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Can Kansas win it all? Adam Emmenecker on the MVC & Derek Stevens, Owner of Circa on the Super Bowl & Circa Squares · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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All right, good afternoon. Welcome Miller and Condon on a
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Tuesday. See Iowa Sports Radio Network,
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Trent Condon, Ken Miller for the next two hours talking sports
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with you. Thanks for starting your
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afternoon with us. Here's what's coming up on our
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program 1225, our weekly look at the Missouri Valley Conference
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with Adam Emmenecker. He will join us Drake Place
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tonight. By the way, Bradley 8:00, that's
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an ESPN Plus game as well. Talk to Emma Ecker about the the
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two local teams in the Valley in general.
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At 12/25, 12:45 we're going to head to Las Vegas to Circa with
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the boss. Derek Stevens, the owner of
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Circa the D and the Golden Gate will join us.
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We'll have a number of topics for Derrick Stevens.
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Look forward to catching up with him as we seemingly do once a
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year on the radio. Our number 2, Rob Doster, he is
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the one of the owners of the field of 68 talk college hoops
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on a national perspective with Doster.
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And then back to Vegas, beloved with Chris Andrews, who is the
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line maker amongst other duties, one of the longest serving
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bookmakers in Nevada and a legend without the doubt Chris
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Andrews from the South Point will join us.
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We'll go behind that counter with Chris and see what they're
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doing on the South side of the Strip because it's still the Las
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Vegas Blvd. I guess you wouldn't call it the
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strip, but anyways, get my. Point S tip of the strip.
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South to that's what they called the tip of the strip.
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Yeah, with Chris Andrews. Look forward to catching up with
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him, and we'll do so at about 125.
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Trent will make some picks. We'll turn things over off the
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bench with the boys there 2 until 5:00.
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So I watched North Carolina at your request yesterday.
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I didn't. I saw the 1st oh 28 minutes they
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worked by 30. Right.
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Yeah, there's a little comeback there by the cues.
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I missed every single one of those buckets.
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I was watching my Jets at that point as they dropped the puck
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at 7:30, but it must have been a hell of a finish 'cause this
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game was way out of hand. I, I, I don't think you read too
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much into it. North Carolina, remember?
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Also this weekend, they have Duke on tap.
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I remember, yeah. Just a little look ahead factor
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maybe there when you're up by 30 and just put it into cruise
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control. What did you think?
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North Carolina, I think they're a nice team.
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I think they're a second weekend.
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Yeah, second weekend team. I don't think I'll be opening
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the app to better them in the final four markets.
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I don't think I would go there. I think there's too many teams
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that fit that bill, like North Carolina.
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Like you say, it depends on the draw.
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They certainly got some dudes. Yes, they got some nice players.
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How do you say the kids name the big kid?
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The seven footer #13 yeah, he's a hell of a player.
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Obviously Wilson. Everybody knows who Caleb Wilson
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is. And excuse me, I want to quench
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my thirst. But yeah, it was it was a good
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watch. It was a good watch watching
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those 2GO at it. So did Syracuse start making
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some threes or something? Because that's what you said
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they had to do to to keep this thing close.
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But I'll tell you what, I was into that then, watched my squad
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then and on my iPad I was what? Keeping track of the Big 12
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until The Jets got got beaten overtime.
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So I want I have two hockey questions for you.
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Oh you do Yes, yes I do. This would excite you #1 What
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was hell about bitching about last night?
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Strap got knocked off his helmet.
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OK, they're supposed to blow the whistle.
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But he was OK when they were coming down and rushing down the
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other end it. Was fine then, yeah.
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When it looks like The Jets might score, he didn't have a
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leg to stand up. Yeah.
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Yeah. OK.
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So that's all that was all right.
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The second one is I saw the rules for when we get to Olympic
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hockey. Which is coming up man, and
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you're pumped up. I love it I.
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Can't your favorite team? Is the Winnipeg Jets your
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favorite? Team team, though, is Team
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Canada, the Canadian happy team. I'm disappointed.
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Not that I'm going to be on vacation, but I would like to be
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able to be here to talk about it a little bit because the whole
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tournament, I think the whole Olympics, I'm gone.
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Oh yeah, yeah, I'm taking two weeks off.
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I've never taken 2 weeks off. Before it'll be good for.
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You. I think it will be too.
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But so I'm kind of disappointed. I'm going to miss that part of
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it. Yeah, but I can't wait.
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I can't wait and I just crossed my fingers and hope against hope
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that it's candidate in the US. You remember it a year ago, the
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Four Nations when nobody's talking hockey.
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You remember I captured the country.
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It really did. It was great, it really was.
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And thanks to the Chuck brothers in small part for how they
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started that final game most overtime and McDavid ended it.
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But I hope we get US and Canada in the gold medal game because
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my own man, that would move the needle.
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So anymore hockey, I'm all yours.
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The other question is, so I see today that when they get to
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overtime, they will go three on three throughout.
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No shoot outs. No shoot outs.
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It is just three on three. That's the way that they're
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going to determine who moves on right away, not after 10
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minutes. You take a skid off anything
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like that as a lifelong hockey guy like you are, do you like
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it? Is it too?
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In the beginning I hated it. I remember having this argument
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in the in the late 90s. What's wrong with the game
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ending in a tie? I seriously had that thought,
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but I was dead. Did you also say that the year
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that Iowa had three ties, that was that was before I think he
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got to the state. It was, must have been, I don't
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remember. I think they went 6-3 and three
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that year. Something like that.
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Really. Yeah.
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So yeah, that would have been brutal.
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But no, I like it. I think it's going to be good.
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You're going to see skill like you haven't seen in a long time.
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These, I know Team USA is loaded.
