Duke is no guarantee because of Zion Williamson; preparing for the incoming Trae Young debate (1.22)
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🗓️ 22 January 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander recap the weekend with the three biggest headlines: A. Zion Williamson shockingly picking Duke. B. Kentucky continuing to spiral after its home loss to Florida C. Trae Young needing 39 shots to get to 48 points, while Oklahoma lost its second straight. They also hit on other things, like season-ending injuries and players leaving to play for Bosnia.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Gary Merchants Monday, January 22nd, 2018. |
| 0:17.1 | Welcome back to the Iron College basketball podcast. |
| 0:19.1 | I got Matt Norlander here with me and we got a lot to get through. |
| 0:21.4 | But I suppose we should start with the big news of the weekend and that's Zion Williamson |
| 0:26.0 | committing to Duke five star forward slash YouTube sensation urinated on everybody's |
| 0:31.5 | crystal balls, pick Duke over Clemson South Carolina North Carolina Kentucky and Kansas. |
| 0:36.9 | So no, no, no, as we discussed on the previous podcast, you were on a mountain most of the |
| 0:43.0 | weekend getting in some January skiing. |
| 0:46.0 | So I know you didn't see everything that happened this weekend, but I'm also aware that |
| 0:50.6 | you have a phone. |
| 0:51.6 | We're made aware rather quickly that Zion Williamson had picked a Duke over all of those |
| 0:56.5 | other schools on a scale of one to GT F.O.H. |
| 1:00.5 | How surprised were you by Zion's decision? |
| 1:02.8 | I guess a shader to below GT F.O.H. |
| 1:06.2 | Because that was one that I didn't really think anyone saw coming truly like even within |
| 1:12.1 | the recruiting world. |
| 1:13.3 | And I'll say this, I love when we get a true stunner. |
| 1:16.6 | It's very hard and very rare in the modern era if you want to consider that, say the |
| 1:21.9 | past decade of two, four, seven sports in scout and just this crystal ball. |
| 1:27.8 | You usually get, if there is a split decision, one of the two schools, experts are looking |
| 1:33.2 | at will end up being the pick. |
| 1:34.8 | You don't often see a top 10 recruit, even if the school is on his list, the way the |
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