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Come on.
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So you're saying we could host a tournament out back?
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You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio Hour one on this Tuesday. Dan and the Dan It's Dan Patrick Show. Glad to have you on board. Reggie Miller A little later on, Clark Kellogg on loan from CBS Sports covering March Madness. Your phone calls are always welcome. 877-3DP show. Say good morning if you're watching on Peacock. That's our streaming partner. NBC Sports Network also carries the program and we give a shout out to our radio affiliates around the country. Stat of the Day is always brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the program. First down, we're brought to you by True Green. How about you get your lawn looking like a PGA tour golf course? Quality lawn, easy way. Make sure you do it with true green trugreen.com Then sit back and relax. Poll Question Play of the Day Stat of the Day Starting lineup Fritzi Seaton, Marv Polyure is truly and the back room guys as well. There's a little bit of movement with the point spreads for March Madness. And for entertainment purposes, Purdue yesterday was favored by seven and a half against Texas. Now it's six and a half. Nebraska it was one and a half against Iowa. Still one and a half that they're favored. Arizona was favored by eight and a half yesterday against Arkansas, now seven and a half. Houston was favored by two and a half. Now it's three and a half against Illinois and Michigan against Alabama. Michigan was favored by 10 and a half yesterday. Now it's 9 and a half. Also the odds to win the tournament. Arizona is a slight favorite over Michigan. Then it's Duke and then it drops down to Houston. Then it drops down even further to Purdue, Illinois, Iowa State. Yukon surprisingly is what, eighth on this list. But Arizona and Michigan, Duke in there and then Houston at plus 700. Then Purdue plus 1300. Illinois plus 1400, Iowa State plus 1700. Then Yukon plus 2500. And then it starts to dip down to Michigan State, St. John's Arkansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Iowa, Alabama and Texas. Texas the longest of shots at plus 30,000 for entertainment purposes only. All right, the 8773 DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @dp show operator Tyler sitting by. He'll take your phone calls if you listen to the program. You know what I think of Victor Wembanyama? That if he doesn't win the MVP this year. It's going to be his next year because this is a coming out party. He was a curiosity and then I wanted to see him with a good point guard. I wanted to see him kind of figure out he knew how to play defense. I wanted to see if he knew how to play offense, where to kind of find his spots. Well, he's finding his spots now and he's making a case a late run for mvp. Now I been pretty staunch supporter of SGA that he is going to get the mvp. I don't think he's the best player in the game, but it's not always given to the best player in the game. You have to decide whatever your definition of value is. Do I think OKC is a playoff team without sga? I do. Now is that fair to him? Is San Antonio a playoff team without Wembanyama? I don't think they are. Jalen Brown quietly carried the Celtics while Jason Tatum was out. I still think Joker's the best player in the game. He's a statistical anomaly. But this is where it becomes a little bit more of, okay, people want to know, this guy play defense? Does that guy play defense? Jalen Brunson, does he play defense? No. I don't know if Cade Cunningham plays defense. I don't know if SGA plays defense. I know Victor Wembanyama plays defense. And when you think about it, he's going to be the defensive player of the year. So at one end of the floor, he's the best player in the game. No doubt. Best player in the game. How much does that count? How much does that matter to voters? It seems to matter when we want to vote against somebody. When you say, yeah, but he doesn't play any defense. Okay, now you got a guy who's the best defensive player in the game who is going to give you, you know, 22 and 12 and three or four blocks every single night. So at the other end, he's still very high level. Last night, Wembanyama had 26, 15 and five blocks. So over the last three years, there have been 11 games in the NBA where a player has had those numbers. Wemby has six of the 11 games. Anthony Davis is the only player with more than one. Stat of the day brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the program. But I want you to listen to Victor Wembanyama after the game last night and I want to remind you that he's only 22 years of age. But listen to he's just kind of matter of fact pragmatic, just like, hey, should I be the mvp? Here's Victor Wembanyama.
