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The snow currently dumping on the triad right now shooting at PNC Arena last night NC state. They played with more urgency in the game. That's for certain.

They deserve a lot of the way they played, but I've seen enough of the blue Devils this year to have serious concerns about their NCAA tournament cancer and let me preface that this on the front end. I don't arrive at this conclusion after just one game. It's something I've been charting and following for months and this is what I think historically speaking. Duke teams like this one. Don't when in March and I don't see this team making it to a final four. There are three main reasons for this. Number one, three point shooting stats really don't live here. Duke on the season shoots 35% that has them at 84th in the country from three point range. If Duke were to win the national championship this year. Hypothetically, and they continued to shoot the three, the way they have since the first week of November since the start of the year they will be the worst three point shooting team to win a national title for the Buddha 15 they would be the worst point shooting team of the bunch. In an age analytics are pushing everything to the three-point line, go to the 2015 team 30th in the country from 320 1027 2001 team you had shamed that EA out there draining triples, 27th in the country. The 92 team. They shot 93% are not 93.

Excuse me. 43% from three. How crazy would that step be Robert if they shot 93% from the field. Real hot. No wonder they won the national title for the second consecutive year that just even looking at the top teams in the ACC Louisville 11th from three Lord of stay is in the top 50 IQ is the most reliable shooter on this Duke team statistically it's Matthew hurt and he's a big man, is it Trey Jones because he was one of the few blue Devils to play well last night, Alex O'Connell, who was dead silent after being good for three straight games. It can't be Joey Baker. So who really is that reliable three-point option. Can you win that way when you do not have the athleticism. You did a year ago one thing last year's team had that this year's team doesn't is maturity, but Josh Jack White, Trey Jones Javid Laurier Alex O'Connell. All of these guys are back what you mean they're not as mature. It's not just a freshman Kentuckian Duke when they won the national titles in 15 and 12. Those were mature teams. The way Julie locavore handled himself highest Jones handled himself. Quinn Cook was a senior in the second-leading scorer on that team. As we've explored time and time again last year's team was filled with pros eyes were ready to jump into the league who probably didn't need college basketball Zion Williamson RJ Barrett they knew what they wanted. They handled themselves well were great in the media. They didn't have letdowns against teams they were supposed to beat while juxtaposing that with this year's team. They lose the Stephen F. Austin, snapping a streak that was nearly 20 years long of blue devil teams beating nonconference opponents at home hundred and 50 straight games. Duke one nonconference games at home until that Stephen F.

Austin lost last night was their third loss this year against an unranked team. They struggled with Winthrop at home Boston College there on the road, Coach K sent that the only adversity has team faces is with me. I've been telling them for weeks how good Boston College is and they weren't listening to me Coach K, he emphasize that at other points saying that his team just wasn't listening North Carolina. They should've lost that game and that's not a good Tar Heel team then they lose to NC State last night. 22 points. This is according to Brian Ives ACC network ESPN stats and info.

The 22 point loss last night. Purdue is Coach K's worst loss against an unranked opponent ever. There's not anything else left in that sentence.

The last time Coach K lost by 20 or 21 points to an unranked team. Yet the go 30 years ago Austin, North Carolina by 20 then you have to go to the 21 point game 30 years ago or make it 40 years ago Tennessee in 1980, so we haven't seen anything like this for a long time and I think it has a lot to do with maturity. When coaches they speak in press conferences. I do believe there doing coaching up there.

Part of the coaching job is speaking in those pressers because players they hear what you say publicly about them.

So this really stood out to me last night sitting in that press room listening to what coach K had to say. He used a really strange, I don't think it's a not an analogy at all but just a really strange way to communicate why this game isn't something that you could just show up and expect to win and yet this is an Xbox game. This is a human thinking human being does that Xbox thing doesn't have human nature, and that all that.

That's why a lot of people play this game is about human nature and human beings and sometimes when you eat too much you not as hungry when you need something you're really hungry and when those to meet a lot of times it seemed that needs it the most kicks the other teams but that's what happened tonight.

I'm not will trump a play Xbox later. I wonder what coach K's gamer tag is Sawyer. Dylan's ears perked up the moment he heard coach K talking about Xbox Sawyer the streams on twitch and is very good number of games where were lining up again for Sawyer to play one on one with Joe Barry in a few weeks from the Greensboro swarm. I'm not an expert on video games that I feel like I'm an expert on food and I disagree with Coach K's assertion that when you eat a lot there no longer hungry. Does this check out Robert. Just because you eat a lot, doesn't mean you're not hungry anymore. You should see me when I'm pounding some Lexington barbecue down the way the truth like Chinese food I could eat a lot of Chinese food and then being super hungry like 30 minutes later Sawyer how do you think Coach K would be at today. Do you think he's ever played in Xbox or stays pleated maybe once or twice, but he would be the guy that's gonna run except plays every timed on the floor.

