Hour 1 - Cutting Down the Nets

Ben Maller talks about Michigan beating UConn to win the NCAA Championship, what went wrong for Dan Hurley's UConn squad, Wolverines F Yaxel Lendeborg defending the 'mercenary' label, if Michigan is the biggest beneficiary of NIL or the biggest abuser, and much more!

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Boom, Shaka laka, it's our number one. Hour one Ready
for some fun. Happy Tuesday, the seventh day of April.
Remember if you have not been paying attention here, We've
got a big malord meet Greek coming up. Its NFL
Draft weekend. We'll be in Cincinnati on that Saturday, April
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April twenty fifth, in the greater Cincinnati area, and so
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state of Ohio or in that region within reasonable traveling distance.
Hopefully I'll have a chance to meet you April twenty fifth.
Then we'll go to Boston on May eighth, and then
out in Worcester on May night. So save those dates.

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But here in Hour one, hel to the champions Michigan
BAC Yukon to win the title. What went wrong for
Dan Hurley's Yukon squad? The Axel Lindeberg of Michigan defending
the mercenary label? Are the Wolf Rings the biggest beneficiary
of nil or the biggest abuser of it? And our

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NBA teams genuinely intrigued by coach Dusty may Or. Is
this classic agent driven smoke to make Michigan pay a premium.
We'll talk about that as well. Right now, give it
up for our number one cutting down the nets. Not

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the team that was supposed to cut down the nets.
The other team cut down the net. Wel come in
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All right, So we are back at it here as
just a few hours ago, as the crow flies in
the East Coast, people complaining about, Oh, it's such a
late game, Oh my god, totally not o'clock. Oh I
got a bunch of losers. Stay up, you dope, I
stay up all night, you marons. Anyway, we will not

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waste any time. We'll get to the main event, the
main event inside the dome in Indianapolis, the Hippodrome, the
final act as the end of the road for March Madness.
That's all she wrote here in early April. Dustyam mays
Michigan squad looking to complete the mission on an absolute

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burner in the tournament, and they go against Dan Hurley's
Yukon squad. Didn't you watch? Were you engaged in this?
Were you locked in in this? No? Iron Eagle, Bill Raffrey,
who's like a thousand years old onions still calling the games,
and Grant Hill, the three amigos right out there calling

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the game on the TV. And don't worry if you
did not watch, We watched so you would not have to.
It's our good mitsch for the day. And in the end,
when all the confetti had fallen, Chigan is the champions,
as they hoisted the national title trophy there at mid court,
out mustling, out mustling the squad from Yukon sixty nine

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to sixty three. Now it is interesting to note if
you took Yukon and the points you won, so I
should just put that on the little nobody's betting on
these games, of course, but Yukon did cover the six
and a half to seven. The line was just before
the end of the game. Michigan wins this game. And
they made not one, but two more three point shots

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than you and I made two. They made two three
point shots. What do we that's say before the lust
of that happens, before the three point shot was put
into college basketball. But anyway, final fourth most outstanding player
Elliott Cadot, don't you know? As he wins it and
led the Wolverines with nineteen points, including the first three pointer,

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which came at seven oh four on the game clock
in the second half. And this is the program's second title.
You gotta go back to nineteen eighty nine. Now, it
is a fun fact to point out that while many
people assume the position that the Wolverines won a championship
when they had the Fab five, that would be fake.

