In a new episode of Project NIL with Anthony Gargano & William Penn Charter School Director of Athletics Danny DiBerardinis discuss championship weekend including the heavyweight matchup at Madison Square Garden between UConn and St Johns. Anthony and Danny then discuss which players are the ones to look out for in the tournament and which teams can win it.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
Well, good morning, good morning, Heavy Heavy Fox Sports Saturday.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
We have reached the madness.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
It's here, It's it's upon us. The big weekend Tomorrow,
Selection Sunday, and then the twenty begins. Cannot wait. One
of the great times of the year is uh is here.
This is Project ni L where we dive in everything
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from the youth to high school to Project ni L
in college and look at all the pathway to nil.
And as always my main man and great co host
who knows this world inside and out, the athletic director
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for Pencharter High School in Philadelphia, Danny the Bernardinas Danny
d The A d.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Good morning, my brother.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
What's going on? Because how we you doing? Brother?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
We're doing good. Uh, this is a great time. Yere.
I know you was a hoophead.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
We're here, baby, you here. I love it. We are here.
This gets me excited.
Speaker 5 (01:19):
Like, look, I do love football, but this is this
is your equivalent to like opening week of the NFL.
This is I can see. I think we're on the
save wave length when this hits. That's as excited as
you get when that football starts rolling.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, you got your your your saying. Man, I love
the college football playoffs. And you know, like you said
starting the NFL, I geeked up.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
I saw you yesterday and you had that grin ear
to ear. I love it.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
It was wall to wall hoops yesterday for the conference tournaments.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Madness upsets. You know, Badma goes down. Old Miss is
on a magical run. They won another game. They're gonna
knock another team out. We'll see, how about it. Man, Yeah,
he's a good coach. Man, Chris Beard's a good coach.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
He is. He's a very good coach, very good coach.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
I'm tied to Oklahoma. I ate a tough one last night.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
I got a former player of mind, the point guard
at Oklahoma, Xavier Brown.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Right right, So that was a tough way. They were
right there too, jeez.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
Depending on where you look their last four and last
four out mmm, I'm hoping they had a tough start,
but they finished.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
I think they won eight out of the last ten games.
It beat some really good teams.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
I got like four or five quad one wins, but
I don't know now on nineteen and fourteen out up
that cuts it.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Yeah, it's tough. You gotta get you know twenties. Oh,
it's the threshold.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
The shame.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Man.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
It made a nice run too.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yeah, Darius A.
Speaker 6 (02:49):
Cuff is just an absolute Yeah. Some of the points, yeah,
my god, dude. Uh some of the let's just look
at the hot I likes a little bit. Uh, Michigan survives.
They got they beat Ohive State. That was a good game.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, they got pushed. Uh Wisconsin over in the alive
and over time was a great game.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
You see that.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
Arizona finish Arizona Iowa State.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Yeah, two of my top teams. I think they have
a good chance of winning. Went down. Buzzer beater winner.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, Arizona eighty eighty.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
Man Jaden Bradley, he's tough man, big time bucket.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
Arizona's really good.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
They got a lot of depth, a lot of you know,
I think Bradley's your guy, but they have a bunch
of different guys.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
I mean, I think they have five or six guys
scoring double figures.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
That big twelve man. That conference is nasty.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
Yeah, yeah, it is, man, it really is the final.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Arizona Houston because Houston's just wicked.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Arizona Houston final. They were liking that game.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
I'm gonna lean Arizona, but it's going to be close.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Man.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
I'm gonna lean Arizona just because you know, I think
they just got a little bit more. But you never
Houston can beat anyone. But just because of how hard
they played them. Calvin Sampson teams, they just he's another
good coach, man great coach. I mean he's been underrated
for years. I mean all he does is win. Wherever
he goes, He's just won. I mean wherever Conference ran.
I know he's been in Houston forever, but wherever that
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team is, regardless of the level, they just keep winning.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Let me go over.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
I'll just you know, let's just go through the games
for today. So this is what's happening today. One of
the semis Michigan and Wisconsin. We talked about Wisconsin with
the upset. So Michigan takes on Wisconsin at one o'clock
to get it started today.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Wisconsin's the team that's been kind of under the radarists
knuck in the top twenty five. They got twenty four wins.
Right now, I'd like Michigan to win the game, but
it's the lines twelve and a half. I like Wisconsin
and cover, but I like Michigan to win the game.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
You know what, it's funny man there. Any time I
seen him this time of the year, it was dangerous.
And you know it's been a minute now since the
Bo Ryan days where they were always a defensive team.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
And this team could score, this team can push it
up and down the floor.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Yeah, I would. I think Michigan will prevail in the end,
but I do like Wisconsin to cover the number today.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Uh, Vandy and Florida is the other one in the
SEC today.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Yeah, I'm in Florida. I'm a big Florida guy to share.
They're figuring it out. Their guards, they're kind of figuring
it out now.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
You know.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
I think they handled rander Bilt today unfortunately, like Mandy
as a team and as at the university. But yeah,
I think Florida's got too much. Their guards are figuring
it out. Flaying is playing well. Xavier Lee struggled early,
but you know the kid who transferred from the IVY League, he's.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Figuring it out now and playing really well. And then
they got They've just unbelievable length and you know depth.
So yeah, I'm gonna lean. Uh, I'm gonna go Florida.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Here the other the other.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
S, SEC, Semi, Arkansas, Old Miss Yeah, running Reds.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
I don't know, you think they still got the magic.
I mean they're being good teams right now.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
I don't know. I'm not counting them out.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
I'm not counting them out.
Speaker 5 (06:45):
I think you know, Cal and these young guys, they
had a great win last night over Oklahoma. Like we
still said at the beginning, I think they move on.
This kid A Cuff is just unbelievable. He's thirty seven
last night. Yeah, yeah, he's he's unbelievable. Man, He's just dude.
He just I love it because you know, we talk
about it every week, but you know, dying young kids
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of the high school kids.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Cal still heavy on the high school kid he is.
So I love to see that.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Said.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I'll take these young pumps, love it and I'll run.
I'll make a run.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
I'll yeah it's it soretty good. Yeah, I'm gonna. I'm
gonna go to Arkansas there.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Uh Purdue u c L a produe he's lane seven
and a half.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
Yeah, like Purdue. U see LA is a good team,
really well coached. But Purdue, they got the experienced backcourt.
I've been kind of on them all year. I' they've
been underachieved for sure, but I love, you know, gritty backcourts,
and that's what they have over there with Smith and
they've been there four or five years. So I think
they're going to run. I know they've underachieved, but I
think they have the ability to go in a little
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bit of a run here. So I'm gonna go Purdue.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
And then uh, we talked about Arizona Houston once again.
That's six o'clock. That's the game of the day, oh
for sure. And then at six thirty another great game. Man,
I can't wait, and I'll be locked into this one
right here on Fox, the Big East Final from the Garden.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
To watch it. I got a couple of bodies buddies
going up to watch it the Garden up.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yes, yeah, I mean I love the Big East Tournament.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
We got Hurly Patino round three that's just outradygeous and.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
The title weight fight. Yeah to the greats.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yeah, that's gonna be awesome today.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
I don't have to go split screen between Houston Arizona
and Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I mean, I mean that's that's elite, elite. Those two games.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Oh for sure. I mean I'm gonna have to. Yeah,
they're gonna I'm gonna go split screen for that one today.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Who you got? Who you got?
Speaker 5 (08:55):
That's tough man in the garden that Johnny's been rocking.
But I I think I'm gonna lean Yukon here. What
do you got you thinking?
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Same, Yeah, Yeah, as much as I go on in
the garden, it's Saint.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
John's, Saint John's the garden, right, here's Tino.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
I just think Yukon. It's just I I trust Yukon more.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
They're They're good, dude, They're a good, good team.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
They are really and I mean Hurley is a phenomenal coach.
I mean they're both elite coaches. Yeah, I just think Yukon.
I just I like their guards a little better. Yeah,
I think they pulled out in the end.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
But we'll see.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
It's gonna be It's gonna be a heavyweight fight for sure.
