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March 12, 2020 6:06 pm

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March 12, 2020 6:06 pm

ON this edition of The Drive with Josh Graham the guys talk about whats on everyone's mind in the world of sports, Ed Hardin gives his take on the situation and more.

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This is dry when Josh drive you through this support is this is the wildest day work of my lifetime and maybe yours so full disclosure were unsure how to proceed. We like to make light of things be the fun show that you come the love.

However, in the wake of the ACC tournament in the Greensboro Coliseum getting shut down and pretty much all of sports as well.

This is incredibly serious so I'm looking at Robert Walsh, the producer of the show. I was talking to be.earlier today at the Coliseum over there now are here in our studio. I understand any of our attempts to try and provide D have run the risk of becoming incredibly awkward of being just disastrous, maybe insensitive, and that's not what were trying to do today so I'm genuinely asking what is the type of show you want from us right here because that's what I want to provide. I'm unsure I'm good open up phone lines were going to try and do that for you at 336-777-1600 interested in what you think of what's happening right now. I don't want to repeat the end of yesterday show I think there are a lot of new things to cover here and I'm just going to go ahead and prepare you for what the next headline is going to be.

It might come down in the next five minutes. It might come down in the next few hours. It might come down tomorrow but the NCAA tournaments, knocking to be played next week. This is not to happen, there's a chance the NCAA tournament might not happen at all because as far as I understand it, this coronavirus outbreak.

It's not getting better in a week. In fact, it's probably according to medical experts going to up here to look worse before it gets better just because were going to have more people tested, which means they're going to be more cases so in the next week were just gonna be adding to some of these numbers as we try to limit the reach of this virus. That's why a lot of these attempts were a lot about a lot of these tournaments are being shut down, including the ACC tournament so I don't see this getting better in a week so I don't really see us playing NCAA tournament basketball games at this time a week from now. They've already announced.

Of course, that they're going to be playing before empty arenas rounds one and two but then when you add the newest headlines here that do and Kevin White have essentially said they are not going to be playing in NCAA tournament if it's held and Kansas and Jeff Long have essentially followed suit. Candace right now the number one team in the country do the number 10 team in the country.

Kevin White NCAA tournament chair for Todd sick. Yeah there not to have a tournament without due or not you have a tournament without Kansas so they're not going to have one next week.

The big question is, are they going to have one at all. I hope postponement is an option. My greatest fear is that the tournament gets canceled altogether. If that happens man all the buildup this year. The biggest story in college basketball. Amid a year where there had been no stars, no real urgency to watch the sport in a way that Zion provided last year in stores in the sport drew MBA draft snobs. People that were interested just in that context to watch prospects.

All we pointed to was March this was going to be one of the more entertaining tournaments we've had in such a long time now there's a chance were knocking a habit at all.

The very real chance. I'm here to tell you right now this is not based on anything that's confirmed to people and fax. F. Davis, one of the foremost authorities on college basketball set. He asked right now is talk to employees of her talk to some of his coworkers. He has at Turner and CBS they expect to have the selection show at this present moment, but set adds that he expects it's his mindset that things are going to change and that they're going to either postpone or cancel the NCAA tournament. I get to my personal observations. What actually transpired in the Coliseum earlier today and how bizarre that was a few hours ago will do that in just a bit, were to be joined by a West Miller. The head coach of UNCG basketball and 25 minutes.

Let's go to been in Winston-Salem it's it's an honest question I asked for the top of the show what kind of show do you want this to be today. I don't – I'm off I'm to be honest with you man I'm doing very cruddy. III love college basketball more than anybody, and I'm telling you that this this these three weeks. It's what I had circle months, almost 2 years and their workers in that building who are hurting people are crying outside of the Greensboro Coliseum people at part-time work for this tournament. I feel for them. I feel for Greensboro. It just sucks. I know you don't mean just ask a how are you feeling here, but that is my general feeling right now, but Venable bureaucratic show.