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That is the Mondela What am I trying to think of?
The Mandela effect? There would go the Mandela effect. People
assume if you're of a certain age, well, Chris Weber
and those guys Jalen Rose, they must have won a
championship if that's the Mandela effect. No, they did not win.
They did not win the championship. They got to the
championship game a couple of times, but time out, time out, No,

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they didn't. Didn't get it done, all right. The better story, though,
is in the losing lockerroom. It's a good jumping off point.
As Yukon goes down. We had Yukon winning the whole thing,
so we're bummed out by that. Let us discuss the
question what went wrong? Simple question? What went wrong for
Dan Hurley's Yukon squad. As they had the leaded a

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couple of points early in the game, midway through the
second half, it was close, only down by four at halftime.
They end up losing by six. So what went wrong
for Dan Hurley's Yukon squad. I've got rampage, foot locker
and flirty texts. Yeah, and we'll combine all of these
things together and we're gonna have a confetti party, is

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what we're going to have. So a Dan Hurley's team.
As we talked about in the lead up to this game,
I know you listen to everything I say unless you don't.
But the lead up to this game, we talked about
how Yukon could win this game, what they had to
do to win this game. They played the way they
won it. I truly believe Yukon played the way they
wanted in this game. They dragged Michigan into a grinded

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out game. Michigan get close to ninety points like they
had knowing ninety plus in every one of these games.
It was a grinded out game. They played in the mud.

Speaker 3 (07:17):
In the mud.

Speaker 1 (07:18):
They played in the mud just like they had designed.
And they did not plan Dan Hurley did not plan
on doing some karaoke, and they did the karaoke there.
They cranked up the old Commodoores tune brick house. It
was a brick house and maker miss they alwa a maker,
miss mak or miss, gotta make it or miss it,
all that stuff. So Yukon struggled significantly from anywhere on

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the court. They just could not make a shot. Neither
team shot the ball. Well, you toss in the Komodo
dragon in the room. The foul trouble specifically what we
call a rampage by the Zebras, a trampling by the
Zebras in this game Dan Hurley's team. It's an unpopular opinion.

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It needs to be said. They got squeezed. Dan Hurley's
team got squeezed. And that's the reality here. You can
roll your eyes all you went, Oh you did? Why
you say that you lose her? I know, call like
I see it, and that's what happened. Now you can
say that's what should have happened, and you're okay with it.
That's fine. It happened. They got squeezed. They did, and

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you know, you can do what you want with that.
The numbers don't lie. Michigan. I believe it was twenty
eight foul shot attempts. Yukon had fifteen, and that is
a plus thirteen gap. Close the gap, Close the gap.
It is interesting to know that the Yukon Huskies on
real basketball, not with official intervention, with real basketball. Straight up,

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Yukon actually outscored Michigan. They scored more baskets than Michigan did,
all right, and so but Michigan had the whistle whistle,
whistle whistle, and they had that, and so the foul
trouble wrecked the Yukon rotation and any kind of rhythm
that they had was knocked out, although they really didn't
have much. Neither team had much rhythm at all. It

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was just a horrific, horrific game in terms of that.
And you said, well, it's good defense. Was it really
good defense or just horrific offense? But the whole thing
was a buzzkill, right, The whole thing was an absolute buzzkill.
And you're asking a team shooting thirty percent to overcome
the officials who were clearly leaning towards Michigan for whatever reason.

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And so there you go. It wasn't just the Michigan Wolveriges.
It was the sixth, seventh, and eighth man which happened
to have the zebra thing on there. And that was that. Now,
as for me, Chigan the champions of college basketball, a
team that will live in the annals of Wolverine Basketball.

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Yaxel Lendenborg the Crown Jewel, Crown Jewel of the Wolverines
Transfer Portal class for the Ages. As these guys came in,
got checks, and they produced, and they won and all that.
He was asked after the game. You saw the postgame
coverage there about being well, he wasn't asked specifically about

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being mercenaries. He was asked in general. He brought this
up on his own, as Lindenbergh brought this up on
his own. He was asked how this Michigan team is
going to be remembered, and he said, quote, they might
still be calling us mercenaries, but were the hardest playing
team in college basketball, were the best team. You know
what that means, best team in college basketball, and we

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want to be one of the greats. Ever I think
he meant greatest, but he said greats. All right, so
question the star the jewel. And I actually like this guy.
He's a good quote, and we need more guys like that.
Like he said at halftime that he was just terrible,
and he was and normally guys don't admit that. And
I thought that was great, and so he just didn't
play well in this game. And I tip of the

