1 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:09,900 You're listening to the back home network, presented by home 2 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:22,200 field apparel. Welcome back to Crimson Cascade, 3 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,200 one clabby. Oh, joining you, once again the 4 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:29,900 25th of March or almost done with March hard to believe as we 5 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:33,200 steamroll here in April, but we got some basketball left to play 6 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:39,000 in the Indiana University. Universe as the IU Women's 7 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Basketball team has a huge game potentially program trajectory 8 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:49,400 altering game coming up on Saturday. 2:00 is they'll take 9 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,800 on the UConn Huskies in For Connecticut in the sweet 16. 10 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:56,900 And I know that there's a lot of people in Hoosier Nation out 11 00:00:56,900 --> 00:00:58,400 there that are really excited about this game. 12 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,700 And for good reason, of course, Indiana went to the Sweet 16 13 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:06,800 last year and one, they got all the way to the elite eight. 14 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,800 They end up coming up just short there. 15 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,100 This is a program that is hungry for their first final four. 16 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:16,300 It's a program that got to host first and second round games for 17 00:01:16,300 --> 00:01:19,600 the first time ever. And, you know, certainly just a 18 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,200 lot of accomplishments. It's from this particular group 19 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,600 of women and from head coach, Terry Morin. 20 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,400 We're going to talk about it. We've got a couple of reporters 21 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:32,100 on scene that are going to give us their feedback on what's 22 00:01:32,100 --> 00:01:35,100 going on with this IU team. What we saw earlier this week as 23 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:38,400 they knocked off, Princeton to book a ticket to the Sweet 16 24 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:42,900 and what they expect out of this game coming up on Saturday as 25 00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:45,500 the Hoosiers, take on the UConn Huskies. 26 00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:47,800 First of all, wanted to remind you all that. 27 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:51,700 Crimson cast is a part of the back home network and our 28 00:01:51,700 --> 00:01:54,100 presenting sponsor on the back home network is home-field 29 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:58,900 apparel your place to go for the most stylish, the softest, the 30 00:01:58,900 --> 00:02:03,300 most retro but also sneakily modern College apparel that you 31 00:02:03,300 --> 00:02:05,300 can find out. They're the folks up at home 32 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:07,300 field. Apparel have been pumping out 33 00:02:07,300 --> 00:02:10,199 some incredible stuff. 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Sweet. 16 matchup. 56 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:26,900 And joining us on Crimson cast, we got Matt Cohen back again, 57 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:29,000 different role. As he's covering IU Women's 58 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,600 Basketball for the Indy star up in Bridgeport at, what's the 59 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,500 name of the Arena? That total mortgage Arena? 60 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:42,700 The home of the Islanders AHL team and the Westchester Knicks. 61 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,600 I think. So clearly an arena of 62 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,900 Champions, you know, the I mean, maybe for the Islanders. 63 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:59,100 Well, Not since I was like three, but anyway, Matt made the 64 00:03:59,108 --> 00:04:01,600 trip out to Bridgeport yesterday to cover any and women's 65 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,000 basketball as they take on Yukon in the sweet 16 of the 66 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,900 Bridgeport Regional. Matt. 67 00:04:06,900 --> 00:04:11,300 Let's start with your Transit. How was the the flight and how 68 00:04:11,300 --> 00:04:13,600 is lovely Connecticut been so far the last couple of days. 69 00:04:13,900 --> 00:04:18,100 So yesterday we got in and in very good Northeastern fashion. 70 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:21,200 It was cold raining and foggy and it was great. 71 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:25,100 Our so weak. We flew Louisville to Baltimore. 72 00:04:25,100 --> 00:04:27,200 So got to go a pit-stop home very quickly. 73 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,700 And then we flew from Baltimore to Hartford. 74 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:33,300 And the entire wave of Baltimore to Hartford. 75 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:35,600 We were in clouds, like we never saw anything. 76 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,800 It was clouds formula. We took off and it was another 77 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:44,400 two super long flight, but we got to Hartford after a very 78 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:49,000 weird layover in Baltimore. So, I am a flight tracker guy 79 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:52,700 and I looked at where our plane was kinda close. 80 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,700 I'm from Sarasota and then they changed our route at the last 81 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:59,600 moment to then be on a plane coming from Jamaica. 82 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,500 So they may people get off the plane from Sarasota that we're 83 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:06,400 continuing on Hartford and it has to come down to a different 84 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,000 gate and a different terminal to get on our plan because they've 85 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,300 they rerouted it all for God Knows Why. 86 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,200 And then they then had have those people line up separate 87 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,500 because they were supposed to be already on the plane, but they 88 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:20,000 weren't because there's a new airplane now and then they had 89 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,300 to then take the Jamaica Plain from the International 90 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:24,200 Tournament. No, and drive it around to the 91 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,800 be terminal. It was a mess. 92 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,100 I mean, it's not as bad as a costume. 93 00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:36,100 It's catching on fire. But yes, anyway, so let's talk a 94 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:38,300 little about this Indiana women's team and what happened 95 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:40,600 last weekend or last week really? 96 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,200 I guess because it the game was on Monday, but they knock off 97 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:48,600 Princeton in a close game and under seeded Princeton team that 98 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,100 knocked off, Kentucky, who was the six-seat, obviously the 99 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:53,600 Hoosiers. Struggled as Might expect them 100 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,500 to against a pretty good team, but they managed to Prevail in 101 00:05:57,500 --> 00:05:59,700 that. What were your overall takeaways 102 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:02,900 from that game? I think that game was the I 103 00:06:02,900 --> 00:06:06,400 guess the best reason of why Terry Moore and a talker so on. 104 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,200 But why they wanted to host? If that game wasn't an assembly 105 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:10,700 hall. I don't think I, you went back 106 00:06:10,700 --> 00:06:15,000 in that crowd was one of the best women's crowds. 