March 18, 2025 • 35 mins
Doug welcomes Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl onto the show to talk about his top-ranked Tigers in the NCAA Tournament and the connection that Doug and Coach Pearl has going back many years. Former UNC Tar Heel and NBA champion Brandon Haywood joins the show to talk about UNC's chances in the play-in game, the Denver region and other major headlines around the NCAA Tournament. Plus, Dan Beyer takes Dough through "The Press".
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So why tire buying should be welcome in? Uh, We're
expecting to have Bruce Pearl here joining us, and it's
really interesting, right. Bruce is somebody who I knew through
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actually through my dad, and my dad had his friends
in Milwaukee because when my dad coached at Wisconsin Milwaukee
UWM when I was just a baby seventy five through eighty,
and when Bruce took the job and then later took
them to the Sweet sixteen, he was kind enough to
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call my dad and connect with him and kind of
pick his brain a little bit, and kind of a
friendship was struck up. Bruce's Jewish, my family's Jewish. Obviously,
there's there's that connection as well. What's fascinating about Bruce
is he's obviously an incredible salesman, right, and he has
this remarkable amount of energy that just kind of lifts
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people in the room. He just kind of turbo charges
everywhere he goes. But what I didn't know is that
he's a really good basketball coach. You know, a lot
of times what happens is when you're when you're the
type of guy that says funny things and has that
energy and is waving your arms in the sideline and
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and just everything is about energy and enthusiasm, and he
says these fun quips, you make the assumption they're like, oh, okay,
well that covers for the fact that they don't know.
They just go out there and play kind of roll
it out and just go play hard. And then, as
you guys know, because I've done the radio show from Israel,
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I was set to be his assistant with the maccabie Games.
And my son, who's now turned sixteen this week, like,
when you agree to take a job, it wasn't a job,
wasn't paid, but a volunteer spot as a coach or
as an assistant coach for the games. You do so
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over a year in advance, right, So it was like
it was probably May the year before, right, So this
is May of two thousand and eight, and I'll never forget.
I'm driving and he calls me and I'm you know,
and I was. He's like, hey, you want to be
my assistant and go to Israel next summer. And if
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you've ever had a phone conversation with Bruce the reason
he's such a good recruiter there like, yeah, I'm in
like whatever. So fast forward to the next uh, probably
spring right, not even right about now, but actually probably
early early spring, like February. He was the head coach
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at Tennessee and the summer before we'd had tryouts and
been to Knoxville and been on he had this boat
that we were out in the lake on and it
was actually kind of cool. How about this one guys,
I had to catch a flight to fly home. He
took the whole team out on a boat, a couple
of boats out in the lake outside of Knoxville, and
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I was like, hey, BP, I gotta go catch up playing.
He's like, no problem, he like signals over to one
of his boys and they have like another boat, took
me to a little smaller boat, took me to a
jet ski and I had like a backpack and a
travel back and I'm on the back of jet ski.
Pulls me up to a little launch spot and then
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all of a sudden there's like a there's like a
town car waiting for me. It takes me to the
airport again to the airport. I was like, this is
the most amazing thing I've ever been a part of.
But I couldn't. You know, my wife at the time
was like, You're not leaving me with three kids under
three and going to Israel with Bruce Pearl for a month.
So I didn't go. But he always credits me. He's
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like he was my assistant coach, Like, yeah, I coach
with him like in training camp, which was cool and
I learned that there's a method to it and he
really knows basketball. But I forever wish I was at
his actual assistant. And what's crazy about it is one
of his players is now the head coach at one
of his rivals at Florida, who was also a one seat.
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The whole thing is bizarre and cool and if you
know BP, you know, they're like, yeah that tracks. Bruce
Pearl joins us now, head coach of the Auburn Tigers
on the Doug Otleab Show on Fox Sports Radio. Did
I go boat to boat to jet ski or boat
to I don't remember. I just remember going from the
boat to the airport in really strange fashion.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Well, Doug, it's it's great to be with you. And
I remember it like it was yesterday. Of course, it
was back in two thousand and like eight eight eight,
yes when we when we had that summer training camp
in Knoxville, and we had a great couple of days
and we were we were we'd worked pretty hard, and
so that Sunday, when everybody was leaving, we just decided
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to take a little time and get out of the lake,
get out of Tennessee River and boats and jet skis
and we were all tied up and we're having too
much fun. And you know, I just can remember you
basically bought your clothes with you. Yes, she said, no,
I'm gonna I'm gonna go. And so I've never seen
anybody with a suitcase and a jet ski crazy. And
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I don't know how you made that flight on time.
But you made it.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Oh listen, that's just one of the one of the
one of the many planes, trains and automobiles. Like, dude,
because I like to catch planes where the door literally
hits me as I as I, as I get get
on get on the plane. You know, it's interesting there's
so many coaches that have been in this profession that
they're just like, I can't do this.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
This is just.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Agents, runners, transfer, portal like so much stuff. It feels
like not only you, but even your league has kind
of embraced the new era of college sports. What's it
like for you? Because people forget like you went from
assistant coach Division two head coach, climbed the ladder in
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Division one to Final four at Auburn and number one
team in the country. So you've been in this racket
for well over thirty five years. What's it. What's the
experience like for you in this new era of college basketball?
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Well, you know, Doug, it's the sec our slogan, is
it sort of? It just means more And the toughest
league in the country is the one you're in. Okay,
So when you were in the Horizon League this year
at green at Green Bay, that was the toughest league
in the country for you. And so what that means
was we recognized that the SEC was going to be
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committed to supporting student athletes in the area of NIL. Obviously,
you know, football is going to take the lion's share
because of you know, just how much revenue is driven
from those football programs. But the basketball programs weren't terribly
far behind. And the difference between our league and most
other leagues, well, let's just say specifically take the ACC
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for example, really only Duke or Louisville or Clemson or
a couple other schools were committed in the area of
NIOL for their basketball programs and the others weren't, and
as a result, they're telet level dropped off. Still great coaches,
still great programs. Where is in the SEC sixteen schools invested,
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I mean really invested. And yeah, you know, look, Doug,
I still look at this as this profession, as ministerial.
You know, recruiting has become more transactional. At the same time,
you know, I'm a free market guy, I'm a capitalist.
I believe in this republic, in this country, and I
believe that you know, the market is going to set
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with somebody's worth and all all that's happened is we
have recognized finally that these student athletes are are really
of greater value, value than than what they were really
ever appreciated for. Everybody else was making money except the
student athletes. That was wrong. The n CUBA was slow
to adjust. Now, of course, you know we have a
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situation where there are no guard lines, there are no
guard rails, we won't really have it. We did not
really have a national chip in football this year, Ohio
State had the ASA had the largest down. I also
did Texas, so did a couple of schools. They were
the schools that advanced. And you know, in basketball it
won't quite mean the same, uh, because because we're not
all playing by the same rules. I hope Congress get
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some legislation done, get some anti trust protection in this
so we can pay the student athletes. But on a
more you know, on on on a level that we're
all playing by the same rules.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
On one hand, you get a top seed, on the
other hand, you've lost three of your last four. I
think that the only question with losing is has it
adjusted or hurt the confidence level of the team into
where you actually stand in the landscape. Do you know
the answer to that?
