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Ohio State Basketball Lands 5-Star Forward Recruit Anthony Thompson · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Wednesday, October twenty second.
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host, Tom Or the Penn State game in
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  Speaker 1: twist of the century. Here you go. We're talking basketball today. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I know the Penn State games in ten days. The
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  Speaker 1: game against Michigan is in thirty eight days. Believe me,
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  Speaker 1: no one is more aware of that than the However,
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State just landed one of its top prospects of
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  Speaker 1: the entire century in recruiting Anthony Thompson, the number eight
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  Speaker 1: overall player in the Closet twenty twenty six. This is
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  Speaker 1: maybe one of the bigger wins for Ohio State basketball
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  Speaker 1: in quite a while. I'm joined by Tony Gerderman if
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  Speaker 1: Fuckyhuddle dot com. Tony, this feels like you you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not saying like clear the space for the national
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  Speaker 1: Championship banner. But this feels like a potential turning point
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  Speaker 1: to a certain degree in the Jake Diebler era at
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it certainly doesn't hurt now, I mean, he is
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  Speaker 2: from Ohio. But I'm the first person to say that
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  Speaker 2: in state recruiting and basketball has not existed over since
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  Speaker 2: the last ten or fifteen years since AAU took over.
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  Speaker 2: So I can't pooh pooh getting an in state guy
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  Speaker 2: and also say like there's no such thing. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: very good job because not only as you know, he's
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  Speaker 2: five star, but you're battling Kentucky, Indiana, Texas, Michigan, North Carolina.
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  Speaker 2: These are all visits that he took and possibilities. So
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  Speaker 2: when you're beating not only major names like that, but
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  Speaker 2: also in an interconference conference foes, that's that's huge as well.
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  Speaker 2: So very good gift for Jake Diebler in year two
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  Speaker 2: of you know, we'll see what that becomes. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: a good and not the first good player in this
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  Speaker 2: class either that Ohio State has landed.
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  Speaker 1: No, definitely not. However, if you look at the historic context,
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  Speaker 1: I guess fourth highest rated prospect they've landed since two thousand.
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  Speaker 1: The only guys rated higher than him than him in
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  Speaker 1: the two four to seven rankings Greg Odin you may
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  Speaker 1: remember him, BJ Mullens and Jared Soldier. That's it. That's
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  Speaker 1: the list. So now he is not unlike a couple
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  Speaker 1: of those guys. Are really all three of those guys.
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  Speaker 1: He is not a center. So let people know what
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  Speaker 1: he is.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's listened to six', eight two of. Five he's,
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  Speaker 2: like he's left. Handed he can definitely, shoot he can
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  Speaker 2: catch and. Shoot he can put it on the court
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  Speaker 2: and shoot a bit as. Well he can score from
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  Speaker 2: the post because he has range and, touch so you
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  Speaker 2: can get him down there and he's able to score
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  Speaker 2: there as. Well he's not the like he's not the
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  Speaker 2: most explosive athlete that you're ever going to. See but
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  Speaker 2: he's good around the basket and LIKE i, said he
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  Speaker 2: can he can bring the ball, up he can rebound,
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  Speaker 2: it he can catch, it and there's a reason for
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  Speaker 2: the five star. Ranking but also like he's an advanced
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  Speaker 2: perimeter shooter and can be an. Outlet he can be
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  Speaker 2: the stretch four That Ohio state loves and can do
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  Speaker 2: more than. That but a really really good shooter that
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  Speaker 2: will allow them to continue to stretch the floor with
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  Speaker 2: their guards and you know the the growing positionlessness of college.
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  Speaker 1: Basketball, well you said he is not the most explosive.
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  Speaker 1: Athlete So i'm going to Take Sam thompson off the
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  Speaker 1: table for you WHEN i ask you to give me
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  Speaker 1: a comp of a Former Ohio state basketball player who
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  Speaker 1: his game maybe reminds you of if you, know and
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  Speaker 1: if you have, two that's okay as well well being left.
