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Podd Scott Van Pelt

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here in Augusta Augusta

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National Golf Club Stanford

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Steve parts unknown No

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red don't know where

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red is probably wondering

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where has my family

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gone? Mm-hmm Let's start

0:57

with the family Steve.

0:59

I've lost the house.

1:01

It's all over there was

1:03

a chance That it could be

1:06

a terp household. There's a

1:08

lot of tear up and

1:10

propaganda memorabilia in the household

1:12

But what has happened over the course

1:14

of these last two weeks I'm

1:16

pretty sure It's great to be a

1:19

Florida gator. My apparently my The

1:21

last thing my littlest said

1:23

to my wife before I believe

1:25

he passed out on the riverwalk

1:27

last night waiting for the team to

1:29

come by in a boat was it

1:31

really is great to be a Florida

1:33

gator. Oh man It's like

1:36

a samurai sword to

1:38

just rip the guts

1:40

out. But you know

1:42

what? Congrats to the

1:44

Florida Gators, an incredible

1:47

three games from

1:49

four tremendous teams.

1:52

There's a lot to unpack

1:54

here. Where do we

1:56

begin Steve in this

1:58

recounting? of how

2:01

the Florida Gators won

2:03

the national championship. You

2:05

gotta go to the second

2:07

half last night. What they

2:09

showed, because I think, you know,

2:11

they were as close to any of

2:14

these four teams of not making

2:16

it. to San Antonio when you

2:18

go back and look at what they

2:21

did in the Texas Tech game. And

2:23

again, I started last week with who

2:25

do you think of? And I said

2:27

Texas Tech and man, I'm sitting there

2:29

again thinking about the Red Raiders. But

2:32

no, just what Florida showed because I

2:34

mean, I thought Kelvin was great in

2:36

the first half of in his timeout

2:38

interview where he just said it's nerves,

2:40

man. There's a title on the game.

2:43

He dropped it. He said, we'll settle

2:45

down. he dropped a sasquat state that

2:47

i had not been familiar with but

2:49

he said i mean it was it

2:51

was nuts man like straight bricks not

2:54

even hitting the rim and it was

2:56

both sides like cry out in stark

2:58

great sharp than stark great and obviously

3:00

all the focus was Clayton but i

3:02

i go back to Richard in the

3:05

threes that he made and just like

3:07

Saturday night with the threes that Houston

3:09

made at the end of the first

3:11

half that really really helped him. When

3:13

you're not getting buckets, but you're getting

3:16

threes at least to hang around and

3:18

keep it under single digits. I thought

3:20

that was huge for Florida. I thought

3:22

Florida's bigs as much as I think

3:24

the last time I went on social

3:27

media was Saturday at halftime of Florida

3:29

Auburn and people are just eviscerating Florida's

3:31

bigs for how they looked and broom

3:33

taking it to them and I'm like

3:35

it's a long game man like these

3:37

guys know each other they've played against

3:40

them. Florida's big, getting a sense of

3:42

how physical is going to

3:44

be. The whistle was all

3:46

over the place all weekend,

3:49

but both teams persevered down

3:51

the stretch, but you saw

3:53

that stretch where Florida had

3:55

to have it. And I

3:58

thought Aberdeen was great. his

4:00

role. Martin came up and hit a

4:02

huge three again. And, you know, Condon's

4:04

not going to get a lot of

4:06

points. People make fun of him because

4:08

he's looking to pass all the time.

4:10

But hey, go back and look at

4:12

that tape, man. My man battled. He

4:14

did. But there are a couple of

4:16

times, Steve, like late where I couldn't

4:18

believe he passed on shots. And I

4:20

get it. The length of Houston at

4:22

the rim has got to be horrifying.

4:24

And you're going to get him kicked.

4:27

they're gonna block you yeah but but

4:29

there were a couple of times where i'm

4:31

just thinking and i i understand why he

4:33

doesn't attack the room because he's not a

4:35

good free throw shooter but there are a

4:37

couple times where i just was astounded that

4:40

he passed out of it but you're i'm

4:42

with you he he battled but that so

4:44

did florida and look everyone's gonna talk about

4:46

the texas tech game you're down nine two

4:49

fifty one to go over well go back

4:51

Go back two weekends ago. Yukon

4:53

could have beat him. Oh yeah.

4:56

They had to dig deep against

4:58

a two-time reigning champion. And

5:00

their ability, it's a cliche

5:02

that we often mentioned on this

5:05

show for a reason. Their ability

5:07

to stay in the fight is

5:09

why they won the fight. Down

5:12

12 against Houston feels like

5:14

you're down 100 against someone

5:16

else. Because it's such a

5:18

battle. But... I was on with Ryan

5:21

this morning, great to catch up

5:23

with Rassillo, check out his podcast.

5:25

He's trying his best in the

5:27

podcast space. You just want to

5:29

give him a listen if you

5:31

can find the time in your

5:33

heart. He's got boats and condos.

5:35

He's doing great homes, excuse

5:37

me. But the point I made with

5:39

him is that for all of the

5:41

conversation about the toughness, the defense,

5:44

and the rebounding of Houston.

5:46

Florida won that game because

5:48

they were tough. They played defense

5:50

and they rebounded. They outrebound at

5:52

Houston. First team in the tournament

5:55

to do that. And the defense they played

5:57

made it so suffocating for Houston

5:59

to run. and the last, I

6:01

don't know how long, but those, they

6:03

turned it over Steve, the last three

6:05

possessions, did not get a shot in

6:08

the air. It was Crier once, it

6:10

was sharp twice, and it's like, I

6:12

cannot, I feel so bad for Kelvin

6:15

and his team, because he's such

6:17

a great guy, and he's, dudes,

6:19

he's got him, Joanne Roberts, six

6:21

year guy. I'm sure we'll get to

6:23

the Duke game, like he had the

6:26

line about what they, what happened late

6:28

against duke he said we trusted our

6:30

grown-up against their teenager and he wasn't

6:32

being disrespectful like we

6:34

always mentioned they got grown men the line

6:37

I've used forever about Houston when

6:39

the whistle blows for adult swim they don't

6:41

have to get out of the pool all

6:43

men Florida play like men as well and

6:45

that's why they won that game because they

6:47

were every bit as tough as Houston and

6:49

they had to be because it was not

6:51

a game that was gonna be won gracefully

6:54

and it At the end I did

6:56

not believe Steve that they could win

6:58

a 60-something to 60-something game I did

7:01

not think that was the game script

7:03

for them to win so for them

7:05

to get it that way to me

7:08

was Was a huge huge magnifier of

7:10

the accomplishment? No doubt. No doubt. I

7:12

like I said, it's it's You know

7:15

everybody I think has their feelings about

7:17

Houston and how much they respect them

7:19

But you got to stay in the

7:21

fight as you said and go

7:23

do it. I also thought Golden

7:25

did a great job when they

7:28

really needed stuff. I think they

7:30

were four for four out of

7:32

timeouts with that horn set where

7:34

they had different versions. Then they

7:36

run that double the double screen

7:38

to finally get Clayton an open

7:40

look where they're down three and

7:42

we're getting down to it. That

7:44

was his first three of the

7:46

game Steve. His first three minutes

7:48

to go. the game. Yep and

7:50

you could see he was totally rattled off

7:52

the start because he it wasn't even you

7:54

know he took a couple bad ones but

7:56

other than that he couldn't even get one

7:59

and you know. stop looking for him.

8:01

Let me stop looking for him.

8:03

And that's what that's what had

8:05

me shook as just watching it.