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So are the Canucks, I mean the Canadians and they they'll put
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on a show and I hope we see that game in the gold medal.
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So, Speaking of putting on a show.
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And quick sidebar, Yeah, I have to remind myself because this is
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the way my mind works. 1988, yeah, I hope football team, that
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was the year it was six. Yeah.
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They went 6-4 and three that season.
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They went 4-1 and three in Big 10 play.
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That's when they opened up the year at Hawaii.
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They got absolutely robbed by the officials.
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There were penalties all over the place, leading for Hawaii to
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get Rainbow Warriors 2724. Iowa was a preseason top ten
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team that season #9 Iowa goes down.
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That was the first game of the year.
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Preseason top 10. September 3rd they go down in
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that 1/27/24 on a Jason Elam walk off field goal for the
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Rainbow Warriors. Later on that season they had
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ties against Michigan State 1010, Michigan 1717, and Ohio
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State 2424. They ended the year in the Peach
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Bowl against NC State. Lost NC State, who was a thorn
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in the side of the Hawkeyes in all sports in the late 80s as
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they fell 2823 in Fulton County Stadium.
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Unbelievable. Three ties.
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Yeah, I'm glad that there's no such thing anymore.
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Yes, as ties play the damn thing, get it over with.
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And I'm one of the few that likes the ghost runner.
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Yes, when it when it comes to baseball anyways, when it comes
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to the Big 12 man, this this Kansas team, when Peterson is
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going, he wasn't for the longest part of the game, but when it
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mattered most, there he was. But Dinga's obviously a heck of
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a player. Council's really elevated his
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game. White hit a couple of.
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Really. Important player too.
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I'm with you. You know who did not have a good
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game last night? And I'm not saying it's going to
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hurt his opportunities to win the Wooden Award, but JT Toppen
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did not have a game last. Night deal with foul trouble.
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For a lot of it, you're right. Yep.
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There were a couple of times inside where he just he
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couldn't, both hedging out front and then under the rim.
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It just wasn't completely JT done.
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A couple of those fouls are just dumb, just dumb fouls too.
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Like you can't do that. You just can't.
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Yet Texas Tech looked like that. It wrapped.
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Up they did have it wrapped. Up.
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It's over. And then Peterson, he had
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different ideas. Yeah, so.
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Where? Where's this Kansas team
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ceiling? If if indeed he's end of the
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game, he wants to play in the game.
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He's not going to let the injuries creep into his head or
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more importantly, his agent's going to keep his mouth shut and
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his parents behind the bench. I get it.
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They want to protect the asset. I do.
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But once you get to, I'm not even saying you need to do it
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for the Big 12 tournament. There's there's, there's bigger.
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Maybe even shut him down for the big.
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Maybe right, maybe do that. I I don't think that's crazy,
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Trent, because he is this gifted of a player.
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And as Peterson goes, so will The Jayhawks.
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It's as simple as that. And if he goes and if he's
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motivated and if he wants to play and injuries are not even
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coming into his head, where can this Kansas team go?
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Are they a Final Four team? Couldn't they win it all?
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I don't. Think they can win it all unless
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it's like a Carmelo type performance.
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It's it's Glenn Rice with Michigan.
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Just a historic type of 1. I think he's this kind of player
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though, Trenton. He's talented enough to do that,
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but he does he have to want. I mean, we talked about it where
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he was quiet for he played 35 minutes last night and 22 of
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those minutes. I forgot he.
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Yeah, you're right. You're right.
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Kind of hanging in the back. Yes.
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Yeah. And that's the maybe that light
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bulb comes on and when we get to the bright lights of March
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Madness, suddenly he this trimeter goes.
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To the red zone. He flips the switch and he
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becomes the guy we know he can be.
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It's not talent. The talent is not obvious there.
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Unbelievably. Gifted player it's the other
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component the want the the heartbeat, the grit.
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You know, those those terms that really don't have real beating,
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but they're things that we talk about.
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You can't quantify. You can't put a number on it.
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That's that's what I have. And because of that, I say no.
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I mean, start where we started the conversation with North
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Carolina. I would rather put a bet on
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North Carolina to make a final four with better odds that I
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would Kansas at this because we just don't know what Peter said.
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Doesn't it have the feeling of we're sitting there on Saturday
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or Sunday afternoon, they're a four seed and they get knocked
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off by A5 and just, yeah, man, what could have been?
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Yeah, what could have been. That's how his career comes to a
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close. And in San Diego, you know,
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something like that, some weird locale.
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And that's what we get out of Darren Peterson and he's off to
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the NBA and we almost forget about his Kansas career.
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That's where I am at this point because I just, I want more out
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of him. And I don't think I'm alone on
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that front. But when you watch this guy, you
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know, the talent is there. You want to see more?
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So I opened the DraftKings app yesterday just to get an idea.
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I had not done this. The Wooden Award with the the
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Most Valuable Player, I guess in college basketball.
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Did you see the odds on this boozer?
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Is -900? That's crazy.
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That's nuts. Debance is the second choice.
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He's 12:00 to 1:12 to 1:00. That feels like.
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He's going to win it, but that's that.
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That's the margin from the favor to the second choice.
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I see him Boozer now -900 yeah, 12 to one for Debansa.
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Braden Smith. Their schedule eases up now and
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they have an opportunity for Purdue to make a little bit of a
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run. Joshua Jefferson, it's crazy to
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see him in the number four spot in the player of the year
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rankings. There's top and.
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Let me stop you right there for just a second yes Joshua
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Jefferson's the like you said, the four shorts price he's 20 to
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1 to win the Wooden Award is the best player in college
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basketball. Are we sure that he's the best
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player on his team? He.
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He's the most complete player on the team.
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He's more a complete player than Malan Monchilovich, I will give
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you that. Is he more important to his team
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this year than Monchilovich is at at this?
