Hour 1 - Luck of the Kansans?

Ben Maller talks about Tom Izzo saying that K-State was lucky to beat Michigan State, how Markquis Nowell will earn himself a spot in the NBA, Musselman's jinx, and much more!

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Hello and welcome. It's our name bur one Hour one
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miss it if you're a p one. Here an hour
number one, it's all about March Madness. We begin with
Tom Izzo saying that Kansas State was lucky to beat
Michigan State. Was this a compliment or a backhanded jazz
ab And we are infatuated with Marcus Noel, the case

(01:05):
State pint size guard, his performance thus far in the
NCAA tournament. The Book of Legends. We look at the
question will he get a shot in the NBA's that
inbounds or out of bounds. Also we examine Arkansas getting
smoked by Connecticut. Did Arkansas coach Eric Musselman jinks the
Razorbacks with his shirtless dance after beating Kansas? We take

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a look at that and more right now give it
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from the sweetness. As in the Sweet sixteen, as college

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basketball ended its brief hiatus, they hadn't played since Sunday,
they tipped off with not one, not two not three,
how about four games. Now one of those stood out
more than the others. You can say two of them.
But for our purposes right now, you gotta start with
one man. You gotta start with one. And so we're
gonna focus in on Kansas State and Michigan State, which

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was early on the card, one of the early matchups
in the early television window. Kansas State, led by Mark
keis Noel. He didn't again. The little guy get it again.
He's at the NCAA Tournament record for assist. You get
an assist, you get an assist, you get everyone gets

(03:19):
an assist. Single game record nineteen nineteen helpers from Marcus
Noel and Kansas State with a thrilling, agonizing ninety eight
ninety three win. There was a last second bucket just
at tackle on a couple extra points. It was one

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possession game. Michigan State had the ball, they screwed it
up and at Madison Square guard the mecca, the hometown
kid Noel who's from the New York City area. There
he had twenty points, also had five steals in a
performance for the ages and college basketball lore, and he

(04:03):
did it in dramatic I only had one leg if
you saw the game, you know what I'm talking about.
Everybody played hobbled most of the second half. He rolled
his right ankle just minutes into the I think it's
just a couple of minutes into the second half there
as Kansas State had a four point lead when he
got hurt. He left the game, and they hit the

(04:25):
very dramatic camera shots he was getting taped. Is he
going to come back in the game? Oh the drama.
You could cut the tension with a butter knife on
the sidelines there for the Wildcats. And Noel ends up
only missing less than three minutes of game time, and
he came back in and he had dominated the first half.
He had five points in tennisis in the first half.

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So we'll get back to him. But the better story
here came from the losing locker room as Michigan State
takes it on the chin. There they go down and
overtime and one of the few coaches that mat in
collegiate basketball, Tom Izzo, stole the spotlight. Did you hear
what tom Izzo had to say post game? Perhaps not

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following the game on CBS, they caught up with the
grizzled Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, who made a
comment in his opening statement when asked the question that
rubbed many people the wrong way. Izzo used the L
word the L word when talking about Kansas State, as

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water Wolf would say, let's go to the audio tape.
Give them credit, but I mean they banked in two
shot clock threes. There were, and they made some big plays,
but some of those plays weren't big plays. They were
lucky plays. No, he said it. He said the L word.
He said it. He said it L word lucky, lucky. Wow, wow,

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tom Izzo, Wow, bro, heartbreaker, you heard he said, Give them,
meaning Kansas State credit. They banked in two shot clock threes.
They made some big plays, but some of those big
plays weren't big plays. They were lucky plays. He said it.
Play it again, Roberto, play it again, play it again.

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Give them credit. But I mean they banked in two
shot clock threes. There were, and they made some big plays,
but some of those plays weren't big plays. They were
lucky plays. No, the dagger, the dagger, the right hook.
So let us just get all talk talking about this.
So the question Tom is saying, you just heard it.
Tom is O saying, Kansas State was lucky, right? They were.