Speaker 2 (09:30):
I don't know that great question. I don't know the
answer to it yet, you know, But I don't think
we're winning, Jeff, because we're confident. And I don't think
we've lost because we've lost our confidence. Now we we
we did miss some free throws in our last game
against Tennessee that would have made a big difference, Okay,
and sometimes confidence the free free to line, you know,
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can can be a factor. But the three teams we
lost to, we lost to a four seed at six
A and M. We lost to a two seat in
Alabama and lost to a two seats. So we lost
to all, you know, really really good teams. But all
I can tell you is the practices have been good,
the attitude has been really good, and we're you know,
we're excited about playing and we're you know, we're in
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in a position to finish this thing, right.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Having been to the final four income oh so close?
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Right?
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Losing it just a crazy, crazy controversial call. Uh, you know,
you've won this thing in the Division two level, But
how do you not get ahead of yourself? Right? Because
I just wonder like you all. Every coach has that,
and even you know, as players, you have it where
you think of all the things you should have done,
and I've done this, we would have won the national championship.
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How do you not get ahead of yourselves to game
five in game six when you got to worry about
games one through four?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Well, did you know the answer to that? It's real simple.
Right now, I can only see four other teams in
this tournament, and that's same for instance in Alabama State, Creighton,
and Louisville. And we are in a tournament. We're gonna
play two games, and one of those of four teams
or five including Auburn, is advancing to the sweet sixteenth.
And that's what we're focused on. Truly, I'm not even
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sure what's next weekend. You know, I think this should
stay to two. I think I was States in our
bracket too, But I mean, I'm really not looking ahead.
I'm just taking a look at this right now and
making our making sure our team is at the same time.
But I will say this, I've never been a one seat.
But I was born to be a twelve seat, okay.
I was born a twelve seat, okay, And so but
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we do have a team that I feel like I
should get to the final fourth. I'm mean I feel
like we should. I feel like we're good enough to
And what you would like to have happened is you
would like along the way, if you do lose, you
would like for somebody to beat you, like somebody really
played exceptionally well, and as a result of playing exceptionally well,
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we lost. And that's like the position I had to
put my team in right now.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Yeah, it is. It is weird. Right twenty years ago
you UWMA the Sweet sixteen right now, and you know,
and and it was all it was all where the Hunter?
Now you're the hunt dead. That's that. That's an amazing
kind of transformation. But it's it's different for you. It's
different for Auburn now. I I Albert was a one seed.
We played against him in the second round in ninety nine.
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Chris Porter, Doc Robinson, Scott Polson I think was his name.
He lived, Oh he lit us up in Indy. Really
close game. We lost. But it's a it's a different
thing because because the crowd turns on you, right like,
if you that game is closed, all of a sudden,
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you look up, You're like, hold on. Wait, why how
do we get how did this become a road game?
Have you ever experienced Have you experienced that yet in
the tournament where you've experienced being in a road game?
But when you're the favorite and suddenly the crowd turns
on you because everyone cheers for the upset.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Yeah, well we we felt that way last year at
in Manzaga against against UH where we were against you.
But you know what, We're gonna have plenty of people
from Auburn and Lexington. The crowd made sure that the
crowd may turn on us. That's fine. Uh. And I've
been cross turned on me my whole life, So I
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don't care. I have Doug. I want to be. I
want to be the coach that everybody else in the
league hates. Okay, because you know why they You know
when the road teams actually like opposing coaches. They like
opposing coaches that can't beat their team. I'm gonna bring
a team and that's going to be able to beat
you tonight. And I don't care if you like me
or not. Get over it. And so I've been booed
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my whole life. That's like my name is Bruce, so
they when I come out. They're already brewing me and
so I'm I'm used to it.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
All right, I know you got to go, But I
got two things. First, I'm thinking late October exhibition game.
We raise money. Hold on, we raise money for any
Israeli cause you would like. Okay, we get mister to
sponsor it at the center, and then we go and
we and then we go in my treat, we go
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to lambeau Field afterwards.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Let's let's talk about it. Let's talk about it.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Is a no, give me a yes, Bruce.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Hey, listen, I as you know, I really I try
to raise a lot of money for Israel, obvious Israel ki.
But when it comes to Auburn basketball, I got to
raise some money. Money.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Hey, we can do we can do that, listen, we
can definitely, we can definitely do that too. Last thing,
have your birthday?
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Yeah? How about that? Hey, listen, when you become a
senior citizen, do you stop celebrating birthdays? That's what I
want to know, because I'm not a senior citizen. My
brandy makes so much funny. I'm getting all kind of
mail from Medicaid. I'm getting all these a r P cards.
I now can get a senior cit again early bird
discount and being Jewish, I'm looking for all that. I'm
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looking for a discount on a meo or I'm looking
for that senior citizen discount. I can say that.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
By the way, we know what your age is. Fitzing
all over yourself, Bruce and Luck. We'll see in San Antonio,
hope on the sidelines. Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Have birthday. I missed you, my friend, I missed you.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
You all right, We'll see it. Actually at Lelanmbo Field
in October, I did make the pitch. I got a.
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Speaker 1 (15:23):
That's the Doug Ottlieb Show. You're on Fox Sports Radio.
And as the first four tips off tonight, we have
the NCAA Tournament tipping off on Thursday, and a guy
who this is what happens when it's yours school. Like
I remember when Oklahoma State was the last team out,
and I, you know, I haven't played at Oklahoma States
in two thousand. Like suddenly I became the guy that
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everybody wanted to talk to you about Oklahoma States trials
and tribulations. Brendon Haywood's a great player at North Carolina. Okay,
it's been a minute since he was at North Carolina,
but you know, like you got to answer all questions
about the heels. He joins us in Denver where he's
he's working for Sas and Turner, covering the NCAA tournament
as he has. He joins us on the Doug Gottlieb
(16:06):
Show here on Fox Sports Radio. Breddie give me, give
me your give me your thoughts when you saw North
Carolina in the field. What was your honest reaction?
Speaker 5 (16:16):
Man, My prayers were answered because I honestly, I didn't
think we were gonna get in. I heard all the
talk last four hours, not enough quad one wins. I
watched a lot of the games that we lost, and
some of them were tough losses. So I was I
was worried. I was very worried. And in the fact
that it was like the first bracket, the dr kond
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of popped up like right away, I was just I
was just released. I was relieved for myself, I was
relieved for the fan base, and I was relieved for
the coaching staff and the kids.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
You and I both have a great affinity for Hubert.
He's an awesome dude. But did you think this was
an NCAA tournament team? Did you like, not about the
numbers and all that other stuff that that they do,
but did you think, yeah, this is a tournament team.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
I do? I do.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
I mean I watched the way that and does you
know this, especially not as your coaching The way that
you play at the beginning of the season is a
lot different than the hopcome teams play at the end.
In Carolina Maysan when they've made some changes to that
starting line that they included Withers even though he had
a mental area and AGC tournament and when you bring
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you switched up that start in five, you saw how
they were able to play better than ACCI. So I
think right now they're playing like an NCAA tournament team.
Is their resume all the way worthy? I don't know
quite Frankly, that's none of my business. But we're here now,
and I do think not only can they win in
the playing we're not technically the playing, but we're fair
of the playing game.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
I think they can win a game which you after that, Yeah,
there's there's no real correlation there between do you belong
in the tournament and can you win in the NCAA tournament? Right,
Like that's that those things actually don't necessarily go hand
in hand. They play San Diego State tonight, Sandy said, Also,
kind of reputation wise is different than who they actually are.
