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Final hour in this Wednesday check in with Grant Hill, hall of Famer will join us momentarily. He was on the call for Yukon Duke with Ian Eagle and Bill Raftery. Probably still a little stunned from the finish there. 877-3-DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, thank you for allowing us into your homes. And the NBC Sports Network also carries the program as well as our radio affiliates around the country, including iHeartRadio Fox Sports Radio this week Sunday night it'll be the Lakers and the Mavs, Rockets and the Warriors Sunday on NBC and PEACOCK. And starting April 19, the NBA playoffs coming to NBC and Peacock. Grant Hill, hall of Famer, now part of the CBS Turner College Basketball Tournament Action. How you feeling today, Grant?

Grant Hill (3:41)

I'm feeling good.

Dan Patrick (3:42)

Wait, why, why did you pause there?

Grant Hill (3:45)

Just a hectic, chaotic time, you know, and I, my, my alma mater lost. I have become a meme. I'm trying to prepare for Final Four. There's a lot going on.

Dan Patrick (3:59)

Dan, what do you see when you see yourself after the shot by Mullins? And there's you and Raph and I and Eagle, but you and Raph are both kind of stunned.

Grant Hill (4:13)

Yeah, I mean, we were stunned. It was absolutely incredible and almost improbable. That eight second sequence was, was, I don't think I've seen anything quite like that in sports or at least in terms of calling a game. And so I think you're just trying to like, okay, Irons all over the call. Let him do his thing. Let us try to process what just happened. And, and so, you know, it's funny because you don't know what you look like. And then obviously they show that view and you know, Raph looks like he's, you know, he's, he's, Raph looks like how I look after a night out with him. And I'm just like stunned as well. Like, it was, it was incredible. It was incredible. And some of the memes and the talks and all like it's you know, it's pretty funny, but what a moment and what an honor for all of us to be a part of that and be on the call for it.

Dan Patrick (5:16)

But unlike us as fans, you're working, right? Because we can say holy whatever, like you gotta go. Okay, now I gotta figure out, break down what just happened here in that moment. And I mean, you get a little bit of time because Ian will stall a little bit so you guys can kind of gather or look at a replay. But what did you see in that? If you're Duke, did Duke do everything they were supposed to do? It just Connecticut did something maybe a little better or am I being too lenient there?

Grant Hill (5:51)

Yeah, I mean, look, I think you could say it that way. I mean, look, if Kaden Boozer, you know, in that moment where it was able to execute that pass and somehow get it through down the court, you know, we're talking about Duke moving on and this is not an issue. Obviously that didn't happen. And in part because of the brilliance of Yukon and you know, just Demery there making a, an all time play by deflecting that pass attempt. So look, there, there's a lot of opinions. You know, I said in the moment that all Duke had to do was hold the ball. The beauty and the agony of sports is that, you know, you got to play it all the way through to the end.

Dan Patrick (6:34)

But the possession arrow would have been for Yukon. If he just stood there and held the ball, then Connecticut is going to get the ball.

Grant Hill (6:44)

Well, look, I mean, you can say a lot of things. He could have held the ball. They could have fouled him. Maybe he goes to the free throw line. Even if he misses the free throw, at least you can set up your defense. He could have dribbled the ball and you know, done the whole Bob Koozie thing and avoid it. But, you know, they could have done that. But you know, maybe they steal it from him or maybe he goes off his foot. I mean, like, you know, we can sit here and analyze and break down and find fault and blame, but the reality is it's sports and you know, anything can happen and anything has happened time and time again. It's unfortunate, you know, because it's not all on him. Duke had, I think they had eight turnovers in the second half, 16 points for UConn in terms of scoring off those turnovers. So there was a lot of blame to go around. But I think I have to remove my Duke hat and really sort of wear my broadcasters hat. And we have a responsibility. We have a duty to shine a light on UConn and what they've done and doing that miraculous play at the end there and advancing on and celebrating them. And I have no problem doing that because I understand what this is all about. I understand what makes March Madness special. And. And so, you know, I'll continue to say great things about Dan Hurley, like, I've done a lot, it seems, the last four years.