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Point. It's a good argument.
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Is it right? Yes, absolutely you can do that
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and. I'm guessing Monchilovich isn't
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even listed. Well, I'm looking at him right
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now and he's not listed. No.
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And you look at the Ken Pomeroy rankings as they go through the
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top 10, and I think that's probably a part of it.
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A lot of people kind of take the shortcut.
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Boozer is far and away the number one spot in those
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rankings. Have you seen him play?
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Yeah, I have two. Yeah, he's a nice player.
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I watch him against Virginia Tech for almost all the game on
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Saturday. Well, starting worrying.
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It was the 11:00 game right after game day and yeah, I like.
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Him I do too, I saw. Him.
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I don't love him though. I'm with you, Trent.
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He's a great player and he could be number one overall pick, but
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I don't think he's head and shoulders above any of these
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other dudes. I really don't.
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Look it off the board. I think you're starting to
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understand my affinity for Kingston Flemings.
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Yeah, he's hell of a player, isn't?
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He he's going to be a one and done and this Houston team,
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there's some things offensively that are better than really
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anything that we see. They're always incredibly
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efficient, but they're able to do it at a little quicker pace
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this year than what we're used to with with Sampson.
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I, I think that if you're looking for more of a dark
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horse, Flemings, if they take the regular season crown, he's a
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big part of that. That might be a direction that
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I'd be willing to look like if you're not going to lay -900
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and. I won't just just one more real
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quick. How big of a a blow for Texas
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Tech yesterday was was not having Christian Anderson, their
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very talented point guard who didn't play.
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I mean, he came out at half time, stood on the end of the
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bench. They thought maybe he's going to
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be able to get back in. He did not.
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He was sick, apparently was illness.
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It's not injury related, but obviously not having your point
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guard is going to hurt your chances right?
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He is one of the top point guards in the country.
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He's the third choice to win the koozie, which goes to the best
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point guard in college basketball.
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By the way, Bennett Sturtz is the sixth choice of 35 to 1 and
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Taemon Lipsy is the eighth choice at 50 to 1.
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How cool would that be come down to the end?
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We're talking about those two guys for that award.
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Braden Smith, your runaway favorite.
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But I think it was impactful not having Anderson out there.
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You saw a couple of times where just that that offense was
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really bogged down and it was a little bit too much hero ball.
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There was that one possession where like two different times
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guys are asking for the ball and I can't remember who the kid was
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for Texas Tech. Then just wave him off and then
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turn it over off his foot. What are you doing?
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Pass the ball. Yeah, V Anderson out there,
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That's not going to happen. I still like Texas Tech.
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I still like this team a lot, talking about upside and those
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kind of things. I think Texas Tech definitely
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can be a final 14. No, I won't fall off my chair if
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they cut down the Nets in Kansas City.
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I wouldn't. OK, you can make case for half a
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dozen teams, right? When it comes to that.
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This tournament's going to be absolutely bananas in the in the
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Big 12 tournament. Kansas City, my God, talk about
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a wide open affair. Before we get to the phone, Jim,
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just give me one second if if you would, I'll come to you
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right away. While this is on my mind, I want
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to ask Trent before we get to Adam Emmenecker and then go
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right into to Derek Stevens. This Cal Sheet, this, this
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prediction market and now you're davidpertumhadapiece@espn.com.
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You can actually bet on what an announcer is going to say.
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It's crazy. That's is it regulated for
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starters. I don't know exactly how to.
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This is a betting exchange. It's yes, and it's an exchange
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without the parameters that you have in place with local.
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Gambling. With oversight, right with, with
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the ability to have that. And I've heard so many stories.
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We'll have Lee Sterling on on Thursday.
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His daughter almost nails a national anthem every single
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year. Can't bet on that in Iowa, by
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the way. But you hear year after year, Oh
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yeah, I was in the building. I yeah, heard them going through
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the warm ups. You're able to time it up and
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we, we give this tip to a couple buddies, right?
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You have that part of it. That's one thing.
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But when you're talking about these kind of things that are
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easy move easily manipulated. Exactly.
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And it's not just that it is stock markets, it is going after
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countries before time, something that happened not not too long
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ago. It's I mean, we talk about the
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wild, Wild West. That's what this is.
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Are there no rules? I don't think so.
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How was how? How was the this getting passing
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the smell test? Well, and on top of it, there's
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many people believe that without the regulation that you have,
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there are so many people in there that are just skimming
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from the top. I'm sure.
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Oh absolutely that this because you don't have the same kind of.
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You're not licensed by the Nevada race or the the Gaming
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Commission, right? Or the IRGC here in Iowa, are
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they league? They must be legal.
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I know I'm a buddy of mine's texting me right now.
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He lives in Des Moines and he's firing on it and he's doing
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pretty well. Well, good for him.
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How long will that? Last, that's what my question
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is. I got to ask Derek that
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question. All right, let's get Jim in
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here. Derek, Steve is going to join us
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in half an hour. Adam Emmenecker is going to join
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us in about 10 minutes. Jim is going to join us right
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now. Thanks for being patient, Jim.
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You bet. No problem.
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Your conversation about Kansas. Yes.
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Sir, frustrating that Peterson is so frustrating to the point I
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can't put a wager on a Kansas game because I don't know how
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long he's going to play. He has electric.
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He has electric. Those 2-3 pointers last night.
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Wow. And then I went down to the
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rabbit hole. Go look at the under 19 USA team
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that they had that just demolished Canada in the gold
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medal game. But like 65, Debansa Peterson,
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there's like three or four others.
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I'm like, how do they ever lose under 17?