107 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,200 I've seen at the school and I wasn't here for the wnit, but at 108 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,500 least in my four years here, that was easily the best crowd, 109 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:24,000 think it. The third largest ever. 110 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:27,900 And and they really showed why are you wanted to host? 111 00:06:27,900 --> 00:06:30,700 They quite took advantage of it because they needed it. 112 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,900 I think that then continue to get show a little more of 113 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:35,600 Mackenzie homes looking like MacKenzie homes. 114 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,400 Again, Grace Burger really fully continuing to emerge. 115 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,800 As the I use go-to player and a clutch spot, hitting it was the 116 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,200 exact same play that. She hid what wound up being kind 117 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,100 of the game-winning way up. So to speak. 118 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:50,900 I think there were two Alexa goal by free throws after work 119 00:06:50,900 --> 00:06:54,200 like that was to keep quiet. Was the exact same play that 120 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,800 they ran against Purdue when I needed a bucket at the very last 121 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,400 moment to send the game to ultimately, over time. 122 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:04,800 It was a little bit different because I think Burger had the 123 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,300 ability to spin inside against Princeton. 124 00:07:07,300 --> 00:07:09,400 Where is it? Was a, she had to go turn around 125 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,000 and kind of hit a floater, but it was the exact same way. 126 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,900 I think they found something that works. 127 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:17,500 I found a player that works. So they're back in the sweet 16, 128 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:19,500 second straight year. So somewhere where I you 129 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:22,700 expected to be somewhere the / expected to be there. 130 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,100 Goals, they've been very vocal about this. 131 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:27,800 The goal is the final four. They went to the elite eight 132 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,800 last year. And now you got probably the 133 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,600 toughest Regional to get to the file for here of the whole 134 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,400 bracket. They come in with momentum. 135 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:40,500 Now, having one well with having the four games in four days in 136 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:43,000 Indianapolis, ultimately ending in the Big Ten Championship 137 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,900 loss, but they gave him a lot of confidence that have been 138 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:48,100 lacking losing for the final four losing for the final five 139 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:53,000 games of the Season, then getting to, you know, one and Of 140 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,900 win over Charlotte and then one game where you just got this 141 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:00,100 incredible celebratory moment against Princeton and you and 142 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:02,900 now you're here in Connecticut at our, from stores, to play 143 00:08:02,900 --> 00:08:06,300 UConn in. What's essentially a someone's 144 00:08:06,300 --> 00:08:08,900 knocking the door behind them. This was supposed to let them 145 00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:10,800 know. I'm just going to keep talking 146 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:16,600 but the, the so I had, this is very weird to ignore. 147 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,800 They're counting on. You know, what, I just adds to 148 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,600 the ambience of total mortgage Arena that you know what that 149 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,900 is. Is that's Rising interest rates 150 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:28,900 knocking at door right now. So, you know, don't let them in 151 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:32,000 I guess my advice. No, I think a lot of good points 152 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,500 there and certainly for this Indiana team after the Swoon 153 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:40,299 they had and you know, like january-february to be able to 154 00:08:40,299 --> 00:08:44,300 kind of come back the way that they have and carry over the 155 00:08:44,300 --> 00:08:46,800 momentum that they had built in the Big Ten Tournament into the 156 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,700 NCAA first and second rounds. Anybody concerned about that 157 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:55,200 Princeton game, I think. The NCAA tournament is a 158 00:08:55,208 --> 00:08:58,700 difficult thing. It really is and we saw a lot of 159 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,700 higher seeds lose over the course of these last couple of 160 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:08,100 games that you wouldn't expect Iowa getting knocked out early 161 00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:12,000 on in the tournament and several other teams that are Tennessee, 162 00:09:12,100 --> 00:09:15,300 almost losing that game. I mean, it's been really 163 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:17,800 fascinating in women's because one of the things we're going to 164 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,200 basketball that we've heard is a complaint, is that it's not very 165 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,000 competitive, once you get the better teams in there and This 166 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,100 tournament is really demonstrated something entirely 167 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:28,400 opposite. Yeah, I think Indiana's honestly 168 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,000 really good example. It's actually something I'm 169 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,900 working on today is how there's one more parity in this sport. 170 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:37,600 Now, it's not just Yukon and Tennessee in South Carolina and 171 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,400 Maryland's. There's more, that's the NC 172 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,000 State practice going on right now. 173 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:45,800 There's there's a lot more teams now that can compete and can, 174 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,900 you know, win national championships then there's and I 175 00:09:48,900 --> 00:09:51,400 think that's really awesome for this for the sport because 176 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,300 you're seeing, you know, Yes, there are fewer upsets and 177 00:09:54,300 --> 00:09:55,700 women's basketball than men's basketball. 