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Debating the Criteria for Final Four's Top Player Award
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8 months ago
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So we are now here in the final four and that leads to a natural conversation on the final four most outstanding player
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award for this tournament and
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I am I
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Buy into everything we do I
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I take my time. I do my research. I try and figure things out. I
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I
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can't
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Figure this award out. I have counterparts on the network who swear up and down that this award is
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Just about today's games and the national championship. I can't find that written
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Anywhere, I don't know why it is just an award for two games as if the tournament
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Should not factor in
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The other four games that we play a two game sample size is plenty
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But I guess a six game sample size. It would be too much. I don't understand that at all
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But simultaneously on top of that after watching last year's tournament play out
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I don't even know if today's games matter and it might just be decided on
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Who plays well in that national championship game it might be Joe last year I
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remember you and I
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Going at it
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Because we had a conversation around whether or not Stefan
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Castle could get involved in this race, right and I told you you were being
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Ridiculous, it was ridiculous. He could do
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Nothing to get into this race and then Steph Castle was
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Brilliant against Alabama and the market went. Oh my goodness. Stop the presses
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This kid's gonna be the absolute answer and then in the national championship game
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Steph was pretty good again, but Tristan Newton was better know over the two games
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It was probably Steph but you know who they gave that award to even though I just said his name you at home
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Have no idea because it should have gone to Zack Eadie and I will stand on that
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For ever and if you know me that means forever
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That means I will bring this up every single time anybody ever mentions this award around me
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So they give the award to Tristan Newton. So Joe
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Where do you see value in the final four most outstanding player market top three?
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That's it. You know, it's it stops at broom and everybody else unless
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LJ Cryer and Houston just you know
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Dismantle Duke and and win the national championship and LJ Cryer averages about 25 points per game
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I think it's going to the top three and you include Walter Clayton because of his ability to score points
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I would potentially the value for me is on Janai broom
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And the reason why I say that is not just you know, how he's performed over the last two games
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But he he was involved in terms of the best player overall in terms of you know
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The wooden award and and he loses out to Cooper flag and and I think that carries some weight should Auburn win the national
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Championship coach so 9 to 1 for me for Janai broom
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They're gonna need him to step up with a dynamic effort today and more importantly in the national championship game
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So I think that's where you're going. I don't like chalk in terms of Cooper flag, even though they might get there
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I know it seems good at minus 105, but give me broom and 9 to 1
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You know when you take it from my perspective as a coach, you know
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I'm not when it comes on to the first three guys. Obviously, you're gonna take them
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Like that team Houston is the one that becomes like
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Where do you go?
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Because you could make cases
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Require your case for use and you can make a case for Juwan Roberts
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Is he he had an 18-8 team earlier in the tournament if he has a really good game and defends Cooper flag
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That's gonna hang on people from that game
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But to me
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It's a manual sharp that I'm looking at. I've been looking at it
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I've been and Kevin knows this because I've been pounding the pavement yelling screaming. Yeah, Houston
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Two months that I thought this team was gonna win a national championship
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It's going to come down to what guy is going to make the big shots the big moments
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Sometimes that's what happens you get to this it becomes about not just overall the two games
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But the moment who hits the big shot when you need a big shot hit
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For a value play. I absolutely love a manual sharp at 22 to 1 now
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I have used to winning a national championship. So if you're gonna go bet Houston
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I would just put you somebody national championship and just put a sprinkle on a manual sharp
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Getting most outstanding player in the final four because I think if they're going to win it
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Right, he's going to have to hit some big shot at some point over these next two games
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