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Gents, Leaf, we start with you, they're the man of the hour, Arizona representing the

Big 12 and the final four.

You're carrying the boats, you're carrying the league.

Do you feel the pressure of 16 fan bases counting on one team?

A little bit.

I mean, I think this is the best basketball team in the conference this year, and the numbers

have barred out, but the pressure is that Michigan's really good.

I really feel that Arizona, Michigan are the best two teams in the country, and it's a

shame they're playing in a semi-final rather than the final, but to be in the final four

and shake off the burden that has plagued Tucson for 25 years, it first took final four

and that long, and represent the Big 12s is a good problem to have, I suppose, for Arizona

within the Big 12.

So Leaf, wouldn't that by extension mean that the winner of this game is guaranteed to

win the natty?

Say it now, Leaf.

Do it.

Say it.

I'd certainly say they're favored.

It's been a weird little thought of my head, like what if these teams beat each other

into submission, and then all of a sudden Illinois or Eucon squeaks one out, so that's popped

in my head, but I do think Arizona, Michigan have been the best teams all season long.

The money was to take my voice with his face and say the wildcats are going to win

all of it because the winner of this game is the best team in the country.

Hashtag America.

That's not how it works, Cody.

Yeah, that's, yeah, that's not, that's not, they don't have the trophy to the semi-final

winner.

The thing deal has to spread on this game, Razor, then Razor, then spread on this game,

Michigan minus one and a half.

That's pretty shocking to me.

Well, just because I feel like Arizona has been the best, most consistent team in the

entire country, the entire year, certainly Michigan deserves to be, to be right there,

obviously, you know, but I just felt like Arizona, I feel like Arizona should, should

be favored by three points or a little bit more possibly.

I just think when you look up and down the roster, they've got, I've said it before, how

many is it, at least eight or nine guys?

It's nine year higher rated players.

It's insane.

Yeah, our top eight, I think our top eight would be to any one of the country in a series

every single time.

The thing about Michigan is their top three is really, really good.

I think they're fastball, if you will, like if they're, if they're A games going on and

you're playing the A game, they might have the best A game.

I think Arizona's got the best A minus through C plus in the country and I think they're

four and their reliability is better than everyone else's Michigan can, can pose problems

because they're huge and they have three NBA players in their front line and Arizona

typically overwhelms teams in the front court and out of 37 games, 35 of them are Arizona's

well in the rebounding battle and many by substantial margin, they beat Yukon is in the

final four by 20 on the glass.

I was there.

I was there one night and two song when they did not win the rebounding battle and, but

I don't think Michigan, I'm just saying, I think they actually did win the rebounding

battle.

They lost the game, but they won the rebounding.

Not an overtime, but at least I would say after watching, I've seen Illinois in person,

I've seen Arizona in person.

I don't doubt that Arizona's, I've been rooting for them.

They are perfectly built.

My concern is if they have to hit threes at some point and they have to hit them that

they don't, those shots don't fall because it looked uncomfortable in the first half,

you know, in the elite eight game, but then they just came out of the locker room and just

overwhelmed them.

But I, I think that I don't, I don't doubt what Paul saying either.

I think Arizona's maybe been the best team all year, but it is, it's the, it's the final

hit.

I don't know.

It was a model for you that you, that you may enjoy Chris.

I, I think that when Arizona has been whole, they haven't lost a game.

And I think Texas Tech is great and no one was pillaged like by injuries more than Texas

Tech.

So I don't mean this is a slighted off because that was a great game.

But be while you would like word, go up, he was in a move in that game and the other

game that they lost co up, he was also injured.

So in co up, he's been healthy.

They haven't lost.

And then the other part with that is 35 and two rebounding and then in three games against

top five opponents this season, Arizona has scored 90 plus multiple times by scoring

three or fewer threes.

So in Arkansas, they have five threes, they went five of eight, it's 109 points.

So Arizona, I do agree that three pointer is more important against Michigan the most,

but I don't think it gives them a little like a small chance to not shoot many threes because

what Michigan does very well is they shoot a lot more threes because of the fear of what

they can do on the inside.

Arizona's got a level that I think stops them just as much of a Michigan can stop Arizona.

So I am a little scared that they'll need more threes.