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They weren't big plays, they were lucky plays to beat
his Michigan State basketball team. Was this a compliment or
a backhanded jab? So I've got Seneca, de Vito and
Razor Blade and we will line all of these things
up and we will knock them down like dominoes. Not

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to lead off here, we understand, having done this job
for a while and part of the job is talking
about what's going on in that business, that this is
not tom Izzo's first barbecue. He has been to the
picnic called March Madness many times. So this comment was
obviously in the backhanded, backhanded jab family. To put it

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another way, Kansas State wasn't better than old Sparty. They weren't.
They just happened to have Lady Luck on their side.
Now I disagree here. Did Kansas State make several circus
shots in this game? Yes? But was that the reason
that they won the game? No? And was it even lucky? Right?

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It was the Roman philosopher Seneca who was credited with
saying at best that quote luck is what happens when
preparation meets opportunity, which means, if I interpret that properly,
you make your own luck. But it's also all about perspective.
And so if you want to go down the garden path,

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and I will because I have four hours of a
blank audio canvas to paint, So I'm gonna go down
that garden path. So let's play the game. If Kansas
State was lucky, riddle me this Batman or tom Izzo.
So Kansas State is lucky, Marquis Noel. If they are lucky,

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would not have been hopping on a pogo stick early
in the second half. He would have stayed healthy because
in a parallel dimension, he doesn't roll his ankle. And
Kansas State pulls away from Michigan State, the game doesn't
even go it overtime, so you don't need those ridiculous shots.

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And as they said back in Goodwill Hunting, how do
you like them apples? Tomzzo? All right? Furthermore, so, I
want to address my favorite player in all of college basketball,
Marcus no Well, I'm a fan. My name is Ben Maller,
and I like this guy. His performance thus far has
been insane to the membrane in the NCAA Tournament. So

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the question I have for you is this Marcus Noel,
who was not on anyone's radar because of his play
so far? Will he get a shot in the NBA?
So is he going to get a shot in the NBA?
Is that inbounds or out of bounds? So I say

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that is inbounds. And if you want to take shots
to me and say I'm a prisoner of the moment
and he's too small and all, that's fine. I am
proudly Benny Brightside on Marcus Noel of Kansas State. I
am drinking the purple kool aid on this cat a right.
I have been mesmerized watching this dytamo play, joining the

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book of NCAA tournament legends. Now, regardless of how this
turns out in Kansas State still has a big mountain
to climb to win the championship. Noel was not projected
to be drafted in the NBA. He was not on
anyone's draft board prior to the tournament. And the reason
why it's a bug's life. You don't see players in

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today's NBA who are knee high to a grasshopper. You know,
it's a size thing. And despite that, I'm old enough
to have watched an era of pro bouncy ball when
you could have the occasional Pip Squeak who played shout
out Muggsy Bogs or sput Web or several others that

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were little players by comparison. But God done it, so
I know it is possible. And even a few years ago,
there was a guard for the Celtics named Isaiah Thomas
who's still bouncing around. He got hurt. He's he's a
bit player now, but he was dominant and an MVP
level player before he got injured. So my advice here

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to the NBA, and God knows they need my advice,
go full Danny DeVito and get Shorty that old movie
Get Shorty. He would be a wonderful gimmick guy in
the NBA, a shock and awe type player, a disruptor.
That is my expert assessment from years of watching basketball

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and being a blowhard and a gas bag on the radio.
His skill set compensates for the lack of height that
he's the kind of player that would be perfect in
small doses as a nuisance for opposing defenders. Now, the
issue is always with those players that are of his stature.

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Defense defense defense, but there are ways to mitigate, and
there are more ways today than back in the old
days to hide a player like that, and in short
bursts talk about instant offense, the hamburger helper offensive style.
He would be a great backup point guard that plays
twenty minutes a game. And hey, I don't know that

(12:06):
he'll be drafted anymore, maybe the second round, but bring
him to the people's team, undrafted free agent or second
round prick pick. I don't care. Team him up with
the claw all right, last thing here, So i'd also
like to I want to this other games going on
other than this Kansas State game. Obviously Arkansas played and
they played Connecticut kind of it wasn't much of a game.

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And so the question on that game that many people
are yapping about, did Arkansas coach and former Fox Sports
Radio contributor Eric Musselman jinks the Razorbacks with his shirtless
dance the other day when they beat Kansas? So, no,
that's a that's a bad bell. That's a bat that

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the answers. No, now, many pundits here, now that's a
bad bell. That's a bad stop the bell, now stop
it now. Many pundits are dancing right now on the
hogs grave. And they sucked. That's why they celebrating that
Musselman's team got blown to smithereens by Connecticut and Yukon.

