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And then I was looking at 56 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:03,500 flights like Wednesday to get to Portland. 57 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:05,500 It's tough sledding out there, folks. 58 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:08,800 I'm kind of a Southwest guy. I have a lot of extra miles of 59 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:10,200 points. I need to use, I guess I can 60 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,400 look at other other airlines, but not a lot of Southwest 61 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,600 options to get there or back. Either to Portland. 62 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:21,100 OR Eugene is looking to fly to Eugene and then driving up, but 63 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:23,000 not a lot of options. So I think I'm just going to 64 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:27,200 Hang here and watch the first round games, save up, and then 65 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,400 either go next year or, you know, maybe we'll go to 66 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,600 Philadelphia for the sweet 16. Let's not get ahead of 67 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,500 ourselves. That's quick travel update from 68 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:40,900 Scott for anybody out there. Who cares, which I'm assuming is 69 00:03:40,900 --> 00:03:43,400 nobody. So without further Ado, here is 70 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,700 Galen and eyes, quick reaction pod. 71 00:03:45,700 --> 00:03:48,400 Thank you guys all for listening Gala and I will try and be back 72 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,800 at some point this week. We both have a lot of stuff 73 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,000 going on. So maybe later. 74 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,500 On the weekend, but don't mistake our silence for 75 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:58,400 anything. Will both be on Twitter follow 76 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,100 us there and let's go Hoosiers man. 77 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:05,900 Tuesday night, get those Wyoming Broncos. 78 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,500 Say Bulldogs Broncos. All right onto the pot. 79 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:23,900 Are you folks doing Galen? Klaviyo, Scott Caulfield joining 80 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:28,300 you here? As we are getting our heads 81 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:32,700 wrapped around what we just witnessed on CBS Sports and 82 00:04:32,700 --> 00:04:36,000 talking about Indiana's. Draw in the bracket. 83 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,800 We've got some some live stuff going on here as we don't 84 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,600 normally do live stuff. That's more. 85 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,200 The, the items that are Brethren over it assembly called do, but 86 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,500 Scott. We had to talk about this and we 87 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:52,000 had to talk about a quickly Indiana back in the NCAA 88 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,100 tournament field for the first time since 2016. 89 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,500 I think perhaps not the way that we had talked ourselves into it 90 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:01,900 here. Over the course of the last 91 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:05,700 several days or couple of days at least, but they are back in 92 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:08,300 the field. That's kind of the big item to 93 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:11,600 start things off with and I guess, let's just start off. 94 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,800 First off. I getting your initial reaction. 95 00:05:15,100 --> 00:05:17,400 We had to wait a while to see Indiana pop up. 96 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:20,900 We finally see Indiana pop up. And your thought was what? 97 00:05:21,100 --> 00:05:24,100 Yeah, it's like six years and 28 minutes to see us back in the 98 00:05:24,100 --> 00:05:26,700 field. I mean, two main thoughts. 99 00:05:26,700 --> 00:05:29,500 Is that one. I guess we had to win that 100 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:31,100 Illinois game. Looking back. 101 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:34,100 I guess that Illinois win was a very important. 102 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:37,500 Secondly, you know, we're you and I have been talking and 103 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:40,900 like, you know, LSU was our kind of our Dream, your dream matchup 104 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:43,100 and I like that. And then like they started, you 105 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:45,300 know, you kind of knew like, alright, the next bracket came 106 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:48,400 up. It's like the 611 in Milwaukee, 107 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,400 I'm like, oh, this be nice, is the LSU's there. 108 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,200 I'm like, all right. This is this is showing nice and 109 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,900 it's like, no, that's not going to be for us and then it's like, 110 00:05:55,900 --> 00:05:56,900 all right. I'll tell my wife. 111 00:05:56,900 --> 00:06:00,000 I were either another 11 or were a play in. 112 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,100 Like it's just, it's those twos or route. 113 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:06,200 Like we're not in, you know, Michigan gets a just a 114 00:06:06,207 --> 00:06:08,600 phenomenal draw where it's like a four-hour drive for them to 115 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,400 come back to India, but know, for us. 116 00:06:11,300 --> 00:06:13,900 It looks like we're playing Tuesday in Dayton and then 117 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:17,500 Thursday, in Portland. So that's a bit of a flight for 118 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:19,800 the The Hoosiers. I'm assuming like, I know we 119 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,100 haven't been looking at bracket stuff for a long time like but 120 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:27,600 it's like there's not a good cbs's website is garbage. 121 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,600 Like ESPN has like two can somebody has get the full 122 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,800 bracket up somewhere. It's like but anyway, not going 123 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,400 to complain. We're in the tournament. 124 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,100 You know, let's win a game. It is funny. 125 00:06:37,100 --> 00:06:39,000 I saw Trace Jackson. Davis is like, you know, just 126 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,400 respected thing on Instagram, which is nice, but it's also 127 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:47,200 like you had multiple chances to not be disrespected but I like 128 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,000 everything. The draw, except for the Dayton 129 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,300 to Portland. Forty eight-hour, trip, and then 130 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:55,100 playing st. Mary's kind of on their home 131 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:57,700 turf like that. All of that sucks. 132 00:06:58,300 --> 00:07:02,100 But this is better than a 90. Well, it is. 133 00:07:02,100 --> 00:07:04,600 I mean, we'll break down a couple of things, and if you 134 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,300 folks have questions and you're watching this live, go ahead and 135 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,400 write in on Twitter, will grab your questions. 