But the statistics would say Arizona doesn't give me threes because they shoot six

a percent from two and they also shoot 45% of their shot.

It's up from five feet or in.

Leaf, you've tapped into something that I think is really interesting about this game and

that like weirdly, both teams have dominated competition in very similar ways using their

thoughts.

Right?

Yes.

I want to ask you if someone to watch Arizona much more closely and it's prepping for

this one.

What do you see the game script playing out like because I don't act like this does feel

like Goliath, Goliath, Goliath, Goliath, Goliath in the same kind of way.

There's not like it's which team bends first because it does like they both want to do

the same thing.

So they're going to game plan the very similar way to me.

Yeah.

And I haven't quite made up my mind as to what I really think the script will be.

But my guess is the number to watch will be turnovers or the statistic to watch will

be based turnovers because when Arizona forces turnovers, they score really well, but Michigan

forces more of them.

They play a more gamble happy defense and when they force those turnovers, they're so steady

and so productive defensively anyway that they run teams out of the gym and Tennessee

was playing early in that game.

Tennessee was winning the glass, but they just couldn't manufacture enough good shots.

As soon as Arizona, excuse me, Michigan force turnovers.

They ran Tennessee out of the gym.

They hit a few threes when Michigan hits threes, you got no chance.

I think Arizona won't give up as many good threes because they're not undersized as

many almost every team in the country is when they face Michigan, forcing double teams.

So I think what happens is Arizona slows this game down.

I think they play similarly actually to how they played Houston at Houston in the sense

that when they played Houston at Houston, they were missing co-oped.

So what they need to do is maximize every possession and play more slowly and try to swing

the ball from side to side more rather than just drive and score.

I think this game will be slower and lower scoring than most games.

Michigan's going to want to score from three.

I do think they run the risk of shooting themselves out of the game, but as Arizona

fan, that variability actually scares me in the sense that if they get off from three

in Arizona, we'll have to do what Chris said and shoot some more threes than they're

more comfortable to do.

Yeah, sometimes different in the game.

Tommy Lloyd, tell all these people that Tommy Lloyd is not going to North Carolina.

I don't think he will.

I might not put in these days, but we

talked about Drake and I did a show.

We crossed over Tuesday.

Yeah.

We crossed over two days.

They'll see it.

We got hit a break here, but Parker, yeah, I think leaves right turnovers are usually

the difference.

The less free throws are an even bigger difference, two free throws, Houston shot, two free

throws.

Coming up.

We would talk about it.

Arizona.

And the big one is gay.

Is it weird that Arizona is a big 12 team?

That's the school carrying the boats.

I don't think so.

At least I hope not this.

It'll do.

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Hey, Garande Squad.

Nice, Cody.

Arizona.

So Houston being the national championship last year, like, all right, cool.

The new big 12 team represents the big 12 of the national championship.

I don't think a lot of big 12 fans based on how Utah reacts.

Just don't root for Utah.

They felt like this is one of these back 12 schools walked in to pompous and they look

at the benefit of that out.

Does Arizona carry that?

Or is this an Arizona team that feels like, yeah, the big 12s got Arizona.

We love them.

I think this is why they were brought into the big 12 primarily.

I think you could say the same thing about Houston.

Would it have been, would it have been great if Arizona and Houston were both great

of football to begin with?

Yeah, but I think Brett Yomark being a basketball dude.

He knew that Arizona and Houston should immediately pump up the conference.

And I think this is exactly what Brett Yomark had laid out when he envisioned the four

core schools coming in.

So from that perspective, no, I think most of us expected Arizona and Houston to carry

this level of a basketball brand for the big 12.

So I love it.

I think it's going to to the script.

Yeah.

There's a lot of those having the cool thing to me.

I don't feel like there's, I mean, I don't feel like there's, I mean, there's, you

look at where they're located.

It's a college town.

They have a college fan base.

They don't really have as many pro teams as other states do.

So I feel like it says, I mean, they do, but they're not as massive as other states

are.

It's not New York, right?

It's not very good.

The pro teams aren't good.

I'm saying Arizona can capture some of the post on the stage.

So I agree with Paul.

Like it's separated.

Yeah.

Right.

So I mean, to me, so to me, there's that familiar, there's a familiarity to other big 12 schools.