(18:08):
Any thoughts in the matchup as there? I think four
I was looking at bet online, who I know you
joined us on behalf of their four and a half
point favorites against the Aztecs.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
Yeah, I think when you look at Carolina, obviously we
need a RJ. Davis to play well, hit shot. He's
our leader, he's our guy. It would really help that
Ian Jackson to get back to giving us that pop
off the bench that he was giving us before.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
He had a.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
Stretch in the season where he was flat out incredible.
Act tournament, he was kind of missing a little bit.
And this guy is a pro. Ian Jackson's gonna probably
be a first round pick if he wants to come
out this year. So when I look at this team,
if RJ can come out there and set the tone
with the starting lineup and Ian Jackson can give us
that pop off the bitch that I know he's capable of.
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I think this team can go out there and win.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Brendon hey with joining us on Gottlip Show, joined us
on Half a Bed online. Of course, you can also
see them this weekend covering the Denver the Denver games, right, So,
are you equipped to call games in altitude? That's a
big question. Are you equipped to call these games in altitude?
Speaker 5 (19:13):
Brennan, I can definitely call games in altitude. I wouldn't
want to do anything athletic right now with altitude because
I remember, listen those Denver games, and that's going to
be different for these guys. If you've never played in
Denver or played in altitude, dug me and you have
both played in Boat, it's different. And the first and
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if I can just describe it for the common person
at home, the first three to five minutes of the game,
you feel like there's a man in your lungs with
a light. It's hard to breed, it's burning, you're gasing
it for breadth. Your mouth is incredibly dry. It is
a different experience getting used to playing in altitude, especially
on a stage that's big, because you're already going to
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be charged up and and your energy is going to
be on one thousand and now you have this altitude
problem also.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Uh, I think to it. Tomorrow is the practice day, right,
so you're gonna you're gonna watch you see San Diego practice,
and you're gonna watch them come out and you can
be like, no way, no way, no way. And now
look they take on Michigan. Uh, there'll be a substantial underdog.
But you see, San Diego is one of those teams
that they they win games in layup lines where they're
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laying it. They're literally laying it up and the other
team's looking down there at the other end and going like, nah,
no chance, you know, and yet they slice you up,
slice you and dice the and win thirty games.
Speaker 5 (20:36):
Listen, man, I can tell you that as somebody that
fell victim to that track, I know it was a
long time ago. It was twenty plus years ago. I
was a three seed for the Carolina tor Hill and
we were looking at wea were shaped like, no way,
it's not gonna happen. We're gonna beat these guys.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
We're gonna go.
Speaker 5 (20:57):
We're not scared of anybody in our brad were looking
all the way to the final four. They had a player.
His name was Harold Arsenal.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
Harold and his show Arsenal. He literally became a household
name with the nickname because of one game against you.
Speaker 5 (21:14):
Guys, and guess what he was about sixty six And
our coach made an honest mistake, he said, this guy's
sixty six, but he played bigger than that. He'd really
be six eighty sixty nine if he had a neck.
And we thought that was As eighteen nineteen year old,
we thought that was the funniest thing in the world.
We're laughing all week. We're running around with our shoulders
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shrugged up to our ears like we're Harold to Show
Arsenal all week. And we did not take that opponent seriously.
And I'm still watching that game. It can't believe that
we lost in the fashion that we did. As Harold
to show Arsenal cooked us up to a Ford f
point fifty and drug us around the gym. So Michigan,
if you're looking down at the other end of the court,
or if you're thinking you could just show up and
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win in the tournament, it don't happen like that, my boy.
Make sure you are prepared and the mindset is right.
That game still.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
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who's impressed to you the most? You know, like you're
doing both. You're covering college, are covered pro You watch games?
Who do you stick and stay with it? You watch
a team like, you know, look, I don't know the
whole thing, but I know that that's a squad that's
going to play second, third, weekend.
Speaker 5 (22:45):
Well, this is gonna not go endear because it Carolina family.
But first and foremost, watch when I watched Duke, When
I watched Dude. Obviously, Cooper Flagg is one of the
best players in all of college basketball. But it's not
because of the often it's because of everything else that
he does at such a high level. It's the fact
that the Cooper Flaggers three for fourteen, he'll still have
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eight rebounds, seven assists, three steels and four blocks like
and then you watch the rest of the team. They
defend at such a high level. They make you take
tough shots and they get easier shots on the other end.
So Duke is very impressive to me. There's a reason
why they're while they're top five in both offensive and
defensive efficiency. And the other team that stands out to
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me is Florida. When you watch the guard player folk
and it hits the special and then they and then
you see the wave of big men that they're able
to throw at you, and then some of those big
men can step out and hit the three, so they
have floor spacing. They're a great offensive rebounding team, which
is huge this time of year, getting extra shots. I mean,
they just were systematically taking SEC teams apart in the
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SEC tournament. And so I'm very impressed with Florida, and
I actually think that it's going to be Duke versus
Florida champions and for the love of my group, yet,
I'm praying that Florida wins that matchup because I cannot
take any more Grand Hill bragging I cannot take it.
We've already lost three of these gods. I cannot take
Grant Hill bragging, got anything to do anymore to.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
See, Brendan, Hey, will you check them out on CBS
and Turner over the weekend. In the meantime, check out
bet online for all the latest odds and prop bets
for the NCAA Tournament. Brendan, enjoy the games. I think
you got some really good ones, really intriguing ones. Thanks
so much for joining us on Fox Sport Trido. All right,
all right, you too. That's that's my good Brendan. Hey,
we're joining us on the Doug Gottlieb Show. Hey, uh,
(24:34):
I think we got a little time to have Dan
Byer have a little remorse. Let's play some buyers some
morese shall we.
Speaker 4 (24:42):
Some have remorse?
Speaker 6 (24:43):
I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
I engage, but there's nothing quite like buyer's remorse.
Speaker 6 (24:55):
Doug one's personal uh, and you're involved in it another
one will look span but a bit of remorse. On
this Tuesday, as we are on the eve of the
NCAA Tournament, I am kicking myself for not canceling my
ESPN plus subscription and I only got to watch GB
Phoenix basketball this year, and now that the season is over,
(25:17):
they've renewed me for another month. Goes, Yes, I missed
the deadline, should have done it a week ago, but
they yeah, they got me for eleven ninety nine. Now
I'm like, well, the PGA Championship comes up in May.
You could get streaming options for that. So I'm like,
(25:39):
all right, well, I guess I'm gonna keep it for
golf second Major because that is through ESPN. But yeah, i'
about eleven ninety nine because I wasn't quick enough to
cancel the old subscription. I mean, there's no college basketball
to watch anymore on ESPN. Plus they never do that.
You never just they get you.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
They do get you. Yeah, absolutely time I'm with some
scure could have got out breakfast Brito. Well that's the
other like I'm sure have you download the March badessap
yet I haven't. Well I think then you do, and
then like you're like oh, and then like in July,
like what do I what I gotta get rid of
some as like March badis apka.
Speaker 6 (26:15):
I think it may be in my like sports grouping
of this, but this goes to a bigger, bigger deal.
Of course, I did watch a bunch of Green Bay
Phoenix basketball this year mentioned earlier, also watched Ohio State.