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old headphones that he did say that. As far as
this particular quote, we're parsing the words here. The actually
Lendenbergh defending the mercenary label. Right, so I still my
calls mercenaries, but the hardest playing team all that stuff.
So is Michigan the champions of college basketball, the biggest
beneficiary of the nil or the biggest abuser of the

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name image likeness in college basketball? So the answer is not.
It is not that they're the biggest beneficiary. It is
not that they're the biggest abuser. The answer is c
all of the above. That's my answer, all right, See,
and that is the point of whatever this is now.

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I know President Trump's trying to change it, and we'll
see if that actually works. They'll supposed to be some
legal battles to prevent some of those things from happening.
We'll see how that plays out politically. But for now,
this is what we have, right, So, this is the
system that's in place in college basketball. Just like Indiana
just brought in a bunch of players and they won
in college football, Michigan brought in a bunch of players

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and they won. In basketball. This is how you play
the game. This is how it is done here. And
so as they say at foot locker, if the shoe fits,
you should probably buy it. If the shoe fits, you
should probably buy. And this isn't a loophole. This is
the business model under Dusty made. The Wolverines did not
accidentally trip into the portal and land six transfers. No,

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this is not some kind of quinkie dink that took place.
And every man, woman and child knows it. That is
a shopping spree at the super mall, the nil super mall.
They got the platinum credit card and they went out
and they went for it. Lindenberg, their top player, imported
from UAB. Every key player, every single key player that

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got it done. He seventy five percent of the points
score in the championship game came from players who were
at other schools, started at other schools around college basketball.
So it's like, you know, mal go on Amazon Prime,
same day delivery and no development, no loyalty needed and
all that. Just your welcome. And so the critics yelling mercenaries, mercenaries,

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all mercenaries and all that. Yeah, no kidding, thank you
very much, Captain obvious. That is the modern Division one
men's basketball and football model. Everyone is a hired gun,
every single one of these guys who's any good and
Michigan just better at getting it done. So that's how

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you have to do it. And it's I would say,
a good thing. Anybody that's got eight to twelve million,
that's what these teams are. The payrolls at eight to
twelve million, that's what's going to cost you. And Duke
had a bigger payroll. They didn't get it done, but
eight to twelve million. So and so are the world
reasons abusing the nil No, if you're still saying student athlete,

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you're a dinosaur, that is what you are, right. It's
free agency with mid terms, it's it's all that. And
so the Michigan is not abusing the nil thing at all.
Only I do you think the rules, using the rules
properly efficiently is somehow cheating. If you believe that, then okay,

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that's fine. But Michigan didn't break the system. They understood
the system and they went out they used and we'll
use them at the mount. Seventy five percent of the
players were in the portal they got one hundred percent
of that was intentional and there are zero apologies given
they're not in this case. They're not the villains, they're not.

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This is the modern form of college basketball. This is
manifest destiny. And like I said, anybody who's got the money,
you should you hire the right coach. You spend eight
to twelve million. You got shot to win a whole championship.
That's it. Whoever you are, like the anti eaters of
uc er fine, if they had twelve million dollars in
the right coach could go out and win the championship. Right.

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If your program isn't doing this, you're already behind. So
it is all right now, last word to the victor,
goes the rumor. As the confetti has fallen. It is
not cold yet. The confetti it has fallen down from
the arena there and the vultures. If you if you
look up, the vultures are circling overhead. We are already

(15:38):
hearing rumblings, the rumble and the tummy that me Shaghan.
The head coach, Dusty May who I believe he's only
been there two years, is expected to receive NBA interest
as the offseason gets going. Here for many teams. Once
there's only a few days to go in the regular
season of the NBA, then the playoffs will take place,

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which go on for like seven months, and then they'll
have the silly season. In the NBA, the chatter is
that Dusty May will not will not go to any
college job. However, he's not shutting the door to the pros.
That's a different story. So the question our NBA teams
genuinely intrigued by Michigan coach Dusty May or is this