And then they've gotten better in football.

So it's not like they're, I mean, they're probably going to be competitive this year and

football and are probably one of the dark courses you would pick if you asked me to pick

two.

I would probably pick them as one of the dark courses to maybe get into that top four

range, right?

So I think that there's a lot of admirable qualities that they have now that they didn't

have when they came, for sure, they've always had basketball.

That's like you said, that's why they came.

So yeah, I definitely don't feel like, I mean, they're Utah, right?

That's the kind of like my go to whenever I feel like somebody doesn't feel like a part

of the big 12.

That's kind of how it feels to me when I look at Utah, if there's anybody that's but heard

about the new booties representing the big 12, it's probably a Utah fan.

Let's just call us.

Wait a minute.

Well, or Kansas, because it was their conference for so long, leaf, you'll know the

quote better than I did, but there was something Tommy Lloyd said this week about like, hey,

like we're only this good because of the big 12 like they got the big 12.

They got their buckings for a year and then like had to elevate their style of play.

And like now look where they are, like it was something to that effect.

And I don't know the exact quote, but it was like they represent the big 12 because they

are a product of the conference.

I thought those are really, really cool angle, frankly.

Yeah.

And reading between the lines, I think he basically built the program that we know now

as the team that's won the big 12 and in both reg or season and post season hour and

the five four because they added toughness to kind of resemble what Houston was when they

entered the big 12 and kind of look at what Baylor was when they wanted like there's

defense.

Of course, these teams are very good offense.

So if you look at the Ken Palm, but Baylor was one of the best defensive teams.

I know they're 44th entering.

You watch that team.

They were a monster and you look at all these teams, they employ no middle defenses.

And there is press Virginia and all these different teams, you could say there's defensive

identity in Arizona.

It's going to be top 10 with Tommy Lloyd in terms of offense.

They're going to be that every year, but really what's elevated them from being a top 10

team that flames out and a team that is as good as they are this year is defense.

And I think the big 12 made them feature that as opposed to the pack 12 where you can

just run and gun and out athlete people and you know, I could give shout out to each program

like Texas Tech with Chris Beard and McAflin comes in defense.

I think there was a certain like, oh shoot, we got to acclimate and figure out how to play

a brand of basketball that's going to be better than just a four seed because Arizona

doesn't want to be a four seed and make sweet 16s.

They want to be a team that can be a torch bearer to a conference and I think Tommy Lloyd

elevated the program to follow the footsteps of what Houston did.

Level as a try to true, yeah, yeah, what happened to Texas Tech Chris, that's what Drake

was saying.

No, there's no doubt that Arizona and Houston have made the big 12 a better basketball

league, but there's also no doubt that the opposite is true that that this league has made

these programs better.

You have to be or you're going to get chewed up and spit out.

I mean, it's just unforgiving, I mean, peacock today, Feather Duster tomorrow.

That's just how this league works, man, on a night and not out basis, man.

And I think that the mail of Mars, well, that's a national championship coach, man, and

like they had two NBA graphics on their team and they just, they were extremely average,

but you put them in another league and it may have been very different.

I mean, but that's just, that's the league that this thing is, man, and how these schools

look, the Bob Bullsby put Houston in this league, that was survival, right?

And then your mark, they did a great thing with the four corner schools.

It was also survival, but then you basically say, well, let's pull a little bit of that.

You know what?

This is a damn good basketball league.

Let's showcase it.

Let's put it on a glass court in Kansas City and, and, and, and who do the things, right?

You know, let's, let's showcase this for it.

But there, I was thrilled for Arizona because I think that there's no doubt the league would

have taken a hit if you don't send somebody to the final four.

And, and if you don't win the national championship, there's going to be some perception there

that, you know, it's, it was the big 10 that was the, the best league.

They've got, you know, let's just kind of how it works.

We're all going to poke fun at the SEC because they don't have anybody in the final four,

they have anybody in the, in the title games and football in the last couple of years.

And that's what people point to.

So I think the big 12 certainly needs to, to do their part.

Can we all laugh at Duke though?

We, before we get there, we can laugh at Duke right now, right?

Can we, can we do that at all times?

Yeah.

It keeps up our camera.