8:07

Like, wow, I to see a guy

8:10

that ran backwards to shoot a one

8:12

foot three against Texas Tech, like an

8:14

all time legendary shot to be just

8:16

like, and maybe it's just it's

8:18

the next step as a player where

8:21

you're like, look, we got other guys

8:23

that can get them. And I just

8:25

I'm not seeing it and I'm not

8:27

feeling it. He just didn't seem to be

8:29

looking for it for quite a while, but

8:31

I guess I understand why just the way

8:33

Houston plays defense in the way he stayed

8:35

in it though. He played great defense, which

8:38

people have picked apart all season about whether

8:40

he's a player to the next level, which

8:42

I find nuts. But he also I believe

8:44

when he made his first basket had eight

8:46

or nine assists. So you know, he was

8:48

involved. He obviously still had the ball in

8:50

his hand. But yeah, and I really thought

8:52

the depth of Florida showed up the Florida

8:54

showed up because they were able to guys.

8:56

You know Richard does it. They make a

8:58

move with how in Aberdeen

9:01

out there. So I just

9:03

a collective team effort

9:05

of really looking yourself

9:07

in the mirror down

9:10

42 30 and then

9:12

45 34 was truly,

9:14

truly impressive. And all

9:17

the credit goes to

9:19

them because, I mean,

9:21

was it. Houston hadn't lost the

9:23

game in 2025 or maybe if they did it

9:26

was January 8th or something like that. No, they

9:28

hadn't. They hadn't. They hadn't lost since December, I

9:30

don't believe. So, I mean, I'm pretty sure it

9:32

was that Texas Tech game. I could be

9:35

well. Where the coach got thrown out.

9:37

right right one loss it was plenty

9:39

of teams have wilted under that thing

9:42

recently and this during this whole stretch

9:44

for Houston and it was I don't

9:46

know what else to say I mean

9:49

Houston answered every single bell they they

9:51

was a double digits or nine there

9:53

was three double-digit second-half deficits they faced

9:56

in this run Florida yeah yeah yeah

9:58

so it was it was really

10:00

really impressive to watch I thought

10:02

their defense on the last possession

10:04

really because I mean they didn't

10:06

get going with like you know

10:09

because the ball goes on the floor

10:11

and I just hear I and Eagle

10:13

say to one I'm like oh my

10:15

god they're not even gonna get it

10:18

off they did and the reason they

10:20

didn't get the shot off is it

10:22

took them forever to get anything going

10:25

but that was just that was the

10:27

last five minutes yeah they didn't

10:29

Again, they turned the ball over the

10:31

last three times they had it. Their

10:34

last four possessions were an offensive

10:36

foul on an offensive rebound. And

10:38

then three straight turnovers in

10:40

the last minute and a half. And

10:43

it's Clayton closing at warp

10:45

speed on sharp. Sharp thinks he

10:47

can rise up, which is why he

10:49

came off the ground. And that was

10:51

Clayton that challenged that shot. Yeah. And

10:54

that's why he ended up in the

10:56

air. And I'm crushed for sharp.

10:58

I mean, you think about those

11:00

moments and you know, Chris

11:03

Jenkins is a forever player.

11:05

Archie Diacono flips it

11:07

to him. He pulls it.

11:09

Jay Wright says bang and confetti

11:11

falls and that that was a

11:14

moment that could have been

11:16

because they're going for

11:18

the three and the win. And

11:20

the ball never gets on the rim. Like

11:23

for a team that offensive rebounds like

11:25

them, like if they miss, it's gonna

11:27

be a tip dunk from somebody. That's

11:29

just what it feels like with them.

11:31

And I mean, hell, even Cryer got

11:33

like a tip on a rebound for a

11:35

bucket late. And that was maybe their

11:37

last bucket in the game. I could

11:39

be inventing things at this point. I

11:41

got a million different notes. I just

11:43

want to say it because it sucked.

11:45

Four files in the first half and

11:48

both teams in the double bonus with

11:50

12 to go on the second, like, what are

11:52

we doing? If you're going to

11:54

let guys play and brawl, then let them

11:56

go. And then the second half all of

11:58

a sudden, it's like... you decided nope

12:01

nope nope it's like changing like the language

12:03

on the setting that you're listening to

12:05

a broadcast in like what completely different

12:07

set of circumstances in that second half

12:09

Florida is in the bonus with no

12:11

Houston was in the bonus I beg

12:13

your part with 14 minutes to go

12:15

yeah and then Houston had three files

12:17

called on him in nine seconds and

12:19

then on an and one Florida's in

12:21

the bonus with 12 minutes to go

12:23

so then that makes the the game

12:25

doesn't have a ton of a ton

12:27

of rhythm a ton of rhythm But

12:29

it was a brawl. It was

12:31

incredibly physically physical, I

12:33

should say. And you hit the

12:36

nail on the head. The depth

12:38

of the front court for Florida

12:40

allowed them to keep cycling in

12:42

the bigs, which is what you

12:44

have to have against a team

12:46

full of adults. And I don't

12:49

know, man. Calvin, God bless it.

12:51

He's such a great coach. And

12:53

they've been so close. And Shed

12:55

got hurt last year, which cost

12:57

him a chance. I'm at Augusta

13:00

and I've talked forever

13:02

about when you have a

13:04

chance, you better win. Because

13:06

the odds of you getting

13:08

to that place on Sunday,

13:11

late, with the sun going

13:13

down, with the chance to

13:15

win, you get a finite

13:17

number and you might not

13:20

get another one. And I

13:22

just, I hurt for them

13:24

and particularly for him

13:27

because maybe... Maybe you

13:29

get another one, but

13:31

maybe this was it. And

13:33

if it is, then you got

13:35

to live with and live with

13:37

how it ended. That's that's

13:40

a rough one. Yeah, the

13:42

opportunity, right? You get to

13:44

you get an opportunity, you

13:46

got to seize it and

13:48

I mean that close and

13:51

you know, I was wondering about

13:53

the game all day because you know I

13:55

actually thought Florida was going to be again

13:57

a four four or five point favorite and

13:59

then the you know you see the line it was

14:01

one I'm like wow and I start thinking

14:03

I'm like Houston's gonna control this they're gonna

14:06

they're gonna control it they have the guards

14:08

to throw at Clay and he's not gonna

14:10

get 30 again there's no way he did

14:12

that so I was on the under and

14:15

when though that foul sequence happens I'm like

14:17

you gotta be kidding me I'm saying to

14:19

say the four in the first half and

14:21

then four in nine seconds I really thought

14:24

the refs blew it on the on the

14:26

file called on Richard where there's just

14:28

a brush by with the screen and

14:31

in somebody's in his in his trailing

14:33

and there's a collision and it was

14:35

a big guy that went down and

14:37

then they blow the tea on

14:39

Florida's bench where I'm like you

14:41

gotta be kidding me here. Where

14:43

you know it's funny I'm watching

14:45

with North and Darlington and Golden's

14:47

going bananas and he is a

14:49

foul-mouthed young man. Oh yeah. M. F.

14:51

Since I mean he is cursing his

14:54

face off and I'm like he's getting

14:56

a T soon and the seconds later

14:58

it was a T one on him

15:00

was on the bench. He wasn't wrong

15:02

to be riding them like I I

15:04

agreed with I thought he was yeah right.

15:07

I want to both ways. That's fine.