178 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:59,000 I don't think the sport is quite yet at a place where 15 sees 179 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,100 going to make the sweet 16, but, you know, I think that you're 180 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:05,200 seeing a significant shortening. I guess of the difference 181 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,800 between the one seeds and the ten seeds for exit. 182 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,500 For example, and that's huge because it's you've been seeing 183 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:13,700 it in viewership numbers going up, attendance numbers going up. 184 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:16,700 You know, you're here in Bridgeport, Connecticut, what 185 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:18,100 you'd like to think? Maybe you can get a little bit 186 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:21,300 of a better City draw for a sweet, 16 game and maybe 187 00:10:21,300 --> 00:10:22,600 something that comes more down the road. 188 00:10:22,700 --> 00:10:25,400 Road, but you know, I think this is really great. 189 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,600 This last weekend was great for the sport and something I'm 190 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,700 working on today is then we have a Yukon press conference coming 191 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:35,100 up in a little while. I think that's a really great 192 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:38,200 team to ask the question of, you know, how have you guys the 193 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:42,300 dynasty of this sport for so long, seeing the sport expand 194 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:44,500 now to have Indiana's and Michigan's. 195 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:48,100 And then suddenly the Big Ten is a reasonable women's basketball 196 00:10:48,100 --> 00:10:51,200 conference and it never was that it even a decade ago. 197 00:10:52,900 --> 00:10:55,200 I think you know you see all these upsets you were talking 198 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,900 about with Iowa. It's amazing how the Iowa men's 199 00:10:57,900 --> 00:10:59,700 and women's team are the exact same team. 200 00:11:02,300 --> 00:11:05,000 You know, it's but you just I think the fact that you're 201 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,200 seeing one of the cam action items telling us that was made 202 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,300 about, this is a debate of whether or not team should be 203 00:11:11,300 --> 00:11:14,800 able to host if I rolled around should be on neutral Court 204 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,500 saying. I think it's the argument. 205 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:18,600 They're being a seeing, some of these upset saying, just the 206 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,100 home court advantage, really matter. 207 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,600 I'd argue with does and I think Indiana's good. 208 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:24,800 Example of that. But at the same time for talking 209 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,300 about kind of making this tournament Equitable. 210 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:29,400 On the one hand, you will probably lose some attendance 211 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,800 numbers at least in the short term if you put it at a neutral 212 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,200 site, but that's really a good way to kind of expand, maybe the 213 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,000 markets and span who's able to actually attend this game from a 214 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,500 media standpoint to expand the game, you know, on TV and how 215 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:44,200 it's being covered because in that regard is definitely not 216 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:48,300 Equitable to the men tournament is that's a very big picture 217 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:49,600 issues. I don't think about leaving that 218 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,000 podcast. All right. 219 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,200 Well, I do think it's important for people to remember For that, 220 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,200 there were still home sites in the men's tournament as recently 221 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:01,800 as like 1985 1986 which yeah granted that was, you know, 30 222 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,900 some years ago, but that's that was 50 years after the men's 223 00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:09,100 tournament had gotten going, you know, so it is one of those 224 00:12:09,100 --> 00:12:13,300 things that gradually evolved and it is more historical than 225 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:16,200 one might think given how the NCAA handles all the other 226 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,400 championships as well, but it would be interesting to see 227 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:22,200 everything beautiful floors. Let's jump to talking about this 228 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:27,500 UConn team not as successful of the Season as you would normally 229 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:32,000 expect from a UConn team, but a lot of that was injury driven 230 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,600 their best player out for most of the season their back. 231 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:39,200 They look pretty healthy at this point and yet they really 232 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,700 struggled at home in their second round game against the 233 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:43,700 team that they probably shouldn't struggle that much 234 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:45,300 against. What's your overall, read on 235 00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:47,300 what you come brings to the table against Indiana. 236 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,500 So Yukon honestly in new taking a step back from the From that 237 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:55,100 reporter role here you cause my pick to win to win the national 238 00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:58,600 championship that that team, one healthy is the most talented 239 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,500 roster in the country and they're healthy and they haven't 240 00:13:01,500 --> 00:13:04,300 been healthy in a long time. And I think, you know, your 241 00:13:04,300 --> 00:13:06,800 Yukon, you don't really get tested a whole lot. 242 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,300 They lost the Villanova when they weren't totally healthy 243 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:14,000 UCF, game Run in what are they called that rivalry civil, 244 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,100 conflict. Whatever said, yes, we can. 245 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:23,100 Thank Bob diaco. It's like one of those if you 246 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:26,300 want to, like, talk about the worst excesses and the things 247 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:28,600 that we should be the most angry about with conference 248 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,800 realignment, the fact that UCF and you Cam have any kind of a 249 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,700 rivalry is the first thing you should point. 250 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,900 It's maybe the largest geographical rivalry. 251 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:41,400 I can I can think of but and on time more. 252 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,500 So on topic, I wonder almost if that scare against UCF on on 253 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:48,000 their home floor is a little bit of them, kind of figuring out 254 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,100 the hiccups of playing back together again. 