Dan Patrick (8:09)

Did you notice the incident with Roger Ayers, when Hurley and Ayers come forehead to forehead?

Grant Hill (8:18)

I didn't notice it in real time. We may have shown. We may have shown it, but I think I was sort of just, you know, trying to, you know, make sure I had a pulse, but then also just take it all in. Watching the UConn celebration, the team watching Duke and, you know, sort of the. The. The. The morning in that moment and. And just sort of taking it all in, in real time. So not really watching the monitor in that moment, but I've, of course, seen it after the fact. And, you know, it's. It's. It's Dan Hurley, you know, and. And I've heard people say, well, you know, you know, it could have been a, you know, it could have been a technical. It could have impacted the result. I think, you know, Ayers is one of the best in the business. He handled it right, you know, very celebratory. And it's Dan, you know, and they know who Dan is, and maybe he gets a little leeway, maybe he doesn't. But, you know, I think it was funny. It was amusing. Great job by our director, Mark Grant, to capture that. That on the air. But I think it just showed the fullness of that moment, the celebration from the bench, UConn, their fans, their coach, and then, you know, capturing Duke and the disappointment, the dejection, all of that. And so that's. That's good tv. But that's also what March Madness is all about.

Dan Patrick (9:43)

Talking to Grant Hill, CBS Turner College basketball analyst now, you know how those poor Kentucky fans felt when you threw the pass to Laetner, right Now, you know, that pain.

Grant Hill (9:57)

Well, I'm not laughing at the Kentucky fans, first of all. I'm laughing at the question. You know, I think the difference, though. Yes, I know what it feels like. I think the difference in that moment, you know, we were number one. Kentucky were kind of the upstarts. They weren't. They weren't even picked to go as far as they did. And that game was just one, you know, incredible play after incredible play, and it was back and Forth. And we just so happened to have two seconds left and we were able to execute a play at the buzzer. But I think they walked out of there disappointed, obviously, but I'm sure the Kentucky faithful was proud of that group and felt like they were worthy of winning. And it just, they just came up short. I think in this case, I don't think the Duke faithful walked away proud. I think they felt like, you know what, we let that slip away. It was in our hands and it was a meltdown. And so I don't think the same feeling amongst the Duke fans compared to that of Kentucky. But to lose on a play like that, to lose on a shot like that, and you're right, Dan. Look, I was on the court, I was a part of that moment 30 some odd years ago, and now I'm courtside on the call for one of the. Another iconic moment. I mean, it was, it was, I guess, full circle. And you know, look, you're going to experience those highs and you're going to experience those lows, and that's just part of, you know, Coach K. Coach K, who obviously a 40 year career at Duke and he had some incredible highs and he had some, some tough moments as well. And that's just part of it. You know, you got to take the good with the bad.

Dan Patrick (11:46)

How do you decompress after calling a game like that?

Grant Hill (11:50)

I couldn't, I literally could not sleep after the game. And, and look, I say that even if you replace Duke with, you know, North Carolina, I still would have been in disbelief because it was just as a broadcaster and, you know, this like, as a broadcaster, you, you can only like, pray for a game like that, to have a moment like that, to have a, you know, just a, a play that you could never imagine occur at the end of the game. And, and so for us, you know, Iron Eagle, Bill Raftery, Tracy Wolfs and myself, to be on that call, you're just like, wow. And you know what's at stake, you know, an opportunity to go to the Final Four. So I was just going through it. I was like, I couldn't sleep. I was like, wow. Like, what happened? Like, did we just witness this? Is this real? Of course. I was looking at all the comments on Twitter and people, you know, saying that, you know, I lost my soul and, you know, Grant was disappointed and all, like, and it was actually, you know, you don't typically like when people come at you on social media, but in that moment, it was actually fun to see all the comments and all the just all the excitement, you know, and, and the one thing, I mean, look, UConn, I have the. The utmost admiration. After the game, I went out and I went on the court. You know, after we did our Internet hit, I sought out Mr. And Mrs. Hurley, Bob Hurley Sr. Chris Hurley. And I was happy for them. I mean, we, we shared some great moments together. They're like family, Dan and Bobby's sister Melissa. And then I saw Dan and, and I chatted with Dan and you know, he, we talked and you know, I mean, like, I've known them for years and I was happy for them and happy for their program and happy to be a part of that moment.

