Big Chain

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Look at him. Boy. Scared to keep it on that. That's cool. [00:00:02] Speaker B: College basketball fans, fans all over the world. I am Nick Rivers, your host. This is the Pit Legends podcast. I'm joined by three Pitt legends. Lee, the General, Levant Fields, Gary McGee and Jermaine Dixon. A lot of topics to cover today, but we have to start with Pitt Panthers bouncing back against Syracuse on Saturday. How we feel, boys? We feel like that was a must win. You think that's going to knock us back on track? [00:00:27] Speaker C: I think it was a must win. Definitely something to look forward to. I think we need to get rolling with that one. Looking ahead. Definitely needed. After losing four in a row, still was a close game, but once again we got the win. That was all we needed. Hopefully that builds some momentum for us moving forward. Just watching the game though, just hope we could do a better job of rebounding. That would be my only thing. We lost on the boards by 17, so that's just something we gotta clean up. But got the win. So just looking forward to playing UNC on Tuesday. [00:00:55] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, I'm with Lee. That was a much needed win at the four game losing streak. I think we played well. I really believe that we can be a really dangerous team if we can get out in the open court. Yesterday, even though we didn't, you know, rebound well, every time we got out and run, it was easy for our guards. It was easy for, you know, Ish to get open looks or get downhill. Balen played well, he didn't shoot well. But in open court it helps his game go to another level. And like Lee said, rebounding is. We will take the win. It's hard to win in the ACC College Basketball D1, but we can't have. What's the big kid name from Syracuse? Lamkin Lampkin had 23 rebounds, eight offensive rebounds. Like that can't happen. And me watching it and I don't, you know, with a win, I don't want to be too negative, but too many guys were watching. Like we had four, four or five dudes around the, around the bar and they sitting there just looking like that can't happen. You know, even when we played, I'm jumping up trying to snatch rebounds. League we going to get rebounds. Like we helping. Granted, our bigs dominated, but we were still trying to get our rebounds so we can come in like, hey, I hit five, I hit. You know what I'm saying? Like we, we just, we got to help. We just got to be better at that. And like I said, we got oriented. It was Good. You know, Ish and jalen caban for 30 of the. What, we scored 77. Yeah, 38 of the 77. If you throw Dunn in there, 48, you know, that's over. That's over 50% of our scoring. So like I said, we get out in transition. It's good for us. And even I wanted to throw in Zach. You know Zach. Zach played, he played well. High energy guy. He didn't shoot it well, but he hit big shots when we needed the most. That three at the top of the key was huge. So shout out to the, shout out to the guys and you know, we just got to keep it going. [00:02:51] Speaker D: Yeah, it was, it was a great win. Like, like both you guys said, it's coming off a four game losing streak. Getting the win was the most important thing. You backing off what y'all said also with the rebounding thing and you can't get, you can't get beat on the glass like that. [00:03:02] Speaker A: It's. [00:03:02] Speaker D: It's just hard. It's going to be hard to win. Like we said we had the last time. We got to continue to try to fix that on the glass. Giving up eight offensive rebounds on one guy. We got to do probably a job of just sometimes face guarding, face blocking out guys. That's a great rebounders. I'm glad we got the win. We took care of the ball well. We only had three turnovers. That's to the guards. Handled the ball well, pushed it up the court, got some good shots and it was a great win for us. Like you said, Zach played great. He made big shots. He had three blocks. He was all over the place. Two steals. He was everywhere. It was a big win for us. I'm excited for the next game. The UNC should be big game for us to try to go out there and get that one, put a streak together. [00:03:40] Speaker B: People have been asking a lot more of our frontcourt, but I think Corin had a pretty good game. I think he was. Yeah, you know, he got out, rebounded, but I think he still did a good job to contribute down low because that's what a lot of people probably been saying has been missing during this four game losing streak. [00:03:55] Speaker D: I was glad that we finally got him with some, some pick and rolls. He's a good roller. He rolls fast. He's pretty athletic. They ran some plays at the beginning of the game, got him some, some buckets in the paint got him going. So that's good. That's something that then we talked about a couple episodes back to try to get him going early with some pick and roll, some touches so he can get some easy buckets, you know, like. Like you said, man, before, if he gives a couple easy buckets, we're going to rebound and do everything. So I was glad to see him do that. I think he finished with seven rebounds, which isn't bad. So that was a good game for him. [00:04:22] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, it. It was a battle. I feel like, you know, Pitt, towards the end, kind of pulled away, sustained the lead at the end, even though Syracuse had that late push. But as we know, there's been a lot of battles between Pitt and Syracuse. Syracuse is probably our natural rival in the acc, really the only rival left Pitt has, since they joined the acc. There's been a lot of battles, a lot of close games. You guys, any games in particular stick out in your mind and just the history of Pitt basketball ones you played in that you remember most. [00:04:48] Speaker C: I remember my sophomore year playing in the Carrier Dome, excited about being my first time playing there because my freshman year played them. [00:04:57] Speaker D: We. [00:04:57] Speaker C: They played. We played that pitch, so. And played them in the Big east championship. So I didn't get to play there. After watching college games there, seeing Carmelo Anthony and so on, I was excited about playing there. It was the first game of my sophomore season in the Big east regular season. It was packed. You know, once again, we just lost to them in the Big East Championship. My freshman year, I was excited about, you know, trying to get some get back, and I played really well. I had my career high, 24 points and we were able to get the win on espn. That was a big deal for me. Big deal for the team. Like I said, on the road, starting off the conference play, that would be my most memorable game against Syracuse. [00:05:40] Speaker B: Who were the stars on their team that year? Is that Flynn? [00:05:42] Speaker C: Nah, Flynn and them wasn't there yet. They had Drew Nichols. He was like the small forward shooting guard. They had the big guy, Terrence Roberts, Watkins. They had like just a. They just lost Jerry. So they had a. I forget the point guard name, Josh, to get his last name, though. But Nichols was the main guy on the team. He was the small forward kind of averaging about point, I believe, that year. [00:06:05] Speaker A: Lee, you played a lot at the two your freshman year, didn't you? [00:06:08] Speaker C: You played. [00:06:09] Speaker A: You played with Carl a lot, right? Oh, no. This was your sophomore year? This was your sophomore year? [00:06:12] Speaker C: My freshman year, I was off the ball a little bit because obviously Carl was there. Yeah, I was able to go, so, yeah, that was my most memorable Syracuse game. [00:06:23] Speaker D: All about. Say for me, my most