255 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:54,300 Learning how to play. Play as a full roster and then 256 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:56,300 you come here. It's going to be all game. 257 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,200 I mean, UConn's logo is on the court. 258 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,600 The Yukon media director is the main media director for this 259 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,100 host site like it. This is as close to as you kind 260 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:07,900 of home game at, you're possibly going to get. 261 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,400 And that being said, I think it's going to be a little bit 262 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,600 more comfortable for them to come down here, certainly the 263 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:18,700 favorite team here and maybe the chance, were you kind of finally 264 00:14:18,700 --> 00:14:22,500 puts it all together if you can. And put it all together with 265 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:24,400 Talent. They have its best team in the 266 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,300 country. The question is, can they? 267 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:28,000 And how long does it mean you saw? 268 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,800 It took Indiana when they were not healthy and have to covid 269 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,300 issues. And we can see homes coming 270 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:33,700 back. It took him a few weeks to, get 271 00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:36,800 back to the book and, like, Indiana, how quickly can you 272 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:38,300 can't do that? I think that's the biggest 273 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:41,100 question for this game. And if they haven't figured out, 274 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:42,900 I don't know how much of a chance. 275 00:14:43,300 --> 00:14:46,000 I don't know how well, I use gonna do if they figure it out. 276 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,400 I would not, I would not Bank on an Indiana win. 277 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,200 If you come is able to, To figure this out, but roll if 278 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,000 what are the keys to Indiana winning? 279 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,800 I mean, you know, we obviously if you cons got everything 280 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,600 working for it. Certainly anybody in the 281 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,900 country's got that issue. But if Indiana is going to 282 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,900 Spring the upset here, what do they need to do? 283 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,800 I think it comes down to the to the post players and Mackenzie 284 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,000 homes. Yukons got great guards. 285 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,000 You're going to see probably I would guess a combination of 286 00:15:15,008 --> 00:15:19,000 both, a leap, a perk and coltrano Hillary with the very 287 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,700 difficult page page. Becker. 288 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:23,500 Sighs assignment. You kind of look at it, more of 289 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:27,000 a leap, a more of your Lockdown Defender and the cold and 290 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,800 chroniclers, just just gonna piss you off. 291 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,300 Um, and they have very different roles in that regard. 292 00:15:32,300 --> 00:15:35,300 I think together it works pretty well against opposing guards. 293 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:38,400 You could get a BE Meyers again Prince then, you know, maybe not 294 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,300 the Caitlin Court type. But this is a similar style of 295 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:45,100 play or maybe not as quite as talented as the shooter, but I 296 00:15:45,108 --> 00:15:46,500 like pepper did an incredible job. 297 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:50,300 I don't mean the first three Audi Myers made in that entire 298 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:52,100 game. Mmmmm was one to cut it to a 299 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:54,400 one-point deficit as the final buzzer sounded and it was 300 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:58,100 completely irrelevant. So if you get kind of that on 301 00:15:58,100 --> 00:16:02,200 page Becker's that will be huge. I use defense is the calling 302 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,300 card of this team, Terry Moore and we'll say that over and over 303 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:06,300 again. If they can handle the Yukon 304 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:10,300 guards, that's step one. Step two is then when inside 305 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:12,900 because I think I you can actually do that here with 306 00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:15,000 MacKenzie. Holmes is probably the best 307 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,000 forward on this floor and then Alexa gold bag who has been a 308 00:16:18,008 --> 00:16:21,200 little bit quieter recently still playing well, but I think 309 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,000 not at not quite with the same volume that she had one 310 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,100 Mackenzie homes without which makes sense. 311 00:16:26,900 --> 00:16:31,900 And but if you can get them to really, you know, control the 312 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:34,400 the interior, especially on the offensive end. 313 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,900 Just give I you multiple scoring options so that the guards 314 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:40,900 aren't so, you know, the focus of on both ends of the floor. 315 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:42,900 I think I just got a really good shot. 316 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:46,400 So Mackenzie is essentially a Mackenzie homes. 317 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,600 I think what it comes out to here is Mackenzie homes going to 318 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,600 have family coming down here. It's the ticket game for her 319 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,100 again. She's the closest to home here. 320 00:16:54,100 --> 00:16:57,200 And in front of them, against the school that was relatively 321 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,400 local and didn't recruit her. Probably. 322 00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:03,400 She probably won't admit to this or anything, but I'm sure 323 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,200 there's probably a little bit of a chip on your shoulder there. 324 00:17:06,099 --> 00:17:08,599 And, you know, that that plays out tomorrow. 325 00:17:08,599 --> 00:17:10,200 She has a big game. I think you need has got a 326 00:17:10,208 --> 00:17:12,500 really good shot. One of the thing I really 327 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:16,700 interested in is this UConn team is relatively young at least 328 00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:19,099 where they get most of their production from, you know, I 329 00:17:19,108 --> 00:17:22,700 mean Becker's is a sophomore. Two of their five leading 330 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:24,500 scorers are freshmen. Are these are really, really 331 00:17:24,500 --> 00:17:26,300 talented players. But then you look at the 332 00:17:26,300 --> 00:17:29,000 relative level of experience that this Indiana team brings 333 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,900 in. I don't know if that ends up 334 00:17:30,900 --> 00:17:33,300 counting for a whole lot. But you feel like maybe it 335 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:36,000 counts for something. Especially since Indiana had the 336 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,100 elite eight run last year. It's not like they're in the 337 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,500 sweet 16 for the first time. Yeah. 338 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:44,000 I'm and I think this is a team that they're so experienced at 339 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,200 this point. I think I saw someone I want to 340 00:17:46,208 --> 00:17:48,700 say ESPN had this that between IU starters. 