15:09

For sure. Yeah. I mean like look

15:11

you. This is the most physical team

15:13

at the tournament right down here. You're

15:15

gonna. We're in the bonus? It was

15:18

like five, or they're in the bonus

15:20

I should say, it was like five

15:22

thousand, like four minutes in. I just

15:25

didn't love that. And that's a good

15:27

crew. I like that crew. I just

15:29

don't think they had a great second

15:31

half. But the final four was four

15:34

excellent teams. Auburn will get lost

15:36

in the shuffle because of what happened

15:38

in the Duke Houston game. People

15:40

forget the regular season they had,

15:42

they shouldn't. Bruce Pearl's team was

15:44

awesome. 16 wins against quad ones

15:47

and I get to how that

15:49

metric can What does that even

15:51

mean? It means they beat a shit ton

15:53

of good teams is what it means because

15:55

they were excellent and they were

15:57

excellent in that game against Florida

16:00

but Florida was an incredibly resilient

16:02

group and I mean that

16:04

that final didn't hold any sort

16:06

of semblance to what the game how the

16:08

game played like they ended up when they

16:11

went by six is that what it was

16:13

yeah right around there I can't remember

16:15

but I mean it was you know it

16:17

felt like a coin flip game and I

16:19

just want to sprinkle this in like literally

16:21

I think I told the story

16:23

last week that before the tournament

16:26

even started my wife got a

16:28

hotel room in San Antonio and

16:30

then they went with the kids

16:32

and before they went I told

16:34

my middle son I'm guilty of

16:37

doing this way too much I

16:39

mean he's a nine-year-old and I'm

16:41

giving him like this heavy thing

16:44

about look man you got to

16:46

understand I've been rooting for Maryland

16:48

50 years they went twice in my

16:50

whole life they may never go again

16:53

but when they went I went I

16:55

went I went and I'll never forget

16:57

how great it was when I saw

16:59

my team win. And like, you're only

17:02

nine, but you gotta just, you gotta

17:04

be present and really enjoy this.

17:06

Like, this is an incredible

17:08

thing you're gonna get to

17:10

do. I had no idea

17:12

that he was gonna go

17:15

see him have this incredible

17:17

comeback against Auburn, and then

17:19

win this insane heart-stopping thing

17:21

against Houston, and I'm just so

17:23

psyked for them. with their mom who's

17:25

a Florida grad as is that whole

17:28

side of the family. I'm just so

17:30

psyched that they did it and it's

17:32

all because mom said before the

17:34

tournament started we're going if they

17:36

go. I got the room and

17:38

the folks from Florida my gratitude

17:40

forever for for allowing us to

17:42

buy the tickets that so they

17:45

could sit in the Florida section

17:47

and they've got a life memory

17:49

forever. I mean the videos of

17:51

the of my kiddos in that

17:53

joint. It was really, really awesome that

17:55

they got to experience it with

17:58

their mom who's the gator. I

18:00

would have just been like a human appendix. I would

18:02

have just been there just, would have

18:04

been cool to see, but I wouldn't have

18:06

felt it the way their mom did, you

18:08

know? Would you have a Florida shirt? Sure.

18:11

Okay, just fine. Come on.

18:13

Sure, sure. I mean, I mean,

18:15

when Steph goes to Maryland

18:17

games, she wears Maryland gear. I

18:20

mean, you're up the squad

18:22

you're with, man. You know? But

18:25

I was happy for them, obviously. But

18:27

it, I'm just, that's, it could be

18:29

the top of the mountain for their

18:32

fandom. I mean, as young kids, and

18:34

certainly it could happen again, but there's

18:36

no guarantees with any of this. It

18:38

gets hard to win. It's hard as

18:40

hell to win six games in a

18:42

row. That's why I say it every

18:44

year. That's my point. It's really

18:46

fucking hard to win six games in a row.

18:49

And that team, could have

18:51

lost to Yukon, could have lost

18:53

to Texas Tech, could have lost

18:55

to Auburn, could have lost to Houston.

18:57

Didn't, didn't, didn't, didn't. That's why,

18:59

that's why you, how

19:01

you win a championship. You stay

19:03

in the friggin' fight. Yeah. Don't

19:05

blink. And they didn't. And

19:08

I'm just, I'm, it's just so cool

19:10

that the, that the fam got to

19:12

see it. And I mean, that there's

19:14

another piece to this that

19:17

I just want to share just to say

19:19

it just, and it's hard for me

19:21

too, because I'll get emotional. My dad's sister,

19:23

my aunt, Anne, lives

19:25

in San Antonio. And

19:28

they don't see my, she

19:30

and her husband John don't get

19:32

to see my kids a great

19:34

deal, but they did. And I

19:36

got pictures of my kids with

19:38

them. And she looks like my

19:41

dad. And so to see, the

19:43

only blood that there is of

19:47

that family outside of

19:49

me is her. And so

19:51

to see my kids

19:53

with my dad's

19:55

sister was

19:57

really special. And

19:59

was, special for them they had a good

20:01

time as well but that was just interesting

20:04

man you you push back and you

20:06

look at the way things work sometimes

20:08

you know feel like there's a wink

20:10

from beyond or something I don't know but

20:12

they got to they got to see the

20:14

title and they also got to see their

20:17

aunt and that was that was awesome

20:19

too and I'll send a picture just

20:21

we could put it with this when

20:23

they if they want to send something

20:25

out the little guy asleep on the

20:28

river walk at 1245 last night waiting

20:30

for the team like my wife just

20:32

said he left it all in the

20:34

field and like he damn sure

20:36

did but what what a field to

20:39

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20:41

to that one yeah don't go

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20:47

the boys are gonna say that

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though You know when we went

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I don't want to put any

21:00

I don't want to put any

21:02

heavy burden on Maryland, but it's

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on you y'all. Yeah, it's on you.

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if we want to get the

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21:12

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21:14

this point It's like a recruiting,

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right? It's like a recruiting visit.

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get moving. The tournament

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will be remembered for the

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Gators beating Houston, but I

22:45

think the game of the

22:47

tournament that will be remembered,

22:49

and this is rare, it's not the

22:52

team that won the title, but

22:54

how Houston beat Duke. I don't

22:56

know what to say about... The

22:58

Duke piece of it, they were awesome. And

23:01

they just kind of melted in

23:03

the last 10 minutes, they could make

23:05

a feel go, I get it, but

23:07

really, Houston did what they do. They

23:10

turned the heat up in a way

23:12

where the Kelvin line was amazing. You

23:14

know, we trusted our grown-up on their

23:17

teenager. That's the last play. And

23:19

that's not being disrespectful. It's

23:21

just the truth. Joanne's a

23:23

man. He's a six-year guy.

23:25

and he bought him up

23:27

and played defense and I'm just,

23:30

you're a Duke guy, you're

23:32

consuming it in a completely

23:34

different way. I just, as

23:36

you're watching it happen, what

23:38

are you thinking? Well, going

23:40

into the game and all week,

23:42

you know, I don't think we

23:44

talked since what, Tuesday or Wednesday,

23:46

and I just kept getting this.

23:48

like feel like people were just

23:51

putting Duke on a pedestal and

23:53

all I could think of Scott

23:55

was 2005 in the USC Texas football

23:57

game like ESPN ran a thing

23:59

of about USC's the greatest team

24:02

of all time. I'm like,

24:04

they haven't even played the

24:06

national title yet. They did.

24:08

And we did actually.

24:10

Yeah. And. And. You know I watched

24:12

U.S. I mean U.S.C. was a team

24:14

to watch and they were flawed. They

24:16

were flawed and Texas had to take

24:19

advantage of them. What happens? Texas wins

24:21

it. And with that I'm thinking I'm

24:23

just like Duke hasn't played another one

24:26

seed in this tournament and there's three

24:28

others. Now if they get going they'll

24:30

play two. But I just kept thinking

24:33

I'm thinking of Houston and I said

24:35

last week I'm like Houston has the

24:37

goods to do it because they can

24:39

they could physically affect them and they

24:42

could stay in the game in its

24:44

totality But in a bigger picture. I

24:46

just I can't help but think of

24:48

all these metrics and all these

24:50

numbers and number one and two

24:52

and Ken Palm and everything and

24:54

like I can't do it anymore.

