College Basketball Takeaways: Illinois, Duke and Florida

Let's go over to college basketball here. So far, your takeaways in the early part of the season, they've been what? Well, listen, when you think about it, it's early on, and you want to look at teams that have the chemistry, right, that have been around together. You know, I thought. Florida looked really good in their win over Miami. I think John Lucas did a great job with the Hurricanes. But I think that team with Todd Golden is one of the best. Dukes looked good so far. Connecticut, I talked about it. Baby Shaq, Baby Shaq, Baby Shaq, Najee Hines. They got a big matchup tomorrow in Boston versus Michigan, which will be a great matchup. But the team, I mean, did you see what Brad Underwood did on their opening night? Winning by what? 75 points. Let me explain something to people. In men's college basketball, that's nuts. You see it in women. The athleticism is so close on the men's side, you don't get 50-point blowouts. That was 75. 75-point blowouts. Brad Underwood, you want to talk about times are great again like Philadelphia? Man, since the Lou Henson days, I'm telling you folks, Illinois is going to be a play to win the national championship. You tell me, what makes Calipari the coach that he is? Everywhere he goes, whether it's UMass, it's Memphis, it's Kentucky, any place he goes, J.Y., this guy just is a program builder. He's a culture builder. What makes him such a great coach? He is a hell of a recruiter. And when you can turn around and you say, hey, I want to go to the league, And you start to say, SGA, Bam, Cat, AD, you start rattling off those names, it makes my kid say, oh, maybe I want to go play for Cal. He can recruit me. Boy, I'll tell you this, man. You want to make a guy a millionaire? You go play with John Calipari. That's for dang sure.