We can't do that.

We can't make fun of the team that's in our deck on intro guys.

What are you doing?

What are we doing?

That DC you do game in future, we can't do that.

That would be a fun addition.

So, but, but I guess where I was going and, and we're leaving tonight,

talking on our crossover on Tuesdays, Stanford to me is not at ACC school.

They went to the final.

No, I wouldn't think, oh, wow, Stanford, they, they represent the ACC that patch wouldn't

make any sense.

I want to ensure the patch on Arizona makes sense when we talk them in the final four.

I, I mean, it keeps up on leaves toes here, but I, I do think it does.

Because he mentioned it's been 25 years, right?

Like, this does not feel like the same kind of program it has for so long,

because for so long, they were the team that got there and choked.

They joined the big 12 and suddenly they're, they're not, right?

Like, I, I think that that's a big, big representation, right?

Yeah.

Come on.

Yeah.

Leave.

Yeah.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I act 12 necessarily.

I heard Arizona, but I do think the big 12 helped Arizona.

I think I, I mean, they can win a lot.

They had Sean Miller in like their programs, but like UCLA was the only real team

with the home court advantage in all the back 12.

Yeah.

Like I, I'm, I'm from Pac 12 country and I've watched a lot of basketball.

The only place you can hear through the TV is Macayle and then Paulie when Paulie was

actually going and right now UCLA is not bad, but they don't have any fans.

And you go like, okay, Corvallis, nice Eugene, nice, Maple's Pavilion, nothing.

The big 12 and the reason Arizona fits in my, my perception, especially in basketball

is that these are all college towns that believe and care in their programs like Kansas,

even though like I don't like Kansas, they want 17 regular season championships in

a row.

They are the torchbearer Allen Field House is a gauntlet to go enter Houston's a pain

to go play.

Texas Tech's got a great home floor like every single one of these programs and I think

that type of gritty and physical nature that kind of is instilled by having these programs

that really care about basketball and have fans that support it really is helped

Arizona.

So I don't think the Pac 12 hurt Arizona, like I said, but I think the big 12 certainly

helped Arizona.

What's up, Christian?

You have a basketball team too.

This is a funny and like in addition school, man, I got what I guess octagon of room this

year, but the octagon of doom is, but I was state, I mean, and the beauty of this league

is it prepares you for all different styles.

Like you're going to play slower, you're going to play faster, you're going to play,

you're going to have to play good defense.

You better be able to score.

You better have depth.

I mean, again, it's going to pick apart your deficiencies and, you know, I mean, I just

know, why did nobody say foster civilian?

Come on, guys, come on.

Palace on the praises coming up right, you know, Mark, we talked about the glass court

a little bit there.

And Friday night football is the big club missing the boat as far as PR goes.

I just don't feel like the big 12 itself is pumping up Arizona enough going into this

weekend as well as other mistakes.

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The glass court, bad for the big 12, there were the pansy fans, the U.S.

are glad he tried something and apologized like, I don't, I don't give a rat's ass.

No one asked for a glass court, you did it, you wasted a lot of money on it,

that money could have gone somewhere else.

Oh, let's play in Mexico.

Nope, burn it with fire.

BYU misses the college football playoff.

Your mark says, oh, I get it, I understand it.

The big 12 wants, you know, 10, 11 teams in.

Your mark goes to the podium says, we'd like eight.

And now Arizona doesn't feel proud of the big 12 is playing Texas Tech Houston

on a Friday night next year, two contenders.

The big 12, two contenders, the big 12 conference in a state that is predicated on high school

football, like the GDP of high school football in Texas would beat out in most countries.

I just, I think the big 12s are a really weird PR spot and that your mark for as good as he is

behind closed doors, once those doors open, like, dude, why are your pants down?

Yeah, Ray Armour is definitely missing out on something here.

You talk about the glass saying last time, but you had me on, on your show, we talked about how

during the entire big 12 wrestling tournament, they sent out like eight tweets,

while the ACC sent out like 40 some odd tweets, not the wrestling's massive,

but then Oklahoma State makes a run at Penn State.

And you've got all these freshmen, national champions.

And the big 12 does it, they don't, they don't back enough, they don't back the rivalries,

they don't back the conference, like other conferences do.