24:56

I can't hear an analyst talk

24:58

about a team without referencing those

25:00

things. And I'm like, just let

25:02

the teams play. Let the teams

25:04

play. Let the teams play. And

25:06

it'll figure it out. And I'm

25:08

a do fan. I watch them.

25:10

They don't have great ball handling.

25:12

They've gotten by it. Sion came

25:14

on when they made a move

25:17

off for Proctor. And no one, you

25:19

know, I think they go back and

25:21

you look at whatever. Quad One teams,

25:23

I think, you know, all their losses

25:25

are the quad one teams. So they've

25:27

beaten some and they've, I think they're

25:29

over 500. But like I think Houston

25:32

was like 10 and 3. And so

25:34

I'm thinking of that the whole time

25:36

going in. And I'm like, Houston's gonna

25:38

get this thing to the end. And

25:40

exactly what Coach Kay talked about. when

25:42

they played UN LV in 91. Get in a

25:44

close game, we've played a bunch of

25:47

them, they haven't. And that's exactly

25:49

what happened. Houston, Houston made the

25:51

plays, you saw uncomfortable, James was

25:53

taking the ball out of bounds,

25:55

they had their issues with the

25:57

out of bounds plays, and then.

26:00

And free throws, man, you go back,

26:02

you're up six. Canipo has a layup.

26:04

He does his half pub fake, lays

26:06

it up, it gets blocked, goes down,

26:09

get a bucket, and then free throws.

26:11

Free throws caused miss free throws, I

26:13

should say, are the crux of everything,

26:16

man. I don't care what you go

26:18

back to any comeback, last second shot.

26:20

It's. almost always off of free throws

26:23

and that's that's a dictator and in

26:25

a comeback when you're missing front ends

26:27

we just saw with Florida and Texas

26:30

Tech you're just asking for

26:32

trouble and you got to make

26:34

your files that's it and you know

26:36

everything was self-inflicted and

26:38

you know they well hold on

26:41

it self-inflicted but Yes, but only

26:43

because the pressure was so suffocating

26:45

from from the Houston side like

26:47

that's that's what that was what

26:49

I saw I just saw that

26:51

Houston was gonna bully them and

26:54

Make fouls be called we're gonna we're

26:56

gonna Absolutely pressure you and

26:58

see if you crack and once it's like

27:00

a boxer once you're wobbly and

27:03

you're on the ropes then we're

27:05

throwing haymakers and and Houston certainly

27:07

did I can't remember who had

27:09

the ball before Proctor got it

27:12

there late, but it was I want

27:14

to say it was Kanipple had the

27:16

ball in his hands and he passed

27:18

a Proctor. Proctor's not a terrible free-through

27:20

shooter, but he was the worst free-through

27:22

shooter they had on the floor at that point.

27:25

And I mean, going backwards they got the

27:27

steel and then the mistry and a tip

27:29

dunk because Houston leads the

27:31

world in tip dunks, it seems.

27:33

And they're just absolutely relentless on

27:35

offensive glass and they're relentless with

27:38

the pressure. And Proctor misses and

27:40

now... The flag foul, I

27:42

want to stop it right

27:45

there, because it wasn't

27:47

a foul. In my

27:49

opinion, wasn't a foul.

27:52

That said, Crier got

27:54

the ball. And I'm

27:56

curious what you think

27:58

of this. That if you

28:00

everyone has like their analytics department,

28:02

and I don't love this because

28:05

you're just going to give me

28:07

a printout that says if they

28:09

do this it's a 96% chance

28:11

of winning You're going to show

28:13

your work or you're just putting

28:15

a number? Explain to me how

28:17

you arrive at that conclusion because

28:19

it's we recite these I don't

28:21

because I won't but people just

28:23

recite these numbers of win probability

28:25

I just like to know what

28:27

we're basing it on But if

28:29

the Analytics Department for Duke stops

28:31

the film at that very moment

28:33

and says, okay, would you prefer

28:35

a 62% free-through shooter going to

28:37

the line down one to shoot

28:39

a one-in-one or Houston has the

28:41

ball in crier's hands and they

28:43

get to run clock and shoot

28:45

with potentially no time left and

28:47

we would have no ability to

28:49

answer if they scored? My guess

28:51

would be... You'd prefer the 62%

28:53

free throw shooter to go to

28:55

the line to shoot the one-on-one

28:57

because even if Roberts makes them

28:59

both which he did Mammoth free

29:01

throws Sam Cassell with the wheelbarum

29:03

free throws You got the ball

29:05

with 19 seconds to answer and

29:07

Duke had that opportunity and they

29:09

ran What they've run in those

29:11

late game closed situations give it

29:13

to Cooper and make them make

29:15

something happen and he just didn't

29:17

because he was guarded closely by

29:19

Roberts I really believe, that's how

29:21

I see it. I think you'd

29:23

prefer to have him at the

29:25

line, even though it was a

29:27

bad call. Does that make sense

29:29

to you or do you disagree?

29:31

Yeah, it's, it's, it's, yeah, sure.

29:33

If you're playing a numbers, yeah,

29:35

you're playing a chance of, you

29:37

have a chance of the kid

29:39

missing, and also you're gonna get

29:41

the ball if he makes, right?

29:43

Right, but we also both sides

29:45

of the car there. To be

29:47

fair, we also just saw Houston.

29:49

in an end game situation not

29:52

get a shot off, right? So

29:54

Duke, Duke might say, well, Scott.

29:56

You know we did actually just

29:58

sort of see that and they

30:00

didn't get to attempt a shot.

30:02

I didn't I Didn't agree with

30:04

the foul call at the time

30:06

I Thought flag was amazing. He

30:08

had 27 points. He played like

30:10

that guy and when he hit

30:12

that corner three I want to

30:14

say I put they were up

30:16

14 weren't they I believe that

30:18

was the biggest lead Yeah, I

30:20

think it was out when he

30:22

got it back up to eight

30:24

He might have, the corner three

30:26

might have pushed it to nine,

30:28

whatever the case may be. He

30:30

hit big-time buckets and was impactful

30:32

on both ends of the floor

30:34

throughout. Just didn't make the shot

30:36

that for them, sadly, ends this

30:38

run. They were an awesome team.

30:40

Do you benefit from having been

30:42

pushed by somebody in the last

30:44

two months? I don't know. Maybe.

30:46

I do think that... did coming

30:48

out of the big 12 where

30:50

you're in a bunch of those

30:52

rugged games against teams that are

30:54

tournament teams, you benefit from that,

30:56

but I think Duke was, Duke

30:58

had an exceptionally talented team. They

31:00

didn't have a great point guard

31:02

and they unfortunately missed a free

31:04

throw at a key moment and

31:06

then there was a call and

31:08

a guy made big-time shots and

31:10

then it turns into holy shit

31:12

how that happened. And that's kind

31:14

of where I think everyone was.