136 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,600 Well, answer them. You know, my, I guess my overall 137 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,500 thoughts on this, my last bracket I did. 138 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,400 Deanna is a 10 and, and yet, you know, I'd had them as an 11 139 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,100 right before that. So, this was right in that 140 00:07:23,100 --> 00:07:25,700 range. And, you know, the way that the 141 00:07:25,700 --> 00:07:30,000 bracketing works, it's kind of it's weird when you get down to 142 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,900 it, in terms of how teams get placed in two different spots. 143 00:07:32,900 --> 00:07:35,200 You know, Mike feature e asked a question on Twitter. 144 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:38,000 What are the odds that the committee originally at IU in 145 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,400 Michigan and each other's spot, but then realized I, you would 146 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,100 be playing in India as an 11 seed and panic into switching. 147 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:46,600 Just those two. I don't think that happened. 148 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,200 I think what actually We happened was that I, you was the 149 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,400 first of the four teams in Dayton, and that was entirely 150 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,300 because Davidson lost to Richmond. 151 00:07:57,900 --> 00:08:02,500 The second team in Dayton was Notre-Dame, but Indiana in order 152 00:08:02,500 --> 00:08:04,900 to in couldn't rematch because they've already played once this 153 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:06,400 year. So, they ended up dropping 154 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,500 Indiana down to the 12 seed, play in game, putting the 155 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:13,300 luckiest Rutgers, right? Because you can't play Rutgers. 156 00:08:13,300 --> 00:08:14,800 So the only combination that worked. 157 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,200 There was Indiana playing against Wyoming in the L've and 158 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,900 Notre Dame against Rutgers in the 11. 159 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:23,100 Although one could ask people couldn't you just like, move 160 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:26,900 Wyoming up to the 11 and give it Indiana that but who knows at 161 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:28,800 this point, but even they need apples thing. 162 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,800 Is an interesting one. I don't know what Indiana, you 163 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,400 know, if they would have gotten a chance. 164 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,200 I doubt they would have gotten a chance to play an indie because 165 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,400 that's something that the committee does try to avoid, you 166 00:08:38,408 --> 00:08:41,100 know, overall looking at the seating in the way that all of 167 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:46,100 this shook out. It's essentially what I thought 168 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,000 was going to happen across the Bored, I did have Texas A&M in 169 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:55,400 the field instead of Rutgers, but it was very easily. 170 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,500 You could have said that Rutgers was going to get in. 171 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,200 We just a big question was how much was the NCAA selection 172 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,800 committee going to favor? Big wins on your resume. 173 00:09:05,900 --> 00:09:08,400 How much was the committee going to favor doing? 174 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,900 Well in conference tournaments, it kind of seems like they 175 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:13,100 didn't Focus very much on conference tournaments at all. 176 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:16,200 Which again as we've seen with this committee. 177 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,500 This is why this is such a complicated thing. 178 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,200 They constantly switch what they focus on year-in and year-out. 179 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,600 You know, we've seen here's your early All Conference tournament 180 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:25,500 next. I'll be all Conference 181 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:27,500 tournament results. Well, I think you could make the 182 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:30,700 argument that like, I was a one seed Virginia Tech. 183 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,800 I don't know why they're seated, even as high as they are. 184 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,400 If what you're going off of his regular season, because Virginia 185 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,900 Tech did not have a better regular season than Indiana. 186 00:09:40,900 --> 00:09:43,400 Miami did not have a better regular season. 187 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,300 And then Indiana unless just being a part of the Atlantic 188 00:09:46,300 --> 00:09:49,500 Coast Conference is automatically, you know, a key 189 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:52,200 to a better season. It probably is given the way 190 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:53,900 that the committee acts on these things. 191 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:58,200 But overall, I think that this is about where Indiana was at. 192 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,500 It's a damn good thing. They beat Illinois on Friday 193 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:05,700 because it looks pretty. Clear that just beating Michigan 194 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:09,800 wasn't going to be enough. And you know, I mean certainly I 195 00:10:09,808 --> 00:10:12,600 think you could quibble with some of the spots and and you 196 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,200 know, if Indiana is in the first play in game and not matched up 197 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,100 against Notre Dame or Rutgers, then we're looking at them as an 198 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:22,500 11 seed as opposed to a 12 seed. But look, as we talked about 199 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:24,100 before the Big Ten Tournament started. 200 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:27,100 I don't think Indiana has any room for complaints simply 201 00:10:27,100 --> 00:10:29,400 because this was the bed that they made. 202 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,100 If they'd beaten Iowa. I think they're clearly out of 203 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:35,200 the first four. Maybe not as far as we thought 204 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,200 that they would be. Maybe they're only an 11 seed. 205 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:41,500 Maybe they top out of this hen, you know, but but overall, look, 206 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:44,100 you're still in the field. If you're Indiana, you've got a 207 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:46,400 chip on your shoulder now because you got dropped into the 208 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,800 play-in game despite playing like one of the better teams in 209 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,200 the college basketball. The last couple of days and 210 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,900 you're matched up against a team that I think you can beat. 211 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,400 And we'll talk about the matchup here in a minute. 212 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,300 I wanted to get to a couple of other questions from Twitter. 