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To their credit, they put on a masterclass defensively and offensively.
Arkansas was absolutely boat raced in that game. But memo
to the fashionistas of sportsmanship, you can go jump in
an ice cold lake. Okay, spoiler alert, The outcome of
this game had nothing to do with Eric Musselman becoming

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a Chippindale's dancer after beating the Jayhawks. No relation. Things
went haywire. It happens. You enjoy the journey and remember
the old razorblade. It's an Okham's razors situation. The simplest
answer is most often correct, and the more complicated explanations
are often not correct. The razorbacks sucked at a time

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you cannot suck. Arkansas shot less than three two percent.
They couldn't make a three points at five of sixteen
a Connecticut rarely missed. They shot almost sixty percent in
that game. Meanwhile, the late game, we'll touch on that briefly.
What did you make of UCLA blowing a fourteen point

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first half lead. They had a thirteen point lead midway through.
They came back. They took the lead and then they
lost to Gonzaga, so it was clearly alarming for the Bruins.
It was great for the Zags, but the Bruins took
a siesta for more than half of the second half
of the game. They went awl. Maybe they went to

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a casino to have a buffet in Vegas, but they
shot fifty one percent u s in the first half.
You saw the game, you know. They went over eleven
minutes without making a field goal in the second half,
and that sounds wretched bad. But you know why, I
don't know. Maybe I'm wrong, I just the overnight show
around here, but McK cronin's team was on fume. However,

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that is not an excuse. I know they were shorthanded.
Do your job. The Bruins were preposterously bad for the
bulk of the second half, and then they figured something
out in the final couple of minutes. They had the
full court press that caused the game to shift back
in their favor. It was like a slipping slide for
the Zags, but they still ended up blowing it in
the end. Just a middling second half and UCLA is

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in the Elite eight right now. Shorthanded or not. But
if ifs and butts were candy and nuts, the Wizard
of Westwood would still be coaching, alive and well. For
the Gutty Little Bruins and the other game which gets
note buzz, the volunteers have been eliminated as Florida Atlantic.
Little Florida Atlantic, who also stunk in the first half

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of that game. They're known as the Owls. Hoo hoo,
the Owls. They want an eighteen to two run in
the second half. I was flipping over to that, but
I was not gonna lie to you. I was more
focused on some other things there. But the Owls missed
eleven of their first fourteen three point shots. They end
up winning the game, so Tennessee is out. There was

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trying to get to the elite eight second time in
program history, but they are Gonzo. See you later. It
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these guys always find a way to complain once they
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Shane would like no callers on the air ever. Now.
A guy named Whoever writes in, I'm sure this is legitimate.
He says, Hey, Ben, I saw Lamar out at dinner
with Mike Rabel at a subway restaurant. Hey, Croup, you
should tweet that out, say. The Ben Mallers Show has

(20:09):
learned from a Desperado that Lamar. He didn't say Jackson.
We assume Jackson Lamar Jackson was at dinner with Mike Rabel.
That sounds like the stories of years ago. There used
to be a guy from Nashville that called the show
and loved the Tennessee Volunteers. And he called up and

(20:29):
claimed that John Gruden when back before Gruden got canceled,
when he was at Monday Night Football and he hadn't
come back to coach in the NFL yet, and Gruden
was being mentioned for every single job, And there was
a wild rumor that John Gruden was spotted at a
barbecue restaurant in Knoxville with Peyton Manning and he was
gonna coach the volunteers. And yeah, Milkman Mike in Colorado rites,

(20:54):
since says great March Madness monologue, the betting market has
to be going into a will spend right now. Of course,
Poppy will have picked all of these games correctly and
has made some money. Milkman Mike says, band Poppy's picks.
What a polarizing caller. Poppy is picking with Poppy. He

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doesn't get on the air very much, but people despise Poppy,
so wild thing. It is wild and crazy. Well the trickeration.
This was a brilliant play. If you were watching the
Kansas State game, you know what I'm talking about, but
maybe not the old the DIPSI dow fake. Let me