memorable one probably was my senior year. We played Syracuse at home. Dick Vital, he was doing the game. I think that was one of the only gangs he did for us. They was ranked, I think. I think they came in top five. And we ended up beating them. That's when they had Rick Jackson, Coop Jardine, JDR Waiter, Pat Mello. [00:06:45] Speaker A: I beat the old Baltimore guys. You just named two Baltimore guys. I just wanted to remember that A.B. and C.J. [00:06:50] Speaker D: We pulled the upset. I had a game of i13 boards, you know, I shut down the paint, locked him down. Yeah, it was the recipe, you know, that's when they was running that 2, 3 zone, man. So, you know, we. That's when we. We always had the zone killers, man. We always had the good plays. We moved the ball well and we seemed to always beat them. So that. That was. That's probably my, you know, most memorable game, playing against them. Getting that win in front of Dicky V. Yeah. [00:07:18] Speaker A: Only played. Only played against Hercule twice. I think my junior year probably was the most memorable. My senior year, they were ranked number four. And that was our first that year, my senior year, winning against the top five team. But I think my junior year was most memorable because the game before, if I'm not mistaken, we lost to Louisville when we first got number one. And then the night. The night before the circus game, we all went out and we got. We was on that water. We was on that water. It was a nice night. I was done. [00:07:59] Speaker D: Yo, you know what I remember, though? We go off the walkthrough. [00:08:02] Speaker A: I remember that I was about to say, Dixon. [00:08:05] Speaker D: You remember that? [00:08:08] Speaker A: Dixon kicked us out the gym. That's when Dixon kicked us out the gym. And Sam was like, I ain't leaving the gym. The gym with two balls. [00:08:14] Speaker D: Working out. [00:08:20] Speaker A: Yeah. We came in that game and we. We dominated. And that was. That was probably. You know, I was a defensive stopper. And that's probably my. That's probably my best game against top guard. And Johnny Flynn, he shot 3:14. Tough night for him. Yeah, yeah, that's definitely my most memorable. And I Pitt and route. I kept rotten shit on the glass. [00:08:42] Speaker C: Yeah, I remember that. [00:08:43] Speaker D: I got that nasty. [00:08:45] Speaker A: And I had. I had to do that because the. Vance was pissed at me because I got him to turn over. [00:08:50] Speaker C: Yeah, damn right. [00:08:51] Speaker A: Yeah. If you see that play, soon as. Then threw the ball. [00:08:55] Speaker C: I think I seen the still picture. I remember you took. [00:08:58] Speaker A: Yeah, you was pissed. [00:09:00] Speaker C: No, I'm talking about what you blocking it, though. [00:09:02] Speaker A: You hit My block. Oh, yeah, I'm up there, top of the glass. I might put that on Instagram. I might throw that on Instagram. [00:09:07] Speaker C: I know you got that pic somewhere. I seen it. [00:09:09] Speaker B: They might got it on next podcast episode that. You gotta put that picture in the background. [00:09:12] Speaker D: Hey, hey, tell the editing team to clip that on that Tony Celisi put. [00:09:19] Speaker C: That on the undershirt. [00:09:21] Speaker A: Shout out my man Tone. [00:09:23] Speaker B: Yeah, but I remember all Syracuse games at Syracuse. I feel like Syracuse is one of the most unique places to play. Just how it's. It's in the middle of a football field, so it's. You kind of feel like it's empty, but you have 35,000 people on top of you. What made it. What makes it so difficult to play there? How do they have their home court advantage? Or how does it feel playing there versus other? [00:09:41] Speaker A: I told you, I only played. I only played Syracuse twice. And we went up there and we kicked the ass. It wasn't just difficult for me. And I shot well. I had my. Before Providence. That was my career. I gained 21 points. So, hey, send me up there every day, every game, everywhere to go play every game. [00:10:00] Speaker D: I was gonna say that they got like a. I was gonna say, like a ritual for their fans that they don't sit down so they score the first bucket. I believe something like that in Syracuse. I remember, I think that game when we played the one you talking about, man, we had them locked for the beginning. They couldn't sit down. They couldn't sit down. So I remember that. Yeah. [00:10:19] Speaker C: Like you said, Nick, it's like. It's like a football field. So it's like you see the fans, but you see. You see. I see a lot of empty space as well. I'm like. So it's different from anywhere else you play, like, but you definitely hear they crowd. It's loud, but. Yeah. As far as the Big east at that time, it was nothing too, too different from any other place on the road. Yeah. [00:10:40] Speaker A: It ain't. It ain't. It ain't Louisville, I'll tell you that much. It ain't like playing in the. I mean, Freedom Hall. Yeah. [00:10:46] Speaker B: With the white out. Yeah. [00:10:47] Speaker A: Yeah. And I wanna. And I wanna say Dante Grain, we whipped y'all ass. Dante. Dante was talking a lot of shit when we was talking about Cougar Flag. He said we was wrong because Cougar Flag bust our ass. Yeah. Dante, take that. [00:11:05] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. We beat Syracuse. Yeah. Get them all. [00:11:07] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:11:07] Speaker B: Okay. Speaking of Big east, recently in the news, Dan Hurley, he's getting a lot of press. He's wiling out on referees left and right. Every single game, they're having cameras on the bench more than the game. Seeing how he's reacting toward these refs. And last week he said, and I quote to a referee, don't turn your back on me. I'm the best coach in this fucking sport. Said that in the middle of a game. I don't know. I've never heard a coach say that. As great as coach could be, I've never heard coach wilding out or seeing some of the antics. Maybe I think he's just getting too much press and everybody's kind of aware of it now. But what do you guys think of Dan Hurley's antics towards referees lately? [00:11:41] Speaker D: I mean, for me, I feel I'll go ahead. You got. You got Lee. Take it, take it, take it, take it. [00:11:45] Speaker C: That's main team. You can go. I'm just saying. That's main team. [00:11:47] Speaker D: Oh, yeah, that is, man. Hey, you're right. [00:11:49] Speaker C: That is. You want me? Yeah, you want me? [00:11:50] Speaker D: Go. [00:11:51] Speaker A: All right, so look, this is how I feel. I ain't mad at Hurley. I ain't mad at him for feeling himself. Because when I look at his team, they don't play with no swag. They don't play. They don't. They don't play with intensity. He has to bring. He has to bring another level for his guys to play, to play the next level. And they not. So I'm not mad at him for feeling himself. I'm with him like, I'm the best coach out here. Like, I'm doing what. I'm doing what I'm doing. Like, respect me. Respect me. Because his players play. They play like they won two championships. And they are not them guys. Like, I look at the. I look at the U. S. Different roster, whole different roster besides, you know, so solo ball was on the team. And Alex Carban. I think I said his last name right. Columba. There you go. Like those two were. They were on the court last year for sure. But like I look at. I look at UConn team and I still think, just because of Dan Hurley, I think they'll get better. And I think by, you know, when March come around, they'll be ready to go. But they lacking. They lacking the inside presence that they had on the championship runs. Like they don't have a dominant big man. And then they need, like, solo