Ray Armour, I think, I think it's been the visionary genius we've needed.

But it, it seems like he's fallen flat recently for some odd reason and I don't get it.

It's interesting too, because like, look, obviously Houston's had their crowd things,

y'all give me a hard time about plenty of times or whatever, right?

But I brought up the idea when a year ago, Houston played four of the first five games,

not on Saturdays. The game against Texas Tech Latch was their first Saturday football game of

the season is the fourth game of the year, week six, right? And honestly, when I said it in

February, March, April, oh, it's not that big a deal. And then we got to September and

it was like, this is weird. Like, it's the kind of thing where like he'll say it now and do it now.

And no one's cognizant enough to be thinking about how weird it's going to be to have two teams

next year, Houston won 10 games last year, Tech went to the college football playoff last year,

and they're going to open up conference play on a Friday night. Like, that's an odd thing to do.

When I imagine everyone in love is going to be at what the Monterey game, right? Like, where's

it going to be? Like, like, like, honestly, Chris, like, it's going to be a weird atmosphere to imagine.

Yeah, but here's the thing. None of these schools can, can gripe about it. We consider

to talk about it, but everybody's willing to take that check from the TV network, aren't they?

I mean, you know, that's just, unfortunately, this was the deal that they cut. And this is the

part that sucks. This is where you realize a pecking order. That's the harsh truth. And there's

more Friday games coming and non-traditional Saturday games coming, but at least you're not

pulling. Yeah, I don't want to open the issue is that we're playing on Friday. I think the

issue is that it's those two teams and they just so happen to be. Well, but they're trying to

take Kansas on a Friday. I'm sorry. We were terrible. They underperform. They make sense.

But you know, I don't want to either trust me. I don't want it either. I don't think it helps

the crowd. But, but here's the thing. They're trying to, the TV folks, they don't really care what

any of us think they don't care. They're trying to showcase it. I mean, Clemson played last

year on a Friday night. I think Miami played on a Friday night. I want to say Florida state did.

I mean, a lot of those ACC schools, this is just unfortunate. You know, and I'd have to go back

and look, I think Oregon did. I think they're trying to showcase it. It's a weird way of coming

around to it's kind of a compliment for Houston and for Texas Tech. But yeah, I would love it.

Don't don't mess with my Saturday football. That's the that's my my fault that I would I

would offer up. But it won't help the crowd. That's for sure. What are the big complaints about

this? Is it that this Friday's for football in high, especially high school football in Texas?

Well, that they feel Friday night lights, what two hours away. And yeah, this is a monster high

school football. And people work people work Friday. Well, yeah, a lot of text fan base. Yeah,

a lot of text fan base lives in middle of Dessa or the Metroplex or whatever. I just want to

make sure we get that out there. What what is it that people don't like about it? Because I will stress

as someone visiting Lubbock as the road team. Let's play it on a Friday. We got a better shot.

Like I'm sure he will yeah, I'm sure Parker would ask to love it. Yeah, I think you're the

road team. If you're the road team, you love it. Cody's the best exit. That's the best I've

heard on this. I think from from my standpoint of why I'm frustrated is throw Kansas out there.

Throw Kansas and Kansas and that throw Kansas Oklahoma State of the Friday. And you're like, yeah,

that game fits Friday. That makes sense. And a lot of the I mean, you know, some of these TV deals,

early season ones work. I want to vote Jill Hat. Cam. See, I see it dog. Yeah, I got you, man.

Some synergy right there. Yep. All the rock. Counts. Come on. I just checked because I was

interested. They already have Miami Wake Forest on that same Friday. Yeah, look at it. It's

Wake Forest dog. I mean, it's like, you know, it's, you know, I'm dominant that Friday. When I'm

saying there was like, they already have one former coach football playoff team up there on that

Friday night in Miami. Like, yeah, who's they? Are you saying? It's okay. So this one's going to be

a Fox game. Oh, we're gonna. So they're competing, I guess. Basically, yeah, that's that's right. Yeah.

Is is there. I mean, probably not. It's too early. But this is a marquee match up with the big 12.