I'm excited. I like it to be done today. I
know they put a couple of championships tomorrow, right that
go on to tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
But yeah, big can tomorrow. I like it. I like
it today too, you know, and.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
Then the eight tens tomorrow the Obs tomorrow as he
sees tomorrow. So there's five American So there's five championships tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
I like them all done, like going to day. It's
rolling in this selection Sunday and you know, figuring it out.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
But yeah, I would change that too. I agree.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
By the way, the last one tonight you can Virginia
Andy Chanskins Duke.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
Yeah, I don't. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
Yeah, like I mean, they might cover, but I like
Duke to win the game.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Ka.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
I mean the Boozer Boys elite.
Speaker 5 (10:36):
But yeah, the big fella has just been you know,
I know people don't love him and have to think
it's this huge upside. He just he's just a winner.
He's They've won at every level, and they won eyb
L Circuit which is the Nike AU Circuit as like
sixteen year olds. They might I think they went on
a crazy streak where they've lost like two AU games
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in their four years.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
They were like.
Speaker 5 (10:59):
National champson high school and then he just went to
high Schoollege college.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
Right now, they're just winners, man.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
Yeah, they are big. You know, they don't they're really
good basketball players. They don't have this physical you know
these uh you know they're not jumping through the roof.
But people knock their athletic ability. They're really talented, man, and.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
They just win. They have the intangibles.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
So yeah, man, I think Duke, they're going to run now.
I don't know if they can. You know, I like
them to go further. But you know, with Caleb Foster
getting injured, he doesn't have the numbers, but he's an
elite defender and he's that engine for them. He's a
you know, experience point guard. So we'll see how how
they how they fare come come to madness.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Well man answ you question how many teams in your
mind can win it?
Speaker 4 (11:49):
Six six to eight?
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Yeah, yeah, I would put that. Man.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
It's probably the most in a while, like of quality,
good quality teams.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
It's gonna be a great tournament.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
Yeah, I'm excited. I'm really excited.
Speaker 5 (12:08):
It remind you know college football Championships was exciting, right
there was upsets, there was you know, for a while
it was like one of two teams this year. You know,
it was a little different obviously coming out on top,
but I thought it was a little different. I thought
I liked how there were some upsets early on. It
wasn't you know, it wasn't just chalk one through four, right,
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And I think this tournament, look, it could end up
that way. But I think there's about.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
You know, six to eight teams that I think could
really win it at the end of the day.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Isn't that crazy?
Speaker 2 (12:41):
I mean when you thick about it, like quality, I
mean just quality teams. Michigan easily, Florida easily, Arizona, Houston,
U Khon.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Duke.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
You had six, I have two more. I would go.
I think Ioways State, I stayed.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
I agree as legit.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
I kind of like Dellinois, I know, just got upset yesterday.
I was an Illinois guy. And then that's eight yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Mean yeah, and you got teams like Saint John's could
get to the final four.
Speaker 5 (13:20):
Yeah, Kansas, I mean when if Peterson figures it out,
I mean they got bombed yesterday.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
But when Peterson's playing, he's unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
Watch the point with him.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Uh all right, let me ask you because this is
this is this will be a fun little exercise. There's
a lot of talk because if you remember a couple
of weeks ago, we reimagine college football, which I love
our plan.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
I did we need to get that up.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
We need to get that and that should actually be
our first We're about to launch the Project don Il
podcast and that should be one of the first shows.
Speaker 4 (13:57):
Just laying it out, let all of it out.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
This it's it's all out there.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
We had it, I mean, from the relegation aspect to
the you know, four leagues relegation, compensation for losing players,
the six.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Year limit portal.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
I was having a conversation yesterday for my college football
TV project and uh, the guy working with he was like,
he's like, listen, the biggest problem.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Is the is the portal for sure? He's like, you
got to live So we had too. We had what
two portal?
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Yeah, we we we like it.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
Person, you know, like sports can go on once a season, right,
like we allowed it. We allowed two transfers in your
years unless your coach leaves, and we said you always
can go up, but there would.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Be compensation if you for that going down.
Speaker 5 (14:52):
Right, So like me, it's only fair tyber parameters and
you want to just bounce around once you get like
you have two unless there's some circumstance like a coach
leaves that were recruiting you. We're giving you a pass
on that, but there has to be some parameters around it.
And you know, because it went from one extreme where
no matter what, basically if you transferred you had the
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city yere to.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
You can transfer every year with no punishment.
Speaker 5 (15:19):
So like that extreme changed everything and people kind of
look past that.
Speaker 4 (15:25):
A lot of people focus on the money.
Speaker 5 (15:27):
That is the extreme that really changed college sports totally.
That is when that domino, and again it gets looked past,
was what really really changed how we go about what
NCAA looks like and what all college sports look like.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Yeah, I'm totally with you, totally with you, all right,
So let's let's think about this because there's a lot
of talk about about the madness right there as a lot
of talk about the tournament and changing the tournament, expanding
the tournament. Would you expand it to uh to eighty teams?
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (16:07):
I like that.
Speaker 5 (16:08):
That was your idea and I like it. We had
we had some two days early on.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
I love it. Man.
Speaker 5 (16:16):
I think there's there's more parody right now that we
just said we named eight teams. I have to rip
that we all thought of like legit contenders could win it,
and we still I still there. Who knows there could
be another ten, right, that could be in that mix,
in that second level. So I like it. It only
affects that first week. I noticed some travel that might
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be you know, in play. But say we wrap everything Saturday,
you know, Sunday to shows a little earlier, and then
we get moving, baby, Yeah, we get moving.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Yeah, we could if you add more.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
You went, you went up to eighty, You're you're gonna
expand the first round. You would have forty games. In
the first round.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
We would go tuesdays. You said you would go Tuesday Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Well, you would do ten today, right, you could do
ten Tuesday, ten Wednesday, ten Thursday, ten Friday.
Speaker 5 (17:09):
You'd have me not going to work for a week. Though,
that's not a problem. I have to make sure that
spring breaks still correlated.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Now, I mean that's kind of what I mean. That's
what you would have. You eliminate the playing days and
instead of a play in which I'm not really a
fan of, because, like, if you, I agree with you,
the conference storms are like plays.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
No, I completely agree with you.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
I mean, I'd like when they added more teams, so
I was in favor of it, but you're not really
in it, right, Like you're playing just to get into
the field, right, and then like, and I don't get
it when it's like the eleven seeds, It's like what,
Like I was like, you should be playing. It should
be the sixteen seeds playing another sixteen seeds. Right to
have an eleven seed have to get another game just
to get in it.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
It's kind of crazy to me.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Yeah, I agree, I'm not a fan of it. I
think you're better off by doing by just expanding it
and just adding to two days like the great, Like,
you know, you're having a week, your week of hoops,
I mean Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and then you got
your you know, and then you got your second round
game Saturday Sunday.
Speaker 4 (18:20):
Yeah, and then we're just back on schedule.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
I mean, if you wanted, you could also dive into
Monday and you would go Saturday, Sunday, Monday.
Speaker 4 (18:31):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
I mean, look, you're never.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Which would be outrageous because when Monday comes there's always
a natural letdown.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Yeah, right, like after Sunday.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
It's like, oh my god, that was a great four
days of the tournament, right, but Monday comes as a drag.
So this way, Monday extends and now you're back in
the week.
Speaker 5 (18:57):
They would never let that happen though, in because of
a gamble and bracket side of it. You know, they
want they want time to figure that out.
Speaker 4 (19:06):
They're not going to you know, you can't just jump
right into it.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
They're gonna want no, no, no, no, I'm saying on the
back end. Oh on the back end.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Yeah oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Yeah, like when they figure about it because you are
adding games. Yeah yeah, right, so you got forty first
round games. Yeah, so you could so you could go
and play like the second round. You could just make
it Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Yeah, you're right, and you're still
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okay for the following weekend Thursday Friday.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
Then then you're on schedule. Yeah, you're right.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
I mean you could add that Monday because the Monday
team plays Fridays and doesn't turn around on.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
A big deal.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
Yeah yeah, it makes sense.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
You like the little Monday action.
Speaker 4 (19:51):
Oh I love it. I mean yeah, yeah, I'm in
on it, all right. Love talking like this. We're gonna
be commissioners before we know it. Have my sad brother.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
That's great. Uh, all right, let's do this.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Let's take a quick too, and then every I think
once a month, we're gonna do this segment called Ask
the A D And I have ten questions that I've
compiled from youth parents that I'm gonna give to you.