Dan Patrick (13:47)

Best team left in the tournament is who?

Grant Hill (13:51)

Ooh, that's a good one. That's a good one.

Caller/Listener (13:55)

So

Grant Hill (13:58)

that's tough. I mean, I think, I think Michigan and Arizona. I think it's a toss up. I did Arizona's first game this year. They played Florida, the defending champions, in Vegas. It felt like a final four game. And co opied was incredible. Kind of his coming out party. But. But Arizona is different. They've gotten better buries is now like a Murray. He didn't play great in that game. He is now a force. This team is solid, well balanced, well, coach inside out. They get to the line like they're big. Michigan, I've seen a lot of Michigan. I did their games and the players there. I did the Big Ten tournament, man, I don't. I think that those are the two best teams, but the best teams don't always win, you know, and we've learned that. If we learn anything, we've learned that. So. But we got some great matchups. We got, you know, we got some blue bloods. We got some, Some big teams. We got an Illinois team that is. Is unique. They're big, they shoot threes, they don't foul. But they're physical. They re. They rebound. It's such a different style of play. But anyway, I sound like a politician. If I had to pick one team, I would say I think Michigan might be the best team here. And the Duke person in me, it pains me to say that, but I think. I think Michigan might be. Might be the best team in the Final Four.

Dan Patrick (15:31)

Was there a second option on the throw to Laetner against Kentucky?

Grant Hill (15:37)

Yeah, there were a couple other. You know, it was funny. I was at Duke in the preseason and I went to watch practice and I'm talking with Shire and Chris Carrawell and they're just kind of going through some scenarios and they're like, what's that play that you guys ran? What was the actual play that you ran against Kentucky? And part of me was thinking, well, Coach K is upstairs, you should go ask him. But I tried to rack my brain and there was some other action. And, you know, if I couldn't get to Christian and maybe throw it to Bobby, he was the second option. But I knew coming out of that huddle that, like, I'm throwing it to Christian and we're going to live and die with him making a play.

Dan Patrick (16:25)

But that had been practiced.

Grant Hill (16:28)

That actual play had not been practice, but the baseball pass and sort of variations of that play. We ran a play similar to that against Wake Forest at the end of the regular season, and we didn't execute. Coach K had Laitner coming from one side of the court to the other. I threw a curveball that led him to, out to the, out of bounds there by, by the sidelines. And so this time he put Christian right in the middle of the court. And so good coaching on Coach K's part. But, you know, I'm still amazed.

Dan Patrick (17:02)

Leitner faked one way and went back. I don't know if he needed to, but it was like, wow, he. He's thinking, I might be double team. I'm going to fake one way. And he still had time to turn the other way.

Grant Hill (17:15)

Yeah, I mean, that was. I remember I had a great view and when he caught it and he started dribbling, I said, no, no, don't do that. Now's not the time to show your moves off Christian, you know, and. But his presence of mind, his understanding that two seconds, what I can do is in that amount of time.

Dan Patrick (17:33)

How about a statue of you getting ready to throw it and then Laitner 50ft away. We put that on the Duke campus.

Grant Hill (17:44)

You know, I'm not opposed to that. I'm not opposed to that because you

Dan Patrick (17:49)

don't get credit for the throw. And your dad was a great running back. Were you a quarterback in, in high school? Did you play any football?

