March Madness Bracket Breakdown & Championship Picks

0:04 Give it to me. The bracket has been revealed. This is one of the best days of the year and I'm really excited to talk about it. It is the height differential. That's the 66 deal. I'm the 410 Nick, before we jump in, remember if you're watching live or if you're catching us later, subscribe to the height differential wherever you listen to pods, rate it and leave a review, and then also follow us on social at height differential. I've been waiting for this show since we started in August. This is episode 36 now, which is crazy, but I mean when the bracket comes out, it's it's a holiday. Is that a top five sports day of the year?

0:46 The whole week is like as a whole. As a whole, yeah, I would agree with that. I would agree with that. And honestly, like the conference tournaments are great too, just to lead up to it. But it officially starts on Sunday when they reel the bracket. Get all the time to look at it, change your picks over and over. And then first, my first thing is breaking down the committee's decisions. And I will say this year for the most part, I thought they did a really good job. And I don't know if that is because there was such a separation kind of there at the end of the bubble. But last year we had the old deal with North Carolina getting in where people didn't really think they should have got in. I I don't think there's any teams that got left out this year that they're like, Oh no, how how do we leave them out of the tournament?

1:35 No what? The RedHawks got in. Yeah, that's a whole other story. That's that's on my list of things of what I think the committee got wrong. But no, I mean, like, it was not a great bubble. We talked about, you know, the basically 500 Auburn's and Oklahoma's and Indiana's of the world that have not been playing good basketball that nobody really wants to see in there. But I'm also on the side of I don't really want to see Miami of Ohio in there either. And guess what? The committee, here's what the committee did. They put them in as if you go on the seed list, they're the 44th on the seed list, which is the very last at large team to get into the tournament. See what that tells me? That tells me the committee did not want to put them in. The committee knew that they didn't deserve to get in. They didn't want to put them in, but the committee didn't want to deal with the BS of the media and, and, and the public in in all of that.

2:26 They didn't want to deal with with the aftermath of their decisions. So they're like the easy choice was to just put them in and that's what they did. They didn't want to, but they did it because they just felt like they had to. But to be fair, that wasn't actually the case. They weren't the last team to get into the tournament. Based on the seed list, they're the lowest at large seed list. That that is true. And and what they did, they were they were clearly in and when they got down to it and then they'd had the final four, they reseeded them. So they actually moved Miami, Ohio down. They were in the tournament ahead of Smoo, ahead of Texas, but then when they reseeded the final four, they moved them down so they they had Miami, OH in the. 1st 4 that's. Fine.

3:15 Yeah, the first four. Yeah. They had them in, but then when they reseeded, which honestly doesn't make a ton of sense to me because if you're saying Miami, Ohio is clearly in and then when you reseed them and you move them down, then it according to the seed list, you're right. Yeah, they were the last team in. So why would the last team in? I don't know. It's all really doesn't matter much. But per the committee, Miami, Ohio was the lowest seed at large, but they were not the last team to get it, if that makes sense. I. Don't know, they put them in the first four, which still tells me they don't really want them in the tournament, but they feel like they had to put them in and then we're just going to watch them get their butts kicked on Wednesday by by SMU. Well, and we talked about this too. I I think this is this is probably the right way to do it. Yeah, this wasn't the right way.

4:05 They can prove. It and you've got a smooth team that has really struggled down the stretch and I don't know it'll it'll be there by far the best team that Miami Ohio has played all year other than Akron is really the only team that's close. Yeah, so I don't we've, we've talked a ton about a Miami OH on this, on this podcast. And I will say that game on Wednesday night might be the most viewed 1st 4 game in the history of the NCAA Tournament. I mean how far? How far is is Miami of Ohio's campus from Dayton, OH? Less than an hour. Less than an hour, so it's going to be it's going to be a home game for the RedHawks. Right, But and Travis still was on. I don't know, I've listened to so many pods today, but he was on one of them talking about, I mean, they're going to travel and it's going to be a home game and, and they're excited about it and they should be.

5:03 Sure, let them get excited. I don't know other other things besides besides that that got questioned. The committee on was the seating of St. John's A5 seed. I mean, make it make sense. They're 19 and one in their last twenty. They won the regular season and Big East tournament titles. They beaten UConn twice, Uconn's A2 and they're sitting there at A5. Make it make sense. The thing like UConn just has so many more quality wins outside of the conference that then Saint John's does. They won. They beat BYU.

5:44 They beat Illinois. They beat Kansas. They beat Florida. They lost to Marquette. They also lost they and they've lost to Creighton too. They've they've got a couple bad losses down the stretch. If you look at the net, Yukon is 10, Saint John's is 16. They're only separated by 6 spots and there there's no way in the world that St. John's is A5. No, not only not only do you make them A5, you make them A5 in a region with Duke, Yukon, Michigan State and Kansas. Right. Like good Lord. No, they they definitely were not rewarded for the way they've played the last 20 games. You and you, you won the Big East regular season and the conference tournament.

6:29 I think it shows you that the committee really had a lack of respect for the Big East this year. Yeah, it is down. And that showed like, I don't think, like I agree with UConn still being ranked ahead of Saint John's because of the quality wins that they have over them, but being three seats higher and then you put them in the same region. Yeah. And then you put them in one overall seat with the number one overall seat. Right. That's that's the one that really caught my eye. The other one was was Vanderbilt. I thought they were under seeded as well. I thought at at the least they would be a four.

7:11 If you compare Vanderbilt with the teams that actually got fours, which is Nebraska, Arkansas, Alabama and Kansas. I mean their Nets higher than all of them. They have more Q1 wins than all of them and they get to the the conference title game and and they're five. Those are really my 2 main beefs with with the bracket. One other one to me is Florida's a one seed and if they get to the lead 8 and they got to play Houston, they're going to be the one seed playing Houston and Houston. And Houston? As the two. Yeah. And we saw this last year with Purdue where they had Houston had to beat Purdue.

7:56 I think it was the Sweet 16 last year in Indianapolis when they hosted the regional. So I get it. These things are hard to it's hard to avoid them completely. And you want to give high seeds, you want them to be around so they can travel. But Florida happen to play Houston in Houston in that League 8 game is is a tough reward for being a one seed. Yeah, no, that's, I mean, that's we, we remember from our women's basketball days of when Louisville women's basketball was a one seed and had to go play in Albany, NY against the two seeded UConn, you know, so something similar to that. But this is even worse because you're actually playing in Houston. So yeah, I mean, yeah, they they had to play.

8:39 Florida was probably like you said, like they're the last one seed to get the last of the one seeds. So they put them in, you know, they they had the most disadvantageous spot and Houston happens to be the best of the two seeds. So they get that luxury of playing in Houston. And if that game does come into fruition, Houston going to be looking for a little of revenge from last year. So that game is going to have a lot of intrigue. Yeah, yeah. And then what? What do you think about Purdue getting a two seed? I mean they struggled that they lost 4 of 6 going into the conference tournament. They get hot in the conference tournament. They had a great win against Michigan, but they had not been playing good ball coming in well.