My remorse now during bracket time is that n'kod to
watch enough of certain schools. And what I mean by
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this is I feel like I watched a bunch of
BYU games. I don't know if it's because they were
later at night, but I feel like I took in
more BYU basketball the Big Twelve, whereas I didn't take
in enough of Texas Tech. I feel like in the SEC,
I think I saw a lot of a lot of Auburn,
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saw some of Florida and Tennessee and Alabama, those those
top teams, but maybe not as much of Missouri. Didn't
see tons of Mississippi State. Although I'm still smarting from
when New Mexico State beat Yukon a few years ago
in the tournament, when Chris Jaans was the coach of
the Eggies at that point and bowed the upset. So like,
I feel like, all right, I like Mississippi State in
(27:17):
this game against Baylor, but honestly, I haven't seen a
lot of Bulldogs, a lot of the Bulldogs this year.
So there's my remorse when it comes to bracket time.
I feel there's just certain teams that I know better
than others, and I missed out on others that I
should have maybe focused a little bit more on.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Fair enough, I am the moron.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
What else? Anything else? Do you remorse?
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Love?
Speaker 3 (27:40):
I don't know, Sam, you got you're looking at me.
I wanted to.
Speaker 7 (27:43):
I wanted to weigh in on the first remorse because
I think I've done that at least sixteen different times
with Peacock. It was four ninety nine that I would
see dinged on my debit card and I'm like, gosh,
darn it, I didn't cancel my Peacock. So I got
thirty days is to look at something on Peacock, and
then I never do, and then the next month comes
(28:04):
and I just it's one of those things where I
just I should just cancel it on the first day,
knowing that they will give me the subscription for thirty days.
Speaker 3 (28:12):
Correct. I'm just too lazy.
Speaker 6 (28:14):
Correct, And I feel now I can't cancel this ESPN
Plus because of the PGA Championship that's coming up and
that I will watch in mid May and again that's
usually only a Thursday Friday deal anyway, So I'm saving
it for two days of maybe a couple of hours
of watching and that's about it. But yeah, they got me,
(28:35):
they got me. But it was always fun scrolling through
the matchups trying to find the GB game and like that.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
Absolutely, couldn't you put it down as a favorite, like
a favorite your favorite team?
Speaker 3 (28:46):
I don't know. I honestly, I don't know if they
if they do that or not, so obviously I didn't.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
But it was also I think that was a no
for Bruce. Did you think that was a no for Bruce?
Speaker 3 (28:57):
I was on, Yes, yes, it's like I love you,
but well, I do.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Have a secret weapon there. One of his best friends
in the world is in Milwaukee, and you know, do
you know what talks more than anything?
Speaker 7 (29:15):
Right?
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Huh moolah.
Speaker 6 (29:19):
Yeah, it's funny because I had you talked about, you know,
obviously a relationship with Bruce Pearl, but on the type
of guy that he is. When he was at Milwaukee,
I was still working back in Wisconsin and I had
his home phone number. Now it was kind of still
pre cell phone time, but it wasn't It wasn't odd
(29:40):
he wouldn't know my name, it was, but where I
would call and and a family member would pick up
and then would be able to talk to him. So yeah,
it was always very accessible. I didn't have that with
other coaches around the area at that time.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
I've never understood the the like close practice, the layers
to get to people like you're a basketball coach if
you always ask me. I was like, hey, come to practice,
like can I Yeah. It's not like secrets are going
to like we're like, okay, guys, here's the nuclear codes. Okay,
(30:16):
here's you know we're playing basketball. I don't. I I
Sunshine's the greatest disinfected. That's what. It's a statement made
previous to me, and I believe to be true. No
one's got anything else remorseful for. You're gonna be remorse
everybody remorseful for their bracket right soon as your team lose, like, oh,
I suck, my bracket sucks. Suck.
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Dan, what do you got all right?
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Doug?
Speaker 3 (31:47):
It was opening day in Tokyo.
Speaker 8 (31:49):
Scott's pitch swung on him, miss strike three one two three,
bottom of the ninth ten pitch inning for Tanner Scott.
He fixed up his first save. Save it for your
Shinobo Yamamoto, who will get win number one with an
impressive performance here tonight as the Dodgers win their first
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game of the season.
Speaker 6 (32:11):
Fourd to won over the Cubs on a five seventy
LA Sports and the Dodgers Radio Network. Anybody catch any
of the game today, I'm fine, Jase two.
Speaker 7 (32:21):
So I woke up at five thirty and started watching
it on DVR so you could forward it through commercials.
Is very convenient. I just didn't know, and maybe it's
my bad ear or whatever.
Speaker 3 (32:33):
I didn't know.
Speaker 7 (32:33):
Tim Neverett does an impression of Baseball broadcast guy every time.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
Yeah, that's exactly.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Yeah, that'll be the third out of the guy.
Speaker 5 (32:48):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (32:49):
The Cubs right now in last place in the NL Central.
Big news today in the NFL, expected news, but still
big news. Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham officially announced his
retirement from the game after fifteen seasons, won two Super Bowls.
He's played the most games of any player in an
(33:11):
Eagles uniform, third all time in sacks. You guys, want
to guess who's one in two above one. Reggie White, Yes,
that is Numero luno and Trent Cole was actually second.
But what's amazing with this man?
Speaker 7 (33:29):
He was?
Speaker 6 (33:30):
I think he does Philadelphia radio right now. So Brandon
Graham retires third all time with seventy six and a
half sacks in two hundred and six games. Spent his
entire fifteen year career with the Eagles. Reggie White, we know,
left after the ninety two season, went to the Green
Bay Packers, so we can only count his sacks in
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Philadelphia in one hundred and twenty one games, one hundred
and twenty four sacks.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Wow, Like just domination, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (34:01):
Absolute domination.
Speaker 6 (34:03):
The Vikings signed freege and corner Jeff Acoudah the Patriots
and former Viking center Garrett Bradberry to a two year deal.
Speaker 3 (34:11):
All right now.
Speaker 6 (34:11):
On the college hoops, Doug Cooper flag unanimous election to
the AP All American First Team and Men's college Hoops
also a unanimous pick Auburn's Jeni Broome.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
I like this Chad Baker Mazzara story, where you know
he can get another year.
Speaker 3 (34:29):
He's been around.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
He started his career at Ducane, that was during the
COVID year. Then he went to San Diegu State. They
left and he went to Northwest Florida State, which is
top junior college in the country. Coach Bomber friend Steve Demeyo.
Then he's been at Auburn the past two years. But
if you've gone to junior college during the past four years,
you get an extra year. So he could go back
(34:53):
to Auburn next season or be on the market for
a sixth college basketball season.
Speaker 3 (34:59):
Jeez.
Speaker 6 (35:00):
The rest of the first team Walter Clayton junior of Florida,
Alabama's Mark Sears and produced Braden Smith.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
I have no problem with the first first team. I
do think Bennettster has belonged probably in the third team.
That's the best player for Drake. He's the best guard
we saw all year on tape, obviously played against me
in person. He's tremendous.
Speaker 6 (35:19):
Alabama State and Saint Francis six forty eastern San Diego
State in North Carolina to follow.
Speaker 3 (35:24):
And that's the press.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
Now you get out there and press that was the press,
like Saint Francis and San Diego State. I mean, at
some point, isn't there a lighting up Francis gotlip show.