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Under 17, I think it was. Yeah, that's amazing, the
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roster. And then the other thing I
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would, I would definitely put Texas Tech going further than
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Kansas just because I think that you can trust them with the when
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they get their point guard back. I can't trust Kansas because I
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don't know what Peterson's going to do, but he is Uber talented.
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Oh, my God. He's unbelievable.
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Jim, thanks for the call. Appreciate it.
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Yeah, he really is. Co Pete was also on that team.
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No, he was. That's not fair.
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Yeah, Daniel Jacobson, the Big 73 kid that plays for Purdue, he
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was on that team also. Yeah, pretty good list of
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players there with the banser and company.
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So did anybody in this tournament give him a run?
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I don't know. You don't have the.
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You don't have the results there.
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Oh, Jesus. Unbelievable.
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All right, Amenekar, coming up momentarily.
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What else did you do last night? Anything after that?
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I didn't. I was, I think a foot flipped on
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a hockey game and I wound down. I had one thing that I wanted to
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watch and I didn't get an opportunity to.
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And I wonder if you're going to watch this on Netflix.
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Yeah, the miracle. The new documentary on the 1980
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Olympic team. You've seen it?
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No, but it's on your list. Yes.
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Same. Heard a little something.
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In fact, I heard Van Pelt talking about it a little bit
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yesterday on his podcast and. Trancy was unbelievable that
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that whole that whole Olympics. Well, the only thing you
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remember, of course, is the Miracle on Ice, but Lake Placid,
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it was incredible. And the fact that the game was
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shown on tape delay, yes. And I don't think the world knew
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because there was no Internet, right?
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Right. Yeah, your newspaper is not
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coming to your doorstep till the next morning.
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Right, exactly. The news stayed away from it and
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didn't talk about it. Even the 5:00 news didn't talk
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about it in order for people to be able to just watch it for
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them in real. Time, my God.
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And see the way that that vanished up, it's an incredible
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story. So unlikely.
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And yeah, I'm very excited about that.
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And apparently there's a lot of great footage.
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I've heard the same thing that had never been seen before.
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I'm wondering myself, well, where was that right?
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Adam Trenton Ken, thank you for coming on.
19:54
Appreciate it as always. Drake in action tonight.
19:57
We'll, we'll get to that in just a second.
19:59
Want to go back, Drake? And as you know, had been, you
20:01
know, stringing some wins together and thought maybe
20:04
things were starting to turn for the better.
20:07
And then they ran into Bradley. And then they ran into some dude
20:10
whose name I can't pronounce #3 who just went crazy. 9 of 10
20:16
from 3. Adam, what a game.
20:19
Yeah, and it's Alex Hubrix. Hubrix.
20:22
Hubrix and he was, he was definitely the difference maker.
20:26
You know, you look at the the last few games for Bradley in
20:29
particular, because Bradley's been a little bit up and down,
20:31
right? It's a pretty young team.
20:33
They're they're strong, they're physical.
20:35
You saw some of the versatility and depth in the roster.
20:38
But the prior 3 great games, 6 of 22 from three against UIC, 5
20:42
of 22 from three against Indiana State, and five of 14 against
20:46
Illinois State, they've lost two out of those.
20:49
So they were 16 out of 58 / 3 game in that game against Drake,
20:54
17 out of 26. So half the attempts and they
20:58
made more. Bradley was sizzling, and it
21:00
helps when Hubris goes 9 for 10. So a team goes 17 to 26 and yet
21:05
Drake had somewhat of an opportunity, got a run to, you
21:09
know, cut it down there and down to about 12.
21:11
At one point in the middle of the second-half, he kind of look
21:15
at it and say, yeah, it stinks to lose and certainly lose in
21:17
that fashion. But three-point variance is such
21:19
an important thing in today's age of basketball.
21:22
Do you look at it in a way for Drake and say maybe this isn't
21:24
that big of a deal? Nobody is going to go 17 to 26,
21:27
I guess does the rest of the way.
21:29
Yeah, I mean that that is definitely part of it.
21:31
Sometimes it's just kind of not your night.
21:33
Now, defensively, you know, a guy might go 4 for 5/5 for six,
21:37
something like that, but you want to make sure they're not
21:40
getting the breakout to the 9 for 10, right?
21:42
So a couple of the threes that were made, like Caillou came
21:46
into the game for Bradley, A7 footer from China.
21:49
He has scored 31 points all year.
21:52
Coming into the game, he had 12 at halftime because he hit two
21:54
threes. Those are the like you shrugged
21:57
your shoulders because you're you're following the scouting
22:00
report and sometimes guys just just come off the bench or
22:03
whatever and make plays. I thought Drake approached the
22:06
game and started off the game pretty well.
22:08
I thought they were competitive. Didn't necessarily keep the
22:12
physicality and the connectiveness on the defensive
22:14
end. It wasn't the same intensity
22:17
that we've seen in other games, especially with Kubrick since he
22:19
started going off into the first half, into the second-half.
22:23
But but I think to your point, Trent, that was not the first
22:26
Bradley loss, which was just laying an egg.
22:28
This was a competitive game. Bradley shot the crap out of it.
22:32
And even though Drake would have wanted to get avenged that first
22:35
loss with the with the win at home, that that is, you know, a
22:39
bit of a momentum step back, but not something that makes you
22:43
feel deflated afterwards. Yeah, the only way it could be a
22:45
bit deflated maybe is with I when I would say both playing
22:48
Sunday, Drake apparently had their biggest crowd of the year.
22:50
Would like to see the home folks to see one being put one in the
22:53
win column, but it didn't happen, obviously.
22:56
So when it comes to Drake, obviously Quinn's going to be
22:58
Quinn, right? He's going to lead the most
23:00
night, if not every night in scoring.
23:02
Who's that guy who's got to step up and be that number two?