We wanted far as I'm concerned. I know a lot of people are blessed they can elect and run around all day written report of try it. I love my job, but at the same time having to think there coronavirus sent out about seven this morning. Nice to know to have a show where you going to give your personal input your personal experience and maybe a show will begin the kind of get back in. Talk about is that you do a great job here of not talking about sports and every night that I think you have received a phone call that socially spend the next three hours not about sports whatsoever. Robert, what else is going on.

The mask singer. I like what Tom Hanks is Tom Hanks. Okay, what's he up to hide it. Do not make anymore told Tom Hanks guys were doing this.

Where else can we go, but I mean we do as a bun, so I got a trip to Italy next month. All jobs will I do let you know that I have friends in Brazil some good news has come out of this that dogs cannot actually contract the coronavirus all that's great.

Yes what about cats to write Winnie's great. I had seen anything about cats all for the record, we don't know if cats to drag the coronavirus, dammit it got sad again. All right, let's go to Kevin and Burlington Kevin.

What kind of show should we be doing today man to complete got gobbled for think about about Steph Curry don't get to play in and imagine the ramifications not go well for young players make their name, but the main reason I bow at the theater should come up with somebody recovering alcoholic Kevin time under his belt to understand the clarity that can come from sharing our fears about when we have a certain amount of anonymity which your format. Bring my name. I don't have faith on you and I have a real life situation unfolding at this very moment that is coronavirus related. I coworkers who have flown out to Florida different different event.

One of the baseball in the public baseball travels the country. I felt like that he couldn't get that not to like Lord of the petri dish right now and another coworker him and his wife are going to Disney World. Mind you, in Florida to celebrate their you and what do I mean to grown-ups going to Disney World weird enough, but that is very straight and I will be forced to work around these people. Next week, and my head.

Should I just say look, I'm not coming and I know that yelling but you you probably can catch it from anywhere I can probably get it from a handshake from a customer. Maybe it is this unknown fear this drama and it's all you know maybe you maybe you get the callers to come and how I feel I'm completely down. It is its string show today and I'm down in the end, this show is for the audience. People ask me at times.

Hey, when you develop your opinions when you're putting together topics when you're interviewing just are you trying to please the teams the athletic departments for us to NC State North Carolina Carolina Panthers. Is that what you're trying to do. I always tell them no. My allegiance is to the audience. Some might be willing to rise right now and think that sounds incredibly hokey.

I take it seriously and I take it very seriously. On today's like today where on days like today where I understand that many of you wanted to go to the Greensboro Coliseum and watch basketball today and work given access to the arena and I was given access, and I so everything that went down and I can give you my first-hand observations will do that in a bit West Miller. He's going to join us UNC Greensboro at basketball coach in less than 20 minutes. I'm reminded by that last phone call or of what really makes this so scary things makes things feel so frightening in its uncertainty. Uncertainty might be the most frightening thing we were talking about this with the NASCAR driver at Daytona. The last thing you want on a NASCAR track is to feel uncertain about somebody straight. Unfortunately things turned out well. There with this.

I still hear the people I heard them in the Coliseum.

I've heard them on twitter I see them online and there still a lot of dumb on twitter which is which comes to be expected, but what I what I go back to is that even we just don't know exactly what the reach of this is we don't quite understand how it spreads and I'm not a medical expert. I'm not a medical specialist, but I think it's important in times like this, we lean on these people and that's why think you're seeing Duke accuracy in Kansas.

Be proactive as well but Robert, I think there are ways to bring levity to today show were going to figure out ways to do that so coming up for and personal observations from the ACC tournament earlier today. This is the drive to become this drive likes to kiss me warm. This is extremely graphic, so you have small children in the room. Don't let them disturb you back to the drive with Josh Graham now be enjoying by the head coach of the UNC Greensboro Spartans West Miller course were all trying to get reaction today in the college basketball world to what is transpired the last few days. If you're just joining us, or haven't seen it all day.

