JP and BMitch discuss the American basketball team reaching the Patriot League Tournament semifinals with David Alridge. David is thrilled to see his Eagles making a run for the NCAA Tournament bid
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00:00You're a you Eagles coached by my Dwayne Simpkins. Well, we'll all share him
00:05Samantha guy Maryland guy
00:07Go go into the Patriot League semis. I know how fired up you are. That was a
00:13Heck of a ball game last night and bender
00:16Hey, how we feeling? Give us give us the Eagle update
00:20Dude, I'll tell you man
00:22Like every you know, that's a unit get in the tournament Maryland's had to do this
00:25Everybody does this in it when you get into a tournament is one game
00:29You got a win where you don't play at your best, right? And I hope that was last night
00:35We didn't play good in the first half. We were down 11 at halftime, but then boys they came back
00:39They strapped it up in the second half just play
00:43Lights out shot the lights out made some huge shots made some free throws got some stops
00:48So now we play Colgate, which is only the four-time defending champions
00:56I got it. I'm trying to pull up the bracket
00:59I'm on Patriot League org like the official website and the bracket just gives you a 404
01:05It looks the page you are looking for no longer exists
01:07Yeah, no, it's us and Colgate and then the other semi is Bucknell and Navy
01:11So so it's that now and it's at our spot on Sunday from the afternoon
01:17So if we win and Bucknell wins, we got to go up there to on Wednesday for the Patriot League championship
01:23Hopefully Navy will do us a solid and beat Bucknell and then the Patriot League final will be at our place on Wednesday
01:29We win Sunday. So that's what we're rooting for
01:32When's the last time y'all got in was it with Jeff Jones?
01:35No, it was it was Mike Mike Brennan replaced Jeff Jones for his first year. He had Jeff Jones team, basically
01:41Okay, and we and won the pay it won the whole picture won the championship and got to the tournament
01:46So yeah, it's been for 11 years
01:49So
01:52You are a proud to math a guy how cool is it to have Simpkins there and and just kind of do the work he's
01:57Putting it. He's perfect. I mean, he's just been
02:01he's been everything we needed in terms of
02:04Youth and energy and understanding that it's you coach. You can't just coach the team
02:09You gotta you gotta get in the community and be there for the students and you know
02:14Give away cookies and all that stuff. That sounds kind of corny, but it it gets
02:19And they last night we were sold out. I mean, I couldn't believe I was in Bender arena. The place was sold out
02:25You know and it was like a WCAC final. It was like that, you know, I mean for an AU game
02:32So, yeah, it's been great Dwayne's been terrific brought some real, you know, you just know the difference when it's a guy that's been
02:40It was major programs this play for national champion, you know play for ACC titles and play play for DC titles
02:48When he was at the Massa and you know brought in a guy our assistant coach Jackie Manuel who was on the North Carolina team
02:54That won the national championship, you know
02:56One of the best defensive players they've had in recent years is on staff with us and you just have guys that have been
03:02in big-time big boy basketball, you know what I mean like
03:06They come here and they tell you if you do this
03:09We win because I won the whole damn thing
03:11And you got to listen to them and and the kids have bought in and it's just been great
03:15The atmosphere has been great all year and
03:18You know, I just hope we can win one more game and then I'll we'll see what happens
03:22You know what? I mean? Like yeah, but I think this team deserves to play for a Patriot League championship
03:27We've been that good all year. We won we split we won it. We're co-champions with Bucknell
03:32We both won the championship this year. So I think it's fit
03:36It would be fitting if we played them for the championship