341 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:50,600 I think they have 21 years of college. 342 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:54,600 Boy experience, that's a ton and especially in this era of 343 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,200 college basketball and I speak mostly this like these covid 344 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:58,900 years or you have so many old themes. 345 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:02,100 Yukon is not that now. Do some of these players have 346 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:04,600 final four runs from you know, last year. 347 00:18:04,900 --> 00:18:07,900 Yeah they do but there's also a lot of freshmen on the scene 348 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:10,500 that we're big contributors and you know, that's what you're 349 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:12,900 seeing more on the men's side. So to speak in the end, the last 350 00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:15,300 decade or so, or you have some of these freshmen played in 351 00:18:15,300 --> 00:18:17,800 teams and sometimes they're just so talented that the you 352 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,200 experience doesn't actually matter and sometimes It really 353 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,300 does. And UConn hasn't really had to 354 00:18:24,300 --> 00:18:28,600 play a team quite of Indiana caliber and a long time and 355 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,100 certainly not fully healthy. It does that experience, which 356 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:34,300 is clearly favoring Indiana matter. 357 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,800 Probably, especially when in a rotating. 358 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,800 So, to speak for Indiana. I think that actually going to 359 00:18:39,808 --> 00:18:42,500 be a huge huge Factor here because they've all they've all 360 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:44,900 been there. They've, I mean, they've already 361 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,200 not like they're not tested. They played a really tough, big 362 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,600 big 10. This was always the talk in the 363 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:50,600 non-conference to you. Why? 364 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:52,900 They scheduled so difficult because this game was going to 365 00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:55,100 come. Whether it was UConn or Baylor, 366 00:18:55,100 --> 00:18:58,300 or South Carolina or Stanford, or whoever this game was going 367 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:00,000 to come. And that's why they play 368 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,200 Stanford. And they played NC State, which 369 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,600 is in this building right now. To, they were preparing for a 370 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,300 game like this, their experience. 371 00:19:07,300 --> 00:19:10,400 They played in a really tough conference if any team is ready 372 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,500 for UConn, it is Indiana, but we'll see what happens. 373 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:17,800 It's going to be a fascinating matchup 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, 374 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,900 if you're listening to this on Friday, which is when we're 375 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:23,000 recording it now. I don't know what the food 376 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,600 situation is like, in Bridgeport. 377 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,800 I'm assuming that there's good pizza because it's Connecticut. 378 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,800 So seek that out. And the thing is, we did have 379 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,200 dominoes last night, which I'm not really proud of. 380 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,300 We got to the hotel at about 10:00 and Domino's, the only 381 00:19:37,300 --> 00:19:40,800 thing open, it was not enough food because we ordered one 382 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,200 pizza extra large. They get, they get it for four. 383 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,400 People was not to end up at Walgreens at midnight. 384 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:50,500 It's it was, it was a scene, but but, but the moral of the story 385 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:52,000 is You will get better pizza tonight. 386 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,800 I think. Yeah, that's the you gotta get 387 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,100 that taste wash out of your mouth completely. 388 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:59,500 So go take care of that and enjoy. 389 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,000 I know you got practices to go to and so for this afternoon's 390 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,800 and press conferences. So enjoy that, and we'll look 391 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:09,500 forward to hearing from you in the Indy star and on Twitter as 392 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:12,200 you cover this game, and hopefully another one coming up 393 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,200 on Monday. And thank you so much for having 394 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:19,100 me. I will enjoy the ham sandwich of 395 00:20:19,100 --> 00:20:22,700 media Food and Pizza. And NC State Wolfpack, practice. 396 00:20:23,300 --> 00:20:25,800 There's nothing quite like it that code from the Indy start 397 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:26,800 joining us. Thanks Matt. 398 00:20:26,900 --> 00:20:32,200 Have a good time out there. And joining us now from 399 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,800 Bridgeport. Also, we've got Amanda Foster 400 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,400 joining us from the Indiana Daily student. 401 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 How you doing? I'm good. 402 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,700 It's been a long day. I'm tired, but I'm very excited. 403 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,400 It's been a really fun day. Yeah, which is good. 404 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,600 You know, you always take that. So this is always interesting 405 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,700 these days before the start of a sweet 16. 406 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:54,900 A to get the press conferences, you get to watch a little bit of 407 00:20:54,900 --> 00:20:57,600 practice and it has kind of get the Ambiance of things. 408 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,500 You've been there for most of the day. 409 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,200 You heard from Yukon, you heard from IU. 410 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,100 Let's start with UConn first and foremost. 411 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:07,300 We saw some quotes from Geno, auriemma on Twitter earlier. 412 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,000 What did you glean from that press conference and just kind 413 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,500 of in general. What's the atmosphere around 414 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:14,500 that team? Yeah, I would say which is 415 00:21:14,500 --> 00:21:16,400 something I was kind of surprised to see. 416 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,300 I thought that they would be and you know, would be more 417 00:21:19,300 --> 00:21:20,500 confident and the press conference. 