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Bill Seals talks Cyclones, Rob Dauster on the UConn/Michigan & Trent's Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Our number 2 welcome back Miller in Condon on the Iowa Sports
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Radio Network. Bill Seals momentarily.
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Rob Doster field is 68 in about 20 minutes.
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Let's just clear something up from our number one is there is
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a little breaking news. Michael Malone, former head
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coach of the Denver Nuggets when they won a championship in 23, I
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think 23. He has been named the new head
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coach in North Carolina. His daughter plays volleyball
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there, so he'd been around the program.
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Apparently they love the fact that his relationship with the
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Joker, with Yokich, Yokich agent is the same agent that got all
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those guys to Illinois, okay. And they think that that might
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open up a pathway to more of the European players making their
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way to North Carolina. So a lot of positives, but the
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North Carolina job has been filled.
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Last time he was a college coach and assistant with the Jaspers
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Manhattan back in 2001. And he's been in the pros since
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then. He's been in the pros since
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then. Since he lost his was was he on
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ESPN? Recently, yes.
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Yeah, I think so. He's been around there.
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I was shocked though. His age.
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How old? 54 I thought he was like in his
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60s. I I would thought the same
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thing. Yeah, because he's been around
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the NBA for a long time. 54 so that was probably the biggest
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well the surprise that he was named had coach a guy that's not
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even coaching. But secondly, yeah, I thought he
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was a little bit older than that.
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And that connection you meant though mentioned over the when?
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You connect those dots, you know, it's funny, not funny.
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It's this guy obviously has some pretty good sources, The guy for
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The Athletic. I read the piece this morning
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about, you know, where North Carolina's AT and who are the
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names out there buying tenant. Vanderbilt has an $11 million
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buyout, so that's not going to be easy.
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TJ was mentioned again. Obviously, Billy Donovan was at
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the top of the list, but they mentioned Malone in the piece
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and that's the first time I'd seen that connected.
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So maybe something was percolating there.
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Let's get the Iowa State. They got some good news
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basketball wise in the men's program this morning.
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Bill Seals, cyclonereport.com. He joins us.
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Jamarian Bateman made it official.
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He's coming back. Bill Seals, let's start there.
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Good news for T JS crew. Yeah, yeah.
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He was one that had told a number of us in the the locker
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room after the after the loss to Tennessee that he was coming
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back. So not necessarily breaking
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news, I think for for those on all of the probably the
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respective boards of our, you know, media beat members and
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stuff. So Bateman was one Killian
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Torre, Blake Buchanan. I I think it's looking good for
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that returning. Well, everybody thought
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returning nucleus of players. I think all signs are are pretty
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positive there so far. You know, Kate Kelderman was one
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that is, is going to is actually in the portal.
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He's in as a grad transfer. So he was unable to to kind of
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beat the rush. Well, we'll we'll be able to
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beat the rush. It opens at midnight tonight
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after the championship game. So he's in as a grad transfer
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and say it wouldn't surprise me if he ends up at you and I and I
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think that'd be a nice move for him and obviously open up some
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playing time for him and and help Coach Green kind of get
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that culture set up there in Cedar Falls.
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Always enjoyed watching Kate at the high school level, and even
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last year at the end of the season, he was put in there in a
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couple of big spots and big moments for that squad.
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I think, yeah, an absolutely great fit for Kelderman.
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So what 6 scholarships often, Bill, can you just kind of set
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the blueprint here kind of what they're going to be looking for,
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what type of players, position groups and and maybe where the
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most of their money is going to be spent like if you're looking
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at the big ticket items. So just set up the blueprint of
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what this men's basketball offseason and the portals going
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to look like. Yeah, I had that.
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I had something up trend on my site last week kind of taking a
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deep dive into that 2627 roster. As you mentioned the the
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openings right now, they had five seniors exhaust their
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eligibility, one so far in the portal with Kelderman.
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That's a total of 6. Still don't really know Milan
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Moshilovich, if he's going to, if he's going to go through this
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whole draft process, pull himself out, I think he's kind
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of the wild card right now. But at least initially at this
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point, 6 openings scholarship wise, they've got a a class of 4
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coming in, freshman and Jackson Kiss, Christian Wiggins, Yusuf
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Gray and Dorian Ronaldo, Komlan Gray, I think that injury
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suffered A torn labrum in his shoulder late in his senior
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year. So I almost wonder with him if
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he might, they might be overly cautious with him and get him a
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red shirt as a freshman. So that leaves three and I think
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each of those three with Kiss Wiggins, Ronaldo comb when I
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think those all three of those guys come in with high
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aspirations and certainly guys looking to impact that game
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night rotation is freshman. I'm I'm really getting some
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chilly and Torre vibes with Ronaldo comb when I think we're
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beyond that. You know that the French
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Connection there with him. He's been competing at a high
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level with that Nike EYBEL like the Scholastic League this year
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for Spire Academy. He's been on national TVA lot.
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He was over the weekend. I think it was on ESPNU they
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were playing. So I'm getting some serious
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positive vibes on him on his 610.
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I think they'll put some put some weight on him, some L BS
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over the offseason program and I think he's someone that to
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really look out for. I'm I'm I'm really optimistic
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about him. And you know, Jackson kiss is a
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guy too. You look at his his frame
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6768230 kind of that Joshua Jefferson type of build.
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And I think he's kind of a Jack of all trade trades.
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He can, he can shoot the ball well from outside.
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I think he also is a guy that can play with his back to the
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basket and post up inside. So anyway, I'm that freshman, I
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think that reviews very positive on that one.
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As far as you asked with the portal, what I'm hearing so far
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is, is, is 2 and it's probably the two obvious spots.