9:20 They were seven seed in their own conference tournament and then here they are in the two line. We we taught when we did our draft of teams most likely to win the title what, 2 weeks ago? Yeah. Neither one of us even picked pretty. No, that's still. I mean, after the way they played this weekend, I think you would have. I mean, if you're picking 10 teams, I think they have to be on that list. They might be on at the time. At the time, like I was thinking they were probably going to be a 3 or 4. I was expecting at least a three. Probably. Probably more on the four line going into the Big 10 tournament. Yeah.

10:01 And look, we saw last year with the Big 10 tournament, it didn't matter at all. Do you remember Michigan seed after the tournament? It just made no sense. And this year, I don't know if they overcompensated, but the Big 10 tournament act obviously didn't make a big deal because they moved all the way up to A2 line. Now, look, they've got wins over Alabama, Texas Tech, you know, outside of that, most of their wins are inside the Big 10, but we saw they had some bad losses too down the stretch. I I was surprised that they moved up to A2 line. Lenardi had them up to A2 before they even had won the Big 10 championship. I But yeah, if if you're saying, is that another one that you're surprised about?

10:47 Yeah. And like, I don't who would have been the other two over them? It would have been who's the 9 on the seed line? It is Michigan State. So basically what happened is they won the Big 10 and basically flipped over Michigan State, which I, I mean, I can see that. Yeah, I can. See that like I you're not, you're not going to move Illinois or Michigan State, who's 9 and 10. I'm not. Moving with Gonzaga, you wouldn't have moved. You wouldn't have flip-flopped them with Gonzaga. I mean, Gonzaga's 30 and three. I know they there's their conference schedule is what it is, but. Their their Nets higher. Yeah, I don't know they their Nets higher.

11:32 Gonzaga's only has seven quad one wins. Purdue has 11, but also Purdue has 8 quad 1 losses and Purdue only has two. We're we're kind of just really nitpicking because I do think they did a really good job this year and that wouldn't, but the St. John's and vanity ones were the ones that that shocked me the most. And the the biggest thing is St. John's and Yukon having three seed lines between them. Yeah. And then being in the same racket. But I'll tell you what, if I'm Duke, I don't want to see St. John's in in the Sweet 16 and have to play them that early. That's that's a disservice to Duke as your number one overall seed too.

12:14 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean Duke is the number one overall seed. Did not get an easy Rd. that's. For sure, no. And we'll get into that. But first, I want to like, I just think with the the field, Leonardi got 68 of 68, right? Yeah. And he's done that before. But I also think it shows how kind of clear cut it was. Yeah, how kind of clear cut the bubble was. And This is why, before we get into what we're going to talk about next, This is why we don't need an expansion to what 76 teams is.

12:56 That what they were talking about going to, Yeah. I mean, we don't need anything beyond what we have now. Wait, look at these at large play insurance that would that we would be forced to watch Arizona State, California, Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech, Indiana, Oklahoma, Auburn, San Diego State, smooth Miami, Ohio and Texas. NC State already on it. Yeah, we don't need all. That additional four games. We don't need it. And then you just get a bunch of sixteens playing each other like even more sixteens don't get rewarded for half and and getting to play a big time blue blood because you got to play another 16 to get there. And we've talked about that over and over. Yeah, we're on the same side. We're on the same side of that one, yeah.

13:38 So you were starting to talk about that. Who do you who do you think what one has been rewarded with the easiest path and which one has been handed the the toughest path? Oh yeah, I've got, I've got them in order here. I've got them in order. If we're going to easiest to hardest, Michigan I think just has a cakewalk to the Elite 8. I mean that to me, Michigan has by far the easiest Rd. down there in the in the Midwest. After that, I think Florida's is probably the second easiest. I mean, they're going to have to deal with Houston come the Elite 8, but I don't really see them. Vanderbilt in the Sweet 16 will be their only toughest test. And we talked about that right before we got on here that you don't think you don't think Vandy can do it again. It could, but I just, I think it would be really tough to do. Then we get, I mean, the, the, the last two, the Duke in Arizona, I went back and forth on this. I think Duke is the the third easiest or second hardest if you will.

14:37 I mean, like I said, the committee didn't do them any favors putting them with UConn as the two, Michigan State as a three Kansas. And then Saint John, the red hot Saint John's team that they're going to have to end up facing in probably the Sweet 16. So that that's just a tough Rd. especially with the the quality of coaching of all those teams. I mean, we're talking legends of the game here with with with those teams, with Pitino and Self and and Izzo and Hurley, who's who's relatively new on the scene, but has done, you know, remarkable. Yeah. Yeah. So I mean that that's going to be tough for Duke, but I think, I think Arizona, I picked Arizona as the hardest one, as the hardest road to get to get through. I mean, you've got Purdue as your two seed, who we just talked about struggled at the end of the year, but. But you just said you wouldn't pickle, no? Yeah, I mean, they came on hot in the Big 10 tournament, beat Michigan, won that Big 10 title.

15:29 That's your two. Gonzaga is your three, who I think is underrated. They're sitting there 30 and three. And then you know, you've got to deal with Arkansas, who just won the SEC title in Wisconsin, who I think is very underrated this year. Nobody's really talked much about Wisconsin, but they're they're damn good. And I think, I mean, I have them beating Arkansas in the second round and facing Arizona in the Sweet 16. So I think with Wisconsin, Arkansas, Purdue and Gonzaga sitting there, Arizona's, they're going to get tested. Yeah I 100% agree with you on the Michigan having the easiest path like their their 5 is a Texas Tech team without JT topping that when they had him.

16:18 I think they were a legit final four contender. I don't know if they were a national title contender, but a legit final four contender. Alabama has great guards, but they're not. Going to guard got arrested one of their second leading scores. Just got arrested. Yeah. Like only team I think that can beat Michigan is is Iowa State in that in that whole region. You know, I, I don't trust Iowa State. I know they're good, but I don't trust them. I you've been down on Iowa State all year. I trust them and they they can beat Michigan. Will I pick them to beat Michigan? Probably not. But I the fact that you, I don't think Michigan is going to get tested until an Elite 8 game, very obvious that that is the easiest path.