213 00:11:00,300 --> 00:11:01,900 Do you have any other thoughts or questions? 214 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:03,800 Scott? No dumb dumb. 215 00:11:03,900 --> 00:11:06,100 Dumb question, but I'll pretend like, I'm asking for for the 216 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:07,400 people. Not myself. 217 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,000 I know we can't play Rutgers because we're in the same 218 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 conference. As them is. 219 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,600 The reason we can't play Notre Dame because we've already 220 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,300 played them this year. Like is that the other 221 00:11:14,500 --> 00:11:17,300 well-placed achieve already played until the sweet 16? 222 00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:21,400 The the committee really tries to avoid first round or second 223 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,000 round rematches of regular season games. 224 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,200 And so that's really what it comes down to is that they now 225 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,100 that that's not to say that they haven't had those happen, but 226 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:33,600 it, they do try to avoid it if at all possible, so I do think 227 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:38,500 Indiana Got a little bit screwed in terms of being in the 512 sub 228 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:40,600 bracket play in as opposed to the 611. 229 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:45,400 I don't know I guess this is where I don't understand the 230 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,300 committee's attraction to Notre Dame. 231 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:50,300 They did nothing and they lost Indiana head-to-head. 232 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,700 They won 15 games in a terrible. Atlantic Coast Conference. 233 00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:57,400 I really don't understand what on Earth they did to Warrant 234 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,500 being ahead of either Indiana or Wyoming. 235 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,400 Frankly, when it came to at large is But that's sometimes 236 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:06,900 how the cookie crumbles with these things. 237 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,200 And this always leads back to kind of produce screwing Us by 238 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,800 not being good. Is that, I think Petrie's 239 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,800 comment is, is interesting, and probably right about the 240 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,900 Michigan, playing an Indian that could have been our spot, you 241 00:12:17,908 --> 00:12:20,100 know, but Purdue mess this up because of Purdue would have had 242 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:22,700 the season they should have had they would have been a one seed 243 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,100 and they would have taken that Indiana Indianapolis region off 244 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:28,000 the table. And then maybe we wouldn't have 245 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,500 had a region issue because it does. 246 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:33,100 We have no room to complain, but it does feel like of all the 247 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:35,100 teams left. We were fighting all of these 248 00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:37,100 battles were like, you can't place us here. 249 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:39,900 We can't play these. Like we had a reason we couldn't 250 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:41,900 be in this in like 4 of the spots. 251 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:43,500 You might be should have been slotted in. 252 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,100 Now. I will say this, you know, when 253 00:12:46,100 --> 00:12:49,800 you, when you look at the overall setup of this, this 254 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,300 draw. Yeah. 255 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,100 I kind of like it for Indiana. I'm not gonna lie, you know, you 256 00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:58,800 look at the Wyoming. Wyoming has had an interesting 257 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:03,300 season to say the least. They were a contending team in 258 00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:04,900 the Mountain West. West Conference, they ended up 259 00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:07,300 not winning the Mountain West Conference. 260 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:11,000 They were twenty four and seven on the season. 261 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,100 They haven't, you know, some good wins in conference, but 262 00:13:14,100 --> 00:13:16,200 they really didn't do very much outside of conference. 263 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,900 I think their best out of conference win. 264 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:20,800 God. I mean, you look at their 265 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,000 schedule. I mean, they beat Northern, Iowa 266 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:28,600 on a neutral floor, 71, to, 69. They got obliterated by Arizona. 267 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,500 They lost on a neutral floor, to a pretty bad Stanford team. 268 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:33,100 They did a lot of work in conference. 269 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,700 But this is, this is a Wyoming team, frankly, that when you 270 00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:42,000 look at their numbers is just not that tremendously 271 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,600 impressive. Overall. 272 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:47,900 They their 54th and Ken palm and offense, their 66th and defense. 273 00:13:47,900 --> 00:13:51,600 I think they're 58th overall after the events of today. 274 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,200 If you go to Eric Haslam's website has Le metrics.com, 275 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,200 where he does, like a essentially, a temple free 276 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:01,000 preview Indiana's already rated to win this game by five points. 277 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,700 And, and who knows what the actual line will be on it. 278 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:08,000 But you look at that Wyoming's roster and what they bring to 279 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,700 the table. They they don't have an 280 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:14,500 overwhelming amount of size. They're really inexperienced 281 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:15,700 Team. All things considered. 282 00:14:15,700 --> 00:14:18,400 They have Hunter Maldonado, who's a senior who's played, 283 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,000 just an insane amount of minutes this year. 284 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,900 And is a pretty good interior scorer and then they've got a 285 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,900 guy in drag Jeffries who plays a lot of minutes but doesn't 286 00:14:28,900 --> 00:14:31,700 really contribute that much all things considered offensively 287 00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:33,800 and then they just got a bunch of sophomore. 288 00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:36,500 That that make up the vast majority of the rest of their 289 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:38,700 roster. I think if you were trying to 290 00:14:38,700 --> 00:14:41,100 draw up an opponent for Indiana to play in the first round, this 291 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:42,700 is the type of opponent. You would want a team. 292 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:46,100 That is not overwhelmingly good offensively. 