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You would think as you look at who left, they're going to
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target a point guard and they're going to target a power forward,
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someone in the Lipsy and Jefferson mold.
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I know I don't think that a huge surprise there.
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You know, Trevi and Carson out of West Des Moines Valley, he
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hit the portal. I think being a, a West Des
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Moines Valley guy, you know, eyebrows raised right away with
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him entering. I think that would be a a good
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fit perhaps. And then you look at any number
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of guys at at that four man position.
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But with, you know, with the portal opening at midnight
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tonight, I think that we'll start seeing some names pop out.
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So, you know, it seems like the national guy is on on 3/24, 7:00
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and all of them do a great job, I think covering the portal and
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the agents talk to all those guys too.
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It seems like the agents control this transfer portal process
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even more. And you'll, you'll see Iowa
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State link to quite a few more guys as we move forward here in
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the in the next week or two and you'll start seeing these guys
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get on campus for visits. What about Rancic's son at
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Colorado? Big kid.
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He's a four, I think. What about him is?
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Can you connect some dots there or no?
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Well, I, I, I, I certainly would like to.
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I mean, we, we all watched what Martine did with you, Stacy,
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several, several years ago. You know, Martine's an exec in
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the NBA now and a huge basketball family.
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You know, when when Colorado was in Ames earlier this season, I
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had a little conversation with Steve Barnes as well.
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He was an assistant under you Stacy.
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And, and Barnes is a guy who's kept in touch with that ranchic
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family over the years. And he happened to have tickets
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for Sebastian from Sebastian that night.
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So but yeah, you mean you you look a little closer though.
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And and really beyond the family connection, I'm not sure there's
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a whole lot of ties to him to Iowa State anymore.
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But I'll tell you what, for a guy that's what six 10611
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They're they're looking to replace some scoring, a lot of
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scoring inside with Joshua Jefferson.
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Even Mulder, Eric Mulder didn't contribute a whole lot, but
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that's a big man scholarship that's come open from him as
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well. So I think it makes a lot of
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sense. But you know, we'll we'll see
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defensively if if they kind of like it as they do a dive into
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his tape, if they like what they see there.
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But that'd be, I think that a lot of Cyclones fans could get
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on board with with that one. One guy coming back down, Plato,
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we saw spurts, right? Just those moments like you, you
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can see it and maybe the game slowing down a little bit going
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into his sophomore year, how big of a jump do you anticipate it's
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going to take work? I understand all that part of
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it. But when you look at played,
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it's certainly like the the molding that you can do with a
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guy like that at 6 foot 11. Well, and I, I think the way
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Iowa State plays next season too, they're going to need more
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from him offensively. You know, we, we saw what he
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could do defensively and that's only going to get better with
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the, with the, the weight room, the strength and, and.
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There goes Bill. We'll reconnect with Bill Seals.
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Here's Bill. I don't know if you can hear us.
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We have lost you. We're hanging up and redialing
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you. So we'll get back to Bill Seals.
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Coming up, more on Iowa State. Just want to pick his brain.
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I don't think that this was going to be the case, but I'm
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going to ask Bill, I mean, is there a Jefferson got paid a lot
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of money last year to come back to Iowa State.
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Is that money still going to be available?
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Are they going to allocate it differently?
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Are they going to go for a big name?
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Let's get to Bill Seals. Bill, you're in the middle of
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your answer and for whatever reason you cut out, so finish
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your point please. Yeah, as far as as far as play
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to goes, I think there's a lot more offensively for him that's
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still untapped. And really it they didn't need a
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whole lot from him, a whole lot of diversity and a whole lot of
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offense from him. They got it from from Taman from
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Joshua Milan, but I think with with Dom, there's a there's a
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whole lot more to his game that we haven't seen yet.
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He's got a smooth outside shot. He didn't really shoot much from
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the outside. It was mainly kind of a a back
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to the basket post up and and crash the boards rim run kind of
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guy. But I think you'll see more out
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of him offensively. So he he's another one Tran.
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I I agree. I think that him coming back is
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going to be a huge, huge deal. He's another one confirmed he
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will be returning as well. Just in kind of in those close
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quarters in the locker room after the Tennessee game.
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Jefferson was paid handsomely and then deservedly so.
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I'm not sure where that ranks nationally, but there's a
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seemingly a big pool of money, and I'm just going to assume
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that that money is still going to be there for this year.
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Will they go after a big name, do you think, Bill, or will they
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try and, you know, spread that, spread that money out over a
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couple of players? Well, I think that that they're
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they're not needing, they're not needing to go after a whole lot
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of guys in the portal. As I mentioned with the at least
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2 is kind of what I've heard stands to reason.
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Milan coming back senior year, he's going to get a nice raise
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as well as those other guys in the the other guys in the in the
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rotation, Killian, Bateman, Plato, Buchanan, they'll take
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care of them. I'm sure that they'll get a
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little bit of a bump and then, you know, it almost makes you
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wonder too. Obviously T JS already said he's
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coming back. He's committed for the long
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term, but behind the scenes, maybe there's some lobbying
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there for from TJ to get a little bit of a bump team wise
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and in Rev sharing and what they're going to have to spend
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moving forward and, you know, in the end of this offseason.
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So maybe a little bump in that as well to to kind of go out and
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and they're going to need some scoring.
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And these these aren't just going to be like situational
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guys and, you know, filling out a rotation.
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We need an an eighth guy or a ninth guy.
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These these are going to be impact type of players in the
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portal they're going after. I think so they they will
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command you would think they would command a premium in in in
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what they're going to collect and Rev share.
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Tim Buckley is one of the two assistant coaches that need to
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be hired. He comes in, been all over the
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place and obviously a well known name.
