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Batan Rouge will be in Louisville later tonight.
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We wanted to get this in before the Sun Belt tipped off today.
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Didn't really preview the two ball games that are going on.
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We got postseason awards and again, just huge midweek matchups
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that are not as one side of this as you think as it turns out.
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So today, you do have the Cajuns taken on Georgia State.
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That's 5 p.m. Central time, 6 p.m. Eastern time.
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And then ODU and ULM.
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ULM's only conference victory against ODU.
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ODU is an 11 and a half point favorite.
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And Georgia State is a one and a half point favorite.
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Turns out, sources tell me and that may or may not be Kevin Foote.
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That Dorian Finister is expected to play for the cage.
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He's had a concussion a couple of games ago.
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And he is expected to play.
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These two, you know, Georgia State has just, you know,
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the bottom fell out of it after starting the Sun Belt 6 and 3.
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But they always battle.
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They always just come up short.
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A lot can be said for the Cajuns.
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They did have a nice run in the middle of the season to avoid having their
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fewest wins in program history at seven would have matched that mark.
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But they just been banged up all year long.
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I'll go all Homer and take the Cajuns in this one.
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You want to say he's maybe on his last leg over at the Georgia State.
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It has for Kwanis White.
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And you can say the same thing about Jonas Hayes.
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He just can't get him.
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Forget about over the hub to the home.
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But they always play hard.
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Just can't finish down the stretch.
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Cajuns just to been banged up.
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You guys know I'm a much more of a reasons guy than excuses guy.
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But they lose one or two guys.
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They lost like four or five guys.
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And you know that's obviously going to make a big difference.
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They're tough defensively.
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And if they hit some shots, they're very difficult to beat.
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So I will say I don't think either one of these two teams is going to win another
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ballgame in the Sun Belt Conference.
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The winner of this game is probably going to lose their next ballgame.
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Good experience for Kwanis White to be a head coach in a conference tournament.
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Quick turn around since Friday.
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And we'll see what happens with George State.
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Their head coaching situation.
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As far as old Dominion.
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Mike Jones has not had that program in the right direction in a couple of years.
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Another one of those teams that you just.
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Have some interesting and impressive wins.
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And yet they do lose the ULM.
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Not only did they lose the ULM, they lost to him in that hole.
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I get in there tough because they have explosive.
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They just can't finish either.
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Whatever it is at the end of the games.
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They have difficulty finishing.
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So we'll see how that goes.
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And a lot can be said.
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What we say about George State and the cage and same thing for ULF.
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I mean, they're obviously not a particularly good basketball team.
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But some of these games are.
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You know, they weren't pretty close.
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They got blown up by South Alabama and Troy.
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That Troy ball game was close for a minute.
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Well, for more than a minute.
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The four Troy went on for an 80 to 65 victory.
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They lost Arkansas State 102-94.
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Troy needed a minor miracle to hold them off 77-76.
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Texas State beat them 95-84.
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Ball State beat them 73-68.
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They beat Old Dominion 85-79.
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Lost to coastal by four.
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Lost to Georgia Southern by three.
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They could blown out by Marshall and Arkansas State one time.
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So there's that possibility of getting blown out.
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But they tend to play tough.
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So we'll see what happens.
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Christian Lewis has been very good for ULM the season.
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And again, it takes a certain kind of moxie to, you know,
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when you've won one game in 17 in the conference.
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And they even lost the Mac challenge in the middle of all that
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to come out and play hard and try and play spoiler.
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Are they almost into Troy?
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No real spoiler here trying to win a conference championship.
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And, you know, a couple of conference ball games.
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Again, I think, oh, did you would have the best shot at moving?
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I will look at the bracket here in a second just to make sure I agree with myself.
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Only because they just seem to be for lack of a better term.
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I'm really just not sure what to expect from Odeo on a regular basis.
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See, they get, they get Georgia Southern.
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So Odeo, you can absolutely be Georgia Southern next.
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Whereas Georgia State of the occasion is getting James Madison.
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I don't think they're going to win that ball game.
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So I think James Madison will advance.
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And I think, well, again, the Old Dominion Georgia Southern matchup could be a
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Let's see what those two teams did this year just to see.
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Old Dominion lost to Georgia Southern 87, 84 and lost to 93, 86.
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So Georgia Southern has beaten him twice so far, but in both times,
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So we shall see how that goes.
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And again, James Madison is going to win and beat the Cajuns or Georgia State,
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whereas even ULM has a shot at Georgia Southern.