And I think these questions are pretty general and youth
(20:29):
parents around the country will have these sorts of questions,
all right. I compile them from a list of my parents.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
That I that I like.
Speaker 4 (20:41):
Let's do it, man, So I'm gonna do it.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
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At what age should I start investing in that stuff?
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Yeah, it's a great question. And then it's becoming more
and more common. Right when I was growing up, there
wasn't really there was some trainers, you know for specific things,
but it's mainly just your youth coaches, right, So yeah,
it is evolving. Yeah, and I think it's important to evolve, right.
I always like, you know, kind of pressing on and
trying new things. But my personal opinion is I think
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we're doing it too young. I like that middle school
age when you get to like ten eleven, because you know,
I think that's when you know your body's starting to
develop more, you know, technical habits start to matter a
little bit more.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
You know, kids are you know, beginning to separate themselves
competitively at that age.
Speaker 5 (24:22):
So I think that's when it's like kind of the
early issues just start people. I see people starting at
five years old.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Now you know, yeah, well that's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
I mean, yeah, I don't think.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
In the soccer training where I see it, right, kids
are doing training and you know, I'm not knocking these guys.
I think there is some you know, there's some value
in it, right, you're learning skills and you're working on it.
But me kind of a rule of thumb is like
if the kids aren't asking for more yet, you know,
you don't push it on them until you know. I
would say that middle school age is where you can
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start to do it right.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
I think body development is important, you know.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
And I talk good. Sixth seventh grade is the sweet spot.
Speaker 5 (25:00):
Yeah, And I think it's important, you know, because when
you're doing a lot of that stuff, you're you're training
more and you're competing.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
These kids got to learn how to play, right. They
got to be in an environment.
Speaker 5 (25:09):
I like when playing games is important because I'm seeing
more and more kids are just robotic out there and
they don't have the feel for their game. They might
be a phenomenal athlete and you know they're talented, but
their IQ is lacking because they're strictly doing drills and
not playing enough.
Speaker 3 (25:26):
Well.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
You know.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
The other thing too, is they don't watch it.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
Yeah, they don't.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
That's that to me is the biggest thing for IQ.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Watching games, Like you gotta watch games to pick up
on IQ. Just playing it is one thing. Watching it
and seeing it played at the highest level gives you
an understanding of the game.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Yeah, no, I agree. I think that IQ has lacked.
Speaker 5 (25:53):
I think we have better athletes and you know, they
might be technically a little bit more skilled, but they
don't have the IQ. And I take the IQ all
day long. That's what comes into winning. So I think something,
you know, I'm seeing it more and more with these kids.
I just feel like they're too robotic out there. They're
doing they're doing these drills that they're watching on YouTube.
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We're getting trainers. It's taken over and it's not really
helping them understand the game. And that's where I think
they're being hurt.
Speaker 4 (26:20):
And I totally agree.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
I like, listen, it's my argument with my kids because
you know, they don't watch enough.
Speaker 4 (26:29):
Yeah, you gotta see it.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
You gotta watch it. Man, you gotta sit down and
watch a game.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
You got to understand it, right, It's it's mental is
half the battle, right. So it's great to be this
physical specimen and you know, hone your skills, but if
you mentally aren't there.
Speaker 4 (26:43):
Or have an understanding you're not, You're not gonna win.
Speaker 3 (26:47):
Man.
Speaker 4 (26:47):
That's at the end of the day. So that's kind
of where I'm at with it.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
All right.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Question the next question, now, at what age should a
kid begin playing? And I'm going to give you the
sport soccer.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
Yeah, I think soccers early on. I would go, I
think soccers.
Speaker 5 (27:07):
You know, I've seen it. You know, I say, I
played soccer growing up. I think in that, you know,
I think it's important to get the kids running out there,
you know, four, five six, I think it's important to
just get them understanding kicking the ball and you know,
being around it.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
I think it's important. I think soccer is the earliest
one in my eyes, because.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
Bad basketball, yeah, I would say.
Speaker 5 (27:29):
And at five to seven range, five to eight range hockey, Yeah,
it's tough because you're skating is difficult.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Wait, do you see these these kids you Counada are
on skates at two three years old.
Speaker 5 (27:43):
I would say five to eight. I'm in that range.
I just still think soccer is the earliest.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
All right, uh baseball, you get t ball five years old?
Speaker 4 (27:53):
Yeah, five five is a good start started.
Speaker 5 (27:56):
I think he was four, Yeah, whatever it was, Yeah,
I can get and if I'm five, in that range
you need to because you need to have some discipline.
Is mentally standing there a little bit, so I think
they're younger. It is a little difficult, but yeah, I'll
go five years old.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
And probably the most controversial because of all my of
all my discussions, football is the one where people always
shy away from, which I think is a mistake. But
you tell me what you think when you should start
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playing football.
Speaker 4 (28:33):
I think it's the latest.
Speaker 5 (28:35):
But in saying that, right, we staid soccer four three
four for soccer, everyone else has kind of been at
five age. I would say seven to eight in that range.
Speaker 4 (28:44):
I think it's a little later, just because there's gonna
be more physical contact in it. Regardless if you're playing
tackle or not, you're gonna be you know, you're gonna
be running into people. So I don't know, I think
I would say a year or two behind the other ones.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Yeah, and listen, I'm with you on that. But you know,
I hear people are talking. I mean, listen, far be
from me to argue with this man. But Steek Spagnolo
said he would have his kid play and he doesn't
have children, he would have his kids play in start
in high school.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Wow. And I was like, dude, I think that's too late.
Speaker 4 (29:22):
That's too late.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
I think that's too late too. You need a little experience,
That's what I'm saying. It's on the later side for sure.
But I wouldn't say high school.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
I think.
Speaker 5 (29:29):
I mean, I've seen it happen and I've seen it
be you know, to go well. But I would say,
for the rule of thumb, I would say the start.
Speaker 4 (29:37):
Earlier if they if they have interest in it.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
I I'll tell you, I love football, and uh, when
my auntie was in fifth grade, I signed him up.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
And when he was in fifth grade, he was like
a little pudgy.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Yeah, and man, he went from that to like shoulders
back and like he hit the round shoulders a little bit.
Fifth grade that summer he was like, I play football.
He loved it. He loved it. He loved practice. To
this day, he loves practice. And I think it goes
(30:14):
from from from back.
Speaker 5 (30:16):
Then starting early, Yeah, I think, yeah. I just think
it's a little later than the other sports, that's all.
Speaker 4 (30:22):
But I think high schools.
Speaker 5 (30:23):
Obviously, Spags is a legend, so it's tough to disagree
with him, but I think that's a little things later
because understanding.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
He's the greatest, He is a legend. But I tell
him he's crazy.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Uh do you recommend reclassing? And what is the best
age to reclass Yeah?
Speaker 5 (30:45):
So look, I tell people these days to do it
earlier if they're born like after May, just because like
that development. Like there's a kid who's born in September
and they're in the same grade. He's almost he's nine
months older than them. So I say May birthdays on always.
Speaker 4 (31:03):
That's just me. Do it early.
Speaker 5 (31:05):
Do it you know when you you know, if you
give your kids drawing the sports early on, I would say,
do it in kindergarten, first grade.
Speaker 4 (31:12):
But in today's landscape, it's more than ever.
Speaker 5 (31:14):
If your kid wants to play collegiate sports, it's difficult.
Speaker 4 (31:20):
This transfer portal has changed the game.
Speaker 5 (31:22):
It used to be a lot of potential. You know,
we want them younger because we can mold them more
and they have more upside. But that was when people
were staying longer and they stayed at one school longer.
Speaker 4 (31:33):
Now it's the opposite.
Speaker 5 (31:35):
Now it's you know, just transfer culture and in college,
so it's trickling down obviously, so they're just reclassing thing
that is becoming more and more. I think it's important
because it's an investment, and especially you know, what's the
rush to get to what to you know, to get
to work right. You're trying to figure out how to
you know, play the sport you love and do it
(31:55):
at the highest level, especially for kids who are passionate
about it. So and then there's academic reasons, there's maturity reasons,
you know, the age gap, like I talked about, like
just the birthdays, how they fall because you could be
a full year behind and kids develop at different ages.