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He was with us at UNLV. What can you tell us about
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Buckley and what his role is going to be here with the two
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new assistants they needed? Yeah, I think defensive
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background is one thing that really stands out to me about
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him. He played at Cincinnati.
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They, you know, they were a team obviously gave Iowa State some
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fits this season, knocked off the Cyclones and even before
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that he was at South Carolina and that was a South Carolina
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team. I believe that 2324 team that
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led the SEC in scoring defense, held teams.
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I believe it was 66.4 points per game was the total.
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So I, I think it is most recent stops as an assistant coach.
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It's been it's been that a guy comes from the defensive teams
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and I think that lends itself and Jr. was one of the top Jr.
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Blount was one of the top defensive guys under TJ.
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They'll replace that with another veteran with Buckley and
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I think that it's good. He's been a head coach as well.
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He's been, it was a Division One head coach at Ball State for
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looked like 7 seasons. So yeah, a lot, a lot of
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experience, a lot of experience at A at a high level.
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And and I think he's kind of fits that mold.
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You know, maybe maybe that well, the defensive chops that Blount
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had, but then also, well, Kyle Green, he he was also a
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defensive coach as well out of the architect of that.
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But I think you look at Buckley, you look at Kyle Green and kind
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of the same mold, the guys that are that, you know, veterans in
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the profession and and had been at this a long time.
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Bill Seals joining us football, TC anymore basketball.
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Dan McCartney was in Ames over the weekend hanging out I
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talking to Rogers, talking to the team.
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It's it's great to see McCartney, who meant so much to
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this program really, you know, turned it around after
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languishing. And that's what it was doing for
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the old timers out there to have to remind him of that.
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But it wasn't always good news when it came to Iowa State
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football. But McCartney turned it around.
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Obviously, he's still very well thought of in Ames and holds the
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program very close and by. And by the way, for you, if you
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missed it, if you're an Iowa State fan, Dan McCartney was on
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with Heather and Alec this morning on their show.
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You can find the podcast and listen to that if you're if
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you're so desire. But really good piece there
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apparently. But your thoughts on McCartney
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being back in town? Well, I think it's a shrewd move
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for a new head coach and Jimmy Rogers, you know, granted that
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Jimmy has spent a lot of time certainly at at South Dakota
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State was a head coach, spent some time in the Midwest.
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But coming coming into Iowa State after a year at Washington
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State, he he did bring a couple bring in a couple of in state
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guys to his coaching staff. I think that was a good move and
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in manage and managed who was the safeties coach?
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And then Seth Hesner sees a Mason City guy coming in as the
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tight ends coach. So they've got a couple of guys
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on this staff within state ties, but always a shrewd move though.
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And and then and to bring him in for the coaches clinic and and
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get Coach Mack in front of those in state guys and, and just, you
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know, remind them that Iowa State still, you know, they're
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still going to be a big time program with Matt Campbell and
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it at Penn State and they Jimmy Rogers And it was a very good
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move for for him again that to get coach Mack in.
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One guy off the board as it comes to recruiting for spring
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football, that's Landon Bloom, who commits to Penn State get
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from over on the West side of the state and is going to be
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going out there with Campbell. Is it going to take a while?
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I mean, we're kind of used to what the calendar is for
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football recruiting. And do you anticipate with
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having to grow these relationships and a lot of guys
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from outside the area that maybe the recruiting for the Class of
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2027 going to take a little bit longer this year?
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And we've lost Bill again. Oh, no.
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Yeah, I've gone. Hey, how do you say this?
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Did you Declan Haling, Haying. I'm looking at him.
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He's got offers from everywhere. Arkansas.
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He's a football player, an offensive lineman.
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I think he's a central Iowa kid from Des Moines, Nebraska, Iowa
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State, Kansas, Maryland, northwestern Tennessee, Iowa, K
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State, Mizzou, Minnesota. I'll get Bill back in here, see
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if he's got any information on that.
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Then with get the Rob Doster as we will talk to Rob Field of 68,
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Field of 68 for Rob Moore on the national championship coming up
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here in about O 125 or thereabouts.
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We'll then get Trent's plays of the day.
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Decent slate of baseball tonight.
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The point spread is shifting. I don't want to say
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significantly, but when everybody moves from 7 down to 6
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1/2, that kind of is a noteworthy move.
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Everybody's 6 1/2 on the championship game tonight.
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No more sevens. No more sevens and a half.
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Yeah. Declan Haying, HEY.
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Name sounds familiar? He's an offensive lineman with a
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unbelievable. Now he's a class of 28, so we're
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getting a little rid of ourselves, but my God.
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I'm not quite in football mode. Yet yeah, I know, I know.
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I don't blame. You.
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Yes, he Hying. Hying that's how you say his.
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Name. So his dad played basketball at
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you and I? OK.
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He was from New Hampton and yeah, I know the family and his
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sister. It would be Declans aunt Yeah is
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really good friends with my step sister.
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So yes know the family. Yeah, it's haying.
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Haying. Yes, is how it's pronounced.
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Yeah, Big kid plays a Des boy Christian.
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That's where he plays. Yes, Yep.
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Did you you did a game fight tomorrow And Chris, did you not?
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Nope. Maybe it was basketball.
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I don't know. I thought you.
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Not football, though. No, I haven't.
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Haven't seen them. But yeah, he's got a good offer
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list and God, I'll say, got some bloodlines.
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And I think Dad's still maybe an inch or two taller than him.
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It's close. Wow, Declan's going to probably
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pass him here. Pretty.
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Quickly, probably, yeah. He's got a couple of years,
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65280 Currently a couple of former Iowa State players in the
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portal. Omaha Palu is looking for
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another home. Yes, after two years at Wake
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Forest, had a little. Success.