Use the whole minute timeout to do everything to make the game last way longer than but he is specifically designating that message to his players what is that tell you he's bringing out Xbox trying to relate to the guys.

This is in a very mature team so three-point shooting. It's not there. Historically speaking, teams that shoot this bat from three Arcana when you a title art to get to the final four maturity.

It's not there either. That's why they're losing games and historical fashion by 22 NC State was unranked, losing the Stephen F Austin losing at Clemson struggling with Winthrop struggling with BC in North Carolina but lastly we weaned we headed at this yesterday and that's why I thought NC state was going to hang in this basketball game. Duke has really had problems defending at the guard spot. Their defense at the guard spot has become a real issue till Johnson Devon Daniels.

They combined for 53 points.

Those still Markel was terrible at BCE had a great bounce back effort going to take anything away from him. But when Duke has struggled its gourds who have gone off guys who would been able to get to the 10 Trey Jones gets all this credit for being a great perimeter defender.

Great contesting makes things difficult shooting, but sometimes he gets beat off the dribble happened with Kevin Mack when Clemens in one Stephen F. Austin Garbutt for 26: Anthony had a really good day for North Carolina and David Johnson had a field day in Cameron indoor Stadium from Louisville last night. It was Markel and Devon Daniels who got everything they could ever want.

At the rim, and I don't think that's an issue that's going to get fixed quickly, were at a point in the year it's February 20 were less than three weeks till the start of the ACC tournament in Greensboro. In fact, Duke skin to be one of the top four seeds of three weeks from today Duke skin to be playing in the ACC tournament. The blue Devils. They set their goals for the NCAA tournament all across that field in today's basketball dynamic guards all over the place so this defense at the guard spot issue that has arisen. The last two months or so hasn't really been solved. That doesn't get better in March. Usually when upsets happen were expecting a ton of them especially this year in college basketball because a team allows a guard to get hot from three because dynamic ballhandling guards tend to be issues for teams Duke this year.

Specifically, has really had issues with that. Even more so than past years were they were susceptible to upsets her three-point shooting maturity defense of the guard spot. Those are reason statistically and historically a team like this Duke team isn't gonna win in March. I don't see them going to the final four. It's not an overreaction to just last night.

It's something that I've been looking at over the last few months I've been to a lot of blue delegate Dr. Brenda Marx was at last night's game covers the blue Devils and North Carolina for the athletic that's coming up in 15 minutes but up next eight cam Newton IG post that that's worth dissecting definitely and an ominous new statement that was just put out by David Tepper. This is the drive may not be beautiful and we do sit around all day and talk sports.

Yes Henry. We feel great about this is dry when Josh grabbed the question thinking about a lot today is this one who was last nights game more about NC State or do I was there I heard what coach K had to say essentially saying we just didn't show up credit to the Wolfpack.

They played with more urgency and it was evident that the Wolfpack last night had the urgency but this marks four or five games this year that the blue Devils have played without it. And that's pretty concerning thing. Looking ahead over the next three weeks, three weeks from the date Duke skin to be opening up play in the ACC tournament in Greensboro.

This is not a problem that you want the team to have. Especially is a top 10 ranked team on February 20 Brenda Marx now joining us from the athletic Carolinas follow them on twitter at Brendan are Marx's story today NC state gets it statement when but is that enough look at the NC State's NCAA tournament odds and just a bit. Let me ask you the question I just presented the second ago who was last night. More about in your mind, NC State or Duke, you know, I think it was clearly more about them, my elder where deciding whether I spend my time in your locker locker room and the reason we can't get to go in. Ultimately the end of the day, you could still going to be quite as yesterday number two network and with the appointment without one lot regardless of the looking pretty similar path to the MPAA final final order so they're probably going to eat nothing really changed in that capacity, so one lot bad luck yes no question come up. But ultimately, in the grand scheme of things, when you goes out to have the issue stressed or and it's not a big concern where empty the immediate yesterday and it doesn't have yesterday. Then all of their belief tournament suddenly looking basically impossible.

When last night and they showed how badly they wanted it will crack to waive or want to give more willing now. Good chance that a legitimate term in art and obviously if I can help them yet so I just think a great deal of thing.

It probably you don't work let's keep it would do for a second, historically speaking, Brendan.

This is not just a reaction to last night's game. This is really a season-long deal, Duke team like this doesn't generally win in March. Their 84th in the country and three-point shooting all their championship teams they've had at least been in the top 30 in that category. So I wonder what the biggest concern you have to the blue Devils is, is it the three-point shooting were we still don't know today with her most reliable shooter is.

Is it maturity where they might not show up for a game like last night and they get beat by 22 the most points that Coach K's been beaten by an unranked team in his Duke career is coming. They also lost a Stephen F Austin at home to snap at 150 game home nonconference winning streak that they had a November and then of course the defense of the guard spot initiative when it gets beat. It's guys like Martell Johnson and Devon Daniels combining for 50+ point to the game. What is your biggest concern. You know, I think a big family and we thought last night.