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actually through my dad, and my dad had his friends
in Milwaukee because when my dad coached at Wisconsin Milwaukee
UWM when I was just a baby seventy five through eighty,
and when Bruce took the job and then later took
them to the Sweet sixteen, he was kind enough to
(01:08):
call my dad and connect with him and kind of
pick his brain a little bit, and kind of a
friendship was struck up. Bruce's Jewish, my family's Jewish. Obviously,
there's there's that connection as well. What's fascinating about Bruce
is he's obviously an incredible salesman, right, and he has
this remarkable amount of energy that just kind of lifts
(01:31):
people in the room. He just kind of turbo charges
everywhere he goes. But what I didn't know is that
he's a really good basketball coach. You know, a lot
of times what happens is when you're when you're the
type of guy that says funny things and has that
energy and is waving your arms in the sideline and
(01:51):
and just everything is about energy and enthusiasm, and he
says these fun quips, you make the assumption they're like, oh, okay,
well that covers for the fact that they don't know.
They just go out there and play kind of roll
it out and just go play hard. And then, as
you guys know, because I've done the radio show from Israel,
(02:15):
I was set to be his assistant with the maccabie Games.
And my son, who's now turned sixteen this week, like,
when you agree to take a job, it wasn't a job,
wasn't paid, but a volunteer spot as a coach or
as an assistant coach for the games. You do so
(02:35):
over a year in advance, right, So it was like
it was probably May the year before, right, So this
is May of two thousand and eight, and I'll never forget.
I'm driving and he calls me and I'm you know,
and I was. He's like, hey, you want to be
my assistant and go to Israel next summer. And if
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you've ever had a phone conversation with Bruce the reason
he's such a good recruiter there like, yeah, I'm in
like whatever. So fast forward to the next uh, probably
spring right, not even right about now, but actually probably
early early spring, like February. He was the head coach
(03:18):
at Tennessee and the summer before we'd had tryouts and
been to Knoxville and been on he had this boat
that we were out in the lake on and it
was actually kind of cool. How about this one guys,
I had to catch a flight to fly home. He
took the whole team out on a boat, a couple
of boats out in the lake outside of Knoxville, and
(03:39):
I was like, hey, BP, I gotta go catch up playing.
He's like, no problem, he like signals over to one
of his boys and they have like another boat, took
me to a little smaller boat, took me to a
jet ski and I had like a backpack and a
travel back and I'm on the back of jet ski.
Pulls me up to a little launch spot and then
(04:02):
all of a sudden there's like a there's like a
town car waiting for me. It takes me to the
airport again to the airport. I was like, this is
the most amazing thing I've ever been a part of.
But I couldn't. You know, my wife at the time
was like, You're not leaving me with three kids under
three and going to Israel with Bruce Pearl for a month.
So I didn't go. But he always credits me. He's
(04:23):
like he was my assistant coach, Like, yeah, I coach
with him like in training camp, which was cool and
I learned that there's a method to it and he
really knows basketball. But I forever wish I was at
his actual assistant. And what's crazy about it is one
of his players is now the head coach at one
of his rivals at Florida, who was also a one seat.
(04:45):
The whole thing is bizarre and cool and if you
know BP, you know, they're like, yeah that tracks. Bruce
Pearl joins us now, head coach of the Auburn Tigers
on the Doug Otleab Show on Fox Sports Radio. Did
I go boat to boat to jet ski or boat
to I don't remember. I just remember going from the
boat to the airport in really strange fashion.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Well, Doug, it's it's great to be with you. And
I remember it like it was yesterday. Of course, it
was back in two thousand and like eight eight eight,
yes when we when we had that summer training camp
in Knoxville, and we had a great couple of days
and we were we were we'd worked pretty hard, and
so that Sunday, when everybody was leaving, we just decided
(05:27):
to take a little time and get out of the lake,
get out of Tennessee River and boats and jet skis
and we were all tied up and we're having too
much fun. And you know, I just can remember you
basically bought your clothes with you. Yes, she said, no,
I'm gonna I'm gonna go. And so I've never seen
anybody with a suitcase and a jet ski crazy. And
(05:48):
I don't know how you made that flight on time.
But you made it.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Oh listen, that's just one of the one of the
one of the many planes, trains and automobiles. Like, dude,
because I like to catch planes where the door literally
hits me as I as I, as I get get
on get on the plane. You know, it's interesting there's
so many coaches that have been in this profession that
they're just like, I can't do this.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
This is just.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Agents, runners, transfer, portal like so much stuff. It feels
like not only you, but even your league has kind
of embraced the new era of college sports. What's it
like for you? Because people forget like you went from
assistant coach Division two head coach, climbed the ladder in
(06:33):
Division one to Final four at Auburn and number one
team in the country. So you've been in this racket
for well over thirty five years. What's it. What's the
experience like for you in this new era of college basketball?
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Well, you know, Doug, it's the sec our slogan, is
it sort of? It just means more And the toughest
league in the country is the one you're in. Okay,
So when you were in the Horizon League this year
at green at Green Bay, that was the toughest league
in the country for you. And so what that means
was we recognized that the SEC was going to be
(07:09):
committed to supporting student athletes in the area of NIL. Obviously,
you know, football is going to take the lion's share
because of you know, just how much revenue is driven
from those football programs. But the basketball programs weren't terribly
far behind. And the difference between our league and most
other leagues, well, let's just say specifically take the ACC
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for example, really only Duke or Louisville or Clemson or
a couple other schools were committed in the area of
NIOL for their basketball programs and the others weren't, and
as a result, they're telet level dropped off. Still great coaches,
still great programs. Where is in the SEC sixteen schools invested,
(07:54):
I mean really invested. And yeah, you know, look, Doug,
I still look at this as this profession, as ministerial.
You know, recruiting has become more transactional. At the same time,
you know, I'm a free market guy, I'm a capitalist.
I believe in this republic, in this country, and I
believe that you know, the market is going to set
(08:15):
with somebody's worth and all all that's happened is we
have recognized finally that these student athletes are are really
of greater value, value than than what they were really
ever appreciated for. Everybody else was making money except the
student athletes. That was wrong. The n CUBA was slow
to adjust. Now, of course, you know we have a
(08:37):
situation where there are no guard lines, there are no
guard rails, we won't really have it. We did not
really have a national chip in football this year, Ohio
State had the ASA had the largest down. I also
did Texas, so did a couple of schools. They were
the schools that advanced. And you know, in basketball it
won't quite mean the same, uh, because because we're not
all playing by the same rules. I hope Congress get
(09:00):
some legislation done, get some anti trust protection in this
so we can pay the student athletes. But on a
more you know, on on on a level that we're
all playing by the same rules.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
On one hand, you get a top seed, on the
other hand, you've lost three of your last four. I
think that the only question with losing is has it
adjusted or hurt the confidence level of the team into
where you actually stand in the landscape. Do you know
the answer to that?
Speaker 2 (09:30):
I don't know that great question. I don't know the
answer to it yet, you know, But I don't think
we're winning, Jeff, because we're confident. And I don't think
we've lost because we've lost our confidence. Now we we
we did miss some free throws in our last game
against Tennessee that would have made a big difference, Okay,
and sometimes confidence the free free to line, you know,
(09:53):
can can be a factor. But the three teams we
lost to, we lost to a four seed at six
A and M. We lost to a two seat in
Alabama and lost to a two seats. So we lost
to all, you know, really really good teams. But all
I can tell you is the practices have been good,
the attitude has been really good, and we're you know,
we're excited about playing and we're you know, we're in
(10:15):
in a position to finish this thing, right.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Having been to the final four income oh so close?