football's good. He. He can take over games. And Alex is. Is a three point shooter. I think they need Another guy to take their game to the next level. And the point guard, New York dude, Levantz Hassan Hasan. I don't know people's last name, but I think he's good. He's averaging like 9.7 assists, but I think he needs to take his game to another level. I think Dan Hurley is just trying to find a way to get shit to get things out of his guys. And in that. And in that sense, he got Filis off. [00:13:36] Speaker B: I don't know, because I think early in the season I remember he got that technical and actually cost him a game. So it could be costing him a game. His antics. I don't know what you guys think. [00:13:43] Speaker D: I mean, for me, I feel like, you know, it's a lot of. It's a lot of antics. It's a lot of stuff. Like he's telling the ref that what you said about him getting his team going, he's saying that to the referees. And, I mean, that ain't really getting his team into it. He's getting a tag, cost his team a game. I think that was in Maui. I can't remember who it was against. They don't have the same team as they did last year. Last year they had, what, two lottery picks? Castle and Clincoln. They won the lottery. So two. Two players you don't have this year. They just don't have the team this year. I think to make a run, they're going to be a dec. Be able to contend in the Big east, probably get a top five seed, but I don't think that they have the depth or the. Like you said, the inside presence to make a deep run. And I feel like he probably. He might be. He could be doing this to try to get his team going, but, I mean, what's the point of saying that to a referee? You got two chips in a row. I don't remember Billy Donovan talking like that when he was getting it done in Florida. He won two times in a row. [00:14:38] Speaker A: You know, these referees be tripping too, though. [00:14:40] Speaker D: I. I just feel like he'd just be feeling himself a little bit too much, man. [00:14:43] Speaker C: Come on. [00:14:43] Speaker B: He. [00:14:44] Speaker D: He got it done two times. Let's see what he do now. Like, all those coaches had to. Had to have seasons where they didn't have the type of players that they had the year before, like the type of teams you got to coach, you know what I'm saying? Or dudes got to step up. And we could say the same thing for after Levance and Sam and dejuan left Got to figure a way to get it out, get it done. I mean, guys still got big time players. I'm sure them dudes is getting big time, nil deals, so, I mean, they got to get it done. So I'm just saying that's what, that's what it comes down to. We got good players. So I mean, I don't see the point of him spazzing on the ref, especially in that situation. What's the point of saying that? And then he gonna try to walk it back with his comments like, all right, now I have to look at Bill Self and Caliperi. [00:15:22] Speaker A: That's the only thing I didn't like. [00:15:24] Speaker B: Yeah, dry snitching. [00:15:25] Speaker A: I didn't. I didn't like it. [00:15:26] Speaker D: Stand 10 toes on it. Stand 10 toes on it, if that's what you meant. Stand on your word. So don't walk it back. I can't respect it. [00:15:33] Speaker C: I agree. I agree with Mane. Like he said, I agree with both of y'all. Like Mane said, man, he probably trying to get his team going. So I agree from that aspect. But then like you say, cost his team again early in the season already he hasn't really got his team going when he's fired up like that. Might just need to just scale back from it because this is not the group for it. Like you said, it's not the same person outside of two players. It's not working right now. So maybe you need to just, you know, take the scale back. Perfect example. Like G said when we was playing, we seen Donovan, Bill Donovan win too, and he wasn't well caught on camera talking like this. So there's no need for that. [00:16:07] Speaker A: The one thing y'all talk about, the players that they got, I don't remember. I might have been talking with Trey or somebody. It was Dan. It might not have been Trey, but it was Dan Hurley. Don't take. He don't take the. The like five star recruits. [00:16:21] Speaker C: He want. [00:16:21] Speaker A: He wants a guy. He want guys that are going to work hard. So that's like Dixon. [00:16:26] Speaker B: Like Dixon was. [00:16:27] Speaker A: Like Dixon did. Yeah, like Dixon did. I mean, I was all American in. [00:16:30] Speaker C: Juco, but this guy, you're a hard nose. [00:16:38] Speaker D: He's been on one today. [00:16:42] Speaker C: Today. [00:16:43] Speaker D: He get off that seat. He get off that seat. [00:16:45] Speaker C: Now you want to go. [00:16:48] Speaker D: You want to be a panelist for real? [00:16:49] Speaker C: Go ahead. [00:16:50] Speaker D: Go off this. [00:16:51] Speaker A: But no, but he don't, you know, saying he don't. He don't take five star. A recruit. So he wants guy that, that, that plays hard. So to say he got the right guy. He. He don't have those guys, G. So you're right. He has to. He has to coach. And I think he, like, he literally running the same things that he's been running. These guys, they just don't look that good. They just don't look as good. But hopefully, you know, and I believe in him as a coach. You know, I hope he can. I hope he could turn around for them. I like, I like him. I like, I like him as a coach. [00:17:24] Speaker B: Look like now, especially after that loss to Xavier, they're not on top of the Big east anymore, but it looks like there's a new sheriff in town. St. John's Rick Pitino. He's back. He's back. They're back on top of the Big East Top 25 ranking. How do we feel? Are they legit? I mean, I didn't see any Quad one wins or they're just handling who's in front of them week after week. Do we think they're legit? [00:17:45] Speaker A: I'm going to go ahead. [00:17:47] Speaker C: I'm going to show still. I watched one. I watched a game and a half. So you. Only one game, I'm going to say, but like you said, they haven't beat nobody really, I think is a resume builder, to be honest. But they're winning games. I mean, you can't take that from. You got to. Got to play the game and you got to win the game. So I think they 17, three right now. They got the big transfer and Kadari Richards, Brooklyn, you know, I mean, he was at CEO hall, so. [00:18:14] Speaker D: He from Brooklyn. [00:18:14] Speaker C: Yeah, he from Brooklyn, bro. Come on, man. Stop it, stop it, stop it. Yeah, he went to Syracuse first, then he went to see a Hall, and now he, you know, they gave him that big bag. He had to leave City hall, but he's playing all right now. I feel like he could be doing more along the lines of what he did last game. He had 19, 7 and 5. I like to see that more from him. But once again, they're winning. That's what, that's what you play the game to do. That's what I love to do, win. So at 17:3, I can't take nothing from them, but I still don't feel like they. They tested yet. So, I mean, I don't know how you gauge that. [00:18:49] Speaker A: Yeah, I looked at that schedule. Baylor was a team that they played in the top 25. They lost to them in double overtime two points early in the year, lost to Georgia. We was talking about Georgia before, good team in the SEC. They lost to them by three. And then they lost to Creighton on the 31st of Dec at one point. Since then, 20, 25, they haven't lost a game. And these are. And Creighton's biggies, but these are all Big east games, so, you know, they. They getting tested. And then that one game, in that one point loss to Creighton, they should have won that game. Audrey, look, he. He got two good looks. He got two good looks to win the