31:16

No one could believe that that

31:18

that happened. And so as bad

31:20

as you feel for Houston, after

31:22

they have their moment, you got

31:24

to remember that they only got

31:26

there because another team had a

31:28

similar moment. You know what I'm

31:30

saying? Yeah, and I don't, I

31:32

think you lose that. That gets

31:34

me to giving credit to the

31:37

teams that did it, because I

31:39

get it, everybody, you know, the

31:41

majority of people can't stand Duke,

31:43

Duke, and they're going to say

31:45

Duke choked, and they're. I would

31:47

guess those people have to say

31:49

Houston choked last night where I

31:51

look at screw that man you're

31:53

in it and you got your

31:55

back against the wall you got

31:57

to give credit to the teams

31:59

that pulled it out and Houston

32:01

did everything the sharp three on

32:03

the switch miss incredible at the

32:05

top of the key when they're

32:07

down 6761 that's the play of

32:09

the game to me because you

32:11

know what he did Steve and

32:13

That moment, I'm sorry, I'm sorry

32:15

I interrupted you. I just, that

32:17

is a frantic time, because you

32:19

know the clock's ticking and it's

32:21

ticking loud in your ear. You

32:23

have to have it. But he

32:25

had the patience in that moment

32:27

to head fake, let flag slide

32:29

by, get that look, right? And

32:31

then it's a gotta have it

32:33

moment and they got it. Time

32:35

out, then they get the steel,

32:37

then they get the tip dunk

32:39

and now it's on. But, so

32:41

you're right. Duke in the moment.

32:43

melts in a way that's going

32:45

to get remembered. But why did

32:47

they melt? Because Houston stood up.

32:49

From six to three into one

32:51

in two, three seconds? You know,

32:53

it's that fast. And that's what's

32:55

crazy about the tournament. I'm sitting

32:57

on the couch by myself watching

32:59

these games and I got the

33:01

deviar, I'll rewind it and then

33:03

catch up in commercials because there's

33:05

a million of them. But how

33:07

long some things feel and then

33:09

how fast they happen because of

33:11

playmaking. And I just think that's

33:13

a credit to the players. I

33:15

mean, Scott, tell me if I'm

33:17

wrong, but like we go back.

33:19

I don't even know if it's

33:22

five years. You know, maybe, what

33:24

was it, Baylor came out of

33:26

COVID and won the title there.

33:28

Like, the ball wasn't great. You

33:30

know, college hoops wasn't, and then

33:32

we start to see the older

33:34

guys go to these bigger teams,

33:36

and just as a sport. I

33:38

think this is a huge because

33:40

you saw the ball go in

33:42

the basket at major points now

33:44

it ends with a team not

33:46

getting a shot off but for

33:48

the majority of the tournament I

33:50

really thought the ball went in

33:52

the basket way more than we

33:54

were accustomed to even five years

33:56

ago and I give that I

33:58

give the coaches a lot of

34:00

credit man what these guys are

34:02

up against we've talked about the

34:04

portal being open during the tournament

34:06

and these guys trying to pursue

34:08

a championship but I do think

34:10

the game is is is has

34:12

evolutioned to a more offensive set

34:14

and I keep going back to

34:16

Florida when they most needed it

34:18

man they ran offensive sets and

34:20

got layups and open threes and

34:22

that's with this game. That's what

34:24

you need in a comeback and

34:26

that's what they executed. And going

34:28

back to Houston, I mean, again,

34:30

that sharp three. It's 67, 61.

34:32

Was it 15 seconds left? You

34:34

gotta have that three to make

34:36

it one possession. They get it

34:38

and they're off and running to

34:40

an historic comeback. So I just,

34:42

again, hats off to Florida and

34:44

hats off to Houston for getting

34:46

there. You know, the whole, you

34:48

know, there's been. You know, times

34:50

where people have said the final

34:52

four hasn't been good, you know,

34:54

the Saturday games haven't been great.

34:56

This thing had everything and it's

34:58

credit through those teams that went

35:00

there because again, Auburn's going to

35:02

get lost in the shuffle and

35:04

they had as good a season

35:06

as anyone. There's a lot that's,

35:09

I think, explains why what you

35:11

just mentioned that I agree with,

35:13

you know, you see the ball

35:15

go through the bucket more. You've

35:17

got guys that stick around and

35:19

guys that bounce from one place

35:21

to another. It's a combination. There

35:23

are, there is an upside to

35:25

this portal in that IL era

35:27

in that guys can make money

35:29

and they can move from spot

35:31

to spot, which is how you

35:33

get an Elijah Martin and also

35:35

a extra year from COVID. So

35:37

you get a fifth year guy

35:39

in Elijah Martin who goes from

35:41

FAU to Florida and is that

35:43

guy. You get Richard who started

35:45

at Belmont. ends up there. You

35:47

get Clayton, who started at Iona,

35:49

who I think he was in

35:51

his 50 years well, you got

35:53

a sixth year guy in Joanne

35:55

Roberts, and you've got adults. You've

35:57

got some capable grown men out

35:59

there, and I saw the point

36:01

that was made that there were

36:03

no five stars on the floor,

36:05

and that's fine. Most five-star guys

36:07

tend to show up, not most,

36:09

I shouldn't say that. Many. Show

36:11

up and go Cooper flag one

36:13

awesome year and then that's it

36:15

but for the lesser thans from

36:17

the recruiting standpoint, you can stay,

36:19

you can benefit from being able

36:21

to make money, you can benefit

36:23

from being able to get educated,

36:25

and you can benefit from getting

36:27

better in good programs. And so

36:29

both teams that we saw, Crier

36:31

won a title with Baylor. So

36:33

he's been around for a while.

36:35

So I think that's a big

36:37

part of it as well, that

36:39

they're very more than just competent,

36:41

but really good. college players can

36:43

stay now make money go to

36:45

places where they can be impact

36:47

guys and it all adds up

36:49

pretty nicely look I hate to

36:51

bring it up but look at

36:54

your team in the last 12

36:56

months like we couldn't make a

36:58

shot put the ball in the

37:00

basket and he did a great

37:02

job again guys that could do

37:04

it or if you know I

37:06

hate to go back to it's

37:08

okay they're a perfect example no

37:10

doubt you could do it No

37:12

doubt, Maryland defensively two years ago

37:14

is really good, but they struggled

37:16

mindily to make baskets and they

37:18

went out in the portal and

37:20

they found, you know, Selt Miguel

37:22

made shots, came from South Florida.

37:24

Rodney Rice really hadn't played because

37:26

he'd been injured, made buckets, made

37:28

buckets, made a ton of shots

37:30

as well, and because this is

37:32

the air at wall, so the

37:34

coach left, but you know, Miguel

37:36

reached the end of his eligibility,

37:38

but don't know where Rice is

37:40

going to go. ball in the

37:42

bucket for them next year. But

37:44

yeah, we're one of the many

37:46

examples. Yeah, no doubt, no doubt,

37:48

no doubt, couldn't have been a

37:50

more different year just in terms

37:52

of consuming, watching them play. So

37:54

it was a response. I just

37:56

want to say like against the

37:58

coaches and everybody has their bad

38:00

stories about it. But. there are

38:02

guys doing incredible work and you

38:04

know where they're are they getting

38:06

paid a ton? Yeah, they're getting

38:08

paid pretty well, but there's there's

38:10

ways they have they have changed

38:12

and I think that's a hard

38:14

thing to do for coaches, but

38:16

they've made it for the better

38:18

and it's in a way better

38:20

place than it was. I guarantee

38:22

that. I signed up for 60

38:24

today got stuff to do got

38:26

work to do so let's let's

38:28

dive into where we are which

38:30

is the masters favorite week of

38:32

the year for work it was

38:34

a rain out Monday which is

38:36

such a bummer because you're for

38:39

the folks that had their chance

38:41

to come out and didn't get

38:43

to come out you're gonna get

38:45

a refund and you'll get a

38:47

chance to buy tickets for next

38:49

year but it's just nothing they

38:51

can do. Sons out. Sons out.