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Right?
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Losing it just a crazy, crazy controversial call. Uh, you know,
you've won this thing in the Division two level, But
how do you not get ahead of yourself? Right? Because
I just wonder like you all. Every coach has that,
and even you know, as players, you have it where
you think of all the things you should have done,
and I've done this, we would have won the national championship.
(10:40):
How do you not get ahead of yourselves to game
five in game six when you got to worry about
games one through four?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Well, did you know the answer to that? It's real simple.
Right now, I can only see four other teams in
this tournament, and that's same for instance in Alabama State, Creighton,
and Louisville. And we are in a tournament. We're gonna
play two games, and one of those of four teams
or five including Auburn, is advancing to the sweet sixteenth.
And that's what we're focused on. Truly, I'm not even
(11:08):
sure what's next weekend. You know, I think this should
stay to two. I think I was States in our
bracket too, But I mean, I'm really not looking ahead.
I'm just taking a look at this right now and
making our making sure our team is at the same time.
But I will say this, I've never been a one seat.
But I was born to be a twelve seat, okay.
I was born a twelve seat, okay, And so but
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we do have a team that I feel like I
should get to the final fourth. I'm mean I feel
like we should. I feel like we're good enough to
And what you would like to have happened is you
would like along the way, if you do lose, you
would like for somebody to beat you, like somebody really
played exceptionally well, and as a result of playing exceptionally well,
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we lost. And that's like the position I had to
put my team in right now.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Yeah, it is. It is weird. Right twenty years ago
you UWMA the Sweet sixteen right now, and you know,
and and it was all it was all where the Hunter?
Now you're the hunt dead. That's that. That's an amazing
kind of transformation. But it's it's different for you. It's
different for Auburn now. I I Albert was a one seed.
We played against him in the second round in ninety nine.
(12:18):
Chris Porter, Doc Robinson, Scott Polson I think was his name.
He lived, Oh he lit us up in Indy. Really
close game. We lost. But it's a it's a different
thing because because the crowd turns on you, right like,
if you that game is closed, all of a sudden,
(12:39):
you look up, You're like, hold on. Wait, why how
do we get how did this become a road game?
Have you ever experienced Have you experienced that yet in
the tournament where you've experienced being in a road game?
But when you're the favorite and suddenly the crowd turns
on you because everyone cheers for the upset.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Yeah, well we we felt that way last year at
in Manzaga against against UH where we were against you.
But you know what, We're gonna have plenty of people
from Auburn and Lexington. The crowd made sure that the
crowd may turn on us. That's fine. Uh. And I've
been cross turned on me my whole life, So I
(13:14):
don't care. I have Doug. I want to be. I
want to be the coach that everybody else in the
league hates. Okay, because you know why they You know
when the road teams actually like opposing coaches. They like
opposing coaches that can't beat their team. I'm gonna bring
a team and that's going to be able to beat
you tonight. And I don't care if you like me
or not. Get over it. And so I've been booed
(13:34):
my whole life. That's like my name is Bruce, so
they when I come out. They're already brewing me and
so I'm I'm used to it.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
All right, I know you got to go, But I
got two things. First, I'm thinking late October exhibition game.
We raise money. Hold on, we raise money for any
Israeli cause you would like. Okay, we get mister to
sponsor it at the center, and then we go and
we and then we go in my treat, we go
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to lambeau Field afterwards.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Let's let's talk about it. Let's talk about it.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Is a no, give me a yes, Bruce.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Hey, listen, I as you know, I really I try
to raise a lot of money for Israel, obvious Israel ki.
But when it comes to Auburn basketball, I got to
raise some money. Money.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Hey, we can do we can do that, listen, we
can definitely, we can definitely do that too. Last thing,
have your birthday?
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Yeah? How about that? Hey, listen, when you become a
senior citizen, do you stop celebrating birthdays? That's what I
want to know, because I'm not a senior citizen. My
brandy makes so much funny. I'm getting all kind of
mail from Medicaid. I'm getting all these a r P cards.
I now can get a senior cit again early bird
discount and being Jewish, I'm looking for all that. I'm
(14:49):
looking for a discount on a meo or I'm looking
for that senior citizen discount. I can say that.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
By the way, we know what your age is. Fitzing
all over yourself, Bruce and Luck. We'll see in San Antonio,
hope on the sidelines. Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Have birthday. I missed you, my friend, I missed you.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
You all right, We'll see it. Actually at Lelanmbo Field
in October, I did make the pitch. I got a.
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That's the Doug Ottlieb Show. You're on Fox Sports Radio.
And as the first four tips off tonight, we have
the NCAA Tournament tipping off on Thursday, and a guy
who this is what happens when it's yours school. Like
I remember when Oklahoma State was the last team out,
and I, you know, I haven't played at Oklahoma States
in two thousand. Like suddenly I became the guy that
(15:43):
everybody wanted to talk to you about Oklahoma States trials
and tribulations. Brendon Haywood's a great player at North Carolina. Okay,
it's been a minute since he was at North Carolina,
but you know, like you got to answer all questions
about the heels. He joins us in Denver where he's
he's working for Sas and Turner, covering the NCAA tournament
as he has. He joins us on the Doug Gottlieb
(16:06):
Show here on Fox Sports Radio. Breddie give me, give
me your give me your thoughts when you saw North
Carolina in the field. What was your honest reaction?
Speaker 5 (16:16):
Man, My prayers were answered because I honestly, I didn't
think we were gonna get in. I heard all the
talk last four hours, not enough quad one wins. I
watched a lot of the games that we lost, and
some of them were tough losses. So I was I
was worried. I was very worried. And in the fact
that it was like the first bracket, the dr kond
(16:36):
of popped up like right away, I was just I
was just released. I was relieved for myself, I was
relieved for the fan base, and I was relieved for
the coaching staff and the kids.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
You and I both have a great affinity for Hubert.
He's an awesome dude. But did you think this was
an NCAA tournament team? Did you like, not about the
numbers and all that other stuff that that they do,
but did you think, yeah, this is a tournament team.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
I do? I do.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
I mean I watched the way that and does you
know this, especially not as your coaching The way that
you play at the beginning of the season is a
lot different than the hopcome teams play at the end.
In Carolina Maysan when they've made some changes to that
starting line that they included Withers even though he had
a mental area and AGC tournament and when you bring
(17:26):
you switched up that start in five, you saw how
they were able to play better than ACCI. So I
think right now they're playing like an NCAA tournament team.
Is their resume all the way worthy? I don't know
quite Frankly, that's none of my business. But we're here now,
and I do think not only can they win in
the playing we're not technically the playing, but we're fair
of the playing game.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
I think they can win a game which you after that, Yeah,
there's there's no real correlation there between do you belong
in the tournament and can you win in the NCAA tournament? Right,
Like that's that those things actually don't necessarily go hand
in hand. They play San Diego State tonight, Sandy said, Also,
kind of reputation wise is different than who they actually are.