game. Um, he's their best player, so they could have won that game. They got four guys averaging double digits. And we know Rick Patino is. He gets the best out of his guys. But like I said, I haven't watched them a lot just because I didn't. I wasn't expecting nothing from St. John's if I'm being real. So I'm gonna. I'm gonna start watching them more. They play Georgetown next, Georgetown next. [00:19:47] Speaker B: And it looks like their next big test in their schedule starts on February 4th. So they got Marquette, top 10 ranked, and they got UConn on the 7th, and then Villanova right after. [00:19:57] Speaker C: That's where I'll be checking back in against Marquette. [00:20:00] Speaker B: We will follow back up. We will follow back up. [00:20:02] Speaker D: Yeah, I gotta check them out. I gotta get them on the schedule. I gotta get them. Gotta check them out. But I just know Rick Pitino. Teams like you said are well coached. You know, they call it, nicknamed him the Godfather. He's a guy you pick up. Press Rick Patino, man, when he's at Louisville. We were struggling to get wins against him every time he came into town. [00:20:18] Speaker C: But one shot came. [00:20:20] Speaker D: Huh? [00:20:20] Speaker C: I said one shot came. [00:20:27] Speaker B: Busy on your. [00:20:28] Speaker D: Always a tough game. [00:20:29] Speaker B: Padgett. He was getting busy on y'all. [00:20:31] Speaker C: Yeah, Pageant did. He had that one. [00:20:33] Speaker D: That was my freshman year, I think. [00:20:34] Speaker C: I don't know. [00:20:36] Speaker D: Freshman year. [00:20:37] Speaker C: That was G. Yeah, G was there, I think. Oh, yeah. [00:20:40] Speaker A: I'm one and one against Louisville, so they ain't had my number. [00:20:43] Speaker D: I got. Hey, I'm three or two against them, but you know them too. We lost in the Yum Yum. When they. The first game we played in. I think they had just opened it. The first. My senior Yum Yum Center. We lost overtime when they had Peyton, Siva, Gorgy, Jang and who else? They had somebody else. I can't remember right now, but yes. [00:21:05] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:21:06] Speaker D: Smith. Smith. Yep. Squad. [00:21:08] Speaker B: Yeah, he was killing. [00:21:10] Speaker A: Samato gave you buckets. [00:21:17] Speaker D: Nah, that was one. That was one of my toughest days. In the post. I ain't gonna lie though. My junior year we played him at. Came to the peak. He just, I mean, I was, I was doing, doing the scouting report, you know, trying to get him to go to this, to his left hand, but you know how to make a move to get back to his right hand. But he did take 20 shots, though. I mean, I mean, what you want me to do? He's shooting the bar every time. Who was your. [00:21:35] Speaker A: Who was your toughest check? Who was your toughest check in college? [00:21:38] Speaker D: Toughest. [00:21:38] Speaker B: Big. [00:21:39] Speaker D: It's some art. I'll tell you. [00:21:40] Speaker A: I'll tell you. [00:21:41] Speaker B: I'll tell you right now. [00:21:43] Speaker D: Who you gonna say? [00:21:46] Speaker C: Some from West Virginia. [00:21:47] Speaker B: West Virginia. Crazy. [00:21:53] Speaker D: I don't know what to do. [00:21:54] Speaker B: There was nothing you could do. [00:21:54] Speaker D: This was crazy, though. Nothing I could do. [00:21:56] Speaker B: That was crazy. [00:21:57] Speaker D: Then he didn't even look at him. He just was like, he just looking. He's shooting it from like the like three point line. He's shooting from the elbow. [00:22:03] Speaker B: It was unorthodox. [00:22:05] Speaker D: It was unorthodox. Yeah, I forgot. I ain't forget about that. Yeah, you're right. [00:22:09] Speaker C: I was, I told you about that. [00:22:11] Speaker D: Stop running that business, though. Stop running that business. When I was gardening, I'm, you know. [00:22:14] Speaker A: I'm a dope mess in there. Every time. [00:22:16] Speaker D: It was like 3 for 4. He was like 4 for 14. I remember the stats. 4 for 14. [00:22:20] Speaker A: 14. Check them stats. You keep saying that. [00:22:23] Speaker D: I'mma call them that. Call them dudes out. When jj, JJ and Dante was gardening, he was getting to it. I mean, I'm just saying that wasn't on me. Yeah. [00:22:34] Speaker A: He calling dudes out. [00:22:36] Speaker D: Shout out to my teammates. We got the dub. [00:22:39] Speaker A: Shout out my teammates. [00:22:41] Speaker D: We smacked him by 20. We smacked him by 20. He got somebody got a school. He got all the shots. He shot like 25 shots. [00:22:47] Speaker A: Y'all saying, didn't he dunk on you? [00:22:49] Speaker D: N. Now you wild. Now you just doing. Now you doing something. Now you're just doing some. No, he didn't dunk on me. [00:22:53] Speaker A: He had a. He had a put back. I thought you was dead. [00:22:55] Speaker D: Oh, he didn't dunk on me. No, he didn't dunk on me. [00:22:58] Speaker C: Wow. [00:22:58] Speaker A: Might have been. It might have been Dante. [00:23:01] Speaker B: Get it back to Rick Pino. I mean, all of us put together probably played him over a dozen times. We know, you know, players who play for him. What do you think makes him so great how he's been able to kind of reinvent himself after, you know, kind of getting blackballed for a little bit out of the league. Now he's back on, on top, on top of the Big east, on top of a major conference. What makes him great, do you feel? [00:23:20] Speaker C: I think when his pedigree and his, his background, he got guys, you know, that, that went to the pros as a youngster. When you want to go to, to the next level, you want to get coached by a guy you think could get you there. I think that first and foremost gets him in the door with kids. Then seeing how he lets you play, I mean, a lot of people might not want to press because of that press and that style. He lets his team usually play uptempo. They're usually a fast paced team, shoot a lot of threes, let his guards play. From what I've always saw, and whether picking a roll or if you able to get to the basket, he gives you the light to go to the basket. So I think it's just, it's not a hard choice to play for a guy like that. Once again, he got in a little bit of trouble, but who hasn't? And I think his pedigree speaks for itself. He got some Final Fours, he got a championship, obviously. Couple, I believe, right. Two years now. I mean, I think it's, it's not a difficult choice when it comes to Rick Patino when you, when you have him inside. And that's what happened this year in the summertime with Kadari. Richard even seeing all the go there. Nil has something to do with that. A big part to do with that. What they gave him, Rick Patino, is that, that's why he brings that to the table. I mean, we heard stories before now in Iowa, Patino getting that done. It's a no brainer. [00:24:36] Speaker A: That's what I was going to say. I think like what he got in trouble for. Not. Not to bring it up, and I'm not going to say specifically what it was, but that right there lets you know he, he is a player's coach. You know, people gonna go to war for him. Imagine if B. Knight was our, was our, was our head coach at Pitt. We done ran through every wall in the peak, you know what I'm saying? And I think, I think, I think Pitino give off that energy to his guys. I don't know a lot about Patino. Like I said, I only played him twice and I don't know too many people that know him personally. But from the outside looking in, it looks like Levan said he just let his guys go. And when the coach let you go, you're going. You're going to love playing for him. You're going to run through a wall for him. [00:25:19] Speaker D: So yes, like he's like you said, he got that prestige. You know, he's a winning