Three-point shooting that is a concern. A guy like family is her lot three-point shot imperative that that comes back or acute about it really hit me. It not wanting to rent it for not showing up.

It it completely rolling over like it last night as much of a leader straight jumped in Duke and coach K met the concert that year there were to live and die and I think that straight jumped probably one of the upper echelon point guard in the country this year, but that doesn't mean perfect. Still prone to stretches like yesterday in the first half.

I believe he went 1% or sleeping roster.

Turn ball over lost product during that game yet eight turnovers. I used an incredibly incredibly counterpoint guard first-round pick committee draft time. There are times when you can't just have a can't just have him wanting to try think the fact that there are still the games were they come out and get to know 10 to 12 to 14, three holes huge concern for me and I'm not suggesting that some of my cash family are burning carrier met her window more Jack White walked away, but they're not able to get that late turn it into physical effort. They can always manifest that's my biggest concern marks with us on Twitter at Brendan are Marx begin your story was about and she stuck as he states tournament chances now they beat a top 10 ranked team. They beat Duke. They have Florida State coming in on Saturday and have one more game against the blue Devils as well in Durham before the regular season is UC. I was in touch with Jill minority. Earlier today, ESPN's proctologist is good to be with us next week.

He has NC state as the last team in his field right now and bracket ecology. Do you see NC state as it NCAA tournament team without another win against Florida State or do I think it possible so long as they don't cough up one of their North Carolina neck we can't look at the campus of Lakeport and the determent they probably need to win at least one note for them to be Florida State or to be Duke again for the gravy on top. The argument, but I think that what they've shown the overall body of work, especially getting a link like that when they got it, not getting your back in November so in theory that shows they're getting better.

It shows that they're getting to be a fuller, more complete team now. I think as long as they don't screw up one of the game tournament when the game there. I think that even without a market rent and they probably deserve. I'm right there with you man. Robert Wallace is news to me seconds ago that the snow that we see outside our studio is in fact sticking self be safe my friend Brendan it's good to hear from you you as well. Thank you. Spend the marks from the athletic Carolinas. Do we have sound of Daniel Jeremiah on NFL network talking about Joe Borough.

Apparently there's much like their smoke surrounding the Panthers regarding cam Newton and David Tapper some stuff going on there.

There seems to be smoke where Joe Borough is awkwardly holding a Bengals helmet would Boomer SI is in you can't Joe Borough, not wanting to play in the Senior bowl where you can work with Bengals coaches. He's saying the word process a lot when he's talking about the idea of being drafted by the Bengals. Carson Palmer is cryptically talking to the media in Miami during the Super Bowl week saying that he wish he wasn't draft drafted by the Bengals are made. His stance known about the Bengals sooner in his career, Carson Palmer's brothers working with Jordan Palmer got media members, suggesting that and he might pull in Eli Mike: Elway, which of course with the Panthers picking seven and Joe Brady be in the office coordinator. There are dots being connected.

You guys this is Daniel Jeremiah from last night. Why think there's three teams. I just saw the draft order their team thinking, five, six, and 70 look at Miami look at the chargers you look at Carolina Panthers all teams in the cornerback market all teams to before all the stories are to circulate, and you saw the conversation, which over the day we didn't flat out say yes I want to be Cincinnati Bengals listings. Keep an eye on the situation because maybe there is an opportunity. If this takes place behind closed doors and he does want to go to Cincinnati maybe there is a trade-off opportunity for those three teams opposite team number seven which Joe Brady is offense of coordinator's former officer cornered LSU now with the Carolina Panthers, you better believe they're tracking the situation to see how this thing unfolds. I bet they aren't tracking and I have no issue with you listening what kind of offers might be there but my stance hasn't changed trading up in the draft Borough would be a mistake. The Panthers have too many needs.

Linebacker Rick equally retiring defensive line we've already known about that for a while now. Offense of line wide receiver beyond DJ Maureen Curtis Samuel quarterback seems to be a pretty big issue. Of course, also I like to more than I like Borough. I got a larger sample. Do I like his personality a little bit more. 87 touchdowns 11 pics there's nothing fluky about that coaching staff.

It it turns over Alabama over his three seasons there and the sample is national championship level ball all the way through. You can't say that about Borough was younger than Borough. Granted he's dealing with an injury, and I acknowledge there's some severity to that. But it seems everything checked out with.

We learn that a few weeks ago, so I like to more than Borough and he would be easier to draft easier to move up and grab it seems also, it rarely ever pans out trading up for a quarterback who's going to be the top guy on the draft you have to give up so much to get there so I'm not talking about just trading up in general there is past history of that working recent history homes Sean Watson they come to mind.