17:07 Yeah, it's a cake. I mean they it's an easy road for them to get to that Elite 8. I look at the other pass, I like everybody keeps talking about Duke's path being the hardest. I think it's the second easiest. And I UConn is I don't trust him at all right now. I'm not a fan. I don't love Michigan State I I think their Sweet 16 game if it is St. John's is is their toughest game for them to get out of that bracket. So that's why I have the Duke's path as the second easiest. Then I would go Arizona. I agree with you that whoever wins that Wisconsin Arkansas game they they can beat Arizona. I don't Arkansas with with Acuff and the rest of their guards when Brazil's playing the way he's playing like they they're just they they go 7 deep, but they can beat anybody on a given night. Wisconsin, they were the first team to beat Michigan. They got one of the best back courts in the country with Blackwell and and Nick Boyd.

18:07 They're going to have a tough game, I think, with high point in the first round. They. Will and then I, I don't believe in this Gonzaga team, especially if Braden Huff is not back healthy and it doesn't look like he's going to be healthy till at least the Sweet 16. So even without Richie Saunders, I think maybe because you've got the best who I think is the best player in the country. I could see BYU still beating them, but I I could see Wisconsin, Arkansas and Purdue potentially beating Arizona. And but I think the hardest path is Florida and like Nebraska, Vanderbilt. I think both can beat them.

18:50 Illinois is the best offense in the country. And then you, you know, I'm a fan of Kelvin Sampson and Houston in the tournament. I think all of those teams can beat them now look as the, as the 4th 1. I think you should have the toughest path. Do I think you should, like I've already said, do I think you should have to go to Houston to beat Houston in the Elite 8 to get to the Final Four? I don't know about that. But I, I, I, I just think that's, that's a really tough path. And if they can get through that, then good on them and they're going to have a chance to, to win back-to-back. But I to to me the clearest 1 is Michigan has the easiest path. Yeah, Yeah.

19:30 There's no question about that. Like I just, I just look at the top of that bracket and who are they going to play in the Sweet 16 out of Texas Tech, Akron, AL and Austra? Like I just, I think that's an opportunity for a 12 or 13 to get out of there. Yeah. I really do. I mean, I it very well could be Akron. Yeah, very well as much. As you as much as you love Miami, OH. I hear you. But I think, I think actually if if I were to if if I were to pick, I think Akron does get out. I have Akron beating Texas Tech on the BRAC. And I and look, I love Christian Anderson, he's one of my favorite guards in the country, but he, he he slipped and hurt his ankle a little bit on the on the court was was a big reason why they they changed the court in Kansas City. If he's not healthy, they, I mean, I don't know how you overcome.

20:33 There was a point in time where they had two of the top ten players in the country. I really believe that. And if he's not 100% and you've already lost top and yeah, I, I think that's a, a prime spot for, for for an upset. What What first round matchup do you look forward to most in the East? There's not a lot of great ones in the East. I mean, the the one that that I think is the most interesting is going to be the hometown team here. It's going to be the Louisville South Florida game. It's going to, you know, South Florida, they've won eleven in a row. They just, they came off now winning the American Championship. I mean, they're Louisville's favored by 5 1/2. It's all going to depend on if Michael Brown. Earlier that already moved.

21:19 Yeah, it was 5 1/2 when I checked it before the show. It's going to depend on if Michael Brown is healthy. You know, if he's healthy, I think Louisville wins this game without question. But you know, South Florida, like they, they're 8th in the country in scoring. They average 87 points a game. Louisville's 20th at 84 points a game. So up and down high paced offense, it's going to be it's going to be a shootout. And those kind of games are fun. But you know, you look around the the the rest of the games in this region and there's just not really a lot of interesting ones. But I think that one, just based on the the way that South Florida's been playing, they haven't lost since, I guess they haven't lost since January. But just just the style of play and the way that they match up with Louisville, it's going to be a fun one to watch. Yeah.

22:01 And, and Hodgson's going back to his hometown where his dad had dementia and hasn't seen him coach a game. He's he's now in his third year as a head coach, came from Arkansas State. I think the fact that they do like to get up and down play it, it plays in Louisville's favor a little bit than somebody who wants to, you know, just kind of slow it down. Yeah. But the the bottom line is, are they going to hit threes? And that's been the fact with Louisville all year. But I there, I have not seen one expert on TV pick Louisville to win this game. Not a single one, not a single one. And look, and if there's games like this every year, like PK is going to be motivated.

22:49 They're going to be motivated to get a win here. Yeah. And I it's just the question marks around Michael Brown is that's if he plays and and they hit threes. Like I think the fact that South Florida, like I said, like they like to get up and down, I think plays in their favor. But if they have a bad shoot tonight, you you never know what's going to happen. That's just kind of what this Louisville team is at this point. Yeah. So, but I, I, yeah, if I look at the rest of that region, there's really no other game that stands out to me. I, I think it's by far the best game in the East and the one I'm looking forward to for not for more than obvious reasons for to watch him, I guess to stick in the East.

23:35 Who do you have? Your Sweet 16 and then your Lead 8 Sweet 16? Yeah, I've got Duke. Duke advancing Sweet 16, St. John's advancing to the Sweet 16. Then I would put Michigan State to the Sweet 16. That last one's tough. If UCLA can play well, they can beat UConn. Yeah, they they played well in the Big 10 tournament and made it to the semis. I still think UConn is probably a little bit better. So I'll I'll stick with with the chalk. Also, like Donovan Dent has got to be healthy from them. If he if he's not healthy, yeah, I which I think he is going to play, but everybody says that before the the selection because they don't want it to affect their seating. Of course it I just even with that being a question mark, I don't I don't know how I could go UCLA there, but they are playing better basketball.

24:31 Right now they are playing, yeah, but I've got UConn and that's Sweet 16, then Elite 8, we're going to go. I think the Johnnies run comes to an end. I'm going to go Duke in the Elite 8 with Michigan State as that other team, with Duke beating Michigan State to advance to the Final Four. So I've this is what the problem is with these shows. I've got the same Sweet 16 and there's just no way I'm picking Kansas over Saint John's the way Saint John's is playing right now. And but I I'm going to Johnny's to be Duke. I like you got question marks surrounding Caleb Foster and and in Juba. Are they going to play and?

25:18 They keep winning without them. I know, but God, I can't just go chalk on all of these and. Duke's been the best team all year. I mean, hands down, they've been the best team all year. Do they? They don't want to see St. John's in the Sweet 16. I guarantee it. And Equifor is one guy down low that can be, he can play big with Boozer like I, I think he could, he could provide problems for him. I, I don't like you got to pick some upset somewhere and you, you and you give me Rick, after their disappointment last year where they lost in the second round, He's going to have extra motivation. I, I'm, I'm going, I'm going Saint John's and UConn in, in the Elite 8 and I'm going Saint John's to get to the Final Four. All right, Rick Pitino in the Final Four, another team that would be what, his fourth team he takes for the Final Four. Which is just that, doesn't he?