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Yeah. What about what?
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What? What's your relationship with
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Kyle Green there when he was at Iowa State?
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I wonder. Oh, that's an intriguing 1.
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Just trying to, you know, connect some dots there.
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And you remember JT Rock who didn't play, Yes, Yeah, he went
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down to New Mexico. He's in the portal coming off a
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6.3 rebound season. Back to the portal for team
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number. Three, he was going to be the
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guy, wasn't he? He was, well, C71, you know,
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gets your attention, right? Gets your attention, Gets your
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attention. It hasn't worked out.
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We'll see if it does. Is he a South Dakota kid?
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Was. He a Yes, that's what I thought.
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All right, Rob Doster is next. Apologies for Bill Self.
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Bill Self, Bill Seals as gremlins with his phone, but we
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got most of the stuff in with Bill Doster.
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Next. Miller and Condon, Iowa Sports
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Radio Network Hi, Miller and Condon, welcome back.
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Coming up on 130. Top of the hour off the bench,
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Sean Roberts, Lucas Strain, 2 until 5:00 and then a 5:00
19:49
pregame. What's a long pregame?
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But it starts the Westwood One coverage of the national
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championship men's basketball coming up here at 5:00, the pre
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game show starts. Speaking of that, well, we know
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it's really butting up close to your bedtime and dinner time.
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Dinner time, yes. Do you?
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No, I'll get through this. You'll get through the game,
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sure, but correct me if I'm wrong, you're not a 1 shining
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moment guy. No, I usually see it the next.
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Well, I always see it the next morning.
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Yeah, see, but you're not. No, I'm not staying up, going
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out of my way to stay up for that.
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Yeah. Is it as good as it used to be?
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I. Mean does it?
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Kind of mean more back in the I don't know.
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It's still, I get it. It's still.
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It's a part of it, sure. It's an important part, yeah.
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And a piece that I just. I enjoy it so much.
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I do, too. It's well produced.
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They went away from the traditional song for a while.
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They come back, but it just, I, I got sent 1 today from like 87.
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Did you? Yeah, 'cause Kevin Gamble showed
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up in it. So yeah, got that from a
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Hawkeye. Fred.
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It's just part of it and we'll see.
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Alvaro Fulgaris, right? You know, would think he's got
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to be a part. Has to be.
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And he knocked off the defending champion.
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The three pointer, maybe even the dunk in there against
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Nebraska. Maybe he might be in there
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twice. He could certainly the play
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against Florida, for sure, for sure.
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We'll be in there, Steve Mayerfeld from Hampton.
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I mean, that'll live forever, right?
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His feet up in the air. His one of his players, his
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kicking his feet like he's trying to get away.
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He just sure passion and joy. What year was that?
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O2 or 01/01/01. O2 No.
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O2 Yeah, 'cause. It was it O2.
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It was either O1 or O2. It was one of those years it
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was, oh, I do have a note for you.
21:30
After Bill was mentioning Trayvion, Carson, ND State 63
21:36
and again called a ton of his games at the high school level.
21:40
So I had somebody mentioned to me back in January, February
21:46
about that connection with Iowa State that they already knew
21:51
that that was going to be something at minimum they're
21:53
going to target. Not that they'd offer to him or
21:54
anything like that, but. What position?
21:56
He's a point guard or he can playoff the ball too.
21:59
But yeah, good assist rate shot it well.
22:01
This. Was he on those Valley
22:02
Championship teams or one of? Them the first one.
22:05
First one, if memory serves. Yeah, he was there for the first
22:08
one. He's 63.
22:11
Great defender. Well, that fits.
22:13
Yeah, exactly like you're looking to connect dots.
22:16
These dots have been connected, I've heard for a while.
22:19
Doesn't mean that it's imminent or anything like that, but I
22:21
would anticipate if I'm putting betting odds out, yeah, he is a
22:24
prohibitive favorite. He's going to end up in Ames.
22:26
Do you think we will hear from an Iowa State or an Iowa signee
22:30
first? Not that it matters.
22:34
Right. I mean because.
22:36
Between those two schools, it's always a complication.
22:38
Yes, I mean, I would take a guess that it would be Carson
22:40
just because like I said, I heard this a while back that
22:44
that that probably be the easiest one that the wheels
22:46
already in motion, that kind of thing that that's going to
22:48
happen. So I guess because I had that
22:51
bit of information, I'd probably point that direction.
22:54
And Iowa State needs a lot more guys.
22:56
I mean they have what, 6 scholarships open bunch?
22:58
Yeah, I think, yeah. With with Calderman now gone
23:00
too. So I think it's up to six guys.
23:01
So they can be a little bit maybe more freewheeling of the
23:05
offers that they're going to be throwing out there.
23:06
And and also probably being able to put pressure on guys too
23:10
saying, hey, we got this many spots, this is where we're going
23:12
to go and making that one. When we're talking about though,
23:15
top top flight guys like those guys that are showing up in the
23:18
top 150 list of the transfer portal, those are the guys
23:21
probably going to take a little bit longer unless they already
23:24
know what other nugget. 2001, by the way, for Hampton. 2005 You
23:31
know we hear these well, no contact.
23:32
Yep, no contact. Kenzie Hare had her no contact.
23:35
So in the past, the past couple of years, that led us to believe
23:39
that they already do their destiny, right, Right.
23:41
Apparently that's not the case anymore.
23:43
Some of them just don't. They want to do it on
23:44
themselves, right? Just leave me alone.
23:46
What that means is contact my agent, right?
23:49
That's what that's to do. If we go back to our first
23:51
conversation of the day where we think we have a handle on what
23:56
this portal is and what we kind of know about the portal from
24:00
our seats, and then it just changes again.
