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00:03 Feels like college basketball.
00:04 We watch Creighton up in number one, UConn, the champs again.
00:08 We haven't had a repeat champion, Mike, since 2007,
00:13 eight Florida Gators with Billy Donovan.
00:16 And to think with all the rule changes that have gone on with the NILD as in
00:21 the transfer rules, to think that UConn's even in a spot right now to be able to do
00:26 it during this is kind of impressive, but
00:30 is it really a big deal that they lost in Omaha last night?
00:34 >> It's not a big deal.
00:35 It's not going to cost them a number one seed.
00:37 It actually could help them.
00:39 You don't wanna lose a bunch on the way into March,
00:44 but maybe you don't also wanna win a bunch.
00:46 I think back to 1996, the best college basketball team in
00:52 the time that I've been covering, starting back in 1986.
00:56 The best college basketball team that I've seen was 1996 Kentucky,
01:01 and they did not lose from November 28th or something.
01:06 They played in a neutral court game against UMass and Marcus Camby and
01:10 John Calipari and lost.
01:12 And they did not lose another game until the SEC championship game in the tournament.
01:18 And there was the sense that losing that game helped them,
01:21 that to carry a winning streak like that into March Madness probably would have
01:25 been a problem.
01:27 So we saw Purdue go down on Sunday to a lesser team certainly than Creighton.
01:31 And last night we saw UConn go down to a fantastic offensive team that is
01:37 very capable on defense as well in Creighton.
01:40 So obviously you don't wanna lose by 30 or whatever it ended up as, but
01:44 it's not bad for them to take a loss.
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