Auburn's Johni Broome to Play Saturday Despite Injuries

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00:00Uh, speaking of the final four, of course, we still have a few days to go.

00:03Uh, Broom didn't practice today for Auburn.

00:06Look at that last four bracket central, uh, for us right there.

00:10Uh, Broom did not practice today, but, uh, Bruce Pearl said that he'll be, he'll be

00:15playing this weekend, which, uh, we told you yesterday, uh, he's going to play this

00:19weekend.

00:19You don't have to worry about, uh, Jani Broom not being there for them.

00:23Uh, nothing's really changed.

00:24I think you have to be worried about him being all kinds of banged up.

00:28I mean, if his knee is, uh, elbow or fried, I think it's a problem.

00:35Uh, no, I've told you before I'm on Auburn and Duke, but, uh, you know, there's

00:41obviously, uh, some level of concern there.

00:44He's not practicing.

00:45He's banged up.

00:46I mean, they're trying to salvage him for this game, which means so much on

00:51Saturday night.

00:53Certainly does.

00:54Uh, still two and a half for Florida and a four and a half for Duke.

00:59So that's where our numbers are, uh, on a Tuesday.

01:02You know, that's amazing to me.

01:03It really is that, uh, I gotta be honest.

01:07I, so I first, they're the number one overall seed.

01:11They lose three or four going out, but they've won four games and they're still

01:15the overall number one seed in the NCAA tournament.

01:17You just heard, uh, Stewie, let's just get down to business.

01:20He said he likes Auburn to take it all.

01:22And then, uh, their dogs against Florida and Florida.

01:28And I gotta tell you, I, you know, I bet on Florida, but I, they

01:32shouldn't even be there.

01:34They shouldn't even be there.

01:34They're down 10 with three minutes to go.

01:36You got to lose that game.

01:37I mean, they just, they just handed it to them and said, here you go.

01:41We don't really like Texas.

01:43We don't want to go on a trip.

01:44It's just too long for us.

01:46Like, are you kidding me?

01:47Right down the street, they blew it.

01:49They blew that game.

01:50And now all of a sudden they're favored over the number one seed.

01:53Come on.

01:54Where does it end?

01:55Well, I also, uh, think, and this is more, you know, we're going to get into

02:00this a lot, Thursday, Friday, et cetera.

02:02When they play in these enormous football stadiums for the final four.

02:07It's so different and we've heard players, coaches, et cetera.

02:11Talk about this in the past.

02:13They're used to playing in these arenas that hold 18, 19,000.

02:16Then you go play in a big football stadium that holds 60, 70, 80.

02:20The sightlines are different.

02:22The floor, you know, they put that raised floor.

02:26And when you get in a situation like this, where you have one team, Florida,

02:30that is built on, you know, they make a lot of threes, they're built on offense.

02:34They're built on it.

02:36And then you have another team that's a little bit older, senior team.

02:39That's more physical.

02:41That plays a more grinding style.

02:44That for me is the style that plays in the big 80,000 seat, uh, football stadium.

02:50And then the team that needs to hit a lot of threes and buckets, it's there.

02:53So I went to a game and a big college arena with, and you know, it's one I'm

03:00talking about fairly Dickinson.

03:01They got the, they got the teepee roof and it's like a big giant tent.

03:06There's like five teepees in this arena.

03:09It's the craziest thing you ever saw.

03:11The basket shoot out from the end zones and behind the baskets, 20.

03:18Feet, 30 feet behind the basket are the stands and the fans fill up into those

03:23backs tournament, like the biggest in New York city, they, uh, two of the, I

03:29mean, literally four of the best teams in, in, in New York played in this

03:34tournament and they were breaking.

03:36Like you've never seen the dimensions, like mentally the dimensions are so

03:44different than playing in an arena, in a tight arena when you're in this

03:48football stadium, which is this bigger high roof ceiling, you know, long

03:55baskets coming out of the end zone fans behind it, everything is different.

04:00And when I watched the game, Mike, I saw these kids, this kid had 23 in the game.

04:04He would have had 40, but he missed 12 shots and this kid scores 35 a game, but

04:11he couldn't hit a shot because of the dimension.

04:14So everything that you just said is why I'm betting on Auburn.

04:21Yeah.

04:21And look, and I, and I think that if, you know, that might apply to the

04:25second game too, because Duke city, but I think that Duke plays Duke can play.

04:31Down low, you know, you can get down low with flag.

04:33They can get buckets at the basket.

04:35Yes.

04:35They shoot a lot of threes too.

04:37Uh, but you would say Houston style is more conducive to the big

04:41arena game as well, uh, because they want to beat you up, uh, be physical.

04:46And I think Houston can beat Duke and I really do.

04:51And I just think they won't.

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