So it's important. So I'm good with it now. I
think it's but not always Like if you're a September
(32:18):
kid and you're the oldest, I don't think you should
do you know, shouldn't have to do it right. But again,
every situation is different. Everyone matures, different academics you know,
hit at different times. So I just think you should
be open to it, and you know, I think it
should be something that's on your radar, which before it
was very uncommon. I think it's going through waves with
me as an athletic director. Was very common, then kind
(32:39):
of stopped, and now it's very common again. So I
just think it's something that you should look at and
you kind of evaluate. It should be something that definitely
you think about.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
I can just tell you it's a parent, like my
here's my question to you is what's the big deal?
Like at some point now no I will rush?
Speaker 4 (33:03):
What's the rush?
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Well, that's my point is like you're you're like with
like with why am I? Why am I rushing to
kick my kid out the house?
Speaker 5 (33:11):
And if you can help your kid long term right
or short like, why not do that? Like, like you
you can see the the you know, kids might not
want to do it right away, but you can see
the further down. Like the kids, you know, they're more
short term what's going on?
Speaker 3 (33:25):
Right?
Speaker 5 (33:25):
So I think as parents you can see the long
game and you know, you've seen the workforce and stuff
like that.
Speaker 4 (33:30):
So I think it makes sense.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
And again I think boys, more so than girls, boys
mature later.
Speaker 3 (33:38):
I mean that's a fact, oh for sure.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
And you know, having one more year onder year roof.
I mean, I don't think that's a big deal. Before
we go they go off to college. I think you're
giving them a gift. I think they're more equipped to
handle it. Forget about sports for a second.
Speaker 5 (33:53):
This is just you know, mentally, Like I said, the
academic site mentally had maturity wise everyone's and a different
time clock.
Speaker 4 (34:01):
So I think it's it's really helpful.
Speaker 5 (34:03):
And again it's not for everybody, but me personally.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
I think it's helpful.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
All right. As always we do. We get to three questions.
I have twenty of them. I think I set you
ten of them.
Speaker 3 (34:20):
We'll save some more babies. We'll say the more for
next week.
Speaker 4 (34:23):
We'll push through.
Speaker 3 (34:25):
I got. Parents can be saying, what do you do
you ask my question? I got? All right, we have
to do it longer. Uh.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Coming up, we reassess our top ten high school prediction
and where are we at right now for the top
high school programs in the country. This is Project Nil
Danny d Danny the Bernardinas, The A. D. I'm Anthony
Gargana from the Fellas right here on Fox.
Speaker 4 (34:51):
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Speaker 2 (35:03):
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Speaker 3 (35:35):
All right, Danny D.
Speaker 2 (35:37):
Let's take a look because we are winding down the
high school basketball season as well. Where are we when
it comes to our top ten? I think you nailed
it to Our preseason was pretty spot on. I think
you nailed it, buddy.
Speaker 5 (35:53):
Yeah, our preseason, so we you know, we came out
e early little research. We looked at the different rankings
and you know, we had our project in il top ten,
which is a little bit of everything combined and kind
of a little bit what we know insider information, and
we compiled it. So from our top ten for the season,
eight of them finishing in the top twenty five, and
(36:14):
five of them still really are in our top ten
and the top two two out of top three of
ranked one and two. So we did a really good
job with preseason rankings of the high school nationally. Now
there's still some games left, there's a lot of state playoffs.
We're about in the semi to state final range, so
(36:35):
this could change. But from the regular season and like
heading into the final weeks, we wanted to kind of
tap back in see how our teams did. So the
team that we didn't have in our top ten, we'll
go number ten is Prolific Prep. Now, this is a
coach team that's coached by Jermaine O'Neil and oh wow,
(36:57):
but they're like a prep school. Yeah yeah, he's building
a strong team out of Florida.
Speaker 4 (37:04):
Prolific Prep.
Speaker 5 (37:06):
But they're you know, they played eighteen games and they
didn't get the you know, it's harder for these teams
that aren't a part of the league their state associations
to build out these schedules. So we have them coming
in at number ten. Wassatch Academy out of Utah. Now
they've been in power for the last I would say
five to ten years, and they're getting elite talent out
(37:26):
of there pretty much yearly. Number eight, who wasn't our
top ten wheeler out of Georgia.
Speaker 4 (37:32):
Elite team, they've.
Speaker 5 (37:33):
Been, you know, a top team, they've been, you know,
feeder to a lot of like Georgia and Auburn, a
lot of teams down there, really powerful school wheel were
public school down there in Georgia. And then a team
that jumped into our top ten that wasn't there is
Wisconsin Lutheran A and they are led by the Cannipple brothers,
the younger ones.
Speaker 2 (37:54):
Oh my god, brothers.
Speaker 5 (37:59):
So there is a one that's a junior and one
that's a sophomore, and then there's one that's a freshman.
Speaker 4 (38:05):
They're all over the place.
Speaker 5 (38:06):
But the two leading away or Cager Canipple, who's a
junior who's getting who blew up this year. He's like
a six nine four of them. There's five brothers, all
beginning with a K. But so con has two younger
brothers that are getting a lot of Division one interest
right now, and they're the sophomore and junior. Cager is
(38:27):
about six' nine, shooter can do a little bit of,
everything and Then Kingston canipple is the other. One and
then there's.
Speaker 4 (38:34):
A Cash canipple who's also on is a freshman on the.
Team so they've The. Caniples they weren't playing. Around they're
knocking these kids.
Speaker 5 (38:41):
Out they got they got the boys are five basketball.
Speaker 3 (38:46):
Factory.
Speaker 4 (38:48):
Yeah so With Conslin lutheran jumped in number.
Speaker 5 (38:52):
Six It's fishers Out. Indiana they were in our top
ten to start the. Season Spire, Academy So Kevin boyle
who was At Mount verde for a really long time
as a. Coach he coached The. St patrick's before they
closed and then he went Down Mount. Verde he's an elite.
Coach we had them in our top ten out Of.
(39:13):
Ohio they are. Five Archbishop stepinac out Of New York,
city who was in our top. Ten Theo Ratlift, boys
they were. There they are in the four. Spot they
were in our. Rankings they were actually four preseason FOR
Us Calvary christian out Of. Florida they weren't in our top,
(39:33):
ten but they had a hell of a year and they're.
Speaker 4 (39:36):
Moving you. Know they have a lot of big time.
Speaker 5 (39:37):
Players number Two Sierra canyon is became famous when Le
bron started sending his kids.
Speaker 4 (39:43):
There they you, know embraced that and they've you, know really.
Speaker 5 (39:46):
Invested in athletics and their number Two we had them
number three preseason and our number one team right now
Is paul the sixth out Of, virginia WHICH i. Love
they playing THAT Dc, league which is like one of
the best leagues in the. Country tree if you asked
me With Saint john's And, Gonzaga oh, yeah.
Speaker 4 (40:03):
They're, great, great great. Team they have this kid.
Speaker 3 (40:06):
Who is that? League that league is a great, league.
Speaker 5 (40:09):
Man, YEAH i think they have the best player in
high School Jordan Smith. Junior he's a six five guard
who can just do it. All and he's going to
our Boy cal In arkansas next.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
Year.
Speaker 5 (40:23):
Yeah but we had the preseason number two and one
for us right. Now so AND i looked at the
rankings last. Night this is pretty common with these teams
where they.
Speaker 4 (40:32):
Landed so, yeah still a little bit left to, go
but that's. All that's that's how it looks for us right.
Now we can check it on the girls next. Week
we can answer some more questions next.
Speaker 2 (40:41):
Week, yeah we also got to start a little, baseball,
man because baseball is under.
Speaker 4 (40:46):
Way spring sports are. On we got to tap in all.
Speaker 3 (40:49):
Now we our first tournament is in less than two. Weeks,
yeah we're. Back we're we're ready to. GO i need
some warm.
Speaker 2 (40:59):
Weather we had it for like a couple of days
as a, teaser such, as, man, uh we haven't been
out on the field.
Speaker 4 (41:05):
YET i had to park it back out. Yesterday we
are after school for the. Games oh, no, Good.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
All, right that's gonna do it for. Us great, Job Danny.
Day stay tuned for The. Fellas
You don't listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Well, good morning, good morning, Heavy Heavy Fox Sports Saturday.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
We have reached the madness.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
It's here, It's it's upon us. The big weekend Tomorrow,
Selection Sunday, and then the twenty begins. Cannot wait. One
of the great times of the year is uh is here.