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My first one would be that defense is 50% of the game and that is undervalued so far in the MVP race because I believe I'm the most impactful player defensively in the league. Second argument would be we almost swept OKC in the season and we dominated him three times with the real team and four times with them. My third argument would be that offense impact is not just sports,
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just matter of fact. Now, I will say if LeBron had said something like this, you know, the media would be crushing him. But he's 22. He's stating his case. And he's right. They won 22 of their last 24. They are a real force in the West. They're a real force to be able to play for a championship. And if you watch them the previous years, they weren't a very good team. But he's finding his spots. He's. He can shoot a three, he can take it to the hoop. He worked out with Jamal Crawford, who had one of the better handles in the history of the NBA. So Wemby in the off season worked with Jamal Crawford because he wanted to. A 75 guy, wanted to improve his handle. And he has. But then you have him at the other end. He can guard the three and he can guard the rim and he doesn't have to take more than a couple of steps. He is truly unique. And he's only 22 years of age. So when we start to equate value, that's where it's open to interpretation. Is he the best player in the game? No. Is the the most unique player in the game? Yes. Is he going to be the best player in the game? Yes. Now there's a late push for Luka Doncic. Now he's leading in scoring. I understand that the Lakers have played well. They lost last night. But how much do I give credence to he doesn't play defense. If Wemby is an A plus on the defensive end and let's say he's an A minus on the offensive end, does anybody match up with those grades? And the answer is nobody. And if I look at what his team has done, more importantly, we tend to look, if the spurs had the best record in the West, Wemby would win the mvp. But should it be that his team isn't as good as okc? But his value, look at what they've done now. It's not a. Oh, you got to see the spurs, their curiosity now. It's like OKC doesn't want San Antonio. They're going to do their best to avoid because Wemby can't wait to play against Chad Holren. And that's another thing that I love. You know what happened at the All Star Game. Wemby cared and the other players started to care. I love the enthusiasm and it matters. He cares. He plays hard like he. These are all the things you want. And, and he wasn't cocky. He was just let me lay this out to you in case you haven't thought of this and make a case. He's not going to win the MVP, but he should be finishing second. And he's only 22, which is remarkable when you look at the, the skill of, of any player that if he was 6, I mean he's Kevin Durant plus 7 inches and that the other end, he's the best defensive player in the game. Now, Katie, obviously a better offensive player, but not for much longer because once Wemby starts hitting the mid range jumper, he can shoot a three and he can go to the hole. You're gonna have to pick your poison with him because he'll make you pay. You, you're gonna let me shoot the three, you're gonna let me drive to the hoop or you're going to give me that mid range jumper. And if I'm Wemby, I'd be pounding that mid range jumper. I'd make you pay because then once you come out, I'm going by you. And then the defensive end, it's remarkable to watch him. He can, he can cover both sides of the, the lane. He can go out to the three, he can guard the R. Yeah, Paulie,
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he had a block last night where the guy beat him and was going for a reverse layup. He was on the back side of the rim, reached across the net and blocked it from the backside. It was freakish.
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It's remarkable. And you got have to go out of your way to sometimes find the spurs when they're playing. And OKC for that matter, to be fair to sga, but with Wemby, it's such a. I mean you're watching, you're watching history. And look, I, I've been around this game for almost 60 years. Like this is truly, truly unique with what we're seeing. But there are other players that I thought could be like this. I thought Ralph Sampson could be like this. I thought Sean Bradley could be like this. Guys who were that tall, build, could run, and they had great touch. This is different. This is unique. Now, you know, we talk about people changing the game. Steph Curry changed the game more than any other player in history. Well, you can be Steph curry because he's 6, 2, 6 3. Like, you can go out there and go, I can shoot that shot. You can't be 7 5. So, you know, they had the. The campaign to be like Mike. Well, nobody could be like Mike, but we would like to be like Mike. We can be like Steph Curry in our mind. We can't be like Wemby. Yeah, Paul, maybe women.
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Yama changes your game because you have to play defense completely differently on him, your offense, you can't take normal jumpers. And I was looking how he's finishing the season in the month of March. He's up to 27 points per game. He's up to 12 rebounds. He's up to four blocks, though. He's having his best month of his season right now.
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He's.