293 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:51,000 A team that is certainly not going to out athletic you or out 294 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,500 sighs you. And I think Indiana right now, 295 00:14:54,500 --> 00:14:56,400 when I look at this, I'm like this is this is a pretty good 296 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,300 matchup. Like if you want to, the whole 297 00:14:58,300 --> 00:15:02,400 purpose is to get out there and get started on the right foot in 298 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,900 the NCAA tournament. You know, you've got what 100 299 00:15:06,900 --> 00:15:10,000 miles from here to Dayton Wyoming, a good eye, you crowd. 300 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,500 It's like a negative 1 and a half hours. 301 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:12,900 Yeah. Wyoming's got a flight. 302 00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:16,500 They have to take the games on Tuesday, almost certainly, 303 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:19,400 because Indiana is going to be playing in that in that Thursday 304 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:21,300 game in Portland. Excuse me. 305 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:24,500 Yeah, important. So they put the dates on the TV 306 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:26,500 show, but yet it's still like, TBA on everything. 307 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:27,800 You see, it's like that call ways. 308 00:15:28,100 --> 00:15:30,200 It could be Wednesday, Friday. I'm assuming it's gonna be one 309 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,200 of those two Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday. 310 00:15:32,300 --> 00:15:33,700 I'm assuming, they'll confirm that. 311 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:36,400 Night some point, right? And then, you know, like you 312 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,900 don't want to get too far ahead. Although we can do that because, 313 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,600 you know, I was always love it. When podcasts are like, well, we 314 00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:42,900 know we don't look too far ahead. 315 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:44,400 He's like, guys, you're not in the locker room. 316 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,900 You're talking about basketball, just go ahead and get ahead of 317 00:15:46,908 --> 00:15:48,300 yourselves. So we're going to go ahead and 318 00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:51,000 get ahead of ourselves. If Indiana were to be Wyoming. 319 00:15:51,300 --> 00:15:52,900 I really like that match up with st. 320 00:15:52,900 --> 00:15:57,900 Mary's to the fact of the matter is, this is another game where 321 00:15:57,900 --> 00:16:01,200 you go to the has a mess, Haslem metrics website. 322 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:07,100 Sorry, and it's a game in. Indiana is right there in 323 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:10,300 competition with like after after the events of today. 324 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:16,000 It's almost a dead heat. It's basically a 6261 game and 325 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,700 you know, st. Mary's again, another team that 326 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:21,900 is their impressive but they're mostly impressive on the 327 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:26,100 defensive end. They do not have a particularly 328 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:29,700 great offense. You look at most of their games, 329 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:33,700 they play a really slow tempo. We're talking like, Wisconsin. 330 00:16:33,900 --> 00:16:38,600 Justin Virginia level slow tempo, and again, another team 331 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:43,500 that doesn't have a tremendously exciting overall resume. 332 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:49,600 Yes, they beat Gonzaga at home. They beat Oregon in order to aim 333 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,400 on neutral floors. I mean Indiana's obviously, done 334 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:55,600 the latter. They want at Utah State, it's, 335 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,000 you know, so it's a it's a good team and it's a more experienced 336 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,300 team. They've got four seniors that 337 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:04,599 get a significant number of minutes on That roster. 338 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,000 But again, if you're going to draw up an opponent for Indiana 339 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,200 to play in a 512 game, st. Mary's would would have been 340 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,500 probably the one I would have wanted to play out of all the 341 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:16,700 potential five seeds. Just because, again, not a team 342 00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:18,900 that's going to out Talent you and a team. 343 00:17:18,900 --> 00:17:22,500 I think that Indiana, and their specific types of things that 344 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:25,099 they do matches up pretty well against them. 345 00:17:25,099 --> 00:17:27,400 As far as, you know, what you would want to get out of a 346 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,000 tournament game, like there. They do have some size. 347 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,400 But no more than say like a Purdue does and probably not 348 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,900 nearly as Activists Purdue does. Yeah. 349 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:39,700 And then just, you know, on my brand getting super far ahead, 350 00:17:39,700 --> 00:17:44,000 if you look at Akron UCLA as the matchup after that, would mean 351 00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:46,900 besides the fact that you know, hope filled apparel just 352 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:49,700 released UCLA stuff, like everyone take a breath like buy 353 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:53,300 it, but maybe hold it and don't wear it until after Sunday. 354 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,200 As I was just talking about the last part of it. 355 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,800 I was great stuff and then we have no, no, really animosity of 356 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,600 UCLA. Now we do, what are your 357 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,300 thoughts on the me? I'm just looking at their 358 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:03,700 numbers. You like 10, 10? 359 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,200 In the net rank for 3 against top 25 teams. 360 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,700 Well averaging 76 points a game. It's like, does that? 361 00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:13,400 That looks a little bit but I want you to the four line, any 362 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,000 of those teams are tough. I'm not excited about UCLA. 363 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,900 That's a, that's a I mean, I'm not excited about having to play 364 00:18:18,900 --> 00:18:20,700 UCLA. That's a really good team. 365 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:22,800 That's, that's a team with a lot of talent. 366 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:29,600 It's a team that is is athletic and long and you know, really 367 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,400 varied in terms of what they do. They're very good offensively. 