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the old classic agent plant smoke? So Michigan has to
pay more money and pay a premium to give Dusty
May an extra extra large check to keep him around.
So this is not, I believe fairy dust. After a
minutes long Mallar investigation, Dusty May put the transfer portal

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Avengers together and now the NBAS they're out there. Those
executives are sending those two am flirty texts, Hey, big fella,
you up like that kind of stuff? You know, hey,
what are you doing? Know that thing? So that's how
they go in the NBA is circling like the vultures
over the rotting carcass of an animal out there in

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the Serengetti, and they're like, hey, wait a minute. You
know you goose teams like Orlando and the Wizards and
the you know, some of these other suck bag teams Memphis,
and hey, we're gonna have a top five pick of
the NBA tram lottery, and we need a new coach
in New Orleans. All these terrible jobs and there is

(17:30):
a supply chain shortage of coaches. It's the same cycle
every year. It's paint by numbers, paint by numbers, hot
coach in this case, transfer portal, Maestro and Boom goes
to the dynamite, next big thing. And so Dusty May
is holding the golden hammer, and that would be shocked

(17:53):
if Dan Hurley gets some more calls from the NBA also,
But this is about Dusty May, the coach of me Chegan.
So he's he's got leverage literally coming out of his
nose and his ears and his eyes. It's oozing out
the leverage out of his nostrils, his ears and his eyeballs.
It's it's wild. And Dusty Mays he's at a fork

(18:15):
in the road, like does he get he's obviously gonna
get a raised at Michigan that that's a given. That's
how that works. He's gonna get a raise, must be nice.
They don't most companies don't give those out. They're too cheap.
But he's gonna get a raise and so and otherwise
he's he could get that raise or go to the
NBA and follow the Muppets and be Gonzo Gonzo the Muppet,

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Bye bye. So the plot thicks. Well, keep an eye
on this story in the coming days. It is the
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fun that way. So some interesting developments. College basketball is
now done. As Michigan wins, Yukon goes down, and who's
got next? The gambling odds are already out. Who do
the wise guys like to win the championship next season?

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We'll peak ahead, We'll play a little peek a boo
and look ahead. As Michigan has entered a thirty seven
year title drought in a very unappealing game. I also
have an idea I wanted to throw by you. I
have a concept. Hey, I was work shopping how to
improve the product, which is really horrific. I mean, these

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teams are so bad. Both of them could not shoot
to save their life. It was just really agonizing to watch.
And it's like the broadcasters can't really say it because
they're on the take and all that. So I have
a suggestion on what college basketball could do. We'll get
to all that, and you'll take your calls as well,
and we will do it next.

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Your comments can and will be used against you in
the court the Malard Militia, so please act accordingly. Back
to it. So Michigan becomes the first team ever to
win a title game while getting out rebounded and making
at least five fewer three pointers and they win. Got

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some help there from the Zebras, but they do win
the championship and celebrate, so they paid money, well spent
good for them. The Michigan Wolvering fans all I said,
most points scored in a single NCUBLEA tournament. This Michigan
team is third all time. The only teams ahead of

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them nineteen eighty eight all Oklahoma the Sooners, and most
points scored in a single NCAA tournament game or NCAA
tournament rather UNLV tark the Shark Jerry Tarkanian back in
the nineteen ninety scored that team scored the most five
hundred and seventy one points. But Michigan. This Michigan team

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went over a hundred and one of the games, over
ninety in every game up until this championship game, five
hundred and forty one points, which just topped the nineteen
eighty nine Michigan team for the third and most points
in tournament history. And if you want bad shooting, this
was a masterpiece in bad shooting. Actually got a message

(23:22):
from one of my buddies, my media buddies, who pointed
out and that he loves these games and all that,
and this game was so bad? How bad was it?
He was watching an interview which was far better some
what was it, Sophia Lrenz's son interview her, which was