23:05
Thought that maybe, you know, Shetler might be that guy, maybe
23:08
Larson, who needs to be consistently, you know, Quinn's
23:13
running mate, if you will. Yeah, well, I mean, I think you
23:16
look at the last couple of games and, and part of winning four
23:19
out of five, a big part of that was Owen Larson being the
23:21
secondary guard, a secondary creator and a guy that can score
23:25
it that that really helped bolster and to be able to play
23:29
the Ying and the Yang with Jalen Quinn.
23:31
And and I think Kevin Owen Larson, because he really is
23:34
Jalen Quinn is man #1 the player that's going to be able to break
23:38
down defenses, right? His quickness, his strength, his
23:40
ability to finish with both hands.
23:42
Owen Larson especially, he's getting adjusted back and
23:45
getting more comfortable. He can breakdown defenses to get
23:48
him in rotation and start to spray the ball out to shooters.
23:51
That's what's going to open up your guys like Eli Shetler and
23:54
your guys like Andrew Aaliyah. But when you look at those two
23:57
and particular and include Jay Sean Thomas in this a little
24:00
bit, those 3 scores are primarily finishers more than
24:04
their creators. So I think your point can of who
24:07
has to be consistently in a shot creation mode, whether for
24:12
themselves or others, in addition to Jalen Quinn and Owen
24:15
Larson, really is the key to that.
24:16
When Owen Larson has scored 20 points, this team's been a heck
24:19
of a lot better as he's recovered from injury.
24:22
We've started to see that more here in the last couple of
24:24
weeks, but it's just been fewer and further between and his in
24:28
his first season in a in a drag uniform.
24:30
Now it's a match up against Belmont.
24:32
And Speaking of three-point shooting, they're fifth in the
24:34
country, hitting over 40% of their three pointers this year
24:38
#2 in the country, an effective field goal percentage.
24:41
This team efficient on that end of the floor.
24:43
They play at a quicker pace. They're the favorite definitely
24:46
and at the top of the standings right now.
24:48
What do you like about this Belmont team?
24:50
You know, So what we've known about Belmont since they've
24:53
entered the Missouri Valley is exactly what you mentioned,
24:55
Trent, that they are an incredibly efficient and
24:58
explosive offense. And we got to see that at Drake
25:01
here a couple weeks ago, right? Remember, Drake was up 44 to 25
25:04
at halftime against the Bruins of 25 in the second-half.
25:08
And then just the scoring and the efficiency in the
25:11
three-point shooting for Belmont really took off.
25:14
Well, you look at this Belmont team, they scored 54 points in
25:18
their rivalry game this weekend against Murray State.
25:20
They held state to 26 points from or 26% from three.
25:24
And you know, I think what the difference is, it's not just an
25:27
explosive offense this year. This is a more athletic team.
25:31
This is a more physical team in the middle.
25:32
Drew Charnowski, I think for people that were at the Drake
25:35
game against Belmont in Des Moines, Drew Charnowski at 6
25:39
foot 11 really was a difference maker in that game.
25:41
His ability to defend and even to agitate a little bit.
25:44
The other thing that's different about this Belmont group,
25:47
they're more potent off the bench.
25:48
So this guy, Owen Dillon is about 6 foot 9, long, lengthy
25:52
shooter, red shirt freshman, six straight games coming off the
25:55
bench for him in double figures. He is 20 of 28 from three in
26:00
that stretch, 20 of 28. That's basically taking what
26:03
Alex Hubrick's did and doing that over six games.
26:06
So it's a more balanced team, it's a more athletic team and
26:09
it's a thicker team. This Belmont team's for real.
26:12
Adam, my last thing for you is, and I've talked to Sean Roberts
26:15
before the show today. We variety tops who do you know
26:18
periodically during the week we're talking about the valley
26:22
and I thought we made a really good point.
26:23
I wanted to run it by you you know back in the day when you
26:26
guys were there and and you're 2 year guy and you know that when
26:30
Wichita State comes to comes to the Knapp Center, you go there
26:35
or Creighton or whoever you know on top of the standings Indiana
26:39
State, wherever it's going to be.
26:41
You know, there's a little hatred develops over the years,
26:43
right? But with NIL now and with
26:46
rosters being raided seemingly at the end of every season, that
26:50
passion to play another one of the Valley foes might not be
26:54
there. Have you noticed that?
26:56
And and obviously, if that's the case, that's really
26:58
disappointing. Yeah, You know, I, I think, I
27:02
think maybe some of the, I'll call it the contrived rivalries
27:07
from having 4567 years of success.
27:11
You don't maybe feel that as much, but I, I think it's, I
27:14
think it's not that much different when you get into what
27:17
is the true fan base rivalries. And I, I think that fits for in
27:21
State Games, right? So whether it's Drake or you and
27:24
I, whether it's Bradley and Illinois State, whether it's
27:27
Murray State and Belmont, right? I, I think those rivalries still
27:31
produce or engineer the the same type of feelings for the players
27:35
and partially because you could just feel it oozes through the
27:39
fan base. I, I do think, you know, Drake's
27:41
been in an interesting position the last couple of years that
27:43
the team has turned over pretty completely with the new coaching
27:46
staff. But if you ask the Bradley, the
27:49
Bradley Graves, how motivated they were to play against Drake
27:53
after Drake either eliminated Bradley from by beating them in
27:57
the regular season of the last few years or beating them in the
28:01
conference tournament, I guarantee you there was a lot of
28:04
motivation from that Bradley roster, even if it's only one or
28:07
two or three guys that were on the team and remember back to
28:10
those opportunities. So yes, it's a little bit
28:13
different because it's not maybe 10 or 12 guys out of roster, but
28:17
I, I do still think those natural rivalries that have
28:20
existed existed over time. They still persist.