38:53

It is perfect and it should

38:55

be for the remainder of the

38:57

week. And it's interesting because most

38:59

players have a pretty regimented approach

39:01

to how they want to, I'm

39:03

going to come play nine Monday

39:05

and work on some short game

39:07

this night. Monday's out. So now

39:09

all of a sudden, and this

39:11

is not problems you and I

39:13

have when it came to say

39:15

studying for finals. If I had

39:17

the final Thursday, I'd crack the

39:19

spine of that book Wednesday night

39:21

and say, let me get familiar

39:23

with it. That's a subject matter.

39:25

Most folks that are trying to

39:27

win a green jacket have been

39:29

hard at work leading up to

39:31

it, but when you lose a

39:33

day, that's kind of an interesting

39:35

significant chunk of time to prepare,

39:37

particularly because this golf course is,

39:39

it looks a little different, and

39:41

I wonder how it plays different

39:43

as a result of Hurricane Helene,

39:45

which came through here, and it

39:47

really significantly impacted the town of

39:49

Augusta, which is far more important

39:51

than the golf course. But as

39:53

it relates to the golf course,

39:55

I don't know how things are

39:57

different. Is there a tree you

39:59

used to aim at that's now

40:01

gone? Like guys are just going

40:03

to just have to familiarize themselves

40:05

with a place that they're intimately

40:07

familiar with that is different this

40:09

year. That'll be something to keep

40:11

an eye on as we get

40:13

going. But I mean, there's a

40:15

familiar list of people. It starts

40:17

with Shefler. I picked Rory this

40:19

week. Perked up. I really And

40:21

last year I picked Scotty because

40:23

I said I'm gonna feel like

40:26

an idiot on Sunday when he's

40:28

leading and I don't have him.

40:30

That was really my reason. And

40:32

I'll feel dumb if it's not

40:34

Rory this year for just allowing

40:36

myself to just cosmically believe the

40:38

fact that there's a time for

40:40

people. And I just think this

40:42

is his time. Wow. The guys,

40:44

it's a combination of form and

40:46

preparing and understanding what you need

40:48

to do and just, I say

40:50

it's this time. All right, I've

40:52

been watching, reading a lot, and

40:54

obviously he's the name because of

40:56

the players and all that. And

40:58

I can't get out of my

41:00

head that open championship two years

41:02

ago. against Camp Smith caught him?

41:04

Like, I, I, you want to

41:06

talk about getting better mentally? That,

41:08

that, I think he needs that.

41:10

And if it happened, because that

41:12

would be career, right? Yes. And

41:14

that's, that's the thing that makes

41:16

it heavier because Jordan Speath has

41:18

one here. He's won the open

41:20

and he's won the US Open,

41:22

which means when he goes to

41:24

Quail Hollow. He will be trying

41:26

to complete the career slam, but

41:28

because the PGA moves venues every

41:30

year He goes some new place

41:32

every year where it's a new

41:34

riddle to solve and he's not

41:36

asked the same question that he

41:38

was asked last year Or if

41:40

he is at least it's in

41:42

a different place or doesn't feel

41:44

the same Rory For the remainder

41:46

of his career until he wins

41:48

it which he might not do

41:50

will be asked so Rory Is

41:52

this the year? Oh man. And

41:54

the analogy I said with Rassillo

41:56

is it's like, if imagine just

41:58

putting like a little. pebble on the

42:01

scale every year. It's not a

42:03

lot each year, but after five

42:05

years the weight of each pebble

42:07

starts to get heavier. And then

42:09

after a decade, now the scale,

42:11

you know what I'm saying? And

42:14

as time ticks louder in your

42:16

ear those pebbles become larger because

42:19

you realize that there's only so

42:21

many chances you get when you're

42:23

this guy to do that thing you need

42:25

to do. All of that said? He's

42:28

really fucking good at this point.

42:30

Yeah, and I Just I don't

42:32

know why I said I said it's this

42:34

time how many years ago was

42:36

the US Open hair a congressional

42:39

When he rolled. Yeah, I want

42:41

to say 13 I could be wrong. I look

42:43

at I look at I look at

42:45

I look at I got sucked

42:47

in because I was like oh

42:49

my god if he did this

42:52

at that place and you know

42:54

I'm winning by that in the

42:56

US Open. Now, you know, I

42:58

wasn't the golf guy I am

43:01

now and people are talking about

43:03

condition. Insider? It wasn't, you know,

43:05

2011. See, that's how,

43:07

that's how time gets

43:09

you. That's in 11.

43:11

You know, I'll admit,

43:14

I've wanted more from

43:16

him. I'm really interested

43:18

in seeing Scotty. Just

43:20

in this setting, I really want

43:22

to see what the live guys

43:24

bring to the table. There's

43:27

guys that have had success

43:29

here in years past, but

43:31

another year of, because I

43:33

constantly think about those guys

43:36

because you only know how you're

43:38

testing yourself, right? I

43:40

mean, they are off. I haven't

43:42

watched a live event since it started.

43:45

And I'll see the... the scores and

43:47

you see clips but like day in

43:49

and day out of the PGA tour

43:51

and as opposed to being away I

43:53

really wonder like those got like you

43:55

really got to press yourself you know

43:57

what it takes to be successful here

44:00

And I think it's a big

44:02

deal because it's only getting more

44:04

magnified. Yeah, no, there's no doubt.

44:06

And I thought about that because,

44:08

I mean, look, Liv's got some

44:10

heavy, heavy, heavy weights.

44:13

Deschambo, Rahm, Kepka, Neiman,

44:15

tremendous player. Tierra Hatton's

44:18

a really good player. They've got

44:20

more than I'm naming, but just

44:22

in terms of guys who have,

44:24

like, Rahmwan here a couple

44:26

years ago, the US Open last year.

44:28

it's as good as there is when

44:30

it matters most like and there is

44:33

that piece of it where I people that

44:35

like golf like the sport and so

44:37

they tend to find it but I

44:39

think people have stopped getting mad about

44:41

like if you don't if you say

44:44

I haven't seen live that it's some

44:46

knock against the tour like shit

44:48

the tour the PGA tour in

44:50

the liver gonna figure they're gonna

44:52

figure something out here it's just

44:54

And they do have the deal

44:56

on Fox where it's easier to

44:58

find, but I don't know people

45:00

that consume that tour's coverage.

45:02

I just don't. And I

45:04

don't hear people ever talking

45:06

about who won those events.

45:08

I just don't. And it's not

45:10

a value judgment. It's just,

45:13

I don't. I don't intersect with it.

45:15

But we're gun of this week,

45:17

which is great because there's so

45:19

many good players from there. And

45:22

I mean, I mean, there's probably

45:24

props about like how many guys

45:26

finish in the top 20 or

45:28

top 10 from the live and

45:30

it'll be a bunch. Because there's

45:33

a bunch of really good

45:35

players from there. And it's awesome

45:37

that they're all here together.

45:40

I'm sure there'll be some hammers

45:43

and double hammers to keep

45:45

an eye on that. De

45:47

Gord underscored tweets. There you go.

45:49

They'll be all released tomorrow.

45:52

What's today? Tuesday? Wednesday? Wednesday

45:54

the card will be released.