The ACC Commissioner John Swofford had a press conference this morning saying that games were going to go on Florida State. They went on the door and warmed up than they were were grew were removed off of the floor and 1015 minutes later there given the ACC tournament championship trophy since they were the regular-season champs. So a really bizarre couple of days West but give me a sense as a basketball coach and somebody who care so much about the ACC as well and obviously your head coach and Greensboro.

Nonetheless, what does today represent for you. I think it's totally unique precedent for our court college for incredible fire department while I think that back for a second goal somebody young people one you realize a lot something a lot sporting contest with talking about people help you kill killing people so I think you first thing I do leader put things in perspective and to realize that I can't think of it, like the late what have you done in the last 24 to 48 hours to try and add perspective to the players that you you've brought the UNC Greensboro and on top of that, what kind of things have you been learning and telling them amid what you've called an unprecedented case, but we had practice will that yesterday you were still not on. We had we were cracked and practice a lot of people talk about that last night on the first meet with meet with our players around 2 o'clock today the situation perspective that the main meeting athletic department all morning. The plan within the guidelines within 81 guideline that the primary focus right now. The first thing they put that perspective on people going think that big basketball help the reader education time without ripping that that UNC I didn't want to interrupt you but UNCG had basketball coach West was with the seer on sports on triad and I wonder with your team preparing for the NIT tournament and trying to get a big bear and were still waiting to see what can happen with the NCAA tournament. Greensboro is expected to be one of the sites next week course without any fans, Mark Emmert, the NCAA president said yesterday, so he was on the DP show earlier today and said probably best that things are canceled and things are pushback things are pushed, postponed not just talking about the conference tournaments but also even the NCAA tournament.

How do you view it the NCAA's and the NIT what should be the course of action in your mind you know I'm not we we all got a lot like the offending ball screen and down rebounding thing thing gone now so far above my pay grade. I'm an expert in lot. I don't know what what I do know whatever you help anything and if that meat can paint that is for somebody so passionate about all marketing that reader order basketball with greater home in the month of March out thing all them the right thing to help public health everyone that they should do that.

I just know that I'm not I'm not I'm not hearing everything that everybody else West Miller UNCG basketball coach with his. So let's just bring it to a human element.

Everybody saw the news last night and what transpired with Oklahoma City and Utah and how that game got canceled the NBA season got suspended, as that's happening West I'm sitting courtside at the UNC Syracuse game.

Your brother is on the bench for North Carolina what's going through US somebody who's watching on them.

Sure, and supporting just your brother and rooting for his team to be successful amid what's been just a national health crisis well is important you know my brother, my college coach on and I was getting the same text and alert everybody else was getting and it was just so surreal. It almost the second half of that game, it didn't matter in Yanomami take away from the surreal moment for me when the end NBA cancel the added) help. I think everything I have no right or wrong, not public health official.

I don't have the credentials and knowledge to know what's right or wrong, and totally. And I had last night and everybody else that I think no when you're in a position as a head coach, you're in charge.

Young people well parent lookout for care about everything else first thing you think about your current players making sure that they're okay to make a family form so my initial reaction players family our players come up with a plan for how they're currently Wes, I appreciate you in a very uncertain time and a very user word again unprecedented state of affairs for you to spend some time and share some insight with us is greatly appreciated.

Hopefully the next time we speak. Were talking about your team playing in the NIT tournament and were talking about.

Hopefully Thursday and found and a lot of these cases lessening. Thank you so much for spending the time that that was Lester spending time with us in a totally non-taped interview from the Greensboro Coliseum earlier today. I appreciate him wanting to come on and speak with us. That was a few hours ago and boy I somebody who is responsible for so many people those athletes those managers those assistant coaches on his staff while also being amid thousands of people at the Greensboro Coliseum last night when the NBA decides to suspend play last watching your brother on the bench right in front of you for North Carolina.

It's it really humanizes what were all experiencing right now in the sports contacts from somebody in the triad that's as important as West Miller is at UNCG working to explore the future of the ACC tournament in Greensboro next on the drive. Yes, Josh Graham has opinions yes he's got attitude is correct and that's exactly why you said I love you. You're on the drive with Josh Graham. The next 30 minutes. It's our best attempt to have fun today and what is been just sitting credibly tough day. You've been hearing about the coronavirus all week long to continue to get hit over the head with it. We will update you on important themes regarding the coronavirus.