26:16 Just wins, yeah. Look, to me, he's in the argument as the greatest college coach of all time. You have to put him in the argument. There's no question about that. The fact that he's done it in so many different places, like look, I get it, what Coach K did at Duke is incredible, but he did it all at one school. Like what he's done, it's just and dude, he wins the Big East, so he goes to the podium with the beer. I know Kenny, Kenny Klein gave him the beer before he went up there. Like he, he's just, I don't know, I love the way they're playing right now and they play with a lot of confidence. And I don't know, the Duke's injuries, I think make could potentially catch up with them.

26:59 And that's where I I think it could happen going to the West. What first round game are you looking forward to the most? Going to the West all right let's take a look at what I put down here in the notes I'm. Proud of you for taking some notes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. In the West, the Wisconsin versus High Point game is my is my most intriguing game Wisconsin favorite I. Picked the same one. Did you? Yeah, we can't just pick the same one every. Time. Well, yeah, we didn't collaborate beforehand here. You could have told me that, but no. But like High Point, third in the country in scoring, they averaged 90 points a game, Wisconsin's 35th in scoring there at 83 points a game.

27:42 High Point shoots the ball well for 49% from the field. They leave the country and steals at 11 a game. But they're playing a Wisconsin team that doesn't turn it over a lot. So it's kind of like a little, you know, who who's who's going to come out on top with their style. Like it's is it the defensive high point? Is it going to be the, you know, the offense of Wisconsin, Wisconsin's fourth in the country and made threes per game. So I mean, this is going to just be an absolute high score should be a high scoring affair. You know, like we talked about Wisconsin's guards with Nick Boyd and and John Blackwell both averaging about 20 a game. And then another reason this is intriguing. Have you seen this? The high point, The guard from high point that just shoots all threes. The new Jack Gold key.

28:26 Have you? Heard about this kid? Yeah. This Chase Johnston, who's 64 of 132 from three and O of 4 from 2. It's O of 4 from 2. No, but like what? Do you think his foot was his foot on the line on those? He might have been, he might have been, but no, this game's going to be great. Like I said, high points. They they score the ball. It's going to be a high scoring affair. It's going to be offense, offense, offense. I think Wisconsin probably wins, but it's going to be a close one. It's going to be exciting. So I am going to go different. I'm going to Sean Miller Will Wade in the play in.

29:09 It's called playing game. Two guys that back when there were no back when there were rules got in trouble. Now there's no rules playing each other in the playing game. You made me think on the fly. I just, I think it's kind of cool to see those two coaches going at it in the play in. I'm surprised, honestly, the NC State's in the play in out. That was one of the other things that kind of surprised me a little bit. Yeah, but they they tanked out toward the end of the season. But yeah, I'll, I'll go, I'll go. Sean Miller. We'll wait all. Right. But stick to you. Just give me. So stick to your original. If you were to stick with the Wisconsin high point, why? Why is that your choice? Why would that have been your choice? Just their their styles, yeah, and but I mean, it's a lot of the same things you said, but I I really, I think Wisconsin's backcourt is, is good as anybody in the country and they've proven they can beat anybody. This high point team is, is their second year in a row being in a tournament after what I don't think they had ever been in before before last year.

30:12 So I don't know. They they spent a lot of money in NIL too. They're, they're one of the, the higher spending, you know, mid conference teams to, to spend some money. So I I think it could be an interesting game. Yeah. No, I'd agree with that, Yeah. What's your Sweet 16? We're going to go Arizona versus Wisconsin in the Sweet 16, and I think that that's going to be a really good game. I can see Wisconsin winning that, but Arizona's, they've just been consistently good all year. Arizona wins that to go to the Elite 8, and then on the bottom side we're going to have Purdue and Gonzaga matching up in the Sweet 16. When I've got the Zags, I've got Gonzaga winning that one, taking on Arizona in the Elite 8 with Arizona advancing to the Final Four.

31:03 Give me Arizona, Arkansas and BYU Purdue. BYU. Yeah, they got the best player in the country. And brah. Well, Gonzaga's missing their best player. I mean, they got best player in the country. Guess what? That best player in the country has lost 11 times this year 11. But like I they could lose to Texas or NC State. I don't trust this Gonzaga team without Ray enough. I, I just don't OK, I I think it sets up for an opera like BYU still proving that they can win games without Richie Saunders. I don't love it. I don't love it. Honestly don't think I I think the BYU loses to the playing winner.

31:44 Which is possible, which is possible, But I just if you give me AJ Devante against Gonzaga, I'm going to take him and I think he can do it. And like in the Big 12 tournament, he didn't touch the ball enough at the end of the game. And maybe they learned their hopefully they learned their lesson from that. But and then give me Arizona and Purdue and Arizona to the to the Final Four. OK. In the South, I guess I'll start since the game that I'm looking forward to the most. Yeah. North Carolina, VCU. North Carolina obviously is playing out without one of the best players in the country in Caleb Wilson, which I obviously gives VCU a better chance.

32:38 Yeah, VCU under Phil Martelli Junior, who obviously his dad was iconic coach at Saint Joe's, VCU started the season 11 and six and two and two in league play. They've won 16 and 17 since then, won the ATA 10 tournament championship. They weren't going to get in unless they won. So I think this in addition to be this being something the matchup that I'm looking forward to, I also have this as one of my my upsets. I've got VCU beaten UNC. Yeah, no, I have that as as listed as my upset as well. I don't have it as my most intriguing game, but I do have it as my most likely upset in that region would be VCU over UNC without Caleb Wilson.

33:27 My most intriguing matchup I have on here is the 710 matchup between Saint Mary's and Texas A&M. Texas A&M, Buckyball, as they're known, get up and down. They know they're with their pace or top 30 pace in the country and they're going against the completely opposite style. And Saint Mary's who deliberately they slow it down and they try to try to slow you down and and play a completely different type of game. So that was going to be whoever can dictate that that pace and that their style and impose their their style of play. That's who's going to win. So be interesting to see that one. But that's what I got. And then I'm not close to all chalk. I got Florida Vandy, Illinois Houston, and then I got Florida Houston. And then I got Houston getting revenge and going to the final floor.

34:14 I'm. Going to shake it up. I got Florida, Nebraska with Houston and Illinois. It's not much of A shake up. That's like you played. But you were expecting me to say. You were expecting me to say Vandy? Well, you you weren't a big fan of Nebraska two weeks ago when we were doing the draft. So I don't know, Vandy played a really, really good SEC tournament, but I was not impressed with them down the stretch when they went interrupt and got absolutely housed by Kentucky. But they. Housed Kentucky at Memorial. I know that was earlier in the season. I think, I think they were playing better ball earlier in the season than they than they didn't in late January and February. But give me Florida, Nebraska, Illinois, Houston, Florida versus Houston and the Cougars in in their own backyard. Follow me on that one.