You trade up. You grab those guys because they are dropping in the graph getting up to the top of the draft to quarterback with winners that worked. Jared golf. The best example bit risky. How's that going for the Chicago Bears.

They only moved up one spot but still having worked out well about Jeff George. That worked out well.

I probably say no. The Panthers have too many needs, the trying giveaway draft capital in order to bring in Borough but there are two scenarios I have a less issue with it. Two scenarios number one.

The Bengals draft Borough and then it becomes a Eli Elway situation.

Remember the Baltimore Colts drafted away and then he told not to play for you in earlier course, he had to make the move to try and figure out what they were to do and it turned out to be a lot less than the word of God before the draft from the Denver Broncos. Eli Manning. It was after the chargers drafted that a deal was struck with Philip Rivers and the Giants in order to make that happen. So if the value is driven down after the fact. After the pics Artie made in their in a desperate straight to trying get something done because they have Borough and he said he's not a play for the that's one thing we do for the where were at right now. Secondly, I have less issue with it.

If cam Newton was a part of the trait tell me who says no he Robert under the throw this trait out here.

The number seven pick to second rounders. So this year and next year's and cam Newton in exchange for the number one pick who says no. I would say no to semi to first rounders is cam to play fermenting for one year. I think cam Newton would sign with anybody you give them a long-term deal today don't think there's franchise tag options in there as well. I won't cam for one year. If you're sending them to me it to be a stopgap.

I don't want to have to do with him long term. That's a big headache.

I want more pics than just to second rounders right.

That's the other scenario if cam's part of the trade. Then maybe they could strike something up maybe to become a little bit more interesting.

There B.tweets the show. Your car is totally in theme with the weather. You're the reason for the snow at Christmas Wonderland outside that you left my car.

Many people at PNC arena were doing last night. Who's laughing now my car looks like it's in season, your car, just basic I'm all in on the new NFL playoff proposal and I'll tell you why. Everybody involved should be to neck just grandma loves this ox voice. He also loves to take the body backs to keep his skin so you look at your on the drive with Josh Gray some first-hand observations of NC State Duke last night from PNC arena in a moment, I learned something about NC State bands. I didn't know before, and I've lived in the state of North Carolina. All but two years of my life. It's pretty clear NC state they care so much more about North Carolina than do.

It was so obvious last night before we get to that though there something that's completely distracting.

It's not just my voice. I hope it doesn't sound terrible in the air, but it feels terrible lack of sleep does that and I was a late night at PNC arena. You don't really care. I'm I'm to blame the snow like Robert's been blaming for him being distracted and him being semi-depressed. What was that cold again, seasonal affective disorder. You and Sawyer are just unbelievable you to our just trying to get out of the studio. Sawyers asked me three times to go home.

Just let him go home so we can play in the snow so we can get home safely because it's snowing outside in the triad. I said also. Today was my goal that we work to talk about the bleeping snow just working to do it. And here we are. Robert bugged me saying, but I just always go outside and have a snowball fight. We have a radio show that were trying to do right now and I'm trying to stay focused on Duke. We have Duke Georgia Tech tickets are to be at the Georgia Tech Duke, Wake Forest.

Tickets that were to be given away in about 10 minutes.

10 minutes were giveaway Wake Forest duplicate game triad and all your think about the snow so on. Okay this is what were to do if I let you play in the snow will you shut up the rest of this year. Yes. All right.

This is due to I don't know how you create content out of this split out the doors here of sport sub triad: the Sawyers can run the board now cool.

Are you ready are you able to do this or are you don't get the points Robert to spread outside and create content while I talk about NC State and Duke from last night.

I love that he didn't turn the microphone so it just it just keeps everything on he literally just printed out the door and left all the microphones on good for him, yet he did not take any precautions there before he sprinted out NC State care so much more about North Carolina than do because there's no bad blood between the Wolfpack and do similarities really between those two hate, yet private school versus public school small versus big you got lawyers versus engineers you have North Carolina citizens people that grew up in this state versus out of state or ZIP Code and become very wealthy going to do the private school and I'm not even sure you know they care too much about football in Durham, but not even in the same football division, despite the fact or so close in the triangle. There's not really much be between Coach K and Kevin Keats as well so I think that's where it starts and in the building last night. It's so much different for Duke than it is North Carolina when North Carolina is in town. It's it's a pressure cooker. It's packed. It's intense and the pressure seeps through to the players Duke has lost five of the last seven games at PNC arena because of the pressures on the players to win that game as much. I really know I there a lot of Duke fans in the stands. There were a lot of open seats at PNC when the Carolinas it.doesn't matter what night of the week it was a Monday night game is your matter sick as I show up and they show up in force in that game really is significant to them. Duke 9 o'clock on Wednesday. I don't know for me to be able to make it and it wasn't really a tremendous crowd you had the court storm which is my first court storm.