Of course, but here's what were going to try and do Joe minority is still putting out practicality things because this is the time to your Joe minority lives for, except when in all likelihood there's not going to be at NCAA tournament, where his bracket would actually matter what we love college basketball enough around here to still fill out brackets anyway.

I still have a good answer for why Joel minority Jerry Palm. These bracket colleges feel the need to fill out where specifically, these teams are going to go like what the matchups are going to be in each region. That's a stepped way too far to tell us. Okay, here are the ones the twos and threes.

The force that's fine even to say was on each line, all for that.

Who's going to get and who's on the bottle. We need that information. Who are they playing who's that for I'll tell you who it's for us today to fill out this fictional Joe minority bracket.

We already got Kentucky advancing in the Midwest to the final force of will get to the East bracket and just a bit before we do that we are sharing with Darren Vaught and were going to replace some of the hits here because the last few weeks we've tried some other segments we've tried out staring at Darren which I think's going well. Robert Ruth that it's happened to me and I don't know that staring at me for a prolonged period can go Waco got there, doing all you can really see is watch, but it's very fresh.

Looks like very clean leather PGA championship Quail Hollow hello to all thread count moments: set hold the phone, Darren Scott Paris buttons buttoned on the polisher it's got an extra button down on but you told me there's 1/4.

Would you could potentially button only got here we go yes or getting weird is glass and why are they clear how many different frames do you have to to this is new or alternate pair you breathed on them and wipe them off guard with a solution.

I've got a cloth that I used in my pocket back pocket from pocket were talking interesting question.

It's in my life I get that's good staring at Darren: off sewing but was another one that we did blaring with Darren Wright was not another one that was the one that others blaring with Darren and Robert Blair and what was the last one that we dare compare and with Darren no Darren what was the last one that we did was it comparator. I can't remember correctly it was, yes, it was comparable with Darren that's right, jogging my memory. Thanks so much that window. Robert, I would list all couple different things and Darren would have to compare those fourth. Usually I have music but I am a dangerous and I could not find it's a while during these questions and asked that he find that the we weather music. I'm glad that you remembered what it was because I thought it was the we channel music. He forgot what music he used for his own damn segment of our sin debt Robert.

We got the movie game coming out and says that clearly are planning to on-the-fly done Robert yeah Darren is exactly what happened to because he produce he's a longtime producer like this so we can I compare with Darren. I compare this music to the ad you. Too bad, just one of the differences over the similar. This one makes me feel much warmer and more content with the ad was trying to sell me when I was about to get heated were being solicited. So what I'm asking this question okay you compare seem not make the average Joe's losing.

This is definitely different music didn't average Joe's eventually win. I don't think so. I'm pretty sure he bet against them to lose.

And then he won Jim oh no he one that's again.

That's a good synopsis of the plot there will done what I got the plate they get to play a tournament came to completion there was an actual winner running. In both cases there was a loser in the cobras North Carolina but there was no winner average Joe's one not, by default, either whole and Globo Jim one average Joe's was the loser bladder. No average Joe's one no at the end of the movie I said. Then Robert contested that don't know I think he agreed with you average Joe's one at the end of this is all have ghost patches.

Oh well this is all happening. The NCAA just put out a statement saying that all of remaining winter sports and spring sports have been canceled.

That means March madness is officially over. Compare the next thing for me, Darren Jones compared to Rudy Gobain similar at this point. I love this show.

Cody tweeted me what I thought he bet against himself because he gets hit with the dodgeball at the end. No, no, no, he would apply so you will try and decide to show up and then he put the money on them to win. He meets with Lance Armstrong and I thought that on them to lose and then put that money would be a bigger payout like 1/2 jokes on you. Yeah osmosis Jones funnier because it was voiced by Chris rock bear, not funny at all.