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  Speaker 2: Handed the first two that came to mind were also
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  Speaker 2: we're former McDonald's All americans In Deshaun thomas And Ivan,
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  Speaker 2: harris and both of those guys were known for their
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  Speaker 2: three point. Shooting DeShawn thomas eventually became a scoring machine
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  Speaker 2: in his final year With Ohio, state but was a
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  Speaker 2: reliable scorer for a few. Years Ivan harris it took
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  Speaker 2: a while for him to develop into a reliable. Shooter
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  Speaker 2: but you know, both you, know six' seven, six EIGHT
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  Speaker 2: and i that's what That's What anthony thompson has listened at.
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  Speaker 2: Right now so a guy that again can stand out
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  Speaker 2: on the baseline waiting for the ball if, need be
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  Speaker 2: or can go ahead and, you know score from the
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  Speaker 2: paint and be a guy that you throw the ball
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  Speaker 2: down to and he can fade away and use his
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  Speaker 2: size down there and use his touch to become a
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  Speaker 2: talented scorer all over. The floor, so yeah, i'd say
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  Speaker 2: and not just because those two guys are, left handed
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  Speaker 2: but because both of those guys WERE also i don't
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  Speaker 2: want to say, limited athletically but They Weren't, sam thompson
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  Speaker 2: and that's, you know that's a very. Few are but
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  Speaker 2: you know he's certainly, good enough yeah.
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  Speaker 1: For, Sure yeah so that now a little. Perspective here
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  Speaker 1: he is not part of this. Year's team this is
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  Speaker 1: a twenty twenty, six recruit so we'll see him. Next year,
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  Speaker 1: this Season the buckeyes Tip off sunday Against The ohio
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  Speaker 1: bobcats At the shot for an. Exhibition GAME so i
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  Speaker 1: want to give just a very brief preview of this.
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  Speaker 1: Year's team we'll probably do a more involved show at
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  Speaker 1: some point for just for people who are maybe kind
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  Speaker 1: of dipped Out On ohio state basketball and are just,
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  Speaker 1: kind of, you know awaking from their long summer slumber, to,
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  Speaker 1: oh yeah they're playing basketball. AGAIN soon a couple, familiar
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  Speaker 1: names really a core of three returnees on this. Year's
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  Speaker 1: Team bruce, Orton Back devin, Royal Back john. Mobley back
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  Speaker 1: that feels like that's probably going to be the core of,
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  Speaker 1: this team at least to start. The year and also
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  Speaker 1: they're Also Getting tayston chapman back he is he missed
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  Speaker 1: all of last season with. An injury, you know every
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  Speaker 1: year at college basketball is you kind of have to
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  Speaker 1: buy a program on the way into the first game
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  Speaker 1: because every, you know at least half the team has.
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  Speaker 1: Turned over but that's at least a pretty good core
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  Speaker 1: in terms of returning players.
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  Speaker 2: This, year yeah You're Throwing gabe cups as well as
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  Speaker 2: the backup point guard, in there And Not tason chapman
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  Speaker 2: can play. Both spots but those first three, you mentioned
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  Speaker 2: any one of those guys can go for twenty on any,
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  Speaker 2: given night and they're one of the better trios nationally
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  Speaker 2: and in terms of scoring and. Just RELIABILITY and I
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  Speaker 2: think royal is only going to continue to. Get Better
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  Speaker 2: john mobley as there are more options for The buck
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  Speaker 2: eyes offensively on, the court he won't have to force as.
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  Speaker 2: Many shots started out really really strongly. Last year and
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  Speaker 2: then you know he hit that proverbial freshman wall when
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  Speaker 2: he was maybe trying to do, too much and so
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  Speaker 2: this year won't have to do that with those three,
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  Speaker 2: guys together and Then Transfers brandon knowle probably at, The
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  Speaker 2: Four christoph tilley at. The five both of those guys
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  Speaker 2: can give you scoring from. Different areas so we'll see
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  Speaker 2: how much defense this team. Can PLAY but i think,
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  Speaker 2: scoring wise they're gonna. Be okay and they've got some,
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  Speaker 2: Good size they've got the ability to shoot from, the
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  Speaker 2: perimeter from all over, the place and maybe more depth than.
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  Speaker 2: They've had we'll see how much they can get out
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  Speaker 2: of Backup Center. Ivan yegovin, you know he's played a
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  Speaker 2: little bit here, and there and he's getting older, and
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  Speaker 2: better and what kind of stretching they can do in
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  Speaker 2: terms of, you know sometimes, you're three sometimes. You're four,
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  Speaker 2: right now we need you to be a. Five defensively
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  Speaker 2: and then there continues to be really good buzz about
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  Speaker 2: Freshman a mary by them six eight two forty can
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  Speaker 2: play on, the inside you can play on, the outside really.