Grant Hill (17:57)

So he wouldn't let me play until I got to high school. So I'm still a little resentful about that play, but I. But we used to practice the baseball pass every day. Two man drills, warming up every day. And I used to talk so much trash because my, my baseball passes were always on the mark. And I'd say, it's in the jeans, it's in the jeans, I'm in the wrong sport. You know, I used to always yell that out in practice. And so I had One opportunity to show off my quarterback.

Dan Patrick (18:25)

I love it. I love it. Have fun this weekend. Great to talk to you. Tell Raft and I and Tracy we said hello.

Grant Hill (18:33)

All right. I appreciate you, Dan.

Dan Patrick (18:34)

Thank you, buddy. That's Grant Hill. He's managing director of USA Basketball, partner with the Atlanta Hawks, and of course, part of the broadcast team there. The fact that Laitner dribbles, goes one way, turns back and hits the shot and. And Kentucky didn't want to foul,

Caller/Listener (18:54)

but

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you gotta front him, you gotta front Grant and you gotta front Christian. And that's against Patino. Yes.

Grant Hill (19:03)

Marv, is that the greatest college game

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ever or that you've ever seen?

Dan Patrick (19:07)

I will say this, you know, somebody will say, oh, man, the Yukon Duke game was great. No, it wasn't. It was a great comeback. The first half was just Duke highlights. Kentucky and Duke start to finish. Punch, punch, punch, punch, punch, punch. And final punch by Laitner. It's one of the greatest games from start to finish. Louisville against Houston with the five slam a jama and the doctors of dunk. That was up there, too, of start to finish. Greatest games that I've ever witnessed. We'll take a break. More phone calls coming up and we'll update the poll results as well. We're back after this Dan Patrick Show.

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had a better recruiting class than Connecticut. Connecticut's recruiting class is ranked 19th, Oklahoma State is 16th, Pittsburgh is 17th, Vandy 12th, Wake Forest 10th, Maryland 9th, Missouri 4th. If that matters to you. Because it doesn't matter to me. My high school recruiting. Do they factor in the transfer portal as well? Because if I'm Connecticut, you get that one star player, Mullins, and then you start to fill in with some transfers as well. And then you get some guys who stay, you know, for two or three, maybe even four years. McDonald's All American game. There weren't the play, you know, there wasn't a flag. There wasn't a Zion in there. Kyran Stokes, I believe, is the number one player in America. He had 12 points. He's looking at Kansas, Kentucky and Oregon. Jordan Smith Jr. He is the second ranked player. He's committed to Arkansas. He had 15 points. The I guess the kid to keep an eye on. The Missouri commit Jason Crow Jr. And Arizona commit Caleb Holt. Jason Crow Jr. III I think scored 4,000 points in high school.

Paulie (24:51)

No, you can't do that.

Dan Patrick (24:53)

Normally a thousand points for a career is a great career. He had 4,000. You know, it is April Fool's day and when Big Day Ray gave me this soundbite from Aaron Glenn, the Jets head coach. I thought that maybe he was just joking, but he wasn't joking. Here is Aaron Glenn talking about expectations for Geno Smith. I just feel like, like he's the guy that's going to lead us to the promised land. He's the guy that's going to touch the ball more than anybody else on offense. And listen, I know he had to

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struggle and I think a lot of

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quarterbacks, you know, they have their struggles. If you look at over the last five years, the guy has that's throwing the most interception. I mean, the top guys are up there. I don't know the promised land. But I'm glad that Aaron Glenn believes in his quarterback. See, it'd be a story if he said he can't lead us to the promised land. But I got to have somebody out there playing quarterback. Then you get my attention. This was more of just okay, I don't know if you need to say the promised land. I mean, isn't there like a piece of property prior to the promised land? Might not be, as, you know, first round exit land. Oh, they would take that in a second. That might be the promised land. Maybe above 500 land. Yes. Marvin.

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Took the words out of my mouth.