418 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:22,600 I'm not, I don't know why it was kind of just my own thought, 419 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,700 like the way watching him Coach. It seems like that would be 420 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:27,500 something that they would exude, but he was, he was very, I don't 421 00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:29,900 want to say relaxed. But, you know, there was a 422 00:21:29,908 --> 00:21:32,200 quote. Quote that was put out that he 423 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,100 said that he wouldn't be surprised if Indiana won at all, 424 00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:38,300 which obviously implies that then they would be Yukon which I 425 00:21:38,308 --> 00:21:40,000 was just surprised to hear him say something like that. 426 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Like he was praising them and saying that they deserve 427 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,600 respect, but I was like, that's an interesting thing to say that 428 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:48,400 they before you play a team. He didn't talk much about 429 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,800 Indiana in terms of like scouting Indian military more 430 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,600 than her players did. But he didn't, he kind of kept 431 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,000 to like the broader scope of thing of things. 432 00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:59,300 He talked about what his own players need to do that that as 433 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:01,300 he fled needs. You know, do what she did 434 00:22:01,300 --> 00:22:05,300 against UCF in the end of that game, do it, the whole game, how 435 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:06,600 they need to produce things like that. 436 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,600 I think he, I think they're feeling good. 437 00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:12,800 Like, you know, they were not didn't say that like outright 438 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:14,900 but I think he's confident in his team. 439 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:18,000 He knows that they can do it. They've struggled in games 440 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,500 before, which has prepared them for the possibility of 441 00:22:21,508 --> 00:22:23,300 struggling against Indiana, which they talked about was 442 00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:26,200 something that they didn't have last year and then they ended up 443 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,100 losing to Arizona and so they didn't really have that 444 00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:30,800 experience in this year. They have the Variants of being 445 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,400 in tough games like that. I think is kind of the biggest 446 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:34,800 thing that they talked about. Yeah. 447 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,400 It's interesting. I've seen this from Gino and 448 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,500 from other coaches, like Gina bob Knight used to do this a lot 449 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:43,900 where you spend most of the press conference like talking 450 00:22:43,900 --> 00:22:46,100 about how good the other team is and things like that. 451 00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:48,800 It, it's an interesting psychological Ploy sometimes 452 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,800 because it's like a, let's butter up the opposition and 453 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,500 make them feel good. And it look, it's High. 454 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:54,800 Praise coming from a guy like Geno, auriemma. 455 00:22:55,700 --> 00:22:58,500 So are you Terry Moore and just just got done with her press 456 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:00,100 conference a little bit ago. What's the atmosphere? 457 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,800 Sound like from her there, they're very excited there. 458 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,500 I mean, as always, you know, if you if you listen to them at all 459 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,500 throughout the season, they're glad to be back. 460 00:23:08,500 --> 00:23:11,000 It's just, but it's also kind of just another stepping stone for 461 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,000 them. Like they're not, they're not 462 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,400 ready to be done. You could tell they've done a 463 00:23:14,408 --> 00:23:16,800 lot of scouting, which they always do, but they came in and 464 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,100 Terry Moore and we listened to. We had a lexical Manali 465 00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:22,700 pepperberg for the, for the student student athletes and 466 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:24,100 they, they've gone through so much felt. 467 00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:26,200 Like, it's obviously know exactly what they need to do. 468 00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:29,400 And they talked about specifics, they need to, you know, stop the 469 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,200 offensive. Bones and make them shoot like 470 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,700 long, two-point shots. So they don't get in the paint, 471 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:35,800 like things like that. Like, they know, they know what 472 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,800 they need to do. And this is how Indiana always 473 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,200 is before games is that they're so focused on, you know, 474 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,000 adjusting to the team that they're playing and just doing 475 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,200 whatever they need to do for that specific team and like, 476 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,400 knowing exactly what that team's Tendencies are that that's kind 477 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,100 of, that's most of what you get out of the press. 478 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:53,700 Conferences is just like, you know, yeah, we, we just need to 479 00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:56,300 focus on this next game and beat this team and do this or that. 480 00:23:56,308 --> 00:24:00,700 But there, I mean, they are so glad to be Year and they're very 481 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:03,300 excited to get the chance to kind of do this on a national 482 00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:06,400 stage 2. Let's talk a little bit about 483 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:11,000 the game that happened earlier in the week for IU, you know, 484 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:16,000 certainly, I think a closer game than the Casual observers might 485 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,500 have expected, but a lot of people felt like that Princeton 486 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:21,400 team was really good and certainly had a chance to win. 487 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,500 What were your overall Impressions from that game? 488 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:27,900 And what we learned about Indiana going into the sweet 16. 