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And this is what I mean, this has to count for something a little bit more. You know, this is getting ready for playoff position. You've won 22, a 24 now. OKC is won 12 in a row. SGA gives you 20 a night. And maybe it's not fair to him. He's not exciting. He's a great closer. But he's known for what, drawing fouls. That's first thing you think of. Oh, he's really good at drawing fouls, which I don't have a problem with. I think NBA officials have to relearn how to officiate today's game. Because you can call holding and pass interference on just about every play in the NFL. You have to decide how often you're going to call it. It's not. There isn't a penalty. It's. Do you want to call that? And in the NBA, and this is the death of the NBA. Some nights where you're watching and it's forever, we watch this in March Madness. Like, there are games where you go, God, how long is this. Is this the same game we've been watching? It's. I think the officials got to relearn on what they're looking for and what you're going to call. Because if I'm sga, just like James Harden, can I get away with this? I'm going to continue to do it. All the great players and even the, you know, the players who aren't great, they try to get away with this. But if I Can push off. You're not going to call it. If I can draw fouls, you're not. You're going to call those. I go to the line. You're going to continue to do it. But I think it's incumbent upon the commissioner and the officials to look at the game and decide how you want to call this game. Because there's nothing better than when the game flows where it's back and forth and back and forth. It's, you know, it's not tweet. Nobody wants to see that. But Wemby, I want to see him in person. Yeah. Marv, is.
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Is there a stat for shots altered? Because it's almost like Max Crosby with hurries. Like, you know what? He might win defensive player of the year just off of the shots that he alters. Never mind the shots that he actually blocks because he makes you think twice about even putting up a three point.
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Right. I'm sure that they have stats on that of affecting a shot. But when you think about it, there's only one other player in the NBA. When you think defense, you think this guy. And it's Rudy Gobert. But that's all he does. And he is nowhere near in the area code of Victor Wembanyama. Rudy Gobert's going to the hall of Fame because he, he has four defensive player of the year awards. He will be a Hall of Famer. Wemby is going to do that. And then everything he does on the offensive end.
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Yes, Marv, I'll go back to the Olympics. Rudy Gobert was not on the floor for the US Versus France in the gold medal game.
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Yeah.
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And you're the defensive player of the year four times. Remember, Wembley was supposed to win defensive player of the Year as a rookie.
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He should have. He should have. Absolutely. But sometimes, you know, people get into this. Oh, yeah, I'll vote for him. And I'll vote for him. And we don't talk about defense. Now look at these points in the NBA like you're getting 130 and you're losing games, but you got a guy who cares about playing defense, who plays it at a very high level, no pun intended. And that has to be factored into the mvp. I don't know if it will. And once again, I think SGA is going to win. They've been the best team, defending champs, he's consistent. He scores 20 a night, but they're the best team. Yes, Mark.
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And if the spurs and the Thunder meet in the playoffs, if SGA wins the MVP award or Wins the MVP award over Wemby. You think he hated OKC before. He's going to go nuclear on OKC in the playoffs if he sees them.
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Yeah, I mean, this is a rivalry. It's a true rivalry. And you could hear him. He said, hey, look, we beat them when they had their lineup. We beat them three times. I like it. But at 22, I know we love this story. And I always go back to how would the media have treated LeBron at 22 if he said, you know, I'm the best player. This is what I do. Nobody does what I do. Wemby. It just feels like the way he said it got a little bit of his French accent in there, and you're like, okay, all right. Yeah, all right, all right. I believe you. I'm buying into this. Yeah, Paul, I know.
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There's only 10 games remaining. Thunder are 57 wins. Spurs have 54 wins. If somehow the spurs steal the 1 seed in the east, would. How much would that affect the MVP voting? It's possible. It's striking distance.
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Well, yeah, it's possible. It's three games, but, you know, OKC is not losing now. You know, they. They're back to full strength, it feels like. But if the spurs maintain this, I mean, this might be one of those 10 years from now, we look back and say, wait, why didn't Wemby win it that year? I mean, it might be that way, but it's fun to watch. It's fun to watch the growth that you see of. You know, he was kind of not awkward because he. He had a flow to his game, a rhythm to his game, but he didn't know where to stand in the NBA. He was getting roughed up, knocked out of the paint, and then he finally got a point guard, and he positioned him. Yes.
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I imagine. Yeah. That watching Wemby right now is similar to what it must have been like to see Wilt Chamberlain play. You're like, there's one dude out here that is just on a totally different level.
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Yes. All right, let me take a break. I know I get carried away. I have a friend who's a Boston Celtic fan. He's already, you know, responding to me. Oh, here we go with the Wemby love. Yep. Here is the Wemby love. Wembp. All right, we'll take a break. We'll come up with a poll question. We got Clark Kellogg and Reggie Miller a little later on. We're back after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartra.
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Paulie Fusco here with Tony Fusco. Yo, as everybody knows, we're the host of the award winning Paulie and Tony Fusco show. Yeah, but instead of us telling you how great we are, here's how Dan Patrick described us when he came on our show.