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So although Georgia Southern did put on that,
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dropping on Marshall, that was surprising.
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That's a pride they did twice this year.
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Let's take the time out.
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We're going to flip to the postseason awards.
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Scott Frost got coach of the year.
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We got Chase Harris getting player of the year.
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So Sunbelt postseason awards.
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Oh, I want to go back one thing.
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I meant to do this about the Sunbelt turning.
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And how the broadcasters are on.
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They're not on site.
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They're in New Orleans.
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Because they want to take advantage of that.
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Studio that they have.
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Then why don't they take full advantage of it?
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Why do they go to break?
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Why not have like a 30 minute intro.
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And then just stay there in between ball games.
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So what if it's 30 or 40 minutes?
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There's not a shortage of things to talk about.
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If you just want to talk about basketball,
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you can come preview and each team in each game.
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It's not that difficult.
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If you want to include baseball, you can do that as well.
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There's no reason to go to.
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And this event hasn't started yet, screen.
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Potential Sunbelt audience.
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So another missed opportunity.
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Would you have to pay somebody?
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You got to put them up for a week.
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Have would have plenty of people interested in hosting the Sunbelt
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Commerce tournament.
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I would think the benefits would far outweigh the costs.
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Why they would not do that.
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So that's just an idea that.
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It should be for the basketball tournament, softball tournament,
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and baseball tournament.
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You have a captive audience.
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Now on to the postseason awards.
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Just nobody surprised.
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Scott Cross from Troy is your.
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A coach of the year.
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Again, still not really understood what happened towards the end.
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I know Theo Seng got hurt.
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It was pointed out by a faithful listener, despite what he likes to claim.
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That they really haven't beat anybody as late.
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Easy schedule outside of South Alabama.
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And they lost to South Alabama.
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They played the Cajuns once in ULM twice.
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They barely got past.
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Haven't really heard his name connected with any other jobs.
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I try to keep on pumping them up for Syracuse.
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There may be another former.
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Some about coach who may be in line from that who is from that region.
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So we'll see what happens there.
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But really well deserved by.
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Scott Cross to be into that.
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Someone else should have gotten it as well.
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Coach of coastal Carolina.
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I should have gotten it.
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Turn that program around.
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They're the three seed.
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I'm not sure anybody saw that coming a couple of weeks ago.
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They're pretty good shape.
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Let's see how they finished the season up.
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You know, they lost James Madison by two.
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Otherwise, they won five out of their last six.
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You know, they had a tough loss to.
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South Alabama losing 53 48.
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They lost the Arkansas state.
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And they lost James Madison.
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The only issues with two of those losses.
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The gym you lost in the Arkansas state last.
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That's the only that's the only issue.
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They're losing at South Alabama.
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That defense is tough.
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It can be very tough.
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And these other losses.
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They lost to J.M.U.
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67 65 Arkansas state by four.
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And lost South Alabama by five.
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You know, those are their last three losses.
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How many overall one two three four five six seven.
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I mean, they're 11 and three in their last 14 volumes.
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So Justin Gray has done a fantastic job.
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Has for the player awards.
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You did have chase Harris as.
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The player of the year from.
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Newcomer of the year was a Joshua Beetle.
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Who's been very good for the aforementioned coastal Carolina.
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Shanty clears beats J.M.U.
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Let's see what else we got.
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We have the defensive player of the year.
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Is a loop Wilson from app state.
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Freshman of the year DJ Hall.
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And you got the sixth man of the year.
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I'm not sure if that's how you say his name.
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I had an X-ray in there.
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From Arkansas state.
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I think all those guys are.
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Let's do the sum belt.
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Beetle got it from coastal Carolina.
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Tom is out from Troy white.
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Fricks from Marshall.
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Chase here from South Alabama until week weeks.
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We're going at it for that scoring title.
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You know, South Alabama.
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Just had a little bit better of a season.
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Not that much better.
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But just a little bit better.
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And that's why maybe chase Harris.
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I don't know if you saw that article.
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He leads the nation.
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At percentage of his points at the rim.
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Also about second team.
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DJ Hall from Texas state.
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From Georgia state case and Jennings from Appstate.
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Adam Olson from South Alabama.
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He's really one of the keys.
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To this whole tournament.
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If Adam Olson goes off.
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And the score in 20 points.
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South Alabama is tough.
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It's tough to beat.
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It can't just be free throws.
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You can't go three for 10.
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And just get a bunch of free throws and make 20 points.
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He's got to shoot it around that 45.