(18:08):
Any thoughts in the matchup as there? I think four
I was looking at bet online, who I know you
joined us on behalf of their four and a half
point favorites against the Aztecs.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
Yeah, I think when you look at Carolina, obviously we
need a RJ. Davis to play well, hit shot. He's
our leader, he's our guy. It would really help that
Ian Jackson to get back to giving us that pop
off the bench that he was giving us before.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
He had a.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
Stretch in the season where he was flat out incredible.
Act tournament, he was kind of missing a little bit.
And this guy is a pro. Ian Jackson's gonna probably
be a first round pick if he wants to come
out this year. So when I look at this team,
if RJ can come out there and set the tone
with the starting lineup and Ian Jackson can give us
that pop off the bitch that I know he's capable of.
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I think this team can go out there and win.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Brendon hey with joining us on Gottlip Show, joined us
on Half a Bed online. Of course, you can also
see them this weekend covering the Denver the Denver games, right, So,
are you equipped to call games in altitude? That's a
big question. Are you equipped to call these games in altitude?
Speaker 5 (19:13):
Brennan, I can definitely call games in altitude. I wouldn't
want to do anything athletic right now with altitude because
I remember, listen those Denver games, and that's going to
be different for these guys. If you've never played in
Denver or played in altitude, dug me and you have
both played in Boat, it's different. And the first and
(19:33):
if I can just describe it for the common person
at home, the first three to five minutes of the game,
you feel like there's a man in your lungs with
a light. It's hard to breed, it's burning, you're gasing
it for breadth. Your mouth is incredibly dry. It is
a different experience getting used to playing in altitude, especially
on a stage that's big, because you're already going to
(19:55):
be charged up and and your energy is going to
be on one thousand and now you have this altitude
problem also.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Uh, I think to it. Tomorrow is the practice day, right,
so you're gonna you're gonna watch you see San Diego practice,
and you're gonna watch them come out and you can
be like, no way, no way, no way. And now
look they take on Michigan. Uh, there'll be a substantial underdog.
But you see, San Diego is one of those teams
that they they win games in layup lines where they're
(20:23):
laying it. They're literally laying it up and the other
team's looking down there at the other end and going like, nah,
no chance, you know, and yet they slice you up,
slice you and dice the and win thirty games.
Speaker 5 (20:36):
Listen, man, I can tell you that as somebody that
fell victim to that track, I know it was a
long time ago. It was twenty plus years ago. I
was a three seed for the Carolina tor Hill and
we were looking at wea were shaped like, no way,
it's not gonna happen. We're gonna beat these guys.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
We're gonna go.
Speaker 5 (20:57):
We're not scared of anybody in our brad were looking
all the way to the final four. They had a player.
His name was Harold Arsenal.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
Harold and his show Arsenal. He literally became a household
name with the nickname because of one game against you.
Speaker 5 (21:14):
Guys, and guess what he was about sixty six And
our coach made an honest mistake, he said, this guy's
sixty six, but he played bigger than that. He'd really
be six eighty sixty nine if he had a neck.
And we thought that was As eighteen nineteen year old,
we thought that was the funniest thing in the world.
We're laughing all week. We're running around with our shoulders
(21:34):
shrugged up to our ears like we're Harold to Show
Arsenal all week. And we did not take that opponent seriously.
And I'm still watching that game. It can't believe that
we lost in the fashion that we did. As Harold
to show Arsenal cooked us up to a Ford f
point fifty and drug us around the gym. So Michigan,
if you're looking down at the other end of the court,
or if you're thinking you could just show up and
(21:56):
win in the tournament, it don't happen like that, my boy.
Make sure you are prepared and the mindset is right.
That game still.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
Haunts me, Doug, I can only imagine her. Courtesy of
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(22:29):
who's impressed to you the most? You know, like you're
doing both. You're covering college, are covered pro You watch games?
Who do you stick and stay with it? You watch
a team like, you know, look, I don't know the
whole thing, but I know that that's a squad that's
going to play second, third, weekend.
Speaker 5 (22:45):
Well, this is gonna not go endear because it Carolina family.
But first and foremost, watch when I watched Duke, When
I watched Dude. Obviously, Cooper Flagg is one of the
best players in all of college basketball. But it's not
because of the often it's because of everything else that
he does at such a high level. It's the fact
that the Cooper Flaggers three for fourteen, he'll still have
(23:07):
eight rebounds, seven assists, three steels and four blocks like
and then you watch the rest of the team. They
defend at such a high level. They make you take
tough shots and they get easier shots on the other end.
So Duke is very impressive to me. There's a reason
why they're while they're top five in both offensive and
defensive efficiency. And the other team that stands out to
(23:29):
me is Florida. When you watch the guard player folk
and it hits the special and then they and then
you see the wave of big men that they're able
to throw at you, and then some of those big
men can step out and hit the three, so they
have floor spacing. They're a great offensive rebounding team, which
is huge this time of year, getting extra shots. I mean,
they just were systematically taking SEC teams apart in the
(23:53):
SEC tournament. And so I'm very impressed with Florida, and
I actually think that it's going to be Duke versus
Florida champions and for the love of my group, yet,
I'm praying that Florida wins that matchup because I cannot
take any more Grand Hill bragging I cannot take it.
We've already lost three of these gods. I cannot take
Grant Hill bragging, got anything to do anymore to.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
See, Brendan, Hey, will you check them out on CBS
and Turner over the weekend. In the meantime, check out
bet online for all the latest odds and prop bets
for the NCAA Tournament. Brendan, enjoy the games. I think
you got some really good ones, really intriguing ones. Thanks
so much for joining us on Fox Sport Trido. All right,
all right, you too. That's that's my good Brendan. Hey,
we're joining us on the Doug Gottlieb Show. Hey, uh,
(24:34):
I think we got a little time to have Dan
Byer have a little remorse. Let's play some buyers some
morese shall we.
Speaker 4 (24:42):
Some have remorse?
Speaker 6 (24:43):
I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
I engage, but there's nothing quite like buyer's remorse.
Speaker 6 (24:55):
Doug one's personal uh, and you're involved in it another
one will look span but a bit of remorse. On
this Tuesday, as we are on the eve of the
NCAA Tournament, I am kicking myself for not canceling my
ESPN plus subscription and I only got to watch GB
Phoenix basketball this year, and now that the season is over,
(25:17):
they've renewed me for another month. Goes, Yes, I missed
the deadline, should have done it a week ago, but
they yeah, they got me for eleven ninety nine. Now
I'm like, well, the PGA Championship comes up in May.
You could get streaming options for that. So I'm like,
(25:39):
all right, well, I guess I'm gonna keep it for
golf second Major because that is through ESPN. But yeah, i'
about eleven ninety nine because I wasn't quick enough to
cancel the old subscription. I mean, there's no college basketball
to watch anymore on ESPN. Plus they never do that.
You never just they get you.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
They do get you. Yeah, absolutely time I'm with some
scure could have got out breakfast Brito. Well that's the
other like I'm sure have you download the March badessap
yet I haven't. Well I think then you do, and
then like you're like oh, and then like in July,
like what do I what I gotta get rid of
some as like March badis apka.
Speaker 6 (26:15):
I think it may be in my like sports grouping
of this, but this goes to a bigger, bigger deal.
Of course, I did watch a bunch of Green Bay
Phoenix basketball this year mentioned earlier, also watched Ohio State.