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Quick, knowledgeable and funny. Opinionated. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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What are you doing? You're interrupting our promo.
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Yeah, he wasn't talking about you. You took those clips totally out of context.
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Oh, yeah?
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Well, after this promo, I'm gonna take you out and beat you.
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Let me put this into context.
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Shut up.
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Yeah.
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Anyway, just listen to the Paulie and Tony Fusco show on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
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Yay.
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Come on.
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No, no, I'm serious. Happens all the time. And you know, they're the official lawn care treatment provider, the PGA Tour. So they know what it takes to get golf course quality lawns.
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So you're saying we could host a tournament out back?
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No, I mean, we could make. Yeah, I guess we can. If true green's doing all the work, no one makes it easier. They handle the treatments, the timing, everything.
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I feel like you see them everywhere.
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Yeah, beautiful lawns. And you know it's True Green America's number one lawn care company. And chances are they're already in your neighborhood.
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I'll play, but I'm not mowing.
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I didn't think you were your wife, Will, or your son. Get your own golf course. Quality lawn@trugreen.com truegreen.com Let the pros handle the lawn. Just don't be surprised when golfers show up. Just because the big game is over doesn't mean you can't have people over. And if you're having people over, it'll be Miller time. Still iconic 50 years later. The original light beer, by the way, 1975, and it's brewed for taste. Simply put, it just is different. Miller Time it's the right time anytime. Simple ingredients, malted barley for rich, balanced toffee note flavors and the iconic golden color. There's something about that after every show we had in San Francisco. I'd say the show is not over until you'd hear that and it was time for Miller Time. Miller Light the perfect beer to kick off a small hang. Or maybe you're going to hang with people after work. 96 calories, 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. A great choice without weighing you down. You can get it pretty much anywhere that sells beer, or go to millerlight.com Patrick to find delivery options. Miller Time Celebrate responsibly Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 96 calories, 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.
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Fergusonhome.com baseball's opening day. Oh, by the way, tomorrow, San Francisco Giants and the New York Yankees on Netflix. As Netflix tries to delve further into live sports. Poll questions. Seaton for the first hour of the program. You got one.
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We got a few options here from the to Double D. You see, the only reasonable thing to do to balance UConn women's hoop dominance is make the Huskies have just four players on the court or allowing opposing teams to have six players on the court.
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Okay.
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Gotta do something.
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Yeah. Connecticut won handily over Syracuse yesterday. And the Syracuse women's basketball coach, Felicia Leggett. Jack had this to say about playing Connecticut every March.
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For us to do what we've done, to continuously have to come to UConn and every single school that I go to from Buffalo, it's unfair to the young people. I don't know what it is. Somebody said, is there something that they might have against me? If that's the case and we need to communicate about that. But for us to be what we've done in our body of work, to have to come and play that best team in the country, I mean, Gino has this thing going and he is. I love what he's done, but we, I thought, deserved a little more respect after being in his business for 37 years. And to have to come and be in this particular bracket every freaking year is unacceptable.
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All right. No, it's not a neutral site. This is what the, you know, women's tournament does. They want to take advantage of local fan bases here. They don't want a neutral site where maybe you don't get large crowds. They want atmosphere here. Connecticut is the number one team in the country. Connecticut and Syracuse have been five times in the NCAA tournament since 2016. They met in the national title game in 2016. The last four games have been in the round of 32. Yukon has won those games by an average of 31 points. I understand coach is going to be sensitive. You could see it and you could hear it in her voice. But you got humiliated. It didn't matter where you were playing. You got to. You got to be honest about that. Did you have your team prepared? And if your team is worthy of 27 wins or whatever you had on the season, you certainly didn't showcase that. And you're eventually going to have to play Connecticut because they're going to continue to win. I don't think this has anything to do that. She coached at Buffalo or Indiana or wherever else. And now it's Syracuse that the tournament is going to go, you know who we're going to embarrass? We're going to embarrass Syracuse. Now, I think that's unfair to Connecticut. Connecticut. And Gino Oriemma has no. Makes no apologies. Gino says, hey, you have to raise your game. Come up to us. They're not coming back down to you. And I think they made the announcement last night, like a hundred million dollar renovation, arena locker rooms. I mean, this is big business here. This is a big deal here. And yes, there are probably four or five schools each year that can win a national championship or at least play in the national championship game. Syracuse got there 10 years ago. They are light years away. But for her to say, you're singling me out and I've been in the game for 30 years, I think that's unfair to the performance of Connecticut and the lack of performance by Syracuse. Yeah, Paul.