(21:37):
let me set this up properly, because I didn't set
it up properly. So Kansas State in Michigan State in
a nail biding situation, right, nail biting situation. And in
this game, one of these signature plays was the old
alley oop Marcus Noel to Keyante Johnson, and it is

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a dunk that will be remembered by those that watched
it for some time because it's worthy of a Tony Award,
is what it is. It's worthy of a Tony Award
because prior to the alley oop, the pint size point
guard Marcus Noel pretended like he was getting into a

(22:21):
huge argument with his coach, Jerome Tank on the sidelines,
and he was. He had the gyrations with he was
dribbling with one hand. He had the gyrations with the
other hand, So it distracted the Michigan State players and
they were a little distracted. They were a little caught
off by the theatrics which you'd see off Broadway and

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Noel through the past to Keyante Johnson for the old
alley oop and the crowd went wild at Madison Square. Guard,
how's good play. It's the basketball equivalent of you don't
see this very often. The fake time out, the fake
One of the most fake, famous fake timeouts in NFL
shrew was Dan Marino. That's how long Dan Marino with

(23:02):
the Dolphins against the Jets. That was a famous one
of the spike O the fake spike. That's right, the
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the near future. But from the NFL. The league sending
a memo to all thirty two teams that a non
certified NFLPA agent going by the name of Ken Francis
has been contacting teams about entering into negotia Asians or
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. Clubs are not allowed to negotiate
with an uncertified rep as negotiations with a team can
only occur with a player or a certified aiden. Jackson

(24:09):
responded to the reports on Twitter, saying stop lying that
man never tried to negotiate for me. End quote. We
will have a Malin model. He did not try to negotiate,
but he did, Lamar confirm the guy's legit. Some people
thought it was some kind of TikTok prank ardish. Yeah,

(24:31):
I thought about Yeah. Remember there was a guy years
ago who actually was of course a caller to our show,
who called the Buffalo Bills up and got the Bills
GM on the phone, pretending he was somebody else. He
got Tony Dungee on the phone that that one viral.
He got in some trouble with that, and he had

(24:53):
Dungee on Sunday night during Sunday Night football. I remember
that that wild to But anyway, it turns out this
guy is legit, and we will have a malar monologue
on that coming up in a little bit about about
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the trickeration brilliant acting thespian performance by Marcus Noel, who's
got a future as a little guy in the NBA.

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The premature celebration. We have a follow up to a
story we gave you last week. At the end of
last week, there was a story saying that Daniel Snyder
had cleaned out his office at there was a sale
announcement penning for the team formerly known as the Washington Redskins.
Oh it didn't happen. It hasn't happened. It may happen,

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but it's not gonna happen anytime soon. Do we know that?
We are told now that the commander's sale is not
not on the agenda at the upcoming NFL owners meetings
in Arizona, so they may vote on it in the
month of May, but that's a couple of months away,

(26:18):
so we'll see what happens with that. But premature celebration
that Dan Snyder had cleaned out his office. Right now,
let's go to a man who I hear, I hear
a little Bertie told me this guy's got a big announcement.
Who let's say hello to a multi time Platinum Benny winner,
the Great Jay Scoop is here cashing his golden ticket. Hello,

(26:43):
Jay Scout, Pats, Jay Scoop a legend. The last we
saw j J is a You're a modern medical marvel.
For those that don't know the back, sorry, Jay Scoop
was literally you were literally on your deathbed, Jay Scoop

(27:04):
in December, right, and you've come all the way back
and you're back to normal and you're you're singing songs
and you're doing all that stuff, right, life is pretty
good for you right now. Yes, this is true. It's
even better than before because I had to do all
that physical therapy and it kicked me in the button,
put me put me in better shape than I was before.