45:56

I think he's in, he's almost

45:58

at 30. interests

46:01

that he has out there. So

46:03

that will be a full. Gordo

46:05

will be with me, helping provide

46:08

stats and information as I'm in

46:10

the Butler cabin Thursday and Friday

46:12

and I asked him, what are

46:14

we going? And he gave me,

46:16

I think pre- Butler cabin, he

46:18

said he was going to go

46:20

skull long cut in the mezzanine

46:22

as he said. Just hunkering down

46:24

and just grinding out, just these

46:27

majors. I know how much you've come

46:29

to love them, but I love how

46:31

much you love it because I've lived

46:33

it for so many years. And I

46:36

mean, 97 is the first year

46:38

I come here and it's just

46:40

outrageous. It's been that long, but

46:42

what's incredible about this place and

46:44

why I love it so much

46:46

for all the different reasons

46:48

of the obvious... But it's the

46:51

friendships and the relationships that you

46:53

get to revisit. I have not

46:55

seen my dear friend Miss Nadine

46:58

in security. I got to go

47:00

find her get that hug yesterday

47:03

in the rain. Nobody saw anybody.

47:05

Go into the, uh, go into

47:07

the spot where you can grab

47:09

a sandwich. I've been ordering the

47:11

same thing. It's not on the

47:13

menu. And I sat down and,

47:15

um... Television Steve Sands,

47:18

Justin Thomas, we had a

47:20

nice catch-up on things. JT

47:22

by the way, no media

47:24

session, that's fine with him,

47:26

just happy to, right down

47:28

here off the radar. He shot

47:30

some low numbers. Wow. I'm just

47:33

saying, low numbers from JT. What

47:35

do you shoot, 62 at Saugraph?

47:37

Tied the course record. I

47:39

say nothing. Anyway, wait just came

47:42

up. I'm sorry? How's the house? I'll

47:44

get you that. Wait just came

47:46

up and she's like, I don't need

47:48

your order. I know what it is.

47:50

I'm just, I'm just some schlub

47:53

and they just, they know your order.

47:55

28 years. Girl cheese and bacon

47:57

baby. And then my guy Tony.

47:59

or he's like whoa I think I

48:02

messed up we put some tomato on

48:04

I'm like no no that's that's an

48:06

occasional ad no issue there'll be no

48:08

complaining here thank you very much special

48:10

special spot the house is um I

48:12

would use this reference with you but

48:15

you wouldn't understand it because you're not

48:17

a well if I say it's like

48:19

a West Anderson film do you understand

48:21

what that means no case see that's

48:23

weird because you know all these TV

48:25

shows but the people I want you

48:27

to think about Because I just saw

48:29

a trailer for a new West Anderson

48:32

movie that's coming out. And it's like

48:34

that. It's just an unusual sort of,

48:36

there's some, there's some, I'm just

48:38

gonna say it's unusual. It's fine.

48:40

Darlington's here. One night

48:42

I said, hey, we're gonna get weird?

48:45

He's like, yeah. Darlington's new. He's like,

48:47

he's just so excited to be here

48:49

and he's the best. So we're gonna

48:51

see, we're gonna see what's, where the

48:54

nights take us, guess where there's gonna

48:56

take us to sleep? Yeah, to the

48:58

house. I'm washed, there's no getting

49:00

weird, it's just fun to say.

49:03

Just watched this piece he did

49:05

on, what was it, compost? Yeah.

49:07

Holy hell is that heavy. Yeah

49:09

man, check it out. That thing

49:11

is, find Darlington, I know he

49:14

tweeted out and it's on Instagram

49:16

or whatever. Get some tissues,

49:18

when you're watching that one.

49:20

I mean everybody you know it's going

49:22

to be biased towards their best stories

49:25

and I'll be diving in but that

49:27

story about him getting his chance to

49:29

play here and how he did it

49:31

is just incredible it really is and

49:34

shout to his family for for being

49:36

along for the ride what's the what's

49:38

the what's the temp in that how

49:40

who controls the thermostat north it's fine we're

49:43

good the the the the the our facility

49:45

here tremendous accommodations thanks to Augusta National.

49:47

Someone, I think it was Quader, the

49:49

boss of the whole joint. I think

49:51

he was in charge yesterday because this

49:53

guy walks around in a winter coat

49:55

at all the time. It was like

49:57

53 degrees in here yesterday, which is

49:59

absolutely unacceptable. We're good. The house temp's

50:01

nice. Okay. Because I found a

50:03

reason that I might be needed

50:06

down there for you. Which is? Is

50:08

Tarazzi coming at you? Not

50:10

working all that about? I think

50:12

she's just having some fun.

50:14

She's taking some shots at my

50:17

guy. She said they're not here

50:19

like Maryland's not here. Yeah. Then

50:21

she was like, I'll be there,

50:23

come find me. I was like, wow.

50:26

Well, hey, hey, hey Dee, I'm really

50:28

easy to spot. You

50:31

hear me? I'm the 6-6 ball guy

50:33

in the suit walking around the middle

50:35

of... No, I think we were just...

50:38

Well, I said it when we brought

50:40

her on, I said, hey, like last

50:42

year, you and me managed to piss

50:45

off an entire state. I think we're

50:47

still mad at us. Let's try to

50:49

keep it between a mustard and a

50:52

mayonnaise here. So I don't know, like,

50:54

I wasn't saying it was her

50:56

fault. I mean, we combined a

50:58

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52:31

do want to say one of the worst

52:33

decisions in the history of NCAA

52:36

sports making you con a two

52:38

seed that was joke Scott a joke.

52:40

They were seven and a half point

52:42

favorite in the national title

52:45

game. They were seven and a

52:47

half point game favored against the

52:49

one seed in the overall tournament.

52:51

Yeah. And you see LA in

52:53

the final four. They covered easy

52:55

against. I mean, what are we

52:57

doing there? Let's. Let's fix some

53:00

things or ask some more people I

53:02

mean Gene already at one at you about

53:04

this pod system and the regionals like

53:06

we got it We got to get

53:08

some change going on over there because

53:10

that was that was an absolute joke

53:12

making you kind of two seed And

53:15

you saw Lindsay Gottlieb's comments when the

53:17

brackets came out she knew why but

53:19

that was that was really bad. I I

53:21

go back to a text from early

53:23

February I sent it to Geno

53:26

and I said I love your

53:28

team for March. She said people

53:30

have a memory like a house

53:32

fly. They don't remember Fud? She's

53:34

an assassin. And his tweet, his

53:36

tweet, his text to me is I

53:38

love where we're going to be. He knew.

53:40

Yeah. But I don't think even he

53:42

in his understanding of what teams

53:45

are and how they. are fluid

53:47

and they evolve and you can

53:49

get better and you can get

53:51

worse. There's no guarantee. I

53:53

don't think even in his

53:55

very seasoned mind of understanding

53:57

what teams are, knew that they'd be...

53:59

that they'd get sort of the

54:02

best version of strong, the best

54:04

version of fud, and then Becker's

54:06

just being Becker, and then all

54:08

the other associated people. Oh, they were awesome.

54:10

I mean, they were, they, they boat raced two

54:12

one seats, like it was nothing. Committee,

54:14

what are we doing there? Yeah, but,

54:16

okay, so if there are one, how

54:18

you're just gonna play them with a

54:21

different number next to their name, they

54:23

were gonna one. I agree.

54:25

Like they beat South Carolina by

54:27

30. I understand, but so if

54:29

there was a one, then they

54:32

would have still played a one.

54:34

Like, it wouldn't have made any

54:36

difference. Understood, but

54:38

just the fact that they were a

54:41

two seat is a joke. Figure it

54:43

out is what you're saying.