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You know, he really does.
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And then you get Jake Cooper.
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That's what happens if Adam Olson is shooting it.
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Then you can fall off and do Jake Cooper.
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And you just let chase Harris go to the bucket.
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Because he's only getting two points.
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You know, if it's Arkansas state against South Alabama.
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Arkansas state's going to attempt 43 pointers.
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It's going to be a tough.
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It's going to be a tough matchup.
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So we'll see how that goes.
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But South Alabama is going to need to count on Adam Olson to have a big tournament.
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If they're going to make a right.
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Let's hear a second.
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Oh, and Jalen spear for Marshall could say the same thing.
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From Marshall, you know, that Jalen spear is going to.
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And then the thing is he shoots it from anywhere across his half court.
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He may not even have to cross half court to shoot it.
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He's got no conscience.
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He can shoot it from the top of the key.
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Or he can shoot it about five steps back towards the logo.
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So Jalen spear could be.
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Big in this tournament as well as Marshall is the second or the third.
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No, the second seat.
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Cliff Davis from J.M.U.
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Alonzo Dodd at App State.
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Christian Harmon from Arkansas state.
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Justin McBride from J.M.U.
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And Victor Valdez from Troy.
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Victor Valdez is kind of one of those, you know, point forward type of deals.
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You know, half a dozen times or so.
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But it's going to rebound.
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And it's going to give you assists.
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So those are the teams.
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I don't think there's any surprises.
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Let me know what you guys think.
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But I think in this case.
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The Sunbelt did get it right or the people voting.
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I didn't have a vote.
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But that was pretty much.
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I think that I think everybody got it right.
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If you make a case for Justin Gray, certainly.
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It does go to Scott Cross.
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Just like it went to I think went to Richie Riley last year because they were the number one seed.
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Although there was a four way tie at the end.
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And we got some huge matchups.
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I mean, Southern Miss and Mississippi State are playing tonight.
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You got LSU over at the Cajun's hosting LSU.
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And these are different for different reasons, okay.
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And then in years past, all right, and probably still will be for this year.
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We'll see what the Cajun's can do.
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But normally, these midweek ball games for the, and I mentioned this during the season,
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or during the previews, well, all those coaches, right?
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They're not necessarily as big for them outside of playing other players that don't get
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to play on the weekends.
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We got to see what they can do.
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Some did not play very well last night for LSU, is the way that it is.
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Because LSU is always going to have those SEC teams, Mississippi State, same thing.
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They're going to have those SEC teams, so the RPIs are going to be hot.
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They're going to be regardless.
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But, of course, Southern Miss is RPI is.
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They're winning, but because of the teams they've played, they're way up there, right?
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Coastal Carolina's got a lot of wins, or I'm not, of course, Arkansas State, but they're
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not in the top 20 yet because of the teams they've played, all right.
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So it's a big opportunity for, you know, and we'll get to more games here for Southern
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Miss and the Cajuns.
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The thing is, it may not hurt LSU for Mississippi State.
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Because if Mississippi State finishes seventh in the RPI, that's not going to hurt Mississippi
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That's not a, that's not a thing.
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I think last time I checked, we'll check here in a minute.
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So it's not going to hurt LSU if they lose to the Cajuns.
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Let's see where the Cajuns are.
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14th has of this broadcast.
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So that's not going to hurt anything either.
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It's not, you know, let's not change the fact that it's a big opportunity.
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These are home games, right?
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Usually you go to the SEC team, but these coaches do a good job.
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You know, Jay Johnson's done a good job going around the state.
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I think Skipertman started it, Paul Menary picked it up and just does a good job.
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They know that, you know, LSU is a flagship in this case, and they have plenty of fans
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all over the place, but it's a great recruiting thing for them as well.
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And it's also getting them ready in this case, a lot of, a lot of new guys.
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They're going to be playing in front of a packed house.
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It's going to be hostile.
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They'll be plenty of LSU fans there, but that's a good chance to play on the road before
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So it's a great opportunity to go for the Cajuns and Southernist, but we have many more,
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many more games than just those two, all right?
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So tonight, or today, let's see if it is tonight or today, all right?
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So today, in fact, first pitch is a 2 p.m. Eastern time.
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Coastal Carolina's at NC State.
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NC State is highly ranked, right?
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I thought NC State was highly ranked.
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Didn't they just put up 90 runs?
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I don't know if they don't have a high RPI right now.
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I thought they were pretty good, though.
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Still, this is a road game to go play against a power four school.
