch a three hour or in the
19:33
Super Bowls case a three and a half hour.
19:35
Football game. Unbelievable.
19:37
I can't wrap my mind around. It No, it's just the feeling to
19:40
get there. Yeah.
19:41
I mean, I'll never forget the feeling.
19:43
I had to. I had this feeling twice in my
19:44
life. One of them people said, good
19:46
God, really? When I saw the twin Spires for
19:48
the first time after driving all night from Des Moines to get to
19:51
Louisville before the sun came up.
19:52
And I did. And then when I got to the Super
19:55
Bowl, yeah, just walking into the Super Dome, just knowing
19:58
that I'm at the freaking Super Bowl, it just was different.
20:02
I just felt different. Just like, Oh my God.
20:05
Wow. And I'm here.
20:06
What was the location that first Super Bowl you went to?
20:08
New Orleans. Oh, the perfect one, right?
20:10
Great. Everybody that's been says it's
20:12
incredible. Should be there every year the
20:14
season. The San Francisco, you're not in
20:16
San Francisco, you're an hour away in a car.
20:18
At best at. Best the one in Tampa Bay.
20:21
I mean where? Do you hang out Ybor City?
20:24
Sure you could, but or what's the the channel?
20:28
Yeah, Yep. Clear Channel.
20:29
No, it's something. I think it's where Brady threw
20:34
the trophy in the water. OK.
20:36
I think it's we did, we did 2 Hawkeye games, we covered their
20:40
bowl games there and we did our show from I think it's called
20:44
the channel. Anyways, there's two cities it
20:48
should be in, in my opinion. Yeah, Las Vegas, absolutely,
20:51
because you're going to be on the Strip, you're going to be
20:53
downtown. I mean, you being the fans and
20:55
everybody wants to party together.
20:56
Or Bourbon Street. Two spots. 2 spots not going to.
20:59
Happen Bourbon Street. You could not watch shoulder to
21:02
shoulder people on the Saturday before.
21:04
The game was just bananas. And the same things happened in
21:07
this week when we talk about conference tournaments.
21:09
Chicago's great city, Indianapolis is better for the
21:12
Big 10 basketball. Tournament Kansas City?
21:14
Yes, you're outside the door for Grind Out Loud, the Power and
21:17
Light District. You got everything.
21:18
Yes, Chicago. You want to be hanging out
21:21
around the United Center? Hell.
21:22
No, not unless I'm licensed to Kerry.
21:26
Right, it is I. Don't think I could be, come to
21:28
think of it. Oh yeah, I don't think I could
21:30
be. Not that I want to be.
21:31
I just you're. Not going to be strapping a
21:33
piece. No, I'm not.
21:34
At 67 years old, this is the time.
21:36
Now is the time. Got to protect myself in Ankeny.
21:40
Real quick, I do want to get your opinion on this because
21:44
it's a team in the division that your team resides in and has
21:48
been speculated for. Oh, I don't know, seemingly the
21:52
last couple of weeks it seemed like Kyler Murray and the
21:55
Minnesota Vikings were going to end up being a match made in
21:58
heaven. Well, until Arizona actually
22:03
made him available, you could couldn't do anything.
22:07
So Arizona decided on Wednesday to cut them.
22:10
We saw what happened on Thursday.
22:12
Kyler Murray to the Vikings. What does that do?
22:15
I love it. As of Chiefs as a Bears fan.
22:19
Not as a Bears fan, as a football, as a football fan.
22:21
Is somebody looking this objectively?
22:24
So you're not doing it thinking, huh, the Bears are going to take
22:26
two year? No, I don't and and maybe I'm
22:29
out and I was looking at some numbers last night again on.
22:31
Kyler, John, we'll get you in just a second, so hang in there.