35:11 In their own backyard, Houston to the Final Four. So right now you've got Duke, Arizona and and Houston. Yeah. And I've got St. John's, Arizona and Houston. All right. What what match up you looking forward to in the Midwest? Well, we've talked about it enough, but the playing game, it's not really my most intriguing, but I just want to make mention of it. This is the opportunity for Miami, OH to prove that they belong. So that's why it's intriguing to me because I want to see if they actually can, you know, put up or shut up against the Power 14. But the other one other than that, give me that Akron versus Texas Tech game. Texas Tech without JT Topping Christian Anderson, obviously we talked about him hurting himself in the in the Big 12 tournament, falling on that plexiglass floor or whatever that thing was. But Akron, I mean, they they're third or they're ninth in the country and made threes per game at 10.9. They're 7th in the country and scoring at 88 points per game. I just think their offense, I know they're Mac school and you know, I've dogged the Mac and all that, but they actually, you know, have at least played other Power Four teams this year on like Miami, Ohio.

36:26 So they've been tested. Give me Akron with our offense over a unhealthy Texas Tech team to pull that upset. And going back to the Miami, Ohio smooth it it is expected that BJ Edwards is going to play for for SMU so that would give them a boost. They've been about without him over the last couple weeks. Mine is the 8-9 game. The 8-9 game. Yeah, Saint, Saint Louis and Georgia. Everybody loves a good 8-9 game. Well, we haven't picked any 8-9 games for for our most intriguing game. That's true. Obviously Saint Louis has Robbie Avila who what has a million nicknames? Kareem Abdul Jabbar, but what else does he have? Like a bunch of it's.

37:16 Like he's been in school for like 10 years. Yeah, I think he has. What? The Billikens ranked 10th in the country in points per game with 87. They ranked second in the country and three-point percentage. Georgia ranks 8th in the country with 89.8 points a game. This is going to be a race to 95 points really. It's going to be up and down Game should be a fun game to watch. I mean, Georgia's opponents are averaging almost 80 points a game, which ranks 300 and 15th in the country. So not going to be. And what? And Saint Louis is holding opponents to 70 points a game, which is a lot better than what, 10 points better? But this, this is going to be a real up and down game. Should be fun to watch.

38:10 And that's why I picked that as as my most intriguing game of the Midwest. What you got for your Sweet 16? Well, we talked about Michigan is basically walking their way to the Elite 8. So give me Michigan versus Akron in the Sweet 16 on the top side with Michigan winning that and going to the Elite 8. And then on the bottom side, give me a Virginia versus Iowa State, with Virginia moving on to the Elite 8 and Michigan over Virginia to go to the Final Four. OK. I have Michigan and Akron as well, which I don't love that we both picked that and then. Alabama could do it.

38:55 I just. If their second leading scorer is now arrested, I just. I just look at the the fours and the fives there, and they have so many flaws. Yeah. And it is why Michigan has such an easy path. Yeah. And in the bottom I have Tennessee and Iowa State. Tennessee. And and then I have Michigan playing Iowa State and and Michigan, Michigan going to the to the Final Four. OK. All right, so you have on your left side, you have Duke and Houston. Yeah. Who's going to the natty? You're the Duke Blue Devils to go to the national championship. And then I'm going.

39:39 And you've got what, St. John's in Houston? St. John's in Houston. OK. And I, I think this is where I think Houston is going back to the national title game. OK. And then on the other side, I have two ones in Arizona and Michigan. I do as well, yeah. And I have Arizona going to the title game. God, that's a tough one. That's going to be a hell of a game. Give me the Michigan Wolverines, give me a rematch from from earlier from DC with Michigan and Duke in the title game, and give me. Do do the Wolverines get revenge? They do.

40:20 I think Michigan wins the national title. And I've got Arizona over Houston. So our championship game is completely different. Our Final Fours are very similar minus St. John's, but our championship games are different. Yeah, I'm glad we had a little bit of, of differences there. But I, I just some of these second round games I think are like these 5, four games like the St. John's, Kansas, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Nebraska, all those games are really intriguing to me. And then you've got the other one where I've got Akron playing Hofstra. Yeah, the Hofstra wouldn't the first one over over Alabama. Yeah, they don't guard and now they their second leading scorer is probably not going to play.

41:06 It's true, No. Yeah, well, we, we that was one of the the topics that shows the second round matchups. And I've got I got a few Saint John's versus Kansas. I think in the East is is must watch TV with with Bill's Bill South and Rick Pitino going at it. I think Saint John's wins that one, but that'll be a good one. Vandy, Nebraska is going to be a great game with with the offense of both those teams and I've got Nebraska and winning that one. And then Arkansas, Wisconsin, a second round match up in the West, give me Wisconsin to beat John Calipari. And then in the Midwest, the Tennessee Virginia game was my second round match up to look at and I've got Virginia winning that one. Yeah, like, here's my thing.

41:51 Like some of the teams that are seated lower that I think can make a run. Like, I love the way Arkansas was playing last week, but I do I think they can get past the Sweet 16 and and beat Arizona? No, I just, I don't think they can. I, I love the way Vanderbilt's playing. Do I think they can beat Florida again? I I don't. And then I've got Tennessee going to the Elite 8, and that's more just because of the way it lines up for. That why do you have no love for Virginia? What, like, what did Virginia do to you? They're sitting there 29 and five and they played. They beat the hell out of some teams this year. Like they they're a good team. They're better than Tennessee, I tell you that. They're better than Iowa State.

42:38 So you have no love for Virginia. What do you have? Wright State pulling the upset in the first round. Here's Virginia's best wins of the year Texas, NC State Louisville, SMU Florida State, Ohio State, NC State, Miami, FL So. But look at the margin of victories that they're beating these teams. But the highest seeded team they beat was a six seed Louisville. I guess. So to me, they just they haven't proven that they can beat a top level team if they if they beat Tennessee, I mean, that's what they're around that they beat Louisville.

43:19 That would be their best one of the year. And I I think the job that Ryan Odom has done this year is phenomenal. Deridor is a beast. And I just, I don't think you got to pick some upsets in this thing. And sometimes it's more just the way everything lays out. Like I didn't expect myself to have Tennessee going early date, but I know that I'm not picking Tennessee go to the Final Four because it's never happened before and it ain't happening with this team. No. Anything else that sticks out to you? No, nothing. Nothing that I think we haven't already discussed on here.

44:00 What about you? Who did you pick in the 8-9 games? 8-9 games Give me the Buckeyes of Ohio State. Give me Clemson insult hates. No, do it. Keep going. Screw it, give me Saint Louis. And I really I love Kevin Willard. Give me Villanova. Kevin Willard. Villanova. Yeah, I, I picked I picked off all four nines. So I've got TCU, Utah State, Iowa and and Saint Louis.