21:45
And see if Coastal Carolina can sort of rinse out what happened this past week at George
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Mason, James Madison hosting George Mason, Marshall is a Virginia Tech.
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That's an afternoon ballgame, all right?
21:56
Georgia State has already beaten George's Tech once.
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How did they get it again?
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Can they win another ballgame?
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I mean, that would be huge for the Panthers.
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Let's see what the Panthers are.
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So I know that Northeaster moved up like 64 spots after last night's win.
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Let's just see where Georgia State is heading into the ballgame.
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And you imagine if they sweep George, if they sweep George's Tech, they're sitting at 91.
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They'll be top 50 if they take down George's Tech again.
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Let's see what else we got.
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ULM hosting, South Eastern, they've won six on rows of the war hawks looking to continue
22:37
We talked about Southern Miss.
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And this would be State.
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Arkansas State is at La Tech.
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Not only did they get beat, but somewhat embarrassed by Southern Miss.
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We're going to find out a little bit what La Tech is about, but we're also going to find
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out Arkansas State.
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It's two ballgames.
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And if Arkansas State can go and rush it and take down the bulldogs or even split, it's
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a good spot for Arkansas State, all right?
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South Alabama is in Montgomery playing UAB.
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Wednesday, you get AppState hosting Wake Forest.
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Troy is at Vanderbilt, right?
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Cajun's hosting LSU, Southern Miss hosting Nichols.
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And again, you got Arkansas State at Louisiana Tech.
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You have an odd, I think doing an odd Thursday, Friday, Saturday deal with, I guess Troy's
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playing in a tournament.
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So Troy gets a Texas State.
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I'm going to look around.
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He's playing Washington State on Thursday.
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Maybe that could be a Texas Washington State thing.
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They're playing a series.
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And we'll get to the weekend later on.
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But again, just huge opportunities for the Sun Belt.
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And yet, it may not hurt the SEC teams at all if, even if, you know, the Cajun's finishing
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It doesn't hurt you, right?
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That's, that's the good thing here.
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Our Southern Miss fans going to be pumped.
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Cajun fans going to be pumped.
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It did see not a whole lot of sales from Southern Miss fans.
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I did see one prominent Cajun's fans selling his tickets.
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But, you know, a maybe you can't make it.
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And at the same time, can you pay for your entire season ticket package selling
24:27
ones tickets where I don't know how much tickets are.
24:29
But he was getting a pretty good coin for one ball game.
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Can't blame somebody for.
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I can go to every other home game except this one.
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And recoup what I paid.
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I don't know how much it costs up.
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So I did see that post.
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Out there in social media.
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So we'll see if the Sunbelt can take advantage of again.
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They finished off some weekend series with some suites.
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It wasn't good for others.
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It's just a huge opportunity.
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And again, that was.
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It was this past week.
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Two weeks, I think, where the midweek was huge for the Sunbelt.
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And the baseball started to notice that, right?
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We'll see how it goes today and tomorrow.
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It was a big time opportunity.
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As far as like LSU is concerned, the occasions are concerned with LSU.
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LSU is not hitting.
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They did come around last night against the way back end of the Northeastern bullpen.
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Who couldn't throw strikes all of a sudden when they're up by 11.
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But a chance to close it off.
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So we'll see if the bats come around for LSU.
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Because basically LSU fans knew it was over when it was.
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It wasn't over at four.
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It was certainly over at 10.
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Although more than a few LSU fans did stick around.
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I will say that I wasn't planning on stick around for all four hours.
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Because the game should have been over at 9.30.
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But always good to catch up with.
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With my guy, my clever.
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Alright, so that's.
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That's pretty good.
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Maybe this can get him going.
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And as I mentioned on the morning.
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You know, Northeast from his own font before they showed up in Baton Rouge.
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I showed up in Baton Rouge.
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And they went through out of four.
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I mean, those are just the facts.
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Just put it out there.
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So looking forward to basketball.
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We'll have a full episode for basketball and baseball on.
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I'm not working as it turns out.
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We'll keep that going.
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And of course, we'll have the basketball baseball truck.
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So really do appreciate it.
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We're starting over that 2,900 of.
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So I'm looking forward to getting to 3,000.
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Maybe by the end of the season.
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Maybe we'll get it by the end of baseball season.
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Again, thanks so much for tuning in.
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Really do appreciate it.
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We will catch you tomorrow in.
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You've been watching the lockdown.
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So about your teams every day.
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Have a great one everybody.
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And I'll talk to you soon.