24:03
And now this no contact order, which for the first couple of
24:06
years they know where they're going is now I don't know where
24:09
I'm going potentially just leave me alone.
24:11
You deal with my agent deal who put the offers in front of me
24:14
with my agent and then we'll decide let's just goes back to
24:17
the semi final Michigan yes my mom didn't want me to play my
24:21
agent didn't want me to go in Linda Borg says you know what
24:24
the hell is he I'm going in by the way Rob Doster was scheduled
24:27
to join us. He's doing a little something on
24:29
his channel with the North Carolina.
24:31
We got this funny during the break before we reached out to
24:34
get lined him up. We got a tweet from our buddy
24:36
Jay Scott to tweets at us all the time says always you're not
24:39
getting Doster. He's on his, he's on his YouTube
24:41
thing doing the doing a recap. And he was right not.
24:44
Going to get wrong because I I see it right now on my Twitter
24:46
feed and are you watching it? Doster and Goodman and Tyler
24:50
Hansborough. Pretty good crew.
24:52
Yeah, there was Hansborough's name was mentioned for a while.
24:55
Really. Well, I mean, I think probably
24:57
if you had to go all, you know, take far down the list if enough
24:59
guys decide not to take the offer.
25:02
I don't know, but I like the. I'd like to hire, on the
25:05
surface, the fact that he's got such a great relationship with
25:09
Yokich, Yokich's agents, the guy that's bringing all these EUR
25:12
over the country, it does make some sense from that regard.
25:16
So how do you see the game tonight?
25:17
Let's you and I handle it. So we start with just the
25:21
freight train that is Michigan. And if Michigan plays at that
25:24
level and they knock down 8910 threes, game over.
25:29
So I look at it the other perspective from from the Hurley
25:31
perspective, probably most importantly, what if?
25:33
You can get him in foul trouble, that'd be good.
25:35
You start there absolutely and I have a feeling because well,
25:40
back to what I first started with the three-point shooting,
25:43
you can't let Michigan get comfortable out there.
25:45
Yukon does a great job. They.
25:46
Didn't let Illinois get comfortable.
25:47
Absolutely. And Yukon, that's one thing that
25:49
they every year under Hurley, they do a great job of running
25:52
you off the three-point line. I think this is going to be a
25:55
game where Yukon is going to be content to let Michigan throw it
26:00
inside Blender, Borger not out there with Mara, with Johnson,
26:04
with those guys. They're going to be content
26:06
because what happens when you get a boat, bunch of post
26:08
touches, the game slows down. It comes into that low
26:12
possession type of game and I think that's the only path for U
26:15
Conn. I don't think there is another
26:17
path. They need this thing to be a
26:19
grinder, A slugfest. Slow it down and they'll be
26:22
content with that. You want to throw it in
26:23
tomorrow, do it. I go back to when they played
26:26
Purdue a couple years ago in the national championship game.
26:29
Now that game, what did Edie have?
26:32
He had, is it 35 or 37 something ridiculous that season that he
26:38
was obviously incredible in that national championship game.
26:41
However it was, we're not going to let the other Purdue guards
26:46
be able to knock down those shots.
26:47
And because of that, that's kind of what I point to it and I look
26:50
at. That's a game plan.
26:51
I'm bringing up the box score here.
26:52
Yeah, Edie had 37 points. Good memory on you in that game.
26:56
But they also had Kligen inside that they could go one-on-one.
26:59
They don't have that same kind of guy in the middle or he's a
27:02
good player, he's a nice player. He also have the connection
27:06
where he started at Michigan. He got that angle to it too.
27:09
Why didn't that work out? Do you Do you remember that
27:11
story well? Was it coaching?
27:14
Early in his career, I mean those Michigan teams.
27:15
Were bad bad. But was it coaching that he left
27:17
when Howard got the axe? Probably Juan Howard.
27:22
What a mess. Did you watch any of the Fab 5
27:24
alternate? Cash.
27:25
I did not. I didn't.
27:26
Either. And you know what?
27:27
I heard good things. Did you?
27:28
I and I wanted. To read good things I didn't
27:30
hear. And I never did.
27:31
Likewise. It was flip.
27:33
Oh yeah, because half time took the kids upstairs to put them to
27:36
bed. So oh, and that was the other
27:38
part. So I get up there all right,
27:42
maybe Arizona's got a little bit of run.
27:44
All right Got the game recorded flip it on and right when we
27:47
flip it on and get back to the our room and going to watch the
27:50
back half of the game and are we going to start the second-half
27:54
go right to live TV. It was 7447 at the time Oh gosh
27:58
there it goes is that the real score?
28:00
That's the real score. That's the real score.
28:02
So I don't think we need to go back and watch the 1st 8
28:04
minutes. So this one, the way things were
28:06
deconstructed, just watch it out from there.
28:08
But I think that's a game plan for U Conn grind it out, let
28:12
Mari get his. If Johnson goes off, so be it.
28:16
Don't let though, obviously the guys, like we've seen in the
28:21
past, Mckenney, you can't let him.
28:22
Get on. Oh, he's good players, right?
28:24
He's a good player off the bench.
28:26
Roddy GAIL, who hasn't shot a great this year but we know can
28:28
shoot it some shots, Yeah. Don't let him get 3.
28:30
He didn't make a shot against. He made a bit.
28:32
Was it against Iowa? Yes, he did.
28:34
Yeah, I thought so, yes. Was it a three or?
28:37
But he did something shot against Iowa.
28:38
Late in the. Game.
28:39
That might be Ben Mccullum's best coaching job, staying close
28:42
against this Michigan team. If it would have shot at him.