This is Project ni L where we dive in everything
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And as always my main man and great co host
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for Pencharter High School in Philadelphia, Danny the Bernardinas Danny
d The A d.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Good morning, my brother.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
What's going on? Because how we you doing? Brother?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
We're doing good. Uh, this is a great time. Yere.
I know you was a hoophead.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
We're here, baby, you here. I love it. We are here.
This gets me excited.
Speaker 5 (01:19):
Like, look, I do love football, but this is this
is your equivalent to like opening week of the NFL.
This is I can see. I think we're on the
save wave length when this hits. That's as excited as
you get when that football starts rolling.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, you got your your your saying. Man, I love
the college football playoffs. And you know, like you said
starting the NFL, I geeked up.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
I saw you yesterday and you had that grin ear
to ear. I love it.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
It was wall to wall hoops yesterday for the conference tournaments.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Madness upsets. You know, Badma goes down. Old Miss is
on a magical run. They won another game. They're gonna
knock another team out. We'll see, how about it. Man, Yeah,
he's a good coach. Man, Chris Beard's a good coach.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
He is. He's a very good coach, very good coach.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
I'm tied to Oklahoma. I ate a tough one last night.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
I got a former player of mind, the point guard
at Oklahoma, Xavier Brown.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Right right, So that was a tough way. They were
right there too, jeez.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
Depending on where you look their last four and last
four out mmm, I'm hoping they had a tough start,
but they finished.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
I think they won eight out of the last ten games.
It beat some really good teams.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
I got like four or five quad one wins, but
I don't know now on nineteen and fourteen out up
that cuts it.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Yeah, it's tough. You gotta get you know twenties. Oh,
it's the threshold.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
The shame.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Man.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
It made a nice run too.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yeah, Darius A.
Speaker 6 (02:49):
Cuff is just an absolute Yeah. Some of the points, yeah,
my god, dude. Uh some of the let's just look
at the hot I likes a little bit. Uh, Michigan survives.
They got they beat Ohive State. That was a good game.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, they got pushed. Uh Wisconsin over in the alive
and over time was a great game.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
You see that.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
Arizona finish Arizona Iowa State.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Yeah, two of my top teams. I think they have
a good chance of winning. Went down. Buzzer beater winner.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, Arizona eighty eighty.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
Man Jaden Bradley, he's tough man, big time bucket.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
Arizona's really good.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
They got a lot of depth, a lot of you know,
I think Bradley's your guy, but they have a bunch
of different guys.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
I mean, I think they have five or six guys
scoring double figures.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
That big twelve man. That conference is nasty.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
Yeah, yeah, it is, man, it really is the final.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Arizona Houston because Houston's just wicked.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Arizona Houston final. They were liking that game.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
I'm gonna lean Arizona, but it's going to be close.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Man.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
I'm gonna lean Arizona just because you know, I think
they just got a little bit more. But you never
Houston can beat anyone. But just because of how hard
they played them. Calvin Sampson teams, they just he's another
good coach, man great coach. I mean he's been underrated
for years. I mean all he does is win. Wherever
he goes, He's just won. I mean wherever Conference ran.
I know he's been in Houston forever, but wherever that
(04:34):
team is, regardless of the level, they just keep winning.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Let me go over.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
I'll just you know, let's just go through the games
for today. So this is what's happening today. One of
the semis Michigan and Wisconsin. We talked about Wisconsin with
the upset. So Michigan takes on Wisconsin at one o'clock
to get it started today.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Wisconsin's the team that's been kind of under the radarists
knuck in the top twenty five. They got twenty four wins.
Right now, I'd like Michigan to win the game, but
it's the lines twelve and a half. I like Wisconsin
and cover, but I like Michigan to win the game.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
You know what, it's funny man there. Any time I
seen him this time of the year, it was dangerous.
And you know it's been a minute now since the
Bo Ryan days where they were always a defensive team.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
And this team could score, this team can push it
up and down the floor.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Yeah, I would. I think Michigan will prevail in the end,
but I do like Wisconsin to cover the number today.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Uh, Vandy and Florida is the other one in the
SEC today.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Yeah, I'm in Florida. I'm a big Florida guy to share.
They're figuring it out. Their guards, they're kind of figuring
it out now.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
You know.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
I think they handled rander Bilt today unfortunately, like Mandy
as a team and as at the university. But yeah,
I think Florida's got too much. Their guards are figuring
it out. Flaying is playing well. Xavier Lee struggled early,
but you know the kid who transferred from the IVY League, he's.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Figuring it out now and playing really well. And then
they got They've just unbelievable length and you know depth.
So yeah, I'm gonna lean. Uh, I'm gonna go Florida.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Here the other the other.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
S, SEC, Semi, Arkansas, Old Miss Yeah, running Reds.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
I don't know, you think they still got the magic.
I mean they're being good teams right now.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
I don't know. I'm not counting them out.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
I'm not counting them out.
Speaker 5 (06:45):
I think you know, Cal and these young guys, they
had a great win last night over Oklahoma. Like we
still said at the beginning, I think they move on.
This kid A Cuff is just unbelievable. He's thirty seven
last night. Yeah, yeah, he's he's unbelievable. Man, He's just dude.
He just I love it because you know, we talk
about it every week, but you know, dying young kids
(07:08):
of the high school kids.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Cal still heavy on the high school kid he is.
So I love to see that.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Said.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I'll take these young pumps, love it and I'll run.
I'll make a run.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
I'll yeah it's it soretty good. Yeah, I'm gonna. I'm
gonna go to Arkansas there.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Uh Purdue u c L a produe he's lane seven
and a half.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
Yeah, like Purdue. U see LA is a good team,
really well coached. But Purdue, they got the experienced backcourt.
I've been kind of on them all year. I' they've
been underachieved for sure, but I love, you know, gritty backcourts,
and that's what they have over there with Smith and
they've been there four or five years. So I think
they're going to run. I know they've underachieved, but I
think they have the ability to go in a little
(07:51):
bit of a run here. So I'm gonna go Purdue.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
And then uh, we talked about Arizona Houston once again.
That's six o'clock. That's the game of the day, oh
for sure. And then at six thirty another great game. Man,
I can't wait, and I'll be locked into this one
right here on Fox, the Big East Final from the Garden.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
To watch it. I got a couple of bodies buddies
going up to watch it the Garden up.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yes, yeah, I mean I love the Big East Tournament.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
We got Hurly Patino round three that's just outradygeous and.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
The title weight fight. Yeah to the greats.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yeah, that's gonna be awesome today.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
I don't have to go split screen between Houston Arizona
and Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I mean, I mean that's that's elite, elite. Those two games.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Oh for sure. I mean I'm gonna have to. Yeah,
they're gonna I'm gonna go split screen for that one today.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Who you got? Who you got?
Speaker 5 (08:55):
That's tough man in the garden that Johnny's been rocking.
But I I think I'm gonna lean Yukon here. What
do you got you thinking?
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Same, Yeah, Yeah, as much as I go on in
the garden, it's Saint.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
John's, Saint John's the garden, right, here's Tino.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
I just think Yukon. It's just I I trust Yukon more.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
They're They're good, dude, They're a good, good team.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
They are really and I mean Hurley is a phenomenal coach.
I mean they're both elite coaches. Yeah, I just think Yukon.
I just I like their guards a little better. Yeah,
I think they pulled out in the end.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
But we'll see.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
It's gonna be It's gonna be a heavyweight fight for sure.
I'm excited. I like it to be done today. I
know they put a couple of championships tomorrow, right that
go on to tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
But yeah, big can tomorrow. I like it. I like
it today too, you know, and.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
Then the eight tens tomorrow the Obs tomorrow as he
sees tomorrow. So there's five American So there's five championships tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
I like them all done, like going to day. It's
rolling in this selection Sunday and you know, figuring it out.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
But yeah, I would change that too. I agree.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
By the way, the last one tonight you can Virginia
Andy Chanskins Duke.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
Yeah, I don't. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
Yeah, like I mean, they might cover, but I like
Duke to win the game.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Ka.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
I mean the Boozer Boys elite.
Speaker 5 (10:36):
But yeah, the big fella has just been you know,
I know people don't love him and have to think
it's this huge upside. He just he's just a winner.