22:34
There there are numbers that you can paint and say, all right, he
22:36
can get it back and there's some that you can point to and say
22:38
this is going to be a disaster. I just believe in KOC and with a
22:42
full offseason, A tutelage with an opportunity for Kyler Murray
22:46
understanding on a one year deal, this might be your last
22:49
shot to have the back half of your career be a financially
22:53
viable 1. Yeah, you know, the, the, the
22:56
push back, not push back. The concern that I've heard is
23:00
that KOC has worked with two quarterbacks that are going to
23:03
be under that have been under center, right.
23:05
He's 2 turned 2 Q BS around because they're going to be
23:08
under center. Talam Murray strictly shotgun
23:11
because of his size. Yes.
23:12
And and will it work? I tend to believe it will.
23:14
I think he's that good of a head.
23:16
Coach, yes, I think he is not somebody that is married.
23:19
We have to do it a specific way. He's done it, done it with
23:22
different types of quarterbacks and because of that I think he's
23:25
going to find a way. All right, John was in an event
23:27
and he felt it too. John, welcome on the program.
23:29
What? What were you referencing, Sir?
23:32
I was at the seventh game of the World Series when the Twins won
23:36
with Kirby Puckett. Oh my.
23:38
My buddy was a big Twins fan, lived in Minnesota, actually
23:42
ordered the tickets way before the season ended for game six
23:46
and seven offered. Game offered to my brother his
23:51
choice of six or seven. He took six, thinking there
23:53
might not be. A 70 Nice.
23:55
So I got a 7 and boy it was loud and so fun.
24:00
It feels different walking into it knowing it's you're, you're
24:03
going to see a champion crowd, doesn't it?
24:06
Oh, it was amazing. And then and then to go outside
24:10
and walk in the streets after the game, it was, it was an
24:13
amazing. So let me ask you, do you still
24:15
have the ticket? You know what?
24:18
That's a good question. Well, you need to.
24:19
Look for it, I hope I do. Do you do you remember what the
24:22
face value was of the ticket? You know I don't because my
24:27
buddy just gave it to me and. He just gave it to you.
24:29
For what it was, wow. That's a good friend.
24:31
That's a good. Friend.
24:32
Yeah, he's a good friend. Yeah, uh huh.
24:34
Good stuff, John. Thanks for listening.
24:35
Thanks for chiming in. Appreciate the call.
24:38
You're welcome. Yeah, good to hear from you.
24:39
Wonder what that was. Get in price.
24:41
So was that 91? Right 91.
24:45
Yes, according to AI Google AI specific games held at the
24:51
Metrodome generate generally priced in the range of 35 to
24:56
$60.00. You've.
24:57
Got to be kidding me. That was face value.
24:59
Face value. What could you get him across
25:01
the street at Hubert's for A. 100 bucks though, probably back
25:04
then. Isn't that crazy?
25:05
Maybe 150. Think it back, boy.
25:07
How many people tried to get into Hubert's over the years?
25:11
And that place wasn't very big. No, not at all.
25:13
There was always a line. There was always and it was
25:15
always just because there was nothing else around there other
25:18
than the Dome. Souvenir plus, right?
25:21
Yes, Souvenir plus and it just. Get myself an Al Newman jersey.
25:25
And some of the stuff that they had squirreled away, I mean, in
25:28
every nook and cranny of that facility, they had some, you
25:32
know, you want to, you want a Twins jersey from whenever.
25:35
I mean, they had some old, old stuff for sale, but there was
25:38
nothing else around there. No, not at all.
25:40
Nothing. There was a couple other places,
25:42
but I. Don't even remember that.
25:43
Where there were there bills, businesses, I mean there were
25:46
not bars. There was a bank, there was a
25:48
couple of bars like a block or two away.
25:50
They were smaller. They're not even as big as
25:51
Hubert's though. They're like hole hole in the.
25:53
Wall and that's where all the scalpers stood out though, as
25:55
across the street, because I think you had to be off
25:57
Metrodome property and you had to go through the light there,
25:59
whatever that street was. Well, we got Eugene Repay
26:02
coming, but let's play going into break.