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What if the AFC east is the promised land?

Dan Patrick (26:21)

Yes. Toddler.

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Yeah.

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Has anybody ever been to, like, Baltic Avenue? Oriental.

Paulie (26:35)

The actual place. Baltic Avenue.

Dan Patrick (26:37)

Yeah. Is there. I don't know where they got the monopoly places from. You know, Boardwalk, Park Place. We know about those. But is there a Baltic Avenue? Is there Oriental Avenue? Yes. Seaton.

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Yeah.

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And they're right off Baltic Ave.

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Okay.

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Oh, I did not know that. Yes, Todd.

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Yeah. Are there any hotels on Baltic?

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Park Place, Boardwalk. Yeah. Yeah, Paul.

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And that is where I never thought about. I know they're real locations. I never knew where.

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I didn't know they were real. I just. It kind of came up. But I don't know why I thought of that. I didn't think of this, but somebody else did. Luca scored 600 points in March against the Wizards. And I go, 600 points in the month of March. And then I was like, okay, let me ask our stat guy. And 10 players in NBA history have scored 600 or more points in a calendar month. Now, Wilt did it 18 times. Elgin Baylor did it four times. Walt Bellamy in 1962 did it twice. Then you have Luca, Michael, Kareem, Jerry West, Rick Barry, Oscar Robertson. That's the list of players who have scored 600 or more points in a calendar month. Stat of the day, brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. Gotta believe Kobe would have been in there for scoring 600 in a month, don't you think, Shaq?

Grant Hill (28:56)

Kobe for sure is surprising.

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Yeah. Harden did it once. Yes. Marvin.

Grant Hill (29:02)

Sorry to go back. Jason Crow Jr. He's the all time leader in points. 4,000, 718.

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See, almost had 5,000 points. You got to be averaging 35, 40 a game. Your freshman? Sophomore, Junior, senior year. Yeah.

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Paulie, this kid, as a freshman of high school, averaged 34 a game.

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Who's he playing against,

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Is that our guy? Is that going to be our guy?

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We're going to get on, I don't know, Missouri season. What do you think Missouri's paying him? Oh, right.

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It's the education.

Dan Patrick (29:41)

Is that their. Oh, yeah. He gets an education. Of course. Yeah. Dang. That's a lot of points. That's a lot of shots. What is the get in price for the Final Four?

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Okay, one ticket to the Final Four this morning. Nosebleed seats. Who wants to guess?

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Todd does.

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It's a deep seat, though.

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Yeah.

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I'm looking right now for tickets and not a lot.

Dan Patrick (30:38)

Yes, time.

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Partially obstructed view. Little. Little teeny print. You got to really look close.

Dan Patrick (30:43)

Nate in la. Good morning, Nate. What's on your mind today?

Caller/Listener (30:47)

Hello, Dan. I want to make a pitch to any player in the transfer portal. Do you want to build your brand and create your legacy? Then come play for the Loyola Marymount University Lions. Never heard of us. That's okay. We're located in Los Angeles, five minutes from the beach, and I'll import to you. Well, I have $23 in my wallet just for you, boy.

Dan Patrick (31:09)

Well, thank you, Nate. That's an enticing offer. Bill in Virginia. Hi, Bill. What's on your mind today?

Caller/Listener (31:17)

Hi, Dan. I just wanted to follow up on Roger Ayers.

Dan Patrick (31:22)

Okay.

Caller/Listener (31:22)

I've known Roger Ayres for quite a few years. He comes to our school. I run the shot clock for VCU basketball. So Roger's been coming to see us for years and years. And he's one of the best, if not the best official in the country. And he's as good a guy as he is an official. He knows how to communicate with everybody, the fans, the players, the coaches. He comes to the table and speaks to everybody. And I'll tell you a story that he did. Early in the year, there was a team that was winning the game really bad and the time was running out. The visiting team was losing and they sent in four or Five subs. And the clock was not going to stop. They were going to keep running. He blows his whistle, looks down at the floor, takes his foot and moves stuff around like there was a little piece of water there or something and stopped the clock. The players got in. They put the ball in play, and he went on. Unbelievable. Official.