Both amoeba like figures that are capable of spreading infectious disease currently with my favorite one like you to compare B.at the ACC tournament to happy Gilmore lingo. Oh man. The two greatest fish out of water stories in American history, sports history, B.was like yeah he he brought the hockey stick is his putter for sure if that's the parallel that you're looking for. That's exactly what he did one more than a phone call okay Nebraska coach Fred whatever the heck is labor. Labor labor boy we were my messages. My mentors continue to fill it with people saying do you know that March madness is just been canceled. We got the answer phone calls about the answer. You know, we know okay we told you we told you this is going to happen at the start of the show we do start spell around got 30 days were preparing juice into this music go play your Nintendo Wii for this, and Fridays.

We are preparing sports really what sports radio is going to sound like when there are no sports, so I'd like you compare labor to Roto at the end of Lord of the rings when he's hesitant to throw the ring to mount and I'll also add older hair Frito read Alfredo distinctive Roberts because the comparison applies to both being idiots right just just don't like just just throw the ring away. 14 C. Your assistance. No one cares even really throw that ring in Golomb forced him into the fire, trying to get the ring office finger that he bit much like officials had to force or spread holy bird to like what would one use your damn head and also before you get the call. Can you compare and compare them with Darren the word postpone with suspend seems to be an important one. Today, postponement and suspension are me. Those are synonymous right, but both be playing your thinking canceled the well cancels being used everywhere pilot cancel. I found that all the significance. My apologies to the audience and for you Darren March madness is cancel it or did you hear that I have. We know where to spend a lot of time on it thought were to talk about movies and can you please turn this music off like it to be. Don't what color my going to hear Brian from Curtis O'Brien Kernersville, Brian got for me all welcome hypothetical all these universities are wearing her camp when all of our athletic right now I have a question you if the seniors fingers miss their entire college. You think the NCAA would allow them to redshirt and come back and play another that have nothing to do with them getting injured or beyond their control. Definitely they what they definitely would not yeah and after the Ivy League had said it's spring sports were done and they were the first to do so word was as reports indicated that the NCAA was can offer an extra year of eligibility to those student athletes that wanted to do it. Now that not everybody you want to do it, especially if you graduate in your and Ivy League kid.

You might have something big planned for your next step in life on an unrelated note, I said and I think you need to understand the gravity of what I just said, not just the NCAA tournaments are cancel it is spring sports. It's winter sports. That means the College World Series to yeah it's also going to be engulfed in this and that means holy bleep man College World Series that isn't played until June. This is what can happen with the Olympics. Yet they were already in question and USA baseball had an Olympics qualifier. That's what it was supposed to be hosted next week in the north in North America and it got bank to advance, but we need to unpack all of this. That's what we need to do. Here's what were going to do to play the movie game. Yeah, that's gods to join us or been addicted I just said.

I asked him about Danny Manning's job. Maybe MI absolutely not to talk about movies okay because dammit today sucks.

And over the next 60 days. I can have sports about the room. A lot of said today is awful and what I'm getting from a lot of people.

They appreciate the average Joe's talk and they appreciate the we music because guess what yeah what were to tell you the information you need to know what you listen to the show for an escape. And this is one of the few days Kobe Bryant was another day in January where you note the sports doesn't feel like an escape.

The sports actually went to get away for the coronavirus in this headline the worker to try and do that were doing some different maybe any other radio show in this day to try and have a little bit of fun that's working to do with the movie game next to house this drive is everything until you get caught up with all well not totally true with Josh Graham or tub triad the image that stick with me earlier being at Greensboro Coliseum. When Leonard Hamilton was handed the trophy the ACC championship trophy on a Thursday at 1230 by John Swofford and none of the players had smiles on their faces. Leonard, he tried to crack one.

John Swofford did as well. You can find the images. Heck, even on the cover art of our next guest story.

You could just see the faces tell you everything you need to know about how strange what's going on in sports currently is. It's at heart, and the award-winning columnist from the Greensboro news and record who we were talking to either last week or the week before and the question I asked was what's the worst case scenario for this tournament and we were talking about FSU potentially playing Louisville and there not be in a lot of fans in the stands and you said no. The worst case scenario is fans aren't allowed to see it yet. We weren't even comprehending a world in which basketball games are being played altogether and now we know the NCAA tournament is to be played either as you are on a boat right now.