28:23
One final thing, we go to the other side of the state over to
28:25
the northeast corner and Cedar Falls.
28:27
You and I got a win against Evansville.
28:29
That's what you're supposed to do against the Purple Aces.
28:31
We definitely know that. But some important news, Tristan
28:34
Smith looks like a Ben Jacobson yesterday, a possibility of him
28:37
coming back, 10 points, 5 rebounds, another bigger body
28:41
for them as he's dealt with that hip injury.
28:43
How important is getting Smith back back for the Panthers?
28:46
Well, I mean, it's super important and a big part of the
28:49
reason, not only because of what he's meant to that team, right?
28:52
And we've talked about their offensive struggles, but look at
28:55
their upcoming schedule, host Bradley at Murray at Belmont and
29:00
then host Drake. So that is a that is an absolute
29:04
killer schedule for the Panthers.
29:06
I think what it means though, is it means a couple of things.
29:08
Yes, that's a lot of risk, a lot of downside, a lot of challenge.
29:12
But if you can get right coming down now the last eight games of
29:16
the conference season because you're playing the teams that
29:19
are where you are or above you in the standings, that that's a
29:22
pretty good opportunity for the Panthers to be able to take a
29:25
win, which also means a loss for their opponent to be able to
29:28
pick up the standings and try to get to that the Friday game in a
29:32
position to get a feed for a Friday game in Arch Madison.
29:35
Adam Emmenecker joining us to talk Valley hoops each and every
29:38
Tuesday. Adam, thanks for jumping on.
29:39
Have a good week. Thank you.
29:42
I appreciate it. Thanks guys.
29:43
Good to talk to you Adam Emmenecker as we check in on the
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Valley Doko Pizza 2 locations, best New York style pizza in Des
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Moines, the original 24th in University in the Drake
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neighborhood and the location and Plaza Shops Prairie Trail in
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Ankeny. Derek Stevens is next.
29:58
Millery Condon are on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
30:08
Hi, Mallory Congton, welcome back Iowa Sports Radio Network,
30:11
whoever listening in the state of I, we're grateful that you
30:14
are Lee Sterling for Paramount Sports going to join us on
30:17
Thursday 12/30, 12:30 is normal spots.
30:21
He'll have a handful of props that he wants to opine on and
30:25
you're welcome to listen in and buy service if you want or just
30:28
listen and do nothing, but he will join us.
30:31
Lee Sterling coming up here on Thursday.
30:34
Have you zeroed in on the game? Yes, and I'm kind of surprised.
30:39
I think I'm going to be on the Patriots.
30:40
You really are I. Think that I'm going to.
30:43
I think what we saw in both championship games.
30:45
Maybe the hate's gone too far in New England.
30:48
The love has been a little bit too much on Seattle is Drake may
30:51
hurt. Here's something for you last
30:53
time that a favorite of four more is covered in the Super
30:55
Bowl. Oh well, there's been a lot of.
30:59
2007. That's what it was, yeah.
31:02
It's been a long time. Who?
31:03
Who was 2007? I don't.
31:04
Remember I just heard that nugget and thought that was an.
31:07
Interesting that was in the Bears, was it?
31:09
2006, yeah. I don't know if it was the 2007
31:12
Super Bowl or the 2007 season, but yeah, just heard that little
31:15
nugget. Found that one interesting.
31:16
So why do you like the Patriots? What?
31:18
Defence, I don't, I think. Seahuks defence is better isn't
31:21
it? It might be and Sam Darnold.
31:24
I'm going to dig in my heels one final time.
31:26
I'm going to go one final time. The trach bait injury, shoulder
31:31
injury. How bad is it?
31:32
I don't know. I don't think it's that big of a
31:34
deal. I don't think so either.
31:36
When you go back and you look at that throw that he made in the
31:38
one touchdown like that's a rope and that's it's a velocity on
31:42
that thing. So but.
31:43
That was prior to the injury, wasn't it?
31:45
Wasn't the injury late in the football?
31:46
Game. Yeah, that's true.
31:47
Yeah, Fairpoint, Yeah, because you're yes, I forgot about that
31:50
opponent. I guess that takes that one
31:52
away. I think he's going to be fine.
31:54
I do too. I'm not, I'm not even factoring
31:56
that into my thought on the football game.
31:59
I just, I just, I've been like, I've been on Seattle since
32:02
November. I can't get off of him now.
32:04
I, I don't, I didn't, wasn't going to pick whoever came out
32:06
of the AFC 'cause I think the NFC just had better teams.
32:12
How do you, how do you, I guess it's Sam Tarle, right?
32:15
Sam is going to be your answer. It's going to be your answer.
32:18
Who for New England is going to have?
32:21
I'm all over Trayvon Henderson. I guess I should just put it
32:23
that way. Big game over under reception is
32:27
1/2. Just needs a if he.
32:29
Catches the football that that props that prop cashes.
32:33
If he catches the football and it's more than 2 1/2 yards that
32:36
prop cashes. And these are coming from Circa.
32:40
That's. Pretty good one to put your back
32:42
on I. Mean, I know they love Stevenson
32:43
and and Henderson did not get much run whatsoever against
32:47
Denver in the AFC Championship. Denver's got a really good
32:50
defense. They had a backup quarterback.
32:51
Yeah, I I'm not getting off Seattle.
32:55
I am not getting off Seattle. Is there anything Cooper Cup
32:58
related that? You know what?
32:59
I think he's going to have a good day.
33:01
I really do too. You know what other one I was
33:03
looking at was Sovereign the Draker.
33:05
Yeah. He's 52 to one to catch an
33:08
anytime touchdown. OK.
33:09
Didn't he catch a touchdown late in the year?