26:04
Vince Scully on the call, Game 7. 19. 91 Well, this might be
26:10
the only Twins highlight that I get for the year.
26:12
The Larkin, the left hand hitter up there.
26:14
Basin loaded one out in the game on the line.
26:19
Then you right. Foot on the rubber, you can
26:22
taste the pressure here in the Dome as Alejandro straightens up
26:26
and the pits still. Larkin swing on a high fly ball
26:31
in the left center. Dan Gladden.
26:44
Dan Gladden scored it from 3rd. Gene Larkin #9.
26:47
Yes, good call. Good pull on that one.
26:50
Gene OA Wonderful pinch hitter. Never could find a full time
26:56
role, but he was very solid in that role.
26:58
Lefty bat off the bench. And Gladden, his hair flowing as
27:02
the helmet flew off his head from that ground shot.
27:05
Oh, my gosh, You know, those were some fun teams.
27:07
Fun teams. All right, take a time.
27:09
I'll come back to Gene Repay. We'll head down to Kansas City.
27:12
What? Hang on, let me get you a quick
27:13
score. Oh, yes, yes.
27:15
I'm gonna find an update on this damn game.
27:17
Can I? It says Michigan by a bucket
27:20
Point spread was 12. And 1/2 it was.
27:22
And Michigan 14 minutes left. Michigan 46, Ohio State 44.
27:27
What Why am on the the game just switched.
27:32
What am I watching the American Championship quarter final
27:35
anyways? That that doesn't fire you,
27:37
I've. Seen this on my iPad.
27:40
Not stupid today. Saint Louis was struggling a
27:42
little bit today. They pulled away now from GW.
27:44
They lead it by. What were they favored by?
27:46
7 1/2, so right around the number currently.
27:49
Kentucky and Florida in a tussle just underway about halfway
27:52
through the 1st 2018. Florida with the lead in that
27:55
one. What do you make of Duke's
27:56
injuries? Should you?
27:57
If you've got Duke tickets, should you be biting your nails
28:00
a little bit? I think so.
28:01
Does this open it up more for for Michigan and Duke because of
28:05
the injuries? Duke's backup point goal for
28:06
Michigan's. But yeah, both those teams
28:08
injuries. Do we start to say, do we need
28:11
to invest in Florida? Do we need to get that we
28:13
already have Houston? Or do we even go deeper, because
28:18
suddenly Duke's more susceptible than they would be even in the
28:22
Sweet 60? Is Ngama going to be back for
28:24
the tournament? I wouldn't be surprised if he
28:25
doesn't play next weekend, but for the second weekend he comes
28:29
because he's got a foot and he was riding around on a.
28:31
Scooter, I didn't like the read that I had on that one read.
28:36
Read an update another team. If you're looking deeper,
28:37
Gonzaga, there was an update on Huff.
28:40
Yeah, and. And they're still lying, aren't
28:42
they? Yeah.
28:43
They said well maybe by the 2nd. Yeah, BS.
28:45
He's not. They said four to six in the
28:48
middle of January and here we are.
28:49
Right. 1230 Eugene Repay Next Miller and Condon, Iowa Sports
28:53
Radio Network. I'm Miller Condon, welcome back
29:03
Iowa Sports Radio Network wherever you're listening in the
29:05
state of Iowa. Glad that you are the flagship
29:08
is Des Moines sports station one O 6.3 KX and of course anywhere
29:12
on the iheart app Michigan by 4 with 11:30 left in the
29:17
second-half. Let's get down to Kansas City.
29:19
Eugene Repay's got Iowa State covered for the Des Moines
29:22
registered. It's Arizona.
29:24
It's Iowa State tonight. Hello Eugene.
29:27
Repay, how are you? I'm great, I'm great.
29:30
It's been a great week so far in Kansas City.
29:32
Good time at the big Total tournament and they're switching
29:34
back to wood court. So yeah, going to miss the
29:36
glass. Court.