My remorse now during bracket time is that n'kod to
watch enough of certain schools. And what I mean by
(26:35):
this is I feel like I watched a bunch of
BYU games. I don't know if it's because they were
later at night, but I feel like I took in
more BYU basketball the Big Twelve, whereas I didn't take
in enough of Texas Tech. I feel like in the SEC,
I think I saw a lot of a lot of Auburn,
(26:55):
saw some of Florida and Tennessee and Alabama, those those
top teams, but maybe not as much of Missouri. Didn't
see tons of Mississippi State. Although I'm still smarting from
when New Mexico State beat Yukon a few years ago
in the tournament, when Chris Jaans was the coach of
the Eggies at that point and bowed the upset. So like,
I feel like, all right, I like Mississippi State in
(27:17):
this game against Baylor, but honestly, I haven't seen a
lot of Bulldogs, a lot of the Bulldogs this year.
So there's my remorse when it comes to bracket time.
I feel there's just certain teams that I know better
than others, and I missed out on others that I
should have maybe focused a little bit more on.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Fair enough, I am the moron.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
What else? Anything else? Do you remorse?
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Love?
Speaker 3 (27:40):
I don't know, Sam, you got you're looking at me.
I wanted to.
Speaker 7 (27:43):
I wanted to weigh in on the first remorse because
I think I've done that at least sixteen different times
with Peacock. It was four ninety nine that I would
see dinged on my debit card and I'm like, gosh,
darn it, I didn't cancel my Peacock. So I got
thirty days is to look at something on Peacock, and
then I never do, and then the next month comes
(28:04):
and I just it's one of those things where I
just I should just cancel it on the first day,
knowing that they will give me the subscription for thirty days.
Speaker 3 (28:12):
Correct. I'm just too lazy.
Speaker 6 (28:14):
Correct, And I feel now I can't cancel this ESPN
Plus because of the PGA Championship that's coming up and
that I will watch in mid May and again that's
usually only a Thursday Friday deal anyway, So I'm saving
it for two days of maybe a couple of hours
of watching and that's about it. But yeah, they got me,
(28:35):
they got me. But it was always fun scrolling through
the matchups trying to find the GB game and like that.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
Absolutely, couldn't you put it down as a favorite, like
a favorite your favorite team?
Speaker 3 (28:46):
I don't know. I honestly, I don't know if they
if they do that or not, so obviously I didn't.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
But it was also I think that was a no
for Bruce. Did you think that was a no for Bruce?
Speaker 3 (28:57):
I was on, Yes, yes, it's like I love you,
but well, I do.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Have a secret weapon there. One of his best friends
in the world is in Milwaukee, and you know, do
you know what talks more than anything?
Speaker 7 (29:15):
Right?
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Huh moolah.
Speaker 6 (29:19):
Yeah, it's funny because I had you talked about, you know,
obviously a relationship with Bruce Pearl, but on the type
of guy that he is. When he was at Milwaukee,
I was still working back in Wisconsin and I had
his home phone number. Now it was kind of still
pre cell phone time, but it wasn't It wasn't odd
(29:40):
he wouldn't know my name, it was, but where I
would call and and a family member would pick up
and then would be able to talk to him. So yeah,
it was always very accessible. I didn't have that with
other coaches around the area at that time.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
I've never understood the the like close practice, the layers
to get to people like you're a basketball coach if
you always ask me. I was like, hey, come to practice,
like can I Yeah. It's not like secrets are going
to like we're like, okay, guys, here's the nuclear codes. Okay,
(30:16):
here's you know we're playing basketball. I don't. I I
Sunshine's the greatest disinfected. That's what. It's a statement made
previous to me, and I believe to be true. No
one's got anything else remorseful for. You're gonna be remorse
everybody remorseful for their bracket right soon as your team lose, like, oh,
I suck, my bracket sucks. Suck.
Speaker 4 (30:38):
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The press.
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Speaker 3 (31:45):
Dan, what do you got all right?
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Doug?
Speaker 3 (31:47):
It was opening day in Tokyo.
Speaker 8 (31:49):
Scott's pitch swung on him, miss strike three one two three,
bottom of the ninth ten pitch inning for Tanner Scott.
He fixed up his first save. Save it for your
Shinobo Yamamoto, who will get win number one with an
impressive performance here tonight as the Dodgers win their first
(32:09):
game of the season.
Speaker 6 (32:11):
Fourd to won over the Cubs on a five seventy
LA Sports and the Dodgers Radio Network. Anybody catch any
of the game today, I'm fine, Jase two.
Speaker 7 (32:21):
So I woke up at five thirty and started watching
it on DVR so you could forward it through commercials.
Is very convenient. I just didn't know, and maybe it's
my bad ear or whatever.
Speaker 3 (32:33):
I didn't know.
Speaker 7 (32:33):
Tim Neverett does an impression of Baseball broadcast guy every time.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
Yeah, that's exactly.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Yeah, that'll be the third out of the guy.
Speaker 5 (32:48):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (32:49):
The Cubs right now in last place in the NL Central.
Big news today in the NFL, expected news, but still
big news. Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham officially announced his
retirement from the game after fifteen seasons, won two Super Bowls.
He's played the most games of any player in an
(33:11):
Eagles uniform, third all time in sacks. You guys, want
to guess who's one in two above one. Reggie White, Yes,
that is Numero luno and Trent Cole was actually second.
But what's amazing with this man?
Speaker 7 (33:29):
He was?
Speaker 6 (33:30):
I think he does Philadelphia radio right now. So Brandon
Graham retires third all time with seventy six and a
half sacks in two hundred and six games. Spent his
entire fifteen year career with the Eagles. Reggie White, we know,
left after the ninety two season, went to the Green
Bay Packers, so we can only count his sacks in
(33:52):
Philadelphia in one hundred and twenty one games, one hundred
and twenty four sacks.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Wow, Like just domination, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (34:01):
Absolute domination.
Speaker 6 (34:03):
The Vikings signed freege and corner Jeff Acoudah the Patriots
and former Viking center Garrett Bradberry to a two year deal.
Speaker 3 (34:11):
All right now.
Speaker 6 (34:11):
On the college hoops, Doug Cooper flag unanimous election to
the AP All American First Team and Men's college Hoops
also a unanimous pick Auburn's Jeni Broome.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
I like this Chad Baker Mazzara story, where you know
he can get another year.
Speaker 3 (34:29):
He's been around.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
He started his career at Ducane, that was during the
COVID year. Then he went to San Diegu State. They
left and he went to Northwest Florida State, which is
top junior college in the country. Coach Bomber friend Steve Demeyo.
Then he's been at Auburn the past two years. But
if you've gone to junior college during the past four years,
you get an extra year. So he could go back
(34:53):
to Auburn next season or be on the market for
a sixth college basketball season.
Speaker 3 (34:59):
Jeez.
Speaker 6 (35:00):
The rest of the first team Walter Clayton junior of Florida,
Alabama's Mark Sears and produced Braden Smith.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
I have no problem with the first first team. I
do think Bennettster has belonged probably in the third team.
That's the best player for Drake. He's the best guard
we saw all year on tape, obviously played against me
in person. He's tremendous.
Speaker 6 (35:19):
Alabama State and Saint Francis six forty eastern San Diego
State in North Carolina to follow.
Speaker 3 (35:24):
And that's the press.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
Now you get out there and press that was the press,
like Saint Francis and San Diego State. I mean, at
some point, isn't there a lighting up Francis gotlip show.
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