44:42 I mean, another story that everybody's talking about is just all the big name coaches in in the East and it is crazy. Yeah, we, yeah. I mean, it's, it's the Hall of Fame region over there. But and just the amount of good freshmen that are that are in this tournament, the injuries have played a huge role in this college basketball season. I think this tournament would be so much different if JT Taupin was healthy, if Ricky Saunders was healthy, if we knew what was going on with with Michael Brown, if Braden Huff was healthy with with Gonzaga. I mean, obviously Caleb Wilson being out. Wilson, Yeah. I mean, you just, and then with, with Duke's uncertainty too, I mean, both those guys sat out in in the ACC tournament.

45:31 It sounds like in Juba, we'll come back before Foster. But dude, you just look at the guys that got hurt, if you put them as a starting five, they they can make a run at the final four by themselves. That's how much talent we've lost in injuries this season. Do you want to run through your upsets? I mean, we've talked about a few. You want to run through your most likely upsets in each region. I think, I think you already have them all. I've got Hofstra and Akron playing each other in the second round. Yeah. And then I've got VCU beat North Carolina and then nines don't count. No, that's that's all I have in the first round. Like I I'm looking at this and I'm like, dude, you went way too much talk.

46:18 I I did go Missouri, beat Miami because I think that's going to be a pretty even match up. I gave them the nod because they're playing in it's in their own backyard in Saint Louis. I struggled with Kentucky and Santa Clara, but you just don't know what Kentucky team's going to show up. Yeah. I did eventually end up going Kentucky I just because I think they have too much talent and I'll take go away can take the game over at any time. But I I went way too much talk and I know the SESEC has more teams than anybody in the tournament, but I don't like how I'm leaning SEC so much on all these picks.

47:02 And they're not as good as they were last. That seems not as not quite as good. They were still good, but not quite as good as they were last year. I mean, they're the deepest, they have the most teams in the bracket. The the Big 12 is by far the best league. Yeah. But in my Elite 8, I mean what? I have three big twelves and, well, just one SEC, but I've got a lot of SEC teams winning games prior to that. Yeah, I got A&M over Saint Mary's. That's a 10 / 7. Not a huge upset, but I've got that one. I agree with you on VCU in North Carolina, I got the play in winner beating BYU. So either NC State or Texas to beat BYU Missouri.

47:46 I got Missouri over Miami. So because it's in Saint Louis, like you said in Saint Louis, Akron over Texas Tech, Santa Clara over Kentucky is a possibility. I don't think it'll happen, but it it's it's on the radar as well as high Point in Wisconsin. I think Wisconsin wins, but that's one that that I could absolutely see happening is that's a 12/5. I mean, there's always a 12/5 in there. And Akron, Texas Tech and High Point, Wisconsin I think are the two most likely scenarios. Yeah, but I, I think the, the, the Miami, Ohio SMU game, man, if the RedHawks beat the Mustangs, does that change because you've been, you've been off of them?

48:32 Yeah, every single shirt we've done. If Don Kohler wants if Don Kohler wants to send me a Miami, Ohio T-shirt, I'll wear it on the show. And if they beat SMU? Yeah. Then they get a chance at Tennessee. You just, you never know what you're going to get with Tennessee. And Amex been banged up a little bit. Will he be healthy? I just, I don't know. I would just really like to see Miami. OH, take care of business and. Oh, we know. Shut you up a little bit. We know you shut you up a little bit, dude.

49:16 Let's be real. That what that Thursday or that Friday whenever they played UMass? Yeah. Because we had talked about it so much the week before. Yeah. And there was a point where mommy or I was up 11 points, looked like it was in the bag. Then all of a sudden UMass just starts making a run. Frank Martin's going nuts on the sideline, then our techs start blowing up. Here come the Minutemen, and it it pretty much it made your day. Oh, I was, I was hard cheesing, hard cheese. But like, here's here's what, here's here's the opinion of of Miami. OH, from Vegas.

49:56 They have lost one game all year. They were undefeated. We all be all aware, Well, well aware of that. SMU has been struggling big time coming down the stretch. This, you know, they barely hold on to get in the tournament. They're in this playing game. They're a 6 1/2 point favorite over Miami 6 1/2. Well, they've been playing without BJ Edwards for a while and they're getting him back. That's a big reason why they struggle. OK, 6 1/2 point favorite over this mighty Miami of Ohio Red Hawk team that everybody thinks is so great. Well, I don't think, I don't think anybody thinks they're so great. I think they think they belong in the tournament.

50:37 They're the very last team on the seed line that is that large. So what happens if they lose by 15? You guys say they did or did not belong? No, they belong because they were undefeated through 31 games. That doesn't mean you belong. You didn't win your conference. Didn't you didn't win your conference. Tournament. Yes, it does. It does. You had a chance to to to prove you belonged and you you choked. You won 31 straight games to start the season. You choked. Would you want to start a precedent where we're keeping undefeated teams out that start 30 and O31 and O? Yeah, they don't have a three 164th ranked non conference schedule. Absolutely. They still haven't lost the game they pulled.

51:18 They won every game that was in front of them, every single one of them. There are 60 teams that would have won every single game in front of them if they had that schedule. We've talked about this. A million times, I know, but like Oklahoma was they they were the first one out, according to the committee. Yeah, yes. Like you'd you'd rather Oklahoma be in this Dang thing than Miami Ohio Like. I just don't. Understand the logic behind that. I don't think really any of them should be in, but. So just. Skip it. Yeah, just stop playing these playing games. And your logic that all teams are going to now start not playing anybody so they can just be undefeated is just so. The blueprint is there, the blueprint is there. It's impossible.

52:03 The blueprint's there. Like, you still have to win every game. There's no blueprint. Like that's why this has happened five times since 1985, that a team has gone to their cognitive tournament undefeated 7 five times. So let's all right, so then let's say this, let's say Miami, Ohio, instead of playing the IU East and the trendy Illinois's, let's say they replaced those two games. Let's say, let's say they replaced those two games and they played two other, they played two Power Four games. They actually stepped up and actually played somebody and they lost. Let's say they lose the Michigan State by 15 and earlier in the year they lost. I don't know they would have lost like let's say Louisville by 15.

52:49 They're undefeated in conference but they've got 2 losses and then they lose that first round game in their conference tournament. So 3 losses. Are they automatically in? Well, you're kind of looking at Akron's resume there. But they won their conference tournament. Akron would not have been in. No, I but I know. And if if Miami, Ohio wins the conference tournament, Akron comes in second. Akron's not it. Akron probably doesn't get in. So you're rewarding them for not playing 2? Power 3. Don't get me wrong, it's not like Akron went out and played a bunch of Power Fours. They played one game. They lost to Purdue by 18 points. One more than Miami played.