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And like you've always said, the NCAA tournament is also building a tournament going to put local teams against each other, teams with natural east coast rivalries. The fact that Syracuse and Yukon played in a final is inherent, that they're going to match them up as soon as they can going forward. And it's just a coincidence that they're four hours away from each other. So you're definitely going to try to fill that building with Syracuse fans as well.
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And I understand the sensitivity. You got humiliated. And then you go into that press conference soon after and you could see the emotion that was there. You could hear the emotion that was there. I just think you got to separate. You got to separate one from the other. The NCAA is not out to get you because were they out to get you when you're at Buffalo? Were they out to get. Yeah, you're going to play Connecticut. You should want to play Connecticut. You want to play the best, do it early. But I think you got to be fair that UConn is just in a different stratosphere here. And. Yes. Are you going to play at Connecticut? Yes, you are. Why? Because there is no other women's team in America that comes close to the fan base. Now. Tennessee used to have this. LSU still has a great following. South Carolina, there are really good programs. Connecticut's just different. But it feels like coach might be trying to deflect a little bit here. I mean, that's the kind of score you would see in high school. Hey, Paulie said Connecticut will be up by 30 at halftime, it was 65 to 12. I mean, Connecticut's really good. They're not 65 to 12 against a team that's ranked in the top 25. Yes, Marv.
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Well, I may have to disagree with you because the level is different between the top five teams and teams 20 through 25. So it might be a 30 to 40 point game.
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Not. Not 65 to 12. Different.
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They were on fire. I don't know. I couldn't tell you what happened with that.
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Yes, there's very clearly a discrepancy between, say, even that. Right. Say. Well, Marvin said the top five, even the top ten, the bottom is so much lower than. Than the top is high.
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Yeah.
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You know, and there's really. There's only. I'll make up numbers here, but if there's 30 really, really good players and there's another 970 of them playing, you know that it. There's going to create these types of situations more often than not.
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Yeah. Connecticut is an overwhelming favor to win the title. I wouldn't rule out ucla, Texas, South Carolina, lsu. That's basically it. Yeah. Mark.
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And it's difficult when you watch something like maybe the women's McDonald's All American game and there's 24 girls and they're going to seven schools and three of them are going to UConn and three of them are going to South Carolina and three are going to LSU. And it's like you're not even spreading out the talent. I always go back to UConn when Diana Taurasi was there. There was one year they won the national title. She was the third best player on the team. Diana Tausi was the third best player because she had Stu Bird and Swin Cash and you had all this talent on one team, and you can't spread it out like you can in the men's game.
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Yes, Todd.
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And to suggest or think that if it was somewhere outside of Gampel Pavilion, you could play the game in Antarctica instead of 65, 12 at halftime would have been like 59, 23. Would there have been any kind of significant difference? There wouldn't.
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It is tough to play Connecticut, but it's tough because start with the talent that they have, and then you have the environment there. But I just think that the anger is kind of misdirected here. It really should be at your team. Your team played sloppy, missing shots, easy shots, throwing the ball out of bounds. I mean, some of that is because of Connecticut, but, you know, there's. You don't have the nil money where we can evenly disperse talent across America. Where the best player, like AJ DebonSA can go to BYU for $7 million and BYU makes the tournament. You don't have that in women's basketball. There still is a very, very deep divide of who is good and who is not or who is great and who is just good. But I understand the frustration. You could have called a press conference at halftime if you wanted to. Yes, Paul.
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I was hoping, weirdly, because a little sadistic, that the. I think, as Holly Roe was doing the sideline, that on the way to the locker room, she would interview the Syracuse head coach.
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What do you need to do in the second half, Coach?
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Any adjustments at halftime down?
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No, no. I think I like where we are. We got them right where we want them.
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Which do you need to get going more, your offense or your defense?
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We gave up 65 and we only scored 12.
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They're getting tired from all the shows.
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Yeah, they're going to be exhausted from making all those baskets there. Yes.
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Todd, you just can't spot the Huskies 53 points with, you know, there's 20 minutes left of basketball to hope to get back in this, but we're gonna give it a shot.
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Thank you, Todd. All right, some phone calls here. 877 3DP Show Jesse in Florida leads us off. Good morning, Jesse.