(23:43):
far more entertaining apparently than the actual game. Yeah, that
was a snap snap situation, A little tough, a little bit.
So Michigan finishes the season thirty seven three, and all
the nerd people all excited about the different rankings that

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they have there and their defensive play all that stuff.
So that that's the way that goes. Let's go to
the phones though, right now, and Eenie Meani miney mo.
Let's say hello, is he wanting to Let's go to
here's a blast from the past. His name actually came
up in conversation the other day. I said, well, he's

(24:25):
he's a retired call there's not a regular active member
of the Matherind Militia, but he's called in on this night.
Why is this night different than all other nights. Let's
say hello to Andy the comic book guy. Hello, Andy
the comic book guy.

Speaker 6 (24:38):
Welcome, Hello Ben, Hello Ben. It's been so long. It's
great to hear your voice. I'm Glad you're still kicking.
Glad you're helping.

Speaker 1 (24:46):
My name came up in conversation, go on, please, Well,
I don't remember the specific somebody brought your name up
the other day and they're like, what, I think it
was about the Buffalo Sabers making the playoffs.

Speaker 6 (24:58):
That way A buried my lead?

Speaker 1 (25:01):
Will you shoot? You asked me a question. You don't
ask me a question.

Speaker 6 (25:04):
You asked me you said my name came up.

Speaker 1 (25:07):
You know I didn't bury the leader. You buried the lead.
You took a shovel from home people, and you dug
your own grave.

Speaker 6 (25:16):
Well, when you say I came up in conversation, I
figured it was about the most handsome callers. I didn't
think it would be about that.

Speaker 1 (25:22):
Well, yes, yes, yes, blind Sophie said you're the hottest caller.

Speaker 6 (25:26):
Yes, I said, handsome, handsome. Oh now I would like
to issue some congratulations, really quick. Congratulations to the New
York Jets. Yes, the New York Jets are now officially
of the four major sports the worst franchise, having not
made the playoffs in fourteen years since your Buffalo Sabers

(25:52):
are about to clinch the Atlantic Division and perhaps first
in the Conference. So let's go Buffalo. Lindy Rope called it,
ben I called it.

Speaker 1 (26:01):
Well, you called it like every year. You're a Buffalo homer.
So yeah, but time I called it, you don't get Now,
you don't get credit. That's like Flexus calls up every
year the Bills are gonna win the super Bowl. Well,
eventually the Bills will win the super Bowl, but you
don't get credit. You make the same pick every year.

Speaker 6 (26:18):
I said, I said he was going to be great
on his return. I did say that now. I also
said in October and Coop can run the tape back.
And I'm sorry I haven't called about this sooner. The
day shift's been killing me. But I said in October,
Drake May was fools freaking gold And what a clown
that rope of dope turned out to be.

Speaker 1 (26:40):
Yeah, it's a horrible Winning the AFC Championship and going
to the Super Bowl. What an absolute absolute buss I
ever heard.

Speaker 6 (26:46):
The history of the NFL. Yeah, really hard, the likes
of Malik Willis in the NFC South really tough.

Speaker 1 (26:52):
Yes, very very difficult. Well, you know what, in honor
in any in honor of your your your Buffalo savers,
I'm gonna get that night. I get that Bill's hat
you sent me a couple of years ago, and I'm
gonna put that on right now. And I'm gonna celebrate
the Buffalo Savers because you know I'm gonna celebrate with you.
Is what I'm gonna do. Now.

Speaker 6 (27:09):
Things get some fun. We drink the logger, have a
grand old time, have a gale time.

Speaker 1 (27:15):
As they say, oh yeah, I learned that on the Flintstones.
All right, we'll be safe out there. Andy drive around,
I colls more often. Yes, all right, go away. There's
Andy the comic book guy where he goes only he knows.
Ferg Dog says, we should talk more about how hot
Andy the comic book Guy is. That's from Ferg Dog.
I see here. No stra denis from the Pacific Northwest.