29:37
When, when, when did you really, when did you get wind of that?
29:41
Eugene, I know your mark announced it, I think last
29:43
night. After the last game was played.
29:45
At some point did it start to trick a lot?
29:48
At least they were entertaining doing that.
29:50
It's in advance of the official announcement or did you find
29:54
out? The media find out for the first
29:55
time when it was actually, you know, made official.
29:59
There were a couple of rumors that were floating around during
30:01
the quarterfinal round yesterday, but it was one of
30:04
those things where your mark seemed very adamant about
30:07
keeping this class. They did it for the women's
30:10
tournament. So I personally was kind of
30:12
skeptical to see them switch it. But then once I think the
30:17
official statement was sent out around 11:39 PM that they've
30:21
made the decision and that they're going to switch back to
30:23
what court? And then shortly after that they
30:26
they had crews out there working overnight to remove the glass
30:30
court and now put in the wood court.
30:31
So I hope they got paid double overtime really.
30:35
Did Iowa State guys say anything about it?
30:37
We know Christian Anderson obviously went down in the game
30:39
against Texas Tech yesterday. Did you hear any complaining
30:42
there? I go back to Mccaslin and just
30:45
hearing his explanation. It was very diplomatic.
30:48
It does feel like maybe there was some marching orders from
30:50
your mark. Let's not kill this thing, you
30:53
know, let's I, I found it odd. What did the Iowa State guys, if
30:56
anything, had to say about the court?
30:58
It was interesting because I did feel like that there was some
31:00
sort of, I don't know if it's proper to say that there was
31:04
maybe some sort of, but it seemed like a lot of people were
31:06
being very diplomatic about the court.
31:08
You finally saw that players who were on eliminated teams, you
31:12
would see them be a little more candid.
31:13
Like you have the Kansas State players talk about how much they
31:16
didn't like it. One player had migrants
31:17
reportedly, but for Iowa State players, if you guys noticed.
31:21
But in that first game against Arizona State, Joshua Jefferson
31:24
was really slipping a lot. In the first half of that game.
31:27
He was wearing blue John Moran threes.
31:29
And then at halftime, he switched to a red pair of Kobe
31:32
Sixes and he said that he had much better grip, but he seemed
31:36
pretty annoyed within the first half, got used to it in the
31:39
second-half, had a much better game yesterday.
31:41
But then you saw players like came and let's see, we're
31:43
slipping around a little bit more.
31:45
It seemed like players like the novelty of the court.
31:48
They they also thought that it was bounce here, that there was
31:50
better shock absorption. But it seemed like the court
31:53
itself with the glass surface was just not meant for all the
31:56
different cuts, all the different sudden movements and
31:58
twists and turns. But I would say I was able to
32:02
fare pretty well. I mean, they've dismantled both
32:04
their opponents so far. But Jamari Bateman, I asked him,
32:07
do you think that this could be the future?
32:09
And he said, yeah, But maybe if they're able to perfect the the
32:13
grip on it and maybe get as close to what is possible.
32:15
But the things like the lights and the colors were cool, not
32:20
too distracting. But it was definitely a unique
32:22
experience and a unique experiment for sure.
32:24
Do you know much that that cost Eugene?
32:28
I get, oh man, I wish, I wish I had the exact number.
32:31
I mean, I've seen different numbers thrown around on
32:33
Twitter. I don't know how verified it is
32:35
or how true it is, but I would imagine at least a few million.
32:39
One tweet that I saw said 10 million.
32:40
I don't know how true that is, but it looked very very
32:44
expensive all. Right.
32:45
Let's go back to that big Monday.