I was a part of, but it it really wasn't a intense home-court advantage for NC State. Robert the producer of the show is sprinted outside into the parking lot he's playing in the snow. Robert create content so cold out here does not wear a jacket.

I wear a jacket recoated. Not really picking the ground but it how I don't like perfectly all the cars you can make will automate from becoming employee of non-perimeter window house I Karluk out there. I wrote a message on the back of it for you. It's pretty covered all the cars recovered not too much ground. But I tried eating the snow and I know what they say about eating the first snow of the year is not good.

Last week, with your not think we did have much snow so I could not but you know are you eating the snow right now I am here. Good. Also, I want to do a Christmas story that thing where you cannot put your tongue to the call just make Christmas story and verb is not thickened, it didn't stick to backup all right. Thank you Robert, that's excellent content. See if you turn it the other radio stations.

They probably have weather reports, people breaking things down telling you about cold France and what's coming and you need that stuff in order to say sent as they say what we have is Robert in a parking lot writing. Merry Christmas on my rearview mirror my rearview window because it is Christmas decorations all over it. We didn't bring up that during the commercial break. He made a snowball on the patio and chucked at his own car just just barely missed almost hit it is a ghost could throw at work were in the third level here and in our Kernersville studio, and Robert E chucked it quite a bad it probably was about 3540 yards reasonably please don't curse the microphones wrong the Roberts now back in here and there's a couple things I need to talk about.

Speaking of my car and you writing messages on it. Somebody last night when I'm walking out of PNC arena. This is the image I want to paint for you. My car was parked. A bowel 50 yards in front of PNC arena like right outside the front doors of PNC arena was my Christmas decorating car. I was mortified where we were parking.deer antlers, Rudolph the red nose reindeer nose in the front got elf legs on the back and light decals across the entire thing mortified and when I'm pulling in order to get that close to the arena to go by a bunch of traffic workers, all of them.

Robert all of them had big smiles on their faces just pointing and laughing. Turns out my car was parked right in front of where the students got loaded onto a bus shuttle to go back to campus. So when I walked back out to my car and getting into my car I see a bunch of the students pointing and laughing as well just embarrassing. Someone actually left a message on my car. What was it was a nice decorations say I'm telling you man your bringing joy. Specifically, they said I like the light they wrote are the lights reflecting that and we know they look like. Have you seen they are elective nice as he might harm to you like as you been driving or denying first day first day, two people hung from the drive home. Just don't do that. It's scary. I'm a person like I get jarred easily. Like if you see my car on I 40 all my drive home home do not want to market that like it. It's kind of scary. When that happens. This is what I'm telling you on my drive home. On the drive with Josh Graham do not want to me how much money would it take for you to have your car decorated like that year-round except for December.

I wanted accept any no malls, known on the rear ready to take $25 an hour to be semi's armpit blower and I say this is my worst nightmare. It's terrible. I spend a lot of time in my car. Like a lot of time I drive to so many games and it is just terrified I'm not looking forward to going to Duke on Saturday and you make those people happy to speak and do we have tickets to give away for Wake Forest hosting Duke yeah that's next week, 336-777-1600 if you want to win those tickets in five minutes. We will give them away NFL news just keeps pouring in the Washington Redskins say that Jordan Reed is healthy and now they released him. That's official from fuel gates a minute ago.

Apparently this new NFL playoff proposal has been approved by the owners side of things. It wasn't unanimous it wasn't unanimous approval by the owners. Now it's up to the NFL PA to sign up for this as well. In the statement that was put out by the NFL. Just a short while ago. It says the following quote following more of 10 months, more than 10 months of intensive and thorough in negotiations NFL players and clubs have jointly developed a comprehensive set of new and revised terms that will transform the future of the game provide the players past, present and future both on and off the field and ensure that the NFL second century is even better and more exciting for the fans membership voted today to accept the negotiated terms and principles elements of a new collective bargaining agreement the players Association also would need to vote to approval the same terms for there to be a new agreement since the clubs and players need to have a system in place and know the rules that they operate under the next week or by next week.

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777-1600 if you want when were making you a winner. Next on the drive. He also loves to where is she close so as an excuse to scratch himself drive with Josh Graham, the one subject that's undefeated in sports talk radio for at least on this show is agitating the host so that lasts will rejoin their I think fits that mold and I think it only works maybe it doesn't work best when I don't crack it only works great when I do.

And right now I'm just bothered him bothered by everybody who's around me. NC State Duke were going to get to in a second. It's snowing outside it was a late night of PNC arena, Duke, NC State will get to the game in a second, but Robert and Sawyer. They are responsible for trying to assist me when it comes to grabbing audio when it comes to helping create topics land gas, you name it. These are guys that I turn to and they are in my corner allegedly but it seems like they've been brainwashed by people with the top people in production to put together rejoin, such as the one you just heard to try and agitate me because they understand that that is something that's always unbeaten, never lost for the audience.

That's what the audience enjoys more than anything else.