53:34 But with that loss and with the Miami Isle lost, and they also lost to Yale and to Troy, But yeah, no, they they wouldn't because they wouldn't have got in. So you're rewarding them for having a craps for not playing a power 14. So there's your blue you're. Rewarding them for being. Your blueprint, there's your you're. Rewarding them. You can't copy the blueprint. You copy the blueprint. So do you really think teams are going to now start going out? No. I don't think they're going to do that because a lot of the other teams, they're not baby, they're not, they're not ducking competition, they're ducking the smoke. So no, no, like nobody's going to do that because it's just stupid for them to do.

54:16 But if Miami, Ohio wants to keep doing it and keep fraudulently making their way into this tournament, then I guess they can. Well, they're in and. Will they play a powerful team next year? Yes, yes. And look, you got to go. You got to go on the road to do it because nobody's coming to your place. Well, that's normal and that's normal. Yeah, it's normal, but you're not going to get anybody on neutral court unless you play in one of these tournaments. And it's really hard to get power fours in those tournaments with with mid majors. So yeah, they're going to have to go on the road and and play an Ohio State or play a Purdue or play somebody like that and they might already have it on the schedule.

55:03 Oh, but if they lose, they're not getting the tournament. Why would they do that? Why would they do that? Because if they lose, they don't get in the tournament. Go play the Trinity, Illinois. Go play the IU East and you're in. You still got to win all the games. It's not hard to beat IU East. I know like I, I see what you're saying, Like if you play Purdue in this schedule and you're 30 and one, are they are they in the tournament? I, no team's ever been left out with 30 wins. So maybe, but I don't think it's as as much as the guarantee as it was. Kind of like we all knew they were getting in on Sunday. What was that? That IU, the Indiana State team, Josh Church's last year with Robbie Avila was on that team.

55:49 And Conwell. And like, remember, they had, they started out the year like gangbusters and they lost in their conference tournament. They didn't get in. Would you remember what their record was that year since were like 3 or 4 years ago. But they had a great season. You know, they lost, yeah, they played the NIT, but you know, they lost a Power 4 game along the way or two. And then when their conference tournament and they were the one. See the NIT. Yeah, I mean what Miami, Ohio finish what, 92 or 93 and and they're behind high point in in the Kenpong, so. Well deserved, RedHawks. Good luck.

56:31 But it will be the most watched game in in first four history and plus you got Dickie V and Charles Barkley on the call. Can be that? They're doing they're doing all the first four games, which would be kind of cool. Love that, but congratulations. Congratulations to the Miami Redhawk women who actually did win their conference tournament and rightfully deserved their spot in their NCAA Tournament on the women's side. So Congrats to the Lady Red Hawks. Speaking of the women, do you have do you, have you looked at the women's bracket? I peeked at it. I was more busy like after, after the selection yesterday, I was busy getting stuff together for for us hosting here on Friday or I'm sorry on Saturday.

57:12 So I didn't really get the chance to dive into it too much. But I mean, if we're just talking about Louisville specifically, I like the way it sets up for, for the cards. You know, they they, they start out at home with Vermont and then play the winner of Alabama, Rhode Island. And then, well, they are in the Fort Worth regional and would match up against most likely a Michigan team that I think they can beat and then a Texas team, which is, I mean, they're very good. But, you know, at least you're not on that UConn, UCLA side of things. Yeah, that I mean that that's the main thing. You want to avoid UConn and UCLA, too. But I I do like their draw and they, they got to win some games at home and then take their chances in Fort Worth.

57:58 And they I don't think Michigan and and Ken Barnes and Rico wants to see Louisville and Coach Walls on the other side. No, no. And if, if I mean if you get the Elite 8, I'll, I'll take my chances. Like whatever, whatever happens, happens. How there's controversy on whether UCLA or UConn should be the overall number one is beyond me. Like, like they're arguing this on TV last night. Like UConn is undefeated and their average margin of victory is like 20 something points a game. Yeah, they're, they're the overall. Number he was actually in the 30s, but yeah. Yeah, 30. Yeah, it's like 20-30 points again. They're killing, yeah.

58:42 And like, like I did it, UCLA is really good, but there's pretty obvious to me who the overall number one is. Yes. And we'll see. I, I I. UCLA is damn good, though. I mean, really? Yeah. You win your conference championship game. You win your conference championship game by over 50 points. Like it's a good Iowa. Team at #2 seed Iowa. He won by 50 points. Like, that's getting it done. They're real, real good. So no excited for the the Cards game on Saturday. Good to good to see them hosting NCAA tournament game. Hopefully we can get a good crowd in there. Get what 9/10/10 thousand? Was it possible?

59:23 Yeah. Get it popping in there and then it'll be a Monday night game if they win on Saturday, right? We don't know time yet. I don't know how what they do on times on a Monday for the second round. I don't know historically if they've started doing. Like historically, the Monday. They want to start like early afternoon, maybe like a start around 3-4, maybe. Yeah, maybe. No, no, we'll see. And I guess before we get out of here, talk a little World Baseball Classic. Yeah, yeah, you watch last night's game. Of course. We got the benefit of a a ball force called strike three to end the game. Luckily, there was no challenge.

1:00:08 In the 8th inning as well. And in the 8th inning as well, luckily, no challenge system in place. But I mean, just to tell all the Dominican line up to one run, I mean, it's absolutely incredible. I mean, Paul schemes did a great job. And then, you know, everybody else that came in after him for the Americans pitched really, really well. Bednar once again get gets in a jam, gets out of it with no damage. But no, they're excited for the US. And then Derosa's got some slack for the way he handled the tiebreaker, but he puts Gunner Anderson in the in the lineup and he and he goes yard. Yeah. So he he needs to get some credit for that. We'll see.

1:00:49 Are these Italians Italians? They were up two earlier tonight. Since when did the Italians, who I don't think any of those players are actually born. All American. It's American Part 2 team. American. It's American Part 2 team. How are they? How are they just doing this? I haven't heard of any of these guys. America Part 2. Well, you've heard Nerinola, who's pitching tonight. Yeah, they're up two to one in the 7th. Yeah, so no, it's just fun to watch a little baseball before the season get started. The game tomorrow night will be exciting. I think it would be more exciting to see him play Venezuela. But you also, if you beat, if you play Italy, you get a chance for a little, little revenge.

1:01:33 I think they, I think they take care of business tomorrow night. And then I guess for our, when we did our draft for the the tournament, yeah, you had you had Duke. Yeah. You had Arizona, I believe every say your squad is Duke, Yukon, Arizona, Michigan State and Gonzaga. My squad is Michigan, Florida, Houston, Illinois, Iowa State. So I say we get points by how far they advance and we'll see who who has the most, who gets the most points at the end of it looking at that.