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Morning, guys. Fellas. 64285 double XL T shirt. Dan, I say that because I think you just created a nice new T shirt. It's gonna be simple. It's a black tee, silver script. Wemby Cares. Because I think he does care, and I would wear that proudly, rooting him on the rest of the season. I got a 50 to 1 ticket for him to win the MVP I picked up. So, guys, get to work on that Wemby Cares T shirt.
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I would love it. All right. I still like when vp, but Matt in Ohio. Hi, Matt. What's on your mind?
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Hey, good morning, guys. How's everybody doing?
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Great.
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Good, Good. I had a kind of a question question and then a comment. So as far as when banana goes, he's kind of like a unicorn. I don't know if that's the right word. And I think in baseball, the same goes for Ohtani. I don't know if you guys think there's somebody like that in the NFL. And then my comment was to Marvin that the hands don't make the man.
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Oh, okay.
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Thanks.
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Chris in Syracuse. Hi, Chris.
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Hey. Hey.
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Thanks, Dan. Hey, Dan. It's funny. Local media and fans here in Syracuse, echo your words to a tee. Yeah, yeah, Real embarrassing with Coach Legat. And you were talking about Wemby in the first segment, and I said it a while back, too. But it's gonna be great for the media because he's the antithesis. His teams will be the antithesis, emphasis of Tim Duncan's dynasty if he does turn it into a dynasty. I mean, he was Mr. Bank Shot Vanilla. Didn't really give you anything. I mean, Wendy embraces it. He's animated, he'll talk, he shows emotion. I mean, it's gonna be. Yeah, it's gonna be a lot of fun. And he is. He is so unique.
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It's fun to watch and watch an entire game because I always tell people when they show me highlights, I always say, I want to see the game. And they're like, well, don't these, you know, kind of bear out how great this player is? And I go, yes. But I like to see when you get a shot blocked or you throw an interception or you get sacked or you strike out, I want to see what you do. Your next at bat, your next snap, your next shot. Because that's what sports is. I mean, you think about baseball, 70% of the time you fail, and you're still really good. If you fail 70% of the time with basketball, you might make half your shots. So you have these moments where you're human or you get knocked down, you get back up. Now what do you do? That to me, separates you because there are guys who play in college, and I mentioned this before when I went to see the Michigan, Ohio State game at Ohio State years ago, and Justin Fields looked like he was in the backyard. And there was no. Like, it was a pro day against Michigan. They could have scored 70 that day. It felt like. And it, you know, gives you this false sense of that guy is unbelievable. And we found that that is true. He is, you know, he was on a really good team with really good wide receivers playing against a suspect Michigan defense and took advantage of it, but everybody got caught up in that. And you're like, oh, my God, look at that guy. I want to see what happens when somebody puts you on your rear end. You throw an interception, because that's what the NFL is. All right, we'll take a break. We will update our poll results. More of your phone calls. Apparently, the best quarterback in the draft, according to one analyst, is not the quarterback who's going to be taken number one overall. Have that for you. Coming up, Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup. In the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.
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He's unconscious.
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Whose career would you want? Past, present and future? Ohtani Wembanyama or other even Is there even another right now? Shohei is winning that one with 72% of the vote. Wembanyama and other if there is another is are tied.
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I can't help but think back. I think it was on this day that Mike Trout signed his contract. It was 12 years 465 million. Let me see if I got the numbers. 12 years. 426 and a half million. So that was 2019 on this day. And you thought at the time, man, that guy the next Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays, and he's the future of the sport. And then all of a sudden he wasn't. And then all of a sudden they didn't make the playoffs. Then all of a sudden Ohtani comes and goes. Then all of a sudden he gets injured. Then all of a sudden he doesn't come up in conversation anymore. It happens that quickly. And it can take an injury, it can take management making bad decisions, and then you're not relevant anymore. You're relevant when you win. Ohtani won with the Angels. He's a curiosity now. All of a sudden you're playing in big games. And that's all we wanted with Mike Trout. We wanted to see him in games that mattered. He said three playoff games. And that was 12 years ago. He.
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He's been making $37 million a year for many, many, many years and has many left to go.
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Yes. Paulie.
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Mike Trout's first eight years in the bigs, 2012 through 2019, first ballot hall of Famer, without question. Three. Three MVPs. He finished second four times since then. The last seven years, he's finished top five for MVP once.