So Robert, I walked into the studio I walked to the controller might say during that last commercial break and I thought you be working on something like the best of podcast we put out each and every day you could find that SoundCloud iTunes Apple podcast Google black a lot of things to do in that studio I walked in Sawyer since I got the funniest thing that you need to hear.

Then I hear what it is that they been working on in the thing they claim is the funniest thing and it's this five or six of three on the game.

It's sorry I don't to show and I apologize. We just listed until it five or six of three on the game.

I do hours of radio with that hours my throats not feeling good. It's snowing outside.

What's the name of this on the game.

What's the name of this disorder that you're talking about.

I'm sure that's affecting me seasonal affective disorder, seasonal affective disorder looking outside at snowing writing Christmas messages on my car and no distractions are everywhere you look in this and this is what the people closest to me are busy doing five or six of three but little on the game. It's unbelievable I say when will they don't, instead of little one time speaking for 20 hours a week on the radio. Amanda becomes a segment of content and this is what you guys picked out and then this right here just being lost in a train of thought, trying to go from one place to the other and now this is content like I'm being sniped at by the people closest to me five or six of three on the game, leaping Julius Caesar's here. Sorry I I halfway heard it Sawyer full heard it and he was uncontrollably waddling a wider since he's running Judas words yeah were on stat it when Judas steps he stabbed Jesus yet who stabbed it was some just just some guy it was.

Let me think about it all on the 336-777-1600 on Twitter at sport subprime over the other thing you dug up you doing your old zombie radio that's right, you will become. Yeah hello hello will you get you to call it in your the winter. That is the hokey radio voice hokey, no they like. It's amazing how many people get paid in broadcasting do not talk like a person like they just they do that that's what they do as a profession when really the entire goal is to try and sound like you know people be freaking relatable to know. Not this headache. Yeah, that's exactly it. NC State Duke last night. I think the obvious way to break this down. The most simple way to explain it is this NC State played its best game of the year.

Duke played its absolute worst. Now that is the say Duke to play hard. They did NC state played with purpose, though, and there's a different the Pat they understood what was at stake NCAA tournament appearance and so every loose ball in the first at NC State was winning it. They were getting to the rim. Time and time again NC state they are now in the tournament field. According to Joe and Artie to the last team in and because of the effort that they dispense Duke didn't show any of that.

Here are three stats that speak to how badly Duke played in the game.

Number one they missed 12 free throws. At one point they were two of 11 from the line. This is probably the craziest stat from the game in the first half. Duke had only one assessed one assist on 13 buckets in the first half and that one assist belonged to a guy played seven minutes forward to having Gloria Jeff Gloria has her only assistant half things are going well, and then it was their worst loss by margin to an unranked team under my church asking me to just get better for you. Here's and they lost by 22 points at one point more than the loss they had to Tennessee in 1980 and two points more than the loss they had the North Carolina 1990 is 30 and 40 years ago.

So do play poorly, NC state, meanwhile, had three players that played their best games of their careers not just of the season of their careers. Devon Daniels 25 points in 36 minutes. DJ Funderburk many Bates bows out with 11 minutes left to go activity to be conceded after the game. Yeah, I threw that guy out there.

I knew he was going to have problems with Vernon Carey and I just okay do the best you can. If you fell out we got DJ DJs anything from there. He did 25 points for Daniels and Funderburk had 21 and nine, three steals, Markel Johnson as crazies bent like this was his best game 28 points to career-high 563 point range for the third time he had a half-court shot. The buzzer this just a tremendous game so if I'm breaking it down as simple as I can. NC State played the best game.

It's played all year, and Duke played its worse 336-777-1600 is the phone number we got here Marty in Archdale. What is he wanted on Marty, go right ahead. Marty know how it was a get them out here. Thank you Marty. I'm telling you everybody around me has knives just pointing straight at me hello can we play sound that's actually productive. Please. Here's what Kevin Keats had to say about playing with purpose playing knowing that this game at NCAA tournament significant but deciding what to communicate to his guys, so that they could handle it. I don't really talk about that with those guys, we just talk about the next game because I'm not sure they can handle that.

I think if I put pressure on them.

Say we have to win this game for the NCAA hopes. I'm not sure we respond the same way tonight, as we did, and they responded tremendously man.

They were awesome in this game. Duke wasn't what it is simply as possible and the blue Devils at Virginia Tech coming into Cameron indoor Stadium Saturday while the Wolfpack which is now on the right side of the bubble. At the moment.

They have Florida State coming in.