368 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:36,900 They're very good defensively. You know, the one question I 369 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:41,400 would have about them that I think will be interesting, is 370 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:45,000 you know, how are they going to fare in a good game away from 371 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,700 home? Because they just don't have 372 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:48,200 that many of those on their resume. 373 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:54,100 I mean, they lost, really, I would say probably all four of 374 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:59,000 the road games against really good competition or all three, I 375 00:18:59,008 --> 00:19:02,800 guess in, in the Pac-12. They know they've got some good 376 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,200 scalps on their resume. They Going over early on, in the 377 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:06,600 season. They won at Marquette. 378 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:13,600 They beat Arizona at home, but that's that's gonna be a tough 379 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:14,800 one. It's interesting though, because 380 00:19:14,808 --> 00:19:18,300 I just I don't think I lost you there for a second. 381 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:23,300 Scott, you're back again. I don't think that it's a bridge 382 00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:25,300 too far for this. Indiana team, the way that 383 00:19:25,300 --> 00:19:28,700 they're playing right now. And again, I think it'll just be 384 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:32,600 interesting to see how it plays out, but I don't hate the draw 385 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,800 overall for Anna. I mean, I think that all things 386 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:41,400 considered what you're looking at here is it's weird to think. 387 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,900 Oh, that Indiana, my place three West Coast teams or Western. 388 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,300 I know. Wyoming's. 389 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:48,700 Not on the west coast there in the Mountain Time Zone, but you 390 00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:50,400 know, more or less than here. Yeah. 391 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:53,100 Sometimes on anything west of the Mississippi, might as well 392 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:57,600 be, you know, next to the Pacific Ocean, but it, I think 393 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,300 all three of the teams that Indiana could potentially be 394 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:02,100 playing. Here are all teams. 395 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:04,900 Indiana can compete with, like there's They haven't seen 396 00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:09,000 already better from any of those teams in the Big Ten and now, 397 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,200 it's just a matter of how does this Indiana team adapt to the 398 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,500 travel to the, you know, the Newfound pressure, although I 399 00:20:16,508 --> 00:20:18,800 don't know how much pressure there is in terms of being a 400 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,900 playing game team, essentially, anything after the first game is 401 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:24,300 going to be considered kind of gravy. 402 00:20:24,300 --> 00:20:25,800 So maybe that ends up helping Indiana. 403 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,400 I'm not sure. But yeah, overall I like this. 404 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:33,200 I like where Indiana's at and one would hope that they'll be 405 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,100 able to take. Take this and utilize it in a 406 00:20:35,108 --> 00:20:36,700 way that's going to be positive for them. 407 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:40,200 We've already got some players Xavier Johnson, just just 408 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:43,300 tweeted something along the lines of they'll pay for this in 409 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:47,000 response to where Indiana got put in the field, which that's 410 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,800 tremendous. That's exactly the attitude we 411 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,900 want. And I'd like to note the playing 412 00:20:51,900 --> 00:20:53,900 game is not such an awful place to be. 413 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,600 You know, we've seen, we saw UCLA last year, come out of the 414 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,600 play-in game and make it to the final four. 415 00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:03,800 We saw VCU do this a decade ago, I think. 416 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,500 Iowa from not mistaken was in the play-in game and got to the 417 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:09,500 Sweet 16 one year. So, you know, I've had some 418 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:12,600 people texting me saying all they should you know decline the 419 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:15,700 bid this is embarrassing. It's like it's what that's all 420 00:21:15,900 --> 00:21:18,800 wild grapes everybody. Let's remember who we are and 421 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,200 where we are. But on the other hand, on the 422 00:21:20,208 --> 00:21:23,200 other side of things you're in the tournament, you have an 423 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:27,300 extra game to play and you're playing in your first game. 424 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:31,700 I think a demonstrable weaker team than you that if you come 425 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:33,400 in and play and you don't take them for granted. 426 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,200 I mean you're To play hard, you're going to have to take 427 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,400 them seriously, but if you come out and do that now you have the 428 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:42,400 advantage of getting some juice back in your legs. 429 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 And being like, okay. We just, we won this game. 430 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,600 We got to go win another game. I like for this particular IU 431 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,500 team, the way that they responded in the Big Ten 432 00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:52,600 Tournament. I like what that potential 433 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,600 attitudinal adjustment might do for them. 434 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:56,900 Last time. We were one, see we played in 435 00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:58,500 Dayton and that's how close the spot is. 436 00:21:58,500 --> 00:22:02,600 Like, it's going to be 90 10 Dayton to Wyoming fans. 437 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,200 I Just say for any but part of the reason I dropped, I hit the 438 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,500 wrong button on my browser. But part of anybody's looking to 439 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:13,100 go to Portland, slim picket on flights on Southwest. 440 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:16,700 Just letting you know, it looks very there's no flight back on 441 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:18,900 Sunday. So this is the, is it we call 442 00:22:18,900 --> 00:22:21,500 this the Foster Farms Bowl syndrome, right? 443 00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:23,400 Well, yeah. And I'm looking at Eugene, 444 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:27,000 Eugene is not ideal either. So getting there, at least for 445 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,500 me on Southwest is going to be tough. 