I understand Ed how are you processing that today. Well, good. It was like outside forces were just going dictate everything that we saw and heard this week it happened so fast during the week we showed up knowing that all this without their feet and subordinates being affected, but it just seemed to come out of nowhere on Tuesday and Wednesday I woke up this morning think we have it all figured out the strangest 48 hours in the history sports Harlem's are what you make of Commissioner Swofford's press conference. I was supposed to be at 10, but ended up being held 1030 which was a little bit less than two hours before he was handing the trophy to Leonard Hamilton in a tournament that Leonard Hamilton never coached Tina you are morning and we had no idea it was getting ready to get. We now know that Swofford walked out of what was a very somber sobering press conference press briefing almost almost immediately receive a call from Duke University, which had already decided that it was shut down athletics for the rest of the year and therefore they were just given a courtesy call to say were not playing in the tournament. That's where it all started today didn't do save the ACC from embarrassment does Florida State cleanse and get played. If Kevin White doesn't make that phone call. I believe they call the state first and out of courtesy for double leg so you can look back on anyway you want but one phone call to kill the ACC and the NCAA that the faculty quite naturally.

How do you think this affects the sport long term. I know that's a very broad question and it's hard to really consider all the angles in all the ways that this coronavirus can can reach its tentacles into but what do you think the biggest effect have not having a March madness this year were going to lose the most special time of year quickly and in the state and city that we were in this week. The most important thing to and we lost that from a national point of view. I'm not sure they feel it quite like we do.

It's gonna be one that we never get back. Maybe. Maybe they make it up to us.

Maybe we get the next available slot, but maybe not. You don't know what this tournament did to the league. First of all that's left the main thing out that I took away from it, but will one year it was important and abruptly like this. We don't say that it's fitting, but this season was always good and weirdly, we just had no idea like this. What you make of this quote in your story, Matt Brown, is the Greensboro Coliseum Dir. He stood under one of the backboards as all the stuff was turned transpiring on the floor and he told you quote.

I think it's good that it happened here. This is where all the history is it's probably for the best that were not in Brooklyn yet we were talking on the way it was supposed to be like had that happen in Brooklyn who knows what the New Yorkers would've thought anything. Quite frankly, but the fact that happened in Greensboro.

ACC was founded where people live with a tournament been more than anywhere else for we knew what when you have a process that we can put it in its proper perspective and as the city we can mourn you know we couldn't Brooklyn wouldn't of mourned Washington DC with Charlotte. This was a funereal day was unlike anything we've ever witnessed unlike anything will ever go through again. I think we were just, just a couple of people from Greensboro acknowledging that good thing. It happened here.

All right, let's try to lighten things up that you're on your boat paint a picture for me right now.

What are you looking at well the waters kind of thing little milky looking. What was in the last few days.

The West wind blowing 14 foot John boat 7 foot spinning rod with the rebel pop pop across the water get a lot of fights while; this is the line currently in the water.

Did you pull it out to talk to just now pulled out a couple of phone ranks are right here, right. All right you want.

Do you want to throw one in there to see if we have any luck we'll click your heart thrown his line now Greensboro Waterloo all right you write on.

Drop the right on and got blue Heron across the water good son hates it, set it sounds pretty out at I'm looking out the window. It yeah this is this is the extent of sports right now in the United States like you you on your boat right now is all we have for the next month all your read about in the week. This is this is the extent of our sports coverage like there was some spring training games now are just here waiting for you to catch the fish are you trying to catch here you are back all out freshwater yeah I'm a fast dancing like your parents. Remember bluegill bluegill of the main food source for the past will work you present to have to look likable. If you act like a bluegill will will Ed is on Twitter, find him on Twitter for his stories. Of course Ed_hearted do me a favor and if you catch anything in the next 10 to 15 minutes post fixture a picture of it on your twitter page. That way we can we can try to gain credit for. All right, I think you at the heart of Sunday Greensboro news and record joining is the most exhilarating sports thing that's happened the day and harden thrown his line now and hopefully catch yourself. That's the hope. But I do feel like do save the ACC from some embarrassment today.