28:44
A team that got to a Sweet 16 for the first time in 27 years
28:48
and the lead 8 for the first time in 39 years.
28:50
His best coaching job was giving them a shot against was that.
28:53
Senior Day? Or was there one more after
28:55
that? It was the late. 2nd to last
28:57
game because it was Nebraska. Nebraska.
29:00
And went to overtime in that one.
29:01
So that's, I think the game played, the blueprint for
29:04
Connecticut to hang around to give themselves a shot, let them
29:08
go inside, don't let them shoot 3 pointers.
29:10
And then you need to get something from the other end
29:13
too. You know, solo ball.
29:14
I thought that's about as good as solo ball.
29:16
He's hurt, yes, yes, he's been playing injured for a while, but
29:19
I thought he was really good against Illinois.
29:21
But I think he's like questionable tonight.
29:23
Oh really? Yes, it got it.
29:26
Either re injured what it was in an ankle.
29:28
He's questionable tonight. That's because he said he
29:32
finished the game on adrenaline and that's the only reason he
29:35
was in there at the end or played as many minutes as he
29:38
did. Mullins was great in the first
29:40
half, yeah. Did nothing until very late in
29:42
the second. But then when he needed the
29:44
shot, there was, you know, there's speculation that he's
29:46
going, he's going pro. He's tall, could shoot, he could
29:50
shoot. You just park him on a bench and
29:52
let him grow up a little bit crazy because he's the right
29:55
age, right? Absolutely.
29:56
They love their 18 year olds. And I also look at Daddy Hurley,
30:00
you know my affinity for Dusty May, Big Dusty May guy over
30:03
here. Yeah.
30:05
But Daddy Hurley as just unlikable of a figure.
30:08
Well, you know, did you see his wife on TV a bunch over the last
30:11
couple of days? When you find out about Danny
30:14
Hurley the person and how useless he is, in some ways it
30:19
reminds me of me. Yeah, yeah.
30:21
And that that grew a. Little bit for you.
30:23
Yeah, that's what I mean. Listening to his wife and just
30:26
how inept he is at home because, you know, it impressed me.
30:30
But God, he can coach basketball.
30:32
And that's the thing, he's going to have a game plan.
30:34
Will it work? We'll see, but it's not that
30:37
he's going to be out coached on the sideline.
30:39
No, there's not going to be something.
30:41
They're going to have a plan. Will the team execute?
30:44
We'll see about that and come back to Hurley.
30:47
And now what's the record? It's asinine 18.
30:50
Against the spread it's ridiculous. 18 and one.
30:52
You're right. Last 19 games in the tournament.
30:54
18 and one against the spread. 18 and one, yeah.
30:58
It just, it's ridiculous. It is.
31:00
It is completely. So for that reason, you're
31:03
snapping up the and again, the number's gone down.
31:05
It's now 6 1/2 if you want, and seven, you snooze, you lose.
31:08
Is it still, still 6 1/2? There's been no buy back.
31:11
It's all six and a halfs everywhere.
31:12
Yet the betting public is on Michigan.
31:15
I saw that a little bit earlier. Let's take a re look at that.
31:19
Overall, 70% of the money and 59% of the tickets are on this.
31:23
But let's individualize things and let's go to our friends at
31:26
Circa and see the betting splits there also with the caveat,
31:31
Derek Stevens, a Michigan guy, they get a lot of business from
31:35
Michigan clientele, 69% of the money and 58% of the bets there
31:40
also. So basically what we're kind of
31:41
seeing on the board also at Circa, no one has a sharp book,
31:46
but the public is on the Wolverines.
31:48
Yeah, I'll be grabbing the points in this one.
31:50
Will you play the total or anything like that?
31:52
Nothing total wise. For for UConn to win the game,
31:55
what do they what does the score need to be if they let Michigan
31:58
get to what they're cooked 75? Yeah, that, that's a good, I
32:02
think cut off point anything I was going to say like low 70s.
32:06
Hold them to 75, you're in the game.
32:08
Can't win a game 8582 No no. I don't think so either.
32:12
I think they got to hold them under 75 to win the game because
32:16
again, it comes down to possessions and they're going to
32:18
slow things down. 1 clock, hopefully make Michigan do the
32:21
same kind of thing. Can we get a good?
32:23
Game. I was just thinking this exact
32:24
same thing as you were because Saturday, especially the the
32:29
late game, we had such high expectations.
32:32
It was going to be a classic. We're going to watch this game
32:34
and talk about this game for years to come.
32:36
It was awful. It was awful.
32:38
Go Peter game. And even.
32:41
It was about the one Wildcat that did.
32:42
Friday night, the South Carolina UConn game wasn't.
32:45
Good. No, it was terrible.
32:47
It was physical and it was a tough watch.
32:49
The Texas USLA game, it was relatively close, wasn't a fun
32:53
watch. The best game we got was UConn,
32:57
Illinois. And are you going to be bouncing
32:59
your grandkids on your knee talking about that one?
33:00
No, I'm not. Absolutely.
33:02
There won't be grandkids, sadly. No, come on, Kale's going to get
33:05
going. That's my only hope.
33:06
Kale's going to get going here. Yeah, he's got a Mary is Better
33:10
half. Well, she graduates from
33:11
medical. Well, she's going to be a vet.
33:13
So this is yours. They're coming, by the way, for
33:16
my last day and I'm so pumped up about.
33:17
Awesome. How about my son and his gal?
33:20
They're kale. Yes, vegetable.
33:23
And his gal, Sage. Well, look at that.
33:27
Yeah. Good connection.
33:28
Oh, they. Are I like him a lot, you know,
33:30
And I like her a lot. They're very fun to hang out
33:32
with when we're out there. And yeah, get her done.