32:46
I know Heinz pulled ranked and he flew to Tucson, left you at
32:49
home here in Des Moines. So you were like the rest of us
32:52
watching it on TV. But a big Monday game, it did
32:56
not go well for Iowa State. That was, I think 16 points was
32:59
the was the deficit in that one. When it was all said and done,
33:04
What does what does Iowa State, did they draw from that game
33:08
against Arizona last time? Was that brought up at all what
33:11
the Wildcats did to them and how they'll try to counteract that
33:14
tonight? One positive was that I felt for
33:18
at least the first half, they played pretty well defensively
33:20
and they played pretty well throughout, especially keeping
33:23
Arizona within reach for the 1st 16 minutes off the backbones of
33:27
its physicality and defense. However, the big main flaw or
33:32
the the main thing that really stuck out to them was just their
33:34
offensive execution. They could not score for the
33:37
life of them and certainly there are those days where the shots
33:40
just don't drop or things like that.
33:42
But it felt like one of those things where Arizona's this line
33:46
rim protection was just so disruptive and they forced Iowa
33:49
State to settle for perimeter shots or take mid range jumpers
33:52
or not be able to impose themselves inside.
33:56
So they feel like they need to get much better ball movement.
33:58
They need to be a little more assertive and aggressive.
34:00
Don't be scared by Arizona size. You have Crevis inside at 72 Co
34:05
Pete is an absolute athlete and a couple of other big, big men
34:08
in front. But offense is going to be move
34:12
the ball, stay aggressive, be deliberate and defensively,
34:17
although they played well over the 1st 16 minutes and keeping
34:20
it close and keeping it a low scoring game, can they extend
34:23
that to a 40 minutes or continue to impose their will defensively
34:28
like they have so far in these first two games?
34:30
Speaking of size, we've seen Dom played up play at a very high
34:33
level here lately. 2 double figure scoring games in the last
34:37
three. He had just two of those all
34:39
season long before that. He's playing at a better level.
34:42
Minutes are about the same. But what have you seen out of
34:44
him here recently, out of Plato becoming more comfortable as a
34:47
freshman coming over from Germany, and you think against a
34:50
big team like Arizona, maybe a guy that could help out even a
34:53
little bit more here tonight? Yeah, The thing that impressed
34:55
me about Plato is he doesn't seem as shy when he gets on the
34:58
court. When he's boxing out or when
35:00
he's posting up a guy. He just looks more aggressive.
35:02
He looks to be the aggressor. I think that that has just come
35:05
with being more acclimated to the physicality of the Big 12
35:08
and Division One college basketball he's getting after
35:11
now. He seems to be the guy that's
35:12
initiating the contact rather than trying to absorb it or, or
35:16
do what he needs to do. And it's really demonstrated in
35:19
his play. You'd like you mentioned that
35:21
the the 2 double digit scoring games, that's been big for him,
35:24
but also his presence on the glass and, and defensively, he
35:27
just seems a lot more productive, a lot more complete,
35:29
a lot more well-rounded. And for Iowa State, that's huge
35:32
considering how he's the only big man off the bench really.
35:36
And Blake Buchanan and Joshua Jefferson can't play all 40
35:39
minutes as much as sometimes You'd like to see them do that.
35:42
So for Plato to come in and and be more dependable and be more
35:45
alive has been huge, especially in this postseason.
35:48
Obviously Moncholovich A subpar game for him yesterday.
35:51
What did what did they do different?
35:54
What did Texas Tech have planned for him?
35:56
He put up 20 against them in the loss earlier this year in in
36:01
Ames. What did they do yesterday to
36:03
take Moncholovich out of his game?
36:06
He seemed more intended and just tracking him down and then
36:09
staying close to him. But it also just felt like one
36:11
of those games where the paint was just firing for Iowa State.
36:14
They just completely dominated on both sides of the court.
36:17
They're out scoring Texas Tech. I think it was like 46 to 18 in
36:21
the paint. So it was just one of those
36:22
where I don't. I'm not sure if it was
36:24
necessarily Texas Tech had him on clamps or if it was just a
36:28
cold day for Mom Sheldon. It just seemed like one of those
36:30
days where it just called for a big day on the inside and you
36:33
take what the defenses are giving you.