If Kevin White doesn't call off Duke Athletics doesn't say the NC state before calling the Commissioner hey were not to play this game strong-arming the ACC heck strong-arming the NCAA as well because the NCAA tournament chair is Kevin White. I strongly believe cleanse in place. Florida State game gets canceled at half time whether the Big East tournament game got canceled earlier today. I think Duke saved the Atlantic Coast conference from some embarrassment. I really do and Duke was, I think there are a few programs that possess that type of power. Hey were not playing the NCAA tournament in the tournament is getting care about Kansas is another one that followed right in line with due.

I have another question know we have discussed today.

If sports were suspended for just 30 days, seasons can continue right like let's say the NCAA tournament wasn't canceled like it was earlier today.

Hypothetically speaking here 30 days from now we start March madness. What happened, not the conference tournament. But let's say the NCAA tournament.

We start things off 30 days from now, who was most affected by that major-league baseball probably have to cancel a couple weeks to their seasons very long, but they certainly could survive that the early part of their season. The MBA if you push things back. Okay then, rather than having finals games played in the middle of June and the latter end of June. That happens in July leading right into the Olympic Games August 1 potentially you could have free agency, free agency is set a July 1 and how they got really hurts many people either because the NFL you know they're going to take over the reins at the start of September. Let's go to the phones though 336-777-1600 phone number. Robert laughed at this phone call or before beginning here so I got a good feeling about James's and Clemens got for me James. I just wonder why you don't give Roy Williams any credit we were going to the thank you so much for that call.

Yeah, you're right.

I should give Roy the credit, you should. That's with this Homer thing come from Josh. You gotta give equal credit. Roy was always at a couple of days man Roy during his press conference two days ago yeah he was talking about how he felt slighted by the news saying that old people started 60 and he 69 yesterday I asked him if he thought the climate was such that college basketball game should be played, and he said he didn't want to go there but then added a story about him.

Fearing nuclear detonation when he was a kid like hiding underground with his mom. He didn't understand the gravity of it at the time but his mom was certainly scared. He called it the scariest sports experience or scariest experience. He's out of his life really that he couldn't control. They didn't quite know what the result was going to be or what the fix was going to be so Royce had a couple of days man so good point, though, North Carolina a they were eliminated from postseason competition before Duke was technically technically speaking on Twitter at sports on trial.

Robert please tell me you have a fun ticket to the house story that we are going to do in 10 minutes. When he asked whether he will. I don't want to tease you okay I planted out. I just needed to know I need a fun ticket to the house story today. It is not about any kind of virus that's not the question I asked is a little funny okay 33 677-1600 last call phone calls I hope will get a beer tomorrow.

I don't know to be here tomorrow if not here tomorrow, it doesn't mean I have the coronavirus to pick up on the freaks out about you. It's an amazing thing how much we discussed this at ACC at the ACC tournament who's good to be the media member that says that was good to be the person not not as a slight to the person yeah but you know you're just all sitting there in your amongst thousands of people were sure you're there all day. Who's got a part of me. I note solos to be bombastic at times, or at least that's the stigma with it okay to be loud, bombastic to fill in the space that would be by somebody else or sitting next to you, but that doesn't mean we can't be scared to write like I think were all affected by this for sure we are and no other people in the show there spooked by this couple confronted that it all so you we hope we hope that everything is well and you know what, if you're one of those people who still think this is an overreaction.

I hope you're right.

Boy do I hope you're right. I hope so deeply that you are absolutely right that this is a massive overreaction by everybody but the bigger fear. I much rather be wrong then what ever the worst fear we have about what this virus is whatever whatever it is the fun stuff. But it would've gotten ticket about this man said he wanted to do with the old way. I actually agree with him about that