He's They've won at every level, and they won eyb
L Circuit which is the Nike AU Circuit as like
sixteen year olds. They might I think they went on
a crazy streak where they've lost like two AU games
(10:57):
in their four years.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
They were like.
Speaker 5 (10:59):
National champson high school and then he just went to
high Schoollege college.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
Right now, they're just winners, man.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
Yeah, they are big. You know, they don't they're really
good basketball players. They don't have this physical you know
these uh you know they're not jumping through the roof.
But people knock their athletic ability. They're really talented, man, and.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
They just win. They have the intangibles.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
So yeah, man, I think Duke, they're going to run now.
I don't know if they can. You know, I like
them to go further. But you know, with Caleb Foster
getting injured, he doesn't have the numbers, but he's an
elite defender and he's that engine for them. He's a
you know, experience point guard. So we'll see how how
they how they fare come come to madness.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Well man answ you question how many teams in your
mind can win it?
Speaker 4 (11:49):
Six six to eight?
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Yeah, yeah, I would put that. Man.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
It's probably the most in a while, like of quality,
good quality teams.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
It's gonna be a great tournament.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
Yeah, I'm excited. I'm really excited.
Speaker 5 (12:08):
It remind you know college football Championships was exciting, right
there was upsets, there was you know, for a while
it was like one of two teams this year. You know,
it was a little different obviously coming out on top,
but I thought it was a little different. I thought
I liked how there were some upsets early on. It
wasn't you know, it wasn't just chalk one through four, right,
(12:29):
And I think this tournament, look, it could end up
that way. But I think there's about.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
You know, six to eight teams that I think could
really win it at the end of the day.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Isn't that crazy?
Speaker 2 (12:41):
I mean when you thick about it, like quality, I
mean just quality teams. Michigan easily, Florida easily, Arizona, Houston,
U Khon.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Duke.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
You had six, I have two more. I would go.
I think Ioways State, I stayed.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
I agree as legit.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
I kind of like Dellinois, I know, just got upset yesterday.
I was an Illinois guy. And then that's eight yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Mean yeah, and you got teams like Saint John's could
get to the final four.
Speaker 5 (13:20):
Yeah, Kansas, I mean when if Peterson figures it out,
I mean they got bombed yesterday.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
But when Peterson's playing, he's unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
Watch the point with him.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Uh all right, let me ask you because this is
this is this will be a fun little exercise. There's
a lot of talk because if you remember a couple
of weeks ago, we reimagine college football, which I love
our plan.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
I did we need to get that up.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
We need to get that and that should actually be
our first We're about to launch the Project don Il
podcast and that should be one of the first shows.
Speaker 4 (13:57):
Just laying it out, let all of it out.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
This it's it's all out there.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
We had it, I mean, from the relegation aspect to
the you know, four leagues relegation, compensation for losing players,
the six.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Year limit portal.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
I was having a conversation yesterday for my college football
TV project and uh, the guy working with he was like,
he's like, listen, the biggest problem.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Is the is the portal for sure? He's like, you
got to live So we had too. We had what
two portal?
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Yeah, we we we like it.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
Person, you know, like sports can go on once a season, right,
like we allowed it. We allowed two transfers in your
years unless your coach leaves, and we said you always
can go up, but there would.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Be compensation if you for that going down.
Speaker 5 (14:52):
Right, So like me, it's only fair tyber parameters and
you want to just bounce around once you get like
you have two unless there's some circumstance like a coach
leaves that were recruiting you. We're giving you a pass
on that, but there has to be some parameters around it.
And you know, because it went from one extreme where
no matter what, basically if you transferred you had the
(15:16):
city yere to.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
You can transfer every year with no punishment.
Speaker 5 (15:19):
So like that extreme changed everything and people kind of
look past that.
Speaker 4 (15:25):
A lot of people focus on the money.
Speaker 5 (15:27):
That is the extreme that really changed college sports totally.
That is when that domino, and again it gets looked past,
was what really really changed how we go about what
NCAA looks like and what all college sports look like.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Yeah, I'm totally with you, totally with you, all right,
So let's let's think about this because there's a lot
of talk about about the madness right there as a lot
of talk about the tournament and changing the tournament, expanding
the tournament. Would you expand it to uh to eighty teams?
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (16:07):
I like that.
Speaker 5 (16:08):
That was your idea and I like it. We had
we had some two days early on.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
I love it. Man.
Speaker 5 (16:16):
I think there's there's more parody right now that we
just said we named eight teams. I have to rip
that we all thought of like legit contenders could win it,
and we still I still there. Who knows there could
be another ten, right, that could be in that mix,
in that second level. So I like it. It only
affects that first week. I noticed some travel that might
(16:36):
be you know, in play. But say we wrap everything Saturday,
you know, Sunday to shows a little earlier, and then
we get moving, baby, Yeah, we get moving.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Yeah, we could if you add more.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
You went, you went up to eighty, You're you're gonna
expand the first round. You would have forty games. In
the first round.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
We would go tuesdays. You said you would go Tuesday Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Well, you would do ten today, right, you could do
ten Tuesday, ten Wednesday, ten Thursday, ten Friday.
Speaker 5 (17:09):
You'd have me not going to work for a week. Though,
that's not a problem. I have to make sure that
spring breaks still correlated.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Now, I mean that's kind of what I mean. That's
what you would have. You eliminate the playing days and
instead of a play in which I'm not really a
fan of, because, like, if you, I agree with you,
the conference storms are like plays.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
No, I completely agree with you.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
I mean, I'd like when they added more teams, so
I was in favor of it, but you're not really
in it, right, Like you're playing just to get into
the field, right, and then like, and I don't get
it when it's like the eleven seeds, It's like what,
Like I was like, you should be playing. It should
be the sixteen seeds playing another sixteen seeds. Right to
have an eleven seed have to get another game just
to get in it.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
It's kind of crazy to me.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Yeah, I agree, I'm not a fan of it. I
think you're better off by doing by just expanding it
and just adding to two days like the great, Like,
you know, you're having a week, your week of hoops,
I mean Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and then you got
your you know, and then you got your second round
game Saturday Sunday.
Speaker 4 (18:20):
Yeah, and then we're just back on schedule.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
I mean, if you wanted, you could also dive into
Monday and you would go Saturday, Sunday, Monday.
Speaker 4 (18:31):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
I mean, look, you're never.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Which would be outrageous because when Monday comes there's always
a natural letdown.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Yeah, right, like after Sunday.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
It's like, oh my god, that was a great four
days of the tournament, right, but Monday comes as a drag.
So this way, Monday extends and now you're back in
the week.
Speaker 5 (18:57):
They would never let that happen though, in because of
a gamble and bracket side of it. You know, they
want they want time to figure that out.
Speaker 4 (19:06):
They're not going to you know, you can't just jump
right into it.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
They're gonna want no, no, no, no, I'm saying on the
back end. Oh on the back end.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Yeah oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Yeah, like when they figure about it because you are
adding games. Yeah yeah, right, so you got forty first
round games. Yeah, so you could so you could go
and play like the second round. You could just make
it Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Yeah, you're right, and you're still
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okay for the following weekend Thursday Friday.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
Then then you're on schedule. Yeah, you're right.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
I mean you could add that Monday because the Monday
team plays Fridays and doesn't turn around on.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
A big deal.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
Yeah yeah, it makes sense.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
You like the little Monday action.
Speaker 4 (19:51):
Oh I love it. I mean yeah, yeah, I'm in
on it, all right. Love talking like this. We're gonna
be commissioners before we know it. Have my sad brother.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
That's great. Uh, all right, let's do this.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Let's take a quick too, and then every I think
once a month, we're gonna do this segment called Ask
the A D And I have ten questions that I've
compiled from youth parents that I'm gonna give to you.
And I think these questions are pretty general and youth
(20:29):
parents around the country will have these sorts of questions,
all right. I compile them from a list of my parents.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
That I that I like.
Speaker 4 (20:41):
Let's do it, man, So I'm gonna do it.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
Ask the Ads.
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want to do something here, buddy. It's called ask the ad.
So I'm a youth coach, as you know. With all
That's why I got into this. I love the project
that il I love working with you with it, and
(22:57):
I want to get into a lot of the questions
that parents have so at practice during baseball practice, and
I asked some of my football and basketball parents some
questions to ask you. So these were the questions ask
the ad once a month, we're going to do it.