33:35
We need to see Papa Kenny over. There I would love it but but
33:38
guessing there's some probably some some school yes that's
33:42
student loans to get through. But I hope it happens.
33:44
I hope I'm bouncing my grandkid on my.
33:46
Knee, but not talking about Illinois.
33:48
I had a run right 80 to 1. So here's what I did.
33:51
I bet 200 on Yukon. Yep.
33:52
So I cashed there. OK, I got some, put some money
33:55
in my in my account. And then I bet a whole bunch of
33:58
I've got Yukon and I've got Michigan to the Carolina
34:00
Hurricanes, to the Tampa Bay Lightning, Dallas Stars and
34:04
Colorado Avalanche. Well, we have a little time here
34:06
and I know there are people like myself that is getting ready to
34:10
turn the page and get ready for our next sports that we talk
34:13
about a ton. So give me, give me your hockey
34:16
time. As to how many teams can win the
34:18
Stanley Cup? Yeah, give me give me that list
34:20
of teams that can win it all because this is the way my
34:26
simple non hockey brain looks at it.
34:27
Yeah, they all can because we've seen it happen in the past and
34:30
that's just how I see hockey. But the teams that are playing.
34:33
Don't like the way Colorado's playing.
34:35
They've got the best record in the league.
34:36
I don't like the way they're going to the playoffs.
34:38
I do like the way Dallas and I do like the way Minnesota.
34:42
We're going to talk a lot to Joe O'Donnell in the weeks ahead.
34:44
Absolutely, because I think he's going to be working for a while
34:48
out of the West. I see three teams and it's the
34:50
three teams in the Central. I don't like anybody.
34:52
I don't like Vegas, I don't like Anaheim.
34:55
I think there are ways away yet. I think it's Minnesota, Colorado
34:59
and Dallas in the East. Buffalo is a team that they
35:03
never make the playoffs. They're the laughingstock of the
35:06
league. They got the best record in the
35:07
East. At least they did going into
35:08
the. Weekend they had the longest
35:12
streak out of the major 4, the New York Jets and now The Jets
35:15
have the longest drought of not making the playoffs.
35:18
Buffalo and The Jets that were tied with the the longest mark.
35:21
They're in, and yeah, they are. They're two points behind the
35:25
Lightning. Are they 2 points and they might
35:27
play each other tonight? Oh really?
35:28
I think. Pretty important one there.
35:30
And the Canadians also with 100 points on the season.
35:33
Yeah, I can't see it. I mean, I hope I don't like
35:34
Canadian team wins, but I've got Tampa.
35:36
Carolina is the two teams out of the East.
35:40
Now Dallas and Minnesota are going to have to play in the
35:42
first round. They are and this stupid, stupid
35:44
structure that they had. And there's one thing that also
35:47
stuck out when you you mentioned that because you've said this a
35:50
lot the last five years. I can't, I can't bet.
35:53
Vegas, no. And what do we see?
35:55
Yeah, what? Do they got there twice?
35:57
Three types. They won it in 2018 and they've
36:01
been there. I just like, I'm not going to
36:04
bet Vegas. Even though they made a coaching
36:05
change late, the Islanders made one yesterday.
36:08
With five games left in the years they're making a they're
36:11
firing their head coach to bring in a new one.
36:13
We'll see where it goes. I can't wait.
36:15
I'll love the Stanley Cup in the quest for it.
36:17
I get into sixteen wins, baby. It takes takes me a while to get
36:21
here. We got the Minnesota angle that
36:23
helps I. Think they've got a legitimate
36:25
chance, Trent, I really do. Speaking of that, you know many
36:27
people in the hockey circle. What happened over in eastern
36:30
Iowa? Did you hear?
36:32
Team left. Yes, and one year hiatus is what
36:35
they're hoping. For they're not coming back, no,
36:38
I doubt. And so that's the is the AA,
36:41
yes, the AA equivalent? Exactly.
36:44
The Highlanders. Yep.
36:45
So did you hear anything more no about it?
36:48
I didn't, other than the fact that I mean.
36:50
Market too small to support it, just nobody supported it.
36:53
I don't know the answer. Because I know when you consider
36:56
Cedar Rapids, IA city, the corridor as it's called over
36:58
there, the Cedar Rapids USHL team.
37:02
Does pretty well. They do well and they just never
37:05
could get attendance away from that.
37:06
I wonder if that was an angle behind it and the hockey fans in
37:09
that market kind of dug. Not enough to, yeah, not enough
37:12
to to go around for two franchises is my guess.
37:15
But yeah, yeah, I saw that. It was about what, a month ago,
37:17
I think they announced that that the Highlanders are on hiatus.
37:22
We'll see if they come back. We'll come back with trends,
37:24
plays of the day. Off a good weekend.
37:27
I saw that, yes, you had a nice weekend.
37:29
You're actually you're actually hitting now.
37:31
What's the team total for care for UConn tonight?
37:34
Great question. Let me bring it back up here.
37:37
You can't pick stats. Here we go, more lines.
37:42
Team totals high 60s got to be high low right around 70. 69
37:48
1/2. Is it really?
37:49
And Michigan is 76 1/2, so right around that number we were
37:52
talking about. So right at that one.
37:55
What you like Yukon over? No, no team totals.
37:59
I bet them like twice a year. They're never right.
38:02
I always feel like I have a great angle.
38:04
You come up with these ones that you just don't wager on very
38:07
often. That just falls by the wait
38:09
side. All right, that's next.
38:11
Miller and Condon on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
38:14
Condon, welcome back our final segment, Trent's plays of the
38:16
day momentarily. Let's get Rob Doster in here.
38:19
He's been very busy, but he wants to give us a couple of
38:22
minutes on the natty. We understand.