(27:25):
So yeah, that's good. And today I don't know if
you know this, but today is actually an important today,
important day. Three years ago today, myself and just Josh
linked up for the very first parody song Forever and Quarantine,
the best duo since Peanut Butter and Jelly, right up

(27:46):
there with Peanut Butter and Jelly. So I don't want
to bury the lead, my man, I don't want to
bury the lead now. I you you told me in confidence,
Jay Scoop something when you you know, a few weeks back,
he told me something and I kept it a secret,
and I hear a rumor that you were about to
reveal the secret to the entire Mallard militia. Are you

(28:09):
prepared now, Jay Scoop, I am. I am released the guys.
I am prepared with I am surprised. You know, you
are kind of a blabbermouth. I don't know how you
get that, Yeah, I don't. I don't think I told anybody.
I didn't tell Eddie. I don't think I told Cooper Roberto.
I don't think I might have, but I don't think
I did. I'm pretty sure I kept this in house. Yeah,

(28:32):
so you're you're going on now, Jay Scoop. You're going
on a rather lengthy road trip in a couple of days,
Is that accre It's correct. In two days, I will
be heading overseas to join the not so well known
Ukrainian Mallard militia people to render aid out there. Of course,

(28:57):
it'll probably be a group, it'll be a group of one.
It'll just be me probably, But well, you you are
a decorated you were in the military. How many years
did you serve in the military, Jay School? Four years?
Four years in the military, and so you have all
that experience, and you said, you told me this is
something that was really important to you to go to
the Ukraine and help out any way you can. Is

(29:18):
that Holy Moses are serious? Yeah, No, I'm not getting there.
He's going to the Ukraine. He's got a whole trip plan.
You can't fly into the Ukraine, right, Jay School, you
gotta make other arrangements. You can't. No flights allowed in
there because it's a war zone so well, and even
if it was allowed, it would like forgive the Pine,
but it would literally be rush and Rulette trying to
fly in there. Oh boy, Scoop, I'm I'm happy because

(29:44):
this is what you want to do. I wish you to,
you know, I hope you come back, be safe there,
as safe as you can be. And if you can
contact us and let us know how it's going from
time to time, that would be great. We'd love to
get updates and find out what's going on with you. Yeah, definitely.
And for some of the people are like, what is
he doing? You know, I mean I went through all

(30:04):
that rough stuff. I just I woke up one day
kind of a revelation. Plus I kind of felt like
I was playing with house money, you know, after what
I went through. And I am part Ukrainian, so it
just kind of all came together, all right. Well, yeah,
be careful, as safe as you can be, and you're

(30:24):
you're quite the man over there. I mean that's not
none of us would do that. So I listened be safe,
Jay Scoopa and and and safe travels and let let
us know how go send me send me messages when
you can so I can update the militia. Okay, for sure,
I'll stay in touch. And thank you everybody for the Benny.
All right, there he goes, the great Jay Scoop heading
to the Ukraine to help out in the Battle of Russia. Wow,

(30:50):
if you have that on your Bengo card, Eddie. Nope, no,
I haven't read stories though about Americans going over and
doing that, that very thing. But I didn't think i'd
know any about that, actually would be doing that. That's crazy.
When he told me that a while back, and uh,
you know, he swore me to secrets. He says, I
can't say anything, and I didn't say anything. So I

(31:12):
kept the secrets. I can keep a secret. Eddy, that's
a big secret. I kept the big secret. I kept
it to myself. I didn't tell anybody. Good job about you.
Thank you. But man, all right now, now I gotta
worry about him. I gotta worry about my man, Jay
Scoop over there in the Ukraine. Now anyway, all right,
there were worse, Well, there actually are better problems to have. Anyway.
Here is the here's the who am I game? We'll
go to college basketball, Mark Uisnell. I'm obsessed with this guy,

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the Kansas State Guard. He had sixty four points, forty
two assist eleven steels in three NCAA Tournament games so
far for the Wildcats. I was the last Division one
or NBA player to put up that stat line over
any three game span. Again, Marcus Noel sixty four points,

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forty two assist eleven steels for Kansas State eight in
the three tournament games. I was the last D one
or NBA player to reach all of those numbers over
any three game span. Who am I the answer? We'll
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And here's the who am I? Game? We'll get back
to the calls in a sec. That's right, more time
for your calls. Who Marcus Noel as sixty four points,

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forty two assist and eleven steels in Kansas State's three
tournament wins so far, I was the last D one
or NBA player to reach all of those lofty numbers
over any three game span. Who am I? That is
the question. What is the answer? Adrian the Pokey Pokey