446 00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:32,800 I might just go to Dayton instead, and then root of far to 447 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,200 say, if anybody goes to Dayton and then drives to Portland. 448 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,400 We will have you on as it? Yes. 449 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:39,700 Yes. Yes. 450 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:42,200 We will absolutely bring you on in that circumstance. 451 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:45,700 Hopefully, while you're driving, I think that would be ideal. 452 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,500 I do think the j-horror. He's probably already doing it. 453 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:51,300 Like he's probably this is so very likely. 454 00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:54,500 I would say, you know, Indiana is going to play the late game 455 00:22:54,600 --> 00:23:00,000 on Tuesday, and then that would lead them to playing probably 456 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,300 the last game on Thursday, if they win on Tuesday. 457 00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:07,700 And so I will say this, I think the this is one of things I hate 458 00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:09,700 about the selection committee. You got a lot of different 459 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:11,300 spots. You can put those playing games 460 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:14,800 to stick both the at-large playing games in situations, 461 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,500 where they got to play in Dayton and then fly to the West Coast, 462 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:20,300 because one of them is in Portland, that's the Indiana, 463 00:23:20,300 --> 00:23:22,700 Wyoming, when and Notre Dame Rutgers is routing into San 464 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:25,300 Diego. I mean, it's like, what what are 465 00:23:25,300 --> 00:23:27,400 we doing here? This is like, there were so many 466 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,200 other sites that you could have sent them to Buffalo, Pittsburgh 467 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:35,400 Milwaukee, new Mill, Fort Worth just a lot of Travel but you'll 468 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,300 get a Michigan has no no. The the Iowa State Iowa. 469 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:40,300 State's have a walkie. Like why couldn't you just flip 470 00:23:40,300 --> 00:23:42,900 Iowa State put them in Portland right? 471 00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:44,700 Their first game because it's going to be a trip for them to 472 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:47,800 get there and then let us do like datin to Milwaukee. 473 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,400 That's a like you're already on a thing. 474 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:53,800 If you're the last game on Thursday on sorry, on Tuesday 475 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,600 night. You can't just get on a red-eye 476 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,400 and fly to Portland. If your eye you like you 477 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,700 probably fly out first thing Wednesday morning. 478 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:03,200 It's just it's a there's no good answer getting there. 479 00:24:03,500 --> 00:24:06,400 Yeah. So I did want to kind of follow 480 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,100 up on this. So just just to just to clarify 481 00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:13,100 for everybody, according to the official seed list. 482 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,100 Indiana was not the last team in, but Indiana was the second 483 00:24:17,100 --> 00:24:20,400 to last team in which again, I think is wild. 484 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,600 Here's here's how it broke down from a seating perspective. 485 00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:29,500 So, going from the bottom of the at large pool up in order to aim 486 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:35,000 was 47, this can't be right because they've Virginia Tech at 487 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:41,600 46 and then, Indiana 45, Rutgers, 44, Wyoming, 43, 488 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:48,600 Michigan, 42, you know, I guess this is, this is where the NCAA 489 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,900 selection committee. Does some odd things sometimes? 490 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:54,700 Because according to this, Indiana should absolutely be an 491 00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:56,900 11 seed. So, I think our, our original 492 00:24:56,900 --> 00:24:59,600 idea was correct. So they ended up actually. 493 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,300 Just shoving. Indiana down a seed line for no 494 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:03,500 particular. Good reason. 495 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:09,700 And yeah, and again, I think my intuition was correct. 496 00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:11,600 It was supposed to be Indiana, Notre Dame. 497 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,400 So for they elevated in order Dame and drop Wyoming down 498 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,500 because they couldn't Elevate Indiana to play against run. 499 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:21,700 The we beat Notre Dame on a neutral site. 500 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,900 And so, you end up with a, the, the roll out here. 501 00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:30,000 I'll me at large is was Davidson, Iowa, State, Michigan, 502 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,900 Wyoming Rutgers, Indiana Notre Dame and I defy any of you who, 503 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:38,600 Bracketology plug those into your list and try to have it, 504 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,200 make any sense whatsoever. And I promise you that it won't. 505 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:45,900 But anyway, I think that that's that's really the main things to 506 00:25:45,908 --> 00:25:47,500 talk about here. We didn't want to go too long. 507 00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:50,800 Scott's got to eat dinner, but Scott overall. 508 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,200 You know, Indiana back again, back in the field. 509 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,600 Anybody who says, we can we turn down a bit as like that's that's 510 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,200 Bonkers. Like, that is, that is nuts. 511 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:03,200 Do I have another quote? I mean, I'll talk for a sec 512 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,200 later questions on Twitter want to get to those? 513 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:09,000 But no, it's we're back in like this is the way you want to be 514 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,000 in. And by the way, this is not like 515 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,000 the first four when it was, you know, five ten years ago when it 516 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,400 first started like this is part of the tournament now, you know, 517 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,000 you're in the tournament, it counts as a tournament win. 518 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,000 It may not feel as much. Just like the Thursday Friday 519 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,800 games, but you can still get there like get away in get 520 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,200 there. And then you have a tournament 521 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:33,200 win and I you know, I like the idea of this team now having a 522 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,000 real chip on their shoulder and honestly, they seem to play a 523 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,200 little bit better with that there. 