36:35
And when John with Jefferson is having that kind of night that
36:38
he did. And same for Tame and Lipsy
36:40
splashing inside. It's been huge, but definitely a
36:42
quieter game for for Milam Chilovich.
36:45
Who would have thought that Tame and Lipsy would be the guy
36:47
that's flinging it from deep and going four of seven?
36:50
But I'm curious to see how he's able to bounce back because
36:53
Arizona gave him some fits and they have the length and
36:55
athleticism to keep up with him. And we've seen how the BYU and
36:59
and some of those more athletic digs are able to to really lock
37:03
in on Mom Kilovich. And I'm curious to see if he's
37:05
able to have a bounce back performance against these guys
37:07
because they're going to need them.
37:08
We look at this, obviously you talk about a resume building
37:11
win. That would be tonight against
37:13
Arizona. If they can do that, they're
37:15
right on that cut line between A2 and a three.
37:17
You can argue it doesn't really matter, but what are your
37:20
thoughts on this? The difference between a two
37:22
seed and a three seed in the NCAA tournament?
37:25
Is it a big difference for the Cyclone team?
37:27
I think it would help, but I feel like, you know, in March,
37:30
you got to take whatever edge or whatever advantage you can get
37:33
to help make your path a little bit more manageable.
37:36
I think when you're looking at A2, you're dealing with a 710 as
37:39
opposed to a 611. So that that certainly helps.
37:42
But I think that also just if you're able to beat Arizona,
37:46
just to say that you have that on your resume, whether or not
37:50
it's enough to put you to two or three, that's debatable.
37:53
But I think The thing is that momentum boost coming off of
37:57
that huge win will be something that you can go back on and
38:01
carry with you moving Florida to the NCAA tournament when it
38:04
really is win or go home. But I I think that there is a
38:08
big difference. I know sometimes the conference
38:11
tournament has been underappreciated given how
38:13
sometimes it feels like teams aren't punished for losing or or
38:16
whatever may be. But a win over Arizona, I think
38:19
would actually lift them over to the 2 and we'll see what happens
38:22
tonight. What do you do you have an
38:24
opinion at all in the late game? Kansas, I thought they, you
38:27
know, by the skin of their teeth got by TCU last night.
38:30
Obviously Houston's playing really good basketball right
38:32
now. That was a fun game.
38:33
Houston and BY this Debance is really something isn't he?
38:36
He's growing on, but I think he might be the best player in the
38:39
in the country. I I I know Boozer is going to
38:41
win the award. I'm not sure Debance is not
38:43
going to be the first name called once we get to the NBA
38:46
draft. But that aside, you have an
38:47
opinion on the on the nightcap tonight in the Big 12?
38:52
Yeah, I was I was a little impressed by TCU.
38:54
It feels like a team that, yeah, they're not flashy, They don't
38:58
they don't really look sexy on the court, but they kept the
39:01
whole time and they get Darren Peterson and The Jayhawks and
39:04
fits. It actually made that victory
39:07
over Iowa State a little more impressive, a little more
39:09
palatable as well. But TCU was was tough.
39:12
They were they were they really impressed me.
39:13
And I love that BYU Houston game that was much watched TV there.
39:17
Kingston Fleming versus AJ the Bansa.
39:20
And I'm with you. I was surprised that he didn't,
39:23
You know, you had Jaden Bradley before AJ Devansa or Joshua
39:27
Jefferson, but Devansa was was electric.
39:30
I don't know how Darren Peterson, I know he's probably
39:33
going to be the number one pick still, but I I love Advance's
39:36
game more. He was electric.
39:37
Definitely was a great game. You mentioned TCU and how
39:41
interesting would it be if we get TCU Iowa in an 8-9 game to
39:44
wouldn't that be something is that?