(27:40):
He's got his shrine to Sam Darnold. He says, Wow.
Hearing Ben come in hot from a commercial break, he says,
we don't break no Streudene's the most important part is
the commercial. When I talk, it's the least valuable part
of the show. The commercial is the most valuable part.
We worshiped commercial. I'm upset when we stopped playing the

(28:02):
commercials that's what I get up anyway, he says Ben
coming in hot from a commercial break with the obscure
kiss song Young and Wasted as the bumper music was
not on my bingo card. Well done, I guess that's
a tip to the music director. I'm glad someone enjoyed it.

Speaker 7 (28:19):
I thought someone might you know this last caller, comic book.

Speaker 1 (28:22):
Man, any the comic book guys.

Speaker 7 (28:24):
This has given me an idea. Why don't we do
the Malor Male Model of the Year. Everyone submits their
photos on X and then.

Speaker 1 (28:35):
The top terrible idea, it's a horrible and then.

Speaker 7 (28:38):
The top twelve get to do a malar calendar of
the male models Mallor of the Year.

Speaker 1 (28:46):
Now the arena in the pantheon of bad ideas, that's
near the top. Do you under staying? Seriously, do you
know the format? No, these guys are a bunch of
horn dogs and they don't want no. Now, I'm sure
there's some gay guys I might like that, but most
of these dudes want the beautiful women is what they want.
That's what you want to look at, beautiful women's I'm
just saying, you got to know the audience. What else

(29:07):
do we have to see. Ferg Dog says, now that
Michigan's won another championship, can we stop talking about the
loser five? Once and for all? Those bums never won
Jack Squat, so he says. King Rory points out the
Big Ten just continues its dominance in college sports. Well,
they wouldn't dominate anything other than semi pro sports, King Roy,

(29:28):
because they're in semi pro and it can continue this Thursday,
as the Frozen Four takes place in Vegas, we could
see all Big ten National Championship game, an all Big
Ten National Championship game of Wisconsin and Michigan win the
semi final. What else do we have to see here?
Truck Stop Funguses, I'm glad March Madness is over. Please

(29:50):
move on. Okay, well, yes, I'm supposed to. This is great,
So truck Stop Fungus wants me to program the show
only for truck Stop Fungus. Right now is in his
tidy whities playing video games, eating cold chili, and I'm
supposed to program the show for Chuck Stop Fungus. Man

(30:10):
and Doug in South Korea says Dan Hurley's face looked
like he was smelling snickers all game. Hurley did not
attack the referees. I thought he was gonna take some
shots at the referees. He did not do that. Postgame,
Hurley was down the middle, actually sucked up to the referees.
He's asked about the officiating, which clearly was biased towards Michigan.

(30:32):
He said, it's hard to ref that game. We both
played so hard. If I could have those three guys
ref every game the rest of my career, I would
sleep well at night. I don't think he would sleep
well at night. I don't think he sleeps well at night.
Let's go to Christian, who's in LA. What's going on? Christian? Welcome?

(30:53):
You're on the ben Mallers shown not that I want
this to happen, but what will Fox say?

Speaker 4 (31:04):
Bye bye?

Speaker 1 (31:06):
I don't know what will they. Let's go to legally
blind Chris. What's going on? Legally blind Chris?

Speaker 8 (31:11):
Good morning, mister Maller from God knows where I am
in this world. I just wanted to say thank you
for taking my call. And now I get to remember
when we cheated in nineteen eighty nine from a Detroit
autoworker to pay our players to today where we cheated
based on the boosters paying our players.

Speaker 1 (31:30):
And she's no cheating. Yes, no, Well the difference is
now they're allowing it. Now it's okay, it's all good now.
Back then it wasn't allowed, but now it's now, it's all.
We're all good.

Speaker 8 (31:41):
Well, we'll go right back to the toilet Bowl next year.