524 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,000 They went into, they went into India, obviously, with something 525 00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:44,600 and, you know, hopefully, they can take this and carry it over 526 00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:48,500 and, you know, we'll see you. But yes, and you're in the 527 00:26:48,508 --> 00:26:50,000 tournament. This is what you want to do when 528 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,600 it comes down to it. It's not Like we remember. 529 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,200 Oh, like they were, you know, three years ago, who were the 530 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,000 teams in the playing game? Do they really count? 531 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,700 Like there? They were in the tournament this 532 00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:01,100 Council tournament if Woodson makes it next year, as a one 533 00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:03,100 seed. He's now has made a tournament 534 00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:05,500 two years in a row. Like this is the first year of 535 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:08,500 hopefully, a long streak and this year counts and no one is 536 00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:10,800 going to look at an asterisk of like, well, that was a play in 537 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,400 year. You know, we're in. 538 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,400 That was the goal. You made it. 539 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:17,300 And like you said, now, let's just go win some games. 540 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:19,700 Like, you win two games and no one's going to remember, like, 541 00:27:19,700 --> 00:27:21,300 oh, the play-in game, we shouldn't have done that. 542 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,200 Got a question from Steve Rocco here. 543 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,900 Does playing in Dayton allow the team to maintain momentum. 544 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,400 I think to some degree. Perhaps. 545 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,800 I mean, I'm not sure if it would have mattered that much but you 546 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,900 always like to have a little bit of extra rest, especially since 547 00:27:36,900 --> 00:27:40,900 you got to play an extra game now, you know, but I do think 548 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:46,900 that I you comes out of the overall experience playing as 549 00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:49,500 well as they did in the Big Ten Tournament kind of getting 550 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:51,300 screwed a little bit here in the draw. 551 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:54,100 Or being able to turn around, have a couple of good days of 552 00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:58,100 practice, probably starting like tonight, maybe and then getting 553 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,700 on a bus or a private plane and heading over to Dayton and being 554 00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:05,200 able to do everything out there. You know, I think all those 555 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,200 things combined. Yeah, probably do lead to 556 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,700 Indiana, maybe being able to maintain momentum a bit more, 557 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:15,500 maybe more so than Wyoming who of course, lost to Boise State 558 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,000 in the Mountain, West Conference tournament and that game 559 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,800 happened on Friday. So, you know, they've Cooling. 560 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,400 Their heels for an extra day. Why am I didn't have much 561 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,900 momentum also coming into this like, you know, they've lost 562 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,300 what, five of their last nine, and they've lost three of their 563 00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:35,700 last five. And, you know, and one of those 564 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:38,600 games was an overtime win against Fresno State and the 565 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,900 other one was a three-point win on a neutral floor. 566 00:28:40,900 --> 00:28:43,500 Was it wasn't technically neutral because it was against 567 00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:46,600 UNLV in Las Vegas. So I do think Indiana comes in 568 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,000 with more momentum and I do think playing earlier might end 569 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,800 up helping them to capitalize on that a bit more but But as 570 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,400 always, we'll have to see how things play out. 571 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,200 And exactly what, you know how Indiana responds. 572 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,300 Like, there's been times when Indiana, we thought had a lot of 573 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:03,800 momentum and was going to be able to Galvanize themselves and 574 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,100 then just didn't happen. So, in this case, I am curious 575 00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:09,700 to see what occurs with the Hoosiers on this from, but 576 00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:11,700 overall. I think the scenario is a 577 00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:14,100 positive one. Last thing. 578 00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:17,500 I want to say, just no matter how this tournament run goes, 579 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,300 you know, this this kind of this chip on the shoulder thing and 580 00:29:20,308 --> 00:29:23,800 you'll momentum. I do hope that this does take 581 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,900 this team into next season because, you know, in the end 582 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:29,400 they have no one to blame but themselves are kind of being in 583 00:29:29,408 --> 00:29:31,000 this spot where. Yeah, they kind of got. 584 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,500 They didn't get the best seed they could have gotten but you 585 00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:35,500 be, you know, you beat Northwestern, you win one of 586 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:37,300 those Wisconsin games. You be truckers. 587 00:29:37,900 --> 00:29:40,500 We're not having this discussion where it were an eight seed. 588 00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:44,300 And so I do hope that this, you know, across the board from the, 589 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,200 you know, athletic department to the coaching staff, the players, 590 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,300 like the athletic department in the coaching staff realized. 591 00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:53,000 Like, we can't have a Frank non-conference schedule next 592 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,500 year that has to change. And then from the players like 593 00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:58,400 look this like this starts from day one and every game is 594 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,400 important. We can't take the brake off like 595 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:01,500 that. Intensity you saw in the 596 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:04,100 tournament. I do hope that this does roll 597 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:07,100 over to next season where we start off hot and you get kind 598 00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:11,000 of guys like Xavier Johnson, them coming back and you again. 