coach. Like you say, he had a lot of players that made it to the league. You always look at that when you go into a school. Most young kids coming up, they're looking at thinking about getting to the league. Who has he got to the league? And like you said, he has the list of guys. He got to the league and he wins. I did hear a story about how his practices are. If you like make a turnover, you got to go over and get on the treadmill and it's on a 10.0 on incline for like a minute or something. Can't remember who it was that I played that I played with that told me that story. I was like, that's wild. But I heard that that's what he really be on. On the turnover in practice. You getting on that incline. I said, that's crazy. So I'm sure, I'm sure you know, he's a winning coach. And what you gonna say? What you gonna say when he tell you to do it? We're gonna do it. That's it. [00:26:03] Speaker C: But coaches, he had him on the treadmill. [00:26:06] Speaker D: He had assistance on the treadmill too. [00:26:08] Speaker B: Coach from Gene Davis. [00:26:09] Speaker D: He's jealous. [00:26:09] Speaker C: Everybody. [00:26:10] Speaker B: Davis, he was in the best shape of his life. [00:26:12] Speaker D: He's on Louisville staff. [00:26:14] Speaker B: You should tell him definitely. [00:26:15] Speaker A: But Lee, don't say, don't say he's a coach. You just do it. Cause you not gonna just do it. You wouldn't. You wouldn't just do it. I don't believe it. [00:26:23] Speaker C: We're all different. That's the thing. I'm not with a. [00:26:29] Speaker D: Lee. You never turned the ball over Sushi. [00:26:33] Speaker C: With my man Derek. Character, man. I would have been with Dick and Sushi. Right. I throwing it. [00:26:40] Speaker B: Moving on. Let's get into some blue blood. There were some big blue blood matchups this weekend. Most namely the Auburn versus Tennessee game. Top 10 battle, number one team in the country versus Tennessee. One of the best games kind of remind me most of what the Big east used to look like. It was a defensive battle. You got to see both defenses struggle, throw it in to the post. Tough buckets. Every single bucket was earned. What do we think about that matchup? It came down to the wire. How do we feel like that kind of puts propels Auburn. And what does it show that Tennessee might have in the SEC as a whole, being kind of the face of college basketball right now. [00:27:11] Speaker C: Like we've been saying, get up out of here, man. Like we've been saying SEC is the best conference. You expected that to happen in that game. Also, like you said, it was like a throwback, like an old Big east game. Low scoring, no offensive buckets, really like that. Both teams shot under 35% from the field. Both teams shot under 20% from the three point line. So it was not much offensive offense out there at all from both sides. Broom or Auburn was still able to get a double, double show that he, you know, could still perform. He didn't shoot it well, but he still was obviously the best player out there. It just shows that Albert could win ugly as well because we seen him win games high scoring, obviously shoot the ball better than they did against Tennessee. So I think this is a good thing for them because as we know, in a tournament you got to win different ways. It might not be high scoring game. You might have to win an ugly game like this. So this will help them moving forward for Tennessee. Obviously you hate to lose, had opportunity to beat the number one team in the country, but once again, there's certain ways you lose and you go, you know what, if we keep playing like that and we make them shots we normally make, we'll be able to win down the road. So it was a good test for both teams. I think that hope both of them going, moving along and obviously we expect both of them teams to be in the tournament playing tomorrow. [00:28:25] Speaker D: Yeah, I mean, I agree with you on those points about those teams, especially Auburn. You know, we had last, last episode we asked who thought the best team was and of course I said Auburn. And they came out and they showed it. They came out and they showed it. And broom, broom, get broom. Get back out there. It was good. [00:28:42] Speaker C: Broom got. [00:28:43] Speaker D: You said what? [00:28:44] Speaker B: I said get the brooms out. [00:28:45] Speaker D: I said broom getting back out there was. Broom getting back out there was great for them. Like you said, had a big double double. Made it, made it. Made a clutch pass. At the end of the game. He rolled to the basket, got it blocked, got his own rebound, kicked it to Kelly for the three, put them up and eventually get him to win for Tennessee. Ziggler didn't have a great, great game. He's normally a little bit more efficient than that. He gets. He still penetrated to the paint. Got a lot of guys good shots, but they didn't, they didn't make shots. I think they only made three threes. For Tennessee and I think Auburn made four. Either one of those teams really depend on the three that much, especially Tennessee. So it was, it was basically right up their alley, that type of game, but they, they couldn't get it done. But moving forward, I think they're going to be a team to be reckoned with, especially in the sec. When it comes down to the wire, they definitely got a shot at winning the conference. They're right there. So that's what I'm saying. [00:29:31] Speaker A: Yeah, I thought y'all hit on all the, all the main points. It was, it was a great defensive battle. Like you said, it felt like the Big east era for me. I love that the refs let them play like that. You typically don't get that nowadays. And the players took advantage of it. Like you seen a lot of dudes holding and chucking people. Like, I enjoy watching that. And like you said, my biggest takeaway was Bruhn. Like he might win if Auburn keep playing like this, he definitely gonna win play of the year. Like if he stays at the pace. He's averaging 18 and 11. Had 16 and 13 yesterday. Like Lee said, he didn't shoot well, but he still dominated the game like you felt his presence. [00:30:12] Speaker B: Where do you think he ranks in terms of the best players in the country? I mean the press, the media, a lot of people talk about Cooper Flagg, the Harper, Ace Bailey. Where do you think he actually ranks? [00:30:22] Speaker A: I mean, those guys gonna get, those guys gonna get the majority, but I think he's up there. But he's just a hard working guy like you. You can see that he, he's just going to work hard wherever he ranked. I mean talent wise, he's not on that level. But as a college star right now he's up there with, he's up with guys. [00:30:40] Speaker B: Also, if on game we could talk about big blue blood. Matchup Kansas vs. Houston. Kansas loses a heartbreaker double overtime thriller to Houston. When they had the game in the bag, Houston fought, ended up coming back and winning. What does that say about Kansas? What does it say about Houston? How do we feel like that may pave the way for the rest of the season for these teams? [00:31:00] Speaker A: I think when I look at Kansas, I think they have too much experience on their team to be blowing games like that. You know, you got Dickinson and Harris. I believe, if I'm not mistaken, they both 5th year, 5th year seniors. Kansas dominated the majority of the game. And to blow the game like that and the first overtime was crazy. Being up six, turning ball over and dejuan missing free throws. Like I know he's not a great free throw shooter at 68%, but when you one of the top players, like just gimme one, like one free throw, you know, changes the game. So I expect, I expected more out of Kansas and closing out the game Houston. And they're