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00:00I think the Illini and Underwood have a really physical, tough, big team, very big and physical.
00:07They are a really good team.
00:09I think they're capable of being a tournament troublemaker.
00:13But is seven too much to give UCLA even though it's in Champaign?
00:18And I don't know if it's injuries or what it is, Scott, but Illinois, to me, Illinois,
00:23I thought they were the best team in the Big Ten earlier in the year.
00:25I was like, well, these guys could make it to the Final Four.
00:27These guys are a scary basketball team.
00:31And then reality sort of starts to kick in a little bit, right?
00:34And they're hit or miss.
00:35And then you get UCLA, UCLA were sort of stumbling out of the game a little bit earlier this
00:41year.
00:42They're in a Big Ten for the first time.
00:43And don't forget, guys, like UCLA, UCLA play, you know, more physical brand of basketball
00:50with Corona than most teams in a Pac-12 did.
00:52So they're going from sort of being the, hey, we play defense here against teams, it's going
00:58into the Big Ten where everybody does that and everybody's big and everyone's physical,
01:01everybody's dirty.
01:02And so UCLA have had to adjust to it a little bit.
01:05Remember when Michigan lit UCLA up, Cronin went off after.
01:08Remember, you and I talked about it.
01:11It was extreme, but he was trying to, you know, make a point.
01:13So he ripped the kids, you're a disgrace to the jersey.
01:16And this is an embarrassment.
01:17We're not going to win another game this year in a Big Ten if you play like that.
01:22So Michigan beat him up pretty good in LA and Cronin went off.
01:25They didn't respond well to it after.
01:27They got killed again after, and then he softened it up a little bit, right?
01:31It was more, hey, listen, the kids are trying, right?
01:34And he realized, okay, this group wasn't good to like rip them like that.
01:38We got to go softer on this.
01:41And then if you'll notice, Scott, dude, they're rattled off like 9 of 11 now or something.
01:45They're in a little bit of a groove, right?
01:47It takes the coach, guys.
01:49You know, you've been around coaches, Scott.
01:50Not every team is the same.
01:52You can't just say the same things to guys, right?
01:54I remember Roy Williams a couple of years ago flipped out at North Carolina.
01:58They lost like a bunch of the row and he apologized after he goes, it was the wrong thing to do.
02:02Like I just, it was the wrong group to do that with.
02:05You got to know your group.
02:07And yeah, six and a half, seven, Scott, I think this game comes down to the wire, bro.
02:11And the other thing is UCLA go over more than people realize.
02:14People don't like betting they're over.
02:15So like the Houston Cougars who went over last night, people don't like betting certain
02:18teams to go over and end up going over the number.
02:21I'm a big proponent.
02:22I like UCLA games to go over and I like them, especially love them when they're getting
02:26points.
02:27And I think they're used to the travel right now.
02:29Remember earlier Cronin was complaining, Oh, we've seen the Statue of Liberty three times
02:32already this year.
02:33It's like, well, you're in a big hangout, bro.
02:36Would you, uh, would you go after him if you were the Indiana athletic director and try
02:43to steal him from UCLA?
02:45And would you leave if you were crowding to go to Indiana?
02:51I would Scott.
02:52I know you would love to see him, uh, in Indiana.
02:55I think he's a perfect fit, right?
02:58He's a horse racing guy.
02:59He's, you know, he's not Midwestern.
03:01He's not a good fit in Los Angeles to begin with.
03:03It seems to be kind of a strange fit, but he's making it work, right?
03:07He's changing the, the sort of dynamic of the UCLA program that used to kind of be softer
03:11run and gun, but Oh man, he would be perfect for Indiana without a doubt.
03:17And it sounds crazy to say this, if there's less pressure at UCLA than there is at Indiana,
03:25but he's got a pretty good thing in Los Angeles.
03:27There's not that much pressure.