33:11
I know he did. I know he caught a touchdown
33:13
late in the year. That's a fun one, The local
33:15
angle. It's the reason that I jumped on
33:17
Cooper to Jean last year and had that pick 6.
33:19
Got a pretty good score on that one.
33:21
So yeah, I'm probably going to jump aboard with you.
33:23
Fire away at that 152 to one for an anytime touchdown.
33:27
Yes, love the local connection. Throw a couple bucks on that.
33:30
And as we have our Super Bowl party every year, I'm always
33:32
trying to diversify. All right, we got circus
33:34
squares. We have squares.
33:36
We don't have them actually trademarked or anything like
33:38
that. You know, I talked to my son
33:40
yesterday and I think he's talking about school.
33:42
He says that more people show up and bet every single one of them
33:45
that are hosting Super Bowl parties.
33:47
Oh really? So you put them in a hat and all
33:49
your guests get to draw one out. Maybe that's something that I
33:52
could do to change things up this year.
33:54
Another different kind of game. Have you ever been to a baseball
33:58
game and play the Pass the Hat game where we got a?
34:00
Group of buddies, I have you. Throw in a couple bucks at the
34:03
beginning, guy gets a hit, you get to take some money out, Guy
34:06
hits a home run, you get the pot.
34:07
So I've done something like that with football and started it
34:10
last year where everybody throws in say 5 bucks at the beginning
34:13
and then pass the hat around each possession.
34:16
Get a first down, take a buck out, turn it over, you got to
34:19
pay 5 bucks in, get a touchdown, you get 10 bucks out.
34:22
You know, something like that. Trying to figure exactly the
34:24
right parameters for it. But it was a fun way to help
34:27
everybody, yes, even our wives engaged in the game.
34:30
Because when you're holding the hat at that time, you know you
34:33
got a chance to get the score here and get some money out of
34:35
it. So a different way of playing
34:36
the hat game, Passing the hat. And I think the prop mark is
34:39
keep you more engaged as well, right?
34:41
I mean, if you don't like New England, and in my case, I'm got
34:43
Henderson, I'm going to watch every single possession closer
34:45
when he's on the field. We'll see where it goes, but I'm
34:49
not getting off. I'm sticking with the Seattle.
34:51
And that's my story. All right, Derek Stevens, he's
34:54
in Phoenix and we hope to hear from him.
34:57
He said he was going to call in, so we'll cross our fingers and
35:00
hope that happens. If it doesn't, maybe later on in
35:02
the week, we will reschedule him to get the latest from Circa
35:08
where they will be packed and Vegas will be packed.
35:10
It is, I think for my, if you can't go to the game and you
35:13
want to go somewhere and watch it, it's, I mean, it's, it's
35:16
clear cut #2 right. Yes, yeah, it's clear cut.
35:19
It's it's so much fun. Have you done the Super Bowl?
35:22
Like sitting in the book, the whole game, all that stuff.
35:24
I've had two opportunities. I did that and then one year I
35:27
actually got to go in the backroom with the company I work
35:30
for. We had, you know, a bunch of
35:31
properties on the strip and we were headquartered out of the M
35:35
and I got to go back into the the think tank that into the
35:38
brains of it. And this is when in game betting
35:41
was first, you know, starting to to become more popular.
35:44
It's just wild. Yeah, just absolutely wild.
35:47
And the approvals and the shouting back and forth
35:50
somebody's got. And it was your Bears.
35:52
It was the Bears and the Colts. Right.
35:54
OK, yes. Bears, Colts game.
35:55
That was the Super Bowl that I got.
35:57
In the rain in Miami, it was with Prince.
35:59
Yep, it was. On the Super Bowl show.
36:02
Super Bowl show is getting a lot of headlines this year, isn't?
36:04
It Oh my. That's politics we're going to
36:06
stay away from. That yeah, I guess some.
36:08
People are that upset though. I've never heard of him.
36:10
Bad Buddy. Yeah, I've never heard of him.
36:12
He is the most downloaded artist in the world.
36:15
More so than Taylor Swift? Yep.
36:17
Worldwide. Worldwide.
36:18
Worldwide. Yeah.
36:19
And he's is he a rapper? No, just he a musician.
36:24
I mean, yeah, more not rapping. No, it's more it's like I, I,
36:30
what would you call it? Caribbean, you know, that kind
36:32
of music, something like that. He's hosted SNLA couple of
36:35
times. I still watch SNL every week so
36:37
saw him out there. English is not his first
36:39
language. He won.
36:41
Either some days. He won the Grammy Award, as we
36:43
talked about yesterday, for album of the year.
36:47
We'll see. I don't know his music, but I'm
36:49
going to watch. Well, I let me know how it is
36:52
because. What are you going to be?
36:53
Doing taking Jet for a piss. That's what happens at that
36:56
time, huh? Is that every year?
36:58
I mean, is there anybody? I've got them.
37:00
Is there any more any acts that would say Nope, sorry Jet?
37:03
No, no. Stones are up there well.
37:08
Go pee on the floor. No, I yeah, that would be the
37:11
one. That'd be the one.
37:12
They did the Super Bowl one year.
37:14
So I just saw something that came up on Twitter.
37:16
The first Super Bowl I went to was Super Bowl 31 in New
37:20
Orleans. It was Green Bay and it was New
37:22
England and it was Brett Favre's only Super Bowl, and I did not
37:26
remember the halftime show. OK, I remember that James Brown
37:29
was a part of it, and I'm not a big as James Brown.
37:32
Fan You're that Jimmy B? Right.
37:34
I'd totally forgotten and I and I racked my brain trying to
37:37
remember that the Blues Brothers were part of there were three
37:41
acts during the Super Bowl. All right.
37:43
James Brown, The Blues Brothers and ZZ Top.
37:48
Wow. And I don't remember this.