(23:19):
Question number one, mister A D. At what age should
I think about investing in supplemental skills coaching? Could be
any sport, you know, soccer has a skills coach, football, quarterbacks,
you know, you get the whole thing, Baseball, pitching, hitting coaches.
(23:39):
At what age should I start investing in that stuff?
Speaker 5 (23:42):
Yeah, it's a great question. And then it's becoming more
and more common. Right when I was growing up, there
wasn't really there was some trainers, you know for specific things,
but it's mainly just your youth coaches, right, So yeah,
it is evolving. Yeah, and I think it's important to evolve, right.
I always like, you know, kind of pressing on and
trying new things. But my personal opinion is I think
(24:03):
we're doing it too young. I like that middle school
age when you get to like ten eleven, because you know,
I think that's when you know your body's starting to
develop more, you know, technical habits start to matter a
little bit more.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
You know, kids are you know, beginning to separate themselves
competitively at that age.
Speaker 5 (24:22):
So I think that's when it's like kind of the
early issues just start people. I see people starting at
five years old.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Now you know, yeah, well that's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
I mean, yeah, I don't think.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
In the soccer training where I see it, right, kids
are doing training and you know, I'm not knocking these guys.
I think there is some you know, there's some value
in it, right, you're learning skills and you're working on it.
But me kind of a rule of thumb is like
if the kids aren't asking for more yet, you know,
you don't push it on them until you know. I
would say that middle school age is where you can
(24:51):
start to do it right.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
I think body development is important, you know.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
And I talk good. Sixth seventh grade is the sweet spot.
Speaker 5 (25:00):
Yeah, And I think it's important, you know, because when
you're doing a lot of that stuff, you're you're training
more and you're competing.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
These kids got to learn how to play, right. They
got to be in an environment.
Speaker 5 (25:09):
I like when playing games is important because I'm seeing
more and more kids are just robotic out there and
they don't have the feel for their game. They might
be a phenomenal athlete and you know they're talented, but
their IQ is lacking because they're strictly doing drills and
not playing enough.
Speaker 3 (25:26):
Well.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
You know.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
The other thing too, is they don't watch it.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
Yeah, they don't.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
That's that to me is the biggest thing for IQ.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Watching games, Like you gotta watch games to pick up
on IQ. Just playing it is one thing. Watching it
and seeing it played at the highest level gives you
an understanding of the game.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Yeah, no, I agree. I think that IQ has lacked.
Speaker 5 (25:53):
I think we have better athletes and you know, they
might be technically a little bit more skilled, but they
don't have the IQ. And I take the IQ all
day long. That's what comes into winning. So I think something,
you know, I'm seeing it more and more with these kids.
I just feel like they're too robotic out there. They're
doing they're doing these drills that they're watching on YouTube.
(26:13):
We're getting trainers. It's taken over and it's not really
helping them understand the game. And that's where I think
they're being hurt.
Speaker 4 (26:20):
And I totally agree.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
I like, listen, it's my argument with my kids because
you know, they don't watch enough.
Speaker 4 (26:29):
Yeah, you gotta see it.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
You gotta watch it. Man, you gotta sit down and
watch a game.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
You got to understand it, right, It's it's mental is
half the battle, right. So it's great to be this
physical specimen and you know, hone your skills, but if
you mentally aren't there.
Speaker 4 (26:43):
Or have an understanding you're not, You're not gonna win.
Speaker 3 (26:47):
Man.
Speaker 4 (26:47):
That's at the end of the day. So that's kind
of where I'm at with it.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
All right.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Question the next question, now, at what age should a
kid begin playing? And I'm going to give you the
sport soccer.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
Yeah, I think soccers early on. I would go, I
think soccers.
Speaker 5 (27:07):
You know, I've seen it. You know, I say, I
played soccer growing up. I think in that, you know,
I think it's important to get the kids running out there,
you know, four, five six, I think it's important to
just get them understanding kicking the ball and you know,
being around it.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
I think it's important. I think soccer is the earliest
one in my eyes, because.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
Bad basketball, yeah, I would say.
Speaker 5 (27:29):
And at five to seven range, five to eight range hockey, Yeah,
it's tough because you're skating is difficult.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Wait, do you see these these kids you Counada are
on skates at two three years old.
Speaker 5 (27:43):
I would say five to eight. I'm in that range.
I just still think soccer is the earliest.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
All right, uh baseball, you get t ball five years old?
Speaker 4 (27:53):
Yeah, five five is a good start started.
Speaker 5 (27:56):
I think he was four, Yeah, whatever it was, Yeah,
I can get and if I'm five, in that range
you need to because you need to have some discipline.
Is mentally standing there a little bit, so I think
they're younger. It is a little difficult, but yeah, I'll
go five years old.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
And probably the most controversial because of all my of
all my discussions, football is the one where people always
shy away from, which I think is a mistake. But
you tell me what you think when you should start
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playing football.
Speaker 4 (28:33):
I think it's the latest.
Speaker 5 (28:35):
But in saying that, right, we staid soccer four three
four for soccer, everyone else has kind of been at
five age. I would say seven to eight in that range.
Speaker 4 (28:44):
I think it's a little later, just because there's gonna
be more physical contact in it. Regardless if you're playing
tackle or not, you're gonna be you know, you're gonna
be running into people. So I don't know, I think
I would say a year or two behind the other ones.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Yeah, and listen, I'm with you on that. But you know,
I hear people are talking. I mean, listen, far be
from me to argue with this man. But Steek Spagnolo
said he would have his kid play and he doesn't
have children, he would have his kids play in start
in high school.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Wow. And I was like, dude, I think that's too late.
Speaker 4 (29:22):
That's too late.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
I think that's too late too. You need a little experience,
That's what I'm saying. It's on the later side for sure.
But I wouldn't say high school.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
I think.
Speaker 5 (29:29):
I mean, I've seen it happen and I've seen it
be you know, to go well. But I would say,
for the rule of thumb, I would say the start.
Speaker 4 (29:37):
Earlier if they if they have interest in it.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
I I'll tell you, I love football, and uh, when
my auntie was in fifth grade, I signed him up.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
And when he was in fifth grade, he was like
a little pudgy.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Yeah, and man, he went from that to like shoulders
back and like he hit the round shoulders a little bit.
Fifth grade that summer he was like, I play football.
He loved it. He loved it. He loved practice. To
this day, he loves practice. And I think it goes
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from from from back.
Speaker 5 (30:16):
Then starting early, Yeah, I think, yeah. I just think
it's a little later than the other sports, that's all.
Speaker 4 (30:22):
But I think high schools.
Speaker 5 (30:23):
Obviously, Spags is a legend, so it's tough to disagree
with him, but I think that's a little things later
because understanding.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
He's the greatest, He is a legend. But I tell
him he's crazy.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Uh do you recommend reclassing? And what is the best
age to reclass Yeah?
Speaker 5 (30:45):
So look, I tell people these days to do it
earlier if they're born like after May, just because like
that development. Like there's a kid who's born in September
and they're in the same grade. He's almost he's nine
months older than them. So I say May birthdays on always.
Speaker 4 (31:03):
That's just me. Do it early.
Speaker 5 (31:05):
Do it you know when you you know, if you
give your kids drawing the sports early on, I would say,
do it in kindergarten, first grade.
Speaker 4 (31:12):
But in today's landscape, it's more than ever.
Speaker 5 (31:14):
If your kid wants to play collegiate sports, it's difficult.
Speaker 4 (31:20):
This transfer portal has changed the game.
Speaker 5 (31:22):
It used to be a lot of potential. You know,
we want them younger because we can mold them more
and they have more upside. But that was when people
were staying longer and they stayed at one school longer.
Speaker 4 (31:33):
Now it's the opposite.
Speaker 5 (31:35):
Now it's you know, just transfer culture and in college,
so it's trickling down obviously, so they're just reclassing thing
that is becoming more and more. I think it's important
because it's an investment, and especially you know, what's the
rush to get to what to you know, to get
to work right. You're trying to figure out how to
you know, play the sport you love and do it
(31:55):
at the highest level, especially for kids who are passionate
about it. So and then there's academic reasons, there's maturity reasons,
you know, the age gap, like I talked about, like
just the birthdays, how they fall because you could be
a full year behind and kids develop at different ages.