really good defensive team. I think they have the number one ranked defense in college basketball year in, year out. Yeah, but I look at Juwan Roberts, he dominated the game. He had 24 points, nine rebounds, five assists. Hunter Dickinson was too slow to guard him. I can't remember. I can't think of the other big man name. [00:31:59] Speaker D: Badunka. [00:32:00] Speaker A: Badunka. [00:32:01] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:32:01] Speaker A: Yeah. See, I wasn't knowing that name Indiana boy. But that's crazy. [00:32:08] Speaker B: He's from Indiana. [00:32:09] Speaker D: Yeah. He was a foreign exchange student. He came out here. So his story's a foreign exchange student. He came out here like playing soccer and then he just start. They got him to start hooping. [00:32:18] Speaker A: That's crazy. [00:32:18] Speaker D: But Indiana, you know, Indiana, we teach basketball here. So that's what that was. [00:32:23] Speaker A: But it was crazy thing. In the second overtime, he forced Kansas to double and that left Milos Yunes, I think that's his name, who was a shooter for their team. Shoot at a high clip and he knocked. Shot. He knocked him shot down in second overtime. One more thing I wanted to say. Hunter Dickinson, he finished with 17 points, eight rebounds. He had zero points in the overtime and he didn't have one rebound, if I'm not mistaken. So for the overtime, five minutes or 10 minutes of basketball, at the end of the game, he was a no show. And that can't happen. That can't happen. [00:32:55] Speaker D: Player of the year. [00:32:57] Speaker B: That might affect getting player of the year. [00:32:59] Speaker A: Player of the year. You getting all that money. Nil. My guy. You got to show up. You got to give me something. [00:33:08] Speaker C: That's my boy with the big chain. That's what I said. We're breaking records. [00:33:14] Speaker D: His diamonds was dancing. [00:33:16] Speaker C: I recorded on a walk by one time on the tv. I said no, he double basketball. Oh Lord out there, boy. [00:33:26] Speaker A: Yeah, that's crazy though. Yeah, you can't, you can. You can't hit zeros across the line. And that's wild. Especially being the biggest man on the court like that. [00:33:36] Speaker D: They. They gave that game away from what I. They just gave it away, man. I was watching it when it was happening. Like you said there up. They're up six, 18 seconds ago. And you just, you blow the game. Overtime. You already blew it in the, in the regulation. But then overtime you do that, you up six. That should be game time. But 18 seconds like you said, man, either he the leader, the point guard, you got to make a free throw right there. They. They counting on him. No, what else I seen. But like you said with Houston Roberts, man, that left hand floater, he get into that all day, man, that much money, it was cash. [00:34:08] Speaker C: Cash. [00:34:08] Speaker D: He was cashing out with that. He was going left every time they need to make him go back right now. One time I'm like, hey, they look at the scout report, straight to the left. Every time when they cut him off, he made it go right, he passed it. But when he got to his left hand, there wasn't nothing they could do about it. Like you said, he was too, too quick for Dickinson. He was too strong for Badunga because he was hitting him in his chest and getting right to the little, the little floater. And the guy, I believe his name is sharp on Houston hit big shots, big threes. I think that's the guy that hit the one to tie it up. Big three. So hand up, just cast it out. But Houston is a good team, well coached. Kelvin Sampson, he's. He has his team tough playing defense. One of the best rebound teams in the nation every year. So that's just what to be expected from them. But Kansas, they really, they gave one away. Man, that would have been a good win against like, I think it's a quad one team. That would have been a big win at home. They blew it. Houston got it and they're going to be looking good in the Big 12. [00:35:03] Speaker A: So let's look at my bad Nick real quick. Well, all these old coaches, you got Kelvin Sampson, Bruce Perrotino, we always talk about it's always time for new coaches, but with these old coaches, they still winning. Like they never going to leave, huh? [00:35:20] Speaker C: No. Why would I leave? Rick Patino, Why would I? [00:35:23] Speaker A: Like they in their 70s, early 70s. [00:35:26] Speaker D: Late 60s, they don't leave until they get in trouble or they just really gotta be done. [00:35:32] Speaker B: They know how to put a program together. [00:35:33] Speaker D: They. They just stay all the way because they keep winning at the school. Ain't never gonna make them leave. Keep winning. [00:35:39] Speaker C: They're gonna stay. [00:35:39] Speaker A: That's crazy. And no young coaches, I mean, coming. [00:35:43] Speaker B: Outta high school, if you wanna, I mean, with that, would you factor that in a young coach? Or you want a coach that's gonna get you to the next level with a proven track record with a long resume? What do you think? [00:35:51] Speaker A: I'm trying my, My man trade coach. [00:35:54] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:35:55] Speaker A: Shout out. [00:35:55] Speaker B: Trey Woodall stepping in as interim head coach at Fordham. Big W. We always got to shout out our alumni doing great things. Him and Ronald Ramon getting their first W at the helm at Fordham. That's a great game. What do you think? What's in store next for Fordham? [00:36:08] Speaker D: Was that the. [00:36:09] Speaker A: That. [00:36:09] Speaker D: Was that the first win in 18 also? Yep. [00:36:11] Speaker C: First conference one was big. Yeah. [00:36:14] Speaker D: You led him to the first conference win. [00:36:16] Speaker A: That's big. [00:36:17] Speaker D: Shout out to gear. [00:36:18] Speaker C: Yeah, I was able. [00:36:19] Speaker A: Congratulations. [00:36:20] Speaker B: Anything could happen. Especially come championship time. Come conference championship time, anything happen. [00:36:25] Speaker C: I don't really know they conference who in the league right now, but I mean, I think it's still open, but it was just good to see the bros get a win. I saw it in person, so hopefully that continue. This is the second game out of four games. So 1 and 1 got the win in front of his home crowd. Great to see our two Pitt brothers. Also got to see Terrell Biggs. He was there supporting. So it was just a good day. Great for them. Looking forward to their next game. I think they play Wednesday against LaSalle at La Salle. [00:36:51] Speaker A: Driving down. You driving down to Philly. [00:36:53] Speaker C: I'mma try, man. I was talking to tr. I'm get back to him on Tuesday. Over. I ain't making noise Sunday. I'll get back to them on Tuesday. [00:36:59] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm g. Check them out when they come down to Duquesne. [00:37:01] Speaker C: Yeah, that's who they play today. [00:37:05] Speaker A: They go to Duquesne as well or you just making that up, Nick? [00:37:08] Speaker C: Wow. [00:37:08] Speaker A: They probably okay. Yeah. [00:37:11] Speaker D: You think you making it up? [00:37:12] Speaker A: I've been put you on. [00:37:15] Speaker D: Let's look forward. [00:37:16] Speaker B: Let's get back to pit basketball. So coming off a big win against Syracuse. Doesn't get easier this year in acc. Especially losing, you know, losing four straight but starting to bounce back. How do we feel on Tuesday night, the late game, 9pm game Eastern Time against North Carolina. Another solid team in acc. What do you think are the keys to victory? To continue the momentum for Pitt basketball? [00:37:38] Speaker C: We on the