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  Speaker 2: Really athletic one of those guys that might shoot up
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  Speaker 2: the boards here as we get to see him play
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  Speaker 2: more and more or, at, all frankly since we haven't yet.
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  Speaker 2: Done THAT but i think there's reason for positivity with The.
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  Speaker 2: Buck eyes it's just a matter of those top three
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  Speaker 2: guys that, you mentioned, you know two of them standing
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  Speaker 2: out every night and they should do. Pretty well and
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  Speaker 2: then if you get Help From brandon Knowle And christoph
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  Speaker 2: tilley and. Those guys, you know if there's a seventeen
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  Speaker 2: point night from one of, those guys then that's gonna
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  Speaker 2: help greatly. As well and there's. Depth there i'll, say,
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  Speaker 2: that yeah there.
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  Speaker 1: Is depth it feels like this is a team, that
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  Speaker 1: narrowly narrowly missed the two tournament. LAST year i think
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  Speaker 1: they were one of the first four out last year
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  Speaker 1: and missed it in a frustrating way where they lost
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  Speaker 1: a couple of games right at the end of, the
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  Speaker 1: season where if they won any of those individual games
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  Speaker 1: towards the end of, the year they probably. Are in this,
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  Speaker 1: feels like, you know what constitutes success? This year did
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  Speaker 1: they have to get, you know they certainly have to make, the,
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  Speaker 1: TOURNAMENT right, i mean that's that feels like that's the.
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  Speaker 1: Absolute baseline did they have to win? A game do
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  Speaker 1: you have to get to the? Sweet, sixteen like but
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  Speaker 1: you have to finish IN the i saw one of
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  Speaker 1: the national publications Talking About ohio state as maybe a
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  Speaker 1: low key team that might threaten to get the double
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  Speaker 1: Buying The. Big ten so, you know are you trying
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  Speaker 1: to finish in the top three in the four In the?
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  Speaker 1: Big ten what what does success look like?
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  Speaker 2: This year, You know i'd say success getting to the
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  Speaker 2: tournament is not the success that you would point To
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  Speaker 2: For bruce. THORNTON'S career i think you judge it maybe off,
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  Speaker 2: of that like One Time bruce thornton makes it to
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  Speaker 2: the tournament and doesn't win, A game so that doesn't
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  Speaker 2: sound successful. TO me i think SECOND weekend i think
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  Speaker 2: would be. A, success now that might not be a
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  Speaker 2: success once we see what this team, looks like or
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  Speaker 2: it might be a tremendous success once we see what
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  Speaker 2: this team. Looks LIKE but i think the second weekend
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  Speaker 2: is where you would like. To be that's like THE
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  Speaker 2: baseline i think, Moving forward, and yeah you say that
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  Speaker 2: KNOWING that i haven't been in the tournament in, a
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  Speaker 2: while but just getting THERE anymore i don't think is,
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  Speaker 2: good enough especially when you should. Be there so it's
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  Speaker 2: got to be more than what you should, you know than.
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  Speaker 2: The baseline the, BOTTOM line, i, Think.
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  Speaker 1: Well the season Starts, on sunday two o'clock At The
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  Speaker 1: shot buckeye's. Taking on they Will have bobcats first kind
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  Speaker 1: of marquee game on The, Schedule sunday, november sixteenth ball
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  Speaker 1: Thirty Against, notre dame also At, the shot so then
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  Speaker 1: it'll kind of go. FROM there a lot of they've
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  Speaker 1: got a decent non, conference schedule but of course a
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  Speaker 1: lot of them always end up on neutral or away.
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  Speaker 1: From home but should be should be An Interesting ohio state,
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  Speaker 1: basketball season and. We will we'll get back to it at,
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  Speaker 1: some point but it is still football Season, In columbus
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  Speaker 1: ohio as it tends to be, between ROUGHLY oh i,
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  Speaker 1: Don't know January, and december give, or take and we
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  Speaker 1: will be covering the number one team in the country
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  Speaker 1: as they get ready to Take On penn state. Next
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  Speaker 1: weekend at the weekend off, this weekend but that doesn't
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