Welcome in, everybody, to the C.C. podcast. It is the evening of Friday, March 8th. Mike Rutherford here in Louisville, Kentucky, Dan Snard up in Columbus, Ohio.

Happy to be back here after, I guess, like, what, a couple of weeks off or a week and a half off. I don't know. My whole life has been consumed by Disney and sick family. And we haven't had one healthy weekend in like a fucking month and a half.

And now Kenny Payne rumors and coaching search rumors.

I don't even know what day it is.

I don't know what time it is.

My head is spinning.

But we've got to do a podcast here to capitalize on all the interest this week,

all the bat shit crazy things that have gone on over the past, what, five, six days.

It's been, we've had some wild weeks as Louisville basketball fans over the past few years.

This has been up there, and it feels like the wheels have finally started turning towards

whatever's next.

And so we have to come here and talk about it.

Dan, how are we in Columbus?

How have you been since the last time

we spoke? We're good. God, I miss, like, regular March so much. Like, how much different is this

than, you know, like, 10, 12 years ago? I, like, remember, I'll never forget, like, picking you up, like, before we went to the final four.

I, like, pulled your driveway, like, saw you coming out.

I was like, let's fucking go right now.

Let's fucking go.

Like, I mean, everything about March was just electric.

The air felt different.

And, you know, now it's just, it feels like every single march is rumors coaching rumors

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