37:50
Well, you were probably all getting a beer.
37:52
I must have been something because I don't remember the
37:54
halftime show. I remember Springsteen.
37:57
He was at 43 when we were in Phoenix, and then he was.
38:01
And then I remember the boss No 43 was Tampa.
38:06
That was Springsteen anyways. All right, good stuff.
38:10
I think Derek Stevens is calling in.
38:11
We'll get to him and only have him for a couple of minutes as
38:13
we're running quickly out of hours.
38:15
So maybe we can try and reschedule this for later in the
38:18
week because I don't think we can do a 2 minute interview with
38:22
the owner of Circa and the D and Golden Gate.
38:27
But we'll see what we can do in effort to move him around.
38:30
We do know for sure that coming up in hour number two, we're
38:34
going to talk. Rob Doster Field is 68.
38:36
All right, for a couple of minutes.
38:37
Let's get Derek Stevens in here. He's the owner of Circuit Derek
38:40
Trenton. Ken, thank you for coming on.
38:41
Derek Stevens, how are you? Hey.
38:44
I'm doing great starting for the here guys.
38:46
I'm at Waste management open. The weather's 78°.
38:50
We've had we've had worse troubles, but I'm very sorry I'm
38:53
a little late to this call. No, no problem.
38:55
We only got a couple of minutes before I have a hard stop.
38:57
So let's just a couple of things for you.
38:59
Obviously a Super Bowl week. Is this your favorite week of
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the year, Derek, or is there March Madness opening week?
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And what's your favorite week at Circa?
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You know, that's like, that's like it is your favorite.
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I like both of them. March Madness, I love the thing
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about this right now is you can, you can get circa squares, circa
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squares not only at the end of the end of the end of the game,
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but at the end of the second quarter.
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Third quarter, first quarter ads are unbelievable.
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Personally, I kind of like the three, three in the first in the
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first quarter. It's paying 8 to 1.
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It's paying at the end of the game.
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Circa Squares is a lot of fun for everybody, but even you're
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not a game, but it's a great. You love having posters, you got
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your poster of the NFL schedule. We see up there the Visa studio.
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You showed that off to me, I don't know, 4-5 years ago for
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the first time and, and love what you do as you're trying to
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map things out for obviously the great contest you guys have at
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Circa when it comes to the prop market that feels like that's a
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market that maybe is pushed towards the younger generation.
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Is that what you guys see a lot? Younger people, they like to
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play those different props anytime. 5 touchdown score, the
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different yardage props that are out there, do you guys see that
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in terms of their wagering market?
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No, I think this year in the Super Bowl, I do think that at
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circus sports we're seeing some unique prop batting.
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I, I would say some of the PAT prop bets are, are, are they're
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going to be very unique. You know, like we posted,
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circuit sports posted well, first touchdown be scored by
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someone with a jersey number over or under 10 1/2.
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The rest of the market went to 11 1/2.
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In normal times that wouldn't matter, but it means a lot this
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year because JSN is number 11. So so that's why we have, we
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have over under 10 1/2 and we're used to be over.
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So I, I think you're going to see a ton of prop betting on fun
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bets like that. And then obviously, you know, we
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take a lot of big wagers. I'm so glad we took our first
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$1,000,000 wager. I'm hoping we take a couple more
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at Circa Sports. Yeah, and anticipate that you
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will do Seattle is not a good result for you guys, Derek based
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on the futures market or have been able to get out from any of
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that liability. Yeah, you know it's funny great
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question. Yeah, we're all over Twitter
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about about the fact that we took a massive Seattle futures,
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but effectively with what's what's transpired here with the
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with the wages we took out on the Patriots circus ports as of
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this moment needs Seattle. Wow.
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It could change, it could change, but right now we need
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Seattle. That's wild.
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That absolutely is. Hey, final thing, we'll get you
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out and let you get back to the golf.
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Speaking of golf season, for a lot of people's kicking off this
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week with the Waste Management, what you guys do in terms of the
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odds. We talked about it, baseball
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season, golf season. If you're betting on golf, there
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is no better place to bet than at circus sports.
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Yeah, I feel very comfortable. I got to be careful about what I
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say from a, from a gaming violation perspective.
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But I do believe I do. Well, I do believe, I do
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believe, you know, if you're going to bet golf, you have to
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look at circuit sports odds because I think it's pretty fair
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to say like 6060 to 80% of the players are going to have better
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odds with, with, with, with where we're at.
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It's interesting. It's interesting.
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This particular weekend of Waste Management, I personally looked
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at about 8 different players and yeah, we had seven out of eight
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that were we're a little bit better.
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We're a little low on shuffler. We're a little low on shuffler.
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That's the only one. That's the only one that we're
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low on this weekend. 3/3 is your circus square prop.
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That's your, That's your play 33.
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It's an easy one. It's easy.
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It's a long shot though. Remember at the end of the game,
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because you never want to have the pair, the pairs, but but
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early on, you know, first quarter squares, it could be
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right there. Good stuff Derek.
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Enjoy the tournament. Thanks for coming on.
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Appreciate it. Thanks for everything you guys
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do for us for circus sports in Iowa.
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Good stuff. Yep.
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So thanks, Derek. Derek Stevens, owner, Circus
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sports. All right, in our number 2, Rob
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Doster will join us. We'll talk college hoops from a
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national perspective, head to Vegas and catch up with the guy
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who runs the South Point, our buddy Chris Andrews.
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That's Chris. South Point's going to be
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absolutely mobbed. Yes, each and every weekend.
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It's it's a locals book. It's on the tip of the spear,
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tip of the sphere, tip of the Strip is where you can find
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South Point if you go to the outlet malls and essentially
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right across the street. Our 2 is next.
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Miller in Condon coming right back.