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Alongside Joe Jillio, who is in Phoenix at State Farm Arena, whatever the heck is called.

I'm Joe. He's back in Riley. Eifford Studios, thanks to Empire Properties. Joe, you knew the DJ Burns. Zach Edy matchup was going to be the thing to watch. I know you had talked about officiating in this game and how things were going to go. I don't really think officiating had anything to do with this.

I think Zach E.D. was just better, and D.J. Burns finally dealt with somebody that was as big and as heavy as him, and it couldn't make it work for the Wolfpack.

Yeah, it's a difficult matchup for NC State, and you have to tip your hat to Purdue.

I mean, seriously, they lost the FDU a bunch of random freaking 6-2 white guys last year.

We popped a bunch of threes against them.

And they were embarrassed.

And I think they've been motivated all year to get back to this spot and I suspect Yukon will

absolutely run Alabama out of the building tonight yeah and then it'll be a rock

fight on Monday night you just have to tip your hat there for do I mean it's they

they knew what was up and that's it that's all you got to do. You just have to say, sometimes the other team is better than you are. That's what Purdue was today. Yeah, Purdue was better in, I mean, right out of the gate. I do give state a lot of credit for getting back into that game. Kevin Keych was calling timeouts, running on some sets, trying to, like, claw things back in. They were down six at the half. And that's with Mike O'Connell, well, I guess, but like a hamstring issue. And he was on the bike trying to get back into that game. But even still, the shots just were not falling for NC State. I think a lot of that had to do with what you do,

they started to get some shots dropping it. Well, they dominated on the rebounding end as well. Look, it was a nice season for NC State. I think they played with confidence going into it, but they just met somebody that was just better than them, and that was the end of it. I mean, because I think about it, You pointed this out a bunch of times.

They were the aggressor.

They came out looking bunch of times.

They were the aggressor.

They came out looking like the death of team.

They were the ones that came out and kind of ran things on their own schedule.

They finally saw a team that was on their own schedule for different reasons, as you pointed out.

Yeah, and I think you have to look at it like this.

NC State wasn't supposed to be here.

And to get here, put them in the conversation now with Carolina and Duke fans,

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