39:46
Where they are in the. They're on that 8-9 fringe too,
39:49
just like the Hawkeye. So we very well could see that.
39:52
You know, what do you look at the Big 12 seeing these teams
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throughout the course of the year?
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Do you think they're set up for success?
39:58
We know Texas Tech without topping, different kind of
40:00
conversation with them. But do you believe that this
40:02
team battle tested, ready to go and we're going to see a lot of
40:05
success once the brackets come out and the play begins next
40:08
Thursday? Yeah, I do think so.
40:10
It really is a meat, really is a meat grinder of a conference.
40:14
And especially when you look at Iowa State when it was going
40:16
through that tough February stretch today where they took
40:19
some losses. This is a team that now the
40:21
first two games look like they've grown and evolved from
40:24
that. I'm curious to see what it'll
40:26
look like against Arizona on a neutral floor.
40:28
But just looking from top to bottom and looking at some of
40:31
the other heavyweights in the conference, it just looks like
40:34
each team has gotten better. Iron sharpens iron and I'm
40:37
really excited to see what this NCAA Tournament looks like for
40:40
not only Iowa State, but the other Big 12 teams.
40:42
Like, it really does seem like you look at any other conference
40:46
or power conference, how much, you know, we're at the point
40:50
where all the teams participating in the
40:52
quarterfinals are projected NCAA tournament team and there isn't
40:55
a single other conference that could say that for their
40:58
conference tournament. So I really do believe that as a
41:01
result of just competing in the Big 12, it's going to pay off
41:04
for all those teams and NCAA Tournament, of course, you still
41:07
got to do and you got to avoid the upset and the Cinderella
41:10
runs. But it really does seem like the
41:13
teams and just being in this kind of grind really does set
41:16
teams up for success. Eugene, do you guys have your
41:19
marching orders? Is it kind of dependent if they
41:21
get shipped to Saint Louis or Oklahoma City, something that is
41:25
drivable that both you guys are going to go, do you know net yet
41:27
what the coverage is going to look like next week at the
41:29
register? It sounded like no matter where
41:32
it is, even if they have to ship us to Mars or we have to go
41:35
there, Travis Hines and I will be there.
41:38
And we're very excited about that.
41:39
Yeah. Whether it's drive, playing
41:41
trains and automobiles, we're going to find a way to get
41:43
there. Awesome.
41:44
Last thing this will be, correct me if I'm wrong, your first
41:47
Friday night in Kansas City, your first Friday night session
41:51
in KC, correct. And man, it's a whole different
41:53
animal as this tournament goes on, as I'm sure you're starting
41:56
to be come very aware. Oh yeah, yeah.
41:59
I actually stayed in the arena for the other quarterfinal games
42:02
just because it was such a fun atmosphere to be in and I really
42:05
enjoyed it. And then I know the semifinal
42:08
lineup for a conference tournament, especially when you
42:10
look at these two matchups tonight, it's going to be
42:13
through the roof and and I'm very excited about that.
42:15
I'm definitely going to stick around for that second game
42:18
after Iowa State plays, even win or lose, just because of how
42:21
high profile it is. And the atmosphere was fun
42:24
yesterday, but I can only imagine now with it Friday, more
42:27
people coming down, more people being able to drive after work.
42:30
It's going to be a really great time at the T-Mobile Center.
42:34
No question, Eugene, thanks for doing this.
42:36
We will either talk to you Thursday or Friday depending on
42:38
when they play and what time they play if your schedule
42:41
allows next week. Thank you, Eugene.
42:42
Appreciate it as always. Thank you guys, enjoy the games
42:46
and have a good weekend. Yeah, you're the same Eugene
42:47
repay Des Moines Register as we check in with Eugene.
42:52
Fun, fun place to be. No, no doubt about that.
42:55
Have you seen? I'm not that I'm going to play,
42:57
I'm just I'm just more curious. NBA draft markets at all.
43:01
I haven't. How do you not take the pants?