Speaker 1 (31:43):
No, no, Chris, no, no, no, no, no, Chrish. You
have complained as a long suffering Michigan sports fan. You
have complained on none of my teams win. I'll never
have anything to celebrate. Woe is me the lies that
will win.

Speaker 6 (32:00):
That's not fair.

Speaker 8 (32:00):
That's not fair. That's twenty years of memory.

Speaker 7 (32:02):
Come out.

Speaker 8 (32:03):
Give me a break.

Speaker 1 (32:03):
No, I'm just saying that. Now you have something to
hang your hat on. I know Michigan won in football
a couple of years back. I guess you ignored that,
so I did. Yeah, you go basketball.

Speaker 8 (32:14):
Celebrating my divorce today. I don't give a damn about
to win because they achieved it.

Speaker 1 (32:17):
But that's okay, yeah, okay, all right, Well how do
you celebrate the divorce? Are you having a big party?
What are we doing here?

Speaker 8 (32:24):
Uh? Well, yes, I had phone all day from London
to get to Charlotte. I am sitting here trying to
figure out what time zone I'm in. I will celebrate
by having the most expensive state that they sell and
then getting drunk on a half a glass of wine.

Speaker 1 (32:43):
Oh, well, there you go. So you're back in Charlotte.
I thought you were done. I thought you were you
were back.

Speaker 8 (32:47):
Well, no, my settlements today. So that's my house is
sold and I can then full time live in London.

Speaker 1 (32:56):
All right and never to return to the States. You're
just going to live the X to your days in
London or are you coming back?

Speaker 8 (33:03):
Well, I have some family issues that I have to address.
Mothers not doing well.

Speaker 1 (33:09):
Make sure all right, I got you, I got you
the life life problems. I got you.

Speaker 8 (33:13):
Yes, mister Malla, thanks you for taking my call. Yes,
I will celebrate the win, but I really don't care
because they cheated with the money in.

Speaker 1 (33:22):
No, not again, they didn't cheat. It's allowed. You're allowed
to pay the players on the up and up. No
cheating involved. The referee thing was a little fishy, but
other than that, all right, thank you. There's legally blind Christopher.
Rob the goat Man says, I think Robbie the Mariner
fan is the only one excited about the male Militia
pinup calendar that the raina toss. Yeah, at least someone

(33:44):
is Gil in San Diego says, the Malor model male
calendar is the best idea. Mister July, here I come.
So Gil's excited about that.

Speaker 7 (33:54):
Look at that the particip the participation would be crazy.

Speaker 1 (33:57):
It'd be amazing. Uh Let's year Late Night druck Test says,
sorry you missed winning the bracket challenge, Malor. I'm sure
the daytime winner will congratulate you on air for a
great competition. No, I think we don't have to worry
worry about that. What else do we? Let see page
now and Milkman Mike and Colorado says, I would never
ask for a shout out, but I did. If I

(34:20):
did ask for one, it would be for my oldest
step son and his newlywed wife, who told us this
weekend we're going to be grandparents. Now I can be
Milkman grandpa. Well, well that's a tremendous thing, Milkman, But
as you know, I cannot congratulate you on the pending
grandpa title that you will carry on this planet. I

(34:43):
am unfortunately unable to do that. I wish you I
wish you. I wish I could, but I just can't
not able to do it. So the odds are out
already on who's going to win the championship next year
in college basketball, which is very bizarre to me, the
way college basketball is and the players are changing teams,
the portal opens up and players are going here, there,

(35:06):
and everywhere. Well, according to the books, the team favored
to win the national championship during the twenty twenty six
to twenty seven college basketball season at plus seven hundred.
That would be Duke. That would be Duke. The Wolverines
not all that far behind their plus eight hundred, Arizona

(35:27):
plus twelve hundred, Florida plus thirteen hundred, followed by Houston,
Michigan State, Connecticut, Kansas, Arkansas, and Illinois. So if you've
bet one hundred bucks on Duke, they'll say, hey, you're
a sucker, and then you'll win seven hundred. They have
to win the national championship, though they have to win
the national championship for that to work. Good luck. The