So it's important. So I'm good with it now. I
think it's but not always Like if you're a September
(32:18):
kid and you're the oldest, I don't think you should
do you know, shouldn't have to do it right. But again,
every situation is different. Everyone matures, different academics you know,
hit at different times. So I just think you should
be open to it, and you know, I think it
should be something that's on your radar, which before it
was very uncommon. I think it's going through waves with
me as an athletic director. Was very common, then kind
(32:39):
of stopped, and now it's very common again. So I
just think it's something that you should look at and
you kind of evaluate. It should be something that definitely
you think about.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
I can just tell you it's a parent, like my
here's my question to you is what's the big deal?
Like at some point now no I will rush?
Speaker 4 (33:03):
What's the rush?
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Well, that's my point is like you're you're like with
like with why am I? Why am I rushing to
kick my kid out the house?
Speaker 5 (33:11):
And if you can help your kid long term right
or short like, why not do that? Like, like you
you can see the the you know, kids might not
want to do it right away, but you can see
the further down. Like the kids, you know, they're more
short term what's going on?
Speaker 3 (33:25):
Right?
Speaker 5 (33:25):
So I think as parents you can see the long
game and you know, you've seen the workforce and stuff
like that.
Speaker 4 (33:30):
So I think it makes sense.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
And again I think boys, more so than girls, boys
mature later.
Speaker 3 (33:38):
I mean that's a fact, oh for sure.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
And you know, having one more year onder year roof.
I mean, I don't think that's a big deal. Before
we go they go off to college. I think you're
giving them a gift. I think they're more equipped to
handle it. Forget about sports for a second.
Speaker 5 (33:53):
This is just you know, mentally, Like I said, the
academic site mentally had maturity wise everyone's and a different
time clock.
Speaker 4 (34:01):
So I think it's it's really helpful.
Speaker 5 (34:03):
And again it's not for everybody, but me personally.
Speaker 4 (34:07):
I think it's helpful.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
All right. As always we do. We get to three questions.
I have twenty of them. I think I set you
ten of them.
Speaker 3 (34:20):
We'll save some more babies. We'll say the more for
next week.
Speaker 4 (34:23):
We'll push through.
Speaker 3 (34:25):
I got. Parents can be saying, what do you do
you ask my question? I got? All right, we have
to do it longer. Uh.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Coming up, we reassess our top ten high school prediction
and where are we at right now for the top
high school programs in the country. This is Project Nil
Danny d Danny the Bernardinas, The A. D. I'm Anthony
Gargana from the Fellas right here on Fox.
Speaker 4 (34:51):
Listen to Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
Welcome back to Project Nil with Danny D d A
d ah Man. With the iHeart App, you can stream
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Speaker 3 (35:35):
All right, Danny D.
Speaker 2 (35:37):
Let's take a look because we are winding down the
high school basketball season as well. Where are we when
it comes to our top ten? I think you nailed
it to Our preseason was pretty spot on. I think
you nailed it, buddy.
Speaker 5 (35:53):
Yeah, our preseason, so we you know, we came out
e early little research. We looked at the different rankings
and you know, we had our project in il top ten,
which is a little bit of everything combined and kind
of a little bit what we know insider information, and
we compiled it. So from our top ten for the season,
eight of them finishing in the top twenty five, and
(36:14):
five of them still really are in our top ten
and the top two two out of top three of
ranked one and two. So we did a really good
job with preseason rankings of the high school nationally. Now
there's still some games left, there's a lot of state playoffs.
We're about in the semi to state final range, so
(36:35):
this could change. But from the regular season and like
heading into the final weeks, we wanted to kind of
tap back in see how our teams did. So the
team that we didn't have in our top ten, we'll
go number ten is Prolific Prep. Now, this is a
coach team that's coached by Jermaine O'Neil and oh wow,
(36:57):
but they're like a prep school. Yeah yeah, he's building
a strong team out of Florida.
Speaker 4 (37:04):
Prolific Prep.
Speaker 5 (37:06):
But they're you know, they played eighteen games and they
didn't get the you know, it's harder for these teams
that aren't a part of the league their state associations
to build out these schedules. So we have them coming
in at number ten. Wassatch Academy out of Utah. Now
they've been in power for the last I would say
five to ten years, and they're getting elite talent out
(37:26):
of there pretty much yearly. Number eight, who wasn't our
top ten wheeler out of Georgia.
Speaker 4 (37:32):
Elite team, they've.
Speaker 5 (37:33):
Been, you know, a top team, they've been, you know,
feeder to a lot of like Georgia and Auburn, a
lot of teams down there, really powerful school wheel were
public school down there in Georgia. And then a team
that jumped into our top ten that wasn't there is
Wisconsin Lutheran A and they are led by the Cannipple brothers,
the younger ones.
Speaker 2 (37:54):
Oh my god, brothers.
Speaker 5 (37:59):
So there is a one that's a junior and one
that's a sophomore, and then there's one that's a freshman.
Speaker 4 (38:05):
They're all over the place.
Speaker 5 (38:06):
But the two leading away or Cager Canipple, who's a
junior who's getting who blew up this year. He's like
a six nine four of them. There's five brothers, all
beginning with a K. But so con has two younger
brothers that are getting a lot of Division one interest
right now, and they're the sophomore and junior. Cager is
(38:27):
about six' nine, shooter can do a little bit of,
everything and Then Kingston canipple is the other. One and
then there's.
Speaker 4 (38:34):
A Cash canipple who's also on is a freshman on the.
Team so they've The. Caniples they weren't playing. Around they're
knocking these kids.
Speaker 5 (38:41):
Out they got they got the boys are five basketball.
Speaker 3 (38:46):
Factory.
Speaker 4 (38:48):
Yeah so With Conslin lutheran jumped in number.
Speaker 5 (38:52):
Six It's fishers Out. Indiana they were in our top
ten to start the. Season Spire, Academy So Kevin boyle
who was At Mount verde for a really long time
as a. Coach he coached The. St patrick's before they
closed and then he went Down Mount. Verde he's an elite.
Coach we had them in our top ten out Of.
(39:13):
Ohio they are. Five Archbishop stepinac out Of New York,
city who was in our top. Ten Theo Ratlift, boys
they were. There they are in the four. Spot they
were in our. Rankings they were actually four preseason FOR
Us Calvary christian out Of. Florida they weren't in our top,
(39:33):
ten but they had a hell of a year and they're.
Speaker 4 (39:36):
Moving you. Know they have a lot of big time.
Speaker 5 (39:37):
Players number Two Sierra canyon is became famous when Le
bron started sending his kids.
Speaker 4 (39:43):
There they you, know embraced that and they've you, know really.
Speaker 5 (39:46):
Invested in athletics and their number Two we had them
number three preseason and our number one team right now
Is paul the sixth out Of, virginia WHICH i. Love
they playing THAT Dc, league which is like one of
the best leagues in the. Country tree if you asked
me With Saint john's And, Gonzaga oh, yeah.
Speaker 4 (40:03):
They're, great, great great. Team they have this kid.
Speaker 3 (40:06):
Who is that? League that league is a great, league.
Speaker 5 (40:09):
Man, YEAH i think they have the best player in
high School Jordan Smith. Junior he's a six five guard
who can just do it. All and he's going to
our Boy cal In arkansas next.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
Year.
Speaker 5 (40:23):
Yeah but we had the preseason number two and one
for us right. Now so AND i looked at the
rankings last. Night this is pretty common with these teams
where they.
Speaker 4 (40:32):
Landed so, yeah still a little bit left to, go
but that's. All that's that's how it looks for us right.
Now we can check it on the girls next. Week
we can answer some more questions next.
Speaker 2 (40:41):
Week, yeah we also got to start a little, baseball,
man because baseball is under.
Speaker 4 (40:46):
Way spring sports are. On we got to tap in all.
Speaker 3 (40:49):
Now we our first tournament is in less than two. Weeks,
yeah we're. Back we're we're ready to. GO i need
some warm.
Speaker 2 (40:59):
Weather we had it for like a couple of days
as a, teaser such, as, man, uh we haven't been
out on the field.
Speaker 4 (41:05):
YET i had to park it back out. Yesterday we
are after school for the. Games oh, no, Good.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
All, right that's gonna do it for. Us great, Job Danny.
Day stay tuned for The. Fellas
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