489 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:32,200 What one of the biggest things that I saw was there how their 490 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,100 defense dropped off in the second half. 491 00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:37,300 And I think everybody saw that one Princeton had four offensive 492 00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:41,700 rebounds in one position where there's kind of is a drop in the 493 00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:43,300 energy. And we've seen that before from 494 00:24:43,300 --> 00:24:46,000 them in like earlier games in the season, but not in recent 495 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:50,200 games in a tournament play in big situations like that, which, 496 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,500 like you said, like if credit to Princeton, I think they were 497 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:55,800 under seated. I think a lot of people looked 498 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:00,000 past them but like, Indiana, I think it should. 499 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,500 That they all have to be on their game. 500 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:03,900 They all have to work together all the time, and you can't have 501 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:06,800 any brakes and obviously you would think that that would be 502 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:10,400 an easy thing to understand but it's hard in the moment to kind 503 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:11,900 of that's 40 minutes of basketball. 504 00:25:11,900 --> 00:25:13,700 Like, that's hard to keep up with everything. 505 00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:17,800 I think their defense is going to be key in almost lost them. 506 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,600 Again. It could easily win them a game. 507 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:23,200 So I think, I think that's the biggest thing that I saw out of 508 00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:25,700 out of the Princeton game. What did you make of the Yukon 509 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:28,700 UCF game? This was a bit of a surprise in 510 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:31,100 stores. UCF. 511 00:25:31,100 --> 00:25:34,100 Certainly not at the talent level of Yukon. 512 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,900 And this is your certainly may be the most talented team 513 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:39,700 pound-for-pound in the tournament with with everybody 514 00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:41,300 healthy. But u.s. 515 00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:44,100 UCF really gave them a tussle and it looked like they could 516 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:46,200 have pulled it off if they hit their free throws at the end. 517 00:25:46,900 --> 00:25:49,100 They the thing that you can't like, obviously the surprise 518 00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:51,000 that the game was that close because it's Yukon. 519 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,800 It's UCF, you know, you expect something to happen and then 520 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:58,900 it's March and it never happens like you expected to, but like 521 00:25:58,900 --> 00:26:01,600 you kind of had some clothes. Games before in this season. 522 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,100 Because of the way that their Seasons gone with page, backers, 523 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:07,800 being injured and not everybody playing at the level that is 524 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,400 expected every time. So it's like the point total. 525 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,700 You look at it. And you think, you know, Yukon 526 00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:17,200 is the they score. 80 90 points and they blow their planets out 527 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,700 of the water. So I wouldn't say that, I was 528 00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:23,100 massively surprised by that part of it, given how close it was? 529 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:25,300 Because of the way that Yukon is kind of struggled with that 530 00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:28,600 throughout the season at times, but it's not as big of a shock 531 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,000 to me as it might have been two people. 532 00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:32,900 Who who hadn't been keeping up with how everything had been 533 00:26:32,900 --> 00:26:33,600 going? Sure. 534 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,100 So going into this game on Saturday. 535 00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:41,200 If you're if you're scouting, you know, looking at Indiana and 536 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,300 what they need to do if they're going to try to pull off the 537 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:46,200 upset here, you know, in front of a hostile crowd that's going 538 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,200 to be almost entirely Yukon fans. 539 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,700 What, like what does Indiana really need to do to pull this 540 00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:55,800 thing off? I mean, I think they said it, 541 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,900 everybody's going to say it. Their defense has to be top of 542 00:26:58,900 --> 00:27:00,700 the line. They can't Can't give anything 543 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:01,700 up. They can't do what they did 544 00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:03,800 against Princeton because you comes going to snatch that and 545 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:05,800 run with it. Even if it's just for a couple 546 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,500 minutes. And so I think this is what all 547 00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:10,200 the players were emphasizing about. 548 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,300 Just keeping keeping rebounds like on their side. 549 00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:16,300 Forcing difficult shots, not letting anything but not 550 00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:20,100 allowing more than like a one chance per possession for you. 551 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:21,200 Kind of think. It's the biggest thing that 552 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,100 they're going to have to do because Indiana can play 553 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:26,900 low-scoring games. Yukon has, struggled and 554 00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:29,900 low-scoring games because they're used to not having it. 555 00:27:30,100 --> 00:27:32,200 As close, you know, like Indiana's had more close games 556 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,700 and UConn has. So I think that that's the 557 00:27:34,700 --> 00:27:37,900 biggest thing and crowd wise Terry Moore and said that they 558 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,800 in their scouting. Specifically had they told 559 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:42,200 Nicole card. I new Hillary that she's going 560 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,100 to be calling the plays on the court and there's not going to 561 00:27:45,100 --> 00:27:48,000 be as much play calling from the sidelines because they're 562 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,200 anticipating it being incredibly loud. 563 00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:52,100 And they don't want to have to try to you know, work around 564 00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:54,400 that in the game. And so she's going to be doing a 565 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,700 lot already. Like pre-planned out which, you 566 00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:58,400 know, as a point guard you're going to do regardless. 567 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,500 But like to even greater Erickson is what it sounded like 568 00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:03,600 which could be could be really interesting. 569 00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:06,200 Just in terms of like a team Dynamic, like everyone's going 570 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:10,800 to have to really work together to get over the crowd because of 571 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,400 the crowds going to be very large. 