I mean, this could be week six. This could have been college game day. Number 13 Houston versus

number six Texas Tech. It probably isn't that that's our case three weeks in. Yeah, for for what it's

worth. The games I assume will take up the slate of Saturday are Florida State at Alabama,

Georgia at Arkansas and LSU at Ole Miss. Like, those are big TV games. I'm sure. Didn't LSU lose to one

of those teams? We're probably going Friday night. But I mean, I digress.

What's for you to be living out of the Friday night games for years for probably 10 years. We played

every year on Friday. But that's when we were in the Big East. We're trying to make a name for ourselves,

you know. So it's not exactly the same thing. But I do understand the reason I was asking is

from a fans perspective, I understand what it mean, what it's what you're saying.

As far as the deterrence about playing on a Friday, there are benefits to it as well. But you know,

at the end of the day, we didn't have a match up like this could possibly be going on at the time

either. Usually it was a throwaway game like East Carolina or somebody like that, you know.

So Houston and Texas Tech, if they are both top 15 teams at that time, obviously you're thinking,

well, dang, we lost. We could have game day instead. I get that thought process.

I don't think there's any benefit personally. The only benefit is you don't have competition

of 55 other games. That's the only benefit. I guess. Yeah. Which is why we don't arrive

really weak. I think that's a no. See, that's I don't mean to say you don't know it. But that's

what Chris is talking about is your competition isn't the 55 other games on Friday. It's everyone's

local team. And like that's a very Texas thing. Drake's lived here a minute. Can't live here for a

minute. But in Texas, Chris, Chris mentioned all those surrounding areas of Lubbock, Odessa,

Midland, they've got to decide am I going to the league game or I'm going to the tech game.

They've got the size of Kato's playing Coronado. That's not I mean, that's going to be a huge

advantage. I appreciate the fact that some of you guys do know your your Lubbock high schools. Yeah,

that respect. Yeah, respect. Wasn't our nation Parker to that have to do is not playing against

the other 55 teams on Saturday? No, because the deal there to me is that it's not you're not

competing for the TV doll, the TV numbers with the 55 other teams on a Saturday. You're competing

with people that are going to go watch their local team for $10 in person or come watch you for

$75 or whatever, right? Like that's the game you're playing. And frankly, a lot of these folks look

Chris, you can correct me if I'm wrong. People in Midland, they know that they stay home and

paid $10 or $15 to watch Midland Lee, then they would go watch Tekken Houston. Yeah.

I mean, yeah, and so another piece of it too is TV viewership. The state of Texas, again,

you're a Houston fan, but I'm in I'm not watching my phone and watching my kid. I'm not watching

the game on my phone. I'll I'll check the score later. I'm watching my kid. That's a lot of people

who will be in the state of Texas watching high school football. I mean, dudes whose kids aren't

even in school 10 years ago. They they care more about their high school team on Friday. That's

what Fridays reserved for their sacred in Texas. That's a big problem. That only that seems like

that only I mean, maybe not only, but you know, it doesn't exist in West Virginia. It's a vacuum.

It's certainly vacuum. No Orlando UCF put them on Friday and out against West Virginia. It's

probably a better, you know, there's a better chance. Nobody's being out the mountaineers in

West Virginia. Obviously, you know, so I, you know, I get that. Yeah. I mean, you people are

wearing more, you know, a guy or stuff around that they are. They're A&M stuff on a Friday.

That's that's what Friday's reserved for. We're just name dropping crazy.

This is like having to play a game over in Europe or Germany or over the

hell they're playing this year. Who is there? Is there's an ECU North Carolina?

There's a killer for these teams. I'm sure the state and Kansas are playing somewhere, aren't they?

Aren't they playing like in week three or four over in Ireland, right? Or someone like that?

Check this little Valkyrie or something. He used to me. Well, put them on their

carrier. They'll take you to that. So, yeah, well, they'll play the game wherever Illinois gets

their basketball players. Yeah, maybe. I mean, Lloyd and Brad Underwood instead of going to

get out of that football game. Say, oh, you're six eight. That's great. Mountaineer Paul

locked on West Virginia park range with locked on Cougs. Cameron Stewart, hosting all things bail

or leave to lean with Arizona. Chris level to Christian Rowan, Cody Christian. You played the game

the right way today, my friend. You're playing chess. We were playing checkers and I appreciate that.

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