(35:50):
last three appearances for the Duke Blue Devils and the
NCAA Tournament, and this goes out. We don't normally do
shoutouts but Justin and Cincinnati by request. The last three
trip to the tournament, Duke blew a nineteen point lead
to Connecticut just a few days back, committed to turnover
in the final sex lose on a ridonculous circus shot

(36:10):
a thirty five point three pointer. They made one field
goal in the last ten minutes, lost to Houston, led
by fourteen with eight minutes to go on that game,
they led by six points with one minute to go
against Houston and Choking Dog. And then a couple of
years back, Duke lost to a number eleven seed NC

(36:31):
State by twelve points. There were seven point favorite in
that game, and that team is favored today because there's
a lot of Duke money and there's like, no, you
gotta wait on that. That's like unless you just went
to the school and you're blindly betting and you bet
on that. Other than that, I forget about it. Forget
about it now. As far as the less is more

(36:51):
idea these championship games, it seems like every year we're
having the same conversation, Boy, that game sucked. Nobody can
make an outside and it's like we're always in the
thirty percent range, and it's really maddening. So I know, financially,
they got to play the Final four and a dome,
they say, to make their money and all that stuff.

(37:13):
Why not play the Final four in a dome and
then the championship game in an arena? Would that be
the worst thing in the world. Is there any way
that could work? Like the product would be better to
TV show? The product's not very good right now because
of the missed shots and the shots that are just
going clank and doink and all that double doink. It's painful.

(37:35):
So why not, for example, in Indianapolis, play the games
on Saturday, which were horrible in the Final four in
a dome because you have to because you sell all
the tickets and then half the people leave, and so
then play the championship game on with Monday, they go
to the NBA Arena in town and the Pacers Arena
and play the game there and then guys might actually

(37:56):
make an outside shot. That's a novel concept, I know
all right time now for the who am I?

Speaker 3 (38:02):
Game?

Speaker 1 (38:02):
This is where I pretend to be somebody else, as
we call it the who am I? Game? So Michigan's
Elliott Cadot, don't you know, became the first player since
me to win a title have forty five plus assist
and seventy plus points in a NCAA tournament that since
assist became an official stat in nineteen eighty four. Again,

(38:23):
Michigan's Elliott Cado becoming the first player since me to
win the title with forty five plus assist and seventy
plus points in an NCAA tournament. Who am I the answer?
We'll get to it. We'll do it next.

Speaker 4 (38:35):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific, Bill
Miller and you.

Speaker 1 (38:41):
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(39:02):
We thank you. All right back to where we go
and the time now for the play of the night.
And the play of the night. Let's see, I don't
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Speaker 3 (39:19):
Out to mckinni fricks three of this defense launts is
a three.

Speaker 1 (39:22):
He hits old bye.

Speaker 3 (39:24):
That could be the play of the night for Michigan
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(39:58):
on that end in that Michigan game, as Elliott Cadot
became the first player since me win a title with
forty five plus assists and seventy plus points in an
NCAA tournament a single tournament. Assists became an official stat
in nineteen eighty four. Who Well, that's see, that's the
thing we gotta figure out who is Let's see, does

(40:18):
anyone know the answer? Stacey Augman guest by burger Man,
Peter Sellers from Indy and Lino Lakes, Minnesota, Tiny Tim
in the Tulips from Rob the goat Man, Easter Bunny
guest by Alf the Alien Opiner, and Grandpa Milkman, Mike
from mal prop Guy Little Ai There. Who else do
we have? John DeLorean guessed by the aforementioned Milkman, Mike

(40:43):
Bailey Howell from Analog Al Jalen Brunson of Villanova from Jason.
Do you have an answer? Lorraine out Chippindell. No, it
is Bobby Hurley with Duke way back in nineteen ninety two.
Bobby Hurley's an