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pokey Man's going with Beetlejuice as his answer. Sheen of
des Moines says, Philly Legend, Philly rob rest in peace.
Who else do we have? The Great Don McLean, the
occasional co host of the Petrol's Money Show from furg
Dog Rick sarone nineteen eighties baseball, Yet again from mister

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nice Guy JJ Reddick tossed out by Nick in Wisconsin.
Mario Chalmers from the Late Night Drug Tester Robin Vegas
going with Comrade J. Scoop as his selection. The Dixter
parody account says Jennifer love Hewitt, Brian Mullins from Orange
and Blue Blood Brett. Who else to have? Pete Merovitch

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Guests by Matt the Warrior Raider as fan Justin in
the Enchanted Forest, says Jay Scopinski, is the is the answer?
Stefan Marbury from Michael the Legendary Al Bundy. Guess by
the Eddie Garcia Burner account NCAA Legend, George Newman from Milkman,

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Mike in Colorado a gas lighting Games of Note Garcia
Guess by the rostera Dude, Gary Busey from alf the
Alien Opiner Robin Minnesota, going with at one point the
all time Big East leading scorer Terry Dehaer as his answer.
Who else you have? Alan Iverson Guests by Johnny Ray

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thunder Dan Marley from Gus Jeremy Lynn tossed out by
the clam that's his answer. Lionel Simmons the l Train
from Fudgie of Philly, Legend at LaSalle, Grayson Allen from
Sean in Arizona, Tree Rollins Guess by the misplaced San
Diegan Steve Eddie. Do you have an answer, Eddie? I do.

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It's former Arkansas razorback legend Corliss Williamson. That's good name,
but incorrect. It is it? Forty minutes of hell was
that they were? Right? Yeah? I remember that, Nolan Richardson right, Yeah, yeah,
that was a fun team to watch. Steve also got
to write the answer is the answer Allen Iverson back

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in oh five as a NBA player, Allen Iverson, So
Mark Marcus Noel doing things that haven't been done in
almost twenty years in D one or in the NBA.
Let's go to the phones and Brandon is cashing a
golden ticket in Cansa City. Hello, Brandon, you're on Ben

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Maller Show on Fox. Welcome. Heyy, what's up Vanity taking
my call? Buddy, appreciate it. Welcome. What's going on? I
want to ask you something real quick. I know you're
a very busy man of the late night radio talk
show host. But so next month on the U at
the draft, are you gonna find your way over here

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to Kansas City and we can go get some chicken
fingers at the Landings on you? Brandon? Oh, look at
you ball. So first of all, I hear you know,
I do not have any plans to attend this draft.
I do need to get back to Kansas hold on,
come down, I do not have any plans to go

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to the draft. But I would like to get to
Kansas City at some point time, for I don't have
so much time to take off your unfortunately, but I
would like to get there. I gotta hang out with you.
I gotta hang out with Fesco and the guys at
six times I got I got at a bunch of people.
I gotta hang out with. Oh, we'll get your money
out here, come on? How all right? All right? Put
it on my list? All right, Brandon, all right, make
sure you don't screw up what you're doing there. Hard

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at work, man, You guys making things happen. So the
agent provocateur, how about this story from the NBA. There's
a former agent named Charles Briscoe. Doesn't that sound like
a fake name from a TV show? Like if you
were to make up the name of an agent, you
come up with that name if you were in Hollywood,

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Charles Briscoe. So I don't know much about this guy,
but I was reading about him earlier. He's a former
NBA agent and he has been charged with various schemes
as an agent provocateur of defrauding not one, not two,
not three? How about four professional basketball players of more

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than wait for it, wait for it, wait for it,
thirteen million dollars. Now, the US Department of Justice also
charging addition to Briscoe, the financial planner, the investment advisor,
all the people in the inner circle, or most of

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them anyway, and thirteen million dollars. So, in real terms,
what are we looking at here? This guy, this agent
who I'd never heard of, but he was able to.
If this is correct, if the Justice Department and the
Department of Justice is correct, he stole thirteen million. This
cat is facing forty years in prison. Now, he's not

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gonna get forty years, but he's going to If this
is true, he's going to jail for a while, and
he should