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00:00And while you and I were together, Houston winning by
00:021969 to 50 against Tennessee. We talked about the Cougs being
00:08dominant. So let's go back to Saturday night as well as
00:11Houston will now take on Duke. Duke dominant against Alabama
00:16with an 85 to 65 victory. What stood out to you most about
00:21Duke's defensive display against the Crimson Tide? And how much
00:25of a challenge are the Blue Devils in for on Saturday
00:28evening in San Antonio against Houston?
00:31Well, the way they defended the three-point line that we talked
00:34about it with them, Alabama, we were on together when Alabama
00:36hit 25 out of 53 on Thursday night, right? So to me, what you
00:41saw out of Duke is their their ability to defend and defend
00:44better at an extremely high level, really taking a guy like
00:47Mark Sears, and really neutralizing and making them two
00:50for 12 from the floor. It was a great performance defensively by
00:53a team that you got to throw away age, right? But that's
00:57going to be the big thing coming out of the matchup. Come
01:02Saturday between Houston and Duke, a team with Arch, you
01:05know, with Francis with Tugler, you know, with obviously Crier
01:10and sharp, right? And the junkyard George Ron Roberts.
01:14All these guys are pretty much 2021 22 years of age versus the
01:19young Duke team. Can they answer the bell again? I think it's
01:23such an intriguing matchup for two teams that are really good
01:27offensively, but play slow pace. This is going to be a
01:30really exciting game, low scoring, but exciting game on
01:33Saturday night.
01:36It just feels like automatically give me the under give me the
01:39first half under and give me the full game under. I don't expect
01:43either of these teams to come out and light it up to you.
01:47No, and I think what you have to Joe is you have two teams that
01:49are excellent defensively at rim protection. I mean, between,
01:53you know, Malia and obviously Cooper five, we argue the best
01:57offensive player in the country with with Tugler with with
02:00Roberts, you know, with Francis, you know, they got shot blockers
02:04on the other side. So now what you're going to see is guys get
02:06up in the space. And if you follow up to the rim, you got
02:09rip protectors all over the place. It is not going to get
02:13easy for either team to score. They'll be a matter of who takes
02:17advantage of the possessions who stays out of foul trouble or
02:20with the young coach and John Shire or the seasoned veteran
02:23Calvin Sampson, which one makes enough adjustments to get the
02:26win.