599 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,100 This is where you instill in this team, like look, we can't F 600 00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:16,500 around like this is this is what ends up getting a screwed in 601 00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:18,100 March. We can't F around the November. 602 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:20,400 December January. We got a schedule better. 603 00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:23,100 We got to win those games. We can't take games off if we're 604 00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:25,000 up by 15. We got a slit their throat 605 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,800 because I remember what happened six months ago. 606 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,700 We didn't do that and then we got job by the term. 607 00:30:28,700 --> 00:30:32,900 It's like, I do think this is a moment that could push forward a 608 00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:36,000 lot of good things even toward next year. 609 00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:38,000 Yeah. No, I think all of that is 610 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,500 correct. And one of those things that 611 00:30:41,900 --> 00:30:45,400 this is a necessary step perhaps in trying to build a program up. 612 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,700 Yes. And look, I mean, ultimately, 613 00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:50,600 the gamble paid off? They played as a soft schedule 614 00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:53,100 with the That was going to bring them together enough that they 615 00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:56,900 would be able to make up for it in the Big Ten and make the NCAA 616 00:30:56,900 --> 00:30:58,100 tournament. Well, guess what? 617 00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:02,300 That all happened. And so now you got to build off 618 00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:03,800 of this. And even if they go out in the 619 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:08,300 first game against Wyoming, they can at least say we've been 620 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:10,300 there, they can have the experience, and they've got 621 00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:14,600 something to build on going into next season, and I do think that 622 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,800 that is important for the trajectory of the program. 623 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:21,300 So anyway, we are going to go ahead. 624 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,600 And sign off and we're going to leave it to our friends over at 625 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,200 assembly call. They've got a big show tonight 626 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,700 that you should all watch, probably around 9:00. 627 00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:34,100 We will have not just the men's draw information, but the 628 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:37,300 woman's draw information. Very strong chance that the IU 629 00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:42,000 Women's Basketball team is going to be hosting either as a four 630 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,500 seed, maybe a three seed, if things break just right. 631 00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:47,700 And so, they'll have all the info on all of those matchups. 632 00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:51,300 They'll have a much deeper, dive into Indiana's. 633 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,800 Up versus Wyoming. I'm certain that Ryan Phillips 634 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,900 has a lot of things to say on that front that you'll want to 635 00:31:56,900 --> 00:32:00,300 hear. And so be sure to check them out 636 00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:05,100 Scott and I will be somewhat quiet here over the next few 637 00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:08,900 days is we've got some vacation plans, not together, my God. 638 00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:11,100 No, but yeah. Hey Shania might be going to 639 00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:14,900 Dayton. So will I see but but will will 640 00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:18,800 pop in occasionally to talk about what's going on with this 641 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,800 IU team. And hopefully, you know, if 642 00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:23,300 things go On Tuesday, we might really get a podcast and on 643 00:32:23,300 --> 00:32:26,400 Wednesday or Thursday morning to talk more about things. 644 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,900 So stick with us on that front. We Appreciate You tuning in 645 00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:33,400 again, Indiana in the 12 seed, playing game is they take on the 646 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,200 Wyoming Cowboys and Dayton time to be determined. 647 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,300 We should find out soon. Hopefully, you all have a great 648 00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:41,900 time and enjoy this. Like, don't worry about the 649 00:32:41,900 --> 00:32:43,300 seating. Don't worry about the location. 650 00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:44,000 Enjoy. The fact. 651 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,700 Indiana is in the NCAA tournament. 652 00:32:45,700 --> 00:32:47,700 It's been far too long. Any final thoughts? 653 00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:49,300 Got no. No. 654 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:51,200 I just I'm throwing my hands up. Like I know what this is. 655 00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:55,400 Not easy to coordinate but it's like you're you're a two billion 656 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:58,700 dollar product. You have a national TV show. 657 00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:02,100 Like can you have the dates and times ready to go? 658 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:03,500 Like, just watch the show back an hour? 659 00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:06,300 Like it's wild. It's been the brackets been out 660 00:33:06,300 --> 00:33:08,500 for over an hour and we still don't really know what day or 661 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:10,500 time we're playing. Like again. 662 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:14,100 I'm not saying this is easy. But I also if you gave me two 663 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,400 billion dollars of Revenue, I could probably figure out how to 664 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,400 get it all done on a timely manner. 665 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,500 It'd be nice. Be nice. 666 00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:25,200 Maybe just push it back a half hour. 667 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,100 Like if it's that hard to hit the six o'clock. 668 00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:29,500 They just go to 7:00. 7:00 is fine. 669 00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:32,200 Like take the extra time. Like do some calculus. 670 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:33,000 I don't know. Whatever. 671 00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:35,100 Anyway, thanks. Scott is always in. 672 00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:36,700 Thanks to all you folks for joining us as well. 673 00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:39,800 We got this in under 30 minutes. That might be the biggest upset 674 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:59,000 of the entire weekend. Bring back the Bison. 675 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,100 So long, everybody.