43:04
Trent? He's so good.
43:06
He's got an NBA body already. He's what, 69?
43:10
He's a thick dude. I mean, I get Peterson's hell of
43:13
a player, but does he really love the game?
43:15
Doesn't feel like it. It doesn't feel like that, does
43:17
it? I don't know.
43:20
All right, take the time. I'll come back.
43:21
We'll finish up the first hour of the program.
43:23
Hour number two, Tom Caker, 4 of you will get a chance to play
43:27
for some chicken coop. We'll tell you more about that.
43:29
Miller and Condon on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
43:34
Hi, Miller and Condon, welcome back.
43:35
Final couple of minutes, Hour number one, Tom Caker kicks off
43:38
the second hour. More Hawk talk with Tom to kick
43:42
off hour number two. And I say more because I want to
43:44
end with a little Iowa conversation here.
43:47
You didn't. Obviously we didn't have a show
43:49
yesterday. You were calling the game.
43:51
When you watch the game back, what was maybe your take away
43:54
from what you saw in the 40 minutes?
43:55
Bruce Thornton's a stud. He's really good, isn't he?
43:57
And have until he's a difference.
43:59
Absolutely, and mention that leading into the game.
44:01
You said it repeatedly through the week.
44:02
It was going to be a completely different game than what we saw
44:05
in Iowa City. You know, they were up 12-6, but
44:08
it was still yet another slow start offensively.
44:13
I want to see going forward this team offensively, they can't
44:16
play at this pace. They just can't.
44:18
I don't think it's going to work.
44:19
And in the. So you want to see the game back
44:21
to the 50s? No, I want to see the game
44:24
playing at a faster pace. Faster.
44:26
Yes, absolutely. How many times throughout the
44:28
course of this season have we seen them pass up good shots?
44:32
It needs to stop just to get it back into starts his hands to
44:35
get an awful. Shot Are they playing the slow
44:36
pace because maybe the fatigue factor's setting in I.
44:39
Don't think so. Because they played this way all
44:40
year. Yeah, they've, I don't think
44:44
playing like that, even with a point guard as good as Bennett
44:47
Sturtz, that it's going to work. Not at a high level.
44:51
I did enjoy, though, what McCollum said after the game and
44:54
going from really good. He's really good in press
44:56
conferences. He's excellent.
44:57
He really is. I like listening to him.
44:58
I do. Speak.
44:59
It's not just cliches and coach speak.
45:01
There is substance behind what he says.
45:04
Oh. The Hassan wasn't fouled, but
45:05
anyways. No, no, and I think they roped A
45:09
doped him. I'm sure you know what I
45:10
couldn't agree with? You more I'm sure they were
45:12
yelling foul yes yes, but we're not actually but column heard
45:15
that yes absolutely a whole bench.
45:16
I'm sure Hassan heard. It Yes, he did, and he hoisted
45:19
it up and it was a bad. Shot it was.
45:21
Did you think Howard Shot was going in?
45:23
Yes, I did too. And and watching the repo, I
45:26
thought he I thought he was going to bank in because it hit
45:29
though it hit the back iron and kind of got a piece of the
45:31
backboard there. I thought he was going to bank
45:32
that thing, but I thought it was good out of his head.
45:35
This thing's going to fall. They're going to somehow force
45:37
overtime. What I love about this squad is
45:40
they always battle back seemingly every single time they
45:43
get down. They can argue they shouldn't be
45:45
down to 16 to Ohio State, a team that they're the.
45:48
Ohio State's beating Michigan today.
45:49
They are. They are, but they are a very
45:52
similar team to them. Regardless.
45:54
This team battles, they fight, now they just need to go out and
45:57
get some more players. Our 2 coming up next.
46:00
Tom Caker will kick it off. 4 of you will have a chance to play
46:03
for some grub from the chicken coop and trench plays of the
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day. Circus Sports sponsors Miller
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and Condon Our 2 coming up.