572 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:17,700 The the Arena's quite small. So, yeah, I mean, it's an AHL 573 00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:19,800 Hockey Arena. It's not really, it's not an NBA 574 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,800 arena by any. I think I think 9,000 is the 575 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,100 capacity for basketball games, which there were more than 9,000 576 00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:29,700 people Assembly Hall. So yeah. 577 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,200 It'll be it'll be an interesting environment. 578 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,100 I think for sure it's going to be wild and certainly I think 579 00:28:36,100 --> 00:28:38,600 you know, there's an interesting position for IU to be in because 580 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,800 if they lose the game they were supposed to is certainly no no 581 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,300 shame in losing in Connecticut to Connecticut in the sweet 16, 582 00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:51,700 but really a potentially got a seismic potential for victory 583 00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:53,500 for IU if they somehow pull this off. 584 00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:55,200 And that's that's a really intriguing thing. 585 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,000 As big as getting to the elite. Eight was last year. 586 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,400 There's a real statement games. A potential with this one. 587 00:29:01,700 --> 00:29:03,200 Yeah. Well, that's the thing. 588 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:07,800 I feel like all of the bracket this this season, because 589 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,200 theoretically, even like, if Iowa had stayed in, then they 590 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,100 would have faced, another think it would be South Carolina and 591 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:15,800 they're into the bracket, not in a championship game. 592 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,900 So, they're a bunch of games like that, that could have a lot 593 00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:23,300 of implications in, like, in the sweet 16 in the Elite 8, which 594 00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:25,000 is it adds another level of excitement? 595 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,400 I think. Which is, which is really fun. 596 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,600 Yeah. It's sad, but it's going to be 597 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,200 interesting. Eating a lot of attention on 598 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:32,800 this and certainly a lot of hoosier Nation going to be 599 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,000 watching at 2:00 in the afternoon tip, time for this one 600 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,400 and we know you'll be there on Twitter, follow Amanda on 601 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,000 Twitter. She and the rest of the IDS 602 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,100 crew. Going to be out there covering 603 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:44,700 everything and we appreciate you joining us on the show. 604 00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:46,200 Thanks so much. Of course. 605 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:47,600 Thank you for having me. Absolutely. 606 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,200 All right. My thanks to Amanda Foster from 607 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,700 the Indiana Daily student. My thanks to Matt Cohen from the 608 00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:59,400 Indy star and to all of our student media members and 609 00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:03,800 professional media members up in Bridgeport covering this game as 610 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,200 Indiana takes on Yukon. This should be a really 611 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,200 interesting contest and I think the Hoosiers have got a shot. 612 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:14,100 This is one of those where as Geno auriemma said in the press 613 00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:15,900 conference, it wouldn't be a shock. 614 00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:20,400 And I you know, certainly You know, likes to pad things a 615 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,200 little bit, but I think there's some truth to that. 616 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,500 This is a really talented, really veteran IU teams. 617 00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:27,900 We talked about and if they go in with the right attitude and 618 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,100 they get some breaks along the way, I think anything could 619 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:33,100 happen. So we'll see what happens and 620 00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:36,800 hopefully you'll all get a chance to watch 2:00 on Saturday 621 00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:40,500 this week and my appreciation to all you folks for listening in. 622 00:30:40,900 --> 00:30:42,900 We will hopefully be back with more. 623 00:30:42,900 --> 00:30:45,100 Are you women's coverage? If they pick up the win here, 624 00:30:45,100 --> 00:30:48,400 will definitely do another podcast on Sunday as The 625 00:30:48,408 --> 00:30:49,700 Hoosiers prepped for the Elite 8. 626 00:30:49,700 --> 00:30:51,200 So we'll keep our fingers crossed on that one. 627 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,600 Good luck to all the IU fans in the Northeast that are heading 628 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,600 up there who have managed to Wrangle tickets. 629 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:01,800 I know it's been a tough one to get tickets on but I've heard it 630 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,700 from a couple of people that are going to be in the building and 631 00:31:04,700 --> 00:31:07,600 we're expecting you to try to try to drown out the other 632 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,200 eighty nine hundred people that are going to be there that are 633 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,300 almost certainly cheering for UConn. 634 00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:15,000 We will go ahead and wrap things up here. 635 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,100 We'll be back with more podcasting later on in. 636 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,600 Either this upcoming weekend or maybe next week. 637 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,500 We've got some IU men's basketball news. 638 00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:26,100 Just news coming out every day about the IU. 639 00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:28,800 Men's basketball program that will be talking about and we'll 640 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:29,900 get some football stuff in as well. 641 00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:33,300 As April has rolled around. We got spring, practice going on 642 00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:35,600 some interesting things going on with the IU football program, 643 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,000 but thanks again for joining us, folks. 644 00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:42,400 Thanks to home-field apparel our presenting sponsor and good luck 645 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,900 to the IU women. As they take on Yukon in the 646 00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:47,000 sweet 16, I'm Galen. Klaviyo. 647 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,900 This is Crimson cast. East will catch you folks on the 648 00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:51,200 flip side. Bring back the Bison. 649 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:51,900 So long everybody.