54:45

Correct. Yes. You got a pick for

54:47

this week? You got somebody you

54:50

like, Steve? And it's not a

54:52

grave concern. It's just... Much

54:54

like winning six basketball games in

54:56

a row is hard to do

54:58

like winning golf tournaments is hard

55:01

to do But he's been really close

55:03

and he's led on Sundays in events

55:05

where he has not closed And this

55:07

is a guy who by the way if

55:09

he wins here We'll need just one more

55:11

for the slam which is he'll need

55:13

the US open and he'll be and

55:15

I believe he is a grand slam

55:17

winner because his iron game, which is what

55:20

you have to be here got a

55:22

hit at firm, everyone knows

55:24

that, especially golf inside of

55:26

Stanford, Steve. He absolutely

55:28

has the game to win here. I just,

55:30

it's a concern when you've been

55:32

close and it hadn't happened because all

55:35

you got is yourself in a long

55:37

ass walk for five hours on a

55:39

Sunday to get to 18. And it's

55:41

a lot. I say that just having

55:44

observed, obviously haven't lived

55:46

it. Although I did win a dingle

55:48

last year, no big deal. Um, I,

55:50

I, I, more cow is on the

55:52

list for sure. I thought Zander

55:55

was fascinating talking yesterday about putting.

55:57

Now you need to put obviously

55:59

any. that analogy of I've been

56:01

out there where I'm holding the

56:03

rope and I can't keep grip

56:05

of the rope like I really

56:07

like that hit like you could

56:09

totally see that but yeah I

56:11

hope he plays well obviously knowing

56:13

the struggles he's had coming back

56:15

from injury but um I mean

56:17

all the cards are on the table I

56:20

am I nuts to think Phil will

56:22

be the best live golfer? Ooh. I

56:24

think you are nuts because I think all

56:26

of them are going to play well. I

56:28

like Rama, I like the Shambo, I like

56:30

Neiman, I like Kepka. I mean, there's

56:32

a thing, there's a thing, there's a

56:35

thing, 20. Could certainly happen.

56:37

Give me that. And there's a thing

56:39

here, like Freddie for years, after 50,

56:41

even early 60s, you come here and

56:43

you know what to do and you know

56:45

how to do it, and you do. And Phil

56:47

finished like second a couple of

56:49

a couple of years ago, a couple

56:52

years ago, a couple years ago, I'm

56:54

not saying I don't think that

56:56

he... I agree that he'll play well.

56:58

I just think that there are

57:00

a long list of guys from live

57:03

that will play well here also.

57:05

So Phil playing well, what? What

57:07

are you taking? A nibble, make the

57:09

cut? No, top 20. That's my

57:12

favorite thing. Although this new thing

57:14

we're shops. Yeah, what are we doing?

57:16

What's that? You tie for 17th

57:18

and you split it? What kind

57:20

of nonsense is that? Are you

57:23

paying top 20s or not? Because

57:25

if you got to finish top

57:27

16 to get paid for a

57:29

top 20, that's not a top 20.

57:31

Don't, don't, don't. Oh, I think

57:33

you're late on this one, but

57:36

it's over. You bootleg shops out

57:38

there, you need to stop with

57:40

the odds. It's hard enough, anyway.

57:42

That ship is sailed, brother. Well,

57:45

get that ship. Get me the

57:47

loose! Every shop's going that way.

57:50

Everyone. Well, I have this to say.

57:52

Find your own shot. And given and given

57:54

where I am, I'm going to show. I

57:56

might accost earlier, but now I'm just going

57:59

to say that's. Bulljive. That's what that

58:01

is. That's some bull jive. Tighten

58:03

that up. If you're not paying

58:05

your top 20s, you're a bootleg

58:08

shop. What else you got? Anything?

58:10

Got work to go do. I signed up

58:12

for 60 and the clock has a

58:15

hit zeros. All right, one thing.

58:17

You got anything else on the

58:19

way out? Yeah, I just want

58:21

to say shout to Chris Long

58:23

and his water boys foundation. Kenny

58:25

Main was the MC. weekend with

58:27

Kenny Maine like old times unbelievable

58:29

but Chris raising millions of dollars

58:31

for those wells Tanzania the whole

58:33

deal was a treat to be

58:35

along with him and his crew

58:37

he does an unbelievable job and

58:39

Kenny was the empty and he's

58:41

at this auction and it's mayhem

58:44

there's thousands of people up there and

58:46

he gets up there and he gets

58:48

up there and it's loud and it's

58:50

hard to hear and he gets up

58:52

there and he says If

58:54

you're an active listener,

58:56

raise your hand. No

58:58

one is paying attention.

59:00

I'll just say, having been

59:02

in those rooms, God. When

59:05

it's hard to get attention, what

59:07

you need to do is at

59:09

some point, you need to just

59:12

shame somebody. You need to

59:14

shame some person. It feels like

59:16

the leader. And then if you

59:19

can shame the leader that's leading

59:21

the... the uprising that's not actively

59:23

listening, then you'll kind of

59:25

get the room. Yeah, he for

59:28

sure did that. And I just

59:30

want to give a note, I

59:33

think you could join me on this

59:35

one. Uh-huh. Just because we're employed

59:37

at ESPN, we don't get free

59:40

tickets to every single event.

59:42

Can you? Who wants what? No,

59:44

it's just everything. Whatever, whatever,

59:46

Final Four, Masters, Super Bowl.

59:48

Like people come at you and you're

59:50

like, hey, you got tickets? I'm like,

59:52

what, do you think they, like we

59:55

have a ticket tree in Bristol and

59:57

you get the draft or something? I

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don't understand. that that idea are you

1:00:01

with me? Thank you. We work

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for ESPN. We're just a little

1:00:05

cable outfit trying our best up

1:00:08

there in Bristol and in our

1:00:10

case DC. We don't we're not

1:00:12

ticket brokers. We don't have like

1:00:14

what do you think I got

1:00:16

a briefcase full? What do you

1:00:18

need? You need four for the

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A's? Yeah, exactly. No, hold on,

1:00:22

I got, yeah, I got, no,

1:00:24

I got a dozen San Jose

1:00:27

sharks, I can get you sweet

1:00:29

for the Ottawa Senators game. I

1:00:31

am fresh out for the Masters.

1:00:33

I can hook you up down

1:00:35

at Harbertown next week. Leave us

1:00:37

alone. I mean, it's, it is

1:00:39

outrageous that people just, they really

1:00:41

just think we have tickets. Yeah.

1:00:43

In our pocket. Or that we

1:00:45

could call someone that will give

1:00:48

us tickets to then give to

1:00:50

them. It's an outrageous ask. Yeah.

1:00:52

Stop doing it. And if your

1:00:54

family and friends really stop doing

1:00:56

it, pull yourself together. This week

1:00:58

in particular. Hey, could you get?

1:01:00

No. No. See on Wednesday for

1:01:02

the par three two Eastern noon

1:01:04

on the on plus Thursday and

1:01:07

Friday from Butler cabin. Love to

1:01:09

see you, but that's you want

1:01:11

to see me. You're probably going

1:01:13

to have to go that route.

1:01:15

Hey now. I will say, though,

1:01:17

if you love sports, you can

1:01:19

get here. It's not, you can

1:01:21

go lottery and you can buy

1:01:23

it. You can find a ticket

1:01:26

broker whose job it is to

1:01:28

have tickets. It's not cheap. Blame

1:01:30

him. But it's worth it or

1:01:32

her. It's worth it. Nothing will

1:01:34

exceed your expectations more than what

1:01:36

you think this place is than

1:01:38

when you come here and you

1:01:40

see it. And you'll go, oh,

1:01:42

it's that good. Yes, it is.

1:01:44

Put your tie on and just

1:01:47

so you know the A's play

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at home again tonight. If you

1:01:51

need tickets, call somebody in Sacramento.

1:01:53

We'll see on the tube. the

1:01:55

Masters. Enjoy your

1:01:57

week. We'll see We'll

1:01:59

see you on

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the other side. side.