Grant Hill (32:21)

Yep.

Dan Patrick (32:22)

I remember seeing that video. It's a wonderful gesture. He saw that these kids were not going to get in the game, and he kind of made up a moment where he blew his whistle and brought the kids into the game so they could play. But I don't have any problem with him. From what I'm told, he was not demoted. That. That he might have. He might have said to the, you know, NCAA committee, take me out of the Final Four if he was going to be in the Final Four, so he wouldn't be a distraction, but he was. He just. If you think he did something wrong, then you think he should have called a technical on Dan Hurley, because all he was doing is doing his job to go over the scores table to find out was it 3/10 of a second or 4/10 of a second. And that's what he said to Dan Hurley. Dan Hurley doesn't say anything to him. But what my source told me this morning is knowing Roger Ayers, he probably suggested to them that maybe don't. I don't want to be a distraction, but there are media outlets reporting that he is taken out of the Final Four as if he got demoted. And my source said that is not the case. We contacted the ncaa and. And they said the same thing. Let's see. Adam in Michigan. Good morning, Adam. What's on your mind today?

Caller/Listener (33:49)

Hey, Dan. How's it going? Thanks for taking my golf.

Dan Patrick (33:51)

Yeah.

Caller/Listener (33:53)

Driving home from breakfast this morning, my favorite classic or an alternative rock station here in port. Here in Michigan, they play the jams, Jimmy, World news, et cetera, et cetera. They come out and say, hey, we're getting a change of format next week. We're going to news and country rock. And I'm distraught. I've got a couple of miles to go to home, and I call the radio station, talk to the lady, give her my best. Like, not demonstrative, but still just pleading my case. Like, what the heck is going on?

Dan Patrick (34:21)

How can you do this?

Caller/Listener (34:22)

Great station and injustice, blah, blah, blah, blah. And then I realize it's April 1st.

Dan Patrick (34:29)

That's all right. Classic. Yeah. Classic and classic rock. I don't think Tom Izzo is pulling an April Fool's Day.

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Yes. But Tom Izzo was with us about 20 minutes ago and said this.

Grant Hill (34:51)

I've had, you know, more than a couple job offers in the, in the NBA and, and looked at one last year with Phoenix, you know, and my former player Matt Ispia. And that was hard. That was a hard thing to turn down because number one, I, I kind of wanted to go with him.

Dan Patrick (35:09)

So they offered you the head coaching job?

Grant Hill (35:12)

We talked seriously about it. Let's say that.

Dan Patrick (35:15)

All right. Then we heard back from Michigan State and they said coaches never admitted that publicly. I go, well, you're welcome, I think. Let's see. Brenda in Utah. Hi, Brenda. What's on your mind today?

Caller/Listener (35:32)

Hi, Dan.

Dan Patrick (35:33)

Hi, Brenda.

Caller/Listener (35:33)

Good morning, dan. So I'm five two, soft and squishy. 115

Dan Patrick (35:40)

squishy.

Caller/Listener (35:43)

I have a name, suggestions for the Las Vegas NBA team.

Dan Patrick (35:47)

Okay.

Caller/Listener (35:49)

It's Las Vegas stud. Like a five card stud.

Dan Patrick (35:52)

Okay. Like five player stud. Okay.

Caller/Listener (35:55)

Yeah, yeah. But this credit goes to my husband is actually his idea, Josh.

Dan Patrick (36:00)

Oh, okay. Well, tell Josh thank you. That's Brenda in Utah, Ricky in Texas. Hi, Rick. What's on your mind today?

Caller/Listener (36:11)

Good morning, Dan. First time, long time, 63195. Just taking on the Las Vegas mascot or name, whatever. There's no better place to go to see a show of any type in Las Vegas, truthfully. So why not the Las Vegas Showman?

