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Here we go on a Tuesday, and our headline is one you've heard several times.

Yukon National Champs in basketball.

This time in men's, often in men's and women's, it's the herd.

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Nick Wright one hour from now.

J. Mack, having lived around the program for years, and for a decade, all my friends in that area being diehard Yukon fans, you have that proximity to a program, just like living in L.A.

And we know a lot of people that work for, you know, the Lakers or the Rams or the Chargers. I've got to be honest, we're not supposed to root in this business. But I like watching Yukon crush. I like watching Yukon basketball. My wife asked me, she said, was the game any good last night? They said it was fantastic. Yeah. Made money on Yukon. Easy winner.

Yeah. So let's talk about that. Nothing against Purdue, but they didn't stand a chance.

Nobody the last two years seemingly does in the American basketball culture,

which is absolutely, unequivocally, inarguably fallen behind Europe's, which often in America celebrates the wrong thing that coddles more than develops.

It's very, very difficult to stay focused and fight through that american basketball culture

and you con does better than everybody

they keep basketball the main thing

they grind their players

hold them accountable

yet the players love it

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