1:02:21 I don't love my UConn pick right now, I'll tell you that. That was right before they lost the market. That was your second pick dude. That was right before they lost. Our ordering of picks, so this was two weeks ago, yeah, our orders of picks was you went Duke, I went Michigan and Florida, then you went UConn in Arizona. Arizona was a fifth pick if I get to pick right now. I'm taking them too. Dude, I might take them one. I've got them to win the whole game thing. And then after Arizona at 5:00, I took Houston and Illinois at six and seven. You took Sparty and Gonzaga at 8-9, and then I took Iowa State at 10. My team's better. Yeah.

1:03:04 My team's. Better. But right now, I think you have the advantage right now. Yeah, I we'll see. Yeah, like I don't. You have faith in the boys I got. I got faith in those in those squads. I don't love your you pond, your Sparty, or your Zags. You keep doubting Tom Izzo. I don't know why but. The one thing that I would change is if I could do this over, I would swap Arizona for Florida. But I, I, I'll roll with that squad. I like, I like my squad. OK, we'll see where we end up. We don't. We don't really have any other kind of fun stories because I knew we just talked tournament racket the whole time. We get a What would Joe do next week? Yeah.

1:03:45 And I'm, I'm kind of shocked like we're already, it's, we're just over an hour in and we're already done here. Well, you could talk if you want to talk about Cam Young, talk about Came Young. What the players did, did he win the thing or did Obear lose it? Dude, no, like they're debating that. I don't think TI today that drive on 18 dude, he's got a gap wedge in on that. He hit that thing 380 and that's one of the toughest drives in the game with the water all on the left side. Good on Cam Young and then Fitzy just hits his a little too far on 18. Gets in the pine stroll. Missed them but didn't end up having an 8 footer. Yeah, you missed the 8 footer. Send it to playoff.

1:04:28 Good on good on JT for playing well after really struggling last week. Yeah, in in the Arnold Palmer was good to see him play well. We talked about Rick having to get a top 10 to secure his spot for the Masters. He did not do that. He did not have his his best golf all week tied for 40 seconds. So now he's got to finish top five at Valero next week to to get into the Masters. Which is top five? Going to be a tougher task, yeah, just because there's not many points for Valero, is there? Is for the for the players. But dude, that course will eat you up, man. Like that 1617 and 18 are as cool holes as finishing holes as there are in golf. And then that 6 hole where the trees do you like that hole where they got to hit it under the tree?

1:05:13 Yeah, yeah. But we're getting we're getting closer to the masters, baby. Like the time of the time masters. Masters. It actually, I don't know what this weather is today being 20�� again when it's been in the 60s, seventies all last week. Yeah, Opening Day baseball and next week there's. Going to be 20�� tomorrow morning. That's stupid. It was 76 two days ago. It's the stupidest thing alive. We've I played on Friday, I played terrible. That's why I mean, that's usual for you though. I didn't. My touch around the green was awful. It usually is on that as well, yeah.

1:05:54 But. So you played. You played standard Nick Evans golf. That's normally my strength around the green. That's how that's how I catch up. Do you long knockers? Long knockers. I got a new driver cover. What though? You already replaced the 10? That was a putter cover that you got from the PGA. Oh, I love that I got the horse from my putter cover. Yeah. What was the driver cover? It was just a Cobra rad speed, which is what my driver is. It's red, white and blue. It's patriotic. It's nice, but I always talk about how it's the tortoise versus the hare playing golf, and I'm the tortoise. What?

1:06:37 Because I don't hit the ball far so I'm just plucking it down. 1180 down the middle 150 with my 5. You got yourself a turtle. I got a turtle. I got a turtle head cover. It was only like 15 bucks. Where'd you get it from? Online I saw it. OK. I was like, for 15 bucks it might be crap but it's actually pretty. I mean. Does the trick. Keeps the clubs protected. Keeps the driver protected. I'm a fan. Where'd you play Friday? Huh. Where'd you play on Friday? The club Glen Oaks also, that course just still kicks my ass even though I play it a million times.

1:07:17 It's not easy. It's not we. Only played nine like it was. It was also like it was playing in the British Open, it was so windy. Yeah, here we are. Yeah, I I had some good shots. I had, I had some bad shots, but didn't make any putts. I actually, no, I did actually. I made one putt to save bogey on. 7 after hitting one I mean. I'm talking like a legit like 10-15 footer, not like talking a 2-3 footer. Do you count that as making putts? Like I'm just glad you made 10 footer. Me too, me too, but excited to get out there.

1:07:58 I dude, I'm excited to record US playing some golf and try to promote the height differential with us playing golf. Because the problem with this show is we're basically the same height on the on the screen and we you showcases playing golf you you'll actually be able to see that the height differential is is pretty significant. Yeah, I mean, they can see it in the the logo. That logo is a legit silhouette from from my wedding so. But now get this. Get rid of this cold weather for two days.

1:08:38 Let's go back to warm weather. Start playing some golf. So it's stupid ass groundhog's fault. Watch Watch basketball all day Thursday, Friday. Get to the Yum on Saturday. Cheer on the Cards. Beat Vermont. Watch Hoops all day Sunday, get back to the home on Monday, watch them punch their ticket to the Sweet 16, and let's, let's. You going to hit up the the Joe Ziegler March Madness party on Saturday after the Cards game? I believe so, yeah. OK. After because we do, you know, we don't know what time we'll play on Saturday, though. Noon, bro. Oh, we do what? I'm now I'm talking, I'm now I'm talking. The men will play Sunday, Saturday too. Oh, he's on the men.

1:09:24 Yeah, yeah, yeah. We don't know. We won't know what's on the Men play until after Thursday. But you're right, we were just talking women. And my fact that my squirrel brain just for some reason went to the men. I don't know, but I don't know, ready to watch a lot of hoops, drink some beers, eat some bad food. So it's it's one of the greatest times of the year and that's why you go like just. Oh boy, you just go to sleep with your Airpods in just listening to that song over and over. No, I don't. But on Thursday afternoon, when that song hits, Woof is is It's pretty fun.

1:10:11 It is fun. It's pretty fun and I'm just the cards are playing early. I'm glad it's not the very. Who is who is the first game of the day that day? Who? Who leads us off? Like who? When we hear that song? Who? Who we going to see? Why I don't have it right now. Let's let's look it up. TCU and Ohio State 12:15 on CBS. The 8. Nine last year was the 8-9 game last year too. 8-9 it's usually yeah, yeah, all. Right, well, First off, anybody who checked in with us live, we, we appreciate you listening.

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1:11:46 I just I think that bracket is I don't know. I'm really conflicted on High Point in Wisconsin. I don't know either, my bracket always sucks. I watch so much hoops in my bracket always. Well, The thing is like, you have to do you like you, you, you feel like you have to pick upsets. Then you start forcing upsets and then they don't happen. And then you get pissed it didn't happen, and then you're fucked. Yes.