pm. [00:37:39] Speaker A: I think it's PM Man. [00:37:41] Speaker C: Let's go. No, we on the pn. We on the pm. That's all I'm saying. [00:37:45] Speaker D: What you said. St. Lee, Them lights is bright. [00:37:47] Speaker A: Bright lights was bright for me. I sold up. Except for all I said was, yeah, man, my bad, my bad. Let me get to it. I can't help myself. [00:37:57] Speaker D: He move over a chair. [00:37:59] Speaker C: He get. [00:37:59] Speaker D: He. He start acting different, don't he? That boy. [00:38:03] Speaker A: You gotta love yourself today. You gotta love yourself. You gotta love yourself the keys to, to win these games is we gotta rebound. We have to rebound defense. We have, we have to play good team defense. And we got. We gotta shoot well. Like, you know, it's good to get those wins and more consistent offense from Jalen Law. You know, he's our best player and he's not shooting at a high clip right now. And I know he can be better. Y'all know he can be better. He knows he can be better. [00:38:29] Speaker C: And he's. [00:38:29] Speaker A: He's going to have a, you know, tough matchup against RJ Davis. I'm sure he's looking forward to it. I feel like he step up when it's. When he's a big name guy. So, yeah, I think like I said, rebounding, playing good defense and just sticking together. And like I said, I want to see us get out and run. Want to see us get out and run. I just hope no good guys show up, man. [00:38:50] Speaker D: Yeah, for me it's the same thing, the rebounding thing. Luckily, North Carolina is not a great rebounding team, so that's to be a game that we can kind of build our confidence on the glass, kind of figure it out once we get stops, get the rebound and like you said, get up and down the run. Got to continue to get those good shots that we getting in transition. Jalen Lowe got to continue to push the pace. Zach Austin got to keep playing like he's playing. He's playing good defense, making big shots and our bigs. Get him in some pick and rolls, man. Get cam going early, get him some pick and rolls, get him the ball, let him see it go through the whole couple times. Hopefully he play, you know, continues to rebound better each game, so looking forward to that. It's at home, it's in the P, right? Playing the P at the crib. How to get one on espn? What better that to get another one? Looking forward to them. Get one going home and get one at the crib. [00:39:35] Speaker C: Like we've been saying, our guards lead us in scoring and if they play well, we usually win. So this matchup is going to come down to the guards, obviously, for us, low and ish. And then on their side they got ian Jackson and R.J. davis. So we got to be able to match the intensity. I think we will. Like Maine said, low plays well against, you know, big names. I think he's going to be ready once again. We just coming off a win, trying to build another streak here. We're back home on espn, so I think the guys would be ready and it's going to come down to that. Whatever. Two guards play better. I think going to put their team in the best situation to win the game. And also, just like Gary said, hopefully this could be a game. North Carolina is not a great rebounding team where we could have a great rebounding game, and we could build on that as well. [00:40:25] Speaker A: I would also like to see, like, we going. We pretty much playing six guys and, you know, probably not going to change if no one else has given us anything. I think. I think Cable said that before. You get in and you're not giving us nothing going back to the bench. But I would. I would like to see us, you know, get a pop in more. I want to. I want to see Brandon play more. I think he can. I think he can be. Yeah, I think he'd be a spark plug for us off the bench. I would like to see us try to run eight. Eight deep. At least eight deep. I think it's. I think it's hard to. I mean, it's not hard. You can win with six guys. You definitely can win with six guys. If y'all. If, you know, we playing well, I would just like to see more guys, you know, get on the court. [00:41:09] Speaker D: I agree with you on that. Definitely could get some more. Some more time for those guys. I think papa could get out there a couple more minutes. Which one of the twins come off the bench? [00:41:16] Speaker B: Jorge. [00:41:16] Speaker A: Jorge. Jorge. [00:41:17] Speaker D: He's the better shooter of those two. I think he can get a couple more minutes. He's still shooting the ball good. When you look at his stats, when he get in there, he can make shots, maybe get him some shots when he get in there, he in there for a short amount of time. He's the best shooter on the team, numbers wise, even though it's a small size. But, yeah, I'd like to see him get some more time. Also. It's. Brandon is coming. Yeah, like, he's definitely a start spark, but he has some. Some good games early in the season, so some more time for him will be good. [00:41:41] Speaker B: I feel like done is getting back to 100. I know they're still kind of limited in his minutes, and at the beginning of the season, he was, you know, leading the team's form. He was doing great, but, you know, he's kind of. I feel like they've been limiting his minutes a lot. Just ACC play, you feel like he's starting to come back in his own. He had a good game against Syracuse, getting 10 points. How do we feel like his role needs to. Need to evolve. [00:42:01] Speaker A: Yeah, I think he's. He's in with. With Ishan and Jalen and Jalen Lowe. He's. He's the third guard. He. He plays well. Like I said earlier, he had 10 points. They combined for 48 of the 77. I. I think he needs to play well. He's our third score. 10 points in 18 minutes is great. I honestly didn't realize that he was on a menace restriction. Yeah, we need him out there more. Hopefully he's getting back around. We need him at 100%. I like Dunn a lot. I said it before. He can score. He can playmate for the guys. I think he'll be big for us. So hopefully we can get him going. [00:42:37] Speaker D: So. [00:42:38] Speaker B: I know Maine and Lee. I know you guys, especially in your careers. You came back from an injury. I know league with your foot. Maine with your foot as well. How hard is it to actually come back from an injury and get your groove? I know analysts and everybody talks about us easing back in. Do you think that ease back in as necessary? Like, how does that process work mentally and physically? Getting back in the middle of the. [00:42:58] Speaker C: Season as a competitor, it's hard, you know, because you want to be out there. I know for me in my situation, it was like, especially after a high of a game, coming off of that winning like that, even though losing my cooking was like, wow. I was excited and then go down like I did the very next game. You just mentally down, like you just thinking the worst. And then you got to get surgery. Now you think about, am I going to be able to make it back for the season? And all them kind of thoughts is in your head. And as far as easing you back, you know, everybody wants you to be 100% because you rush back out there. You risk the chance of injuring yourself and going. So the patience is a process as well because once again, as a competitor, you want to get out there, but you got to do certain things. You got to. You got to go through a process of working your way back to doing things at 100% so you could be your best you. And it's just. It's just tough, man. But when you got a good training staff. I know Pittsburgh got the best staff. We always had a great staff. I know they're doing the right things with Dunn to bring them back. For me, once again, it took about three games for me to feel comfortable. I was still like I didn't think I was. But when you watch yourself on film, I'm like not stepping a certain way because you still, like, tentative. You're not sure of it, you know, so I feel like it took me three games and I think that was our three game losing streak. We had that. We were talking about guys day after that. Once I felt better, I think we played better. I think, like, like you said, they got done on a minutes restriction. I guess. I think he. I think he wasn't still 100%, but I know as a competitor, he probably wants to be out there, which is fine. But with the minute restriction, I don't know how long it's going to be till they lift it. I guess it determines on how he's feeling. [00:44:39] Speaker A: Yeah, League hit on everything. 