Zep Jasper (4/2/25)
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🗓️ 2 April 2025
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Summary
The Auburn Tigers head to San Antonio today for the Final Four. Auburn Basketball will face familiar foe The Florida Gators. Auburn Basketball is in their second Final Four while Florida Basketball is seeking their third national championship.
We update you on the betting odds, Auburn is still the underdog. Do you like that role?
Johni Broome gets extended rest, Steven Pearl told us on the show he is banged up but 100% expected to play.
Bruce Pearl takes home another national coach of the year award.
On the other side of the Final Four, the Houston Cougars and the Duke Blue Devils will face off. Houston Basketball and Duke Basketball are no strangers to the Final Four, this is Houston’s 7th Final Four and Duke’s 18th Final Four.
Is this Duke Basketball freshman class the best ever? CBS Sports says it is possible.
The Alabama Crimson Tide is in the portal world now. Alabama Basketball has already secured a commitment from 7-footer Noah Williamson of Buckner. He averaged 17 and 7 last season. This is the start to Alabama rebuilding a roster that will lose players to expiring eligibility and the portal.
Buzz Williams leaves the Texas A&M Aggies for the MAryland Terrapins, what is next for Texas A&M Basketball?
Georgia Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart spilling the really dirty NCAA Transfer Portal beans. What the Georgia Football coach said.
Will former Tennessee Volunteers head coach, and Alabama Crimson Tide coordinator, Jeremy Pruitt ever coach college football again? The former Alabama Football assistant is suing the NCAA for a bundle.
The NFL is taking over Christmas, Santa is bringing you another game!
NFL rule changes: what do you like, what do you not like?
The Braves streak continues, and it is not good.
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| 0:15.1 | Let's go to Zep, the former Auburn Tiger now, watching his team play in the final four again. |
| 0:19.8 | Zep Jaspur with us on the |
| 0:21.2 | Shinarah hotline. Welcome in Zep. How are you today? I'm doing all right. How are you guys doing |
| 0:25.5 | today? Man, we're doing fantastic. Thanks a lot. Can you walk us through your emotions watching |
| 0:30.3 | your old coach, your old coach as, all those guys were there when you were there, and your old |
| 0:35.4 | team play their way into the final four |
| 0:37.8 | Sunday what did that do for you well I didn't shed a lot of blood and tears um with a couple of those |
| 0:43.9 | guys on that Auburn team um with a couple of those coaches um the staff the managers um the fans um |
| 0:51.1 | my motion is very high right now everywhere I go I'm'm screaming Auburn because we're the underdogs right now. |
| 0:56.7 | But, you know, I'm just super pumped for BP, you know, with this being his second final four, Auburn, making history every single year. |
| 1:05.6 | I'm just super excited for this team and this journey that they have been on this whole entire year. |
| 1:10.5 | Well, you know, we've talked about this a bunch. |
| 1:13.3 | We were around when Auburn basketball was, I guess we could call it kind of a |
| 1:18.5 | laughing stock. It was the worst in the SEC. When Bruce Pearl took it over, he completely |
| 1:22.1 | flipped the script. I mean, you know, from a player's perspective, you've played for a lot |
| 1:26.9 | of coaches. |
| 1:29.0 | You played at Charleston for five years. |
| 1:32.0 | What makes Bruce Pearl such a good coach? |
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