Dan Patrick (36:34)

Okay, I'll put that in the, the positive pile there. Thank you, Ricky. How about the Las Vegas show? Like we're going to put on a show or do I, do I slow it down like Todd does the Las Vegas show?

Todd Fritz (36:51)

And every time they get killed, they were a no show. So they're just opening themselves up to that constant.

Dan Patrick (36:56)

Or they could be show off if they play well. Anything else you'd like to add, Todd?

Todd Fritz (37:03)

That'll be it for now.

Dan Patrick (37:03)

Okay.

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A little bit.

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It's okay. We're having fun.

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Oh, you did.

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That was. That wasn't one of those times.

Dan Patrick (37:17)

Oh, just other times you've made fun of us.

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Yes, his excited voice, his S's.

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Yeah.

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Dan Patrick (37:29)

Okay, thank you, John.

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The columnists will love that.

Dan Patrick (37:32)

All right, Baker and Bozeman. Hi, Bake. What's on your mind today?

Caller/Listener (37:36)

Danny, great to talk with you again. You know, Coach Hurley has been making a lot of headlines the last few days, and I wanted to tell you about my experience in meeting him last year at the Dick Vital Gala. But first, According to my FedEx tracking, your new corduroy jacket has arrived safely. Oh, well, you want to check it on that? Yeah, it should have just arrived in the last half hour.

Dan Patrick (37:56)

All right, I'll check that out. I'll see if my guys in the back sign for it, and then I'll send you out one of my ties.

Caller/Listener (38:03)

There you go. You're gonna look great at him. Anyway, so I was at the Dick Vital Gala last year, and in fact, Grant Hill was one of the keynoters. And you've probably been to this before. The Friday night gala is a kind of a formal affair, and before it starts, they've got this big hallway where everyone kind of coalesce. And for the most part, the celebrities are kind of in and out. But I noticed that Coach Hurley was standing in the same spotl all night and just kind of chatting with anyone that approached him. And I thought that was so cool. And my. My buddy and colleague and I went up to him, and my colleague had the perfect line. He said, coach, I've been to your childhood room where you grew up. He said, what? And we talked to him for a while. One of our. One of our other colleagues is Roshan McLeod and Rochon McLeod had played high school basketball for Bob Senior at St. Anthony's anyway, we had a great chat with. With Coach Shirley, and he was just so cool and so approachable and not at all the kind of bombastic dude that I expected. He was just great.

Dan Patrick (39:03)

Oh, no, he's quiet on the court. He's not. But if you're around him in a social setting, even when he does an interview with us, I mean, he's kind of soft spoken. He's not demonstrative. I don't. I don't think he's walking around bumping into people or putting his forehead on somebody else's forehead or whatever. And my son lived in Jersey City for a while, and I remember when he said, hey, you know Coach Hurley, don't you? I go, well, which one? He goes, no, the dad. I go, yeah. He goes. He lives two doors down from me in this apartment building. I go, get out of here. He goes, when you come down, we'll go knock on his door. So we go down, go to my son's Apartment, walk down two doors, knock on the door. Bob Senior comes to the door and he goes, oh, bleep. Let me go put my teeth in. So he goes, come on in, come on in. I'm. I think he was watching westerns or something. I either that or like a judge Judy. And we sat and talked to him for probably 45 minutes. And if, you know he's a legend in Jersey City, well, in high school basketball ranks. But it was just fun. But he was that way on the court. He was very, very demonstrative, tough. But you know, his reaction and his wife's reaction to that shot, like, her reaction was like, oh, bleep. Deep bleep. You know, like, yeah, Paulie, it's.

Paulie (40:39)

It's a fascinating guy because every time we have Hurley on the show, we have to raise his audio up because he's so soft spoken.

Dan Patrick (40:45)

Yeah. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow. Fritzi, great job today tracking down Grant Hill and Tom Izzo. We'll take a break. We're back after this.