That's good be a massive game for clock tip inside PNC arena. As for Duke. It's an 8 o'clock Night game against the Virginia Tech Okies aren't in this state when it comes to handshakes when it comes to Instagram post when it comes to cryptic press releases that are put out only for PSL owners to see by David Tapper. We like to read into things may be over analyze a bit working to do some kids 0C over analyzing for all of those things next on the drive. As we continue our Jake for the truth. Sawyer the bottom of the cereal box got your drive with Josh Gray sports hub triad is to be really bad about is over analyzing thing was the guy who would receive a text message when I was dating in college I get a text message from somebody and I be like what is that mean why didn't they use it! Where are the emoji's that what's this all about, and looking back in hindsight I realize that is just maddening to do and we can do this in sports as well.

Like I'm seeing a lot of this today on social media with cam Newton's Instagram post last night. David Tapper putting owl email that was sent a letter I should say that was sent to PSL owners saying that in order to get to where they have to go, there's going to be some tearing down the roster before reading into that that the Panthers are trying to move off of cam Newton cam is like quoting the Joker but I don't know which Joker heck it might even be Steve Miller.

I don't know for sure.

So that's pretty cryptic. Then you have ACC basketball fans C and coach K and Kevin Keats shake hands very quickly last night and think there might be some be there because of how coach K blew right by Keats as he was trying to tell them something about Andre Duncan's former blue devil said that clearly K was not cool with what happened there. So let's explore all of that by just steering into the skid and if you're somebody who's driving in the snow right now that's a bit of pro advice that if he starts getting steer into the strata steer out of it. You go in the way were doing that on the radio is by overanalyzing a little bit here a couple of these headlines. So that'll work to do and working to start with the cam Newton Instagram post if you haven't seen it. It's cam shirtless man if I was looking that way I probably be posting about IG post shirtless as well so I'm not dog in that part. But the caption is in that weird font.

Sometimes you just have to play the role of the fool to fool the fool who thinks they are fooling you the Joker, hashtag. The only way is through hashtag shine through the shade hashtag not for likes just for life. If your posted a picture of you, shirtless, odds are you looking for the likes. I don't care if you cam Newton or Cameron Johnson or whoever I just don't care. You yes or whoa oh wow your vote is going to get these will you do, your phone is all on if you guys are good. Crucify me when I slip up three hours of broadcasting like it just me, in a moment of thought you going to the microphone two seconds, not even in your start coughing and do it down the criticize you right back to three on the game when no wait, the kindreds procedure was for likes to think about them online. Here's my take away from this cam Newton just now watch the Joker with Joaquin Phoenix and he drew inspiration from. But I also feel like cam Newton posted that for the likes because he's trying to fool the full which is the NFL into thinking that he's not good anymore. Further his new career as a model good.

Here's a thought full actually is an acronym who stands for fight off ogling liens sorry ma'am Patricia Sawyer what you think the great question then try to think of one that is better than you prepare for as I move on completely from the lawyer. He's not ready for it. That's great. Coach K the Kevin Keats handshake lot of people reacting to this even though I got the answer to the question from coach K himself. People are forgetting about this because you don't pay attention to what actually happens when these code speaks, you know, there's gonna overanalyzing not listen to the press or I asked coach K what happened there.

What was Keats pointing at and this is what case that he was just saying that there is storm the court just to be careful now. He was there were great. They were all great. I wish we were with him to the dance, but that's not fun. Coach K. How about this. Kevin Keats said to coach K hey over there.

That's where the exit is you should take. I think I really broke at the and this is kind of scary some lip reading.

I think I really broke it. See you thought you talk to coach K, but you didn't didn't you talk to coach case clone right now.

Right now, coach K's real body is getting ready to be the new Commissioner of the NCAA for basketball and this is a clone and that's why he's acting so nonhuman like because Kevin Keats shook the hand of clone coach K Sawyer is it ready for this one either.

You just gave me the don't go to sign Sawyer facing him to spend all this time making fun of me and just unprepared for the radio show.

Fundamentally talking about wanting to play in the snow constantly instead of preparing something that's good here about this one for coach K hey you heard about that one time transfer you can. One time transfer out of my arena moving it on the David Tapper letter if you didn't see this.

It was sent to PSL owners.

The highlight of this letter.

If you can even call it that it says I am laser focused on building a championship organization on and off the field. It takes time to build things up the right way and sometimes you have to do a little tearing down for moving forward." That's cool and all David Tapper. This is what I took away from it. PSL owner.

While we have this cruddy stadium. There also going to have a cruddy team. Sorry I that's what you took from it is what I took from this feels like were sitting around the campfire telling scary stories like the, the X-Files music. It is the scariest the music. It gives me like the TV show.

It gives me the willies. Every time I hear it like I get goosebumps. It's scary. Speaking of goosebumps, goosebumps, actually has a scary thing to do that stuff really knew no joke. It was 90s night at the NC State game. Oh yeah that they had some stuffer goosebumps on yeah yeah yeah they also had a lot of stuff and Rugrats. It was really strange because all the students that were there were on the scoreboard doing things and I started thinking about it.