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Yeah, but that's why when you look at this guy, can't miss this guy. This team, they're going to be playing for championships. It can close that quickly. And Mike Trout is not part of the national conversation anymore. And it's a shame. But I can look at ownership and management. They didn't help him. We said at the time, if you're not keeping Ohtani, which everybody knew they weren't, then trade him. Get something for him. I would have traded Mike Trout. We said that five years ago that I would trade Mike Trout. Yes. Is it going to hurt? Yes. But I got to figure out how to make this team competitive in the shadow of the Dodgers. And you haven't done a good job at all. You lost Ohtani. Mike Trout is kind of mired in mediocrity as far as, you know, the team goes. You know, they tried with free agent signings, but, yeah, it's on this date in 2019, he signed that contract. So he's got till 2031 to get paid. Yeah.
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Marvin, the three MVPs gets Mike Trouton to the hall of Fame, correct?
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Yes.
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Okay. If he had two.
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Well, he finished top five, what, three other times. Four other times. Yeah, maybe he's, he'd be MVP or he'd be a first battle hall of Famer, I would think. Yeah.
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Paulie Trout's first eight years are almost identical to Pujols's first eight years. Awards, stats, numbers. But Pujols played in 88 postseason games and, and won two World Series. Trout played in three total games.
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And the Cardinals wisely didn't re disrespect Pujols with a contract offer, but they wisely got his best years and moved on and that's where the Angels go. We'll take him. And I remember being on the radio and I said if they win a World Series with Pujols then you can validate all that money. Pujols made one all star team now, you know, hall of Famer. But The Cardinals got 10 years. One of the best return on investments in recent history of what they got. Let's see Patrick in South Dakota. Hi Patrick. What's on your mind?
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Good morning, Dan. Six foot, a svelte, one six.
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Steve,
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I just wanted to make the comment, you know, I, I know you guys are going to be talking about Ty Simpson here coming up and I don't think it's any coincidence that Dan Orlovsky is pushing Ty Simpson as being a better quarterback seeing as they both are represented by CAA Sports. You know, this is another opportunity to also knock on the Raiders. First it was the offensive line is poor. We get Linderbaum. They have too many holes. We get all these signees and get Max back. You know, so I just, this is just a funny headline that they're trying to push and obviously Orlofsky is pushing it because of their connection with CAA Sports together.
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It's not obvious. Let's be fair. It's a, you know, that's an accusation. Orlopsky's credibility is at stake here. These, you know, these hot takes don't go away. But Orlovsky, I, he's so pro quarterback and he's always talking great about quarterbacks. Was I surprised that he said he's better than Mendoza? So the Raiders are making a mistake in Dan Orlovsky's opinion. But I don't think I'm going to look at this and go, well, they're represented by the same firm and therefore he's going to risk his reputation to say something. He doesn't believe it. Yes, it is true.
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I'm not saying that he is doing that, but I don't know that he's worried about is anybody surrounding Any of the drafts, do they really have to worry about reputation for what they get right and what they get wrong? I mean, nobody is really like that. Man, this guy gets everything right. This guy gets everything wrong. People just kind of comment, yeah, but
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I think it's different when it comes to us. This is a standalone. Like, he's saying that Ty Simpson's better than Fernando Mendoza. It's not. He's got a bunch of comments or opinions about these draft picks. Like, this is out of nowhere. And I think that's the surprising part. And I do think that we have a callback. You know, when Chris Sims talked about Lamar Jackson, he said, I think he's the best quarterback in the draft. So we do remember those things. I don't know if Dan Orlovsky cares if we remember. And this is a bad take. A lot of people like Bryce Young and I kept going, I don't think you're seeing the same guy that I'm seeing. But hey, it gave us. Keep in mind ESPN has the draft. I mean, they're trying to pump up a draft. That doesn't sound like it's too enticing. We know Mendoza is going to the Raiders. The other curiosity is Jeremiah Love. Other than that, what are you really interested in on that first night? Maybe where Ty Simpson goes. Do the jets take him? Do the Cardinals take him? Like, these are the possibilities. But we'll play what Orlovsky had to say about Ty Simpson when. When we come back, and then you could judge for yourself. I mean, he's passionate, truly believes it. He's not the only guy, by the way, who. Who believes in Ty Simpson. One hour in the books, two more to go. We'll talk some college basketball with Clark Kellogg. Also, Reggie Miller. Can Wemby steal the mvp? Two more hours to go back after this.
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