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Learn more@electricforall.org Last call for phone calls. What we learned what's in store tomorrow this day in sports history as well. Let's see some basketball Last night Luca had 42 and 12 and the Lakers clinched the Pacific Division title with the Sun's loss earlier in the day and have won 50 games in consecutive seasons for the first time since winning 50 or more in four straight seasons from 07 to 11.

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Caller/Listener (45:59)

Hey, what up, dp? Thanks for calling me back.

Dan Patrick (46:01)

Yep.

Caller/Listener (46:02)

Hey, man. So I was thinking about, like, cool autographs, and in 2005, I met Peyton Manning out at a, you know, whatever restaurant at the end of the night, super nice guy. Was happy to sign an autograph, thanked me for being a fan. Loved it. I'll never forget that. Also makes me think when you do the play the day and they're going to play it and play it, it always sounds like Bob Lamy, the voice of the Colts.

Dan Patrick (46:29)

No, again, I don't know who. Who it is on that, but thank you for the. The memory there. Randy Tripp in Vegas is back. Hi, Trip.

Caller/Listener (46:39)

Hey, good morning, Dan. Always good to speak with y'. All. The. About the basketball team. A lot of talk out here in Vegas is Scorpions is the name they're looking at from just inside people. And then I had a question for Todd because when you Google a serious question. Not picking on you, Todd. When you Google Todd cast, a lot of things come up to find it. But if he was to change it to, like putting it putting on the fritz, then he may be the only one. So I was just curious what he thought about that.

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That's. I'm off to take a look at. I'll check with my man Dylan because that's. I thought there was a nice play on words, but it's true. There's, I guess, other Todd cast or words or terms that are similar to that. Then you got to kind of cut.

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Well, there's Chuck Todd, I think, has a Todd Castle. It could be a Todd talks like a Ted talks.

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Yeah. When are you recording your Todd cast?

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Sometime the next couple days.

Dan Patrick (47:45)

Okay. Chris in California. Hi, Chris. What's on your mind?

Caller/Listener (47:50)

Hey, what's up, dp? Hey, man, I wanted to see your guys. I'm gonna go to New York for the first time. My family, second time going. Top five places to go yet. And I'll hang up and listen.

Dan Patrick (48:03)

Oh, top five restaurants, New York City. Top five.

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Dan Patrick (48:19)

Like two rabbits or dead rabbit.

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Dan Patrick (48:27)

Dead rabbit is a historical bar landmark, but it's down in the fi di area. Financial district. They like to call it Keen Steakhouse. K E E N S. A lot of presidential memorabilia in there. It's great atmosphere. Keens. Now, these are all tough places to get into. If you can get into Lartuzzi Italian restaurant in the Village, good luck. That's. That's a great place.

Todd Fritz (48:57)

Yes, Todd, not the fanciest one in the world, but remember that chicken parm pizza place in midtown? If you're not looking for like, super.

Dan Patrick (49:04)

Super high quality Italian?

Todd Fritz (49:05)

Yeah, that place was. Was wonderful.

Dan Patrick (49:07)

Yes, quality Italian. It's close to Central Park. I think it's on 55th, 56, right around there and maybe 6th Avenue you can get the chicken parm pizza. So it's a chicken parm, but it's shaped like a pizza and it's great.

Paulie (49:27)

Yeah, Paulie, I used to live above a pizza place called Lombardi's. Supposedly the first pizza place in New York City. 32 Spring street in Nolita, north of Little Italy.

Dan Patrick (49:37)

Yeah, there's steakhouses and Italian food can't go wrong. Let's go around the room, see if we learned anything. Todd, you learned anything?

Caller/Listener (49:46)

I did.

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Maybe they're messing with my retirement date. Maybe the NFL is doing this on purpose. Seaton, what'd you learn?

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Thanks for allowing us to do this every day. We'll talk to you tomorrow.

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