100%. Even for me, like, league got hurt during the season, I got hurt in the off season and I thought I was iron man. I'll try to. I was trying to rush back and came back too fast and heard it again just like that. So, yeah, you got to have patience. You got to have patience. Always trust the. Always trust. You know, whatever they tell you to do, you do. Just give a hundred, 100, 110%. They're trying to get back. So hopefully he's doing that. Don't rush it. Levan's hit on everything. Must add. [00:45:11] Speaker C: I'm gonna add one more thing, though, but like, just on patience. And once again, in my situation, I came back that year and we wanted, you know, we had a good finish of the year, but I rebroke it in the summer after, you know, I feel like I listened to what the doctor said, you know, here nor there. I rebroke it. I had to go through a whole process of missing preseason, not going through no workouts with the team. And this is my last year. I'm pissed. Cause I feel like every day I'm not out there, I'm missing that chemistry. I'm just missing something. And I had to trust the medical staff again, listen to them, be patient, which we did. And it was, you know, our best season, I think, historically. So gotta be patient and you gotta trust the medical staff and the team. [00:45:54] Speaker A: I was about to give myself some kudos for that, but I'm just. Chill out. [00:45:59] Speaker D: Kudos meter. You done, bro? [00:46:02] Speaker A: You done? [00:46:03] Speaker D: Over. I don't wanna hear nothing else about your career today, dog. Oh, I'm done. [00:46:07] Speaker A: Oh, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up. I was talking to Trey. I was talking to Trey the other day. I was talking to Trey the other day, right? We was talking about the Villanova game when you putting ice on it, wasn't it? It was Trey. Trey told me it was him. Make sure that that's known. [00:46:21] Speaker C: That was Trey. [00:46:22] Speaker A: Trey said he was. Yeah, Trey said Trey was like. I was Levan stew boy. I did whatever Lee needed me to do. [00:46:28] Speaker C: What? He said. [00:46:30] Speaker A: He was like, get that ice. He said, I ran and got the ice. He said, I put the rag on him. I ran. [00:46:37] Speaker C: That was you, Nick. [00:46:39] Speaker B: I was not. [00:46:40] Speaker D: I was on film. [00:46:45] Speaker C: Like a manager. [00:46:47] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:46:47] Speaker B: The headband on and everything. [00:46:48] Speaker C: That's what I'm saying. That's funny. You know this one, I was like. [00:46:55] Speaker A: Right? [00:46:56] Speaker C: I was like, that's. That was Nick that did it. I was so. [00:46:58] Speaker D: Yeah, that was Trin. [00:47:00] Speaker B: Son, I'll take the credit. I did a lot. [00:47:02] Speaker D: I did a lot. [00:47:03] Speaker B: But that wouldn't mean that game. [00:47:05] Speaker C: Louisville was the number one overall seed. We was wrong about that too, man. So we gotta. [00:47:10] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. [00:47:11] Speaker D: So that kind of take a little bit down off your. Off, y'all, you know? [00:47:14] Speaker C: Yeah, you was. [00:47:15] Speaker D: I looked it up. But what I seen out from what. [00:47:16] Speaker A: I said, you need to talk to your team. Talk to your team. [00:47:21] Speaker D: My research team, they got fired for a new staff. They didn't get the job done, so, you know, look for them. Hey, did you. [00:47:27] Speaker A: Did y'all watch the video? The chat? [00:47:31] Speaker D: Yeah. Showing that Louisville was the number one overall. Yeah. [00:47:35] Speaker C: Yeah. I was hurt. That's why I was like, wow. Why would I think that? [00:47:41] Speaker D: Why would we think that they won the regular season? [00:47:43] Speaker A: That's what I said. [00:47:44] Speaker D: It wouldn't make no sense. [00:47:45] Speaker A: I wasn't 100. I wasn't 100. Sure. But Lee sounded so confident, so I was. [00:47:51] Speaker C: Why did I get so confident like that? It sounded too. [00:47:55] Speaker D: And you said, it's so confident. I believe I looked it up and I said, I seen enough. [00:48:00] Speaker C: I'm like, yeah, I'm right. I'm right. Hey. [00:48:02] Speaker D: But I thought it was. Hey. I didn't think it was Louis going off. I thought it was North Carolina. [00:48:05] Speaker C: Word. Right. [00:48:06] Speaker D: We didn't even say Louis. Because they won. Because they won the ACC that year in a big. The big ACC tournament, too. [00:48:11] Speaker C: Big east was. [00:48:12] Speaker D: Yeah, it was big. East was crazy. [00:48:13] Speaker A: We had three teams. [00:48:15] Speaker C: We gone twice, and we couldn't beat Louisville. And UConn beat Louisville twice. [00:48:22] Speaker D: Couldn't beat Louisville. Couldn't beat Villanova. [00:48:24] Speaker C: That was crazy. That year. [00:48:25] Speaker D: What? That was Louisville, Villanova, West Virginia, Improvident, Providence. [00:48:29] Speaker C: I think it's lost the problem. Lost us the regular season. Right. [00:48:33] Speaker D: Stormed the court on this. That's tough. [00:48:38] Speaker C: Kind of fire. [00:48:39] Speaker D: It was kind of fire, though. Even though it was bad. It was fire. [00:48:42] Speaker A: I. I ain't gonna lie. I enjoy it. [00:48:44] Speaker D: I enjoyed it. I was like, damn, we got the court slowing on us. We was nice, though. [00:48:48] Speaker B: We nice. [00:48:48] Speaker D: They slow the corners. [00:48:50] Speaker C: Too much. New England clam chowder, man. Too much soup, man. [00:48:53] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:48:56] Speaker C: Everybody was eating it. That joint was fired. [00:48:59] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:49:01] Speaker B: All right, before we conclude another big week in college basketball, what do you guys. I'll give each of the floor. What are you guys looking forward to most in this next week of college basketball? [00:49:10] Speaker C: Hit to get another win. That's what I'm focused on first and foremost. That's on Tuesday. After that, then I start looking around, seeing what I want to do. They gonna determine how I'm looking at games this week. [00:49:21] Speaker A: Tuesday, I'm with Lee. I need. [00:49:24] Speaker D: Hey, man, we. We all repping, man. [00:49:26] Speaker C: Hey, hey. [00:49:27] Speaker B: And we got the script. I'm bringing back the block. [00:49:29] Speaker D: Bring back the block, Sir. I got a block. I'll bring the block out. I got some. [00:49:34] Speaker A: All right. [00:49:35] Speaker B: That concludes another episode of the Pit Legends podcast. Be sure to tune in next week just like we do every week. Signing off with Jermaine Dixon, lavance fields, Gary McGee. I'm your host, Nick Rivers. See you next week. Hail the Pit. [00:49:49] Speaker D: Like and subscribe? [00:49:50] Speaker A: Yes. [00:49:52] Speaker B: Like and subscribe like your life depended on. [00:49:54] Speaker C: Subscribe on this month. [00:49:56] Speaker D: Yes, sir.