If you are a student in college today. Don't think about you're probably born in 19 oh doing 99, 2000 2000 or 2001 were older sale right so it doesn't make sense for them to do 90s. Things like they're talking about rocket power and Rugrats. I actually only the first thing about Tommy pickles don't even coming out to kids learning the new deal is quite here's okay with all those words I listen for buzzwords and people talk David. However, I heard a few buzzwords laser build tear down David Tapper is a cyborg and he's gonna rebuild this team in his image with other cyborgs or it might just be all these words to say to cam listen buddy.

You're not you want to be here actually, if you take the first letter of every word he said in that present yeah it says get the hell out here cam that's crazy yes I believe exports of dryad 336-1600 if you want to chime in on the conspiracy theories here. Sorry. Are you prepared for this one as he drinks out of his cup to make sure he doesn't call for the microphone with the first noisy makes one popped out to me this one that I kind of took away from this entire message so Tapper talks about your tearing down and building stuff off the field. Talks about how Matt rule was working pretty hard. He's a master developer builder.

I think Matt rules been contracted to build the next indoor panthers and MLS Charlotte facility while all construction job on the side for Matt rule does look like a construction. He does think he would cackle it would look great in the hat. What would kill would Matt rules catcalls to free-agent sound like the process I got a bill before you become arrogant gives little messy. I don't know if it's specific specifically.

I think it's what a smock. Hey, I got a smock for you. What are you a smock then there's people talk about the courts we still doing this. I don't know people like to read the court storms to know a say that students should storm the core. If it's a win that they're supposed to have people are always being critical of these things NC state there at the point now they've beaten 25 the last seven times they've been inside PNC arena. The reason they storm the court is not because they didn't think they could be due based on the court because they're superstitious.

They think that if they don't storm the court the next time they play to not beat them all right, we can move on from this.

Are you sure I got one more do you on what I heard that the state fans storm the court just to get to the exits quicker if it found its caring dad is what different coach K last night he had a really strange way of putting what happened and to terms/how does Duke not show up to play.

This is just a strange way to put it, we can acknowledge this is an Xbox game. This is a human being human is that Xbox thing doesn't have human nature, and that all that.

That's why a lot of people play this game is about human nature and human beings and sometimes when you eat too much you not as hungry when you need something you're really hungry and windows to meet a lot of times it seemed that needs it the most kicks the other teams but that's what happened tonight will try to play Xbox later what game do you think you could take coach K in sorry you you stream or you have a twitter account and you get.

You make some money on the side, playing video games or people watching you do so. So what game would you volunteer playing touch cayenne. I would mind playing in the last NCAA March madness that came out. I like what thousand 14 yeah, I actually think there is, isn't there an old 90s college basketball game named after coach K like advocates like Coach K's college basketball or something like Jeff Capel was on Duke at the time is called coach K college best that coach K college basketball. Do you think you get you. You know the codes okay is good on the sticks he'd take you out and coach K college basketball. You know what I'd really like to see them square off a bit. Coach K would be you so bad in solitaire EA would not even be a competition Sawyer he would be finished in those cards would be cascading off the screen while you were still working on your threes body just a really strange thing is that also I I can test that people who eat a lot are hungry now. I think people who eat a lot or more hungry than you are.

That's what I would say like as a guy at Virginia Tech last night. Triple overtime has like the student who has a full 26 think of ways is just pounding right back ice hungry and he's eaten a lot so I push against that we have more from coach K. Somebody tell me how this is different than Roy Williams and that his team is not so gifted, were not that good. We don't have work good and we've accomplished very good and so we got we don't have the consistency of really good with every Robert wasn't ready for the beginning of that clone K is going crazy man playing Xbox argument wing good just the first part of this just hammering you with it were not that good lost four games this year for games, coach K and you arrived at this conclusion. This is the conclusion you arrive back at were not that good. Yeah so people won't get mad about that, but don't get mad.

It North Carolina and Roy Williams for saying that his team is the least gifted team. He sat now that's different than saying his team's not that good enough a consistent case really try to say there is that it seems overachieve take care of the consistent and they achieved great things.

That's what he said and they're not that good.

Not good enough to just walk in and expect the way similar to the message Roy Williams was trying to communicate to hey were the least get this is the least gifted team.

I have, there's no excuse for you to go in here and expect to win games just on the merits of you playing it North Carolina and having this much talent so that's an interesting thing okay and in terms of just how good they are.

I mean if you can't have it both ways you can say you love your team. This is something that K does quite a bit. He says I love my team and then he'll say were not that good doesn't seem to fit together well, like if you have one of those puzzle pieces you ever do one of those massive puzzles. These pieces just don't fit. I don't think on Twitter at sports of dryad 336-777-1600 is the phone number were to be sharing with Darren Bott tomorrow however and wherever your listening. We certainly appreciate that. Listen to the best of podcasts and SoundCloud iTunes podcast Google play. You can find all of those things, maybe one more conspiracy theory on the way out. Please.

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