38:23
First of all, just your thoughts on the Malone Higher, real quick
38:27
on that before we get your take on the national championship
38:29
game tonight. Rob, you say I'm you say I'm
38:32
very busy right now. I wasn't very busy.
38:34
The Monday is usually the slowest day, championship Monday
38:36
and then boom, out of nowhere, Michael Malone.
38:39
You know, I think Carolina had this plan.
38:42
They're like, let me see how I can ruin Rob's parents on on
38:47
Chet and Ken's show. Let me see how we can mess this
38:50
up for those guys. Now, look, I I like it.
38:53
I actually like it a lot, pending the staff, if they get
38:56
the right staff in place that knows how to navigate this world
38:59
that we're in, in this era of college basketball.
39:02
I think that he is a guy that can just coach ball.
39:05
He won the NBA championship when Alice Caravan was still in
39:09
college. Think about that.
39:11
The Duke can coach, get the staff in place to be able to
39:14
give him the players he needs, and they'll be they'll be
39:16
winning games again soon. Some talk about euro connections
39:19
too. I mean connecting dots.
39:20
Does that make a little sense? After what we saw from Illinois,
39:23
that those euro connections with the Joker going together and
39:26
that potentially could also be a fit with Malone.
39:29
Look, all I'm saying is that Nicola Yokich hasn't used up his
39:33
college eligibility. So you never know.
39:34
You never know. Just follow a lawsuit.
39:36
You never know. Let's go back before we go
39:39
forward. Obviously, we all thought it was
39:41
going to be a classic game. Michigan and Arizona promised to
39:44
be that, clearly didn't get that.
39:47
Were you shocked at the result? Yes, yeah.
39:51
I thought I literally predicted on our show that Jayden Bradley
39:54
was going to hit a game winner with less than 3 seconds left,
39:57
and they're down by 30 at one point in the second-half.
40:00
So a little bit of a buzzkill. That's the way that it played
40:02
out. But I think that what we're
40:04
learning in this tournament is that maybe Michigan lost some
40:07
games because they were just bored.
40:09
I think it might have been that simple so.
40:12
Yeah, man, Michigan's a buzz saw.
40:13
And I say all that to say, UConn tonight.
40:16
Roll skis. UConn by a million.
40:18
You're a Yukon guy, though. We've got a neat letter audience
40:21
also know that also on top of it, I.
40:23
Think it's going to be a good game?
40:24
What's the game plan tonight? Here's what's going to happen,
40:27
all right? If UConn wins, this is what's
40:29
going to happen. They're going to control tempo.
40:31
They'll have 5 or fewer turnovers.
40:33
They're going to make 12 or more threes.
40:36
Michigan's going to make 5 or fewer threes.
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Yukon will win the glass and they're going to keep the the
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Wolverines out of transition. If UConn wins, the final score
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of this game is going to be 68 to 64 or something like that.
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If Michigan wins, they're going to put up 95 points and win by
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30. If Michigan does complete that
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and does it by putting 90 up on Danny Hurley squad here, where
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do we rank them? I know it's quick.
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I know it's very, very early to do that.
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Where does mission go in the pantheon of certainly recent
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champions that we've seen? I mean, they're up there.
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I think that they're in the same conversation with like 2024
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UConn, 2018 Villanova was a juggernaut, 2009 Carolina with
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Tyler Hansboro. I still think, and you guys tell
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me this is insane. I still think that last year's
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Duke and 2015 Kentucky have to be in the conversations for the
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greatest basketball teams that we've seen.
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But they you can't put them in the conversation for the teams
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that have achieved the most. And that's the other problem.
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Michigan, they didn't win the Big 10 tournament.
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Those other teams won their conference tournament as well.
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Yep. Good stuff, Rob.
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We'll let you go. Thanks for giving us a couple of
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minutes, brother. Appreciate it.
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Jay, anytime that you want breaking news, just just just
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schedule you. Yeah, schedule me on the show.
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All right? Good.
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Sorry about that fellas. Thank you.
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No worries anytime. Good to hear from you.
41:52
Matt Norland, you're seeing this tweet.
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Why this Malone thing's picked up speed.
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You know who turned them down, which got the ball of the wheels
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in motion. With that, they wanted to meet
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with Ben McCollum yesterday. McCollum said no.
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This is from Matt Norlander. UNC hoped to meet with McCollum
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in person Sunday for a proper interview, but he passed on that
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invitation to stay at Iowa. Malone's candidacy picked up
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speed as names were removed. Wow, how about that?
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McCollum said No thank you, North.
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Carolina. To North Carolina.
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Not A&T. Nope, not Campbell.
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Nope. How about that?
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That's. It's got to make Hawkeye
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feedings have to pretty good. Absolutely make their Wallace
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feel pretty good. Who are you betting?
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Let's do it, we got. We have Matt Noorlander
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tomorrow. We do.
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He will join us at 1:30 tomorrow as long as there's no breaking
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news. Let's hope that's not the case.
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1 Baseball play for tonight. Gonna play the Tigers against my
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twins. Plus, what are you?
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Gonna bet against your twins most games most days.
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The price will get ridiculous after a while, but yeah, that
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bullpen's so bad tonight. Connecticut.
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There was a 7 out there in the market.
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Grand was this morning. Yep, and two player props for
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tonight. Gimme Johnson over 12 1/2 points
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for the Wolverines tonight. We'll jump aboard on that one
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and demere over a half. Three pointer makes a three-week
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cash they were laying -190 but couple of player props and a
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title pick along with fading the Twins.
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Enjoy the game. Let's root for a good one.
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We'll talk about it tomorrow. Off the bench next Miller and
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Condon noon to two Iowa Sports Radio Network.